| intellectual | - relating to ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas
- very educated and interested in studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort |
| austere | - very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe limits on money
- very severe and unfriendly in manner |
| strike | - cause s.o to have a feeling or idea about sth |
| bow out | leave a job or stop doing an activity, usually after a long time |
| nudge | - to push sth gently, especially with elbow
- move slowly and almost reach a higher level |
| restrain | to control the actions or behavior of s.o by force, especially in order to stop them from |
| restless | unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because u are worried or bored |
| ever-present | used to describe sth that is always there |
| sight-reader | a person has the ability to play or sing written music the first time see it |
| catch oneself doing sth | tự chú ý đến hành động vô thức của bản thân |
| cross | to annoy s.o by not doing or saying what they want |
| mellowness | - kindheartedness through maturity or old age
- a taste that is ripe and of full flavor |
| leeway | - freedom to act within particular limits
- an amount or period of time that has been lost or wasted
- additional time & money |
| hurdle | a problem that u must solve before you can make progress |
| cross-reference | to check one piece of information against another |
| phase out | to gradually stop using sth |
| landmark | - an easily recognized building, one you can use to judge where u are
- an important stage in sth's development |
