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the courage to be disliked

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  1. 1renowned-a
    -be known and admired
    - The region is ________ for its outstanding natural beauty.
  2. 2culminate culmination-n->v
    - If an event or series of events _______ in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point
    - Their many years of research have finally ________ in a cure for the disease.
  3. 3adamant-a
    -impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision:
    -I've told her she should stay at home and rest but she's ________ that she's coming.
  4. 4pry into-phrs v
    -tò mò, soi mói
    - As a reporter, I was paid to________ other people's lives.
  5. 5feasible-a
    -able to be made, done, or achieved:
    -With the extra resources, the project now seems__________.
  6. 6recluse -> reclusive-n->v
    -a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people:
    - He is a millionaire ______ who refuses to give interviews.
  7. 7seclusion-n
    -the state of being alone, away from other people:
    -He's been living in______ since he retired from acting.
  8. 8migraine-n
    -chứng đau nửa đầu
  9. 9forcibly-adv
    -in a way that uses physical power or violence
    -Several rioters were ______removed from the town square.
  10. 10causality-n
    -quan hệ nhân quả
  11. 11to blow one's top-phrs
    -quá tức giận
  12. 12to be at the top of one's lungs/heart-phrs
    - extremely loud
  13. 13resist-v
    -to refuse to accept or be changed by something
    -He tried to run away from the police and was charged with _______arrest.
  14. 14sway-v
    -to cause something to move or change:
    Recent developments have ______ the balance of power in the region.
  15. 15untenable-a
    -not able to be supported or defended against criticism, or no longer able to continue
    -The position of the players’ union has become _____.
  16. 16premise-n
    -giả thuyết
    -The research project is based on the _____ stated earlier.
  17. 17stopgap-n
    -something that can be used until something better or more permanent can be obtained:
    -Hostels are used as a ______until the families can find permanent accommodation.
  18. 18skewed-a
    -not accurate or exact:
    -Maybe your worldview is a little _____.
  19. 19discard-v
    -to throw away or get rid of something because you no longer want it
    -He makes toys from things people_____.
  20. 20to be/become fixated on/with sth-phrs
    -unable to stop thinking about something:
    -He became _____ with his best friend's wife.
  21. 21to be rife with sth-phrs
    -full of something unpleasant:
    -The office was ______ rumours.
  22. 22clash-v
    -to fight or argue
    Students ______ with police after demonstrations at five universities.
  23. 23beyond/within the realms of possibility-phrase
    -impossible/possible
    -It's not______ that some schools may have to cut sport altogether.
  24. 24virtue-n
    -đức tính tốt
    Patience is a _____.
  25. 25divulge-v
    -tiết lộ
    Journalists do not _____ their sources.
  26. 26unrequited-a
    -không được hồi đáp
    It's just another poem on the pain of ______ love.
  27. 27to be treated disparagingly-phrase
    -bị chê bai
    you're afraid of_________
  28. 28to get entangled in-phrs
    -bị vướng vào
    instead of ______ such situations, it would be better if you just didn’t have relations with anyone
  29. 29pedestrian-a
    -not interesting
    -His speech was long and______.
  30. 30to pierce one's heart-phrs
    -chọc thủng, xuyên qua
    Her awful words ________
  31. 31inferiority-n
    -sự thấp kém hơn
    His ill-treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of __________.
  32. 32debase-v
    -to reduce the quality or value of something:
    Some argue that money has ____ football.
  33. 33amass-v
    -tích lũy
    -She has _____ a huge fortune from her novels.
  34. 34peerless-a
    -vô song
    a______beauty
  35. 35harbor-v
    -to think about or feel sth over a long period
    There are those who _____ suspicions about his motives.
  36. 36beset-v
    -to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way
    -a life______ with financial worries
  37. 37legitimate-a
    -allowed by law
    The army must give power back to the ____ government.
  38. 38manifest-v
    -to show something clearly, through signs or actions:
    The workers chose to _____their dissatisfaction in a series of strikes.
  39. 39obscure-v
    -to prevent something from being seen or heard:
    Two new skyscrapers had sprung up, ____ the view from her window.
  40. 40allegiance-n
    -support for a leader, country, group, or belief, lòng trung thành
    For many here, ________ to the local community comes first.
  41. 41flaunt-v
    -to show or make obvious something you are proud of in order to get admiration (disapproving)
    He's got a lot of money but he doesn't __ it.
  42. 42border on-phrs
    -If behavior, a quality, or a feeling______ something more extreme, it is almost that thing:
    She possesses a self-confidence that _____arrogance.
  43. 43circumspectly-adv
    -in a way that is careful and avoids risks :
    I moved ______, checking each step.
  44. 44renounce-v
    -từ bỏ
    Gandhi _____ the use of violence.
  45. 45amid-prep
    -in the middle of or surrounded by:
    On the floor,____ mounds of books, were two small envelopes.
  46. 46outdo-v
    to be, or do something, better than someone else:
    He always tries to ____ everybody else in the class.
  47. 47at the outset-phrs
    -syn to at the beginning
    I told him _____ I wasn't interested.
  48. 48perilous-a
    -extremely dangerous
    The country roads are quite _____.
  49. 49berate-v
    -to criticize or speak angrily to somebody because you do not approve of something they have done
    She ____ herself for being a bad mother.
  50. 50gourd-n
    -cây bầu
  51. 51twist-v
    - quấn:____bandage
    - Làm quặn lại: his face was ___ with the pain
    -quay, xoay: I t_____ around my seat to speak to her
    -uốn khúc, quanh co: downstream the river ______ and turns a lot
    -bóp mép, quyên tạc: _____ the truth
  52. 52sb to be the very picture of sth- phrs
    -ai là hình ảnh của cái gì
    He is ______ diligence
  53. 53anguished-a
    -showing severe physical or mental pain, difficulty or unhappiness
    an _______ letter from her prison cell
  54. 54constrain-v
    - to control and limit something:
    The country's progress was ____ by a leader who refused to look forward.
  55. 55astute-a
    -able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it:
    It was an ___ move to sell the shares then.
  56. 56writhe-v
    -to experience a very difficult or unpleasant situation or emotion,
    He and four other senators were _____ in the glare of unfavourable publicity.
  57. 57overlap-v
    -to have some parts or features that are the same:
    My musical tastes don't ______ with my brother's at all.
  58. 58abhorrent-a
    -morally very bad:
    Racism of any kind is ______ to me.
  59. 59at great length-phrs
    - you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
    I thought about it_______
  60. 60rob sb of sth-phrs
    -cướp đi của ai cái gì
    it is _____ us of freedom
  61. 61trivialize-v
    -to make something seem less important than it really is:
    I don't want to ______ the problem, but I do think there are more important matters to discuss.
  62. 62self-righteous-a
    -believing that your ideas and behavior are morally better than those of other people:
    He's so ______ - like he's never done anything wrong in his life.
  63. 63afflict-v
    -If a problem or illness ____ a person or thing, they suffer from it:
    It is an illness that _____ women more than men.
  64. 64wretched-a
    -unpleasant or of low quality:
    "The people live in ____ conditions, with no running water.
  65. 65diabolical-a
    -extremely bad or shocking:
    Conditions in the prison were ______.
  66. 66solicitation-n
    -a request for money, information, or help:
    the ______ of money for election fund
  67. 67self-centered-a
    -only interested in yourself and your own activities:
    Robert is a ______, ambitious, and bigoted man.
  68. 68A and B to be two sides of the same coin-phrs
    -cgi là 2 mặt của vấn đề
    But that and the nihilist view that ________
  69. 69apply oneself to-phrs
    -If you _____ to something, you work hard at it
    You can solve any problem if you______.
  70. 70avert-v
    -to prevent something bad from happening:
    He managed to _____ the closure of the factory.
  71. 71collision-n
    -a strong disagreement:
    There was a _____ of interests/opinions.
  72. 72vehemently-adv
    -in a way that shows very strong feelings, especially anger
    The president has ______ denied having an extra-marital affair.
  73. 73snide-a
    -containing indirect and unkind criticism:
    She made one or two _____remarks about their house, which I thought was a bit unnecessary.
  74. 74vent-v
    -to express feelings, especially anger, strongly
    He ______ his anger on the referee.
  75. 75delineate-v
    -describe or portray sth precisely
    The main characters are clearly ______ in the first chapter.
  76. 76forge-v
    -tạo dựng
    She _______ a new career for herself as a singer.
  77. 77encroach-v
    -lấn
    I resent it that my job is starting to _______ on my family life.
  78. 78get bend out of shape-phrs
    -to become very angry or upset:
    I'm not __________because people don't respect my opinion. I'm used to that.
  79. 79gauge-v
    -đánh giá
    They interviewed employees to ______ their reaction to the changes.
  80. 80brood-v
    -to think for a long time about things that make you sad, worried, or angry:
    I wish she wouldn't sit _______ in her room all day.
  81. 81akin to-phrs
    -having some of the same qualities
    They speak the language_______ French.
  82. 82coax sb into-v
    -to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be:
    Perhaps you could _______ your father into taking you to the station.
  83. 83defiant-a
    -openly refusing to obey somebody/something, sometimes in an aggressive way
    She had suddenly turned into a ________ teenager.
  84. 84to be ridden with-phrs
    -bị trói buộc với cái gì
    I just brood and brood over it and am______ guilt.
  85. 85N+oriented-phrs
    -bị cái gì điều khiển
    something is the reward-_______ way of thinking of having intervened in another person's tasks.
  86. 86in tandem with-phrs
    -at the same time
    The heart and lungs will be transplanted_________
  87. 87boil down to- phrs
    - to be the main or most important result of something:
    What it all ______ to is a lack of communication.
  88. 88indivisible-a
    - not able to be separated from something else or into different parts:
    - He regards e-commerce as an ______ part of modern retail.
  89. 89dualism-n
    -biểu thị quan điểm rằng các hiện tượng tinh thần là phi vật chất, hoặc tâm trí và cơ thể là khác biệt và có thể tách rời nhau.
  90. 90unified on -> unify- a -> v
    - hợp nhất, thống nhất
    The politicians find themselves unusually _____ on everything from tax policy to foreign affairs.
  91. 91tenet-n
    -giáo lý, giáo chủ
    It is a____ of contemporary psychology that an individual's mental health is supported by having good social networks.
  92. 92to the heart of the matter-phrs
    -ngọn nguồn của vấn đề
    Please give me a simple answer that gets straight to ______________.
  93. 93refuge-n
    -nơi chốn
    The climbers slept in a mountain _______.
  94. 94espouse-v
    - to become involved with or support an activity or opinion:
    Vegetarianism is one cause she does not _______.
  95. 95perplexing-a
    - = confusing
    They find the company's attitude _______ and unreasonable.
  96. 96have qualm about-phrs
    - an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing:
    She had no ______ about lying to the police.
  97. 97nuisance-n
    -something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you:
    It's such a ________ having to rewrite those letters.
  98. 98feature-length-a
    -A _______ film or television play is 90 or more minutes long.
    If my life were a __________ movie,
  99. 99reprehensible-a
    -đáng trách
    ________ conduct/actions
  100. 100the train of thought-phrs
    -chuỗi suy nghĩ
    There is nothing wrong with ________ to this point.
  101. 101to give precedence to sb/sth-phrs
    -được ưu tiên hơn
    ______ must be given to the injured in the evacuation plans.
  102. 102incongruous -> incongruity-a->n
    - unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening:
    It seems _________ to have a woman as the editor of a men's magazine.
  103. 103unjustly-a
    -unfair
    She believed she had been _______ punished.
  104. 104fringe-n
    -rìa, lề
    "- the southern _____ of the city
    - on the ________- of society "
  105. 105arbitrarily-adv
    -một cách tùy tiện
    He _________ decided to take the part.
  106. 106far-fetched-a
    -very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe:
    _________ idea/story
  107. 107suffice-v
    -to be enough:
    Generally a brief note or a phone call will _______.
    One example will _______ to illustrate the point."
  108. 108bereft of-a
    - not having something or feeling great loss:
    Alone now and almost penniless, he was _________of hope.
  109. 109overnight-a
    -suddenly, quickly
    Don't expect it to improve ________.
  110. 110in the vicinity of sth-n
    -the area around a place or where the speaker is :
    There are several hotels in the immediate _________ of the station.
  111. 111fantasize-v
    - to think about something very pleasant that is unlikely to happen:
    He _______ about winning the Nobel Prize.
  112. 112adversity-n
    -a difficult or unlucky situation or event:
    She was always cheerful in _________.
  113. 113hunker down-phrs
    -ngồi xổm
    We _______ around the campfire, toasting marshmallows.
  114. 114unabated-a
    without becoming weaker in strength or force:
    The fighting continued _____ throughout the night.
  115. 115wield-v
    -to have a lot of influence or power over other people:
    He still________enormous influence in politics.
  116. 116thrust-v
    - to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction
    He ______ the baby into my arms and ran off.
  117. 117emblematic-a
    -representing a particular person, group, or idea:
    A sword is __________ of power gained by violence.
  118. 118bedridden-a
    -having to stay in bed because of illness or injury:
    His aunt was 93 and _________.
  119. 119rejoice-v
    -to feel or show great happiness about something:
    I _______ to see that she had made such a quick recovery.
  120. 120ruminate-v
    -to think carefully and for a long period about something:
    She _______ for weeks about whether to tell him or not.
  121. 121self-loathing-n
    -very strong feelings of dislike for yourself:
    He was full of anxiety and _________.
  122. 122clam up-phrs
    -to become silent suddenly, usually because you are embarrassed or nervous, or do not want to talk about a particular subject:
    He just _______ if you ask him about his childhood.
  123. 123falter-v
    - -to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident
    - become weaker or less effective "
    Her courage never _____.
    Nickie's voice _________and he stopped speaking."
  124. 124receptacle-n
    -a container for holding things or that you can put things in:
    a trash ________
  125. 125ascertain-v
    -to discover sth, to find out the true or correct information about something
    The police have so far been unable to ______ the cause of the explosion.
    It can be difficult to ________ the facts."
  126. 126bleak-a
    - (esp. of a place or the weather) cold and not welcoming:
    -________ also means without hope
    It was a ______, unpleasant day in December.
    With no job, the future looked _________.
  127. 127upshot-n
    -result
    The ________- of the discussions is that there will be no layoffs.
  128. 128connotation-n
    -nghĩa mở rộng
    The word "lady" has _______ of refinement and excessive femininity that some women find offensive.
  129. 129fortitude-n
    -sự dũng cảm chịu đựng
    I thought she showed remarkable ______ during that period.
  130. 130conscience-n
    -lương tâm
    a question/matter of_________
  131. 131unstinting-a
    -extremely generous
    She was quite________ in her praise.
  132. 132connote-v
    -bao hàm
    To me, chocolate __________ pleasure and indulgence.
  133. 133happen upon-v
    -to find or meet something or someone by chance:
    Eventually they _________ a road leading across the desert.
  134. 134hypocrisy-n
    -thói đạo đức giả
    There's one rule for her and another rule for everyone else and it's sheer ______.
  135. 135hue-n
    -a type of belief or opinion
    supporters of every political ________
  136. 136sprinkle sth with sth-phr
    -to include a few of something in something else
    His poems are _______ with quotations from ancient Greek.
  137. 137stammer-n
    -chứng nói lắp
    to has a _______
  138. 138stutter-v
    -nói lắp
    ‘W-w-what?’ he _______
  139. 139breadwinner-n
    -a person who supports their family with the money they earn
    When the baby was born, I became the sole _______
  140. 140feudalistic -> feudalism-a->n
    -chế độ phong kiến
  141. 141minuscule-a
    -extremely small:
    All she gave him to eat was two ________ pieces of toast.
  142. 142comport oneself with-v
    -to behave in a particular way:
    She _______herself with great dignity at her husband's funeral.
  143. 143assiduous in-a
    -showing hard work, care, and attention to detail:
    The government has been _________ in the fight against inflation.
  144. 144lofty-a
    -high
    one needs ________ goals in life
  145. 145dreadful-a
    -causing fear, shock, or suffering:
    The news report was so_______ that I just had to switch it off.
  146. 146persevere-v
    -to try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite having problems:
    The education director is _________ in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school.
  147. 147optimal-a
    -the best or most effective possible in a particular situation:
    Companies benefit from the ________ use of their resources and personnel.
  148. 148of one's volition-phrs
    -the power to make your own decisions:
    The singer wished it to be known that he had left the band of his own _________ (= it was his decision).
  149. 149ceaseless-a
    -continuing without ever stopping:
    When a baby becomes ill there can be ________crying.
  150. 150vicious-a
    -_________ people or actions show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly:
    The police said that this was one of the most ______ attacks they'd ever seen.
  151. 151horrendous-a
    -extremely unpleasant or bad:
    Conditions in the refugee camps were _________
  152. 152tantamount to-a
    -is almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad:
    Her refusal to answer was ___________to an admission of guilt.

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