English Vocabulary in Use Advanced - Unit 54: Diet, sport and fitness | Quizlet

impede

to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something:

Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't ...ed his career in any way.

to slow something down or prevent an activity from making progress at its previous rate:

Shortages of medicine were ...ing the effort to control diseases.

~ Trì hoãn hoặc ngăn chặn (ai đó hoặc cái gì đó) bằng cách cản trở họ; cản trở

plaque /plæk/

a substance that grows on your teeth if you do not brush them regularly

~ is also a substance that may grow inside the body with certain diseases:

About 20 companies are working on treatments for Alzheimer's that would interfere with ... formation.

~ (y học) mảng (phát ban...); cao răng

clog

to (cause something to) become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is difficult:

• The roads are ...ed with holiday traffic.

• Eating too much fat causes your arteries to ... (up).

• Leaves are ... (up) the drain.

~ Cản trở; làm trở ngại

Bít kín, lấp lại, làm kẹt, làm tắc

stroke

a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body:

She suffered/had a ... that left her unable to speak.

nutritious

containing many of the substances needed for life and growth:

• a ... diet

• Raw spinach is especially ... .

pose

to cause something, especially a problem or difficulty:

• Nuclear weapons ... a threat to everyone.

• The mountain terrain ...s particular problems for civil engineers.

• The result of the vote ...s a serious challenge to the government's credibility.

• Officials claim that the chemical leakage ...s no real danger for surrounding residents.

fibre /ˈfaɪbər/

a substance in certain foods, such as fruit, vegetables, and brown bread, that travels through the body as waste and helps the contents of the bowels to pass through the body easily:

You should eat more dietary ... to reduce the risk of bowel cancer.

lentil /ˈlentl/

a very small dried bean that is cooked and eaten:

• ... soup

• red/green/brown ...s

porridge /ˈpɔːrɪdʒ/

a thick, soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast

~ cháo

cardiovascular /ˌkɑːrdiəʊˈvæskjələr/

relating to the heart and blood vessels (= tubes that carry blood around the body):

... disease

diabetes

a disease in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood

diabetic

a person who has diabetes

insulin

a hormone in the body that controls the amount of sugar in the blood:

She has to have ... injections for her diabetes.

metabolism /məˈtæbəlɪzəm/

all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy and growth:

Exercise is supposed to speed up your ... .

to be intent on doing sth

to be determined to do or achieve something:

• I've tried persuading her not to go but she's ... on it.

• He seems ...on upsetting everyone in the room!

brisk

quick, energetic, and active:

• a ... walk

• He set a ... pace and we struggled to keep up.

• Her tone on the phone was ... (= she spoke quickly and used few words) and businesslike.

move the goalposts

informal to change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them:

• We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys ... ... ... and said they wanted more money.

~ Thay đổi luật lệ, quy tắc trong một tình huống và điều đó thường là không công bằng, thường để tạo ra sự khó khăn cho ai đó có thể đạt được cái gì đó

level playing field

a situation that is fair because everyone has the same chance of succeeding:

The regulations will create a ... ... ... for food manufacturers in the EU.

in the running for st

being considered as one of the possible choices for something:

• The land is one of six sites nationally ... ... ... for the $11.5 million project.

• A new CEO will be hired, and Martyn is one of several executives ... ... ... .

neck and neck

If two competitors are ~, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning.

skate over/around something

to avoid dealing completely with something or to fail to pay enough attention to it:

• Providing homeless people with somewhere to stay when the weather is cold only _ the problem, it doesn't solve it.

• I didn't understand what the teacher said about prepositions, because she only _ it.

sail through

to succeed very easily in something, especially a test:

• Rachel ... ... her finals and got A's in everything.

• You can't expect to just ... ... without doing any work.