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Understanding from context

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    It is important to be capable of interpreting the meaning of a word from its use in a sentence. Use the context and its form (adj, noun, etc) to better grasp new vocabulary.
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  • ...on migration and travel policies for Vietnamese citizens that Vietnam should start imposing a departure tax on those traveling out of the country (impose)
    force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place.
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  • It’s estimated that the government of Japan will rake in JPY50 billion (VND10.8 trillion) from the tax in 2019. Hung believes that Vietnam can do the same. (rake in)
    accumulate
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  • doesn't include much work produced in the early development period of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, as the number of sculptors trained then was scarce. (scarce)
    occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare
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  • Le Van Suu, principal of the Vietnam Fine Arts University, told the news source that while the aesthetic merits of these murals are yet to be studied and assessed, they definitely hold historical value (aesthetic)
    a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.
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  • Pham Long urged that the street parallel to the walls be reopened, which means demolishing the houses on it. (demolishing)
    pull or knock down (a building).
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  • but she’s aware that the art of the sale is more than just parroting from a script: it’s also about forming an emotional rapport with her subjects, with a bit of strategic thinking sprinkled on top. (rapport)
    a close and harmonious relationship
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  • Thanks to a new film, we get a look at Chung’s adept persuasion skills and affable disposition while she undertakes one of the most important tasks in improving rural livelihoods in Vietnam. (disposition)
    a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.
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  • When one is living below the poverty line, food, education and daily survival take precedence over toilet facilities. (precedence)
    the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank.
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  • Many Saigoneers whose hometown is in the Mekong Delta might retain vivid childhood memories of defecating in wooden outhouses perched atop a river or fish pond. (defecating)
    discharge feces from the body.
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  • The mosquito bites on one's exposed derrière are also a particularly tingling reminder of the experience. (derriere)
    euphemistic term for a person's buttocks.
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  • The couple agrees to build a subsidized new toilet, to be repaid in installments, and the quality of life in Tan Xuan increases one toilet at a time. (subsidized)
    support (an organization or activity) financially
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  • The virus is easily transmitted through bodily fluids, as well as contaminated foods, surfaces and objects. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Nguyen Phuoc Trung suggested...(contaminated)
    having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance
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  • To combat the problem, Vietnam has enlisted assistance from the military and implemented strict quarantine measures. (quarantine)
    impose isolation on (a person, animal, or place); put in quarantine.
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  • There is no vaccine against it and, because of its relatively long incubation period and citizens' tendency to scoff at quarantines, there is little hope it will be contained anytime soon. (scoff at)
    speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
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  • According to Tuoi Tre, the humongous bánh xèo was cooked on a custom-made skillet made by artisans from a traditional bronzeware craft village in Quang Nam Province. (artisans)
    a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
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  • A recently released World Bank study finds that a lack of proper drainage systems, treatment plants and oversight, coupled with limited access to clean water and climate change, could cost the nation 6% of its GDP by 2035 (oversight)
    the action of overseeing something.
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