| Term | Definition |
|---|
| roving | [usually before noun] travelling from one place to another and not staying anywhere permanently: |
| cub reporter | a young newspaper reporter without much experience |
| cut 'back (on sth)) | to reduce sth: |
| much as | although |
| cub | a young |
| segregate sb (from sb) | to separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way: |
| seemingly | in a way that appears to be true but may in fact not be: |
| reciprocate (sth) (with sth) | to behave or feel towards sb in the same way as they behave or feel towards you: |
| bruised | [vn] [usually passive] to affect sb badly and make them feel unhappy and less confident |
| indiscriminate | an __ action is done without thought about what the result may be, especially when it causes people to be harmed |
| ultimately | in the end; finally: |
| to skirt | to be or go around the edge of sth: |
| white lie | a harmless or small lie, especially one that you tell to avoid hurting sb |
| alongside | together with or at the same time as sth/sb: |
| creepy | scary |
| work out | to find the answer to sth (to work out a problem) |
| to take step | taking steps to find out whether something is likely to be true; |
| take sb on trust | to believe what sb says even though you do not have any proof or evidence to show that it is true |
| to decide on sth | Quyet dinh cai gi |
| electrocution | Six people were drowned; five died from __. Ç He was sentenced to death by electrocution |
| gain | to gradually get more of sth: |
| informed | having or showing a lot of knowledge about a particular subject or situation: |
| engage (with sth/sb) | to become involved with and try to understand sth/sb: |
| exclusively | only to be used by one particular person or group; only given to one particular person or group: |
| come out of | (of an object) to be removed from a place where it is fixed: |
| stealth | the fact of doing sth in a quiet or secret way: |
| solicit | to ask sb for sth, such as support, money, or information; to try to get sth or persuade sb to do sth: |
| overarching | very important, because it includes or influences many things |
| bloated | full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than normal, in a way that is unpleasant: |
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