Vocabulary For Ielts (Unit 03)

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Unit 3: keeping fit

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Created by: Hamid Afshari

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Portion (n)

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The amount of food for one person especially when served in a restaurant.

Synonym: serving, helping

✓Do you have any children's portions?

✓a huge portion of roast beef

✓He served generous portions (=large portions) of soup from a black pot.

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the onset of something

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the beginning of something, especially something bad

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Curb (v)

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To control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect.

✓measures to curb the spread of the virus.

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محدود کردن، تحت کنترل درآوردن

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Serving (n)

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An amount of food that is enough for one person.

Synonym: helping

✓This should make enough for four servings.

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Moderate (adj)

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Not very large or very small, very hot or very cold, very fast or very slow etc:

✓Even moderate amounts of alcohol can be dangerous.

✓Moderate exercise, such as walking, is recommended.

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متعادل

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Tempt (v)

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To make someone want to have or do something, even though they know they really should not.

✓If you leave valuables in your car it will tempt thieves.

be tempted to do something

✓I am tempted to buy that dress.

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وسوسه شدن

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Trigger (also trigger off) (v)

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To make something happen very quickly, especially a series of events:

✓Certain forms of mental illness can be triggered by food allergies.

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artery (n)

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one of the tubes that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body ⇒ vein

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شریان

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debilitate (v)

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(Formal) to make someone ill and weak:

✓He was debilitated by his illness.

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ناتوان کردن، ضعیف کردن

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excess (n)

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[singular, uncountable], a larger amount of something than is allowed or needed:

✓After you apply the oil, wait 20 minutes before wiping off any excess.

✓It was an excess of enthusiasm that caused the problem.

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مازاد، اضافه، افراط

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Work something off (phrasal verb)

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to get rid of something, especially a feeling such as anger, nervousness etc, by doing something that uses a lot of your energy:

✓walking is excellent for working off tension.

✓I need to go and work off a few of these calories.

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Briskly (adv)

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Quick and full of energy

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pace (n)

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WALK/RUN [singular], the speed at which someone walks, runs, or moves:

✓You need to step up the pace of your exercises.

at a slow/leisurely/brisk etc pace

✓Lucy set off at a leisurely pace back to the hotel.

✓He quickened his pace, longing to be home.

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گام

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alternate (adj)

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if something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern ⇒ every other

alternate Mondays/weekends etc

✓The service runs on alternate days.

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gradually (adv)

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Slowly, over a long period of time:

Opposite: suddenly

✓Jill gradually became aware of an awful smell.

✓Gradually, my ankle got better.

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Stroke (n)

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illness: if someone has a stroke, and artery (tube carrying blood) in their brain suddenly bursts or becomes blocked, so that they may die or be unable to use some muscles.

✓She died following a massive stroke.

have/suffer a stroke

✓I looked after my father after he had a stroke.

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سکته مغزی

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Writhe (v)

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To twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain:

writhe in pain/agony etc

✓He lay writhing in pain.

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بخود پیچیدن

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teethe (v)

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Be teething: if a baby is teething, its first teeth are growing

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Bathe (v)

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[intransitive and transitive], especially American English, to wash yourself or someone else in a bath

Synonym : bath (British English):

✓I bathed, washed my hair, and got dressed.

✓He bathed the children and put them to bed.

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Agony (plural agonies) (n)

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Very severe pain.

✓I was in agony.

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notion (n)

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An idea, belief, or opinion.

✓The traditional notion of marriage goes back thousands of years.

✓the notion that human beings are basically good

✓She had no notion what he meant.

accept/challenge/reject etc a notion

✓They reject the notion of group guilt.

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additive (n)

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A substance that is added to food to improve its taste, appearance etc:

✓permitted food additives

✓Our products are free from artificial additives.

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افزودنی

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Obesity (n)

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When someone is very fat in a way that is unhealthy

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مرض چاقی

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mouth (v)

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To move your lips in the same way you do when you are saying words, but without making any sound:

✓She silently mouthed the words 'Good luck'.

✓Philip mouthed something through the glass which she did not hear.

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Swap (v)

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to stop using or get rid of one thing and put or get another thing in its place:

✓The driver announced that we would have to swap buses.

swap something for something:

✓She had swapped her long skirts for jeans and T-shirts.

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عوض کردن، جانشین کردن

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diagnosis (n)

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the process of discovering exactly what is wrong with someone or something, by examining them closely ⇒ prognosis

✓diagnosis of kidney disease

✓An exact diagnosis can only be made by obtaining a blood sample.

Diagnose (verb)

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تشخیص

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adaptation (n)

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(formal) the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation:

✓adaptation to the environment

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انطباق

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asset (n) *

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[usually singular], something or someone that is useful because they help you succeed or deal with problems

Antonym : liability:

✓A sense of humor is a great asset in this business.

be an asset to somebody/something

✓I think Rachel would be an asset to the department.

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چیز با ارزش و مفید

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Persistent (adj) *

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[usually before noun], continuing to exist or happen, especially for longer than is usual or desirable:

✓persistent rumours

✓persistent headaches

✓a persistent problem

✓persistent rain

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مدام، ماندگار

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address (v)

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(Formal), if you address a problem, you start trying to solve it

address a problem/question/issue etc

✓Our products address the needs of real users.

address yourself to something

✓Marlowe now addressed himself to the task of searching the room.

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staple (n)

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A food that is needed and used all the time.

✓staples like flour and rice

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staple food: غذای اصلی

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acute (adj) *

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Problem: an acute problem is very serious:

✓The housing shortage is more acute than first thought.

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حاد (طبی)، شدید

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diminish (v) **

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To become or make something become smaller or less.

Synonym: reduce

✓The party's share of the electorate has diminished steadily.

✓These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain.

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Accomplishment (n) *

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Something successful or impressive that is achieved after a lot of effort and hard work.

Synonym: achievement

impressive/significant/great etc accomplishment

✓Cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment.

✓It was a major accomplishment for a player who had been injured so recently.

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Controversial (adj) **

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Causing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed:

✓a highly controversial (=very controversial) plan to flood the valley in order to build a dam

✓He is a controversial figure (=person who does controversial things) in the art world.

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بحث‌برانگیز

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clear-cut (adj)

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Easy to understand or be certain about.

Synonym: definite

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روشن، صریح

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cope (v) **

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To succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation.

✓Sometimes I find it hard to cope.

✓He coped quite well as manager while still captaining the team.

✓She feared she wouldn't be able to cope with two new babies.

✓Local authorities have to cope with the problems of homelessness.

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از عهده برآمدن

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chronic (adj) **

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a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured ⇒ acute:

✓chronic arthritis

✓chronic heart disease

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مزمن

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disrupt (v) **

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To prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems:

✓Traffic was disrupted by a hoax bomb.

✓Climate change could disrupt the agricultural economy.

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اختلال

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Be apt to do something

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To have a natural tendency to do something.

Synonym: tend to

✓Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.

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Craving (n) *

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an extremely strong desire for something ⇒ longing

✓She had a craving for some chocolate.

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میل شدید به...

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counteract (v) *

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To reduce or prevent the bad effect of something, by doing something that has the opposite effect:

✓They gave him drugs to counteract his withdrawal symptoms.

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خنثی کردن، بی‌اثر کردن

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expose (v) **

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TO SOMETHING DANGEROUS, to put someone in a situation where they are not protected from something dangerous or unpleasant

expose somebody to something

✓The report revealed that workers had been exposed to high levels of radiation.

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در معرض گذاشتن

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lean (adj) **

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Thin in a healthy and attractive way:

✓He was lean, tall, and muscular.

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لاغر، نحیف

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Abdomen (n) *

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The part of your body between your chest and legs which contains your stomach, bowels etc.

Abdominal (adj)

✓acute abdominal pains

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شکم

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stimulate (v) *

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To make a plant or part of the body become active or stronger.

Opposite: suppress

✓Light stimulates plant growth.

suppress: to prevent something from growing or developing, or from working effectively.

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تحریک کردن، برانگیختن

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Marital (adj) *

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Relating to marriage:

✓marital problems

✓the increase in marital breakdown

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elevated (adj)

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(Formal), elevated level, temperature etc are higher than normal.

Synonym: high

✓elevated blood sugar levels

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Bulimia (n)

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An illness in which a person cannot stop themselves from eating too much, and then vomits in order to control the weight

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An eating disorder

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a medical condition in which you do not eat a normal amount of food and are ill because of this ⇒ bulimia

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Arthritis (n)

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A disease that causes the joints of your body to become swollen and very painful.

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Intensify (v) *

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To increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this:

✓In June the civil war intensified.

✓His mother's death intensified his loneliness.

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تشدید شدن

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rheumatoid arthritis (n)

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a disease that continues for many years and makes your joints painful and stiff, and often makes them lose their proper shape.

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Predisposition (n)

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The tendency to behave in a particular way or suffer from a particular illness.

predisposition to/towards

✓a predisposition towards alcoholism

✓Headache sufferers may actually have some biological predisposition for translating stress into muscle contractions.

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مستعد، استعداد

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Anorexia (n)

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A mental illness that makes someone stop eating

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Contraction (n)

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(Countable) medical: a very strong and painful movement of a muscle, especially the muscles around the womb during birth.

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انقباض

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do something in anticipation of something *

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To do something because you expect something to happen:

✓The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.

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insomnia (n)

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If you suffer from insomnia, you're not able to sleep.

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