[VOL 7] IELTS Listening Test 3

recital

(n) buổi độc tấu/biểu diễn (nhạc, thường là piano/violon…); collocation: piano recital, music recital; ví dụ: She can’t come because she has a piano recital.

renovate

(v) cải tạo, tân trang; collocation: renovate a room/house; ví dụ: They recently renovated the King Room.

complimentary

(adj) miễn phí, tặng kèm; collocation: complimentary drinks, complimentary cake; ví dụ: Because it’s a large group, the cake is complimentary.

slot

(n) khung giờ, chỗ trống (trong lịch); collocation: a time slot; ví dụ: This week’s radio slot is about Joan’s day.

muck out

(v phr) dọn phân, dọn chuồng (ngựa, bò…); collocation: muck out the stables; ví dụ: She gets up early to muck out the horses.

intervene

(v) chen vào, xen vào, can thiệp; collocation: reality intervenes; ví dụ: I plan to get up at 5.30 but reality intervenes and I wake at 6.30.

on and off

(idiom) lúc có lúc không, gián đoạn; collocation: work on and off; ví dụ: She’s been involved with RDA on and off for 20 years.

secretarial

(adj) thuộc công việc thư ký; collocation: secretarial work, secretarial duties; ví dụ: Most of the work seems more secretarial.

chairperson

(n) chủ tịch, người chủ trì; collocation: RDA chairperson; ví dụ: She’s recently taken on the job of chairperson.

adore

(v) rất yêu thích, mê; collocation: adore horses, adore someone; ví dụ: She adores her horses, even the dirty jobs.

revolting

(adj) kinh tởm, ghê; collocation: revolting smell, revolting job; ví dụ: She even enjoys the revolting job of cleaning stables.

entail

(v) đòi hỏi, kéo theo, bao gồm; collocation: entail doing something; ví dụ: The job entails a lot of correspondence.

correspondence

(n) thư từ, việc viết thư/email; collocation: deal with correspondence; ví dụ: She doesn’t mind the letter-writing and correspondence.

horrendous

(adj) kinh khủng, tệ khủng khiếp; collocation: horrendous task, horrendous traffic; ví dụ: She finds fundraising horrendous.

rationalize

(v) hợp lý hóa, sắp xếp lại cho hợp lý; collocation: rationalize fundraising, rationalize a system; ví dụ: She wishes they could rationalize fundraising efforts.

sadden

(v) làm buồn, khiến ai đó buồn; collocation: it saddens me that…; ví dụ: It saddens her how unaware some stables are.

privileged

(adj) cảm thấy vinh hạnh, đặc ân; collocation: feel privileged to do something; ví dụ: She feels privileged to work with the riders.

post-lesson

(adj) sau giờ học; collocation: post-lesson analysis; ví dụ: They had to write a post-lesson analysis.

pace

(v/n) điều chỉnh nhịp độ; nhịp độ; collocation: pace a lesson, fast pace; ví dụ: They felt they didn’t pace the lesson very well.

drag out

(v phr) kéo dài lê thê; collocation: drag out too long; ví dụ: Some parts of the lesson seemed to drag out.

shire

(n) (Anh) hạt, vùng nông thôn (thường dùng trong tên địa phương); collocation: shire county; ví dụ: Many RDA groups are based in country shires.

component

(n) thành phần, bộ phận cấu thành; collocation: component materials, key components; ví dụ: Students identified the component materials of a pencil.

atlas

(n) tập bản đồ; collocation: world atlas, use an atlas; ví dụ: They used atlases to plan the itinerary.

itinerary

(n) lịch trình (chuyến đi); collocation: travel itinerary, plan an itinerary; ví dụ: Each group planned an itinerary for sending raw materials to the USA.

specify

(v) ghi rõ, chỉ rõ; collocation: specify details, specify places; ví dụ: They had to specify ports and places on the way.

dispatch

(v) gửi đi, chuyển đi (hàng hóa); collocation: dispatch goods, dispatch pencils; ví dụ: They imagined how to dispatch their pencils around the country.

round off

(v phr) kết thúc cho trọn vẹn; collocation: round off the lesson; ví dụ: They rounded off the lesson with a short presentation task.

cargo

(n) hàng hóa chở trên tàu, máy bay; collocation: ship’s cargo, cargo hold; ví dụ: The mechanism was found in the cargo of a ship.

inscription

(n) dòng chữ khắc; collocation: ancient inscription, read an inscription; ví dụ: More of the inscriptions became legible under special light.

legible

(adj) đọc được rõ ràng; collocation: legible writing, barely legible; ví dụ: The faded inscriptions are now legible.

worn

(adj) mòn, bị mài mòn; collocation: worn surface, worn edges; ví dụ: The inscriptions were faded and worn.

interlock

(v) khớp vào nhau, ăn khớp; collocation: interlocking wheels, gears interlock; ví dụ: It had metal gear wheels which interlocked with each other.

inscribe

(v) khắc chữ, ghi chữ lên; collocation: inscribe on the surface; ví dụ: The wheels were inscribed with the names of the months.

astronomical

(adj) thuộc thiên văn học / rất lớn; collocation: astronomical function, astronomical data; ví dụ: The mechanism clearly had an astronomical function.

eclipse

(n) nhật thực/ nguyệt thực; collocation: solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, predict an eclipse; ví dụ: The device could show when an eclipse would take place.