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get out of bed (id)

encourages you to do something or to try hard

get out of bed (on) the wrong side: to be in a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day

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a taste for something

C2 (phase): the fact of liking or enjoying something

eg: She came home from Europe with a taste for art and the finer things in life.

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cope well with

(collocation) to deal successfully with a difficult situation or a person in a difficult situation:

eg: Ever since her illness, she just can't cope with the stress of work.

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try out

to use something to see if it works well:

eg: Lanny is trying out her new bicycle.

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analogous

having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it:

analogous to The experience of a mystic trance is in a sense analogous to sleep or drunkenness.

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Pressing need

nhu cầu cấp bách

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Outstrip human intelligence

(verb). vượt qua trí tuệ con người

Some fear AI will outstrip human intelligence.

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Adeptly

(adv). một cách thành thạo

The AI system handled language input adeptly.

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Idiot savant

someone who has a mental disability but who is very good at doing a particular thing, for example remembering things

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Malicious

(a) intended to harm or upset other people

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Supremacy

(n) the leading or controlling position:

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carve out a niche

to successfully create or get something, especially a work position, by working for it

carve out a niche (col): He hopes to carve out a niche for himself as a leading researcher in his field of study.

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imaginative (c1)

new, original, and clever:

an imaginative new approach/policy

The architects have made imaginative use of glass and transparent plastic.

good at thinking of new, original, and clever ideas:

an imaginative designer

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mediocre

(a) not very good:

The film's plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.

Parents don't want their children going to mediocre schools.

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inanimate

(a) vô tri, having none of the characteristics of life that an animal or plant has:

"I know a house is inanimate," she said, "but this one feels so alive."

What is at issue here is the freightage of goods, both animate and inanimate.

inanimate object He looks at me as if I'm an inanimate object.

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vivid

(a) Vivid descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind:

very brightly coloured

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envisage

to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good:

Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.

[ + that ] It's envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.

[ + -ing verb ] When do you envisage finishing the project?

[ + question word ] It's hard to envisage how it might happen.

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dedicated

adj

believing that something is very important and giving a lot of time and energy to it:

designed to be used for one particular purpose:

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largely exterminated

(adj). bị tiêu diệt gần hết

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conclusive proof

(n) bằng chứng thuyết phục