chapter 3+4

• abyss(n) : a large space or gap between two things, especially between the earth and the sea
• neglect (v)to fail to look after someone or something properly

  neglected(a): lôi thôi
• stench(n) a very strong bad smell, unpleasant smell
• corridor(n) hành lang
• cloak (n) lốt, mặt nạ
• vulnerable(a)can be easily harmed or hurt 
• splinter(n) mảnh vụn
• scavenge(v) lục tìm, mò tìm
• viable(a) khả thi
• legitimately (av)  fair or reasonable
• burlap sack(n) bao tải
• wring(v) vắt
• tattered(a)old and torn
• skim(v)-to move along quickly over a surface, never touching it or not touching it often

  -to read sth quickly to find the main facts or ideas in it = scan
• stifle(v) dập tắt opp: encourage
• hasty(a) hurried
• miserable(a) extremely unhappy
• barely concealed(a) để lộ
• spring(n) lò xo
• cripple(v) to hurt someone badly so that they cannot walk properly
• drenched(a) ướt sũng
• horror(n) nỗi kinh hoàng
• insurmountable (a) too large or difficult to deal with
• prick(v) a part of your body: you feel small sharp pains(nhói lên)
• constrict (v) to make something narrower or tighter, or to become narrower or tighter (thắt lại)
• skewer(v) xiên thủng
• inexplicable(a) = incomprehensible: too unusual or strange to be explained or understood
• humiliation(n): a feeling of shame and great embarrassment

  the state of being humiliated
• sear (v) to have a very strong sudden and unpleasant effect on you (nao nức)
• thaw (v): to become less cold or tense, especially because of a change in attitude