VOCABULARY SHEET

Faculty of English – Semester 5 – Reading & Writing 5

Class: A5K69
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Words/ Pronunciation Part of Collocations/ English Vietnamese My sentences

phrases speech Idioms Explanation Meaning

WEEK 4…

1 complexion c2 /kəmˈplek.ʃən/ noun change the the natural nước da She had short brown hair and a
complexion of; appearance of the vẻ ngoài pale complexion.
dull skin on a person's tính chất a dark/fair complexion
complexion; face, especially
its colour or a healthy/clear/spotty
fair quality
complexion; complexion
fresh
Every time the political
complexion;
complexion of the government
glowing changed, so did the defence
complexion; policy.
improve the
complexion

2 prescription /prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/ N write a a piece of paper đơn thuốc These drugs are only available on
prescription on which a prescription (= with a
doctor writes the
details of the prescription from a doctor).
 medicine or
drugs that
someone needs
3 empower /ɪmˈpaʊər/ v empower a To empower is làm cho có khả The first step in empowering the
community năng
also to give legal poorest sections of society is
empower the
citizen authority for making sure they vote.
feel empowered
something

4 determination /dɪˌtɜː.mɪ noun absolute the ability to continue sự quyết tâm Everyone concerned acted with
ˈneɪ.ʃən/ determination trying to do great courage and determination.
dogged
something, although There was an expression of fierce
determination
fierce it is very difficult determination on her face.
determination
final
determination
grim
determination
make a
determination
5 cease b2 /siːs/ noun without cease: stop doing sth dừng, ngừng, The company has decided to cease
ko ngớt, liên tục thôi, ngớt, nghỉ
all UK operations after this year.
wonders never
cease

6 refrain C2 /rɪˈfreɪn/ verb refrain from to avoid doing or stop Kiềm chế, cố He appealed to all factions to
yourself from doing nhịn, kiềm lại
refrain from violence.
something

7 jostle /ˈdʒɒs.əl/ verb jostle together chen lấn, xô đẩy As we came into the arena, we
to knock or push were jostled by fans pushing
roughly against their way towards the stage.
someone in order
to move past them
or get more space
when you are in a
crowd of people:
8 unquestioned /ʌn adj ko nghi ngờ, ko bị His commitment has been
ˈkwes.tʃənd/ trnah cãi unquestioned.
accepted as true
He's the unquestioned leader
or right by in his field (= no one would
everyone, or say that he is not the leader)
trusted and
respected by
everyone:

9 dissuade /dɪˈsweɪd/ US verb dissuade sb can ngăn I tried to dissuade her from
/dɪˈsweɪd/ from doing sth leaving.
to persuade
Doctors had tried to dissuade
someone not to do patients from smoking.

something:

10 substitution c2 /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ N Hành động thay it looks as though the coach is

thế, sự thay thế
the use of one going to make a substitution
person or thing (= change one player for
instead of another: another in the game).