4000 WF | P40

bust (n) - busted (a)

(informal) broken or no longer working: hỏng; vỡ nợ
Chelsea look a(n) ~ flush at this point in the season.

cock (V) - cock-up (n)

a mistake or mess-up: sai lầm
So it was delivered to the wrong place. What a(n) ~!

fault (n) - default (n)

the action of doing sth because there is no better option: mặc định
In ~ of any better alternative, we will have to proceed with the original plan.

flame (n) - flameout (n)

a failure after a period of success: sự thất bại sau thành công
After two spectacular ~s, in two decades it looked as if the company’s antidiabetes program was finished.

foul (a) - foul-up (n)

a mistake or failure: lỗi lầm
This investigation has been mismanaged right from the start - I’ve never seen such a(n) ~!

melt (a) - meltdown (n)

a sudden collapse or failure: sụp đổ
The last few months have seen the progressive ~ of the country’s political system.

mess (n) - mess-up (n)

a mistake or sth done badly: sự lộn xộn, sai lầm
He made a real ~ of the sale’s figures.

might (n) sức mạnh (thân thể, tinh thần - might-have-been (n)

sth that could have happened: điều có thể xảy ra
Counterfactual history - the history of ~ - then becomes much more than an exercise in subjective speculation.

hope (n) - no-hoper (n)

(informal) a person unlikely to succeed: kẻ vô vọng, không có khả năng thành công
He’s a total ~ - he’ll never achieve anything.

shamble (n) - omnishamble (n) [C] (omni → toàn bộ)

(modern term) a situation of total disorder: sự hỗn loạn hoàn toàn
The implementation of the new policy was branded a(n) ~s by the Opposition spokesperson on education.

pit (n) hồ, hầm khai thác - pitfall (n)

a hidden dangers or difficulties: cạm bẫy, hầm bẫy
a road strewn with ~s: con đường đầy chông gai cạm bẫy
I think of it more as a no-system system with the same ~s and pratfalls (sai lầm nhục nhã) as every other system due to human involvement more than anything.

tail (n) - tailspin (n)

a sudden decline or loss of control: suy giảm mạnh, mất kiểm soát
Share prices went into a(n) ~ when the CEO resigned.

achieve (v) - underachiever (n)

a person who performs below their potential: người có tiềm năng cao nhưng lại đạt thành tích thấp hơn so với khả năng hoặc kỳ vọng
His teachers consistently describe him as a(n) ~ despite his artistic talents.

dog (n) - underdog (n)

a person or team expected to lose: người, đội được xem là sẽ thua
As a politician, her sympathy was always for the ~ in society.

do (n) - undoing (n)

the cause of sb’s ruin: nguyên nhân thất bại
Greed has been the ~ of many a businessman (rất nhiều doanh nhân).

wash (V) - washout (n)

an event that fails completely: thất bại hoàn toàn
The party was a(n) ~ - hardly anyone came.

front (n) - affront (n)

an action that causes offense: sự xúc phạm
He regarded the comments as a(n) ~ to his dignity.

bat (n) - brickbat (n)

criticism or hostile remarks: lời chỉ trích
The members of parliament hurled ~s at the minister.

peer (n) - disparagement (n)

the act of criticizing or belittling: sự chê bai
Despite the media’s ~ of the leader, he remains popular.

gas (n) - gaslight (v)

(modern term) to manipulate sb into doubting their reality: làm hoang mang tinh thần
She had no memory of the incident and thought he was trying to ~ her.