Advanced vocab
- The modification has been the _ on the cake for both of us, for a lot of hard work has gone into the design and development of the course.
A. chilling B. cooling C. freezing D. icing = an additional benefit to sth already good. - Annabel and Insidious 3 are not James Wan’s best movies by far and those would be _ between any of the other sequels on air, but they are pretty incredible.
A. kiss-offs B. summings-up C. tip-offs D. toss-ups = vấn đề chưa ngã ngũ. / ngang nhau. - Researchers have made a(n) __ plea cầu xin for more sponsorship so that they can continue the project.
A. compassionate thương hại B. dispassionate không thiên vị C. encompassed bao quanh D. impassioned tha thiết, say mê, sôi nổi - You shouldn’t have been _ to your elders by raising those matters.
A. ill-mannered thô lỗ B. immaterial phi vật chất, không quan trọng C. impertinent hỗn láo D. inapposite không thích hợp - Should you fail, the sacrifices made by your family would be meaningless and reside _.
A. on your conscience: lương tâm, lương tri B. at your wits’ end : lo lắng không biết làm gì
C. off your own bat : tự nghĩ ra, tự làm D. under your thumb (under sb’s thumb: chịu sự kiểm soát của ai)
Remain / be / reside on your conscience: làm mình ray rứt, cắn rương lương tâm - Many Americans refused to fall in with đồng ý the idea that religion is a(n) _ disreputable anachronism.
A. academically B. cerebrally C. cognitively D. intellectually - She expects the political experience gained in this election will stand her in good _ in her future career, which, she suggests, could include another campaign.
A. footing B. grounding C. precedent D. stead
Stand sb in good stead: có lợi, có ích cho ai về sau - I ran into an unknown in the gap-filling exercise, but I didn’t try and _ the gap.
A. held on B. hang out C. press on D. stuck at - I was out of __ with you on this matter, but let’s not quarrel about it.
A. empathy B. harmony C. keeping D. sympathy
Out of sympathy không thông cảm
- Poor management brought village shops to teeter _ of collapse although community-owned shops, Internet retailing and home delivery schemes were becoming more popular.
A. In the teeth B. on the brink C. on the razor’s edge D. on the threshold
teeter on the brink of bấp bênh trên bờ vực của cái gì
in the teeth trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn
on a razor’s edge trong hoàn cảnh nguy hiểm
on the threshold ở ngưỡng cửa - No one can function properly if he or she is adequate sleep.
A. took away B. deprived of C. derived from D. run out
Deprive sb of sth tước đoạt, lấy mất của ai cái gì
Be deprived of sth: bị mất cái gì - I always take my lucky with me into an exam.
A. sign B. item C. charm D. spell - Did you plan to meet up Mary in London, or was it just a_?
A. freak B. fate C. coincidence D. luck - The most powerful force in a teenager’s life is probably_ pressure.
A. friend B. peer C. company D. youth - I had to get through a lot of tape, but I finally got the documents I needed.
A. red thủ tục hành chính (rườm rà không cần thiết) B. blue C. link D. yellow
- Poor management brought village shops to teeter _ of collapse although community-owned shops, Internet retailing and home delivery schemes were becoming more popular.