Chapter 1+2

• Reestablishment: (n) the process of starting or creating something again (sự tái lập, tái thiết)
• initiative: (n) a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem (sáng kiến)
• asylum: (n) protection or safety, or a protected and safe place given esp. to someone who has left a country or place for political reasons (nơi trú ẩn)
• gust: (n) a sudden strong rush of wind
• wither: (a) (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled (héo úa)
• trample: (v) tread on and crush with feet or hooves (be trambled: bị chà đạp)
• darting toward: (v) lao vút về phía trước
• torment: (v) cause a person or animal to suffer or worry (dày vò) (be tormented by/with)
• pane of glass: (n) ô cửa kính
• clasp: (v) to hold someone or something firmly in your hands or arms
• confiscate : (v)  take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period (tịch thu)
• scuttle away/off: (v)to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape
• petrified of: (a) so frightened, terrified
• paralyzed from/by/with: (a) unable to move or act
• paranoid: (a)feeling extremely nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you (hoang tưởng)
• dank: (a) ẩm ướt
• parachute: (n)dù nhảy
• tumble: (v) fall quickly and without control
• evaporate: (v) to disappear
• flickering: (a) nhấp nháy, lập lòe
• hover: (v)to stay in one place in the air
• precariously: (av) vô định
• startle: (v) do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal (làm giật mình)
• amorphous: (a) (of a physical thing) having no fixed form or shape
• graze (v) sượt qua
• tendon (n) gân
• fraught (a): -full of anxiety, worry...

  =contentious, tense (gây kk, lo lắng, tranh cãi...)
• hysteria (n):  extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout... in a way that is out of control
• apathy (n) lack of interest, lack of concern, lack of motivation
• oblivion (n) sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion : bị lãng quên
• esophagus (n) thực quản