Tài liệu UNIT 2: MAKING SENSE docx

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UNIT TWO

MAKING SENSE

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1. hectic /’hektik/ (adj) full of busy activity: bề bộn, sôi nổi

This week has been really hectic.

hectically (adv)

2. imagination /I,mxxxXAdZI’neISn/ (n) (C & UnC) the ability to think of clever and original ideas,

possibilities, or solutions: sức tưởng tượng, trí tưởng tượng

have the imagination to do something

imaginative /I’mAdZInCtIv/ (adj) involving new, different, or exciting ideas: CREATIVE: giàu tưởng tượng,

sáng tạo

problems that may require more imaginative solutions

imaginatively (adv)

imagine /I’mAdZIn/ (v) to form a picture of something or someone in your mind: tưởng tượng

She tried to imagine the scene.

imagine (someone) doing something: Imagine yourself sitting behind your big new desk.

imagine someone/something as something: I imagine him as a distinguished old gentleman.

imagine someone/something to be something: I think they imagine the company to be bigger than

it is.

imagine (that): Imagine that you are lying on a beach.

3. vowel /’vaUCl/ (n) a sound that you make when you speak without closing your mouth or throat: nguyên âm

4. consonant /’kOnsCnCnt/ (n) a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your

mouth: phụ âm

5. pronounce /’prOU,naUn/ (v) to say the sounds of letters or words: phát âm

I find some Japanese words very difficult to pronounce.

pronunciation /prC,nVnsI’eISn / (n)

6. flabbergasted /’flAbCr,gAstCd/ (adj) FORMAL very surprised or shocked: sửng sốt, lặng người

7. fabulous /’fAbjUlCs/ (adj) extremely good: WONDERFUL: tuyệt vời, phi thường

a fabulous opportunity

fabulously (adv)

8. come easy (to someone) to be easy for someone to do, without them needing to try hard: dễ dàng thực hiện

9. curiosity /,kjUrI’OsCtI/ (n) (sing/Unc) a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something: tính tò mò

curiosity about: All children have a certain curiosity about sexual matters.

out of curiosity (=because of curiosity): Just out of curiosity, where were you last night?

“Curiosity killed a cat.” [proverb] con mèo chết vì tính tò mò (thành ngữ)

curious /’kjUrICs/ (adj) someone who is curious wants to find out about something: tò mò

I didn’t mean to pry. I’m just curious. That’s all.

curious about: Children are curious about animals and how they live.

curious to see/hear/know something: People were curious to know why the accident happened.

curiously (adv)

10. expression /ik’preSn/ (n) [count] a word or phrase: thành ngữ, từ ngữ

Avoid colloquial expressions that are out of place in an academic essay.

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