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Access: Truy cập
You need a password to get access to the computer system.
• accessibility
• accessible
• inaccessibility
• inaccessible
Adequate: ðủ
I didn't have adequate time to prepare.
The room was small but adequate.
He didn't give an adequate answer to the question.
Adequate for something The space available is not adequate for our needs.
Adequate to do something training that is adequate to meet the future needs of
industry
• adequacy
• adequately
• inadequacy
• inadequate
• inadequately
Annual: Thường niên
An average annual growth rate of 8%
• annually
Apparent: Rõ ràng, hiển nhiên
It soon became apparent that she had lost interest in the project.
Suddenly, for no apparent reason (= without a reason) he started screaming and
shouting.
Apparent (from something) (that…) It was apparent from her face that she was
really upset.
Apparent (to somebody) (that…) It soon became apparent to everyone that he
couldn't sing.
• apparently
Approximate: Xấp xỉ
The cost given is only approximate.
• approximately
• approximation
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Attitude: Thái ñộ, quan ñiểm
To have a good/bad/positive/negative attitude towards somebody/something
The government's attitude towards single parents
If you want to pass your exams you'd better change your attitude!
You're taking a pretty selfish attitude over this, aren't you?
He has a very bad attitude to/towards work.
Attribute: Quy cho, cho rằng (ñặc biệt là nói, viết, vẽ smth)
She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck.
• attributable
• attribution
Civil: Nội bộ
• civilly
Code: Bộ luật
It's written in code.
Commitment: Lời hứa, ràng buộc
She doesn't want to make a big emotional commitment to Steve at the moment
The company's commitment to providing quality at a reasonable price has been vital to
its success.
• commit
• committed
Communicate: Giao tiếp, liên lạc
We only communicate by email.
To communicate information/a message to somebody
Has the news been communicated to the staff yet?
Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
• communicable
• communication
• communicative
Concentrate: Sự tập trung; nơi tập trung
A concentration of industry in the north of the country
• concentrated
• concentration
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Conference: Hội nghị, sự bàn bạc
She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education
• confer
Contrast: Sự khác biệt, Sự tương phản
Contrast (between A and B) There is an obvious contrast between the cultures of East
and West.
Contrast (to somebody/something) The company lost $7 million this quarter in
contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier.
• contrasting
• contrastive
Cycle: Chu kì, chu trình
They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and
misery.
• cyclic
• cyclical
• cyclically
Debate: Cuộc tranh luận, cuộc thảo luận
The motion under debate (= being discussed) was put to a vote.
After a long debate, Congress approved the proposal.
• debatable
• debating
Despite: Mặc dù
Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it
Dimension: Kích cỡ (size, cao, rộng, dài,…)
We measured the dimensions of the kitchen.
• -dimensional (adj) having the number of dimensions mentioned (ex: a
multidimensional model)
• multidimensional
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Domestic: Trong nước
Output consists of both exports and sales on the domestic market.
• domestically
• domesticate
• domesticated
• domestication
Emerge: (~transpire) Lộ ra, tiết lộ ra (một bí mật, một sự kiện )
It emerged that the company was going to be sold.
No new evidence emerged during the investigation.
A figure emerged from the shadows.
• emergence
• emergent
Error: ~ Mistake: Lỗi
Error in something There are too many errors in your work.
Error in doing something I think you have made an error in calculating the total.
• erroneous
• erroneously
Ethnic: (thuộc) bộ tộc
ethnic Albanians living in Germany
• ethnically
• ethnicity
Goal: Mục tiêu
Our ultimate goal must be the preservation of the environment.
Grant: Trợ cấp
The bank finally granted me a £500 loan.
• granted
Hence = so = vì thế nên = therefore
I love SP so much, hence I try to be the her Mr.Right.
He's got an interview today, hence the suit.
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Hypothesis: Giả thuyết
There is little evidence to support these hypotheses.
• hypothesize
• hypothetical
• hypothetically
Implement: (~carry out) Áp dụng, thi hành (offically)
Our new computerized system will soon be fully implemented.
A new work programme for young people will be implemented
• implementation
Implication: Sự kéo theo, sự dính líu, hệ quả (effect?)
Financial/health implications
They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
This scheme has serious implications for the local economy.
They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
• implicate
Impose: Áp ñặt, áp dụng
She is always trying to impose her opinion on/upon other people
The time limits are imposed on us by factors outside our control.
(to impose upon someone's kindness — lợi dụng lòng tốt của ai)
I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.
• imposition
Integrate: Hợp nhất ~ Combine
An integrated database
Integrate into/with something These programs will integrate with your existing
software.
Integrate A (into/with B)| integrate A and B These programs can be integrated with
your existing software. Plans to integrate the two schools
• integrated
• integration
Internal: Nội, nội bộ
The internal structure of a building
• internalization
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• internalize
• internally
Investigate: ðiều tra, nghiên cứu
This is not the first time he has been investigated by the police for fraud.
The FBI has been called in to investigate.
Police are investigating possible links between the murders.
Police are investigating what happened.
He has been questioned by detectives investigating Jenkins' murder.
• investigation
• investigative
• investigator
• investigatory
Job: Nghề nghiệp
She took a job as a waitress.
Label: Nhãn hiệu
He'll only wear clothes with a designer label.
Mechanism: Máy móc, cơ chế (nghĩa ñen và bóng)
Pain acts as a natural defence mechanism.
Obvious: Rõ ràng, rành mạch, hiển nhiên
• obviously
• obviousness
Occupational: (thuộc) nghề nghiệp
Occupational disease
• occupancy
• occupant
• occupation
• occupationally
• occupied
• occupier
• occupy
Option: Sự lựa chọn
There are various options open to you.
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(various = variety of)
• optional
Output: Sản phẩm
Manufacturing output has increased by 8%.
Over the past year the factory's output has fallen by 15%.
Overall: (~bib overalls) Tổng lại, toàn thể (adj)
There will be winners in each of three age groups, and one overall winner.
An overall improvement in standards of living (= affecting everyone)
The overall effect
We lost the first game, but won overall.
Parallel: Song song, tương tự
The road and the canal are parallel to each other.
Parallel adverb
The road and the canal run parallel to each other.
The plane flew parallel to the coast.
• unparalleled
Parameter: Tham số
(set/define the parameters)
We had to work within the parameters that had already been established.
Phase: Giai ñoạn, thời kì (~time, moment)
She's going through a difficult phase.
The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life.
The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion next year.
My younger daughter is going through a phase of only wearing black.
Predict: (~forecast) Dự ñoán
She predicted (that) the election result would be close.
They predicted that the temperature would reach 80 degrees today.
• predictability
• predictable
• predictably
• prediction
• unpredictability
• unpredictable
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• unpredictably
Principal: Chính, chủ yếu
My principal concern is to get the job done fast.
Her principal reason for moving is to be nearer her mother.
New roads will link the principal cities of the area.
• principally
Prior ~ before (adj)
She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement.
The course requires no prior knowledge of Spanish.
Visits are by prior arrangement.
Please give us prior notice if you need an evening meal.
During the week prior to the meeting
Although not essential (cần thiết, quan trọng?), some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable (ong
muốn)
Professional: (=pro) Chuyên nghiệp
He dealt with the problem in a highly professional way.
• pro
• professionalism
• professionally
Project: Dự án, công trình nghiên cứu
To set up a project to computerize the library system
• projection
Promote: (~encourage) Khuyến khích
A campaign to promote awareness (nhận thức) of environmental issues
Policies to promote economic growth
• promoter
• promotion
Regime: Chế ñộ, chính thể
Resolve: (~settle, solve) Giải quyết
Both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences.
To resolve an issue/a dispute/a conflict/a crisis
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Be patient and the situation may resolve itself.
An attempt to resolve the dispute (Một sự cố gắng giải quyết tranh chấp)
• resolution
• unresolved
Retain: (~preserve) Giữ
To retain your independence
He struggled to retain control of the situation.
The house retains much of its original charm.
She retained her tennis title for the third year.
This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
The council will retain control of the school.
He struggled to retain control of the situation.
• retainer
• retention
• retentive
Series: Loạt, dãy, chuỗi
The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.
Statistic (stats/star): Số liệu thống kê
According to official statistics the disease killed over 500 people.
• statistical
• statistically
• statistician
Status: ðịa vị, thân phận
Women are only asking to be given equal status with men.
Stress: Áp lực
Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress.
• stressed
• stressed out
• stressful
• unstressed
Subsequent: ðến sau, theo sau, xảy sa sau (>< previous)
Developments on this issue will be dealt with in a subsequent report.
Aubsequent generations
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Subsequent events confirmed our doubts.
• subsequently (~later)
The original interview notes were subsequently lost.
Subsequently, new guidelines were issued to all employees.
He subsequently became chairman of the party.
Sum: Tổng số (tiền)
Huge sums have been invested in this project.
Summary: Tóm tắt
In summary, this was a disappointing performance.
The following is a summary of our conclusions.
• summarily
• summarize
• summation
• sum
Undertake: Nhận làm, cam kết
I cant undertake to do that: tôi không thể nhận làm ñiều ñó
The company has announced that it will undertake a full investigation into the accident.
• undertaking
• undertook