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UNIT 12: THE RIGHT APPROACH

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1. approach /C’prCUtS/ noun [count] attempt to make a business arrangement with: thăm dò, tiếp

xúc (để đạt 1 thỏa thuận).

The club has made an approach to a local business firm for sponsorship.

[count] an act of communicating with another person or group in order to ask for something: cách

tiếp cận, phương pháp.

A new approach to language teaching: Phương pháp mới về dạy ngôn ngữ.

approach (verb) to speak, write or visit someone in order to do something such as make a

request or business agreement: tiếp xúc, tiếp cận.

2. permission /pC’mISn/ noun [uncount] the right to do something that is given to you by someone in

authority: sự cho phép, giấy phép.

They entered the area without permission.

permit /pC’mIt/ (verb) [transitive] to allow someone to do something, or something to happen:

cho phép

permit sb to do sth

permit sb sth

She permitted herself a single candy bar a week.

permit of sth (phrasal verb) [transitive] to make sth possible: cho phép, thừa nhận.

The situation does not permit of any delay: Tình thế không cho phép bất kỳ sự trì hoãn nào.

3. someone can’t stand someone/something: used for saying that the person dislikes someone or

something very much: chịu đựng cái gì/ai

I can’t stand milk.

John just can’t stand his mother-in-law.

4. earplugs /’IrplVg/ noun [count] a small piece of soft material such as wax, cotton or plastic that you

put into your ear to keep noise or water out: cái nút tai

5. client /’klaICnt/ noun [count] a customer or someone who receives sevices: khách hàng

Mr. Black has been a client of this firm for many years.

6. intrusive /In’trusIv/ (adj) interrupting a peaceful situation: gây phiền phức

intrusive noise/lights/tourists

intrude /In’tru:d/ verb [intransitive] to go into a place or situation in which you are not wanted

or not expected to be: xâm phạm

intrusion /In’truZn/ on/upon/into something noun [count or uncount] something that

interrupts a peaceful situation or a private event: việc gây phiền phức.

It’s so quiet here that the occasional distant noise is the only intrusion.

7. co-worker /,kCU ’wE:kC(r)/ noun [count] someone who works with you, especially someone with

a similar position or status in an organization: đồng nghiệp

8. cubicle /’kju:bIkl/ noun [count] a small enclosed area in a room, separated from the rest of the room

by thin walls or curtains: phòng ngủ nhỏ (ở bệnh viện, trường học…)

9. strain /streIn/ verb [transitive or intransitive] to try very hard to do something: ráng sức, cố gắng,

gắng sức.

to strain one’s ears/eyes: to try very hard to hear or see something: vểnh tai/căng mắt

10. scene /si:n/ noun [count] a noisy argument or a strong show of feelings in a public place: trận cãi lộn

make/cause a scene: gây chuyện cãi lộn

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