- Equivocal: not clear and seeming to have two opposing meanings,
or confusing and able to be understood in two different ways:
- Compelled: having to do something, because you are forced to or feel it is necessary:
- Humiliating: making you feel ashamed or stupid
- Mock: to laugh at someone, often by copying them in a funny but unkind way - Easier said than done
- Take sth with a grain of salt: to understand that something
is likely to be untrue or incorrect:
- Prone to: likely to do, get, or suffer from something: - Opt for = choose
- Ultraviolet radiation: tia UV - Leaner meat: thit nac - Deplete: decrease
- When it comes to sth: speaking about sth
- Spike in = jump (tang dot bien trong) - Counteract: prevent - Turn down = refuse
- Precarious situation = difficult situation
- Gig = live musical concert - Keep on = continue
- Stereotype: standard (khuon mau)
- Tough: difficult to deal with or overcome
- Township = city (quan/huyen)
- Distressing = painful, sad
- Trauma: emotional pain and shock caused by very distressing experience
- Self-image: the way ppl feel abt themselve: ability, personality, value
- Cope with: to deal successfullt with a difficult situation
- Reinforce: to make stronger
- Resilience: the ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after
something difficult or bad has happened (kha nang phuc hoi)