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contraption

​a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange or complicated and possibly does not work well: thiệt bị kì lại, loằng ngoằng

• She showed us a strange…that looked like a satellite dish.

conation

​a mental process that makes you want to do something or decide to do something

contusion

​an injury to part of the body that does not break the skin: vết bầm

• There were multiple … and abrasions on his face and arm.

harbinger

a sign that shows that something is going to happen soon, often something bad: dấu hiệu của điều xấu (of something):

tracery

a pattern of lines and curves in stone on the top part of some church windows: vân

an attractive pattern of lines and curves

• the delicate … of ice on the window

perky

​the quality of being cheerful and full of energy: vui tươi; hoạt bát; tỉnh táo

• She hasn’t been her usual … self lately.

denouement

​the end of a play, book, etc., in which everything is explained or settled; the end result of a situation: kết cục; cái kết

serendipitous

​happening by chance in an interesting or pleasant way: xảy ra một cách ngẫu nhiên mà tốt lành

• … discoveries

elastic

​able to stretch and return to its original size and shape: đàn hồi

• …materials

​that can change or be changed

• The demand for the product is …

equanimity

​a calm state of mind that means that you do not become angry or upset, especially in difficult situations: bình tĩnh

• She accepted the prospect of her operation with …

virtuperate

criticize angrily
The politicians … his opponents, using personal attack

prevaricate

to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth: vòng vo

• Stop … and come to the point.

incarcerate

to put somebody in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape: giam giữ

• Thousands were … in labour camps.

malodorous

​having an unpleasant smell: nặng mùi

perspicacious

​able to understand somebody/something quickly and accurately; showing this: sáng suốt

• He was … enough to realize that things were soon going to change.

lachrymose

​tending to cry easily; making you cry: dễ rơi lệ; làm rơi lệ

• She was pink-eyed and …

perfunctory

​(of an action) done as a duty or habit, without real interest, attention or feeling: chiếu lệ

• They only made a … effort.

obsequious

​trying too hard to please somebody, especially somebody who is important: khúm núm. nịnh bợ

• The waiters came hurrying forward with … smiles on their faces.

servile

​wanting too much to please somebody and obey them

• Parents have no right to demand … obedience from their children.

munificent

​extremely generous: hào phóng

• He enjoys being…on a princely scale.

lugubrious

​sad and serious: buồn thảm; sầu thẳm

… expression

disambiguate

to show clearly the difference between two or more words, phrases, etc. which are similar in meaning: phân biệt rõ hai cụm gần giống

abstemious

​not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol, or to do things that are fun: tằn tiện, khắc khổ

• He was a hard-working man with … habits.

painfully

.. obvious

a knight in shining armour

a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation: anh hùng cứu mỹ nhân=))))

• She's still waiting for … to come and rescue her.

save the day/ situation

​to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen: ngăn ngừa điều tồi tệ

• Salah's late goal … for Liverpool.

steal somebody’s thunder

​to get the attention, success, etc. that somebody else was expecting, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do: chiếm spotlight của người khác bằng cách nói, làm người khác định làm

bat a thousand

to be very successful: thành công

• He’s made another sale? He’s really …!

the battle lines are drawn

​used to say that people or groups have shown which side they intend to support in an argument or contest that is going to begin: mọi người đã chọn phe

unsubtantiated

​not proved to be true by evidence: vô căn cứ

• The court found that most of her claims were …

• … rumour/ claim

substantiate

to provide information or evidence to prove that something is true: chứng minh

• The results of the tests … his claims.

ultimatum

​a final warning to a person or country that if they do not do what you ask, you will use force or take action against them: tối hậu thư

• The government denied that it had presented the union with an …

segregate

to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way: phân biệt(from something)

• White people and black people were … into different parts of town.

desegregate

to end the policy of segregation in a place in which people of different races are kept separate in public places, etc.: chấm dứt phân biệt đối xử

predicament

​a difficult or an unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do: = quandary

• I'm in a terrible …

fanaticism

​extreme beliefs or behaviour, especially in connection with religion or politics = extremism: chủ nghĩa cực đoan

• the… of football supporters

quarantine

​a period of time when an animal or a person that has or may have a disease is kept away from others in order to prevent the disease from spreading: cách ly(in …)

• The dog was kept in … for six months.

afterthought

​a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned: cái được cho thêm, suy nghĩ sau(as an …)

• They only invited Jack and Sarah as an …

modus operandi

method of doing something

dissemble

to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones: giấu cảm xúc thật, bằng giả vờ có cảm xúc khác

• She was a very honest person who was incapable of …

travail

​an unpleasant experience or situation that involves a lot of hard work, difficulties and/or pain: sự vất vả, cực khổ

• the … of life in post-war Britain

handicap

a permanent physical or mental condition that makes it difficult to do some things that most other people can do: sự khiếm khuyết

• She was born with what was then called a …

• a physical/mental/visual …

discordant

not in agreement; combining with other things in a way that is strange or unpleasant: bất hòa; không hòa hợp

• The functional modernity of the computer struck a … note amid the elegant eighteenth-century furniture.

sequester

to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid: cầm đồ

to keep a jury together in a place, in order to prevent them from talking to other people about a court case, or learning about it in the newspapers, on television, etc.

sequestered

​(of a place) quiet and far away from people: nơi hoang sâu, hẻo lánh

• a … valley

ordeal

​a difficult or unpleasant experience: trải nghiệm khó khăn(of v_iing

• They had survived a terrifying …

• long/ entire/ whole

contempt

the feeling that somebody/something is without value and deserves no respect at all: sự khinh rẻ(with/ beneath/ in …; for somebody/ something)

• I shall treat that suggestion with the … it deserves.

• complete/ deep/ great

• feel/ have/ hold

a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.: sự khinh thường nguy hiểm

• The firefighters showed a … for their own safety.

prejorative

​a word or remarkpejorative… expresses disapproval or criticism: thể hiện sự phản đối, miệt thị

• I'm using the word ‘academic’ here in a … sense.

innocuous

​not intended or likely to offend or upset anyone: vô hại

• The question appeared … enough, but I still did not trust her.

• perfectly/ totally/ fairly

abominable

​extremely unpleasant and causing horror: đáng sợ, ghê tởm

• The judge described the attack as an … crime.

south-facing

hướng nam

tundra

​the large, flat Arctic regions of northern Europe, Asia and North America where no trees grow and where the soil below the surface of the ground is always frozen: lãnh nguyên

steppe

​a large area of land with grass but few trees, especially in south-east Europe and Siberia: thảo nguyên ít cây

plateau

an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it: cao nguyên

• The summit is a windswept … of scattered rocks.

​a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress: giai đoạn thoái trào

• Inflation has reached a…

• rich

whitewash

to try to hide unpleasant facts about somebody/something; to try to make something seem better than it is: tẩy trắng

purpose-built

​designed and built for a particular purpose: xây dựng có chủ đích

syntactic

​connected with syntax: thuộc về cú pháp

• rule/ structure

misfit

​a person who is not accepted by a particular group of people, especially because their behaviour or their ideas are very different

target-language

a language into which a text is being translated

​a foreign language that somebody is learning

apropos

​in connection with or related to somebody/something: liên quan tới/ regarding(of something)

• … (of) what you were just saying…

above-mentioned

​mentioned or named earlier in the same letter, book, etc.

socio-psychological

thuộc về tâm lí xã hội

high-status

ranking highly in a social or professional hierarchy.

salient

​most important or easy to notice

• She pointed out the … features of the new design.

• He summarized the … points.

linearity

​the fact that something consists of or is arranged in lines: tuyến tính

• the … of the building design

​the fact that something goes from one thing to another in a single series of stages

• She abandoned the … of the conventional novel.

• linear(aadj

pristine

​fresh and clean, as if new: mới toanh

• Their uniforms have to be kept … at all times.

​not developed or changed in any way; left in its original condition: nguyên sinh; nguyên bản

• The oil slick seems certain to blacken miles of … coastline.

off-kilter

​not perfectly straight or balanced; not in line with something else: lệch; không cân bằng

• a slightly …, hand-drawn circle

​slightly strange or unusual: lạ lùng

• an … comedy

languish

to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time: ép ở lại để chịu gì khó chịu

• She continues to … in a foreign prison.

to become weaker or fail to make progress: kém đi, ít phát triển

• The share price … at 102p.

avarice

​extreme desire for wealth: tham lamlam

delegate

to give part of your work, power or authority to somebody in a lower position than you: ủy quyền(something to somebody)

• The job had to be … to an assistant.