WF 1 Sam was twitterpated by Linda at first sight, no wonder she is considered a campus fairy (pate) Twitterpated say mê, lo lắng vì ai đó 2 Most homeless people in the US are free liversfreegans, th.
1 Sam was twitterpated by Linda at first sight, no wonder she is considered a campus fairy (pate) Twitterpated: say mê, lo lắng Most homeless people in the US are free-livers/freegans, they are all around cafes and restaurants ready to pick up wasted food or leftovers (free) Free-livers/freegans: người ăn chơi phóng túng, chè chén lu bù I have to admit that this textbook has too many longueurs for it’s price (long) Longueur: đoạn chán tác phẩm (phim, sách, ) Many students consider coding as an utterly inscrutable language distinct from human language in general (scrutiny) Inscrutable: impossible to understand, khó nhìn thấu được, (nghĩa bóng) bí hiểm, khó hiểu Anaerobic species require little oxygen, but animals or humans need a fair supply (Air) Anaerobic: kị khí, relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen This cover brings back my childhood memories, I wonder why it could speak such resonant nostalgia and make me a crybaby when I’m literally a man (sound) Resonant: vang dội, (of sound) deep, clear, and continuing to sound or ring Sections of the rails were sent to a laboratory for metallurgical analysis (metal) Metallurgical: luyện kim, relating to metallurgy (= the scientific study of the structures and uses of metals) The college is a stronghold of the child-centred approach to teaching (Strong) Stronghold: đồn, thành lũy, (nghĩa bóng) nơi tồn quan niệm ý niệm đặc biệt, a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld It is left to the commentariat and the Australian people to address big-picture global issues which have dogged us for years but seemed too big to comprehend, let alone tackle (comment) Commentariat: Ban bình luận, members of the news media considered as a class 10 Poetry is often created anew by unforetold hands and voices (Tell) Unforetold: Không lường trước được, not foretold; unpredicted 11 The headline-grabbing story focuses on his concerns about drug-taking, swearing, and a host of other antisocial teenage activities (Line) Headline-grabbing: Giật tít, attracting prominent notice in the news 12 Transgender Studies Quarterly bills itself at the first nonmedical journal focusing on issues facing the trans and gender-nonconforming communities (GENDER) Gender-nonconforming: Không theo quy ước giới tính xã hội 13 The presence of glass billions years old on the Moon elucidates water is essential to the rate of devitrification (vitreous) Devitrification: Sự hóa mờ, mờ đục thủy tinh 14 Most malocclusions can be corrected by extractions and removable appliances (Occlude) Malocclusion: tật so le, sai/lệch khớp cắn 15 Great cities and conurbations are developed by visionaries who instil pride and optimism in their fellow citizens (Urban) Conurbation: Cụm thành phố, vùng thị liên hồn 16 Weapon training can be troubling for the gunshy (gun) Gunshy: Nervous and apprehensive, lo lắng hay hồi hộp 17 Water baptism is a tautological phrase (logic) Tautological: lặp lại không cần thiết 18 When he doesn’t like anyone, he often speaks in monosyllables (SYLLABLE) Monosyllable: từ đơn tiết 19 She is one of those imperturbable people who never get angry or upset (Perturb) Imperturbable: bình tĩnh, khơng bối rối 20 Nadal has defeated his compatriot Ferrer in the quarter final (patriot) Compatriot: đồng hương 21 She enumerates the things we need to buy - sugar, tea and sandwiches (Number) Enumerate: đếm, liệt kê 22 Friends think his devil-may-care attitude runs even deeper now than before (devil) Devil-may-care: liều mạng, bất chấp tất 23 If you believe the urban legend, coming face to face with your doppelganger is a bad omen, and it means that both you and your double could be in danger (DOUBLE) Doppelganger: Phần xấu người 24 The children were being so rambunctious that the librarian asked them to be quiet (ram) Rambunctious: ồn ào, trật tự 25 The tree was about to topple over in the strong wind (top) Topple: ngã đổ 26 No one cleans the trash dump outside Therefore, the garbage is putrefied (put) Putrefy: thối rữa, nhiễm trùng 27 The turbulence of the airplane during the storm made everyone feel queasy (ease) Queasy: say sóng, buồn nơn 28 My room is shipshape, so we can invite them to the party in my room (ship) Shipshape: trật tự, gọn gàng, ngăn nắp 29 She was warned that her contumacious conduct would not be tolerated (tumour) Contumacious: bướng bỉnh, ương ngạnh 30 The affair inadvertently presaged a calamity they were bound to face up to (sage) Presage: điềm, linh cảm, thấy trước 31 I was shocked to learn my best friend was spreading invidious rumours about me, (envy) Invidious: gây ghen ghét, ác cảm, tự 32 My friend bought a nosegay for his girlfriend owing to her interest in flower (nose) Nosegay: bó hoa thơm 33 The art of viticulture or wine-making is a very ancient one (culture) Viticulture: nghề trồng nho 34 Many were geared to specific sub-industries such as those for livestock and sericulture (culture) Sericulture: nghề nuôi tằm 35 You can be good humored (and consequently attractive, or at least a sourpuss) without being outright funny (puss) Sourpuss: người bẩn tính, khó tính, hay gắt gỏng 36 Charles Dickens caricatured lawyers in several of his novels (Caricare) Caricature: lối vẽ biếm họa, tranh biếm họa 37 Campaign leaders were caught flat-footed when the opinion polls suddenly started to swing the other way (foot) Be caught flat-footed: bắt tang 38 Apples represent people in this allegorical contest between wilderness and civilization (allege) Allegorical: bóng gió, ngụ ý 39 Only scaremongers who are seeking to make political capital out of the situation are peddling such malicious and unjustified rumours (scary) Scaremonger: kẻ phao tin đồn nhảm 40 Working hours, including those accruing on a flexitime basis, are monitored by line managers locally and no central figures are available (time) Flexitime: hệ thống làm việc linh hoạt 41 The sparse dialogue is as mind-numbingly declamatory and unsubtle as political oratory (claim) Declamatory: hùng hồn, hùng biện 42 I wish she would stop evangelizing about the virtues of free market economics (angel) Evangelize: giảng giải, truyền bá 43 Their hardline tactics were as irresponsible and counterproductive as those of the racial fanatics from whom they had so assiduously sought to distance themselves (fan) Fanatics: kẻ cuồng tín 44 Segments are recorded in the field by a group of young, tech-savvy contributors with diverse backgrounds in science and technology (technological) Tech-savvy: am hiểu công nghệ 45 An intermediary acting as go-between among agents is known variously as a translator, embassy or mediator depending on its specific characteristics (go) Go-between: trung gian, làm mối, môi giới 46 His choice of breakfast foods became more abstemious and of wine more that of an oenophile (abstain) Abstemious: tiết chế, điều độ, sơ sài, đạm bạc 47 She took copious notes, filling page after page (copy) Copious: phong phú, dồi 48 The district is pock-marked with caves (mark) Pockmarked: có nhiều lỗ vùng trũng, (da) rỗ 49 Unbeknownst to me, he had rented out the apartment while I was away (know) Unbeknownst: không biết, without knowledge of 50 Shakespeare was such a logophile that he took the words he already loved and crafted them into new ones (language) Logophile: người yêu chữ ngôn ngữ 51 A nosocomial infection is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility (social) Nosocomial: thuộc bệnh viện 52 Exactly how important abnormalities in personality functioning are in the aetiology and onset of late-life paranoid psychoses is unclear (etiology) Aetiology: thuyết nguyên nhân, nghiên cứu nguyên nhân bệnh 53 Immunogenicity is the ability of a foreign substance, such as an antigen, to provoke an immune response in the body of a human or other animal (immune) Immunogenicity: tính sinh miễn dịch; the ability of a foreign substance, such as an antigen, to provoke an immune response in the body of a human or other animal 54 Even at higher temperatures, there may be problems of having enough time for the solid to fully equilibrate as the system is cooling (equal) Equilibrate: làm cho cân 55 The new digital technology makes it possible for deaf and hearing-impaired patrons to enjoy the movies without the need for assistive devices (hear) Hearing-impaired: bị tổn thương chức nghe 56 The New Year 2020’s allstar show involves almost every famous face of the country (star) Allstar: gồm nhiều diễn viên, 57 Just because she’s read some trashy paperback she thinks she’s some kind of expert on the modus-operandi (trash) Trashy: tồi, có chất lượng kém, khơng 58 Although she was from a well-to-do family and could have led a very comfortable life, Judith had chosen otherwise (do) Well-to-do: giàu, có điều kiện 59 He had sidled up to it crabwise but to his surprise Tory Central Office had welcomed him (crab) Crabwise (adv): khó nhọc, cực nhọc 60 Several countries have suffered soccer match-fixing scandals (fix) Match-fixing: dàn xếp kết 61 Staff felt as if they had been hoodwinked when they discovered the new management’s plans (wink) Hoodwink: lừa dối, lừa bịp 62 AXJ’s growth will likely slow meaningfully, possibly even undershoot our own forecasts (shoot) Undershoot: thất bại việc đạt điều 63 Londoners have long been perversely proud of a health service that does not serve them well (verse) Perversely (adv): cố chấp, ngoan cố 64 Aflame with desire, he took her in his arms (flame) Aflame: rực cháy 65 Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy-mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted (mouth) Mealy-mouthed: ăn nói quanh co 66 He was fascinated by her physiognomy — the prominent nose, brooding eyes and thick hair (physic) Physiognomy: nét mặt, diện mạo, gương mặt 67 She tested children's awareness of inflectional morphology in her famous wug/wugs experiment (inflect) Inflectional morphology: hình thái khơng hướng từ sinh từ từ cũ 68 The evident physical presence of music became subordinated to the higher reality of transcendental perfection (transcend) A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot be understood in ordinary ways Mơ hồ, trừu tượng, không rõ ràng; huyền ảo 69 His coach believes in rules and regulations and has puritanical standards for behavior (puritanism) Puritanical: khắt khe Puritanism: Chủ nghĩa đạo đức 70 When you press the spacebar, a message appears informing you that "Set-up is inspecting your hardware configuration" (figure) Configuration: Cấu hình 71 Companies can be punished for making unsubstantiated claims about their products (substance) Unsubstantiated: khơng chứng minh, khơng có 72 The last time she went out wearing those ripped jeans she got several wolf whistles (wolf) Wolf-whistles: Tiếng huýt sáo (do người đàn ông phát để biểu lộ thấy người phụ nữ hấp dẫn tình dục) 73 The film became a massive box-office hit and my song was on the soundtrack album, which sold zillions of copies (box) Box-office: quầy bán vé => box-office hit: phim thành công doanh thu 74 When we came to the platform on the railway station we were met by the station master, an officious little man with a peaked cap (office) Officious: Ân cần, quan tâm đến điều nhỏ nhặt 75 There was a party after the ceremony where much drinking and backslapping went on (slap) Backslapping: Cư xử vui vẻ, hồ hởi ồn 76 Researchers found that high levels of neuroticism were linked to lower life expectancy (neurotic) Neuroticism: Tình trạng loạn thần kinh 77 This does not mean that psychotropic drugs have no role in the treatment of patients who might attempt suicide (psycho) Psychotropic: thuốc tác động đến tâm thần 78 It is at best awkward, and at worst useless and embarrassing, to try to retrieve earlier talk for the purpose of making a wisecrack about that talk or off it (Wise) Wisecrack: lời nói lém lỉnh 79 I know no private business that cannot be improved by independent investigation, by a clear-sighted policy provided by "new blood" and so on (sight) Clear-sighted: nhìn xa trơng rộng, bao qt 80 The moderate aggregate output effect of the environmental taxes dissimulates substantial variations at the disaggregated sectoral level and reallocation of resources across sectors (simulate) Dissimulate: che giấu, che đậy 81 I did not find them hard-bitten or dogmatic about the position and the relationship between our countries (hard) Hardbitten: Ngoan cường, bền bỉ dai dẳng; ngoan cố 82 The buildings, solid, massive and often sphinx-like, with an unmistakable sense of compression, also took themselves pretty seriously (sphinx) Sphinx-like: khó nhìn thấu được, (nghĩa bóng) bí hiểm, khó hiểu, khơng dò 83 The polls are too close to call, and it looks like this election is going to be a real cliffhanger (hang) Cliffhanger: (từ lóng) câu chuyện hấp dẫn kể phần A story or a situation that is exciting because its ending or result is uncertain until it happens 84 Political gamesmanship has earned some politicians considerable international esteem thanks to sophisticated public relations skills (game) Gamesmanship: Tài làm cho đối thủ lãng trí để 85 Could we concertina the three meetings into one morning? (concert) Concertina: Thu nhỏ, nén 86 Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution (dead) Dead end: Ngõ cụt 87 I've never been very money-minded - I leave all my business affairs to my financial adviser (money) Money-minded: Quan tâm đến tiền giỏi việc kiếm tiền 88 However, this new style of theatre caused some bemusement among the spectators, who criticized anything that lacked complete realism (muse) Bemusement: tình trạng bối rối kinh ngạc 89 Hence, without his saying it in so many words, Aristotle's logic perforce became a logic of deductive reasoning, or syllogism (deduce) Deductive: Suy diễn 90 The author was consulted by a married woman with late-stage cancer who was bemoaning the fact that her husband 'cannot boil an egg' (moan) Bemoaning: Bày tỏ nỗi thất vọng 91 However, it is no good in this connection expostulating about that (postulation) Postulation: Sự thừa nhận, đòi hỏi Expostulate: Phê bình, vạch chỗ sai trái 92 We can corroborate our timescale of the circulation by looking at the changes in density surface of the salinity minimum (robust) Corroborate: Làm vững chãi, mạnh thêm lý lẽ 93 The defendant is a cantankerous individual gripped by the dangerous delusion that his opinion matters (rancor) Rancor: Hiềm thù, thù oán, cay nghiệt Cantankerous: Khó tính, gắt gỏng hay gây thù ốn 94 Burgess’ illegal use of alcohol ran afoul of the code, a point the righteous Karnaugh was quite eager to make (foul) Afoul: Đâm vào, húc vào 95 A transvestite is a man who enjoys putting on woman’s clothes (vest) Transvestite: Cross-dresser 96 It was a misery memoir of a woman escaped from North Korea to which everyone expressed their sorrow and sympathy (memory) Memoir: Ký 97 Motel is a portmanteau word that is made when combining “motor” and “hotel” (port) Portmanteau: Từ ghép từ từ khác 98 It’s grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little income (grotty) Grotesque: Kì cục, buồn cười 99 To save space, we focus here upon deductive reasoning, and specifically upon syllogistic reasoning (syllogism) Syllogistic: tam đoạn luận; theo hình thức tam đoạn luận, tam đoạn luận 100 They were acculturated in the tradition of 'public service' from their contact with older regimes (culture) Acculturate: Tiếp nhận văn hóa, thay đổi vào văn hóa 101 Those who are deprived of sleep have a tendency to be accident-prone (accident) Accident-prone: Thường xảy tai nạn 102 The picture captures the two lovers with their arms entwined (twin) Entwined: Bện, tết, quấn vào 103 When we arrived, the party was in full swing and the room was abuzz (buzz) Abuzz: Đầy tiếng rì rào, ồn ĩ 104 They found it uproariously amusing that this hot-shot chef couldn't even use a tomato slicer (roar) Uproariously: Rất ồn ào, om sòm 105 His writings cover a vast array of topics from world politics and sociology to surrealism and literature critique (real) Surrealism: Chủ nghĩa siêu thực 106 Material culture, by definition, belongs both to the ethereal realm of culture and to the material world (real) Ethereal: Thiên tiên, trời 107 Sampling was conducted using ground and baited arboreal pitfall traps, and yielded a total of 95 ant species (arbor) Arboreal (a): Cây, sống 108 Traditions that to some twentieth-century academicians seemed to be inevitable had, in fact, been crafted through a process of conflict and negotiation in previous centuries (academy) Academician (n): Viện sĩ hàn lâm 109 We went the wrong way and had to backtrack till we got to the right turning (track) Backtrack (v): Quay theo lối cũ, rút lui 110 "Say after me," he would intone, and the class dutifully repeated whatever he said (tone) Intone (v): Ngâm, phát âm có ngữ điệu 111 Because opera is a collaborative genre, the mechanisms of its production and its resulting meaning(s) are often heteroglossic or at best ungainly (gain) Ungainly (adv/adj): lóng ngóng, vụng 112 Emotionality is also central in language choice for positive affect, such as endearments or praise for one's partner or children (dear) Endearment (n): Lời âu yếm 113 The CEO has been in the cross-hairs of politicians and businesspeople alike for his recent comments on immigration (hair) Be in the cross-hairs of sb (ph): If you are in someone's crosshairs, they intend to catch, arrest, or stop you 114 We thought we would die of asphyxiation on that crowded train (physical) (?) Asphyxiation (n): Sự ngạt 115 This is an interesting psychiatric case study of a child with extreme behavioural difficulties (psych) Psychiatric (a): thuộc bệnh tâm thần 116 Like Stein, they became pregnant through in vitro fertilization, using donor eggs (fertile) Fertilization (n): Sự thụ tinh 117 The police said his car had been weaving all over the road, so they pulled him over and gave him a sobriety test (sober) Sobriety (n):: Sự tỉnh táo (do không uống rượu) 118 Rather than change dramatically from administration to administration, government policy will remain moderate and imperturbable (perturb) Imperturbable (a): Điềm tĩnh, không bối rối 119 Instead, throughout his term as minister, he rode in the vehicle used by his predecessor and continued to live in an unpretentious house (pretend) Unpretentious (a): Không khoe khoang, khiêm tốn 120 But there was no affectation in her assumption of a becoming bearing or in her picturesque words (affect) Affectation (n): Sự điệu bộ, giả trân, giả tạo 121 When taxed with the matter, the headmaster was unrepentant in his defence (repent) Unrepentant (a): Ngoan cố, không chịu sửa lỗi 122 Their invisible, androgynous voice differs drastically from the human knights on stage (gender) Androgynous (a): Không rõ nam nữ 123 A considerable portion of the GDP comes from the tertiary sector (third) Tertiary (a): Thứ ba The tertiary sector: Khu vực ba kinh tế 124 It looks to me as though we are much too gentlemanly, too slow-witted and too traditional in the conduct of this war (wit) Slow-witted (a): Khơng nhanh trí 125 We have gone through the evidence with a fine-tooth comb (tooth) With a fine-tooth comb (ph): kiểm tra kỹ lưỡng 126 No wonder then that data monetization – literally defined as the process of increasing the economic value of data – is becoming such an important and growing area for all businesses (money) Data monetization (n): Kiếm tiền liệu, hình thức kiếm tiền, đề cập đến hành động tạo lợi ích kinh tế đo lường từ nguồn liệu có sẵn Ít phổ biến hơn, đề cập đến hành động kiếm tiền từ dịch vụ liệu 127 We suspect, however, that most feel the way we do, bothered that our dogma has somehow been upended (End) Upended (a): Không giám sát 128 Digital retouching in the field of photography applies to nearly every sector of the job market, with opportunities across entertainment, fashion and beauty (touch) Retouch (n/v): Sự chấm sửa lại/ Sửa lại 129 I am pleased to bear glad tidings from my own country (tide) Tidings (n): tin vui 130 The paper has decided not to go ahead with the serialization of her memoirs (Series) Serialization (n): Sự nối tiếp hóa 131 The Yankees won by the lopsided score of 17 to (side) Lopsided (a): Cong, lệch, không phẳng, không cân 132 The ambassador was typically noncommittal when asked whether further sanctions would be introduced (commit) Noncommittal (a): Không thể quan điểm hay ý tưởng 133 The defender of the correspondence thesis is likely to feel nonplussed (plus) Nonplussed (a): Ngạc nhiên, bối rối phản ứng 134 The outgoing leader of Britain’s electronic eavesdropping agency has offered a vigorous defense of its work, insisting the organization had delivered security while protecting privacy to the greatest extent possible (ear) Eavesdropping (n): Nghe trộm 135 I had two miscarriages before I gave birth to my daughter (Carry) Miscarriage (n): Oan sai 136 I suggest that what happened then was essential in making possible the subsequent totalitarian departures (total) Totalitarian (a): Chuyên chế 137 We live in a technocracy where progress involves the mastering of increasingly complex data (tech) Technocracy (n): Chế độ kỹ trị 138 The supposed trickle-down effect of lower taxes for the rich has not yet resulted in greater prosperity for society as a whole (trickle) Trickle-down (a): (of wealth) gradually benefit the poorest as a result of the increasing wealth of the richest 139 Computer whizzkids can become millionaires in their bedrooms (kid) Whizzkid (n): Thần đồng 140 Within months the student had become a full-fledged instructor (fledge) Full-fledged (a): đầy đủ 141 He had a plan to turn the properties into upmarket retail centers with high-end tenants (market) Upmarket (a): Dành cho giới thượng lưu, hảo hạng, loại sang 142 Top-heavy organizational structures refer to companies with too many managers, which mean too many presidents, vice presidents and other mid-level managers between the president and the junior worker (heavy) Top-heavy (a): dễ chao đảo 143 She said if his results were good, she would reward him handsomely (handsome) Handsomely (adv): hào phóng, hậu hĩnh 144 Inclusion of a word in a dictionary does not connote approval (note) Connote (v): Bao hàm, có nghĩa 145 The Johns Hopkins team has identified a genetic change, or biomarker, that can be measured in the blood of colon cancer patients (mark) Biomarker (n): Dấu ấn sinh học, dấu hiệu sinh học số đo lường số trạng thái tình trạng sinh học Dấu ấn sinh học thường đo lường đánh giá để kiểm tra trình sinh học bình thường, trình gây bệnh phản ứng dược lý với can thiệp trị liệu 146 Christmas has been grossly commodified over the years (commodity) Commodify (v): Hàng hóa hóa 147 The longer the party opposite put off this matter the more shabby, the more shop-soiled, becomes the issue (shop) Shop-soiled (a): Cũ kĩ, gây nhàm chán 148 Even such a simple combinatorial system allows for 720 pair sequences, most of which are nonsensical.(sense) Nonsensical (a): Vô lý, vô nghĩa, bậy bạ 149 Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend (fire) Backfire (v): (of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended 150 Instead of doing something about the problem, the city council is hiding behind a smokescreen of bureaucracy (screen) Smokescreen (n): Bình phong, hỏa mù Hide sth behind a smokescreen nghĩa che giấu thứ 151 His book was seen as an apologia for the war (apologize) Apologia (n): Lời biện hộ, biện minh 152 She brandished a saucepan at me so I ran out of the kitchen (brand) Brandish (v): Múa, khua, vung, throw sth in the air 153 Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want (brow) Browbeat (v): Hăm dọa 154 We are one of the country's leading broker-dealers, supporting independent investment advisors nationwide (break) Broker-dealer (n): Người môi giới kinh doanh 155 Smoking is a causative factor in the development of several serious diseases, including lung cancer (Cause) Causative (a): Là nguyên nhân, nguyên cớ để dẫn đến kết 156 A confluence of events is pushing nuclear policy into the national spotlight (influence) Confluence (n): Trường hợp mà nhiều yếu tố hợp thành 157 We need to contextualize the problem before we can understand its origin (context) Contextualize (v): Bối cảnh hóa 158 It's not "left-wing or right-wing" - political opinion is a long continuum (continue) Continuum (n): thứ thay đổi cách nhỏ mà điểm thay đổi 159 However, since the high-falling tone is for the most part no longer contrastive, this alternation is irrelevant to the phonologies of most speakers (contrast) Contrastive (a): Để nêu lên bật tương phản 160 The relationship between social democratic government and corporatism is captured by these variables themselves and by their interaction (corporate) Corporatism (n): Chủ nghĩa nghiệp đoàn 161 The externalist approach focuses on the way a belief is produced in order to assess its epistemic credentials (credit) Credential (n): Khả kinh nghiệm để người phù hợp với công việc 162 In many cases, the domain name that has been reserved by the cybersquatter has already been trademarked or service marked by another organization (squat) Cybersquatter (n:) Người trả tiền để để tên miền, để sau họ bán cho người tổ chức mà cần tên 163 Both were watching her as if she had something earth-shattering to say (earth) Earth-shattering (a): Quan trọng kiểu vỡ đôi trái đất vậy! 164 To my mind, the reports which have resulted from that are quite epoch-making in the farming world (epoch) Epoch-making (a): Đánh dấu thời kỳ lịch sử 165 We get to see very gory footage of a man disemboweled by a broken beer bottle (bowel) Disembowel (v): Mổ bụng moi ruột 166 This eighteenth-century fascination with funerary exactitude was not limited to the distaff side of society (exact) Exactitude (n): Tính xác, tính đắn 167 They insisted that all expletives be deleted from the article (explain) Expletive (n): Từ chêm vào, lời nói tục tĩu, chửi rủa 168 He became a sort of general factotum for the band (factory) Factotum (n): Người thuê để làm nhiều thứ việc 169 'You feather-brain! Surely you checked when you booked the holiday?' (brain) Feather-brain (n): Người ngu ngốc, người đần độn 170 I want this place spotless (spot) Spotless (a): Sạch khơng tì vết 171 Many new immigrants have not yet assimilated fully into the new culture (similar) Assimilate (v): Đồng hóa 172 Every character stands out in the crowd, being true to their individuality (individual) Individuality (n): Tính chất cá nhân 173 Irwin also remarked on a gallery practice that has occasionally allowed show-offs to pretend they own something that they have no intention of paying for (show) Show-off (n): Kẻ phô trương, khoe khoang 174 Children are natural exhibitionists (exhibition) Exhibitionist (n): Người thích gây ý cách hành xử 175 Oral disease, especially dentel carries, is complicated and multifactorial, and it often begins to develop during infancy (factor) Multifactorial (a): Đa nhân tố 176 Australian voters are naturally very risk-averse and will not rush headlong into a change of government (risk) Risk-averse (a): Ngại đầu tư 177 From an easy-going young girl, she had metamorphosed into a neurotic middle-aged woman (morph) Metamorphose (v): Biến hình, biến hóa 178 Practise good personal protection against mosquito bites to prevent mosquito-borne infections (mosquito) Mosquito-borne (a): Lây nhiễm qua muỗi 179 First, the closure was said to be too hasty and was a knee-jerk reaction in a situation where calm and a steadfast stand was needed (jerk) Knee jerk (n): Phản xạ bánh chè A knee jerk reaction (ph): phản xạ theo cách dự đốn mà không cần nghĩ 180 What an intemperate boy! We are utterly ashamed of his nitwittery (wit) Nitwittery (n): Sự ngu dốt 181 The extremists finally decided to execute the infidel people for not joining their religion (fidel) Infidel (a): Không theo đạo 182 We are having a nice luncheon in our backyard while listening to pieces of classical music (lunch) Luncheon (n:) Tiệc trưa cách xịn xò 183 The criminal was sentenced to death for drug-muggling and gun-running (run) Gun-running (n): Việc buôn lậu súng 184 The whipper-snapper smashed the neighbor’s window with a soccer ball (snap) Whipper-snapper (n): (thơng tục) nhóc bắng nhắng, nhóc hay quấy rầy 185 Luckily, the horror film was eventually passed by commissar at the last minute (commiss) Commissar (n): Ủy viên 186 I am not afraid of that little pipsqueak Under no circumstances will he become skilled enough to beat me in a duel (squeak) Pipsqueak (n): Người tầm thường 187 It was a light-bulb moment for Kousei when he realized he wouldn’t have been able to go on but for his friend’s sincere encouragement (light) A light-bulb moment (ph): tình nhận 188 Men tended to be expected to play the breadwinner role in the family (bread) Breadwinner (n): Người kiếm sống gia đình 189 Hikaru Nara is such a good and catchy song that I get goosebumps every time I listen to it (goose) Goosebumps (n): da gà, gai ốc 190 She’s one of those touchy-feely people, always putting her hand on your arm while she’s talking to you (feel) Touchy-feely (a): người tốt tính hay chạm vào người khác khiến họ khó chịu 191 He has earned the little of Britain’s top trainspotter, after spending 57 years on the nation’s railway platform (spot) Trainspotter (n): Người thích xem tàu hỏa đếm số 192 Our green-fingered experts have once again picked up the top prizes in the gardening competition (finger) Green-fingered (a): Có khả làm cho mọc 193 He forsook me when I needed his help most Now I know he is a fair-weather friend (Weather) Fair-weather friend (ph): bạn phù thịnh, bạn vui vỗ tay vào 194 It is a Pokemon that appears almost tailor-made for me We are as thick as thieves (make) Tailor-made (a): Đo ni đóng giày => phù hợp 195 Once the news of the assassination of their beloved leader reached the public, pandemonium broke out in streets throughout the country (Demon) Pandemonium (n): Cảnh tượng tồi tệ giống địa ngục 196 How can you stand living in this godforsaken town? (god) Godforsaken (a): Tiêu điều, hoang vắng 197 Another prominent explanation of North Korea’s behavior is that its nuclear sabre-rattling is meant for a domestic audience (rattle) Sabre-rattling (n): Sự đe dọa công trừng phạt 198 James was originally blue-blooded but he decided to leave his wealthy family and then joined Team Rocket (BLOOD) Blue-blooded (a): Thuộc dòng dõi quý phái 199 Lavender Town is a real spine-chiller at night It is rumoured to be a ghosts' lair yet worth exploring (CHILL) Spine-chiller (n): Một thứ thú vị khiến bạn sợ bạn thích xem, đọc 200 You can’t lose your temper with your Pokémon like that and then expect everything to be hunky-dory (hunk) Hunky-dory (a): Cừ khôi, chiến 201 What sounded like a stampede of wild rhinoceroses roused her from her sleep (STAMP) Stampede (n): Sự chạy toán loạn 202 Insurance companies with an almost blasphemous attitude call such events "Acts of God" (BLAME) Blasphemous (a): Báng bổ, hồ đồ 203 They remain convinced the cause was organophosphates in sheep dip (ORGANISE) Organophosphates (n): Một chất hóa học dùng thuốc trừ sâu, dược phẩm tác nhân thần kinh 204 Those pictures later served as aides-memoires for the decorative panels (MEMORY) Aides-memoires (n): Vật gợi nhớ 205 Most big companies usually have teleconferences so that the CEO can contact all directors of subsidiary companies (conference) Teleconference (n): Hội nghị qua điện thoại 206 My closest friend is living in the countryside.At this time,he is winterizing the straw for the cattle to eat in winter (winter) Winterize (v): Chuẩn bị rơm rạ cho mùa đông 207 An econometrician is the one who uses statistics and mathematics to study,model and predict economic principles and outcomes (economy) Econometrician (n): Nhà toán kinh tế If we take the bypass, we will avoid the traffic jam (pass) 208 Bypass (n): Đường vòng 209 The castle had been beset with foes for days before the heroes came to save it (set) Beset (v): Bao vây 210 People say that the corpses of the sacred monks will be indecomposable due to their divine power (compose) Indecomposable (a): Không thể phân hủy 211 We have to join an urgent meeting with the CEO about yesterday’s bad outputs (put) Output (n): Đầu sản phẩm 212 Last week, Jimmy and his friends found some prehistoric paintings on a cave near his house (history) Prehistoric (a): Thời tiền sử 213 Don’t believe in fortune-tellers They only want to cheat you out of your money (tell) Fortune-teller (n): Nhà ngoại cảm đọc tương lai 214 Both tight-fitting clothes and tight bedclothes are bad for the circulation (fit) Tight-fitting (a): vừa khít, bó chặt 215 The objective is to make the property wind and weatherproof, and thereby habitable, as soon as possible (weather) Weatherproof (a): Chịu thời tiết 216 After checking the patient’s health, they looked at the blood samples under the microscope (micro) Microscope (n): Kính hiển vi 217 He wants to prevent interruption in production and forestall reflection on a vicious economic cycle that leaves people poor despite their long hours of work (Stall) Forestall (v): Dự đoán trước 218 Pointing gestures and responses, yes\no gestures and responses, imitations, unintelligible utterances, and utterances that included a participant that was not visible were excluded (intelligence) Unintelligible (a): Khó hiểu, khơng thể hiểu 219 Knowing they wouldn't welcome too much verbosity, he simplified his talk (verb) Verbosity (n): Sự dài dòng 220 His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I couldn't understand it (verb) Verbiage (n): Sự nói dài, lời (dùng chồng chất từ khơng cần thiết); tính dài dịng (báo cáo, văn) 221 I thought it impolitic to ask any questions about her ex-husband (political) Impolitic (a): Vụng về, khơng tính toán trước 222 Adult spellers use orthographic knowledge of English to analyze structures in other languages (orthography) Orthographic knowledge (ph): refers to the information that is stored in memory that tells us how to represent spoken language in written form 223 These people are caught in a toxic fetishization of what they call "the Old Way" (fetish) Fetishization (n): Sự tơn thờ thích thú cách khơng hợp lý cho việc 224 The company had to make reparation to those who suffered ill health as a result of chemical pollution (repair) Reparation (n): Sự bồi thường thiệt hại 225 During her lecture on her discoveries, she made/took several sideswipes at the leaders of the expedition (swipe) Sideswipe (n): Nói cạnh khóe 226 He has been often blamed for this and people backbit him more than ever after his death (bite) Backbite (v): Cắn, nói xấu sau lưng 227 Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor (thesis) Parenthesis (n): Ngoặc đơn In parenthesis (ph): If, while you are talking, you say something in parenthesis, you say it as something extra and then continue with the main part of the sentence 228 Saying she was wrong was a difficult climbdown for Sarah (climb) Climbdown (n): Sự nhượng 229 Some British public figures have indulged in breast-beating about colonialism (breast) Breast-beating (n): Sự chống đối cách ầm ĩ 230 In epilepsy, the therapeutic goal is to reduce the risk of seizure activity by raising the convulsive threshold (convulse) Convulsive (a) co giật 231 Down-and-outs warmed themselves at bonfires on the lorry park (down) Down-and-out (n): Người thất lỡ vận, người sa thất 232 The opening of the superstore will sound/toll the death-knell for hundreds of small independent shops (death) Death-knell (n): Tiếng chuông báo tử To sound/toll the death-knell for sth: Cause the failure of 233 He suffers from Parkinson’s disease and has occasionally experienced blackouts (black) Blackout (n): Ngất 234 Merchandise imports have expanded significantly faster than world trade in both real and nominal dollar values (name) Nominal (a): Trên phiếu, danh nghĩa, khơng có thật 235 Jean will look after Harry, I'm quite sure - she's a pushover for babies (push) Pushover (n): - Người dễ dàng bị thuyết phục, ảnh hưởng bị đánh bại - Công việc dễ thực 236 Of course, these primitive processes of alignment are not foolproof/ idiotproof (proof) Foolproof/ idiotproof (a): Cực dễ để làm 237 I just use a few basic and self-explanatory symbols, for the most part just crossing out errors and inserting the correct version (explain) Self-explanatory (a): Khơng cần giải thích thêm 238 Pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons parrot-fashion (fashion) Do sth parrot-fashion (ph): Như vẹt 239 After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we were on a wild-goose chase (wild) A wild-goose chase (ph): Sự theo đuổi phi thực tế, xa vời 240 An early example of product placement is in the 1949 movie Gun Crazy, where a Bulova clock is repeatedly shown in important scenes (place) Placement (n): Sự xếp Product placement (ph): Marketing nhúng, a way of advertising a product by supplying it for use in films or television programmes 241 The balance of the pairs of opposites which comprise a square is the insignia of its perfection (sign) Insignia (n): Dấu hiệu 242 You've got your hat on skew-whiff (skew) Skew-whiff (a): Không thẳng, nghiêng 243 On Wednesday night the UN issued its toughest ultimatum to date, demanding that all troops withdraw from the city (ultimate) Ultimatum (n): Thư tối hậu 244 Police imposed a lockdown in the building until the shooter could be stopped (lock) Lockdown (n): Phong tỏa 245 Seven coastguard stations have been closed since 1979, leaving 21 stations to cover 6,000 miles of coast (coast) Coastguard (n): Lính phịng hộ ven biển 246 The boss called a meeting to give us a heads-up on the way the project was going (head) Heads-up (n): Dấu hiệu, tín hiệu Give sb a heads-up (ph): Thơng báo cho thứ 247 They claim that the fall in unemployment is based on a fraudulent manipulation of statistics (fraud) Fraudulent (a): Do gian lận, lừa lọc 248 There are still those who regard the move as an unconstitutional usurpation of private property (usurp) Usurpation (n): Sự chiếm đoạt, tước quyền 249 The river serves as the line of demarcation between the two counties (demarcate) Demarcation (n): Sự phân ranh giới 250 This is regarded by many as a lame-duck initiative that has failed to deliver its promises (lame) Lame-duck (a): Không thành công, bom xịt ... đo lường đánh giá để kiểm tra trình sinh học bình thường, trình gây bệnh phản ứng dược lý với can thi? ??p trị liệu 146 Christmas has been grossly commodified over the years (commodity) Commodify... opposite put off this matter the more shabby, the more shop-soiled, becomes the issue (shop) Shop-soiled (a): Cũ kĩ, gây nhàm chán 148 Even such a simple combinatorial system allows for 720 pair... of compression, also took themselves pretty seriously (sphinx) Sphinx-like: khó nhìn thấu được, (nghĩa bóng) bí hiểm, khó hiểu, khơng dị 83 The polls are too close to call, and it looks like this