Can You Believe It 3 (6_10)

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Pregnant /ˈpreɡnənt/

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1. if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body.

* medical care for pregnant women.

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Destroy /dɪˈstroɪ/

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1. to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired.

* The school was completely destroyed by fire.

2. if something destroys someone, it ruins their life completely.

* The scandal destroyed Simmons and ended his political career.

3. to kill an animal, especially because it is ill or dangerous.

* One of the bulls had to be destroyed.

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Ruin /ˈruːən/

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1. to spoil or destroy something completely.

* This illness has ruined my life.

2. to make someone lose all their money.

* Jefferson was ruined by the lawsuit.

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Burn down

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1. if a building burns down or is burned down, it is destroyed by fire.

* She was worried that the house might burn down while they were away.

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Give birth to

give birth (to somebody)

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زاییدن، بوجود اوردن

if a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body.

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Labor /ˈleɪbər/

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# WORK

work, especially physical work.

* Many women do hard manual labour (work with their hands).

# WORKERS

all the people who work for a company or in a country.

* a shortage of skilled labor

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Live through

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to experience difficult or dangerous conditions.

* the generation that lived through the Second World War.

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Emigrate

immigration

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to leave your own country in order to live in another country.

* He emigrated to Australia as a young man

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Find out / found out

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1. to get information, after trying to discover it or by chance.

* I found out that my parents had never been married.

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Restriction /rɪˈstrɪkʃən/

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a rule or law that limits or controls what people can do.

* restrictions on immigration.

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Get together

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1. if people get together, they meet in order to spend time with each other: We must get together for a drink.

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Collapse /kəˈlæps/

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# STRUCTURE

if a building, wall etc collapses, it falls down suddenly, usually because it is weak or damaged.

* The roof had collapsed long ago.

# ILLNESS/INJURY

to suddenly fall down or become unconscious because you are ill or weak.

* He collapsed with a heart attack while he was dancing.

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Make plans

Back 13

prepare for something.

Plan to do something.

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Reunion /riːˈjuːnjən/

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a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially people who were at school or college together.

* a family reunion.

when people are brought together again after a period of being separated.

* Joseph’s eventual reunion with his brother.

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Dream come true

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be a dream come trueif something is a dream come true, it happens after you have wanted it to happen for a long time

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Orphanage /ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/

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a large house where children who are orphans live and are taken care of.

* He was raised in an orphanage.

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Adopt

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# CHILD

to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parent ⇒ foster

* Sally was adopted when she was four.

# NAME/COUNTRY ETC

to choose a new name, country, custom etc, especially to replace a previous one.

* Stevens became a Muslim and adopted the name Yusuf Islam.

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قبول کردن، اتخاذ کردن، اقتباس کردن

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No avail

Back 18

without success, unsuccessfully

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Probability /ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪti/

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احتمال، احتمالا

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Rip off

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1. to steal something.

* Somebody had come in and ripped off the TV and stereo.2. to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in your own work as if they were your own ideas.

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Change mind

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to cause a person to think differently about something

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Sick of

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to be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long time.

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Get away

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# LEAVE to leave a place, especially when this is not easy.

* The meeting dragged on, and I didn’t get away until seven.

# ON HOLIDAY

to take a holiday away from the place you normally live.

* Will you manage to get away this summer?

# ESCAPE

* to escape from someone who is chasing you or trying to catch you.

* The three men got away in a stolen car.

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Hear from

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to receive news or information from someone.

* Do you ever hear from Jack?

to listen to someone giving their opinion in a radio or television discussion programme.

* a chance to hear from some of the victims of violent crime

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Victim

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1. someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered.

* The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.

قربانی، طعمه، دستخوش، شکار، هدف، تلفات

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drop somebody a line/note

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to write a short letter to someone

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I'll Catch you later

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I see you later

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Sure enough

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as expected.

* He said he'd left the book on the desk, and sure enough, here it was.

میتوان یقین کرد که

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God sport

Being good sports

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someone who does not get angry when they lose at a game or sport.

Be able to laugh at jokes and pranks.

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prank /præŋk/

Back 30

a trick, especially one which is played on someone to make them look silly.

* a childish prank

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not have a clue about something

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(not) know anything about something

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get a kick out of

Back 32

# get a kick out of someoneto

enjoy someone or something

# get a kick out of somethingto

enjoy something very much

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Had better

Back 33

should or must

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Seven of us / them...

Back 34

هفت نفر هستن

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I would guess/think/believe/say

I should guess/think/believe/say

Back 35

به گمانم

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Adventure

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1. an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen.

* a great adventure.

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Show up

Back 37

to arrive, especially at the place where someone is waiting for you.

* We had 200 people show up for our seminar.

# show something ↔ up

to make it possible to see or notice something that was not clear before.

* The sunlight showed up the marks on the window.

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کسی را لو دادن، حضور یافتن، سر موقع حاضر شدن

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Fond of

Back 38

to like something, especially something you have liked for a long time

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Ask for trouble

Back 39

Do something that will cause problems later

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All day long

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the whole day.

* She has been sitting and waiting for the mail to arrive all day long.

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Driving crazy

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really annoying me

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Go from bad to worse

Back 42

to become even more unpleasant or difficult.

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Throat /θroʊt/

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گلو (ی بادبان)، گلوگاه، نای، دهانه، (مج). صدا، دهان، از گلو ادا کردن

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Mating

Back 44

sex between animals

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scared stiff

scared to death

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very frightened

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Keep away

Back 46

Make someone or something stay at a distance.

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Dare /der/

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to be brave enough to do something that is risky or that you are afraid to do.

(used especially in questions or negative sentences).

* He wanted to ask her, but he didn’t dare.

2. how dare you

said to show that you are very angry and shocked about what someone has done or said.

* How dare you accuse me of lying!

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شهامت جرات

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Go out (of a place)

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Leave a place

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Help out

Back 49

to help someone because they are busy or have problems.

* Do you need anyone to help out in the shop?

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Get involved

Back 50

Become active or interested in something.

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After all

Back 51

in spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen.

* He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all.

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In vain

Back 52

unsuccessful or useless.

* I tried in vain to start a conversation.

* All the police's efforts to find him were in vain.

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بیهوده، بی جهت، عبث، بیخود، بباطل

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Tie the knot

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to get married

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Sick and tired of

Back 54

to be angry and bored because something unpleasant has been happening for too long

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Get married

Back 55

عروسی کردن

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Get ready

Back 56

to prepare for something Get ready is less formal than prepare and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English

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Hand out /give out

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to give something to each of the people in a group

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Distribute /dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/

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to share things among a group of people, especially in a planned way.

* Clothes and blankets have been distributed among the refugees.

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Engaged /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

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1. if two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry.

* Have you heard? Sally and Ray are getting engaged.

2.engaged to

* Kate’s engaged to Mark.

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Bride

Back 60

a woman at the time she gets married or just after she is married

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Bridal

Back 61

relating to a wedding or a woman who is getting married.

جشن عروسی

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Contest

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1. a competition or a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing with each other.

* I only entered the contest for fun.

2. a competition in which people do an activity, and a group of judges decide the winner.

* a beauty contest

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Take place

Back 63

to happen.

* The concert takes place next Thursday.

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Out of mind

Back 64

to be crazy

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Make light of (something)

Back 65

to behave as if a situation, especially a problem, is not serious or important.

* It is easy to make light of other people's problems.

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Flying high

Back 66

to be having a lot of success.

Be very happy.

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hit it off with someone

Back 67

to be friendly with each other immediately

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Every other day

Back 68

یک روز در میان

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See red

Back 69

Be very angry

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All over the place

Back 70

In or to many locations, everywhere

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Chain /tʃeɪn/

Back 71

1. JOINED RINGS

a series of metal rings which are joined together in a line and used for fastening things, supporting weights, decoration etc.

* She had a gold chain around her neck.

* a length of heavy chain

2. CONNECTED EVENTS

a connected series of events or actions, especially which lead to a final result.

* the chain of events that led to World War I.

3. SHOPS/HOTELS

a number of shops, hotels, cinemas etc owned or managed by the same company or person.

* a chain of restaurants

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Demoralize

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to reduce or destroy someone’s courage or confidence.

* The illness demoralized him and recovery took several weeks.

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دلسرد کردن، تضعیف روحیه کردن

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Courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/

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1. the quality of being brave when you are facing a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you are very ill.

* Sue showed great courage throughout her illness.

جرات، دلیری، رشادت، شجاعت، دلاوری

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Confidence

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1. FEELING SOMEBODY/SOMETHING IS GOOD

the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results.

* Public confidence in the government is at an all-time low.

2. BELIEF IN YOURSELF

the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully.

* I didn’t have any confidence in myself.

3. A SECRET

a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal.

* They spent their evenings drinking wine and sharing confidences.

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Do away with

Back 75

1. to get rid of something or stop using it.

* People thought that the use of robots would do away with boring low-paid factory jobs.

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Garbage /ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ/

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waste material, such as paper, empty containers, and food thrown away.

* Can you take out the garbage when you go?

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Catch red handed

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# catch somebody red handedto catch someone at the moment when they are doing something wrong# catch red handedto discover someone doing something illegal or wrong

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Get the upper hand

Back 78

if someone has the upper hand, they have a position of power and control over someone else, and if an emotion has the upper hand, it controls what you do

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Handcuff /ˈhændkʌf/

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دست بند اهنین، دست بند زدن

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Threaten /ˈθretn/

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to be likely to harm or destroy something.

* Poaching threatens the survival of the rhino.

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تهدید کردن ترساندن، خبردادن از

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Last straw

Back 81

to be the final thing in a series of annoying things that makes someone very angry

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Hit the ceiling

Back 82

to become very angry and start shouting.

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Pay the price

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1. to accept the unpleasant results of something.

2. Receive punishment.

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Lose cool

Back 84

to suddenly become very angry and start shouting

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Arrest /əˈrest/

Back 85

1. if the police arrest someone, the person is taken to a police station because the police think they have done something illegal.

* He was arrested and charged with murder.

2. to stop something happening or to make it happen more slowly.

* drugs used to arrest the spread of the disease3. if something arrests you or arrests your attention, you notice it because it is interesting or unusual.

* The mountains are the most arresting feature of the glen.

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Disease /dɪˈziːz/

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an illness which affects a person, animal, or plant.

* His father died of heart disease.

ناخوشی، مرض, بیماری

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convict /kənˈvɪkt/

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someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison.

* an escaped convict

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Prove

Back 88

1. SHOW SOMETHING IS TRUE

to show that something is true by providing facts, information etc.

* You’re wrong, and I can prove it.

2.prove yourself/prove something

to show how good you are at doing something.

* When I first started this job, I felt I had to prove myself.

استدلال کردن، ثابت کردن

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Assault /əˈsɒːlt/

Back 89

the crime of physically attacking someone.

* a case of robbery and assault.

# assault on

a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy.

* an unsuccessful assault on the enemy lines.

# attack

a strong spoken or written criticism of someone else’s ideas, plans etc.

* an assault on the capitalist system

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start from scratch /zero

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to begin doing a job or activity completely from the beginning.

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Brand new

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new and not yet used

* a brand-new car.

* His clothes looked brand-new.

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کاملا نو، نو، تر و تازه