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- facility (n): buildings, services, equipment, etc.
that are provided for a particular purpose, cơ sở vật

chất.
e.g: The school is upgrading its outdoor play facilities.
- psychology (n): the study or science of the human mind, tâm lý học.
e.g: I help the actors understand the psychology of their characters.
- to be essential (adj): absolutely necessary, thiết yếu,cần thiết
e.g: Strong boots are essential for mountaineering.
- partial (adj): not complete or whole, một phần.
e.g: It was only a partial solution to the problem.
- prediction (n): a statement about what you think will happen in the future: sự dự đoán.
e.g: I’m making no predictions about the result of the race.
To attribute st to st : to say or think that something is the result of a particular thing: quy cho là
e.g: Her success can be attributed to three main factors.
- when / while the cat's away the mice will play: is an expression that describes how people will
behave badly or as they like when a supervisor or other authority figure vắng chủ nhà , gà vọc niêu tôm
e.g: When the teacher left for a few minutes, the children nearly wrecked the classroom. When the cat's
away, the mice will play is not present.
-to do st until you are blue in the face: If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face,
you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results:phí công vô ích
e.g: You can tell her to clean her room until you are blue in the face, but she won't do it.
- judgement (n): the decision of a judge in a court of law, quyết định tòa án.
e.g: It looked as if he might be acquitted but the judgement went against him.
- uptake (n): quick or slow to understand, trí thông minh, sự hiểu biết.
e.g: She’s inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.
- to upgrade (v): to improve the performance of a computer or other machine by installing better
components or parts, nâng cấp.
e.g: How much will it cost me to upgrade my computer?
- to upstage (v): to take people's attention away from someone and make them listen to or look at you
instead, nói gì khiến ai chú ý.
e.g: She was furious at being upstaged by her younger sister.
- advent (n): coming or arrival, sự đến.
e.g: Storytelling changed with the advent of television.
- slaughter (n): the killing of people or animals in large numbers, cruelly and usually unnecessarily, sự
sát sinh, sự tàn sát.
e.g: Many people protested at the annual slaughter of seals.
-to contain st (v): to keep or have inside, chứa đựng.
e.g: The documents contain sensitive/ confidential information.
-to include st (v): to take in or consider along with (other people, things etc) as part of a group, set etc,
bao gồm.
e.g: The report includes a number of recommendations.
- continuous (adj): joined together, or going on, without interruption, liên tục.
e.g: The organization aims to create a culture of continuous improvement .
- continual (adj): very frequent; repeated many times, lặp đi lặp lại.
e.g: She kept the letter as a continual reminder of his kindness.
- to take up st : to begin doing, playing etc, bắt đầu sở thích.
e.g: He has taken up the violin teaching.
- in the public eye: to be famous and written about in newspapers and magazines and seen on
television, trước mắt công chúng, dưới sự theo dõi của công chúng.
e.g: His reluctance to be in the public eye has been perceived as arrogance.
- domain (n): one’s area of interest or of knowledge, lĩnh vực.
e.g: Physics used to be very much a male domain.
- awareness (n): knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the
present time based on information or experience: sự nhận thức.
e.g: There was an almost complete lack of awareness of the issues involved.
- scale (n): a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc, mức độ.
e.g: The salary scale goes from £12 000 to £20 000.
- by sb’s standard: a level of quality: theo tiêu chuẩn của ai.
e.g: The size of villages is estimated by my standards.
- high and low: everywhere, mọi nơi.
e.g: I’ve searched high and low for that book.
-the long and short: the whole story in a few words, tóm tắt.
e.g: The long and the short of it is that the goods will be delivered tomorrow.
- straight and narrow: if you keep on the straight and narrow, you behave in a way that is honest and
moral, lối sống không thể chê trách.
e.g: My grandmother was strict and kept me on the straight and narrow.
- thick and thin: if you support or stay with someone through thick and thin, you always support or stay
with them, even if there are problems or difficulties, những thăng trầm (trong cuộc sống)
e.g: She has stuck with me through thick and thin.
- to stand out: to be noticeable, nổi bật lên.
e.g: She stood out as one of the prettiest girls in the school.- to do st in vain: with no success, làm việc
gì trong vô vọng.
e.g: He tried in vain to open the locked door.
- to apprehend (v): to arrest, bắt giữ.
e.g: The police apprehended an armed suspect near the scene of the crime.
-to inhale (v): to breathe in, hít vào.
e.g: It is very unpleasant to have to inhale the smoke from other people’s cigarettes.
- to respire (v): to breathe, thở.
e.g: They also respire, look around and blink their eyes.
- Adj/ Adv + as/ though +S + tobe/ V chia , S + V-chia: mă ̣c dù.. nhưng
e.g: Carefully as/though he drives, he has an accident.
e.g:Tired as she was, she tried to finish her homework.
- Were+S+to +Vinf, S+ would /could + Vinf: diễn tả các hành động không có thật ở hiện tại.
e.g: Were I to learn Russian, I would read a Russian book.
- little likelihood of: ít khả năng.
e.g: There is very little likelihood of that happening.
- a dramatic fall/ decrease / drop : a quick and large drop, sự giảm nhanh.
e.g: There was a dramatic fall in support for the party at the last election.
- to have a liking for: thích cái gì.
e.g: He has always had a great liking for chocolate.

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that are provided for a particular purpose, cơ sở vật

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