think & learn

Assess

Đánh giá cân nhắc

baffle

làm hỏng, thất bại (baffle a plan)

Contemplate

Suy ngẫm, suy tính

Cynical

Hoài nghi, distrustful, contemptuous mocking

Deduce

Suy luận, draw as a logical conclusion

Deliberate

Bàn bạc kỹ lưỡng, consider carefully, consciously

Dilemma

Thế lưỡng nan khó xử vd: ruru’s dilemma in a nutshell.

Discriminate (btw, from)

Phân biệt đối xử, make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different

Dubious (about)

Mơ hồ, hesitating, doubting

Estimate

Ước lượng

Faith

Trust

Grasp

Understand, nắm chặt sth

Hunch

Lính cảm, feeling

Ideology

Ý thức hệ, sự mơ mộng, tư tưởng

ingenious

Khéo léo, tài tình, mưu trí

intuition

Trực giác, instinctive feeling, eg: we shall allow our intuition to guide us.

justify

bào chữa, thanh minh, eg: one of the elect, justified by faith

Naive

ngây thơ, chất phát innocent, unaffected

Notion

Ý niệm, ý nghĩ, quan điểm, eg: i have no notion of what her words mean

optimistic

Lạc quan, hopeful and confident about the future

Paradox

Nghịch lý seemingly absurd or contradictory statement

Pessimistic (about)

Bi quan, yếu thế, tending to see the worst aspect of things

Plausible

Hợp lý, seeming reasonable or probable// ▪ (of a person) skilled at producing persuasive arguments: miệng lưỡi khéo léo

Ponder (on,upon,over)

Consider, carefully think about sth

Prejudiced

Bigoted (tin mù quáng)

Presume (that/todo)

Cho là, đoán chừng; be arrogant or impertinent enough to (dám liều, mạo muội)

Query

Câu hỏi thắc mắc, chất vấn, nghi ngờ

Reckon

Ước lượng eg: his debts were reckoned at £300,000 // cho là, nghĩ là -among eg:in college he was always reckoned among the brainiest

Skeptical/sceptical

Hoài nghi, ngờ vực not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

Speculate (on,upon,about)

Tự biện form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence // đầu cơ tích trữ, mua bán liều lĩnh, invest in property with risk of loss

Conscientious

Chu đáo, tận tâm, thorough and meticulous

cram

Ngồi nhét học luyện thi, cram for an examination, to cram up

ignorant

STUPID lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated

inattentive

Thiếu chú ý lơ đễnh

intellectual

relating to the intellect: children need intellectual stimulation.

intensive

Sâu sắc; tập trung chuyên sâu, very thorough or vigorous

plagiarize /ˈpleɪdʒ(i)ərʌɪz/

take the work or an idea of (someone) and pass it off as one's oơn ăn cắp ý văn

Tuition

Sự giảng dạy / học phí

Brush up on

Practice and improve your skills/ knowledge

Come around (to)

Change your opinion or decision bcs sb has persuaded you to agree w them

Hit upon

Suddenly have an idea/ discover sth by chance

Mull over

Think carefully about sth over a period of time

Piece together

Learn the truth about sth by considering all the separate bits of information you have

Puzzle out

Solve a confusing or complicated problem by thinking carefully about it

Read up (on/about)

Get information on a particular subject by reading a lot about it

Swot up (on)

Study sth very hard, ép for examination

Take in

Understand, remember sth; accept sth real; trick sh into believing sth that is not true

Think over

Consider a problem or decision carefully

Think through

consider the facts about sth in an organized and thorough way

Think up

Invent or imagine sth, esp an excuse

Go to your head

Làm cho ai đó trở nên kiêu ngạo, tự cao tự đại

Have your wits about you

Giữ cái đầu lạnh để make sensible decisions

in the dark about

Hong bt j cạ, hoặc bị giấu

Know what’s what

Hiểu rõ sự tình, nắm rõ vấn đề

Not have a leg to stand on

K có cách nào chứng minh mình đúng hết

Not see the wood for the trees

Quá chú trọng vào những chi tiết nhỏ nhặt mà bỏ quên mất bức tranh toàn cảnh, vấn đề cốt lõi

Put two and two together

xâu chuỗi các sự kiện lại.. sự thật luôn chỉ có một…mà ra

Quick/ slow on the uptake

Sáng dạ/ tối dạ

Ring a bell

Nghe quen quen nhở

Round the bend

Crazyyyyy

Split hairs

Vạch lá tìm sâu, bới lông tìm vết, hoạnh hoẹ

Take stock of

Assess, evaluate, examine, consider carefully

Pick sb’s brain

Hỏi ý kiến ai đó, xin lời khuyên

Put into perspective

Nhìn nhận đánh giá vđ một cách khách quan