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scrape
v. achieve or win with difficulty

eg. the Western coalition could have to scrape for the nine votes needed to sanction Iran.
veto-wielders
n. các bên có quyển phủ quyết

eg. Even if none of the veto-wielders bolts, the Western coalition could have to scrape for the nine votes needed.
crumbling
adj. breaking or falling apart in to pieces

eg. The case against sanctions, in other words, seemed to be crumbling
desist
v. stop doing sth

eg. The West want Iran to desist completely from nuclear programs.
faint
adv. slightly, barely perceptible

eg. France's foreign ministry and the European Commission both faintly praised the deal.
hammer
v. hit or criticize repeatedly

eg. Details of the new deal have yet to be hammered out.
clutch
n/v. a tight grasp

eg. he clutched at the idea.
flinty
adj. cứng rắn như đá lửa, unyielding

eg. a flinty heart: trái tim sắt đá
notary
n. công chứng viên

eg. in Germany it is enough for a notary to draft the agreement on behalf of both parties
matrimonial
adj. conjugal, pertaining to marriage
landmark
n. - bước ngoặt, milestone
- mốc ranh giới

eg. The ceasefire was seen as a major landmark in the fight against terrorism
lucrative
adj. profitable, advantageous

eg. a Frenchman who dumped a lucrative career as a banker to become a humble Oxford don
clout
n. heavy blown, influence or power

eg. the Supreme Court in London is likely to give such agreements more clout
overrule
v. reject or change a decision with superior power

eg. English courts often choose to overrule clauses in prenuptial agreements, especially foreign ones
colossi
n. colossus, huge thing

eg. the most of the competition among the American colossi in IT realm.
abuzz
adj. with continuous humming sound
(xì xào, vo ve)

eg. The blogosphere is abuzz with rumors that Apple is talking to publishers about offering their content on its device.
heave
v. lift or throw thing with great effort, rise up

eg. I managed to heave the trunk down the stairs
upheaval
n. a violent or sudden change or disruption. (sự chấn động, sự nổi lên)

eg. a political upheaval
upend
v. turn sb/sth upside down, overthrow

eg. If Apple cracked the handwriting function, it could upend the PC industry.
hullabaloo
n. uproar, commotion (great noise and excitement), fuss

eg. the hullabaloo caused by Google that they want to create a vast library online
seamless
adj. smooth as without any seams

eg. Microsoft can more easily create what it calls “seamless experiences”
relegate
v. assign an inferior rank or position to, hạ thấp vị trí của ai đó

eg. Windows relegated its rival operating systems to mere sideshows.
pitch
v. plant, set up, toss, throw (đưa lên cao)

eg. there is a system of teams that pitch projects to Steve Jobs
sneeze at
v. - to treat as unimportant
- hắt xì hơi

eg. it is not to be sneezed at: điều đó là không thể xem thường
co-ordination
n. sự ăn ý giữa các bộ phận

eg. teams are bigger, work with more co-ordination and get more guidance from above
traction
n. the action of pulling a thing along a surface (sự kéo, sức kéo)

eg. Microsoft is starting to gain traction after losing billions developing online services.
hitherto
adv. until now (cho den nay)

eg. The weather, which had hitherto been sunny and mild, suddenly turned cold.
antitrust
adj. preventing or controlling monopoly

eg. Tellingly, Apple recently hired a lawyer with antitrust experience: Bruce Sewell
curl
v. move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course

eg. to curl the hair, to keep the hair in curl
toe-curling
adj. very embarrassing or excessive sentimental

eg. It is a toe-curling attempt by Microsoft to create some buzz for its new software
pretzel
n. twisted biscuit (banh quy)
v. twist, contort, bend

eg.
mute
v. reduce the strength or intensity

eg. As a result of the model, subsequent warming, even if emissions continue full bore, will be muted too.
sloppy
adj. unsystematic and careless

eg. the errors, misprisions and sloppiness in a number of different types of climate science ...
misprision
n. Neglect in preventing or reporting (tội không làm tròn nhiệm vụ)
sooty
adj. có màu đen như nhọ nồi

eg. Some aerosols cool the atmosphere. Other, sootier, ones warm it
undue (adj)
unduly (adv)
excessive

eg. Many climate scientists suspect this phenomenon was given undue prominence by climatologists of earlier generations with an unduly Eurocentric view of the world
rein
v. to restrain
n. dây cương (ngựa)

eg. kept expenses on a tight rein.
monsoon
n. gió mùa

eg. climate models do capture various aspects of the real world’s climate: seasons, trade winds, monsoons,...
gross
adj. - total, overall
- fat, corpulent

eg. these climate models are gross oversimplifications
altitude
n. the height of object compared to the sea level

eg. The plane made a dive to a lower altitude.
stratosphere
n. tầng bình lưu, below mesosphere
mesosphere: tâng giữa của khí quyển
thermosphere: thượng tầng khí quyển
asphalt
n. a thick black sticky substance from crude oil (nhựa đường)

eg. whether they are situated close to asphalt or affected by sources of bias.
vexatious
adj. causing annoyance or worry

eg. Data are vexatious; theory is quite straightforward
consilience
n. agreement

eg. The defenders of the consensus tend to stress the general consilience of their efforts
spectacle
n. quang cảnh, sự trình diễn

eg. unedifying spectacle of last December’s climate-change summit in Copenhagen
antsy
adj. impatient, restless

eg. Increased antsiness about action on climate change
attest
v. affirm, prove with evidence

eg. Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination
dosage
n. dose of medicine or radiation

eg. Do not exceed the recommended dosage
opium
n. thuốc ngủ, thuốc phiện
ingest
v. take (a substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

eg. Food is the major source of ingested bacteria.
fraught
adj. tense, causing worry and anxiety

eg. research into therapeutic uses of banned drugs is fraught with political considerations
recreational
adj. refreshing, of enjoyment or pastime

eg. You can't accept recreational drug use and expect to control the drug problem.
bout
n. a short period of intense activity
(cơn, đợt)

eg. bouts of depression, a bad coughing bout
acquaintance
n. người quen
trauma
n. mental injury, deeply distressing experience
mend
v. repair, improve
phr. on the mend: improving in health or condition
veteran
n. cựu chiến binh

eg. veterans were still experiencing stress from the Vietnam war, that PTSD has been a formal psychiatric diagnosis.
immemorial
n. Reaching beyond the limits of memory, thời xa xưa
basin
n. vùng lòng chảo, chỗ trũng

eg. the Pacific Basin
livelihood
n. means of earning money in order to live

eg. the livelihood and culture of people in the Omo river basin could be ruined by Gibe III
wheeze
n. a trick or clever plan

eg.He came up with a clever wheeze.
oligopoly
n. thị trường có sự độc quyền nhóm bán
reckon
v. estimate, consider, deem

eg. Critics of the Canadian banks reckon that their conservatism was the flip side of a cozy oligopoly
strain
n. sự căng thẳng
v. sketch or pull to the limit

eg. Canada’s fiscal health will soon come under strain from expensive health care system
dollop
n. an amount of Sth

eg. there is also a large dollop of good fortune behind Canada’s resilience
embody
v. include, represent

eg. Many of these rules embody lessons learned the hard way from banking collapses in the mid-1980s
stockbroking
n. công việc mua bán chứng khoáng
snap up
buy or obtain sth quickly, bắt lấy, chộp lấy

eg. The big five banks snapped up the leading stockbroking firms in the 1990s, becoming universal banks
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