lock in book 1.2 part 1

leverage

to get as much advantage or profit as possible from something that you have: tận dụng

• The company needs to … its resources.

to use borrowed money to buy an investment, in the hope of increasing profits in the future

• The company was heavily … and at risk of insolvency.

deleverage

​to reduce your level of debt by rapidly selling your assets (= things that a person or company owns): cắt nợ, thanh lí

Debt is rapidly decreasing, and the company has … the balance sheet by 30% since 2019.

retrieve

to bring or get something back, especially from a place where it should not be: lấy lại cái gì

• The dog … the ball from the water.

to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer: lấy lại thông tin

• The program allows you to … items quickly by searching under a keyword.

to make a bad situation better; to get back something that was lost: cải thiện

• You can only … the situation by apologizing.

salvage

​to save a badly damaged ship, etc. from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc.: cứu cái gì mất hoàn toàn, hỏng hoàn toàn(something from ssomething

• We only managed to … two paintings from the fire.

to manage to rescue something from a difficult situation; to stop a bad situation from being a complete failure: giải cứu khỏi tình huống khó khăn, ngăn cái gì khỏi thất bại hoàn toàn

• He wondered what he could do to … the situation.

acquifer

​a layer of rock or soil that can take in and hold water: tầng chứa nước

sunken

that has fallen to the bottom of the sea or the ocean, or of a lake or river: rơi xuống đáy bể, hồ, sông

• ship/ treasure

​(of eyes or cheeks) hollow and deep as a result of disease, getting old, or not having enough food: hốc

• His eyes were dark and …

at a lower level than the area around

• a … garden

nuisance

a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems: vật, người gây rắc rối

• I don't want to be a … so tell me if you want to be alone.

• I hope you're not making a … of yourself.

• great/ real/ minor

behaviour by somebody that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop

• He was charged with causing a public …