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slander
tội phỉ báng
conman
kẻ lừa đảo
recluse
người sống ẩn dật
lampoon /læmˈpuːn/
châm biến chỉ trích chế nhạo
His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time.
satirize
verb satire
deranged
điên loạn trí
be mentally deranged
a deranged criminal/mind/personality
scoop on sb/st
tin sốt dẻo
I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.
memoir
hồi kí
anecdote
chuyện vặt, giai thoại
excerpt /ˈek.sɜːpt/
trích đoạn phim speech book
An excerpt from her new thriller will appear in this weekend's magazine.
libel (suit)
tội, lời phỉ báng = văn bản noun verb
obscurity
sống vô danh, bị lãng quên\
The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
quá khó hiểu
a speech full of obscurities
darkness literary
instalment
= episode newspaper, tele
Now for the second instalment of our exclusive three-part series.
print media
pt in ấn newspaper magazine
discreet
tinh ý, kín kẽ giữ bí mật cẩn thận
He was always very discreet about his love affairs.
discrete
dời dạc, đứt đoạn
correspondent
phóng viên thường trú
btv chuyên về 1 lĩnh vực
a foreign/war/sports correspondent
sb on the inside
ng trong nghề có tt bí mật, ng nằm vùng
Who do we know on the inside who can help us?
fabled
nổi tiếng đc nhắc đến nhiều có nhiều câu chuyện lq
the fabled movie director Cecil B. De Mille
A-list><Z-list
sao hạng A>< tuyến 18
A-list celebrities
eminent
kiệt suất, xs trong 1 lĩnh vực
an eminent historian
string of st
1 chuỗi st liên tiếp nhau
The band had a string of hits in the nineties.
limelight
tâm điểm chú ý
in><out of the limelight
steal/hog the limelight (= take attention away from other people)
make, cause,.. a splash
làm gì thu hút attention
Her first book made a big splash.
fifteen minutes of fame
khoảng tgian nổi tiếng ngắn ngủi
hit/make the big time
become famous successful
She finally hit the big time
legend
huyền thoại
She was a legend in her own lifetime.
conspiracy theory
thuyết âm mưu
A lot of people subscribe to the conspiracy theory.
conspiracy theorists
người tin theo thuyết âm mưu
Conspiracy theorists believe the moon landings were faked.
misinformation
tt sai sự thật
flashbulb
đèn phụ camera để chụp sáng hơn chụp đc bóng tối
bureau /ˈbjʊə.rəʊ/
organization or a business that collects or provides information
decimate
kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely passive usually
Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.
proverbial
adj proverb
well known ai cũng biết
his proverbial good humour
emphatically
+deny nài nỉ, khăng khăng
Johnson has emphatically denied the allegations against him.
dùng để nhấn mạnh
He most emphatically does not speak for me.