(1) 30/4 - MS. XUÂN ANH

KTTX (Lớp 11)

take a dive

suddenly lose values

dehydrated

not having the normal amount of water in your body so that you feel ill or weak

despondent (about)

unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm (+ giới từ)

incentive

something that encourages a person to do something by offering them a reward:

acquisitive

eager to own and collect things:

indulgence (in)

an occasion when you allow yourself to have something enjoyable, especially something that is not good for you, or something enjoyable that you allow yourself like this:

be deprived of

bị tước đi

prosecute

to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a law court, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime:

pervert the course of justice

to act illegally to avoid punishment or to get the wrong person punished:

come up against…

to have to deal with a problem:

pass over

to ignore or not give attention to someone or something:

lay down the law

ra luật

until the small hours

the early hours of the morning, between twelve o'clock at night and the time when the sun rises:

quick and fast

quickly and in large numbers:

pins and needles

feel slight sharp pains in it, usually just after you have moved from being in one position for a long time.

on pins and needles

worried or excited about something that is going to happen:

hit or miss

as likely to be bad as to be good, esp. because of not being planned or organized well:

pay heed to

chú ý đến

solid

continuing for a period of time without stopping:

part company

end their relationship

slacken

make sth become loose/less active/slower

abate

to become less strong (ESP FOR WEATHER PHENOMENA)

slip out

lỡ lời

knock sb off

murder sb

cordon off

phong toả

give off

produce (smell…)