unit 9

Maternity
/məˈtɜːnəti/


  • the state of being or becoming a mother

  • thiên chức làm mẹ; địa vị người mẹ
  • maternity ward/ benefit/ bar/care
  • She asked about company’s maternity benefits.

Annotate
/ˈænəteɪt/

  • to add notes to a book or text, giving explanations or comments

  • chú giải, chú thích
  • annotate sth
  • annotate text

  • The drawings were all clearly annotated.
  • The text was annotated with her own comments.

Negotiate
/nɪˈɡəʊʃieɪt/


  • to try to reach an agreement by formal discussion
  • to arrange or agree something by formal discussion
  • to successfully get over or past a difficult part on a path or route

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  • điều đình; đàm phán; thương lượng; dàn xếp
  • đổi thành tiền; chuyển nhượng cho người khác để lấy tiền (chứng khoán, hối phiếu, ngân phiếu)
  • vượt qua được (vật chướng ngại, khó khăn...)
  • negotiate carefully/successfully/
    effectively
  • be able to/ be prepared to/be willing to
  • negotiate between/for/on
  • negotiate a deal/contract/treaty/settlement
    +negotiate (with sb) about/on sth
  • The government will not negotiate with terrorists.
  • We successfully negotiated the release of the hostages.
  • The climbers had to negotiate a steep rock face.

Unleash
/ʌnˈliːʃ/

  • unleash sth (on/ upon sb/sth) to suddenly let a strong force, emotion, etc. be felt or have an effect

  • mở, tháo (xích chó) để săn đuổi, tấn công
    +gây ra chiến tranh

  • unleash attack/ flood/ barrage/ war

  • The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press.

Parity
/ˈpærəti/

  • the state of being equal, especially the state of having equal pay or status
  • (finance) the fact of the units of money of two different countries being equal

  • sự bình đẳng; tình trạng bằng nhau
  • (tài chính) sự tương đương của một đồng tiền với một đồng tiền khác; tỉ suất ngang nhau

  • parity with sb/sth
  • parity between A and B

  • In many professions women have yet to achieve anything like parity at the higher levels.
  • Some are predicting parity between the euro and the dollar within a year.

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