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ethnographer
/eθˈnɒɡrəfə(r)/

a person who studies different peoples and cultures, with their customs, habits and differences (nhà dân tộc học)
Ex: The Norwegian ethnographer thought the statues Moai had been created by pre-Inca people

extraterrestrial
/ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl/

a creature that comes from another planet. Ex: They believed these statues were built by extraterrestrials

linguistics
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

the scientific study of language
Ex: He is teaching something which is the object of study of linguistics, and is described by linguistic methods.

folklore
/ˈfəʊklɔː(r)/

the traditions and stories of a country or community (van hoa dan gian)
Ex: Her books are often based on folklore and fairy-tales.

scrawny
/ˈskrɔːni/

very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy. Ex: When the Europeans arrived, Rapa Nui was grassland, with only a few scrawny trees.

pollen
/ˈpɒlən/

fine powder, usually yellow, that is formed in flowers and carried to other flowers of the same kind by the wind or by insects, to make those flowers produce seeds
Ex: In the 1980s, researchers found pollen preserved in lake sediments.

cannibalism
/ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm/

the practice of eating other people

scenario
/səˈnæriəʊ/

a description of how things might happen in the future (viễn cảnh)
Ex: The collapse of their isolated civilisation is a "worst-case scenario" for what may lie ahead of us in our own culture.

chieftain
/ˈtʃiːftən/

the leader of a people (thủ lĩnh, tù trưởng)
Ex: The researcher interprets the self-destruction as power display by rival chieftains.

manoeuvre
/məˈnuːvə(r)/

to move or turn something with skill or care
Ex: They easily manoeuvre a 1000 kg Moai replica a few hundred metres

decimate
/ˈdesɪmeɪt/

to severely damage something or make something weaker. Ex: In the 19th century slave traders decimated the population.

steward
/ˈstjuːəd/

a person whose job is to take care of passengers on a ship, an aircraft or a train and who brings them meals.
Ex: Ingenious moai builders is really a careful steward of the land, rather than by reckless destroyers.

abject
/ˈæbdʒekt/

terrible and without hope
Ex: They claim: "Rather than a case of abject failure, Rapa Nui is an unlikely story of success"