DES U2

• baffle: làm bối rối, trở ngại
• biased: thiên vị
• contemplate: toan tính, dự định, lên kế hoạch
• cynical: đa nghi
• deduce: suy luận
• dilemma (over sth): tình thế tiến thoái lưỡng nan
• dubious: đáng ngờ
• pessimistic: tiêu cực, ủ rũ
• plausible: hợp lí
• ponder: cân nhắc, phân vân
• prejudiced: có thành kiến, định kiến
• presume: đoán chừng
• premise: presume
• query: (n)(v) thắc mắc, câu hỏi
• reckon: assume, presume
• reflect: suy ngẫm
• speculate: suy xét, suy tính
• conscientious: putting a lot of effort into your work
• plagiarize: đạo văn
• tuition fees: học phí
• brush upon sth: to improve your knowledge of sth you already learned but partly forgotten
• come around to sth: to change your opinion or decision because sb has persuaded you to agree with them
• face up to sth: to accept that a difficult situation exists
• hit upon sth: to think of an idea when you didn't expect or intend to, especially one that solves a problem
• mull over sth: to think carefully about sth for a long time
• piece sth together: to learn the truth about sth by considering all the separate bits of information you have
• puzzle sth out: to discover or understand sth by thinking hard about it
• read up on/about sth: to spend time reading in order to find out information about sth
• swot up sth: study sth very hard especially before an exam
• take in sth: to understand, remember sth/accept sth as real/trick sb into believing the false thing
• think up sth: to produce a new idea/to find excuses
• account for sth: to form the total of sth/to explain the reason of sth
• give an account of sth: describe sth that has happened
• take into account: to consider/remember sth when judging a situation
• on account of sth: because of sth
• by/from all accounts: as said by most people
• on sb's account: sth is done because of sth
• contrary to popular belief: in a different way from what most people believe
• in the belief that: cảm thấy tin tưởng rằng
• associate: to connect sb or sth in your mind with sb or sth else (liên tưởng), to spend time with a group of people (giao du)