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Why companies should welcome disorder

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a means

= way, method, measure ə miːnz

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a paying public

those who buy or purchase something (seminars/ workshops)

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rhetoric

= speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere

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creep (into thinking)

= walk quietly and slowly, tiptoe: len lỏi vào suy nghĩ

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delight

= enjoyment, pleasure, joy, gladness

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proclaim

= announce, declare, assert, state, say publicly

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ironically

paradoxically, oddly, poignantly, fatefully, unluckily

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drive

= motivation, effort, ambition

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shot

= try, attempt, chance

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fall short of sth (but in reality falls well short of what is expected?)

= to be less than the amount or standard that is needed or that you want

nhưng trong thực tế lại không như những gì được mong đợi?

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forefather

ancestor, forebear, precursor

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have been around

= to have had experience of many different situations so that you can deal with new

situations confidently

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obsession

ám ảnh

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detrimental

= harmful, damaging, negative, unfavorable, disadvantageous /detrɪˈmentl̩/

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for the sake of smb/smth

= in order to help or bring advantage to smb/smth

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diminish

= reduce, lessen, weaken, make smaller, #increase

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a certain extent

một mức độ nhất định

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yield

= produce, bear, generate, bring in (sản xuất, mang lại)

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be devoid of sth

without, empty, barren (to be completely lacking in something) #full

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hierarchy

= grading, rank, order (phân tầng)

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embrace

accept, include, adopt, support, #exclude

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perception

= insight, awareness, view, opinion

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as opposed to

= versus, contrasted with, as against, compared with

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mechanism

procedure, process, system, operation, vehicle

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aid

= assistance, service, support

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rigid

fixed, inflexible, strict, unbending

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scrap

= reject, eliminate, remove

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facet

= aspect, part, sid (khía cạnh)

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in a ...fashion

in a ...fashion= in a particular way ( in a similar fashion)

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putting forward

= propose, offer, state

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facilitate

= enable, assist, aid, make easy, make possible, #impede

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glue

= connect, link, join

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jump/climb on the bandwagon

to join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful

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utility

= usefulness, effectiveness, efficiency, value

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overuse

= the act of using something too much or too often

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venerate

= revere, respect, admire, look up