Vocab

• itemize:/ˈaɪ.tə.maɪz/ to list things separately, often including details about each thing:
• strip: to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something:
• luggage: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/ the bags, suitcases, etc. that contain your possessions and that you take with you when you are travelling:
• suitcase: /ˈsuːt.keɪs/ a large, rectangular container with a handle, for carrying clothes and possessions while travelling:
• aisle:  /aɪl/ a long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church:

  aisle

  
• boarding pass: thẻ lên máy bay
• declare: /dɪˈkleər/ to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially:

  They declared their support for the proposal
• indigenous: not foreign or from outside an area:

  The rise of indigenous Chinese enterprises has posed a threat to Hong Kong companies.
• pester


  to behave in an annoying manner towards someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly:

  At the frontier, there were people pestering tourists for cigarettes, food, or alcohol.
• algorithm


  a set of mathematical instructions or rules that, especially if given to a computer, will help to calculate an answer to a problem:

  Music apps use algorithms to predict the probability that fans of one particular band will like another.
• resurrect

  to bring someone back to life:

  Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
• reconcile


  to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together:

  It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.
• translocation


  Translocation is also the movement of a chromosome (= part of a cell that controls what an animal or plant is like) to another part of the same chromosome or to a different chromosome.
• vitality: (n) energy and strength:


  According to the packet, these vitamin pills will restore lost vitality.
• external: (adj) of, on, for, or coming from the outside:


  For some, looking younger is a way to boost self-esteem and confident in a society that often values external appearances
• conform: (v) to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society:


  At our school, you were required to conform, and there was no place for originality.
• psychological: (adj) relating to the human mind and feelings:


  It is positive in the sense that it allows individuals to feel more confident and satisfied with their appearance, but it is also negative due to the unrealistic standards and psychological pressures it creates.
• constraint (n): something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits:


  The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
• forgo(v): to give up or do without:


  She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.
• prospect(n): the possibility that something good might happen in the future:


  There seems little prospect of an end to the dispute.
• waive(v): to not demand something you have a right to, or not cause a rule to be obeyed:


  The bank waived the charge, because the mistake was their fault.
• forfeit(v): to lose the right to do or have something because you have broken a rule:


  If you cancel now, you forfeit your deposit.
• sustain(v): to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time:


  He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women.
• merely(adv):used to emphasize that something is not large, important, or effective when compared to something else:


  Taxation is not merely an alternative source of money for the government to function, but it is the most part of all economic and societal function.
• degrade(v): to spoil or destroy the beauty or quality of something:


  Every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes.
• brass(N) a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:


  The door handles were made of brass.

  
• squash(v): to push yourself, a person, or thing into a small space:


  The room was so full you couldn't squash another person in.
• demeanor(n):a way of looking and behaving:


  The boss has a calm, reassuring demeanor.
• curve(v): a line that bends continuously and has no straight parts:


  a curve in the road