IELTS READING: Plain English Campaign

circumstances

🔤 Phiên âm: /ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːn.sɪz/
🎯 Nghĩa: Hoàn cảnh, tình huống, trường hợp.
📝 ex: Under no circumstances should official documents be written in a way that confuses the public.
🔄 Synonyms: situation, conditions, context
❌ Antonyms: (Không có trái nghĩa trực tiếp)
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: circumstantial (adj)

briefly

🔤 Phiên âm: /ˈbriːf.li/
🎯 Nghĩa: Một cách ngắn gọn, vắn tắt.
📝 ex: The report briefly outlines the main achievements of the Plain English Campaign.
🔄 Synonyms: concisely, shortly, succinctly
❌ Antonyms: lengthily, wordily
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: brief (adj/n), brevity (n)

resistance

🔤 Phiên âm: /rɪˈzɪs.təns/
🎯 Nghĩa: Sự kháng cự, sự phản đối, sự chống đối.
📝 ex: There was considerable resistance from some lawyers who believed legal language must be complex.
🔄 Synonyms: opposition, defiance, refusal
❌ Antonyms: acceptance, compliance, approval
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: resist (v), resistant (adj)

frightened

🔤 Phiên âm: /ˈfraɪ.tənd/
🎯 Nghĩa: Hoảng sợ, bị làm cho khiếp sợ.
📝 ex: Many elderly people are frightened by the complicated jargon used in official government forms.
🔄 Synonyms: scared, terrified, alarmed
❌ Antonyms: brave, confident, unafraid
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: fright (n), frighten (v), frightening (adj)

be prone to

🔤 Phiên âm: /prəʊn tuː/
🎯 Nghĩa: Có khuynh hướng, dễ bị (thường là điều tiêu cực).
📝 ex: People are often prone to making errors when filling out overly technical applications.
🔄 Synonyms: susceptible to, liable to, inclined to
❌ Antonyms: immune to, resistant to
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: (Thường dùng cố định dưới dạng cụm từ)

entrusted

🔤 Phiên âm: /ɪnˈtrʌs.tɪd/
🎯 Nghĩa: Được giao phó, được ủy thác.
📝 ex: The committee was entrusted with the task of simplifying all official insurance policies.
🔄 Synonyms: assigned, delegated, charged with
❌ Antonyms: distrusted, denied
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Word Family: entrust (v), trust (n

committee

(N) uỷ ban, uỷ ban chấp hành
ex: The local council has just set up a committee to study recycling.