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punctilious  Speak Example sentences
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[nhỏ mọn] marked by precise accordance with details
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[chịu lửa] stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control
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[semiliterate] barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
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[tái phạm] habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
quay  Speak Example sentences
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[hợp vệ sinh] healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
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[đánh] win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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[quay] dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
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[suất] allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
ration  Speak Example sentences
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[dể hối lộ] capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
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[cắt ngắn] cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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[ngụy biện] the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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[suất] allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
recidivism  Speak Example sentences
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[Savant] scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
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[châm biếm] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[tái phạm] habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
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[hình nền] unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
recurrent  Speak Example sentences
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[semiliterate] barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
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[reprise] musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action
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[ly khai] act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
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[tái phát] occurring or appearing again or repeatedly
ribald  Speak Example sentences
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[đổi đi xa] assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
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[lo trước] displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies
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[thô tục] coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
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[xấu hổ] insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
salubrious  Speak Example sentences
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[hợp vệ sinh] healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
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[điểm vảy vàng trên quần áo] small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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[tưởng] idealistic but usually impractical social reformer
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[ăn nói mau lẹ] fluent; glib; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
satire  Speak Example sentences
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[nhấp nhô] moving with wavelike motion
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[tái phát] occurring or appearing again or repeatedly
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[châm biếm] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[lo trước] displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies
scurrilous  Speak Example sentences
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[tục tỉu] obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
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[xấu xí] ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at
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[cự tuyệt] reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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[trạng thái có vẻ thật] appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
slur  Speak Example sentences
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[thuộc về bao tố] very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
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[nhỏ mọn] marked by precise accordance with details
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[hẹp] restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
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[xấu hổ] insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly