Friday, 20 February 2009

French presidential election

core (CENTRE) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 the hard central part of some fruits, such as apples, which contains the seeds:
Don't throw your apple core on the floor!

2 the centre of a planet:
The earth's core is a hot, molten mix of iron and nickel.

3 SPECIALIZED The core of a nuclear reactor (= a device in which atoms are changed to produce energy) is the place where fission (= splitting of atoms) happens.

4 SPECIALIZED a long thin cylindrical mass of material taken out of the earth for study
trung tam6

pragmatism PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [U] MAINLY APPROVING
when you deal with a problem in a realistic way rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas or rules:
The council has operated much more effectively since pragmatism replaced political dogma.
chủ nghĩa thuc dụng

stark (BARE) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
adjective
bare, simple or obvious, especially without decoration or anything which is not necessary; severe or extreme:
It was a stark room with its white walls, and a bed and chair as the only furniture.
The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.
In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark contrast to the slums of the city's poor.
hoang vu,lanh lẽo

maintain (PRESERVE) PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to keep a road, machine, building, etc. in good condition:
A large house costs a lot to maintain.
The roads around the town have been very poorly maintained.
duy trì,bảo wan

uncharted PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
adjective LITERARY
An uncharted place or situation is completely new and therefore has never been described before:
Nuclear fusion has taken physicists into uncharted seas/territory/waters (= a new and unknown area).
chưa thám hiểm

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