tailieunhanh - word smart ii phần 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'word smart ii phần 5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 122 WORD SMART 11 A phrase like letting the cat out of the bag is idiomatic id ee uh MAT ik . IMBUE V im BYOO to inspire to permeate or tinge Was it the young poet s brilliant writing or his dashing appearance that imbued the girls with such a love of poetry Henrietta soaked her white dress in a bathtub of tea to imbue it with a subtle tan color. IMPASSE n IM pas a deadlock a situation From which there is no escape After arguing all day the jury was forced to admit they had reached an impasse they had examined and reexamined the evidence but they still could not reach a unanimous verdict. We seem to have reached an impasse. You want to spend the money on a pair of hockey skates for yourself while I want to donate it to charity. IMPEACH V im PEECH to accuse or indict to challenge call into question Congress is still trying to decide whether to impeach the president for spilling fingerpaint in the Oval Office. To impeach a political figure is not to throw him or her out of office it is to accuse him or her of an offense for which he or she will be thrown out of office if found guilty. Had President Nixon been impeached he would have been tried by the Senate. If found guilty he would have been given the boot. Instead realizing the jig was up he resigned. Impeach also has a meaning that has nothing to do with removing political figures from office. It s not fair to impeach my morals just because I use swear words every once in a while. To be unimpeachable is to be above suspicion or impossible to discredit. If the president proves to be a man of unimpeachable honor he will not be impeached. IMPECUNIOUS adj im pi KYOO nee us without money penniless Can you lend me five million dollars I find myself momentarily impecunious. When his dream of making a fortune selling talking T-shirts evaporated Arthur was left impecunious his sole possession a warehouse of talking T-shirts. The word pecuniary pi KYOO nee er ee means relating to money. To peculate PEK yuh layt is to .