Test 3 Passage 1b Cam 11

Emperor

(n) royal leader, monarch - hoàng đế

Indication

(n) sign, mark - dấu hiệu

Tomb

(n) burial place for last resting place - hầm mộ

Noble

(n) a member of the highest social class - quý tộc

Exotic

(adj) unusual, unconventional, extravagant, unfamiliar - độc lạ

Lucrative

(adj) profitable, thriving, flourishing - lời lãi, lợi nhuận cao

Precious

(adj) valuable, important - giá trị, quan trọng

Commodity

(n) product, item - sản phẩm

Merchandise

(n) goods, products - hàng hóa

Merchant

(n) businessman, tradesman - doanh nhân, người buôn bán

Middlemen

(n) someone who buys things in order to sell them to someone else, or who helps to arrange business deals for other people - người mối, trung gian

Region

(n) an area of a country, especially one that has a particular characteristic or is known for something - khu vực

Smuggle

(v) take/send/bring goods/people secretly and illegally into/out of a country - buôn lậu

Conceal

(v) hide, cover - che giấu

Hollow

(adj) having a hole or empty space inside - rỗng bên trong

Secretive

(adj) a secretive person or organization likes to keep their thoughts, intentions, or actions hidden from others - hay giấu giếm, thích giữ bí mật

Imperial

(adj) relating to an empire or to the person who rules it - thuộc hoàng gia

Monopoly

(n) domination= exclusiveness - sự thống trị, độc quyền

Conquer

(v) defeat, beat, overpower - chinh phục, đánh bại

Capture

(v) take over, take

Magnificent

(adj) great, fine, wonderful

Export

(v) sell abroad, sell overseas, sell to other countries # import - xuất khẩu

Settle in somewhere

(v) to go to live in a new place, and stay there for a long time - định cư, ổn định

Esteemed

(adj) respected, admired, honored - quý trọng

Reputation

(n) fame

Facilitate

(v) make easy, make possible, enable = cải thiện, tăng cường

Manmade

(adj) artificial, synthetic, manufactured # natural - nhân tạo

Interrupt

(v) stop, end, halt - làm gián đoạn

Raw

(adj) unprocessed, unrefined, natural - thô

Stifle

(v) prevent st from happing - ngăn cản, cản trở gì đó diễn ra

Recapture

(v) bring back, take over again

Silk yarn

(n) thread used for making cloth or for knitting - sợi lụa