1. UNIT 4 VOCABULARY LIST


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Scramble ['skræmbl]: (n)&(v)

(n): a motivation of a crawl to the ground(sự bò, trườn)

(v): Climb(leo trèo một cách không có tổ chức, xô đẩy)


Collocation: 

(n): a scramble for office(sự tranh giành chức vị) 

(v): to scramble something up(trộn nhiều thứ với nhau cho rối lên) 


Example:

(n): a scramble of the worm.

(v): to scramble for a living 


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Slump (v) /slʌmp/

[intransitive] to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount

Ex: Sales have slumped this year.


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Smokestack /ˈsmoʊkstæk/ (ống khói nhà máy)

Definition: a large, tall chemny

Ex: A smokestack that takes away smoke from factories.


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squeeze /skwiːz/

Definition: press firmly

Collocation: 

squeeze (something)

squeeze something out of/from something

Example: She squeezes a tube of toothpaste

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Surge /sɜːdʒ/

Rise and move, as in waves or billows

Ex: undermined by the warming seas, the ice sheets were suddenly surging toward the ocean


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