Eng P12

contagious

spread by contact (a disease) / truyền nhiễm

contingent

dependent on something else; possible but uncertain / phụ thuộc, ngẫu nhiên

contiguous

next to or touching / kề nhau, tiếp giáp

congenial

pleasant because similar to you / thích hợp, ăn ý

the Black Death

the deadly plague epidemic of the 14th century / bệnh dịch hạch (Cái chết đen)

contagious disease

a disease that spreads by contact / bệnh truyền nhiễm

highly contagious

spreads very easily / rất dễ lây

contagious laughter

laughter that spreads to others / tiếng cười lây lan

in a quandary

in a state of not knowing what to do / trong tình thế khó xử, lúng túng

doubt

a feeling of uncertainty / sự nghi ngờ

hitch

a small problem or delay / trở ngại nhỏ

complexity

the state of being complicated / sự phức tạp

without a hitch

smoothly, with no problems / suôn sẻ, không trục trặc

be in two minds

to be unable to decide / phân vân, do dự

between a rock and a hard place

in a difficult situation with only bad choices / tiến thoái lưỡng nan

put the screws on (sb)

to pressure someone to do something / gây áp lực lên ai

get into gear

to start working seriously / bắt đầu làm việc nghiêm túc

put one over on (sb)

to trick someone into believing something / lừa ai, qua mặt ai

wipe (sth) off the map

to destroy completely / xóa sổ hoàn toàn

evade tax

to avoid paying tax illegally / trốn thuế

tax evasion

the illegal avoidance of tax / sự trốn thuế

turn the screw

to increase the pressure / gia tăng áp lực

a sporting chance

a reasonable chance of success / cơ hội khá tốt

bragging

boasting about yourself / khoe khoang

pumping

making liquid or air move / bơm

bubbling

forming bubbles; full of excitement / sủi bọt; sôi nổi

a fighting chance

a chance of success if you try hard / cơ hội nếu nỗ lực

a slim chance

a very small chance / cơ hội mong manh

leave nothing to chance

to plan everything carefully / không phó mặc cho may rủi

take a chance

to risk something / liều một phen

immerse yourself in

to become completely involved in something / đắm mình vào

submerge

to put or go completely under water / nhấn chìm, ngập hẳn

engulf

to surround and cover completely / nhấn chìm, bao trùm

dip

to put something briefly into liquid / nhúng

immersed in a book

completely absorbed in a book / mải mê đọc sách

throw yourself into

to start doing something with great energy / lao vào làm

be up to your neck in

to be very busy or deeply involved / ngập đầu trong

a halfway house

a compromise combining features of two things / giải pháp dung hòa, nửa chừng

halfway line

the middle line of a sports pitch / vạch giữa sân

halfway road

(not a fixed phrase) / không phải cụm cố định

a hunch

a feeling that something is true without proof / linh cảm

meet someone halfway

to compromise with someone / nhượng bộ, thỏa hiệp

the happy medium

a sensible middle position / điểm cân bằng hợp lý

exude

to show a quality or feeling strongly / toát ra, thể hiện rõ

exclude

to leave out, not include / loại trừ

expunge

to remove completely (from a record or memory) / xóa bỏ

extricate

to free someone from a difficult situation / gỡ thoát, giải thoát

exude confidence / charm

to show confidence or charm strongly / toát ra sự tự tin / duyên dáng

acceptance speech

a speech made when receiving an award / bài phát biểu nhận giải

exude warmth

to give off a feeling of warmth / toát lên sự ấm áp

make off with

to steal and run away with / lấy trộm rồi chuồn

do away with

to get rid of, abolish / loại bỏ, bãi bỏ

stand in for

to replace someone temporarily / thay thế tạm thời

take (sb) up on

to accept an offer from someone / nhận lời đề nghị của ai

a stand-in

a temporary replacement / người thay thế tạm

fill in for

to do someone's job temporarily / làm thay ai

step into someone's shoes

to take over someone's role / thế chỗ ai

a blessing in disguise

something that seems bad but turns out good / trong cái rủi có cái may

a bone to pick with (sb)

something annoying you want to discuss with someone / điều bực mình muốn nói với ai

a breath of fresh air

something new and refreshing / làn gió mới

a bleeding heart

someone too soft-hearted or overly sympathetic / người quá mềm lòng

every cloud has a silver lining

there is something good in every bad situation / trong cái rủi có cái may

look on the bright side

to think positively / nhìn vào mặt tích cực

unfettered

free, not limited / không bị hạn chế

exhaustive

complete, covering everything / đầy đủ, toàn diện

profuse

given in large amounts (profuse apologies) / dồi dào, rất nhiều

bottomless

with no limit (a bottomless pit) / không đáy, vô tận

unfettered access

completely free access / quyền truy cập không hạn chế

exhaustive list

a list including everything / danh sách đầy đủ

profuse apologies

many sincere apologies / lời xin lỗi rối rít

a myriad of

a very large number of / vô số

blistering pace

an extremely fast speed / tốc độ chóng mặt

free rein

freedom to do as you wish / toàn quyền hành động

screw up your face

to wrinkle your face in disapproval or pain / nhăn mặt

cross out

to draw a line through something / gạch bỏ

blow up

to explode or destroy by explosion / nổ, làm nổ tung

black out

to lose consciousness suddenly / ngất xỉu

screw up

to make a mess of something / làm hỏng việc

in disapproval

showing you do not like something / tỏ ý không tán thành

pull a face

to make a strange expression / làm mặt nhăn nhó

clink

to make a light ringing sound by touching (glasses) / cụng ly kêu leng keng

clunk

a heavy dull metallic sound / tiếng kêu nặng, đục

clank

a loud metallic sound / tiếng kêu lách cách

splat

the sound of something wet hitting a surface / tiếng bẹp

clink glasses

to touch glasses together in a toast / cụng ly

drink to someone's health

to toast someone's health / nâng ly chúc sức khỏe

raise a toast

to lift your glass to honour someone / nâng cốc chúc mừng

cynic

a person who distrusts people's sincerity / người hoài nghi

pessimist

someone who expects the worst / người bi quan

tyrant

a cruel and unjust ruler / bạo chúa, nhà chuyên chế

misogynist

a person who hates women / người ghét phụ nữ

misanthrope

a person who hates people in general / người ghét xã hội, ghét con người

distrustful of

not trusting / không tin tưởng

cynical about

not believing in people's good intentions / hoài nghi về

sincerity

honesty of feeling / sự chân thành

bigoted

stubbornly intolerant of other views / mù quáng, cố chấp

fallow

(land) left unplanted / bỏ hoang

ghoulish

taking morbid pleasure in unpleasant things / ghê rợn, bệnh hoạn

conniving

secretly scheming / thâm hiểm, quỷ quyệt

self-righteous

convinced you are morally better than others / tự cho mình là đúng đắn