# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 13 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) ăn : to eat, earn (illegally) ăn hối lộ : to receive a bribe bài trừ : to get rid of, eliminate, wipe out cấp tốc : swift, urgent, intensive; swiftly, urgently chứng cớ : evidence, proof dù : although, even though địa vị : social position đường : road, street giáng chức : to demote hối lộ : to bribe, bribe nạn hối lộ : the evil or danger of bribery vụ hối lộ : bribery (case) kẻ : individual, person, man kết án : to condemn, convict khám phá : to discover (a secret, a plot) lệnh : order [=lịnh] ra lệnh : to give an order, issue an order lui : to move backward, retreat, recede mặc : to leave (sb or sth) alone, not care for, pay no attention to, ignore nặng nề : heavy, serious; heavily, seriously nhất định : to decide, be resolved; surely, definitely phạm nhân : culprit phản đối : to oppose, object to, disapprove of quá : to go beyond, exceed; beyond; excessively ra : to go out, come out; to give, issue (an order, a signal) tán thành : to approve (of) thải hồi : to fire, dismiss thăng chức : to promote tiến : to move forward, advance, progress trừng phạt : to punish vụ : business, duty, affairs triệt đẻ : radical; thorough, radically, drastically, thoroughly # end