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Peep |
ديد زدن،دزدكي نگاه كردن to look at something quickly and secretly, especially through a hole or opening SYN peek ⇨ peer peep into/through/out etc The door was ajar and Helen peeped in. Henry peeped through the window into the kitchen. 2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if something peeps from somewhere, you can just see a small amount of it peep through/from/out etc I could see her toes peeping out from under the sheet. 3. [transitive] informal to look at something because it is interesting or attractive: |
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Terrace |
ايوان بالكن |
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Exotic |
خارجی، شگفت انگيز ، خارق العاده something that is exotic seems unusual and interesting because it is related to a foreign country – use this to show approval: |
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Soothing |
آرامبخش تسكين دهنده |
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Soothe |
to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset, or angry:
Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms. She made a cup of tea to soothe her nerves. 2. (also soothe something ↔ away) to make a pain become less severe, or slowly disappear: |
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Shopaholic |
someone who loves to go shopping and buys lots of things they may not need |
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Boast |
لاف ردن |
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Benevolent |
خير خواه، نيكوكار، سخاوتمند، گشاده دست kind and generous Caring |
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Fete |
جشن جشن به پا كردن |
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Pub |
الجو فروشي و رستوران
a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served ⇨ bar |
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Narcissus flower |
گل نرگس |
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Daffodi |
گل نرگس |
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Allure |
به دام انداختن، فريفتن Allure the opponent to fall into a trap
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Witty |
خوش طبع، شوخ طبع using words in a clever and amusing way: Funny, humorous, amusing, hilarious |
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Beaver |
سگ آبي |
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Cordial |
دوستانه محبت اميز
Cordial relations |
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Decency |
آداب،نزاكت، آبرومندي |
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Violation of decency |
نقض ادب و نزاكت |
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Defame |
بدنام كردن. بي آبرو كردن بدنامي بي آبرويي |
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A substantial advancement |
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Well, that varies based on age group of the people |
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Low-income class people |
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Working class people and high-income group people |
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Irrigate Irrigation |
آبياري كردن |
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Loaf Loaves( Plural) |
قرص نان يك هدد نان(به ويژه نان ساندويچي) |
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Poultry |
مرغ و خروس ماكيان |
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Ever-present item |
T existing or occurring at all times; always there. |
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Hygiene |
بهداشت پاكيزگي نظافت |
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Culinary |
آشپزخانه اي، وابسته به آشپزي I.e: Culinary tradition
relating to cooking:
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Health |
Practice Nutrition Molecules that mimic practice or nutrition Rejuvenation |
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Mimic |
تقليدي تقليد كردن مقلد N adj v |
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Rejuvenation |
دوباره جوان شدن |
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Navigable river |
رودخانه كه كشتي مي تواند در ان تردد كند |
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Ethnicity |
نژاد قوم |
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Conglomerate |
a large business organization consisting of several different companies that have joined together:
Conglomerate corporation |
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دلخور |
Upset Resentful |
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Accommodate |
جا دادن، پذیرایی کردن، مساعدت کردن، جا دادن if a room, building etc can accommodate a particular number of people or things, it has enough space for them: to provide someone with a place to stay, live, or work: to accept someone’s opinions and try to do what they want, especially when their opinions or needs are different from yours: |
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Depot |
انبار |
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Discrepancy |
a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same مغایرت اختلاف تناقض |
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Euphoria (n) |
an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement which usually only lasts for a short time: |
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Exuberant |
Adj happy and full of energy and excitement: an exuberant personality 2. exuberant decorations, patterns etc are exciting and complicated or colourful: شاد و‌خرم |
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Exuberant |
Adj happy and full of energy and excitement: an exuberant personality 2. exuberant decorations, patterns etc are exciting and complicated or colourful: شاد و‌خرم |
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Exuberance |
شادی شور و‌نشاط پرپشتی و انبوهی |
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Grievance |
شکایت ، گله، a belief that you have been treated unfairly, or an unfair situation or event that affects and upsets yo |
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Hindrance |
جلوگیری، ممانعت something or someone that makes it difficult for you to do something the act of making it difficult for someone to do something: |
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Interference |
دخالت an act of interfering |
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Lenient(adj) Lenience (n) |
آسان گیر، ارفاف آمیز، با ملایمت not strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect
ملایمت، ارفاق، مدارا، |
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Liaison |
پیوستگی، همبستگی the regular exchange of information between groups of people, especially at work, so that each group knows what the other is doing aison officer) [countable] someone whose job is to talk to different departments or groups and to tell each of them about what the others are doing |
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Literacy
Literate |
سواد باسواد |
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Minuscule |
حروف کوچک، ریز extremely small SYN minute Tin |
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Miscellaneous |
گوناگون، متنوع a miscellaneous set of things or people includes many different things or people that do not seem to be connected with each other: |
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Omission |
حذف از قلم انداختن قصور when you do not include or do not do something something that has been omitted:
The omission of her name was not a deliberate act. |
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Pamphlet |
جزوه a very thin book with paper covers, that gives information about something ⇨ leaflet: |
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Quandary |
a difficult situation or problem, especially one in which you cannot decide what to do SYN dilemma |
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Sterling |
the standard unit of money in the United Kingdom, based on the pound |
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Supersede |
if a new idea, product, or method supersedes another one, it becomes used instead because it is more modern or effective SYN replace: |
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Suppress |
سرکوب کردن to stop people from opposing the government, especially by using force: The uprising was ruthlessly suppressed. 2. if important information or opinions are suppressed, people are prevented from knowing about them, even if they have a right to know: |
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Temperament |
the emotional part of someone’s character, especially how likely they are to be happy, angry etc artistic/nervous/good etc temperament Jill has such a lovely relaxed temperament. مزاج، خلق و خو، روحیه، منش |
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Ubiquitous |
همه جا حاضر seeming to be everywhere – sometimes used humorously Common Widespread Prevalent |
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Usurp |
غصب کردن، به زور گرفتن take someone else’s power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to: |
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Vengeance |
a violent or harmful action that someone does to punish someone for harming them or their family SYN revenge: انتقام جویی کینه توزی |
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Interior designs (types) |
Mid-century modern : mid-1000s Nautical; warm relaxing and positive Scandinavian Urban modern Traditional Farmhouse
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Out of the blue |
without warning; unexpectedly |
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Self-employed |
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Hiring and firing |
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Freelance |
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Service industry |
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Perk |
Job benefit |
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Adverse |
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Unsocial hours |
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Increment |
a regular increase in the amount of money someone is paid: a salary of £18,000, with annual increments of 2.5% 2. formal the amount by which a number, value, or amount increases |
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Redundant |
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Workaholic |
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Job satisfaction |
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Incentive scheme |
Incentive program |
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Sickness benefit |
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Demanding job |
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Piece of advice |
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Unpredictable difficulties |
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Mitigate |
Make something bad less severe, serious or painful تسکین دادن درد |
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Frustrating |
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Context of the society |
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Ethnic |
noun: ethnic; adverb: ethnically; adjective: ethnic] [date : 1300-1400; Language : Late Latin; Origin : ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos 'nation, people'] 1. relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions: ▪ The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups. ▪ ethnic Russians in Estonia ethnic violence/divisions/strife etc (=violence etc between people from different races or cultures) ethnic background/origin ▪ The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. ▪ plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines (=in a way that keeps different ethnic groups apart)
2. ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc cooking, fashion etc from countries that are far away, which seems very different and unusual: ▪ ethnic music
—ethnically /-kli/ adverb: ▪ Surinam is culturally and ethnically diverse. |
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Ethnic |
noun: ethnic; adverb: ethnically; adjective: ethnic] [date : 1300-1400; Language : Late Latin; Origin : ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos, from ethnos 'nation, people'] 1. relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions: ▪ The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups. ▪ ethnic Russians in Estonia ethnic violence/divisions/strife etc (=violence etc between people from different races or cultures) ethnic background/origin ▪ The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. ▪ plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines (=in a way that keeps different ethnic groups apart)
2. ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc cooking, fashion etc from countries that are far away, which seems very different and unusual: ▪ ethnic music
—ethnically /-kli/ adverb: ▪ Surinam is culturally and ethnically diverse. |
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Imperative |
extremely important and needing to be done or dealt with immediately: It is imperative that politicians should be good communicators. it is imperative (for somebody) to do something It is imperative to meet face to face with the client. 2. technical an imperative verb is one that expresses an order, such as ‘stand up’ —imperatively adverb II. imperative2 BrE AmE noun [countable] 1. something that must be done urgently: |
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Can be used for goods or ills |
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Gender equity |
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Amplify Amplified |
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So outrageous |
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Literacy |
سواد Social media literacy |
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Aggression |
E.g. Micro aggression
angry or threatening behaviour or feelings that often result in fighting: Television violence can encourage aggression in children. aggression towards Our dogs have never shown aggression towards other dogs. 2. the act of attacking a country, especially when that country has not attacked first: |
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Sexual predator |
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Egalitarian |
based on the belief that everyone is equal and should have equal rights: an egalitarian society —egalitarianism noun [uncountable] |
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Raspberry Strawberry |
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Sexism and harassment |
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Deteriorating |
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Contextual |
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Intuitively |
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Encode |
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Brain training (increase contextual representation -improving encoding information) Healthy food ( reduce the stress- avoid losing memory) |
====> Good memory |
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Cultural shift |
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Centuries long process |
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Gender violence |
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Deteriorating |
1. to become worse: Ethel’s health has deteriorated. America’s deteriorating economy REGISTER In everyday English, people usually say get worse rather than deteriorate: ▪ Her health got worse. ▪ The situation is getting worse. 2. deteriorate into something to develop into a bad or worse situation: The argument deteriorated into a fight. —deterioration /dɪˌtɪərɪˈreɪʃən $ -ˌtɪr-/ noun [uncountable] |
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Humanitarian |
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Gender hate messages |
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It is routine |
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Partially closed |
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Suntan |
brown skin that someone with pale skin gets after they have spent time in the sun SYN tan ⇨ sunburn —suntanned adjective |
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Frown upon |
to disapprove of someone or something, especially someone’s behaviour: Even though divorce is legal, it is still frowned upon. |
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Beauty spot |
a place in the countryside that is famous because it is very pretty: Guests will be able to visit some of the local beauty spots. 2. a small dark mark on a woman’s face – used when you think it is attractive SYN beauty mark American English |
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Snap judgment |
snap judgment. A hurried or impetuous decision or finding, as in George was known for making snap judgments on personnel questions; he rarely bothered to investigate further . |
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Garment |
formal a piece of clothing: She pulled the garment on and zipped it up. garment industry/factory/district etc She works in the garment district of Manhattan. outer/upper garment The outer garment was a loose-fitting robe. |
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Splash |
if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on something and makes a noise splash against/on/over The ocean splashed against the pier. 2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make someone or something wet with a lot of small drops of water or other liquid splash something on/over/with etc something He splashed cold water on his face. 3. [intransitive] (also splash about/around) to make water fly up in the air with a loud noise by hitting it or by moving around in it: The children were splashing about in the pool. |
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Idiom |
a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom meaning ‘ill’. 2. [uncountable and countable] formal or technical a style of expression in writing, speech, or music that is typical of a particular group of people: the new musical idiom |
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Signify |
to represent, mean, or be a sign of something: Some tribes use special facial markings to signify status. The image of the lion signified power and strength. signify (that) The symbol used signifies that the frequency is measured in kHz. 2. [transitive] formal if you signify a feeling, opinion etc, you do something that acts as a sign so that other people know your feeling or opinion SYN indicate signify that Hamilton waved his hand to signify that he didn’t mind what they decided. signify something (to somebody) He turned away from her slightly to signify his indifference. 3. [intransitive] to be important enough to have an effect on something: These figures don’t really signify in the overall results. |
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Scruffy |
dirty and untidy: a scruffy old pair of jeans scruffy shops |
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Make snap judgment |
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Dress down |
Dress informally |
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Sweep (PP :swept) |
to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground, using a brush with a long handle SYN brush: Bert swept the path in front of the house. sweep something off/out/up etc Will you sweep the leaves off the patio? 2. PUSH SOMETHING SOMEWHERE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to move things from a surface with a brushing movement: I swept the papers quickly into the drawer. 3. PUSH SOMEBODY/SOMETHING WITH FORCE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to force someone or something to move in a particular direction: The windsurfer was swept out to sea. Jessie was swept along by the angry crowd. 4. GROUP MOVES [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a group of people or animals sweep somewhere, they quickly move there together sweep through/along etc The crowd swept through the gates of the stadium. 5. WIND/WAVES ETC [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if winds, waves, fire etc sweep a place or sweep through, across etc a place, they move quickly and with a lot of force: Thunderstorms swept the country. sweep across/through etc Ninety-mile per hour winds swept across the plains. 6. BECOME POPULAR [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] written if an idea, feeling, or activity sweeps a group of people or a place, it quickly becomes very popular or common sweep the country/nation/state etc a wave of nationalism sweeping the country sweep across/through etc the latest craze sweeping through the teenage population 7. FEELING [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a feeling sweeps over you, you are suddenly affected by it sweep over A feeling of isolation swept over me. 8. PERSON [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if someone sweeps somewhere, they move quickly and confidently, especially because they are impatient or like to seem important sweep into/through etc Eva swept into the meeting and demanded to know what was going on. 9. POLITICS [intransitive and transitive] to win an election easily and in an impressive way sweep to power/victory Nixon and Agnew swept to victory with 47 million votes. Herrera was swept into office on the promise of major reforms. 10. SPORTS [transitive] American English to win all of the games in a series of games against a particular team: Houston swept Orlando to become NBA champions. 11. sweep the board British English to win everything that can be won, especially very easily 12. FORM A CURVE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to form a long curved shape sweep down/along etc The hills swept down to the sea. 13. LOOK [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to look quickly at all of something: The general’s eyes swept the horizon. sweep over/across/around etc the beam from the lighthouse sweeping across the sea 14. sweep somebody off their feet to make someone feel suddenly and strongly attracted to you in a romantic way: Jill’s been swept off her feet by an older man. |
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Ritual |
a ceremony that is always performed in the same way, in order to mark an important religious or social occasion ⇨ rite: ancient pagan rituals the importance of religion and ritual in our lives The lady of the house performs the sacred ritual of lighting two candles. 2. something that you do regularly and in the same way each time ⇨ routine |
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Off the top of my head |
Without careful thought or investigation
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be struck on somebody/ |
something British English informal to think that someone or something is very good: She seemed rather struck on Vincent. |
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Ludicrous |
completely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong SYN ridiculous: |
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Decree |
an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country: The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law. 2. a judgment in a court of law II. decree2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] to make an official judgment or give an official order decree (that) The King decreed that there should be an end to the fighting. |
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Agony Agonize |
very severe pain: the agony of arthritis in agony I was in agony. He groaned in agony. 2. a very sad, difficult, or unpleasant experience: It was agony not knowing if she would live. agony of
ɡənaɪz/ verb [intransitive] to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort |
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Exhibiting different behaviors |
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Abdicate Abdication |
to give up the position of being king or queen: King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son. The king was forced to abdicate the throne. 2. abdicate (your) responsibility formal to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before: The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs. —abdication /ˌæbdəˈkeɪʃən, ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃə |
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Happiness |
Well-being Pleasure |
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Underlying |
underlying cause/principle/problem etc the cause, idea etc that is the most important, although it is not easily noticed: the underlying causes of her depression There is an underlying assumption that younger workers are easier to train. • • • COLLOCATIONS ■ nouns ▪ the underlying cause/reason Stress is the underlying cause of many illnesses. ▪ an underlying assumption There is an underlying assumption that new technology is always a good thing. ▪ an underlying principle Their actions, he argued, went against the underlying principles of Christian morality. ▪ an underlying problem Little is being done to correct the system's underlying problems. ▪ an underlying theme Death and rebirth are underlying themes in all of his novels. ▪ an underlying message The underlying message of his speech was that the economic good times are over. |
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Undermine |
to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective: economic policies that threaten to undermine the health care system undermine sb’s confidence/authority/position/credibility etc The constant criticism was beginning to undermine her confidence. |
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Nurture |
to help a plan, idea, feeling etc to develop: European union is an ideal that has been nurtured since the post-war years. a hatred of foreigners nurtured by the media 2. to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing: plants nurtured in the greenhouse |
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Nurture |
to help a plan, idea, feeling etc to develop: European union is an ideal that has been nurtured since the post-war years. a hatred of foreigners nurtured by the media 2. to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing: plants nurtured in the greenhouse |
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Benevolent (Benevolence) |
kind and generous: |
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Antidote |
1. a substance that stops the effects of a poison antidote to There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake. 2. something that makes an unpleasant situation better: |
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Compassions |
a strong feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help them |
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Preoccupation |
توجه فکری زیاد، مشغولیت فکری when someone thinks or worries about something a lot, with the result that they do not pay attention to other things preoccupation with the current preoccupation with sex and scandal The management’s preoccupation with costs and profits resulted in a drop in quality and customer service. 2. [countable] something that you give all your attention to main/chief/central etc preoccupation Their main preoccupation was how to feed their families. |
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Serene(adj) Serenity (n) |
very calm or peaceful |
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Physical boundaries |
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Physical boundaries |
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