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#1 keep straight

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remember clearly

ex: I can't keep straight all the students' names this being the second day of school.

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#2 grow

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Note: grow - grew - grown

Grow up :

-I grew up in Scotland (= I lived there when I was young).

-What do you want to be when you grow up?She wants to be a doctor when she grows up

Grow out :

- If you grow out of an interest or way of behaving, youstop having or doing it as you become.

-Lucas says he wants to join the army when he turns 18, but I hopehe'll grow out of the idea.

Grow into:

- If children grow into clothes, they gradually become bigenough to wear them.

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#3 not have a clue

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-I don’t have a clue what I did with my baseball glove.

-He doesn’t have a clue about how to fix a car.

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#4 joke

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noun /dʒəʊk/

Something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh:

- Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?

- She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories.

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#5 deserve

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verb / dɪˈzɜːv/

To have earned or to be given something because of the way you have behaved or the qualities you have:

-After all that hard work, you deserve a holiday.

-Chris deserves our special thanks for all his efforts.

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#6 respect

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noun /rɪˈspekt/

Admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities:

-I have great/the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don't agree with them.

-She is a formidable figure who commands a great deal of respect(= who is greatly admired by others).

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#7 disaster

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noun /dɪˈzɑː.stər/

(an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty:

-An inquiry was ordered into the recent rail disaster (= a serioustrain accident).

-This is one of the worst natural disasters ever to befall the area.

-Inviting James and Ivan to dinner on the same evening was arecipe for disaster (= caused a very difficult situation) - they alwaysargue with each other.

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#8 politics

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noun /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/

- the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed: +Joe is very active in left-wing politics.

- the job of holding a position of power in the government:

+The group is campaigning to get more women into the study of the ways in which a country isgoverned:

+She studied politics at Leicester University .

+He is planning to retire from politics next year.

- the study of the ways in which a country is governed:

+She studied politics at Leicester University.

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#9 taxes

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noun /tæks/

(an amount of) money paid to the government that isbased on your income or the cost of goods or servicesyou have bought:

-They're increasing the tax on cigarettes.

-Tax cuts (= reductions in taxes) are always popular.

-What do you earn before/after tax (= before/after you have paid tax on the money you earn)?

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#10 white

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/waɪt/ of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:

- a white T-shirt

- white walls

- a black and white do

- He's white-haired now.

- uk "How do you like your coffee?" "White (= with milk or cream) and no sugar,please."

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#11 orange

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/ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/

- Vitamin C is found in oranges and other

citrus fruit.

- She went to the shop to get some oranges but they had none.

- Those oranges were looking a bit old and shrivelled, so I threw them out.

- She drank two whole glassfuls of orange juice.

-He cut the orange into quarters.

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#12 yellow

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/ˈjel.oʊ/ a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun.

- It was early autumn and the leaves were turning yellow.

- You should wear more yellow - it suits you.

- We've had the bathroom done out in pale yellow.

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#13 pink

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/pɪŋk/ of a pale red colour:

- pretty pink flowers

- Have you been in the sun? Your nose is a bit pink

- She was wearing a vivid pink shirt.

- Prawns are grey when they're raw, and turn pink when they're cooked.

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#14 red

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/red/ of the colour of fresh blood:

- red lipstick

- The dress was bright red.

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#15 brown

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/braʊn/ the colour of chocolate or soil:

- She stripped the floorboards in the living room and stained them dark brown.

- Lightly brown the onion before adding the tomatoes.

- Allow the meat to brown before adding the vegetables.

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#16 black

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/blæk/ having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very dark night:

- There's a large black community living in this area.

- The armed forces are now giving positive encouragement to applications from Asians and black people.

- The police had to fend off allegations of institutional racism after a black suspect wasbeaten by four white police officers.

- Britain is a multi-ethnic society, with many black and Asian people.

- He had a black mother and a white father.

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#17 green

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/ɡriːn/ of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour of grass:

- The male mallard has a green head and reddish-brown chest.

- He's got pink walls and a green carpet, which to my mind looks all wrong.

- I think I'll take your advice and get the green dress.

- I put my new green shirt in a hot wash and the colour ran.

- I wore that skirt with the green spots.

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#18 blue

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/bluː/ of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or adarker or lighter type of this:

- a faded blue

- shirtpale blue eyes

- Her hands were blue with cold (= slightly blue because of the cold).

- She's got fair hair and blue eyes.

- She wore a pale blue hat.For weeks we had cloudless blue skies.

- I caught a tantalizing glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees.

- Police are looking for a small blue car with the registration number K17 EMW.

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#19 purple

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/ˈpɝː.pəl/ of a dark reddish-blue colour:

- purple plumsa dark

- purple bruise

- Her face was covered in purple blotches.

- He admired the queen's resplendent purple robes.

- Her face was covered in purple blotches.

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#20 grey and gray

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/ɡreɪ/

1. of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour ofrain clouds: a grey sky.

2. having hair that has become grey or white, usually because ofage: He started to go/turn grey in his mid-forties.

3.used to describe the weather when there are a lot of clouds and little light: Night turned into morning, grey and cold.

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#21 silver

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/ˈsɪl.vɚ/

1. a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, whitemetal, used for making cutlery (= knives, spoons, etc.), jewellery,coins, and decorative objects:

- We gave them a dish made of solid silver as a wedding present.

- Cleaning the silver (= silver objects) is a dirty job.

- Shall we use the silver (= knives, spoons, plates, etc. made of silver) for dinnertonight?

- uk I need some silver (= coins made of silver or a metal of similar appearance) for the ticket machine in the car park.

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#22 even after

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thậm chí sau đó

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#23 devote - devoting

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/dɪˈvoʊt/

1. She devoted herself entirely to writing.

2. He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.

3.He devoted all his attention to his mother

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#24 entire

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/ɪnˈtaɪər/

1. The entire village was destroyed.

2. I wasted an entire day on it.

3. I have never in my entire life heard such nonsense!

4. The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population.

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#25 repetition

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/repəˈtɪʃn/

1. Blues is a musical form that uses a lot of repetition.

2. If you can, perform multiple repetitions of this exercise on each hand.

3. She said I should avoid repetition of words in my essay.

4. The mindless repetition of the official linethe rote repetition of mythological formulasIn her work we find a constant repetition of the same themes.

5. We do not want to see a repetition of last year’s tragic events.

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#26 pitcher

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cầu thủ ném bóng

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#27 eccentric = strange

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kỳ lạ, bất thường

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#28 murky = cloudy

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bẩn, dơ, âm u

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#29 debris = trash

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rác, vụn

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#30 censure = criticize

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phê bình

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#31 frugal = economical

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save money

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#32 nocturnal = active at night

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hoạt động về đêm

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#33 productive = profitable

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lợi nhuận