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a placid tiger

một con hổ điềm tĩnh

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notice

n. a public sign
biển báo, thông báo

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every single day

every day without exception

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a little strange

slightly unusual

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as

(formal) = when

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a stage of constant siege

n. giai đoạn

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exaggerate = overstate

v. phóng đại

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terror

n. extreme fear

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extend - spread

v. mở rộng- lan rộng

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appear = seem

v. eg.Attacks _ to have been as rare then as they are today.

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might be expected

v. đáng lẽ người ta nghĩ rằng

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assume

v. believed without proof

cho rằng

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constraint = limitation = restriction

n. sự hạn chế

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species

n. type of animal

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programme

v. biologically set or fixed

lập trình (sinh học), quy định sẵn

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inherite

v. passed from parents to offspring

di truyền

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instinct

n. bản năng

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intriguing

adj. very interesting and mysterious(bí ẩn)
gây tò mò, hấp dẫn

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relative frequency

tần suất tương đối

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a rejected explanation

một lời giải thích bị bác bỏ

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ethology

n. the scientific study of animal behaviour
tập tính học

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elegant experiments

những thí nghiệm khoa học tinh tế, khéo léo

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pioneers in the field

who are the first to develop st trong lĩnh vực

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slightly

a little

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breathless accounts

adj. very exciting or dramatic

những câu chuyện tường thuật kịch tính, dồn dập

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duel

n. fights between two opponents
cuộc đấu tay đôi

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in truth

actually

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principle

n. nguyên tắc

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attempt to

v. = try to

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observe

v. watch carefully

quan sát

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impose

v. áp đặt

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significance

n. meaning or importance

ý nghĩa

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I suspect that

v. to think something is probably true

Tôi cho rằng có lẽ

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preprogrammed ancestral logic

adj. already determined in advance (especially biologically)

logic tổ tiên được lập trình sẵn

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ancestral - ancestor

adj - n. relating to ancestors

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perceive us visually

v. to see or understand something in a particular way

nhìn nhận chúng ta bằng thị giác

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menacing

v,n. threatening or dangerous

egThe car is đe doạ the tiger

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cubs

n. baby tigers/lions/..
đàn con

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enraged

adj. extremely angry

egAn phẫn nộ/tức giận tiger

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charge

v. to run quickly toward someone to attack

lao vào tấn công

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on foot

walking, not in a vehicle

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puzzle

n. something difficult to understand

a different sort of điều khó hiểu

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leap

v. jump suddenly
eg. Nhảy vồ on its back

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he all but disappear

i. almost

a ấy gần như biến mất

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disconcerting

adj. causing confusion or discomfort

gây bối rối / làm mất tự tin

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tackle

v. deal with or attack something

đối đầu / tấn công

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prey

n. an animal hunted for food

con mồi

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solitary hunter

adj. =alone

động vật săn mồi đơn độc

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lionesses

n. female lions

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encourage one another

cụm. motivate each other

khích lệ lẫn nhau

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take risks

do something dangerous

chấp nhận rủi ro

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unreasonable

adj. vô lý, phi lý

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lie in

pv. a tiger’s afraid of humans lies not in some preprogramed ancestral logic

nằm ở chỗ

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