Hamlet

Question 1

Exposition (n)

Answer 1

a written work is the passages which explain where events take place, what happened before the story begins, and the background of the characters.

Question 2

Downright (adj) (adv)

Answer 2

= completely, absolutely, extremely

Question 3

Outright (adj) (adv)

Answer 3

1. Thẳng thừng, trắng trợn
2. = absolutely, completely

Question 4

Out-and-out (adj)

Answer 4

complete; in all ways

Question 5

Reappear (v)
Reappearance (n)

Answer 5

tái xuất (to appear again)

Question 6

Tragic Hero (n)

Answer 6

the main male character in a tragedy

Question 7

Tragic flaw (n)

Answer 7

a fault, mistake, or weakness in the personality of one of the main characters in a story or a play that causes their sudden destruction, and the loss of their power, money, or health

Question 8

Soliloquy (n)

Answer 8

Độc thoại nội tâm

Question 9

Monologue (n)
Monolog (n)

Answer 9

a long speech by a character

Question 10

The Renaissance (n)
Renaissance (adj)
/ˈren.ə.sɑːns/

Answer 10

Thời kỳ Phục Hưng (during the 15th & 16th centuries)

Question 11

Sonnet (n)
/ˈsɑː.nɪt/

Answer 11

a poem that has 14 lines and a particular pattern of rhyme

Question 12

Rhyme scheme (n)
/ˈraɪm ˌskiːm/

Answer 12

Mô hình vẫn
(a regular pattern of rhyme at the end of the lines in a poem)

Question 13

Meter (n)

Answer 13

Nhịp điệu

Question 14

Redeeming (adj)
Redeemable (adj)
>< irredeemable (adj)
>< irredeemably (adv)

Answer 14

(adj) Điểm tốt giữa nhiều khuyết điểm (redeeming feature; redeeming quality)
(adj) vẫn có thể được chuộc lỗi, cứu vãn
>< vô phương cứu chữa

Question 15

Redemption (n)
Redemptive (adj)
/rɪˈdemp.tɪv/

Answer 15

Sự cứu rỗi, chuộc lỗi
(be beyond/past redemption: ko thể cứu rỗi)

Question 15

Compensate (v)
/ˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/
Compensatory (adj)
Compensation (n)

Answer 15

(v) bù đắp, đền bù, bồi thường (compensate for)
(adj) mang tính bù đắp, bồi thường
(n) bù đắp/ sự đền bù/ khoản bồi thường

Question 16

Compensatory damages (n)
= Actual damages (n)

Answer 16

Bồi thường thiệt hại

Question 17

Counterbalance (v) (n)

Answer 17

(v) to offset or neutralize the effect of sth by providing an opposing force
(n) yếu tố đối trọng (counterbalance to)