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Một thành Do you know

Francophone city A city where the
phố nơi mà Francophone
main language is
ngôn ngữ countries?
1 French
chính là tiếng Bạn có biết các
Pháp quốc gia nói
tiếng Pháp ko?

I can't guarantee
Sự can đoan
A promise that anything.
rằng một việc
2 Guarantee something will be Tôi không đảm
gì đó sẽ được
done bảo được bất cứ
thực hiện
điều gì

Vị trí trung
A central location
tâm nơi các The call centre
where big
công ty lớn has
companies have
3 Call centre có nhiều nhà accommodation
many operators
mạng trả lời for over 500
answering their
điện thoại operators
phones
của họ

Có ưu thế Red is the

Strongest or most
4 Dominant hơn, chủ đạo, dominant colour in
widely used
thống trị this painting.

A written statement
There is definitely a
which says what Đạo luật ngôn
5 A language charter language charter in
languages must be ngữ
this country
used
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The national
The language of a
6 National language Quốc ngữ language of
nation
Singapore is Malay

Tien Quan Ca is
The song of a
7 National anthem Quốc ca Vietnam’s national
country
anthem.

Referring to the
He changed the
education and Văn hóa đại
8 Popular culture face of American
culturedness of the chúng
popular culture.
lower classes

Deepavali is a
Any language
Sanskrit (tiếng
originating in times
Ngôn ngữ cổ Phạn) (an ancient
9 Ancient language that may be
xưa Indian language)
referred to as
word meaning the
ancient.
"festival of lights"

The classes that Các tầng lớp

Ruling social The culture of
10 hold power in a xã hội thống
groups ruling social groups
society trị
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Includes cultural
things with high
Văn hóa quý
aesthetic value that He belongs to the
11 High culture tộc, văn hóa
society appreciates high culture
thượng lưu
and considers it the
epitome of art.

Limited to only one

Độc quyền, They have
12 Exclusive person or group of
đặc biệt exclusive designs.
people

Many people
Organized for the
remember school
good of a few
Xa xỉ, tinh hoa sports as being
13 Elitist people who have
hội tụ elitist, focused only
special interests or
on those who were
abilities
good at it.

They studied the

Increasing by one
Tích lũy, tồn cumulative effect
14 Cumulative addition after
đọng of long periods of
another
stress on the body.

You never took the

To make an effort Cố gắng làm trouble to find out
15 Take the trouble
to do something một việc gì đó how to spell my
name
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It ought to be fun
Something that will Chắc chắn sẽ
16 It ought to be fun to swim in the sea
be very interesting rất thú vị
in winter

He’s came around

Come around a The act of walking đi vòng quanh
17 a turn 6 years
turn around a bend khúc cua
already

It is only right and

A thing that is Lẽ đương proper that she
It is only right and
18 supposed to be nhiên, điều should do her
proper
proper hợp với đạo lý homework after
every class

To spread over a The fields stretch

Kéo dài, trải
19 Stretch large area or away to the
dài
distance horizon

Features belonging
to the culture of a
particular society,
such as traditions, Ha Long Bay is a
20 Heritage or buildings, that Di sản world natural
were created in the heritage
past and still have
historical
importance
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The act of
pronouncing words Sự phát biểu, Such enunciation is
21 Enunciation
or parts of words phát âm also easy to follow.
clearly

Not known to many Vô danh, ít That is a obscure

22 Obscure
people người biết village.

The subjects studied

Curricula were
in a school, college, Chương trình
23 Curricula collected from
etc. and what each giảng dạy
various sources.
subject includes

To mix with and

join society or a
group of people,
Hội nhập, hợp We hope to
24 Integrate often changing to
nhất integrate soon.
suit their way of
life, habits, and
customs

A language Ngôn ngữ có

Idiomatic English is an
25 containing one or nhiều thành
language idiomatic language.
many idioms ngữ
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Relating to human
society at a very Nguyên thủy, I myself feel like a
26 Primitive
early stage of ban sơ primitive man.
development

A group of people
often live in the
same area and This tribe could not
27 Tribe Bộ tộc, bộ lạc
share the same wait for death.
language, culture,
and history

A language that
"He come here?"
has developed from
28 Pidgin Tiếng bồi He asked in pidgin
a mixture of two
English.
languages.

To say exactly how The wife can

Quy định, ban
24 Stipulate something must be stipulate conditions
hành
or must be done in the contract.

A form of a
language spoken in
a particular part of Phương ngữ,
I tried to
25 Dialect a country, tiếng địa
understand dialect.
containing some phương
different words and
grammar