VOCABULARY - Composed by myself

* alone /ə'ləƱn/; /ə'loƱn/ adj [not before noun] adverb
1. without any other people:
I don’t like going out alone at night. Ç He lives alone. Ç Finally the two of us were alone together. Ç She was sitting all alone in the hall. Ç Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.
2. without the help of other people or things: It’s hard bringing up children alone. Ç The assassin said he had acted alone.
3. lonely and unhappy or without any friends: Carol felt all alone in the world. Ç I’ve been so alone since you went away.
4. used after a noun or pronoun to show that the person or thing mentioned is the only one: You can’t blame anyone else; you alone made the decision.
5. used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize one particular thing:
The shoes alone cost £200
(To live well in a sociaty, money alone is not enough)
 Having left home for the City alone with "dust life" by collecting the waste bottles.
(Bỏ đi "bụi" một mình ở thành phố, làm nghề lượm ve chai)
@@ Alone, and on your own, by yourself, which are less formal and are the normal phrases used in spoken English, describe a person or thing that is separate from others. They do not mean that the person is unhappy: I like being alone in the house. ÇI’m going to London by myself next week.ÇI want to finish this on my own (= without anyone’s help).
@@ Lonely

Lonely means that you are alone and sad: a lonely child. ÇSam was very lonely when he first moved to New York. It can also describe places or activities that make you feel lonely: a lonely house.

* lonely adjective (lone·lier, lone·li·est)
1. unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to:

She lives alone and often feels lonely.

 (Ly: I'm sleepy. I fall asleep)
2. (of a situation or period of time) sad and spent alone:

all those lonely nights at home watching TV

3. [only before noun] (of places) where only a few people ever come or visit 

SYN  isolated: a lonely beach.

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==> lone·li·ness noun [U]:a period of loneliness in his life.
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* flicker /  'flIkə(r) / verb, noun (Ly: flik cờ, flik khờ)

Πverb

1.[v] (of a light or a flame) to keep going on and off as it shines or burns: The lights flickered and went out. Ç the flickering screen of the television

2.[v + adv.  /  prep.] (of an emotion, a thought, etc.) to be expressed or appear somewhere for a short time: Anger flickered in his eyes. (Ly: sự tức giận long lên trong mắt anh ấy)

3.[v] to move with small quick movements: Her eyelids flickered as she slept.

Πnoun [usually sing.] flicker (of sth)

1.a light that shines in an unsteady way: the flicker of a television / candle

2a small, sudden movement with part of the body:the flicker of an eyelid

3a feeling or an emotion that lasts for only a very short time:a flicker of hope / doubt / interest Ç A flicker of a smile crossed her face.

[New word: un·steady / ʌn'stedi / adjective

 không đúng mực

 không vững, không chắc, lung lay (đồ vật...)

 lảo đảo, loạng choạng, run rẩy (bước đi, tay...)

 không đều

his heart beat/pulse was unsteady

 mạch nó đập không đều

 không ổn định, hay thay đổi, lên xuống thất thường (thị trường, giá cả..)

 chập chờn, leo lét (ngọn đèn)

the candle's unsteady flame

 ngọn lửa chập chờn của cây nến

 nhẹ dạ, hay đổi lòng, không bền; hay do dự, lưỡng lự, không quả quyết

 phóng đãng, không có nề nếp (lối sống...)

Oxford: un-steady (adjective)

1. not completely in control of your movements so that you might fall:She is still a little unsteady on her feet after the operation.

2. shaking or moving in a way that is not controlled:

an unsteady hand 

OPP  steady]

LẠC VIỆT

flicker ['flikə]

  danh từ

 ánh sáng lung linh, ánh lửa bập bùng

the flicker of a candle

 ánh nến lung linh

a weak flicker of hope

 (từ lóng) tia hy vọng mỏng manh

 sự rung rinh

 (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) cảm giác thoáng qua

a flicker of fear

 cảm giác sợ hãi thoáng qua

  nội động từ

 đu đưa, rung rinh

leaves flickering in the wind

 lá rung rinh trước gió

 lập loè, lung linh, bập bùng

candle flickers

 ánh nến lung linh

flickering flame

 ngọn lửa bập bùng

 mỏng manh (hy vọng)

flickering ['flIkəriη]

  tính từ

 đu đưa, rung rinh

 lập loè, lung linh, bập bùng

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* glis·ten / 'glIsn / verb: sáng long lanh, lấp lánh

(of sth wet) to shine:[v] Her eyes were glistening with tears. Ç Sweat glistened on his forehead. Ç [v-adj] The road glistened wet after the rain.

note at shine