a spark, a flint: how fire leapt to life

Combust (v)

Combustibility(n)

Start burning/ catch fire

Spark (n)

A small piece of fire that flies out when sth is burning

A light/flash made by electricity

Flint (n)

(A piece of) stone or metal used in a musket to make it fire or in a cigarette lighter to produce a flame

Musket (n)

A type of gun with long barrel, used in the past

Barrel (n)

A large container, made of wood/metal/plastic, with a flat top and bottom, curvesides that make it fatter in the middle

Life-enhancing (n)

to improve life quality

Lightning (n)

⚡️

Store (v)

= maintain/preseve

Friction (n)

• Ma sát

• Disagreement or unfriendliness caused by people having diferent opinions (friction between)

Peasant (n)

Farmer

Drill (n)

= Stick

Palm (n)

• lòng bàn tay

Briskly (adv)

= Strongly

Cord (n)

Dây = rope/ string made of twisted threads

Concave mirror

Curved inward mirror (gương cầu lõm)

Percussion (n)

chip (v)

Chipping

Strike (v)

Quartz (n)

Porcelain (n)

Ceramic (n)

Tinder (n)

Alchemist (n)

Revolution (n)

Isolate (v)

Transmute (v)

Element (n)

Manufacture(v)

To process/ make a product

Inflammable (adj)

Easy to catch fire

Match (n)

Come up with

Create/find out.

Hazardous(adj)

Dangerous

Splint(n)

Resemble (adj)

Same / look like/similar

Coat with

Folder glass paper

Substitute (v)

Fume (n)

Succumbed

Necrosis (n)

Jaw-bone

Substance

Ignition temperature

Patent(n)

Prevailing

Pioneer

Brewery (n)

Hanoi brewery

Shoulder

Slow-burning