CAM 15 TEST 3 LISTENING

Catch on

v. trở nên phổ biến to become popular or fashionable

Up and running

idiom. vận hành trơn tru working fully and correctly

Give it a go

v. thử làm gì đó

block something off

v. chặn đường, phong tỏa to close a road or an opening by placing a barrier at one end or in front of it

close something off

v. đóng cửa, cách ly to separate something from other parts so that people cannot use it

On the whole

prep. nhìn chung = generally

Extended family

n. gia đình nhiều thế hệ

toddler

(n) đứa bé chỉ mới biết đi

Warden

n. người giám sát a person who is responsible for taking care of a particular place and making sure that the rules are obeyed

Suburb

vùng ngoại ô an area where people live that is outside the centre of a city

go about doing something

v. bắt tay làm gì = tackle ; to start working on something

a range of

một loạt các = a variety of

bear in mind

v. ghi nhớ điều gì to remember somebody/something; to remember or consider that…

Misleading

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

Deliberately

(adv) cố ý, có chủ đích done in a way that was planned, not by chance

Controversy

sự tranh cãi

patronize (somebody)

v. hách dịch với ai đó [transitive, intransitive] patronize (somebody) (disapproving) to treat somebody in a way that seems friendly, but which shows that you think that they are not very intelligent, experienced, etc.

explicitly

(adv) rõ ràng, dứt khoát clearly or directly, so that the meaning is easy to understand

Editorials

n. bài xã luận an important article in a newspaper that expresses the editor's opinion about an item of news or an issue; in the US also a comment on radio or television that expresses the opinion of the station or network

Consider the broader picture

idiom. nhìn nhận một vấn đề hoặc tình huống ở quy mô lớn hơn

Rinse something off

v. rửa sạch to wash something with clean water only, not using soap

Excavation

n. sự khai quật [countable, uncountable] the activity of digging in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time

cylinder

noun.

trụ, hình trụ a solid or hollow figure with round ends and long straight sides

inscription

Chữ được in, khắc words written in the front of a book or cut in stone or metal

yield

(n) sản lượng, lợi nhuận; (v) sinh lợi the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced

an Outbreak of disease

sự bùng phát (dịch bệnh…)

Unsanitary living conditions

điều kiện sống thiếu vệ sinh

filth

noun.

rác rưởi, rác bẩn

scrape off

v. cạo bỏ

anoint somebody/something (with something)

v. xức dầu to put oil or water on somebody's head or body as part of a religious ceremony