TSI prep.
encore
(n.) an extra short performance given at the end of a concert or other performance; a request for this made by an audience calling out
motif
(n.) chủ đề
reluctance
(n.) sự miễn cưỡng
chic
(n.) sự sang trọng
impetus for
(n.) sự thúc đẩy
clergyman
(n.) tu sĩ
monarch
(n.) vua
antique
(n.) đồ cổ
feel in need of sth
(v.) cần nghỉ ngơi một chút
diminish
(v.) giảm bớt
startle by
(v.) làm giật mình
coincide with
(v.) xảy ra đồng thời
By next month I ________ all my exams, and I can relax!
will have finished
_____, everything there looked the same as John remembered.
When he returned to his old job,
It began to snow, and all the children ran outside to build a snowman. Rewrite, beginning with All the children ran outside to build a snowman... The next words will be
because it had begun to snow.
But they ________be away - I saw them this morning!
can't
I ________ been hit by a car, but luckily I just managed to get out of the way
could have
'Can' is used here because we are talking about a ____.The other three (could/may/might) are only used for ____, at one moment in time.
general possibility/specific possibilities
How did this ________ broken?
get
________ spent time abroad when I was a student, I found it easier to get used to ________ in another country
having, living
(Scientists have found evidence that acid rain was a major cause of the largest extinction) on Earth 250 million years ago. (T/F)
true
shabby
(adj.) in poor condition because they have been used a lot. sờn
distressed
(adj.) made to look older and more worn than it really is.
detrimental to
(adj.) thiệt hại cho
renowned
(adj.) trứ danh
It was the first time he ________ anything so spicy
had eaten
I'd love to ________ in the 19th Century
have lived
'I could have...' = there was a ____, but in the end it ____
possibility/didn't happen
I spend too much time ________. I'd like ________ more time for myself and my family.
to work, to have
I've already called her four times ________
today
flowering
(n.) the time when something, especially a period of new ideas in art, science, etc., reaches its most complete and successful stage of development.
preoccupied with
(adj.) bận tâm
Winters there ________ be really cold sometimes
can
