chapter 9+10

• pompous (a) too proud of themselves, too full of themselves, too arrogant
• strut (n) a proud way of walking, with your head high and your chest pushed forwards
• lilt (n)a pleasant pattern of rising and falling sound in someone’s voice or in music
• gesture (v) to move your hand, arm, or head to tell someone something, or show them what you mean

  gesture to/towards/at

  gesture for sb to do sth
• wire cutter: kìm cắt dây
• intact (a) not broken, damaged, or spoiled
• dismay (n) the worry, disappointment, or unhappiness you feel when something unpleasant happens

  with/in dismay

  to sb's dismay
• train on/at sb (v) to aim something such as a gun or camera at someone or something
• twitch (v) co giật
• suppress (v) to stop people from opposing the government, especially by using force
• feisty (a) having a strong determined character and being willing to argue with people
• conspiratorial (a)  a conspiratorial expression, voice, or manner suggests you are sharing a secret with someone
• spleen (n) an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood

  anger, especially unreasonable or unfair anger (spleen on me=get angry with me)
• boast (v) to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions

  boast that/about/of
• fistful of (n) an amount that is as much as you can hold in your hand
• bliss (n) perfect happiness or enjoyment
• tangible (a)clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen or noticed
• acre (n) a unit for measuring area
• hoist (v) to raise, lift, or pull something up, especially using ropes

  be hoist with/by
• infinitesimal= minuscule (a) extremely small
• debris (n) the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc
• be distributed (v) to exist in different parts of an area or group
• slush (n) snow that is lying on the ground and has started to melt
• heaped (a) chất thành đống
• haphazard (a) happening or done in a way that is not planned or organized (bừa bãi,hỗn độn)
• ravaged (a) severely damaged; devastated
• suffice (v) to be enough
• subdue (v) to defeat or control a person or group, especially using force
• sustain (v) give strength, to make someone feel strong and hopeful
• mantel (n) bệ lò sưởi
• conviction (n) a very strong belief or opinion
• delude (v)=deceive: to make someone believe something that is not true
• obliterate (v) to remove, destroy, cover completely so that nothing remains
• greed (n) tham lam

  overindulgence (n) ham mê vô độ

  gluttony (n) thói ham ăn
• expunge (v) erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
• expunge: remove all the records about it - obliterate: utterly destroy the record (physically)
• sparse (a) existing only in small amounts
• spring (v) bung lên sudden jump
• affix sth to sth(v) gắn liền
• eerily (av) in a strange, frightening, and mysterious way