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announce (v)

She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.

(thông báo)

annoucement (n)

The president made an unexpected announcement this morning.

(sự thông báo)

unannounced (adj)

The company has justified its recent unannounced addition of chlorine to its water

(không báo trước)

belief (n)

His belief in God gave him hope during difficult times.

(sự tin tưởng)

disbelief (n)

She shook her head in disbelief

(sự không tin tưởng)

believe (v)

Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we'd been visited by a creature from Mars.

(tin tưởng)

believable (adj)

I didn't find any of the characters in the film believable.

(có thể tin tưởng)

unbelievably (adv)

It was still an unbelievably stupid thing to do.

(không đáng tin cậy)

communication (n)

Television is an increasingly important means of communication

(sự giao tiếp)

uncommunicative (adj)

He had a headache and was uncommunicative.

(không muốn giao tiếp)

communicator (n)

Obviously teachers have to be good communicators.

(người truyền đạt)

convince (v)

It's useless trying to convince her she doesn't need to lose any weight.

(thuyết phục)

convinced (adj)

I'm convinced that she is lying.

(chắc chắn)

unconvincing (adj)

The end of the book was very unconvincing.

(không thuyết phục)

edit (v)

Janet edited books for a variety of publishers.

(chỉnh sửa)

editor (n)

Who is the current editor of the Times?

(nhà biên tập)

editorial (adj)

Editorial decisions are generally made by senior editors.

(thuộc về tòa soạn)

humour (n)

Even a speech on a serious subject should be leavened with a little humour.

(sự hài hước)

humorous (adj)

Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life.

(hài hước)

humourless (adj)

they are such a humorless bunch.

(không hài hước)

inform (v)

I informed my boss that I was going to be away next week.

(thông báo)

information (n)

I went to several libraries to gather information about the scheme.

(thông tin)

informed (adj)

The school promised to keep parents informed about the situation.

(am hiểu)

uninformative (adj)

In the phylogenetic analysis, 42 sites were parsimony informative, 47 were uninformative and 380 were constant.

(không thông thạo)

journal (n)

The library subscribes to all the major science journals.

(tạp chí)

journalist (n)

The journalist asked the minister how he viewed recent events.

(nhà báo)

journalism (n)

This kind of racism pervades newspaper and broadcast journalism in EU countries.

(nghề làm báo)

journalistic (adj)

He began his journalistic career in the early eighties in Australia.

(thuộc về ngành báo chí)

politics (n)

Ms Doughty entered politics after a career in banking.

(chính trị)

political (adj)

The National Front is an extremely right-wing political party in Britain.

(thuộc chính trị)

politically (adv)

Politically, indeed, the whole period was one of retrogression and stagnation.

(về mặt chính trị)

politician (n)

They have arrested a number of leading opposition politicians.

(chính trị gia)

power (n)

Once nicotine has you in its power, it's very difficult to stop smoking.

(quyền lực)

powerful (adj)

The president is more powerful than the prime minister.

(có quyền thế)

powerfully (adv)

He argued powerfully and persuasively against capital punishment.

(mạnh mẽ)

powerless (adj)

The villagers are powerless against the armed invaders.

(bất lực)

empower (v)

The first step in empowering the poorest sections of society is making sure they vote

(trao quyền)

ridicule (n)

She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her colleagues when she applied for the job.

(lời chế giễu/nhạo báng)

ridiculous (adj)

It's ridiculous to expect a two-year-old to be able to read!

(nực cười)

ridiculousness (n)

I recognize the sheer ridiculousness of being afraid of something the size of my thumbnail

(sự lố bịch)

second (n)

First prize is two weeks in Barbados and second prize is a weekend in Rome.

(thứ hai/hạng nhì)

secondly (adv)

The problems are two-fold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.

(thứ nhì)

secondary (adj)

Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance.

(không quá quan trọng)

write (v)

When you fill in the form, please write clearly in black ink.

(viết)

writer (n)

The writer has used several complex grammatical constructions.

(nhà văn)

writing (n)

She complained that the writing was too small to read.

(bài viết)

written (adj)

Britain has no written constitution.

(bằng văn bản)

unwritten (adj)

There's an unwritten rule that you don't wear jeans to work.

(nói miệng/không có văn bản)