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Bland (adj) |
food that is bland has very little taste Synonym : tasteless: ✓a bland diet |
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Ethnic (adj) ** |
relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions: ✓The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups. ethnic background/origin ✓The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. |
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Venture (n) ** |
Countable a new business activity that involves taking risks business/commercial venture joint venture (=when two companies do something together) |
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Merge (v) * |
to combine, or to join things together to form one thing ✓The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks. merge something into something ✓proposals to merge the three existing health authorities into one ✓The villages have grown and merged together over the years. |
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Exotic (adj) * |
something that is exotic seems unusual and interesting because it is related to a foreign country – use this to show approval: ✓exotic birds ✓exotic places |
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Outlet (n) |
formal a shop, company, or organization through which products are sold: ✓Benetton has retail outlets in every major European city. ✓a fast-food outlet |
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Diversity (n) * |
[uncountable] the fact of including many different types of people or things cultural/ethnic/linguistic etc diversity ✓The curriculum will take account of the ethnic diversity of the population. |
گوناگونی، تنوع |
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Monopoly (n) |
[countable] if a company or government has a monopoly of a business or political activity, it has complete control of it so that other organizations cannot compete with it the state monopoly of television monopoly on/in a monopoly in copper trading |
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Astounding (adj) * |
so surprising that it is almost impossible to believe Synonym : astonishing: ✓The concert was an astounding success. |
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Profound (adj) * |
having a strong influence or effect profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc ✓Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work. ✓The mother's behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child. ✓profound changes in society
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ژرف، عمیق |
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Cumulative (adj) * |
Increasing gradually as more of something is added or happens: ✓Learning is a cumulative process. cumulative effect (of something) ✓Depression is often caused by the cumulative effects of stress and overwork. |
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Projection (n) * |
[countable] a statement or calculation about what something will be in the future or was in the past, based on information available now ✓projections of declining natural gas production ✓projection for population ✓He declined to make projections about fourth quarter earnings. |
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Hindsight (n) * |
the ability to understand a situation only after it has happened ⇒ foresight with/in hindsight ✓With hindsight, I should have seen the warning signs. the benefit/wisdom of hindsight ✓With the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to criticize. |
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Commentator (n) * |
Countable someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, and who writes about it or discusses it on the television or radio: ✓political commentators
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Sceptical (adj) (British English) |
tending to disagree with what other people tell you ✓I'm extremely sceptical about what I read in the press. ✓Environmental groups are sceptical of the government's claims. highly/deeply sceptical ✓He is highly sceptical of the reforms. |
Skeptical (American English) Synonym : doubtful |
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Demographic (n) * |
demographics [plural] information about a group such as the people who live in a particular area: ✓the demographics of a newspaper's readership |
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Dwindle (v) * |
(also dwindle away) to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: ✓The elephant population is dwindling. ✓His money had dwindled away. dwindle to ✓The stream has dwindled to a trickle. —dwindling (adjective): ✓dwindling resources |
رفته رفته کوچک شدن، تدریجا کاهش یافتن |
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Meddle (v) |
to deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand ✓He accused the US of meddling in China's internal affairs. ✓he sort of newspaper owner who meddles with editorial policy.
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Synonym : interfere |
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Unfold (v) |
[intransitive] if a series of events unfold, they happen: ✓He had watched the drama unfold from a nearby ship. |
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Prolong (v) |
to deliberately make something such as a feeling or an activity last longer Synonym : lengthen: ✓I was trying to think of some way to prolong the conversation. |
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Compound (v) * |
to make a difficult situation worse by adding more problems compound a problem/difficulty etc ✓Helmut's problems were compounded by his lack of concentration. |
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Implication (n) *** |
A possible future effect or result of an action, event, decision etc ✓What are the implications of these proposals? consider/discuss/examine the implications ✓His talk will examine the wider implications of the Internet revolution. practical/financial/political etc implications |
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labour force (British English) (n) |
labor force (American English) [countable usually singular] all the people who work for a company or in a country |
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