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gruelling

làm kiệt sức, rất khó, /ˈgruːəlɪŋ/  exhausting and extremely difficult ^● The  

ten-kilometre run across the countryside in the  rain was gruelling

treacherous

rất nguy hiểm

The climb to the  

summit in the snowstorm was treacherous.

sever

cut

confine to

giới hạn , restrict (to) ^● Reviews of his books are  

confined to serious literary journals. They are  not published in daily newspapers. 

air one’s view

nêu ý kiến , say one’s opinion ^● The journalist often airs his  views on politics on morning radio.  

void

1 khoảng cách, khỏag trống, a gap; an empty space ^● He looked over the  rock face down to the dark void below

come in for

nhận, receive,  His views on education came in for  criticism from parents.

ordeal

1 trải nghiệm, kĩ niệm ko vui, a very difficult and unpleasant experience  

^● Breaking his leg was an ordeal for Grandpa. 

screech

tiếng kêu thất thanh, thét lên,

shout unpleasantly and loudly ^● The man’s  wife screeched at him to stop the car at the  red traffic light. ➣ screech (n)  

take sb aback

=take sb by surprise

cheat death

sống sót trong tình thế nguy hiểm, stay alive in a very dangerous situation  

^● He cheated death when he survived the  plane crash.  

bunch

1 nhóm người, vật

spotty

có mụn

cyborg

1 nửa người 1 nửa máy, a being that is part human and part machine  ^● The cyborg in the film Terminator looks like a  human on the outside but is a machine on the  inside.  

hours on end

rất nhiều tiếng đồng hồ, She watched TV for hours on  end, sometimes for a whole day. 

virtually

almost ^● Virtually everyone I know has a mobile  phone.

miniature

rất nhỏ, tiny ^● He has a miniature Batman car in his  collection of toy vehicles

groggy

yếu đuối, bệnh tật, weak and ill ^● He felt groggy after the rough  ferry crossing.

unrivalled

vượt trội, hơn người, better than any other ^● She succeeded  in solving the problem because of her  

unrivalled powers of concentration.

traumatise

shock sb so badly that they cannot work  or think normally ^● The terrible experience  

traumatised the child.

blast

chỉ trích mạnh mẽ

slam

chỉ trích nặng nề,

 The team was slammed by  their furious coach for losing 6-0. 

under construction

đang thi công

out of context

ngoài ngữ cảnh, epeated without saying in which  

circumstances it was said ^● The celebrity was  

quoted out of context so he didn’t actually  

mean what you think. 

cut in

chen ngang khi ai đó nói chuyện

get back at

trả thù= after sb’s blood= take revenge

She got back at him for his  

nasty comments by ignoring him all evening.

stir up

gây ra vấn đề cho ng khác

You stirred up  

some bad feeling when you were rude about  

the film star. 

take to

bắt đầu thích ai, cái gì

Mary and I took to each  

other as soon as we met.

detractor

người nói xấu, phỉ báng, dèm pha,

Detractors said the comedy was so  

bad that nobody would laugh watching it.  

detract

chê bai, nói xấu, làm giảm uy tín

corrupt

ko thật thà, đút lót, hối lộ

thrill

làm ai đó vui vẻ

phishing

lừa đảo cung cấp thông tin cá nhân, sending emails or having a website intended  to trick sb into giving away personal  

information ^● He was the victim of a phishing  scam when his credit card was used by  

somebody else. 

unsuspecting

ko nhận thức được điều sắp sửa diễn ra, She sold  fake good to unsuspecting customers.  

max out

tiêu sạch tiền

at a guess

có thể xảy ra, chắc hẳn, probably ^● At a guess I’d say she is under fifty  but I really don’t know.  

guts

động lực để làm 1 điều khó khăn, the courage to do something difficult  

^● The bully didn’t have the guts to actually  

fight, so he ran away. 

to sb’s face

trực tiếp với ai,

 She told him to his face  

how much she hated him and then  

walked off. 

straight from the horse’s mouth

nghe trực tiếp từ người biết rõ nhất", "từ nguồn đáng tin cậy

Spielberg told the reporter  the name of his new film, so it’s straight from  the horse’s mouth. 

sing like a canary

tiết lộ tất cả

he thief sang like a  

canary and told the police the names of  

all his gang. 

wouldn’t say boo to a góoe

dùng để diễn tả 1 người ngại ngùng, ít nói

Bob is shy and wouldn’t say boo to a  

goose. 

itinerary

kế hoạch chuyến đi

We prepared our itinerary before we left on  our holiday. 

a host of

rất nhiều, many; a lot of ^● There is a whole host of  

reasons why I don’t want to live in London. 

purist

người theo chủ nghĩa thuần túy sb who believes that sth should be done  in the correct way ^● As a purist, he dislikes  new words entering the language. 

out of bounds

ngoài phạm vi cho phép, / beyond the place you are allowed to be ^● The  building site is out of bounds to members of

coordinator

người tổ chức

primate

tổng giám mục

unprecedented

chưa từng xảy ra trước đó,

never having happened before ^● PCs in every  home was an unprecedented development in  the 20th century. 

confidential

riêng tư= private ^● Your medical records are confidential  so they are not available to the general public

confidentiality

sự riêng tư

credit card fraud

sử dụng danh thiếp của ai bất hợp pháp,

The sales assistant who was arrested for  credit card fraud had stolen 10 card numbers  from unsuspecting customers.

misinformation

thông tin sai lệch

double-edge sword

điều trông tốt nhưng có ảnh hưởng xấu

Researching online is a double edged sword because although there is a lot of  information, you don’t know if it is correct or not.