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descry  Speak Example sentences
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[nhận thấy] catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
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[bướu] twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
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[bế tắc] dead; no longer in use or existence
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[ngâm] plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
dulcet  Speak Example sentences
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[nhận thấy] catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
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[fop] vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
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[cắt cổ] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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[êm tai] sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
ejaculation  Speak Example sentences
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[xuất tinh] act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
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[tầm nhìn xa] ability to foresee future happenings
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[bất đồng chính kiến] disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
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[văn bia] inscription on a tombstone in memory
elaboration  Speak Example sentences
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[phù du] short-lived; enduring a very short time
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[xây dựng] production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
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[hulking] massive; bulky; great in size
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[bất đồng chính kiến] disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
elicit  Speak Example sentences
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[bí truyền] hard to understand; known only in a particular group
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[gợi] draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
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[trừ tà ma] drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
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[vui vẻ] apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
erode  Speak Example sentences
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[tầm thường] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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[văn bia] inscription on a tombstone in memory
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[ăn mòn] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[ebb] fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
esoteric  Speak Example sentences
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[côn trùng học] study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
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[bí truyền] hard to understand; known only in a particular group
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[trơ trơ] without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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[ngâm] plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
exorbitant  Speak Example sentences
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[cắt cổ] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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[hùng vĩ] impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope, or extent
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[phù du] short-lived; enduring a very short time
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[đồng nhất] of the same or similar nature or kind
extricate  Speak Example sentences
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[gỡ] free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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[trơ trơ] without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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[ebb] fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
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[ngâm] plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
fallow  Speak Example sentences
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[bỏ hoang] plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
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[gỡ] free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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[hulking] massive; bulky; great in size
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[vô dụng] without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose