UNIT 2: CITY LIFE

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB

affordability(n): the state of afford affordable = reasonable

being cheap enough to buy

ancients (n) ancient # modern

-> the ancients: people obsolete: not in use anymore
antiquated: old-fashioned
and unsuitable for modern
society
-> antiquated
ideas/technology
archaic: belong to an ancient
period
-> an archaic
law/rule/language/system

asset = property asset-backed

assessor: người định giá -> asset-backed security:
asset-stripping: phân tán tài chứng khoán đảm bảo bằng
sản tài sản (ABS)

catastrophe catastrophize: think about catastrophic

the worst things that could
happen

conduction: tính dẫn conduct conductive

-> a conductive substance

conflict conflict (be different; fight, conflicting

-> bring sb into conflict disagree) -> conflicting beliefs/
with sb = be at odds with sb needs/
-> There is a conflict = take issue with sb opinions/ideas/advice:
between… = be at daggers drawn different
= be at loggerheads with sb
= be at cross purposes
= give the thumbs down to
sth

determination determine determined determinedly

-> be determined to do sth
determiner: từ hạn định
(some, the, your, etc)
determinism (philosophy):
thuyết quyết định

downtown: đi vào thành phố downtown

drawback: disadvantage
= demerit # merit

dweller dwell
dwelling: a place where -> dwell in somewhere
people live -> dwell on sth: keep
thinking or talking about
sth, especially sth bad
= brood over sth
= mull sth over

easy-going
= level-headed

fabulous fabulously

factor factorize: tìm thừa số của

-> a contributing factor in một số
-> a major/crucial factor in
-> a decisive/key/deciding
factor in

feature featureless: không có nét

đặc biệt
feature-length: (before noun)
-> a feature-length film or
television

forbid forbidden: not allowed forbiddingly

-> forbid sb to do sth = be prohibited from doing sth
-> be forbidden from forbidding: appearing
doing sth unfriendly, threatening
- place/put an embargo on
sth
-issue an injunction to do
for the time being: for the
present, until sth else is made

indicator indicate indicative indicatively

indication

index

jet lag jet-lagged

-> get jet lag

make progress
-make strides on
-move forward in leaps and
bounds

medium-sized = midsized
large-sized
small-sized

metro

metropolis metropolitan (adj)

-> a metropolitan area

-multiverse: a collection of multicultural

different universes -multidisciplinary: involving
-multitude different subjects of study
-> a multitude of noun (plural) -multitudinous
-multifunction

negative # positive

Oceania: châu đại dương

population populate populous = teeming

-> teem with sth
-populated
-> be densely populated
 packed = jammes
-> be packed with sth

recreation recreational
-> recreational activities/
facilities/ interests

reliable = trustworthy

resident residential
residence
residency: the fact of living in
a place

skyscraper

stuck
-> be stuck on sb/sth: like a
person or idea very much
-> get stuck in: to start doing
sth enthusiastically

urbanite: sb who lives in a urban # rural

city or enjoys the type of city
urbanize
urbanization
urbanism

urban sprawl

variety various

wanderer wander
wanderlust