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Glass-half-empty He says he’s not alone in having a glass-half-empty personality |
Pessimistic Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen متشائم |
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Wired He says that humans are wired this way |
Informal : in a nervous, tense, edgy state |
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Predators It may have been useful to keep our eyes on dangerous predators in prehistoric times |
1- A person who ruthlessly exploits others 2- an animal that naturally preys on others |
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Prehistoric |
Relating to or denoting the period before written records Informal : very old or out of date |
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Gratitude Looking for a way to change his outlook, he decided to increase his sense of gratitude She expressed her gratitude to the committee for their support |
The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness شكر الإقرار بالفضل |
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Contribute He started giving thanks before each meal for all the people who contributed to the food getting to his plate |
ساهم Give something in order to help achieve or provide something |
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Plate |
A flat dish طبق |
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Point out At one point, his son pointed out the none of those people could actually hear him |
Drawn attention to Say something to make someone aware of a fact or circumstance أشار افت الإنتباه |
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Inspire He was inspired by his son’s words |
Create (a feeling, especially a positive one) in a person Animate someone with (a feeling) |
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Roaster He thanked farmers, coffee roasters |
محامص A person or company that processes coffee beans A container, oven, furnace, or apparatus for roasting something |
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Cup of joe He thanked anyone he could think of that helped make his morning cup of joe possible |
Idiom: Cup of coffee |
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Taking for granted Jacobs soon learned that there were thousands of people that he had been taking for granted |
Idiom: Fail to appreciate because of familiarity |
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Pave People who paved the roads the coffee trucks traveled on and the water reservoir workers that helped supply the water for his daily cup of coffee |
رصف بلط Cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks; lay paving over |
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Reservoir |
A supply or source of something |
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Quest One of the things Jacob learned during his gratitude quest was to stop and smell the roses |
A long or arduous search for something بحث / تحقيق / طلب |
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Stop and smell the roses |
Savor the moment; appreciate the moment |
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Savor Savor the moment |
1- Taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full Appreciate / enjoy / taste / smell 2- suggest |
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Blur So that life doesn’t go by in one big blur, as it often does |
Noun: a thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly Something remembered or perceived indistinctly, typically because it happened very fast Verb: make or become unclear or less distinct Adjective: (of a person) stupid, clumsy, or confused |
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Grumpy Jacob is a self-described grumpy person |
Bad-tempered and irritable غاضب |
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Irritable |
Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed سريع الغضب / سريع التهيج / سريع الإثارة |
