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• UNIT 10
• there being


  In formal English, we use a clause with there being to introduce a reason for something. There being denotes something like 'because there is': Ex: last weekend, there being nothing to watch on TV, we played chest together
• leap to conclusions


  make decisions or form opinions before one has all the pertinent facts
• have had to have

  had the electrician not come in time, we would have had to have had last night's party by candlelight
• policy of action


  chính sách hành động
• be as dry as a bone

  extremely dry
• not least


  nhất là, đặc biệt là (Ex: jeremy's friends were fond of him not least because of his generosity)
• rule out


  to state that sth is not possible or that sb/sth is not suitable (Ex: rule out any possibility)
• shoal (n)


  đàn, bầy cá
• catch my eye


  to attract sb's attention
• be in the /deadly/ earnest


  (of a person) sincere and serious in intention
• if so


  nếu vậy thì (if that's the case)
• feel off colour


  slightly unwell, under the weather
• insufficient(a)


  không đủ, thiếu
• inferior(a)


  kém hơn
• insubstantial(a)


  không có thực, không đáng giá, không đáng kể
• speculation(n)


  sự phỏng đoán
• wonderment(n)


  sự ngạc nhiên, kinh ngạc
• hand over


  to give sth to s.o else
• put across


  to express your ideas and opinions clearly
• clarity(n)


  sự rõ ràng, sự thấu suốt
• get to sb


  make you feel sad and angry upset
• come off


  happen as planned or to succeed
• be a good fellow at heart

  tốt bụng
• blaze away


  shoot rapidly and repeatedly (bắn liên tục)
• crowd around


  đứng xúm lại (form a tight group)
• fainted(a)


  ngất xĩu
• summon up


  to increase your courage or strength
• cotton on (to the fact)


  to begin to understand a situation or fact
• for ages


  a very long time
• come by


  kiếm được, lấy được, nhận được
• expend(v)


  tiêu tốn
• over-expenditure(n)


  sự chi tiêu, tiêu dùng
• undermanned(a)


  thiếu người, nhân công
• swollen(a)


  bị sưng
• uncompromising(a)


  không nhượng bộ, kiên quyết
• outspoken(a)


  thẳng thắn
• disheartened(a)


  thất vọng, chán nản
• photogenic(a)


  ăn ảnh
• desirous(a)


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