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34 Cards in this Set
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deliberately |
از پیش برنامه ریزی شده |
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burglary |
Entering a building illegally and stealing things from it (v: break into) |
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assault |
hurting someone physically |
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defence |
وکیل مدافع |
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defendant |
accused |
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constituency |
political area |
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break out |
start suddenly |
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crisis |
a time of great danger or difficulty |
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surrender |
give up |
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go off |
explode |
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determine |
having a strong desire to do something and be successful |
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Negotiate |
talk to somebody in order to decide or agree on something |
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Willing to do something |
Happy and prepared to do something |
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Peace settlement |
An official agreement that ends a war |
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invade |
Enter a country with an army to attack and take control of it |
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Defeat somebody |
Win a battle, vote, game, etc. against somebody |
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Assassinate |
Kill a famous person often for Political reasons |
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Objective |
Something that you are trying to achieve |
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Parliament |
The group of people elected to make and change laws in a country |
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Priority |
Something that is very important or that you must do before anything else |
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Oppose something |
Disagree strongly with something |
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Editor |
A person in charge of a newspaper magazine etc |
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Current affairs |
Important political or social events happening now |
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Clash with somebody |
Fight or disagree seriously with somebody about something |
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Axe somebody |
Cut numbers of people jobs etc by a large amount ( an axe is a large tool used for cutting wood) |
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Scare |
A situation in which many people are afraid or worried for example bomb scare health scare food scare |
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Demonstrate |
Take part in a public protest for or against something |
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Threat |
A statement that somebody may kill hurt or punish you if you don't do what they want |
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Pension |
Money paid regularly by the government or a company to somebody who has stopped working because of old age |
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Pensioner |
Somebody who receives a pension |
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Pledge something |
Make a formal promise to do or give something |
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Aid |
Money food etc that is sent to a country or to people to help them |
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The equivalent of something |
Something that has the same value amount meaning or importance as something else |
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Gist |
General meaning of a text but not in the details |
