embrace (v)
hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone:
Ex: She saw them embrace on the station platform.
He leaned over to embrace the child.
- to accept something enthusiastically:
ex: This was an opportunity that he would embrace.
lean (v)
to (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction:
Ex: She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear.
I sat down next to Bernard, who leaned over to me and said “You’re late.”
Lean your head back a little.
That fence is leaning to the right.
lean (a)
lean meat has a little fat
Ex: Cut your intake of dietary fat and eat more fish, lean meats, beans, and fibre.
Choose leaner cuts of mince for hamburgers, she says.
- looking healthy and without much fat:
Ex: It was always my goal to be lean and fit
Daniels is 43, but looks much younger with his lean, athletic physique and shaggy surfer-boy hair.
- If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time:
Ex: It has been a particularly lean year for the education department.
tomb (n)
mộ
Ex: empty tomb
family tomb
marble tomb
tomb robber
marble (a)
cẩm thạch
utility (n)
thỏa dụng
Ex: The biggest financial worries are mortgages followed by utility bills.
We each pay £500 in rent plus utilities.
- a company that provides a service such as an electricity or gas supply:
Ex: Utilities say they’ve been deluged by people who are having trouble paying their bills.
For several years utilities that provide drinking water have kept emergency pumps on standby.
deluge (n,v)
a very large amount of rain or water:
Ex: This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.
- to cover something with a lot of water:
Ex: The city was deluged when the river burst its banks.
More than 8 inches of rain deluged parts of the county.
vessel (n)
tàu
Ex: a cargo/fishing/naval/patrol/sailing/supply vessel
bình chứa
Ex: The remains of some Roman earthenware vessels were found during the dig.
appeal (n)
a request to the public for money, information, or help:
Ex: They’re launching (= starting) an appeal to raise money for famine victims.
The police have issued an appeal to the public to stay away from the area over the weekend.
- phúc thẩm
Ex: She has lodged (= made) an appeal against the severity of the fine.
He won his appeal and the sentence was halved.
The referee did not see the incident and turned down the loud appeal for a penalty.
After an appeal, the runner was eventually called out for failing to touch third base.
appeal (n)
the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting:
Ex: This used to be a marvellous hotel, but it has lost its appeal in recent years.
The actor has a lot of sex appeal.
Spielberg’s movies have a wide appeal.
appeal (v)
to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help:
Ex: They’re appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region.
- The police are appealing to the public for any information about the missing girl.
- I tried to appeal to (= ask for support based on) his sense of loyalty, stressing (emphasize) how good the company had been to him.
– request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment:
Ex: They’re appealing to the court to reduce the sentence to a fine.
– formally request that a legal or official decision be changed:
Ex: The parents appealed against the school’s decision not to admit the child.
The players appealed to the referee for a free kick.
ruthless (a)
tan nhan, khong co long thuong xot
Ex: a ruthless dictator
Some people believe that to succeed in this world you have to be ruthless.
dictator (n)
nhà độc tài
brutal (a)
tàn bạo
advent (n)
The fact of an event happening, an invention being made, or a person arriving:
Ex: Life was transformed by the advent of the steam engine.
optimal (a)
tối ưu =/= suboptimal
Ex: Several treatment sessions are required in order to obtain optimal results.
Conditions in the chamber are optimal for diffusion, reaching very high temperatures.
