Lesson 11

amenity

- English meaning: something that makes life easier or more enjoyable
- Vietnamese meaning: Tiện nghi
- Syn: convenience, comfort, feature

destroy

- English meaning: to put an end to the existence of something
- Vietnamese meaning: Phá hủy
- Syn: ruin, demolish, devastate, obliterate

disperse

- English meaning: to cause to move in many different directions
- Vietnamese meaning: phân tán
- Syn: circulate, scatter, spread, dissolve

dwelling

- English meaning: where people live
- Vietnamese meaning: chỗ ở, nơi cư trú
- Syn: house, residence, shelter, refuge

element

- English meaning: a part of the whole *environment
- Vietnamese meaning: yếu tố
- Syn: component, feature, constituent, aspect

elementary

- English meaning: simple in structure, easy to do
- Vietnamese meaning: cơ bản
- Syn: primary, basic, fundamental, simplistic

eliminate

- English meaning: to remove, free oneself of something
- Vietnamese meaning: loại bỏ
- Syn: delete, obliterate, remove, abolish

emphasize

- English meaning: to show that something is especially important or exceptional
- Vietnamese meaning: nhấn mạnh
- Syn: highlight, accentuate, underscore, stress

encircle

- English meaning: to make a circle around
- Vietnamese meaning: bao vây
- Syn: surround, circumscribe, enclose, encompass

erratic

- English meaning: no regular pattern in thinking or movement; changeable without reason
- Vietnamese meaning: bất thường
- Syn: sporadic, intermittent, inconsistent

exaggerate

- English meaning: to make something more than what it is
- Vietnamese meaning: phóng đại
- Syn: overstate, overemphasize, inflate, magnify

mention

- English meaning: to say; relate in written form
- Vietnamese meaning: nhắc lại
- Syn: remark, observe, allude, cite

pier

- English meaning: a place where boats arrive to take on or unload cargo and passengers
- Vietnamese meaning: bến tàu
- Syn: dock, quay, marrina, jetty, landing

prevalent

- English meaning: existing widely or commonly
- Vietnamese meaning: phổ biến
- Syn: commonplace

release

- English meaning: to allow to come out; to give freedom
- Vietnamese meaning: giải phóng
- Syn: free, unleash, liberate, deliver