BOOST YOUR VOCABULARY - CAMBRIDGE 13

long-haul (flight/visitor)

(chuyến bay/ hành khách) đường dài

tourist-generating market

thị trường tạo ra khách du lịch

gross domestic product

The sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a nation

export sector

lĩnh vực xuất khẩu

exhilarating (activity)

​very exciting and great fun
eg/ My first parachute jump was an *** experience.
Young people often find danger rather ***.

rugby

bóng bầu dục

blockbuster film

phim bom tấn

motoring holiday

Holidays in your car or van or motorbike where you might drive a lot between destinations.

catalogue (v)

to give a list of things

itinerary

a plan of a journey, including the route and the places that you visit
eg/ He drew up a detailed ***.
Visits to four different countries are included in your ***.

driving route

tuyến đường lái xe

a marae

meeting ground

once-in-a-lifetime

một lần trong đời

classification

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

apathy

​the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about something, or things in general
eg/ There is widespread *** among the electorate.
public/political/student ***

agitated

showing in your behaviour that you are anxious and nervous
eg/ Calm down! Don't get so ***.

indifference

a lack of interest or concern: thờ ơ, không thiên vị, lãnh đạm, trung lập

restless

unable to rest, relax, or be still; without rest or sleep

apathetic

showing no interest or enthusiasm
eg/ The illness made her *** and unwilling to meet people.

arousal

the act of making somebody have a particular feeling or attitude: sự kích động, đánh thức
eg/ emotional ***
the *** of public interest

intriguingly

in a puzzling, fascinating, or interesting manner
​in a way that is very interesting because it is unusual or does not have an obvious answer
The book is *** titled, 'The Revenge of the Goldfish'.

be prone to

be likely to, tend to

indifferent

Having no preference: vô tư

conclude

(v.) to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought

mind-wandering

the situation in which a person's attention and thoughts wander from the current task to some other, inappropriate line of thought

fester (of bad feelings or thoughts)

(of bad feelings or thoughts) to become much worse because you do not deal with them successfully
eg/ Instead of talking the matter over with him, she allowed her resentment to *** in her mind.

resentment

a feeling of anger or displeasure about someone or something unfair: phẫn nộ

fester (of a wound or cut)

(of a wound or cut) to become painful and infected (= full of bacteria)
eg/ ***ing sores/wounds

blasted

criticised - used when you are very annoyed about something

gear

bánh răng

put into gear

làm khớp/ đưa vào khớp
(specialist: khớp bánh răng)

irritability

the fact of tending to get annoyed easily
eg/ Lack of vitamin B in the diet causes ***.

threshold

ngưỡng cửa

a low/ high boredom threshold

tendency to get bored/not get bored quickly.

enrapture

to give somebody great pleasure or joy = enchant, delight

overstimulation

overexcitement

trawl

đánh cá bằng lưới/ lưới kéo

fuzzy (landscape)

not clear in shape or sound = blurred
eg/ a *** image/ landscape

fuzzy (ideas/thinking)

confused and not expressed clearly
eg/ *** ideas/thinking

have a mechanical look

có một cái nhìn máy móc

software bug

lỗi phần mềm

technical glitch

trục trặc kỹ thuật

glitch

a small problem or fault that stops something working successfully: trục trặc
eg/ A few technical *** forced us to postpone the demonstration.

eerie (n)

strange, mysterious and frightening = uncanny
eg/ He had an *** feeling that he was not alone.

uncanny

​strange and difficult to explain = weird
eg/ I had an *** feeling I was being watched.

ghostlike quality

Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost in quality

revere

to worship; to honor: tôn kính, cung kính

be lauded for

be praised for doing sth
eg/ He was *** his courage.

pseudoscience

a collection of beliefs or practices MISTAKENLY regarded as being based on scientific method.

condemn

to express strong disapproval of, chỉ trích lên án = criticize

artist's creative impulse

sự thúc đẩy sáng tạo của nghệ sĩ

outrage (with) (v)

to make somebody very shocked and angry
eg/ He was *** at the way he had been treated.

outrage (n)

a strong feeling of shock and anger/ violent action: sự phẫn nộ, xúc phạm

outraged

very angry

recoil

bật lùi, dội lại, độ giật

beforehand

earlier (than a particular time)

reckon

count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose: tính toán, xem xét, ước lượng

irresistible

impossible to resist, không thể cưỡng lại

striking effect

hiệu ứng nổi bật

striking

remarkable, noticeable, drawing special attention to

supersede

to replace

indication

sign

ailment

illness, sickness, disease

fragrant

thơm, thơm phức

spice

gia vị

genus

chủng loại, giống loài

sub-continent

tiểu lục địa

biblical

thuộc kinh thánh

anoint

bôi,thoa dầu

mourner

Người đưa tang

token

dấu hiệu, biểu hiện, vật đại diện

banquet

bữa tiệc lớn

condiment

đồ gia vị

indigestion

chứng khó tiêu

exorbitant

(a) unreasonably expensive, mắc tiền vô lý

spur

thúc đẩy

peel

gọt vỏ, lột bỏ, bóc vỏ

pliable

(a) shapable; dễ thay đổi hình dạng; dễ uốn nắn, malleable

tribute

n. cống vật, tặng vật

curl

quăn, xoắn, uốn quăn, làm xoắn; sự uốn quăn

enslave

bắt làm nô lệ

fort

noun.
pháo đài, công sự

a monopoly in

domination, control over, độc quyền

tenfold

gấp mười lần

ally

(n) (v) /'æli/ nước đồng minh, liên minh; liên kết, kết thông gia

expel

trục xuất

profound

very great or intense; having or showing great knowledge or insight

retail

the sale of goods in small quantities directly to consumers

counteract

to act in opposition to

avert

(v.) to turn aside, turn away; to prevent, avoid

reaffirm

khẳng định, quả quyết, nhấn mạnh/ tái xác nhận

disparity

a great difference

lucrative

(a) profitable, tạo lợi nhuận

strip

(v, n) cởi, lột (quần áo); sự cởi quần áo

prairie

(n) đồng cỏ, thảo nguyên

vole

chuột đồng

sniff

đánh hơi, ngửi

lamb

cừu non/ thịt cừu

a groundbreaking experiment

một thử nghiệm đột phá

empathic

đồng cảm, thấu cảm