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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
amends
amends BrE [əˈmendz] NAmE [əˈmendz] noun plural Idiom: ↑make amends Word Origin: [amends] Middle English: from Old French amendes ‘penalties, fine’, plural of amende ‘reparation’, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Example Bank: •The team is desperate to make amends for two successive defeats.
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