NEWWORDS TEST 3

PASSAGE 1

 swarm /swɔːm/ (verb): tụ tập ~ flock

 press coverage /ˈkʌvərɪdʒ/ (noun): sự đưa tin trên báo chí
 school /skuːl/ (noun): nhóm, trường phái
 make sense (idiom): có ý nghĩa
 colony /ˈkɒləni/ (noun): đàn
 forager /ˈfɒr.ɪdʒ.ər/ (noun): người/ con vật có nhiệm vụ kiếm ăn
 diminish /dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/ (verb): giảm

 simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (noun): mô phỏng

 scout /skaʊt/ (noun): trinh sát

 vigorous /ˈvɪɡ.ər.əs/ (adj): mạnh mẽ, đầy năng lượng
 snowball /ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/ (verb): tích tụ dần, tăng lên dần
 democratic /ˌdem.əˈkræt.ɪk/ (adj): dân chủ

 back up somebody/ something (phrasal verb): ủng hộ

 consensus /kənˈsensəs/ (noun): sự đồng thuận
 compromise /ˈkɒmprəmaɪz/ (noun): thỏa hiệp

 termite mound /ˈtɜːmaɪt maʊnd/ (noun): tổ mối, gò đất nơi mối sống

 blueprint /ˈbluːprɪnt/ (noun): bản thiết kế

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-but it’s a damning, not positive (>< favourably)
-there’s no one ant making decisions or giving orders (>< leadership roles).

-Indirect collaboration (~ without directly communicating) 

-backing up others’ suggestions (provide support for each other’s ideas)

-applied formulas based on ant colony behavior (~ use decision-making

strategies based on insect communities)

-‘optimise its factories and route its trucks’ (~ improve their service).
-Rather than meeting up and talking about what we want to post online (~
contribute independently)
-a stranger on the other side of the world (~ others they do not know)

-investigate multiple sites (~ explore possible nest sites).

-When they return (~ on the return)

-The more they liked their nest (~ enthusiasm)

-builds up towards one site (~ increase for one particular site).

-The decision is made (~ a final choice is reached)