REVISION FOR VOCABULARY (THPTQG)

THPTQG

(be) baffled by st

to be completely unable to understand or explain something

apparent (adj)

able to be seen or understood

principle (n)

a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works

motive (n)

a reason for doing something

take out

to arrange to get something from a company, bank, etc..

write off

to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid

send up

to make someone or something seem stupid by copying him, her, or it in a funny way

feel off color = under the weather

to feel slightly ill, unwell, or not in your usual good health

not until

It is/was not until + time/(S + V) + that + S + V (cleft sentence)

(Not until + time/S + V) + (to be + S + adj/Vpp)

(Not until + time/S + V) + (O + S + V1)

Only when

Only when + S + V + O + S + V1

Only when + S + V + O (+ not) + S + V-inf

Only if

Only if S + V, S + V

Only if S + V + O + S + V

no sooner…than

No sooner + will + S + V + than + S + will + V (will)

No sooner + had + S + V-ed/V3 + than + S + V-ed/V2 (past tenses)

No sooner + had + S + V + than + S + V (inversion)

insufficient (adj)

not enough

get a huge blister on so's heel

bị phồng chân

grip (v)

to hold very tightly

speculation (n)

the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain

not least because

especially

strike out st (v)

to draw a line through something written on paper to show that it is wrong or no longer needed (=cross out st)

swarm of (n)

a large group of insects all moving together

flock of (n)

a group of sheep, goats, or birds

shoal of (n)

a large number of fish swimming as a group