VOCABULARY GAME

AMBITION: Hoài bão

1. a cherished desire

• Ambition and aggressiveness and love of fame or power are also due to certain other worms giving the person no rest until he has achieved the object of his ambition.

2. a strong drive for success

YOUTH: Tuổi trẻ

1. the time of life between childhood and maturity

Ex: Please treasure your youth! Nothing is more beautiful, more valuable than youth! Youth is like gold you can achieve everything you want, let us make it leave no regrets!

2. early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced3.the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

MISTAKE: Lỗi lầm

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Ex 1: A mistake is a mistake. Don't try to explain it.

Ex 2: Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and don't try to gloss over your mistake.

2. an understanding of something that is not correct3. part of a statement that is not correct

ACHIEVEMENT: Thành tựu

1. the action of accomplishing something

Ex: The things I like most of all is personal achievement— not achievement for the world's applause, but achievement for my own delight.

2. an ability that has been acquired by training

DREAM: Ước mơ

1. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

Ex: If a dream is a hope, a process, and a park is a place where the dream materializes, then Dream Park is a new world we dream of.

2. a cherished desire3. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

CURIOSITY: Tính ham biết

1. a state in which you want to learn more about something

Ex 1: All fear was merged in curiosity

Ex 2: All eyes met her with a glance of eager curiosity, and she met all eyes with one of rebuff and coldness.

2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

GOAL: Mục tiêu

1. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

Ex: A goal is a goal it should be celebrated in a stronger manner, not with that dance.

2. a successful attempt at scoring

ABILITY: Khả năng

1. the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

Ex: There is something that is much more scarce, something finer by far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

DILIGENCE: Chăm chỉ

1. conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation

•Diligence conditions success.•Diligence is a sure warrant of success.•Diligence is often a ladder to success.•Diligence is the gate to success.

2. persevering determination to perform a task

LOVER: Người yêu

1. a person who loves or is loved

Ex: The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

2. an ardent follower and admirer3. a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage