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Undisputed (adj) = irrefutable: can not be false

Pay Maternity leave tra luong thai san


On the horizon = likely to happen soon
Incidence mat do
Viable (adj) = feasible = practicable = workable = successful
Exceptional = outstanding (Adj)
Liable (adj) chiu trach nhiem phap ly
= prone to do sth (adj,v) = suffer from sth (v)
Ex: Working without a break makes you more prone
to error.
Promulgate (v) spread ideas among people
Vigorous = energetic (adj)
Voracious reader
Vicious = fierce (adj)
Slump (v) = drop, fall, decline, deplete
Peculiar (adj) = strange = unusual (in an unpleasant way) –
peculiar smell / breed
= related to a place – bird peculiar to Asia
Incline to
Delve into (v) find out more info about sth
Far-reaching consequences
Associated with increased risks of heart
diseases
Insufficient (adj) = inadequate, deficient, shortage, scarcity
Impede (v) = hinder, hamper stop progress, make sth difficult to do
Den (n) = cave
= a secret place
Paradox (n) nghịch lý
Emerge (v) = transpire (become known), appear
Hibernate (v) Ngủ đông
Bedridden (adj) Bệnh nằm liệt giường
Primate (n) Động vật linh trưởng
Anecdotal (Adj) Info not based on facts or research
Dislodge (v) Use force to remove sth = ra khỏi
Lodge (v) = Board with sb = live in sb’s house, accommodate
= Register, submit
Salinity (n) Độ mặn
Astonishing (adj) = amazing, astounding, surprising, stunning
Monument (n) a historic buildings
Tribute (n) Sth to commemorate the dead
Deceased (Adj) = dead
Conceive of (v) Form an idea, come up with
Trench (n) Kênh, đào
Incorporate (v) = include
= establish a company
Inscribe (v) Khắc tên
Predecessor (n) Tiền bối
# successor (n) Người thừa kế
Dump into (v) = get rid of
Intricate (adj) Đan xen, xen kẽ
Precaution (n) Cảnh báo
Ex: safety precautions
Disruptive (adj) Cause problems
Legitimate (adj) = valid, justifiable
Peripheral (adj) Not important as the main aim, additional
Ex: Fund-raising is peripheral to their
main activities
Novice (n) = a green horn, newbie, tenderfoot, as green as
grass
Creep into (v) = affect sth
Dilemma (n) = predicament, quandary: tình huống khó xử, tiến
thoái lưỡng nan
Pensioned retirement (n) Nghỉ hưu có lương hưu
Envisage (v) imagine
Fallacy (n) False ideas
Redundant (adj) Unnecessary because it’s more than needed
Redundancy (n)
Subsistence (n) the state of having just enough money or food to
=> the poor= underprivileged = stay alive
disadvantaged = below the subsistence
level
Regimental (adj) Thuộc trung đoàn
Enigmatic (adj) Mysterious
Scour (v) = comb (search and find sth carefully)
Emblem (n) symbol
Fertility (n) Sinh sản
# fatality Tỉ lệ tử vong do bệnh
# mortality Tị lệ chết
Attest (v) = prove sth is true
Inhabit (v) = live, dwell, lodge, accommodate
Utterly (adv) = completely
Peril (n) Serious danger
Dub (v) = name, give sth/sb a name
Contentedly (adv) = satisfactorily, happily
Content (v)
Ex: he contents himself with a bowl of
soup
Adept at/in Ving (v) = good at, skillful
Adept (n)
Ex: he was an adept at telling stories
Have a knack at sth (v) Have an ability
Panache (n) = flair = talent = style: the quality of being able to
do things in a lively and confident way that other
people find attractive
Enthralling (adj) = entrancing, attractive, appealing, beautifully,
captivating…
Potent (adj) = powerful
Teem with (v) Đông đúc
Plea (n) Lời khẩn cầu
Low-fibre diets (n) Chế độ ăn ít chất xơ
Soar (v) = increase
Detergents (n) Chất tẩy rửa
Halt (v) = stop
Distaste (n) Hate sth
Revere (v) = idolize, worship
Vessel (n) Mạch máu, = large ships
Proceed to do sth (v) = go on sth, continue doing sth
Cripple (v) to seriously damage or harm somebody/something
Ex: The industry has been financially
crippled by these policies
Penetrate (v) = go into sth = pierce (v)
Ex: The sun's radiation penetrates the = join in, discover
skin.
Ex: They had penetrated airport security.
Ex: Science can penetrate many of
nature's mysteries.
Gigantic (adj) = enormous, huge, immense
Intercept (v) Stop sth arriving: chặn đứng
Intercede (v) = intervene (v) to speak to somebody in order to persuade them to
be kind to somebody else or to help settle an
argument
Succession (n) = series
Ex: a succession of visitors
Thaw (v) (sth out) = melt, defrost, deice, unfreeze
Congregate (v) = gather together
Settlement (n) = place to live (no people lived before)
= thảo thuận
Boulder (n) = large rocks
Contract (v) # expand (v) = shrink, getting smaller
Alliance (n) an agreement between countries,..

Discard (v) = get rid of

Misplace (v) = mislay, lose

Traverse (v) cross an area of land or water

Daunting (adj) = intimidating, frightening + worrying

Venture into (v) mạo hiểm đi nơi nào

Disintegrate (v) = fall apart, , destroy, decompose = rot = decay


(phan huy)

Retreat (n) = escape (n), a quiet place


Retreat (v) = recede (move away/ move back), retire (in a quiet
place)
Bind (v) = connect, tie

Growth-supressing (n) Kìm hãm tăng trưởng

Dictate (v) = Determine, establish, set up


= tell sb what to do (annoying way)

Culmination (n) = the highest point or end of something, usually


happening after a long time: đỉnh cao

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