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Unit 1 NC

This document provides vocabulary related to home life including words like make one's bed, do laundry, load of laundry, fold laundry, hang out laundry, and dispose of things. It also includes words like pigsty, peer, glare, scenario, up and running, dismayed, bewildered, blow off, nag, soiled, cause for concern, give credit, devastating, family dynamics, divvy up, contemporary, developmental, and pragmatic.

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Unit 1 NC

This document provides vocabulary related to home life including words like make one's bed, do laundry, load of laundry, fold laundry, hang out laundry, and dispose of things. It also includes words like pigsty, peer, glare, scenario, up and running, dismayed, bewildered, blow off, nag, soiled, cause for concern, give credit, devastating, family dynamics, divvy up, contemporary, developmental, and pragmatic.

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UNIT 1.

HOME LIFE
VOCABULARY
 Make (one's) bed (up): to prepare a bed for one to sleep in by fitting, arranging, or tidying the
bedclothes on it.
Your brother and sister are in the two spare rooms, so I made your bed up in the living room.
 Do the/one's laundry: to wash the dirty clothes, towels, etc.
I have to do my laundry today.
 Load of laundry: an amount that fits in a washing machine
I need to do a load of laundry.
 A bundle/pile of laundry
a pile of laundry waiting to be put away
 Fold the laundry: fold clothes after they have been washed and dried
He was folding the laundry and watching TV.
 Hang out/up the laundry: put the laundry outside on a line to dry
My mother was hanging out the laundry in the sun.
 Dispose of sth: to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away
how to dispose of toxic waste
 Pigsty /ˈpɪɡ.staɪ/ (n): a dirty or messy place
Your bedroom's a pigsty!
 Peer /pɪər/ (v): to look carefully or with difficulty
I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.
 Glare /ɡleər/ (n): a long, angry look
She gave me a fierce glare.
 Scenario /sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/ (n): a description of possible actions or events in the future
There are several possible scenarios.
 Up and running: in operation; functioning
 Dismayed /dɪˈsmeɪd/ (a): feeling unhappy and disappointed
 Bewildered /bɪˈwɪl.dəd/ (adj): confused and uncertain
 Blow off (phr. v): to decide not to do something you are expected to do, or not to meet someone you are
expected to meet
 Nag /næɡ/ (v): to criticize or complain often in an annoying way, especially in order to try and make
someone do something
 Soiled /sɔɪld/ (a): dirty
 Cause for concern: reason to worry
 To give someone credit for sth: to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc)
khen ngợi ai
He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.
 Devastating /ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/ (a): causing a lot of damage or destruction
 Family dynamics: the patterns of relating, or interactions, between family members
 Divvy up something: to divide something into parts or shares
to divide something into parts or shares
 Contemporary /kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/ (a): belonging to the same or a stated period in the past
 Developmental /dɪˌvel.əpˈmen.təl/ (a): connected with the development of s.o or [Link]
 Pragmatic /præɡˈmæt.ɪk/ (a): dealing with things in a sensible and practical way rather than being
concerned with rules or theories thực dụng
a pragmatic approach to dealing with conflict

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