Thẻ ghi nhớ: NEC - Practice test 4

make a splash

to become suddenly very successful or very well known (tạo tiếng vang lớn)

staple

a main product or part of sth

flagship

the best or most important product, idea, etc. that an organization produces or owns (hàng chủ lực hoặc đầu bảng)

=> .... store

apparel

clothes of a particular type when they are being sold in a shop

=> sports ....

mushroom

increase very quickly

ex: Crime in the city has ... during the past decade.

riveting

commanding full attention, fascinating

vicarious

experienced by reading or watching someone else do sth (gián tiếp)

ex: She got a .... thrill out of watching her son score the winning goal.

deprave

sa đọa, làm hư hỏng

= debase = corrupt = pervert = debauch

unflinching

firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back (không nao núng, không chùn bước)

unfurl

mở ra, trải ra

~ unfold

ex: The demonstrators .... a large banner.

the spectre of

the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future

ex: Drought and war have raised .... food shortages for up to 24 million African people.

will yourself to

try to make sth happen by the power of your thoughts