Confusing words

aboard

on or onto a ship, aircraft, bus, or train

• We spent two months ___ ship (= on the ship).😃

appreciable

đáng kể (a)

• There has been an ____ drop in the number of unemployed since the new government came to power.

conscientious

tận tâm

• a ____ student

inspect

thanh tra quan sát (v.)

After the crash both drivers got out and ____ed their cars for damage.

be in the hands of

bị kiểm soát, sở hữu của ai đó

• Florida passed into American hands in 1821.

• A large percentage of the nation's wealth is in the hands of a very, very few people.

spirall

v. đi xoắn ốc

• With one wing damaged, the model airplane spiralled downwards.

principle

n. nguyên tắc/ căn bản

• basic/fundamental/general principle

• on the principle that/ in principle

• The organization works on the principle that all members have the same rights.

• He refused to compromise (= concede) his principles.

principal

a. quan trọng, chủ chốt

n. hiệu trưởng

• Iraq's principal export is oil.

procession

n. cuộc diễu hành, đoàn người

• a wedding/funeral procession

tolerable

có thể thông cảm, chịu đc

nocturnal

a. về đêm

coherent

mạch lạc rõ ràng (a)

= clear

= reasoned

• This book, the last he published before his death last year, manages ____ly to reflect all his passions.

progressive

a. cấp tiến => adv. dần dần = gradually

• ___ly complex theory

feat

n. kỳ công; something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it

• The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.

arduous

a. khó khăn hiểm trở

• ___ climb/task/journey

forage

n. cỏ ăn

v. lục lọi thức ăn

• he children had been living on the streets, ___ing for scraps.

scrap

n. vụn, miếng

v. cancel

• We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.

• I've read every scrap of information I can find on the subject.

exhaustive

a. toàn diện đầy đủ = thorough

• The search method is exhaustive, so it is ensured that all the necessary parameters will be visited and checked for violations

mediocre

a. tầm thường, tệ

• The conclusion points to just how rare, and ____, human intelligence may be.

prohibitive

a. đắt đỏ

= cost an arm and a leg

= extravagant

= exorbitant

• According to the interviews, seal and beluga hunts often require long trips, making the operation costs of a canoe with an outboard engine prohibitive

imperative

cần thiết quan trọng

elusive

a. difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

• success will become ever more elusive

• A precise mechanism (cơ cấu) and pathophysiology, which could account for this pure deficit (=lack, shortage), is however, elusive.

confer

v. trao đổi + with/ about

• I need to confer with my lawyer.

v. trao cho

• The US Constitution __s certain powers on the president.

donor

n. sb who donate sth

• Humans, at this time, provide too many hurdles not the least of which is a lack of willing brain donors that are the same age.