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- Nhóm 5
Academic: Có tính ch t h c thu t
The students return in October for the start of the new academic year.
• academe
• academia
• academically
• academy
Adjustment: S ñi u ch nh
I've made a few adjustments to the design.
• adjust
• readjust
• readjustment
Alter: Thay ñ i, bi n ñ i (n i, ngo i)
Prices did not alter significantly during 2007.
He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him.
Alter somebody/something It doesn't alter the way I feel.
Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame.
• alterable
• alteration
• alternate
• alternately
• alternation
• unalterable
• unaltered
Amend: S a ch a l i (ñ i v i văn b n: Lu t, h p ñ ng, tài li u)
The contract has now been amended.
• amendment
Aware: Nh n th y, Nh n bi t
As far as I'm aware, nobody has done anything about it.
Aware of something I don't think people are really aware of just how much it costs.
He was well aware of the problem.
Everybody should be made aware of the risks involved.
Aware that… Were you aware that something was wrong?
• awareness
• unaware
• unawareness
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Capacity: (~skilled, competent ) Có tài, có năng l c, có kh năng
Capable of something You are capable of better work than this.
Capable of doing something He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you.
• incapacitate
Challenge: S khư c t
It was a direct challenge to the president's authority.
• challenged
• challenger
• challenging
Clause: ði u kho n (trong hi p ư c, b lu t…)
There is a clause in the contract forbidding tenants to sublet.
Compound: H p ch t, t ghép… (th g m 2 th tr lên h p thành)
Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.
Conflict: S xung ñ t, ñ i l p, s va ch m
John often comes into conflict with his boss.
She found herself in conflict with her parents over her future career.
The government has done nothing to resolve the conflict over nurses' pay.
Consultation: S tham kh o, bàn b c, s th o lu n
The decision was taken after close consultation with local residents.
• consult
• consultancy
• consultant
• consultative
Contact: S liên l c, liên h
She's lost contact with her son.
I finally made contact her in Paris.
Have you kept in contact with any of your friends from college?
The organization put me in contact with other people in a similar position.
• contactable
Decline: S suy s p, tàn t , suy tàn
The town fell into (a) after the mine closed.
Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.
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Discretion: S t do làm theo ý mình, s tùy í
I'll leave it up to you to use your discretion.
• discrete
• discretely
• discreteness
• discretionary
• indiscretion
Draft: B n phác th o
I've made a rough draft of the letter. (phác th o nháp)
The legislation is still in draft form.
• redraft
Enable: (~allow): Làm cho có th (help?)
The software enables you to create your own DVDs.
Insulin enables the body to use and store sugar.
Energy: Năng lư ng
It is important to conserve energy.
• energetic
• energetically
Enforce: Ép bu c. (obey: tuân theo)
The legislation will be difficult to enforce.
It is the duty of the police to enforce the law.
United Nations troops enforced a ceasefire in the area. (l nh ng ng b n)
• enforceable
• enforced
• enforcement
Entity: Th c th , s t n t i
These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity.
The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a separate
entity.
Equivalent: Tương ñương
250 grams or an equivalent amount in ouncesequivalent to something
Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
• equivalence
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Evolution: Ti n hóa, ti n tri n (quá trình)
Darwin's theory of evolution
• evolutionarily
• evolutionary
• evolutionism
• evolutionist
• evolve
Expansion: S m r ng, s phát tri n
The expansion of higher education will continue.
• expand
• expansionism
• expansionist
• expansive
• expansively
• expansiveness
Expose: (~reveal ) V ch tr n, phơi bày
My job as a journalist is to expose the truth.
Expose something to somebody He did not want to expose his fears and insecurity to
anyone.
• exposed
• exposure
External: ngoài, bên ngoài
The lotion is for external use only (= only for the skin and must not be swallowed).
• externality
• externalization
• externalize
• externally
Facilitate: Làm cho d dàng, kh thi hơn
The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.
• facilitation
• facilitator
• facility
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Fundamental: (~basic, essential ) Cơ b n, cơ s , ch y u
There is a fundamental difference between the two points of view.
A fundamental change in the organization of health services was required.
• fundamentally
Generate: Sinh ra, phát ra
We need someone to generate new ideas.
Generation: Th h
I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.
Image: Hình tư ng
The aim is to improve the public image of the police.
• imagery
Liberal: Khoan dung, khoan h ng, dung hòa
A liberal attitude
Her parents were very liberal.
• liberalism
• liberalization
• liberalize
• liberally
• liberate
• liberated
• liberation
• liberator
Licence: Gi y phép
A licence for the software
You need a licence to fish in this river.
• unlicensed
Logic: Lô gic, tính lô gic
I fail to see the logic behind his argument.
• illogical / • logical
• illogicality
• illogically
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• logically
• logician
Margin: s khác nhau trong s phi u b u
He won by a narrow margin.
She beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.
• marginal
• marginally
Medical: (thu c) Y, Y h c
Medical school: trư ng y
A medical officer: quân y sĩ
• medically
Mental: (thu c) trí tu , (thu c) trí óc
I made a mental note to talk to her about it
He has a complete mental block (= difficulty in understanding or remembering) when
it comes to physics.
• mentality
• mentally
Modify: (~adjust) Làm d u nh , xoa d u; (~ adapt): S a ñ i, thay ñ i
The software we use has been modified for us.
• modification
• unmodified
Monitor: Quan sát, theo dõi (s thay ñ i)
Network: M ng lư i, h th ng
A network of veins
Notion: Khái ni m, ni m, ni m tin, quan ñi m
She had only a vague notion of what might happen.
Notion (that…) I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing.
Objective: Khách quan
I can’t be objective when I judge my daughter’s work.
• objectively
• objectivity
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Orientation: S ñ nh hư ng
He's very secretive about his political orientation.
orientation to/towards something Companies have been forced into a greater
orientation to the market.
• orient
• orientate
• reorient
• reorientation
Perspective: (~viewpoint) Quan ñi m, góc nhìn nh n
A report that looks at the education system
Try to see the issue from a different perspective.
From the perspective of deaf peopleperspective on something His experience abroad
provides a wider perspective on the problem
Precise: (~exact) ðúng, chính xác
Precise details/instructions/measurements
Their calendars were more precise than the one we use today.
Can you give a more precise definition of the word?
• imprecise
• imprecisely
• imprecision
• precisely
• precision
Prime: Quan tr ng, th y u, hàng ñ u
Winning is not the prime objective in this sport.
Psychology: Tâm lí h c
• primacy
Psychology: Tâm lí h c
• psychological
• psychologically
• psychologist
Pursue: Theo ñu i, ñu i b t (ñeo bám)
To pursue a goal/an aim/an objective
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The car was pursued by helicopters. (…máy bay tr c thăng)
She wishes to pursue a medical career.
• pursuit
Ratio: T s , t l
What is the ratio of men to women in the department?
The school has a very high teacher-student ratio.
The ratio of applications to available places currently stands at 100:1.
Reject: T ch i, bác b (+smb, smth)
The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
Please reject the following candidates…
The United States government rejected the proposal
.I applied to Cambridge University but I was rejected.
• rejection
Revenue: (~receipts) Kho n thu (t thu , t kinh doanh…)
A shortfall in tax revenue
The company's annual revenues rose by 30%
Stable: Kiên ñ nh, kiên quy t, v ng vàng
This ladder doesn't seem very stable.
The situation in the country has remained relatively stable for a few months now.
• instability
• stability
• stabilization
• stabilize
• stably
• unstable
Style: Phong cách
I like your style (= I like the way you do things).
I'd have thought big cars were more his style (= what suited him).
• styling
• stylish
• stylishly
• stylishness
• stylization
• stylized
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Substitute: Thay th
Paul's father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother.
The course teaches you the theory but there's no substitute for practical experience.
The local bus service was a poor substitute for their car.
Margarine can be used as a substitute for butter.
A substitute teacher
• substitution
Sustain: (~maintain ) Duy trì, b o v
She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech.
Kangaroos can sustain high speeds over long distances.
The team may not be able to sustain this level of performance.
• sustainability
• sustainable
• sustainably
• sustenance
• unsustainable
Symbol: Kí hi u
White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
• symbolic
• symbolically
• symbolism
• symbolist
• symbolize
Target: M c tiêu
Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve.
The university will reach its target of 5000 students next September.
Transit: S v n chuy n, di chuy n
The cost includes transit.
Goods damaged in transit
• transition
• transitional
• transitory
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Trend: Phương hư ng, khuynh hư ng, xu hư ng
There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement.
Current trends in language teaching
You seem to have set (= started) a new trend.
Version: Phiên b n
There are two versions of the game, a long one and a short one.
The latest version of the software package
Welfare: (~well-being) (~social security) H nh phúc, phúc l i
We are concerned about the child's welfare.
A social welfare programme
Welfare provision/services/work
They would rather work than live on welfare.
Whereas: Nhưng trái l i (liên t )
Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not.
We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy.
His parents were rich, whereas mine had to struggle.
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