front 1 Age Ex: Britain was still recovering from the Ice Age. | back 1 (n) tuổi, thời kỳ, kỷ |
front 2 Archaeologist Ex: Nevertheless, archaeologists have sketched out the following outline of events. | back 2 (n) nhà khảo cổ học |
front 3 Century Ex: By the close of this century another two billion people will have been born. | back 3 (n) thế kỷ |
front 4 Decade Ex: The past decade has seen a huge rise in the number of broadband users. | back 4 (n) thập kỷ |
front 5 Era Ex: Stones began to arrive in this era. | back 5 (n) kỷ nguyên, thời đại |
front 6 Evidence Ex: There is also evidence that dental problems caused difficulties in other early civilizations. | back 6 (n) bằng chứng |
front 7 Excavation Ex: We do not know if there are more of them as excavation did not cover a large area. | back 7 (n) khai quật |
front 8 Generation Ex: If we consider only the ancient stones themselves, the work spanned seventy generations –some 1,600 years. | back 8 thế hệ |
front 9 The Middle Ages Ex: The museum has excellent exhibition about life during the Middle Ages. | back 9 (n) thời trung cổ |
front 10 Millennia (số ít: millennium) Ex: Many visitors to Stonehenge fail to notice the ‘henge’ since the ditch and bank have been greatly eroded over the passing millennia. | back 10 (n) thiên niên kỷ |
front 11 Period Ex: Stonehenge was built over a long period. | back 11 (n) khoảng thời gian, giai đoạn |
front 12 Phase Ex: If we consider the structure chronologically, we can see that construction took place in several phases over more than a thousand years. | back 12 (n) giai đoạn, thời kỳ |
front 13 Pioneer Ex: Arabs were also pioneers in the area of oral hygiene and used a small polishing stick as a toothbrush as early as 100BC. | back 13 (n) người tiên phong |
front 14 Timeline Ex: The timeline below shows this history, with a frenzy of activity from just before 3000 BC through to 1600 BC being responsible for most of what we now gaze upon in awe. | back 14 (n) dòng thời gian, lưu đồ thời gian |
front 15 Ancient Ex: If we consider only the ancient stones themselves, the work spanned seventy generations – some 1,600 years | back 15 (adj) cổ đại |
front 16 Chronological Ex: You should organize the dates into chronological order from the oldest to the most recent. | back 16 (adj) theo thứ tự thời gian |
front 17 Consecutive Ex: After six consecutive defeats, the team was almost ready to give up. | back 17 (adj) liên tiếp nhau |
front 18 Historical Ex: For example, we have found historical evidence that the Chinese used acupuncture to treat the pain associated with tooth decay. | back 18 (adj) thuộc về lịch sử |
front 19 Imminent Ex: The newspaper warned that a stock market crash was imminent. | back 19 (adj) sắp xảy ra |
front 20 Middle-aged
Ex: Most companies are run by
middle-aged men | back 20 (adj) trung niên |
front 21 Nostalgic Ex: I think I am a very nostalgic person | back 21 (adj) nhớ quê hương, hoài cổ |
front 22 Prehistory Ex: However, the first construction at this site began in prehistoric times. | back 22 (adj) tiền sử |
front 23 Prior (to) Ex: Prior to the introduction of the steam engine, most people in the UK worked from home | back 23 (adj) trước (cái gì đó) |
front 24 Punctual Ex: I am very punctual. | back 24 (adj) đúng giờ |
front 25 Time-consuming Ex: I find writing notes by hand very time-consuming. | back 25 (adj) tốn thời gian |
front 26 Erode Ex: Many visitors to Stonehenge fail to notice the ‘henge’ since the ditch and bank have been greatly eroded over the passing millennia. | back 26 (v) xói mòn |
front 27 Infer Ex: Readers are left to infer the killer’s motives. | back 27 (v) suy ra, (phỏng) đoán |
front 28 Predate Ex: Stones began to arrive in this era and the circular shape and pattern of these enormous stones, which predate all other known structures, is still standing today | back 28 (v) (xảy ra) trước (cái gì đó trong quá khứ) |
front 29 Span Ex: If we consider only the ancient stones themselves, the work spanned seventy generations – some 1,600 years. | back 29 (v) kéo dài |
front 30 In time Ex: I ran for the bus, but I didn’t get there in time. | back 30 kịp lúc |
front 31 Lose track of time Ex: When I surf the net I often lose track of time. | back 31 sao lãng thời gian (khi phát hiện thì đã mất nhiều giờ) |
front 32 On time Ex: I really want to get there on time. | back 32 đúng giờ |
front 33 Save time Ex: I try to make my lunch the night before to save time. | back 33 tiết kiệm thời gian |
front 34 Spend time Ex: At the weekend I try to spend time with my family. | back 34 dành thời gian |
front 35 Take so long Ex: We booked a taxi but it took so long to arrive that we were 15 minutes late. | back 35 tốn nhiều thời gian |
front 36 The right time Ex: Excuse me, do you have the right time? | back 36 giờ đúng |
front 37 Chronologically Ex: If we consider the structure chronologically, we can see that construction took place in several phases over more than a thousand years. | back 37 (adv) theo thứ tự thời gian |
front 38 Formerly Ex: Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople | back 38 (adv) trước đây |
front 39 Previously Ex: Three years previously the government had introduced a new law allowing women to vote for the first time | back 39 (adv) trước đây |
front 40 Subsequently Ex: Twenty people were injured in the accident and the tower was subsequently demolished to prevent it from happening again | back 40 (adv) sau đó |