VOCAB

📒 Phần 1

1. living expenses

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳 Nghĩa

Chi phí sinh hoạt.

🇬🇧 English Definition

The money needed for everyday life, such as food, rent, transportation, and bills.

Common Collocations

  • cover living expenses

  • rising living expenses

  • reduce living expenses

  • monthly living expenses

  • basic living expenses

Example

My part-time job helps me cover my living expenses while I'm studying at university.

(Tớ làm thêm để trang trải chi phí sinh hoạt khi học đại học.)

Notice

❌ living cost (ít dùng khi nói tổng quát)

✅ living expenses (tự nhiên hơn)

2. at an all-time high

Word class

  • phrase

🇻🇳

Đạt mức cao nhất từ trước đến nay.

🇬🇧

At the highest level ever recorded.

Collocations

  • prices are at an all-time high

  • demand is at an all-time high

  • inflation is at an all-time high

Example

House prices are at an all-time high, so many young people can't afford to buy one.

3. elementary school

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Trường tiểu học.

🇬🇧

A school for young children before middle school.

Collocations

  • attend elementary school

  • elementary school teacher

  • elementary school student

Example

I met my best friend when we were in elementary school.

4. linguistic

Word class

  • adjective

🇻🇳

Thuộc về ngôn ngữ học.

🇬🇧

Related to language or linguistics.

Collocations

  • linguistic ability

  • linguistic diversity

  • linguistic knowledge

  • linguistic research

Example

Learning Korean has improved my linguistic awareness.

5. further understanding of cultures

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Hiểu sâu hơn về các nền văn hóa.

🇬🇧

A deeper knowledge of different cultures.

Collocations

  • gain a further understanding of...

  • develop a further understanding of...

  • promote a further understanding of...

Example

Travelling abroad gives people a further understanding of different cultures.

6. It is disconcerting to believe that...

Word class

  • sentence pattern

🇻🇳

Thật đáng lo / đáng bất an khi nghĩ rằng...

🇬🇧

It makes people feel worried or uncomfortable.

Collocations

  • deeply disconcerting

  • rather disconcerting

Example

It is disconcerting to believe that many children still don't have access to education.

Notice

disconcerting

≠ surprising

👉 Mang nghĩa làm bất an, làm mất bình tĩnh.

7. possible candidate

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Ứng viên tiềm năng.

🇬🇧

Someone who is likely to be chosen.

Collocations

  • a strong candidate

  • possible candidate

  • suitable candidate

  • ideal candidate

Example

She is a possible candidate for the position of marketing manager.

8. regarding

Word class

  • preposition

🇻🇳

Liên quan đến.

🇬🇧

About; concerning.

Collocations

  • regarding your request

  • regarding the meeting

  • regarding this issue

Example

I have a question regarding your report.

Notice

= concerning

= about

9. merger

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Sự sáp nhập.

🇬🇧

The joining together of two companies or organizations.

Collocations

  • company merger

  • merger agreement

  • announce a merger

Example

The merger created one of the largest technology companies in the country.

10. interrogation

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Cuộc thẩm vấn.

🇬🇧

A formal process of asking someone many questions, especially by police.

Collocations

  • police interrogation

  • under interrogation

  • during the interrogation

Example

The suspect remained calm during the police interrogation.

11. strategy

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Chiến lược.

🇬🇧

A detailed plan for achieving a goal.

Collocations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • business strategy

  • marketing strategy

  • learning strategy

  • long-term strategy

  • effective strategy

  • develop a strategy

  • implement a strategy

Example

My English learning strategy is to study grammar, read books, and write every day.


📒 12. state

Word class

  • noun (trạng thái)

  • noun (bang/quốc gia)

  • verb (phát biểu)

🇻🇳 Nghĩa 1 (thường gặp nhất)

Trạng thái

🇬🇧

The condition that someone or something is in.

Collocations

  • emotional state

  • mental state

  • physical state

  • in a... state

  • state of mind

Example

After working for 12 hours, I was in a terrible mental state.

🇻🇳 Nghĩa 2

Bang (ở Mỹ)

California is a state.

🇻🇳 Nghĩa 3

Phát biểu

Collocations

  • state clearly

  • state that...

  • state the reason

Example

The manager stated that the meeting would begin at 9 a.m.

📒 13. endow

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Ban cho, trao cho (một khả năng, phẩm chất...)

🇬🇧

To naturally give someone a quality or ability.

Collocations

  • be endowed with

  • richly endowed

  • naturally endowed

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

endow sb with sth

Example

She is endowed with an excellent memory.

(Cô ấy được ban cho trí nhớ rất tốt.)

Notice

Không dùng

❌ endow to

Đúng

✅ endow someone with something

📒 14. institute

Word class

  • noun

  • verb

🇻🇳 Nghĩa 1

Viện

Examples

  • language institute

  • research institute

  • educational institute

Example

He studies at a language institute.

🇻🇳 Nghĩa 2

Thiết lập

Example

The company instituted a new policy.

📒 15. everyone on the board of directors

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Mọi người trong ban giám đốc.

🇬🇧

All members of the board of directors.

Collocations

  • board of directors

  • chairman of the board

  • member of the board

  • board meeting

Example

Everyone on the board of directors agreed with the proposal.

📒 16. term paper

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Bài luận cuối kỳ.

🇬🇧

A long piece of writing completed during a school or university course.

Collocations

  • write a term paper

  • submit a term paper

  • finish a term paper

Example

I stayed up all night to finish my term paper.

🤣

Quá quen với sinh viên.

📒 17. arouse

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Khơi dậy.

🇬🇧

To cause someone to feel something.

Collocations

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • arouse interest

  • arouse curiosity

  • arouse suspicion

  • arouse attention

  • arouse sympathy

Example

The documentary aroused my interest in history.

Notice

Rất hay đi với

interest

curiosity

suspicion

📒 18. interest of art critics

**Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Sự quan tâm của các nhà phê bình nghệ thuật.

Example

The young painter attracted the interest of art critics.

Useful Chunks

  • attract the interest of...

  • gain the interest of...

  • lose interest in...

  • show interest in...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

📒 19. security procedures

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Quy trình an ninh.

🇬🇧

Official steps to keep people or places safe.

Collocations

  • follow security procedures

  • security check

  • airport security

  • strict security procedures

Example

Passengers must follow security procedures before boarding the plane.

📒 20. frequently

Word class

  • adverb

🇻🇳

Thường xuyên.

🇬🇧

Often.

Synonyms

  • often

  • regularly

  • repeatedly

Collocations

  • frequently asked questions

  • frequently visit

  • frequently use

  • occur frequently

Example

I frequently use English when talking to ChatGPT.


📒 1. aid

Word class

  • noun

  • verb

🇻🇳

Sự giúp đỡ, viện trợ.

🇬🇧

Help, especially given to people, countries, or organizations.

Collocations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • financial aid

  • foreign aid

  • humanitarian aid

  • provide aid

  • receive aid

  • come to someone's aid

Example

The government provided financial aid to students from low-income families.

Notice

aid = help

Nhưng aid trang trọng hơn.

📒 2. the central hall

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Sảnh chính.

Collocations

  • main hall

  • central hall

  • entrance hall

Example

Everyone gathered in the central hall before the ceremony started.

📒 3. migrate

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Di cư.

🇬🇧

To move from one place to another, often seasonally or permanently.

Collocations

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • migrate to

  • migrate from

  • migrate abroad

  • migrate south

Example

Many birds migrate to warmer countries during the winter.

Notice

People migrate.

Birds migrate.

Animals migrate.

📒 4. consent form

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Giấy đồng ý.

Collocations

  • sign a consent form

  • parental consent form

  • medical consent form

Example

Students must bring a signed consent form before joining the field trip.

📒 5. field trip

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Chuyến tham quan thực tế.

Collocations

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • go on a field trip

  • school field trip

  • educational field trip

Example

Our class went on a field trip to the history museum.

📒 6. accompanied by several members...

Word class

  • phrase

🇻🇳

Đi cùng với...

Structure

be accompanied by

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Example

The president was accompanied by several members of his staff.

Notice

❌ accompany with

✅ accompany by

📒 7. propose

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Đề xuất.

(Cũng có nghĩa: cầu hôn.)

Collocations

  • propose a plan

  • propose a solution

  • propose an idea

  • propose changes

Example

The manager proposed a new marketing strategy.

Notice

propose doing

propose that...

📒 8. competitive

Word class

  • adjective

🇻🇳

Cạnh tranh.

Collocations

  • highly competitive

  • competitive market

  • competitive salary

  • competitive price

Example

The job market is becoming more competitive.

📒 9. eliminate

(Không phải eliminated this section mà gốc là eliminate.)

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Loại bỏ.

Collocations

  • eliminate waste

  • eliminate errors

  • eliminate competitors

  • eliminate risk

Example

We should eliminate unnecessary costs.

Notice

Trong game.

Our team was eliminated.

🤣

📒 10. be complimented on...

Word class

  • phrase

🇻🇳

Được khen về...

Structure

compliment somebody on something

Example

She was complimented on her presentation.

Notice

compliment

≠ complement

🤣

Hai từ này rất dễ nhầm.

📒 11. facilities

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Cơ sở vật chất.

Collocations

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • modern facilities

  • sports facilities

  • public facilities

  • educational facilities

Example

The university has excellent sports facilities.

📒 12. microfilm file

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Hồ sơ vi phim.

Example

The old newspapers are stored in microfilm files.

Note

Từ này khá chuyên ngành.

Không gặp nhiều.

📒 13. enquire

Word class

  • verb

🇻🇳

Hỏi.

Tìm hiểu.

Collocations

  • enquire about

  • enquire into

  • enquire whether

Example

She enquired about the course fees.

Notice

enquire = inquire

(Anh-Anh dùng enquire nhiều.)

📒 14. murder

Word class

  • noun

  • verb

🇻🇳

Giết người.

Collocations

  • commit murder

  • murder case

  • murder suspect

  • murder investigation

Example

The police are investigating a murder case.

📒 15. regulations governing animals

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Các quy định quản lý động vật.

Structure

regulations governing...

Example

There are strict regulations governing animal transport.

📒 16. provision

Word class

  • noun

🇻🇳

Điều khoản.

Sự cung cấp.

Collocations

  • legal provision

  • provision of

  • make provision for

Example

The contract includes a provision for annual salary increases.

📒 17. safeguard animal welfare

Word class

  • verb phrase

🇻🇳

Bảo vệ phúc lợi động vật.

Collocations

  • safeguard public health

  • safeguard children's rights

  • safeguard animal welfare

Example

These laws safeguard animal welfare.

📒 18. unemployed

Word class

  • adjective

🇻🇳

Thất nghiệp.

Collocations

  • become unemployed

  • remain unemployed

  • unemployed workers

Example

He became unemployed after the company closed.

📒 19. unemployment benefits

Word class

  • noun phrase

🇻🇳

Trợ cấp thất nghiệp.

Collocations

  • receive unemployment benefits

  • apply for unemployment benefits

  • unemployment benefit system

Example

She received unemployment benefits while looking for a new job.