Wednesday, 13 May 2009

School bullying in Japan

extort PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [T]
to obtain something by force or threat, or with difficulty:
He had been extorting money from the old lady for years.
Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
đòi,tống(tiền)

likelihood PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
noun [U]
the chance that something will happen:
This latest dispute greatly increases the likelihood of a strike.
[+ that] There is every likelihood that more jobs will be lost later this year.
There is little likelihood now that interest rates will come down further.
sự việc có thể đúng

expose PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Phonetic PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [T]
1 to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen:
The plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks underneath.
He damaged his leg so badly in the accident that the bone was exposed.
This photograph was under-/over-exposed (= too little/too much light was allowed to reach the film).

2 to make public something bad or dishonest:
The review exposed widespread corruption in the police force.
The newspaper story exposed him as (= showed that he was) a liar.

3 expose yourself If a man exposes himself, he shows his sexual organs in a public place to people he does not know.

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