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feral

wild, savage

(of a person) not obeying or controlled by the usual rules of behaviour:

Over the summer the children become feral creatures that run wild in the fields and forests all day.

In the holidays we like to get a little feral and live in our pyjamas.

nocturnal

/nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/

active at night

relating to the night or happening at night:

nocturnal hours He spends the nocturnal hours in his observatory.

nocturnal habits Researchers surveyed 1,000 married women about their nocturnal habits.

Solitary

/ˈsɒl.ɪ.tər.i/

A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in a place:

On the hill, a solitary figure was busy chopping down trees.

In the distance was a solitary building.

He was a solitary child (= he enjoyed being alone).

Forage

search for food

Incubation

sự ấp trứng

The male takes over the incubation of the eggs

Relocate

to move to another place

Expedition

/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən/

an organized journey for a particular purpose:

go on an expedition We're going on a shopping expedition on Saturday.

on an expedition Scott died while he was on an expedition to the Antarctic in 1912.

offset

to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result:

offset by The extra cost of travelling to work is offset by the lower price of houses here.

underlying

basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny

important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly

The underlying assumption is that the amount of money available is limited.

Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.

apprentice

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

scale

Tỉ lệ: Tỉ lệ giữa kích thước trên bản vẽ/bản sao và kích thước thực tế ngoài đời.

Ví dụ trong bài đọc trước: "original scale" (tỉ lệ gốc của bức tranh).

Ví dụ bản đồ: "scale 1:10,000" (tỉ lệ 1 chia 10.000).

Quy mô, phạm vi: Độ lớn hoặc mức độ của một sự việc, tổ chức.

Ví dụ: "on a large scale" (trên quy mô lớn).

rewarding

worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important

a rewarding experience/job

producing a lot of moneysynonym profitable

Teaching is not very financially rewarding (= is not very well paid).

a satisfying as well as a financially rewarding career

be/stand in awe of sb/sth

to admire somebody/something and be slightly frightened of them/it

While Diana was in awe of her grandfather, she adored her grandmother.

mass

the amount of matter in an object

manuscript

[ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt]

ản viết tay

Ex: We were shown some of the ancient manuscripts and rare books that are kept in the British Library.

precisely

in exact terms; without vagueness.

attend

attend (to somebody/something) (formal) to pay attention to what somebody is saying or to what you are doing

She hadn't been attending during the lesson.

replication

ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃn/

1. ​[uncountable, countable] (formal) the act of copying something exactly; the copy that is made

   • an exact replication of the original experiment

   • These houses are not replications of the paintings, but were inspired by them.

2. ​[uncountable] (specialist) the process by which a biological unit, for example a virus or molecule, produces exact copies of itself

3. Vitamin B is essential for proper cell replication and growth.

faithful

a faithful servant/friend/dog

She was rewarded for her 40 years' faithful service with the company.

I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.

faithful to somebody/something He remained faithful to the ideals of the party.

duplication

sự sao chép

superiority

the quality of being better than others

/suːˌpɪəriˈɒrəti/

prescribe

/prɪˈskraɪb/

đơn, cho thuốc, chỉ định.

Prescribe something for something (Kê thuốc gì để trị bệnh gì).

Prescribe someone something

The doctor prescribed some antibiotics for my cough.

Quy định, ra lệnh, bắt phải.

The law prescribes that all children must go to school. (

duration

the length of time that something lasts or continues

The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war.

a contract of three years' duration

facsimile

/fækˈsɪməli/

an exact copy of something

A facsimile of the document is available in the British Library.

reprographic

/ˌreprəˈɡræfɪk/

Tái bản

used to describe equipment or systems for copying text or pictures:

We keep an inventory of all reprographic equipment, such as photocopiers.

repository

/rɪˈpɒzətri/

kho lưu trữ số lượng đồ lớn

a person or book that is full of information

My father is a repository of family history.

The foundation is the largest repository of the artist's work.

The site is near an underground repository for radioactive waste.

hard-wired

automatically thinking or behaving in a particular way:

Babies are hard-wired to pay attention to anything that is fast-moving, brightly colored, or loud.

All humans are hard-wired for language.