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be opposed to sb/sth |
"They GOT UP (organized) a list of two hundred people who were opposed to the local council's plans." |
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shuffle |
The words are shuffled in the list below. |
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hint |
I made it clear I wasn’t interested in him, but he didn’t take the hint |
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pane |
a large pane of a toughened glass |
a piece of glass used in a window or door. /peɪn/ CT5>p89 |
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shatter |
When toughened glass break it shatters into tiny cubes. |
to break suddenly into very small pieces /ˈʃætə $ -ər/ CT5>p89 |
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consultant engineer |
مهندس مشاور |
CT5>p89 |
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shelter |
bus shelter |
پناهگاه یا همان استراکچر ایستگاه اتوبوس CT5>p89 |
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flawed |
flawed beauty |
faulty, imperfect زیبایی دارای نقص(ترک) CT5>p89 |
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toughen |
toughened glass |
harden /ˈtʌfən/ شیشه سخت CT5>p89 |
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spending |
expenditure |
cost مخارج |
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investment |
the use of money to get a profit or to make a business activity successful, or the money that is used |
سرمایه گذاری |
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allocated |
allocate=assign=set aside=apportion The problem of how health- care resources should be allocated or apportioned is not a new one. |
تخصیص داده شده CT4>p97 |
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are to be given |
what disease is to be given priority. |
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cost- effective |
which forms of treatment are the most cost effective? |
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institution |
a building that people are sent to when they need to be looked after, for example old people or children with no parents: I was determined not to put my mother in an institution. A mental institution (=for the mentally ill) |
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finite |
limited: tbe finite character I'd health- care resources= limit of health-care resources |
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pupil |
we have designed an experiment to test whether or not punishing pupils for their mistakes would have a positive effect on the pupils' ability to learn. |
student, school boy/girl, learner, beginner CT5>p20 |
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subject |
The subjects of this experiment were all men aged 18–35. |
a person or animal that is used in a test or experiment. CT5>p20 |
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walk of life |
Milgram from Yale Uni tested 40 subjects from all walks of life for their willingness to obey instruction given by a 'leader'. |
refer to different types of jobs and different levels of society. CT5>p20 |
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discrepancy |
Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports. vast discrepancy between sth ana sth. |
variation=ناهنخوانی-اختلاف CT5>p21 |
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flustered |
pressured, frustrated, but cooperative teachers. |
agitate=عصبانی آشفته مضطرب CT5>p21 |
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rational |
calm, rational, knowledgeable people |
intelligent, wise CT5>p21 |
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elucidate |
Sociobiology is concerned with elucidating the biological basis of all behaviour. |
clarify, explain CT5>p21 |
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a moral code |
do not merge your unique personality and moral code with that of larger institutional structures under authorities pressure. تحت فشار قدرت ها، شخصیت و باورهای صحیح و غلط خودتون رو با باورهای صحیح و غلط و شخصیت آن قدرت ها یکی نکنید. در بالا of به unique personality و moral code بر میگردد. |
مجموعه ای از باورها درباره درست و نادرت که رفتار انسان را کنترول می کند. CT5>p21 |
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malevolent /məˈlevələnt/ |
malevolent systems of authority سیستم های قدرت بدخواه مردم |
a malevolent person wants to harm other people=evil=/benevolent CT5>p21 |
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nurture |
Nature or nurture? |
development=upbringing CT5>p20 |
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deny |
We already know that rat pups denied the chance to play grew smaller brain components and fail to develop the ability to apply social rules when they interact with their peers. examp: She could deny her son nothing |
Not allow: to refuse to allow someone to have or do something: |
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introspection |
casual (not planned, without attention, not formal) introspection: A range from a carefully planned, intensive field investigation to a casual introspection. |
درون نگری-باطن بینی CT4>p74 |
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ut‧ter‧ance /ˈʌtərəns/ |
Informants provide utterances for analysis and other kinds odd information about the language. |
اظهار،نطق،سخن CT4>p74 |
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am‧bi‧gu‧i‧ty /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːəti, ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪti / |
obscurity, uncertainty,vagueness, doubt. linguist often act as their own informants, judging the ambiguity, acceptability, or other properties of utterances against their own intuition(guss). |
ابهام CT4>p74 |
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in‧tu‧i‧tion /ˌɪntjuˈɪʃən $ -tu-, -tju-/ |
insight, sixth sense. the ability to understand or know sth because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts.
(v) -----------------=intuit (to khow or guss sth according to feeling): I intuit (guss) you have an ambition for sex. (adj) instinctive=intuitive (n) instinct=intuition: It is based on intuition. |
دانش، اطلاعات و درک حسی-شهود-شم-درک مستقیم CT4>p74 |
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convenience |
The convenience of this approach makes it widely used. |
suitability, availability, accessibility, advantage. CT4>p74 |
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en‧qui‧ry /ɪnˈkwaɪəri $ ɪnˈkwaɪri, ˈɪŋkwəri/ |
objective methods of enquiry. |
asking questions/collecting information/ official investigation CT4>p74 |
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abundant |
energy and other natural resources have become more abundant. |
something that is abundant exists or is available in large quantities so that there is more than enough CT4-p24 |
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disdain |
Baekeland's invention treated with disdain in its early years. |
to have no respect for someone or something, because you think they are not important or good enough=/ welcome (v) |
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unparalleled |
Baekeland's invention went on to enjoy an unparalleled popularity which lasted throughout the first half odd the twentieth century. |
بی همتا-بی نظیر incomparable- superlative CT5-p39 |
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restricted |
They were now no longer restricted to the wood tones and drab browns of the plastic era. |
limited |
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versatile |
plastic is a practical and versatile material. |
having many different uses: adaptable=flexible |
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flood /flʌd/ |
There are now fears that the river could flood. |
if a river floods, it is too full, and spreads water over the land around it طغیان-ابگرفتگی یک زمین به دلیل باران فراوان CT>p69 |
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la‧goon /ləˈɡuːn/ noun |
water is pupmed from the irrigation canals into the lagoons. |
a lake of sea water that is partly separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral(مرجان). CT5>p69 |
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e‧rode /ɪˈrəʊd $ ɪˈroʊd/ verb |
erosion (n). coastal erosion (collocation): Coastal erosion occurred along Egypt's Mediterranean coast. |
فرسایش ساحلی |
