Trading Death (C)

dappled /ˈdæpld/

lốm đốm, có những mảng sáng tối xen kẽ; adjective; Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting a ... pattern across the forest floor. Lumine paused beneath the ancient tree, watching golden patches of light move across the moss as the wind stirred the branches above.

patch /pætʃ/

một vùng nhỏ, mảng nhỏ; noun; small area, section; Beyond the ruined shrine, small ...es of crimson flowers survived among the grey stones. Paimon bent down to admire them, amazed that anything so delicate could grow in a place abandoned for centuries.

quiver /ˈkwɪvə(r)/

run nhẹ, rung lên; verb; tremble, shiver, shake slightly; The strings of the ancient lyre ...ed beneath Venti's fingers as the first notes floated into the night. For a moment, even the wind seemed to stop and listen.

punctuate /ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt/

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Punctuate: chấm câu

làm gián đoạn, xen vào; verb; interrupt, break up, vary; Thunder ...ed the long silence between the Traveler's words. Each distant roar made the ruins feel less abandoned than they first appeared.

bounds /baʊndz/

giới hạn, phạm vi; noun; limits, confines, restrictions; The power sealed within the crystal seemed to exist without ... . Even Nahida could not tell where its influence ended or how far its memories had spread.

cake /keɪk/

phủ kín và khô/cứng lại trên bề mặt; verb; cover, coat, crust over; Mud had ...d the Traveler's boots after hours of crossing the marshes of Sumeru. By the time they reached the road, the leather was so hard that Paimon joked they looked like stone shoes.

bramble /ˈbræmbl/

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ramble: đi dạo

bụi gai; noun; thorn bush, prickly shrub; The narrow trail disappeared beneath a wall of tangled ...es. Collei carefully pushed the branches aside while Amber followed behind, using her bow to cut a safe path through the thorns.

draw /drɔː/

di chuyển lại gần, tiến đến; verb; approach, move closer, advance; As evening fell, a strange blue light began to ... nearer from beyond the valley. The Traveler tightened their grip on their weapon, while Paimon whispered that whatever was coming did not look friendly.

dread /dred/

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Dread (v) cực kì sợ gì đó. Dreadful (adj) tệ (dreadful weather)

sự sợ hãi, nỗi khiếp sợ; noun; fear, apprehension, terror; A deep sense of ... settled over Xiao when he entered the abandoned domain. He had fought monsters that would have terrified ordinary soldiers, but this place carried the unmistakable feeling of something ancient waiting in the dark.

gnaw /nɔː/

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Sign, foreign, gnarled

gặm nhấm; verb; nibble, chew, wear away; Something had ...ed at the wooden beams beneath the old house for years. When Itto finally kicked one apart, he discovered a hidden tunnel underneath, its entrance glowing faintly with violet light.

sink /sɪŋk/

ngồi xuống, hạ người xuống; verb; lower oneself, settle down, crouch; Exhausted after the battle, Dehya let herself ... onto the warm sand beside the campfire. For several minutes, nobody spoke, listening only to the desert wind and the faint crackle of burning wood.

crunch /krʌntʃ/

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Crunch (v) ăn ra tiếng She crunched her apple noisily.

bước đi tạo ra tiếng lạo xạo; verb; crackle, tread noisily, grind; Snow ...ed beneath Ayaka's boots as she crossed the frozen courtyard alone. Lanterns flickered along the walls, and every footstep seemed unnaturally loud in the midnight silence.

twig /twɪɡ/

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Twig (v) nhận ra Haven’t you twigged yet?

cành cây nhỏ; noun; branchlet, small branch; A single ... snapped somewhere behind Kazuha. He stopped immediately, sensing movement in the forest that the others had not yet noticed.

crisp /krɪsp/

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Also crispy

giòn rụm; adjective; The freshly baked rice crackers were wonderfully ... after being warmed over the fire. Thoma handed a plate to the others, and even the usually reserved Ayato admitted that they were better than expected.

brittle /ˈbrɪtl/

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Breotan ‘Break up’

giòn, cứng nhưng dễ vỡ; adjective; The ancient paper had become so ... that even a gentle touch threatened to destroy it. Nahida carefully turned the page, revealing a faded prophecy written in a language no living scholar could fully understand.

footfall /ˈfʊtfɔːl/

tiếng bước chân; noun; step, tread, sound of walking; The first ... echoed through the empty cathedral. Furina froze halfway through her speech, suddenly certain that someone had entered through the locked doors.

dust /dʌst/

phủi bụi, phủi đất; verb; brush off, remove dust from, clear; The Traveler ...ed the soil from an ancient stone tablet before handing it to Zhongli. The inscription was nearly invisible beneath centuries of dirt, but its final line mentioned a name that made him unusually quiet.

loudspeaker /ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə(r)/

loa phóng thanh; noun; public-address system, speaker system; A loud ... crackled to life above the busy port. Klee looked up in surprise as an official announced that everyone should remain indoors until the strange storm had passed.

annihilate /əˈnaɪəleɪt/

tiêu diệt hoàn toàn, hủy diệt; verb; destroy completely, obliterate, wipe out; The ancient weapon had enough power to ... an entire army in seconds. Even Tartaglia, who rarely feared anything, stared at it with genuine concern.

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Chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/điệp khúc

cùng nhau, đồng thanh; idiom; all together, in unison, together; The children cried out ... when the enormous dragon appeared above the mountains. Their voices echoed across the valley, and Paimon immediately realized that the creature had not come to attack them.