E.9_NW & Phrases_U1-5 with English meaning

NEW WORDS AND PHRASES of ENGLISH 9 (in E. meaning) for reference. (Source: Babylon English-English Dictionary) - Edited by dovanhuu@yahoo.com  UNIT 1: A visit from a pen pal • Advanced. - Pen pal friend living in a distant place with whom one keeps in contact by sending letters // Pal (v.) [pæl]: make friends with, mingle with, fraternize, chum // PAL (phase alternate line) A standard for tv/video display which uses 625 scan lines per frame and twenty-five frames per second (popular in Europe and Australia) - Unit (n.) ['juːnɪt]: specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece; furniture; device, apparatus E.g. The Malaysia unit of currency ['kʌrənsɪ] (money; circulation; custom, prevalence) is the ringgit - Instruction (n.) [ɪn'strʌkʃn}: teaching, education, training; direction, guidance - Ado (n.) [ə'duː]: commotion (confusion), flurry (confuse), activity; excitement - Kuala Lumpur: capital city of Malaysia (country located on the southeastern tip of Asia and on the northern coast of the island of Borneo) • Glossary. - * Buddhism ['Bud·dhism || 'bʊdɪzm]: nontheistic religion based on the quest for enlightenment through the subduing of all worldly passions and desires (founded by Buddha) - Comprise (v.) [kəm'praɪz]: include; be composed of - Compulsory (adj.) [com'pul·so·ry || -lsərɪ]: required, compelled - Correspond (v.) [kɒrɪ'spɒnd]: exchange letters with another person / match; be parallel - Depend (v.) [dɪ'pend]: rely on, trust; be dependent upon, be supported by - Divide (v.) [dɪ'vaɪd]: separate into parts; apportion; part; separate; share - Ethnic (adj.) ['eθnɪk]: of different racial and social groups; of people from different countries - Federation (n.) [fedə'reɪʃn]: act of joining together; league, covenant; political unity formed by a number of separate states - Friendliness (n.) ['fren(d)lɪnɪs]: quality of being friendly; kindliness, amiability, helpfulness - Ghost (n.) [gəʊst]: spirit; phantom; shadow; hint, trace; ghost writer (Slang) - Hinduism (n) ['hɪnduːɪzəm]: main religion of India - Impress (v) [ɪm'pres]: affect strongly; make an impression; emphasize; stamp, make a mark using pressure - Islam ['ɪzlɑːm]: monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which are written out in the Koran; body of Muslim believers, Muslims; Muslim world - Mausoleum [‚mɔːsə'lɪəm]: large and imposing tomb; tomb of Mausolus (ancient Greek king of Caria) - Mosque [mɑsk /mɒsk]: Muslim house of prayer and worship - Notice (v) ['nəʊtɪs]: pay attention; observe, remark; discern, perceive – (n.): warning; attention, consideration; poster, sign; notification. - Official (n.) [ə'fɪʃl]: formal, ceremonious; issued authoritatively; authorized; holding an office; of or relating to an office or position - Pray (v.) [preɪ]: praise or appeal to God in words or thought; request, ask, make a petition, seek - Primary (adj.) ['praɪmərɪ]: first, original; primeval, initial; principal, main, prime; basic, fundamental - Puppet (n.) ['pʌpɪt]: marionette, doll that is manipulated by hands or strings; one whose actions are controlled by another. - Region ['rɪːdʒən]: area, territory, domain; field, area of activity or interest, sphere - Religion (n.) [rɪ'lɪdʒən]: collection of beliefs concerning the origin of man and the universe, faith - Separate (v.) ['sepəreɪt]: segregate, set apart; split, divide; disconnect, detach; distinguish; partition; be taken apart, be set apart; be divided; withdraw – (adj.) detached, disconnected; distinct, different; set apart, divided, segregated; individual - Soil (n.) [sɔɪl]: uppermost part of the earth's crust which consists of humus mixed with rocks and minerals; ground, earth, dirt; type of soil; land, country; place or condition conducive to growth; spot, stain; sewage; manure - Tamil (n.): member of a Dravidian people living in Sri Lanka and India // Dravidian language spoken by the Tamil people - Territory (n.) ['terɪtɔrɪ /-trɪ]: area under the jurisdiction of a state; region, district, zone, area, domain - Tropical (adj.) ['trɑpɪkl /'trɒ-]: pertaining to or characteristic of the tropics (regions near the earth's equator between parallels of latitude marking the summer and winter solstices); hot; concerning a trope (n.)figure of speech, any rhetorical device in which words are used not in accordance with their literal meaning; phrase interpolated into a text for purposes of emphasis (Literature)  UNIT 2: Clothing • Advanced. - Plaid (n.) [plæd]: colorful fabric with a pattern of squares and crossbars. E.g. a plaid skirt. - (Lang. focus 2) Durian (???) - Genoa: (n.) port city in northwest Italy • Glossary. - Baggy (adj.) ['bægɪ]: loose, shapeless, ill-fitting . / – Slit (n.) [slɪt]: strait and narrow cut or opening - Bear (v.) [beə]: endure; carry; support; suffer; produce // give birth - Casual (adj.) ['kæʒjʊəl]: informal; random, accidental; superficial; temporary / (n.) temporary worker; soldier who is temporarily stationed in a place. - Champagne (n.) [‚ʃæm'peɪn]: sparkling (be lively and vivacious) white wine. - Comic (n.) ['kɒmɪk]: comic book, comic strip (in a newspaper); comedian, comic actor // (adj.) humorous, amusing, witty, zany. / – Stripe (n.) [straɪp] narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it - Cotton (n) ['kɒtn]: plant of the mallow family; white fluffy fibers produced by this plant; thread spun from cotton fibers; fabric woven from cotton thread // (v.) like; be friendly with - Cross (n.) [krɒs]: upright post with a transverse piece upon which people were once put to death; symbol which resembles this structure (symbol of Christianity); hybrid, crossbreed; mix, blend // (adj.) irritated, angry; intersecting; against, opposite - Design (n.) [dɪ'zaɪn]: plan; sketch, diagram; model; evil scheme // ( v.) make plans for; formulate, think up; intend - Economic (adj.) [‚iːkə'nɒmɪk]: pertaining to the management of goods and services; of the science of economics - Embroider (v.): [ɪm'brɔɪdə] decorate with ornamental needlework. - Embroidered (a.): decorated with ornamental needlework . – Style (n.) manner, way; particular way of life (especially one that is luxurious); fashion - Encourage (v.) [ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ]: support, inspire, give hope - Equal (adj.) ['iːkwəl]: same, identical; able, capable // (n.) person or thing that is equal, person or thing that is the same (v.) match, correspond; resemble, be similar to - Fade (v.) [feɪd]: discolor, lose color; become dim; wilt, wither; die out; bleach - Fashion (n.) ['fæʃn]: style, mode; custom; manner, way something is done; type, sort // (v.) shape, form; adjust, adapt, fit; create, make / - Tunic (n.) woman's long upper garment; loose-fitting garment often without sleeves and often belted. - Grow (v.) [grəʊ]: become larger; cultivate; be changed; be; become - Inspiration (n.) [‚ɪnspə'reɪʃn ]: something which stimulates or animates, stimulus, motivation; something inspired, revelation, insight, idea; divine influence upon the human mind (Theology); breathing in, inhaling - Label (n.) ['leɪbl] ticket; tag; sign; note, slip of paper; nickname; text which appears on a computerized note (Computers); destination of a GOTO command (Computers) // (v.) affix a label to, affix a tag or sticker to; call, name, give a nickname to; classify - Logical (adj.) ['lɑdʒɪkl /'lɒd-]: based on logic; reasonable; simulated, looks and acts like the real thing but is not genuine (Computers) / - Unique (adj.) [uː'nɪːk] singular, matchless, unequaled, rare - Material (n.) [mətɪrɪəl /'tɪər]: substance, matter, stuff of which something is made; fabric, cloth; equipment and supplies needed for an activity; information gathered for a book or research project // ( adj . ) physical, bodily; related to bodily comfort; substantial; tangible; important, essential, relevant; of or pertaining to matter - Minority (n.) [maɪ'nɔrətɪ /-'nɒ-]: smaller group as opposed to the majority; part of a population differing in some characteristic (race, sex, etc.); state of being under legal age - Novel (n.) ['nɑvl /'nɒvl]: piece of long fiction with a plot and characters; story // (adj.) new; strange - Occasion (n.) [ə'keɪʒn]: opportunity; occurrence, event; incident; reason, cause, justification // (v.) make occasion for; cause, incite; bring to pass . / - Sleeveless (adj.) ['slɪːvlɪs]: having no sleeves - Peer (n.) [pɪr /pɪə]: person of equal rank or standing; friend, companion; nobleman (v.) look, glance - Plaid (n.) [plæd]: colorful fabric with a pattern of squares and crossbars. E.g. a plaid skirt. - Plain (adj.): simply, in an unembellished manner; clearly, simply // (n.) plateau, area of level ground; prairie, savanna - Poet (n.) ['pəʊɪt]: one who writes poems; minstrel, bard - Poetry (n.) ['pəʊɪtrɪ]; form of literature written in a rhythmical style; verse, literature written in a metrical style - Rivalry (n.) ['raɪvlrɪ]: competition, contention; act of competing - Sale (n.) [seɪl] commercial transaction in which one party buys an item from another party; instance of offering goods at a reduced price; demand for merchandise; auction  UNIT 3: A trip to the countryside • Advanced. - (2) Banyan (n) [??]: East Indian fig tree (fig: type of tree; fruit of this tree; something which is worthless or unimportant) - Hero ['hɪrəʊ /'hɪər]: very brave person, one who has committed a courageous act; primary male character (of a story, play, etc.); male character who commits great deeds and is regarded as a god (Classical Mythology) - Snack (n.) [snæk]: small amount of food or drink eaten between regular meals; food suitable for light informal eating. – (v.) eat a small portion of food, eat a light meal (especially between regular meals) - (Listen) Parking lot: Parking garage, large area where you are allowed to park car (usually for money) – Lot (v.): divide; allocate/ (n.): section of land/ object used in making a random decision; act of randomly deciding by casting lots; portion; fate, destiny, fortune. - (5) Hot dog: type of sausage (especially one served in a roll)- (xuc xich nong kep vao banh mi)/ (Than Tu: Oi cha) - An exchange student : a foreign student, student who studies in a school or university outside of his native country (often as part of an organized program between two particular schools) - Maize (n.): corn; pale yellow color. - Feed (v.) grocery store, part-time, collect (See more definitions in activity a) ) - Buff (n.): skin of an ox; light yellow color; person who is very interested in or enthusiastic about a particular subject (i.e. history buff) • Glossary. - Admire (v.) [əd'maɪə]: be impressed by someone; adore, venerate - Blanket (n.) ['blæŋkɪt]: bed covering, quilt - (v.) cover, coat. (Adj.) comprehensive, inclusive - Collection (n.) [kə'lekʃn]: group of objects that have been collected; money collected from people; accumulation - Comment (v.) ['kɒment]: make a remark; write an explanatory note; explain / (n.) remark; explanatory note; explanation; response - Exchange (n.) [ɪks'tʃeɪndʒ]: give one thing in return for another, replace one thing with another, trade, barter (n.) conversion; stock market; trade, barter, act of giving something in return for something else - Gather (v.) ['gæðə(r)]: bring together, assemble, collect; amass, accumulate; harvest; conclude, d educe (n.) gathering in, drawing together; fold or pucker (in clothing) - Grocery (n.) ['grəʊsərɪ] grocery store, store which sells food and other household goods ; goods sold at a grocery - Hamburger (n.) ['hæmbɜrgə(r)]: beef burger, patty of ground beef served on a roll - Hike (v.) [haɪk]: make a long journey by foot, walk or march over long distances, trek, backpack; make higher, increase (i.e. prices) - (n.) long walk, march, trip; increase, raise (as in wages) - Locate (v.) ['ləʊkeɪt /ləʊ'keɪt] situate, place; identify, find; establish oneself in a particular spot; settle - Pagoda (n) [pə'gəʊdə]: Buddhist temple with successive upward curving roofs tapering to the top; non- religious building resembling a pagoda. - Picnic (n.) ['pɪknɪk]: meal eaten outdoors - (v.) meal eaten outdoors - Plow / plough (v.) [plaʊ]: cut into the soil with a plow; advance through great effort; pave the way; fail – (n.) farming tool used for cutting into the ground - Relax (v.) [rɪ'læks]: be at leisure; loosen, slacken; calm, release tension; ease one's mind through rest or recreatio n - Rest (v.) [rest]: repose, relax, sleep; lean against, place against; be based or founded upon; halt, bring to a stop; remain, stay; complete the presentation of a legal case - Route (n.) [raʊt /ruːt]: track, path; customary series of stops during a trip; path taken by a data package sent from one point on the Internet to another (Computers) (V.) send by a specific route, direct along a particular path; mark a route, chart a course - Shire [ʃraɪn] (n.): structure or location devoted to a god or saint; location associated with sacred persons or events; tomb of a saint. (Index: mieu tho, am) - Sightseer (n) [saɪt‚sɪːə(r)]: tourist, visitor, one who travels about and visits tourist attractions - Tip (n.) [tɪp]: gratuity; nib, edge, point; advice; slope, slant. – (V.) give a gratuity; spill; cause to slant  Unit 4: Learning a foreign language • Advanced. - (2) Examiner (n.) [ex'am·in·er || -nə]: one who gives a test, one who examines. > examine (v.) [ɪg'zæmɪn]: look at carefully, inspect, check, interrogate - Aspect (n.) ['æspekt]: point of view, facet (one of the cut and polished surfaces of a gemstone; aspect, side (i.e. of a situation)); appearance, outlook; direction; action of a verb without relating to its time. - College (n.) ['kɒlɪdʒ]: council; institution of higher education that grants degrees. - Royal (adj.) ['rɔɪəl]: pertaining to / in connection to / having to do with royalty, regal, majestic. - (3) Scholarship (n.) ['skɑləʃɪp /'skɒl-]: financial grant given to a student to subsidize the cost of education; learning acquired through education, schooling, erudition (learning, scholarship, knowledge) - Brisbane: city in Australia - (5) Council ['kaʊnsl]: assembly, board, group of people (gathered to advise, plan, etc.) - Tuition (n.) [tuː'ɪʃn /tju-]: fee for instruction; instruction, teaching - Academy [ə'kædəmɪ]: secondary school; school which offers special instruction; academic association or institution • Glossary. - Advance (n) [əd'vɑːns]: forward movement, progress; modernization; promotion; amount or payment of money given before it is due. (V.) progress, move forward; promote; propose, suggest; make a payment before it is due. (adj.) beforehand - Amount (n.) [ə'maʊnt]: quantity; sum. (V.) total, come to -; become - Campus (n.) ['kæmpəs]: college grounds, property on which a college is located. - Course (n.) [kɔːs]: direction; part of a meal; series; layer; series of lessons or classes on a particular subject; unit of studies (especially on a university level) - Deposit (n.) [dɪ'pɒzɪt]: sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment, pledge; (Geology) layer (of sand, mineral deposit, etc.) - Dormitory (n.) ['dɔːmɪtrɪ]: living quarters for residents of an institution (i.e. university, etc.) - Edition (n.) [ɪ'dɪʃn]: total number of copies printed at the same time (of a book, newspaper, etc.); form in which a book is published - Fee (n.) [fɪː]: toll; payment for services rendered; cost of admission; commission; feudal estate. (V.) pay to; hire, employ - Experience [ɪk'spɪərɪəns] (n.): knowledge obtained by doing; something that one has lived through (v.) try; live through; feel; endure - Institute (n.) ['ɪnstɪtuːt /-tjuːt]: institution, foundation, organization which provides a certain service or supports a particular cause; college which specializes in a particular field or area of instruction (i.e. art) - Intermediate (Adj.) [‚ɪntə(r)'mɪːdɪeɪtd]: mediatory, acting between persons or parties; existing between two stages (or points, things, etc.) - Linguistic ( adj.) [lɪŋ'gwɪstɪk]: of language; of linguistics, of the scientific study of language - Order (v.) ['ɔrdə(r) /'ɔːd-] command; request something; arrange; manage. (N.) arrangeme nt; instruction; command; request for something; religious group - Publish (v.) ['pʌblɪʃ]: produce and distribute printed material; make publicly known, advertise - Reputation (n) [‚repjə'teɪʃn /-jʊ-]: repute, regard; esteem, renown - Scenery (n.) ['sɪnərɪ]: view, vista, panorama; set, backdrop used onstage to portray a particular setting or locale. - Until (prep.) [ən'tɪl]: up to. – ( Conj.) up to the time which - Well-qualified (adj.) ['kwɑlɪfaɪd /'kwɒ-]: certified, licensed; able, competent; modified, limited. (V.) ['kwɑlɪfaɪ /'kwɒ-] train, certify; meet the minimum standards; limit, restrict; attribute a quality or characteristic; moderate, modify  Unit 5: The media • Advanced - Media ['medɪə]: channels of mass communication (radio, newspaper, television, etc.), medium (n.) (['mɪːdɪəm]: means by which something is accomplished; means of expression; channel of communication; middle man, intermediary; substance or environment through which something is affected; broker; psychic (Spiritual) • Glossary - Access ['ækses] (n): approach; entry; attack of a disease; permission to enter a computer system and/or retrieve data (Computers) – (V.) gain entrance to, get at – (N.) database software manufactured by Microsoft (Computers) - Adult ['ædʌlt] (n.) grown-up; mature person, mature animal - (adj.): mature, full-grown. - Article (n.) ['ɑːtɪkl]: item, object; paragraph of a contract; message sent to a newsgroup (Computers) - Benefit (n.) ['benɪfɪt]: advantage, profit; aid; stipend, pension - Commercial (adj.) [kə'mɜːʃl]: pertaining to buying and selling, pertaining to business. (v.) TV or radio advertisement - Communicate (v.) [com'mu·ni·cate || -keɪt]: express one's thoughts and ideas; exchange information or ideas; transfer, pass along, transmit - Control (v.) [kən'trəʊl]: rule, command; restrain; supervise; examine, check . (n.) rule, command; supervision; control panel; restraint // - Costly (adj.) ['kɒstlɪ]: expensive, highly priced, pricey - Crier (n.) ['kraɪə]: announcer, herald; one who cries, crybaby (Slang) - Deny (v.) [dɪ'naɪ]: say that something is not true; refuse; renounce - Documentary (n.) [‚dɒkjʊ'mentərɪ]: documentary film or television program, informational film or television program based on actual events. (adj .) pertaining to or consisting of documents; relating to or using documentation in literature or art; based on actual events or factual information. - Force (n.) [fɔːs]: power; strength; intensity; military power; coercion; violence; authority; need, necessity; binding power, effect (of a law) (V .): bring about through the use of power; impose; compel; oblige; break through, push through; artificially increase the rate of growth (of plants, etc.) - Government (n.) ['gʌvərnmənt /'gʌvn-]: ruling of a country or area; political control; group of people that rule a country or area; rule, authority - Income (n.) ['ɪŋkʌm ,-kəm]: amount of money received in payment for goods or services or from other sources; revenue, profits - Interactive (adj.) [,in·ter'ac·tive || ‚ɪntə(r)æktɪv]: acting reciprocally, acting mutually; communicating (Computers) - Internet (n.) ['ɪntənet]: worldwide computer network that allows communication and data transfer between people connected to it (Computers) - Limitation (n.) [‚lɪmɪ'teɪʃn]: limit, bound, restriction; act of limiting; state of being limited - Opinion (n.) [ ə'pɪnjən]: attitude; outlook; formal judgement (judgment ?) or estimation - Purpose (n.) ['pɜrpəs /'pɜː-]: goal, aim; intention, objective. (v.) intend, plan, design, aim - Remote (adj.) [rɪ'məʊt]: distant, located far away; secluded, isolated; distant in time or relation; aloof, standoffish; operated by remote control; slight, unlikely - Respond (v.) [re·spond || rɪ'spɑnd /-'spɒn]: answer, reply; react. - Ring (v.) call on the telephone (British); call, sound a bell. (n.): sound of a bell; telephone call. - Shout (v.) [ʃaʊt]: yell, scream, call out loudly . (n.) yell, scream, loud cry - Stage (n.) [steɪdʒ] raised platform; resting place on a journey; distance traveled between two resting places; phase, stage in development; stagecoach. (V.) perform, present; carry out, execute - Surf (v.) [sɜrd /sɜːd]: navigate in the Internet move from site to site on the Internet in order to find information or for entertainment; scan through the programs on television or radio stations; ride on ocean waves using a specially designed board . (n.) waves; foam formed by waves - Teenager (n.) [tɪːneɪdʒə(r)]: one who is between 13 and 19 years of age - Time-consuming (adj.) requiring a lot of time, taking a long time . – Consuming (adj .): highly intense, intense to such an extent as to take up all the time and energy of a person. – Consume (v.): eat or drink; destroy; use up - Viable (adj.) ['vaɪəbl]: capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding, practical; having the ability to survive outside the uterus (of a fetus) - Violent (adj.) ['vaɪələnt ]: using unwarranted injurious force, brutal; strong, forceful; tempestuous, raging; vehement - Wander (v.) ['wɑndə(r) /'wɒn-]: loiter; move aimlessly; lose one's way; go astray - Website (n.) Internet site, particular area located on the Internet - Widely (adv.) ['waɪdlɪ]: over a wide area; greatly; with renown, famously - Wonderful (adj.) ['wʌndə(r)fʊl]: excellent, splendid, marvelous . [rɪ'læks]: be at leisure; loosen, slacken; calm, release tension; ease one's mind through rest or recreatio n - Rest (v.) [rest]: repose, relax, sleep; lean. Embroider (v.): [ɪm'brɔɪdə] decorate with ornamental needlework. - Embroidered (a.): decorated with ornamental needlework . – Style (n.) manner, way; particular