Practice Test 4 (SELF STUDY)

humane

(adj.) nhân đạo, từ bi

rear

to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown = bring up, raise

follow up

(phr.v) to find out more about something that somebody has told you or suggested to you = investigate

wide-eyed

(adj.) with your eyes fully open because of fear, surprise, etc.(mở to mắt)

if need be

(idm) ​if necessary

in luck

(idiom)  experiencing a surprisingly good situation:

backwash

(n.)  hậu quả tiêu cực

ties

(phrase) the friendly feelings that people have for other people, or special connections with places

by the skin of your teeth

(idiom) If you do something …., you only just succeed in doing it (sát sao)

be apt to do something

to be likely to do something or to often do something:

leak

(v.) rò rỉ

wind up

(phrasal verb) to close a business or organization:

to end, or to make an activity end:

affair

(n.) chuyện riêng, chuyện cá nhân

predicament

(noun) ​a difficult or an unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do (tình huống khó khăn, tình huống khó xử) = quandary

differential

(noun) Chênh lệch, biệt số 

safeguard

bảo vệ

walk away (from sb/sth)

(phr.v) ​to leave a difficult situation or relationship, etc. instead of staying and trying to deal with it

iron out

(phrasal verb) to get rid of any problems or difficulties that are affecting something (Khắc phục, giải quyết)

fall back on

(phr.v)  to go to somebody for support; to have something to use when you are in difficulty

smooth over

(phr.v) ​to make problems or difficulties seem less important or serious, especially by talking to people

grasp at

(phr.v) ​to try to take hold of something in your hands

misleading

(adj.) giving the wrong idea or impression and making you believe something that is not true (gây hiểu lầm, lưa dối)

practitioner

(n.) Người có tay nghề, Người thực hành, Người hành nghề

Supplementary

(adj) = additional

administer

(v.) quản lý, điều hành, tổ chức

inorganic

(adj.) vô cơ

Intolerant

(adj.) không khoan dung, không chịu được

utter

(adj.) hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối

deafening

(adj.) very loud

drunken

(adj.) say rượu, say xỉn

grossly

(adv.) cực kì, vô cùng

stand a chance (of doing sth)

(idm) ​to have the possibility of succeeding or achieving something