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Clerical (a) |
- office work - priest |
- a clerical job; a clerical error - a clerical ministry |
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(C1) Vacancy (n) |
- a space/ place is available to be used - a job available for someone new to do |
- We wanted to book a hotel room in July but there were no vacancies. - There is a vacancy for a shop assistant on Saturdays. |
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Ferry (n) |
Boat; Ship |
⛴️ ⛴️ ⛴️ |
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Parliament (n) |
- Nghị viện - In some countries, the group of elected politicians, or are the people who make the laws for their country |
🧔🏻♂️🧔🏻♂️🧔🏻♂️🧔🏻♂️ |
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Promenade (n) (v) |
(n) - A path for walking on, especially one built next to the sea (v) - to walk slowly along the road or path for pleasure |
- We strolled along on the promenade, eating ice cream. |
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(C1) Stereotype (n) |
- khuôn mẫu - a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong |
- He doesn’t conform to/ fit/ fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman. - Her plots are predictable and her characters little more than stereotypes. |
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Nectar (n) |
Mật hoa |
- The bee turns nectar into honey. |
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(C2) Consensus (n) |
- agreement; acceptance; consent - a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people |
- The general consensus in the office is that he can’t do his job. - Could we reach a consensus on this matter? Let’s take a vote. |
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Secrete (v) |
- to produce and release a liquid - to put something in a place where it is unlikely to be found |
- saliva is a liquid secreted by glands in or near the mouth. - he was arrested at the airport with a kilo of heroin secreted in his clothing. |
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Proliferate (v) Proliferation (n) |
- to increase a lot and suddenly in number |
- small businesses have proliferated in the last 10 years. - Amusement and theme parks are proliferating across the country. - the proliferation of cell phones has changed how we communicate. |
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Foliage (n) |
Leaves |
🍃 🍃 🍃 |
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Pale (a) |
- Bleak - used to describe a person’s face or skin if it has less color than usual. - a pale light or color is not bright or strong |
- You’re looking pale - are you feeling well? - She wore a pale blue hat |
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Ridge (n) |
Sống núi; Dãy đồi; Nóc nhà |
🏠 🏠 🏔️ ⛰️ |
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Lacy (a) |
Ren |
- Lacy underwear |
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Mace (n) |
- Spice - club; staff; cudgel ~ cái chuỳ |
- heat some milk with the peppercorns, mace and vegetables until almost boiling. - Everybody stands as the ceremonial silver mace is carried in and laid down in front of the president. |
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Flavoring (n) |
Seasoning |
A little vanilla flavoring improves the taste of the dessert |
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(C2) Plague (n) (v) |
(n) serious disease that kills many people (v) - to cause worry, pain or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time - to annoy someone especially by asking for pitted questions |
- millions died of the plague - Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners - The children plagued him with questions all through lunch |
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subcontract (n) (v) |
(n) Hợp đồng phụ (v) to pay someone else to do part of the job that you have agreed to do |
- most of the bricklaying has been subcontracted out to the local builders - if it is a large contract, the consultant may subcontracts parts of it |
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Sultan (n) |
A ruler, especially in the past, of some Muslim countries |
The sultan of Brunei |
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(C2) Troop (n) |
- soldiers on duty in a large group |
- traditionally, United Nations troops have been deployed only in peacekeeping role - The major powers have said they will not send in ground troops |
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Uproot (v) |
- Plant: to pull a plan, including its roots out of the ground - Person: to remove a person from their home or usual environment |
- Hundreds of mature trees were uprooted in under storm - The war has uprooted nearly 2/3 of the countries population |
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(C2) Monopoly (n) -> monopolistic (a) |
- an organization or group that has complete control of something, especially an area of business so that others have no share - exclusive possession |
- Is Microsoft a monopoly? - he does not have a/ the monopoly on good looks - a monopolistic system |
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(C2) Smuggle (v) |
- buôn lậu - to take things, or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally |
- She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kg of heroin out of/ into the country - They managed to smuggle a video of the captive journalists out of the prison |
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Collision (n) |
A traffic accident; crash; smash |
- There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway - The cyclist was in a collision with a bus |
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Prompt (v) -> prompt someone to do sth |
To make someone decide to say, or do something |
- what prompted you to say that? - I don’t know what prompted him to leave |
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Grunt (v) |
- (of a pig) to make a low, rough noise - (of a person) to make a short, low sound instead of speaking, usually because of anger or pain |
- The pigs were grunting contentedly as they ate their food - he hauld himself over the wall, grunting with the effort. |
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Yonder (yon) (adv) |
- close; near; nearby - In a place or direction shown - over there |
She lives in that town yonder |
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Nomadic (a) |
Moving from one place to another, rather than living in one place all of the time - nomadic people/ herdsmen - a nomadic life/ existence |
- The dogs were used by the nomadic tribe to pull sleds and herd reindeer - The work can be exhausting and demands a nomadic existence in hotels and airports |
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Incline (v) |
- Feel: to make someone feel something or want to do something - Move: to cause to slope at a particular angle -> incline your head: to bend your head negligibly forward and down |
- The Prime Minister is believed to be inclining towards an April election - He inclined his head and said nothing |
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(C2) Confine (v) -> confinement (n) |
- to limit an activity, person or problem in some way - to keep someone closed in a place, often by force -> be confined to somewhere/ sth: be exist only in a particular area or group of people |
- Let’s confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! - The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn’t cope with the outside world - We know that the illness is not confined to any group on society |
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Delve into sth (p.v) |
= investigate ~ analysis/ evaluate |
- It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past - she said she was tired of journalists delving into her private life |
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Delve into sth (p.v) |
= investigate ~ analysis/ evaluate |
- It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past - she said she was tired of journalists delving into her private life |
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Unmechanized (a) |
not mechanized (= involving using a machine to do something that used to be done by hand) |
- furniture production in these factories is still largely unmechanized - The unmechanized infantry troops stood little chance against the enemy’s tank battalions |
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Stunt (n) |
(n): - thrilling/ dangerous acts - get attention (v): - limit; restrict |
- it’s a typical action movie with plenty of spectacular stunts - their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt - drought has stunted the growth of this year’s cereal crop |
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Stunt (n) |
(n): - thrilling/ dangerous acts - get attention (v): - limit; restrict |
- it’s a typical action movie with plenty of spectacular stunts - their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt - drought has stunted the growth of this year’s cereal crop |
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Slant (n) (v) |
(n): - a position or direction that is sloping - A particular way of showing or looking at something (v): - Lean; to cause something to slope - Give opinion ~ attitude, outlook, frame of mind, approach, viewpoint;… |
- The car was parked on a slant - The book had a personal/ political/ sociological slant |
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Stunt (n) |
(n): - thrilling/ dangerous acts - get attention (v): - limit; restrict |
- it’s a typical action movie with plenty of spectacular stunts - their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt - drought has stunted the growth of this year’s cereal crop |
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Slant (n) (v) |
(n): - a position or direction that is sloping - A particular way of showing or looking at something (v): - Lean; to cause something to slope - Give opinion ~ attitude, outlook, frame of mind, approach, viewpoint;… |
- The car was parked on a slant - The book had a personal/ political/ sociological slant |
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(C2) Continental (a) |
- of or relating to continents - of or relating to Europe, especially Western Europe, but not including the British isles |
- Geologists map past and future continental drift -> (C2) drift (v): move slowly - she preferred the Continental way of life |
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(C2) Pole (n) |
- cây sào (pole dancing) - Bắc cực |
- A telegraph/ electricity pole - The north/ south pole - Most weather satellites are stationed over the equator or travel over the poles |
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Graze (v) |
- to break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough ~ scratching; rubbing - If an object grazes something, it touches its surface lightly when it passes it - to cause animals to eat grass |
- he fell down and raised his knee - The aircraft’s landing gear grazed the treetops as it landed. - The cows were grazing - The farmer grazes cattle on this land in the Summer months |
