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Revolting

Disgusting

Irretating

Annoying




He was smiling in a way I found very irritating.

Rarely

Seldom, not often

Improvise

بداهه


Try to do sth which you're not prepared for



I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.

Occasionally

From time to time


Sometimes



Occasionally Alice would look up from her books.

Exhausted

Very tired

Merchandise

Goods

Contemporary

This centuary

Artefacts

Objects build by human being


ابزارهای اولیه

Auction

مزایده

Stutter

to speak with difficulty because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first consonant of some words




I’m D-d-david, ’ he stuttered.

Leisure

Spare time


اوقات فراغت



Most people now enjoy shorter working hours and more leisure time

Coherence

انسجام

Cripple

Maim


She was crippled in a car accident

Clumsy

moving or doing things in a careless way, especially so that you drop things, knock into things etc




A clumsy waiter spilled wine all over her new skirt.

Stingy

Miserly

Ethics

Moral principles

Elite

People with power and money



A struggle for power within the ruling elite

Marvellous

Outstanding, fabulous

Salutation

Introduction

Wired

feeling very active and excited, especially because you have drunk a lot of coffee or taken a drug → high

Casualty

Sb who is hurt or killed in an accident or war



مصدومین حادثه

After shock

پس لرزه

Crumble

آوار شدن ساختمان


Small pieces are breaking out of it

Ruin

Destroy

Sympathy


Sympathize

همدردی


هم دردی کردن

Ration

What you're allowed to have


جیره



the weekly meat ration

Basic needs

Basic necessities of living

Keen on

Interested

Frown

Scowl



He looked at her with a puzzled frown.


She frowned as she read the letter.

Flavour

Taste of a food or drink

Bitter

تلخ

Bland

غذای بی مزه


Very little taste

Greasy

چرب و چیلی

Sour

ترش

Stodgy

غذایی که زود میگیره و سیر میکنه


مثل فسنجون

Fizzy

گازدار

Contaminate

Making a place or its subside dirty or harmful by poisoning it.

Flour

Celery

Eggplant

بادمجان

Squash

Parsely

جعفری

Radish

تربچه

Mask melon

خربزه

Wheat

Cabbage

کلم

Prawn

Rehearsal

Practice for public performance

Scold

Blame and critisize someone for sth

Inoculate

Treat with a vaccine

Readily

quickly and easily and willingly

Scheme

an official plan that is intended to help people in some way, for example by providing education or training




SYN program American English




The money will be used for teacher training schemes.

Definite

قطعی


Clearly, not vague

Soar

Fly in a high height

Aspire

Desire, hope for




At that time, all serious artists aspired to go to Rome.

Rehabilitate

Restore to normality

Conscience

Ethics, morals


وجدان




root of consciousness (WW)




he had a guilty


conscience about his desires"

Solely

not involving anything or anyone else




SYN only




Scholarships are given solely on the basis of financial need.

Envied solely for their material wealth

Overindulging

Have too much of sth enjoyable, overeat, overdrink, bee greedy

Mansion

A large impressive house

عمارت

Exalt

to put someone or something into a high rank or position




The poem was written to exalt the Roman empire.


Downtrodden

افراد لگدمال شده توسط قدرتمندان



downtrodden people are treated badly and without respect by people who have power over them

Standing up for downtrodden is a value

Wrongdoer

An offender


A person who "do"es "wrong"!

Notion

Belief


The traditional notion of mariage

I believe there is some truth to the notion that ....

Supersede

Replace



Their map has been superseded

The older models have now been superseded.

Cajole

Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.




"he hoped to cajole her into selling him her house"

Ingredients

one of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish:

Abreast

Side by side



It’s important to keep abreast of the latest developments in computers.

Keep Abreast of their competitors

On the spur of the moment

suddenly, without any previous planning or thought




We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment.

Regulate

Controling an acrivity or process




strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food

Arteries


Artery

شریان

Aroma

A pleasure smell from food or coffe

Gratifying

Satisfying

Disdain

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.




her upper lip curled in disdain




تحقیر


Scorn

Hue

Color or shade

Muster

Gather, collect.



to get enough courage, confidence, support etc to do something, especially with difficulty SYN summon (up)


Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out.

Fad

مد زودگذر

Gourmet

Related to a good food


لذیذ

Discerning

Discriminating


Having good judgment



an ideal tour for the discerning traveller

Quartet

A group of four people playing music or singing together.

Palate

A person’s palate is also the ability to taste and judge good food and drink:



Appetite



I let my palate dictate what I eat



ذائقه

A volatile situation

Unstable situation



a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning

Herb

any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.

Dissolve

حل کردن


Suger dissolves in water


منحل کردن


The monarch had the power to dissolve parliament

Culinary

Cooking



culinary skills

Commissioned

give an order for or authorize the production of (something such as a building, piece of equipment, or work of art).



You're commissioned to make the food

Crave

feel a powerful desire for (something).



If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

Induce

Persuade




succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something.




"the pickets induced many workers to stay away"

Enticing

attractive or tempting; alluring

Bun

a bread roll of various shapes and flavorings, typically sweetened and often containing dried fruit.

Blurb

a short description giving information about a book, new product etc




informal:


a short piece of writing describing and advertising a book, film, or a new product

Life expectancy

طول عمر

Delicate

ظریف

Tedious

Boring

Disembark

To get off from sth like boat

Worship

پرستیدن

Outskirts

Suburb



They live on the outskirts of Paris.

Elegant

Nice and beautiful

An elegant woman

Vividly

Clearly

Pilgrim

a religious person who travels a long way to a holy place




pilgrims visiting a holy shrine

Pavilion

Large open structure



a temporary building or tent which is used for public entertainment or exhibitions and is often large with a lot of space and light

Flooded

انبوه

Notorious

بد نام

Under Scrutiny

critical observation or examination

Retaliate

To get even with sb


تلافی

Nothing crosses my mind

چیزی به ذهنم نمیاد

Fabric

Cloth


پارچه

دفاع از پایان نامه

To present my thesis well/effectively

Fiscal year

سال کاری

Fine line

There is a fine line


There is a noticable difference

Delicacy

غذای کمیاب گران مورد علاقه

Snorkeling

صفا

Scuba diving

غواصی با کپسول

Immense

Large

Soccer field


Football field

زمین فوتبال

Basketball court


Volleyball court


Tennis court

زمین

Baseball pitch


Softball pitch

زمین

Clue

A piece of evidence



Police officers are still searching for clues

To outline

To write or say

Weight (noun)



Weigh (verb)


وزن



How much do you weigh?


My weight is 10 KG

Quiet

Silence

Quite

Complete

Strong determination

مصمم


Enthusiastic

Self-explanatory

Easily understood

Foreman

Employer

Cooperate

Co operate

To tease

سر به سر گذاشتن

Straight of hormoz

تنگه هرمز

To pinpoint

To identify ,


Find or locate exactly



One flare had pinpoint the target

rub off on someone

To have one's characteristics, mannerisms, or behavior be adopted by someone else from spending lots of time together



It seems like your boss's greed is rubbing off on you

Cargo

محموله

Basins

حوضچه

I have no set schedule

برنامه دقیق و از پیش تعیین شده ای ندارم

Obligation

Commitment




If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to pay them any money.

Did not pay attention

دقت نکرده بودم

To check up on someone

to find out what someone is doing in order to make certain that the person is behaving correctly or legally:




Dad is always checking up on me to make sure I’m doing my homework.

Life is in a fast lane

زندگی زودگذره

let (someone or something) loose

Set free



رها کردن




Due to a lack of evidence, the suspects were let loose by police

To Put on the death row

Killing

Oat

جو

Evoke

Bring back memories

To Demolish

To destroy

Shallow

کم عمق



Irrigation

آبیاری

Personal hygiene

بهداشت فردی

Dune

تپه


Sand dune

Tucked up in bed

تو تخت غلت زدن و کش و قوس اومدن توش

Decent

Very good

Soak

خیس



Got soaked

Scream vs. Yell

جیغ (زن)


داد (مرد)

Take initiative

ابتکار عمل رو به دست گرفتن

Consecutive

Back to back



five consecutive months of serious decline

Diverse

With a great variery, very different



a culturally diverse population

Inflation

تورم

Change (n)

پول خرد

be fond of somebody

to like someone very much, especially when you have known them for a long time and almost feel love for them




Joe’s quite fond of her, isn’t he?

To Confiscate

take or seize (someone's property) with authority.



the guards confiscated his camera

Bill

صورتحساب


اسکناس

Exceptionally

استثنائن



Upon receiving the sundial, my friend was exceptionally pleased with the unique gift.

Deficit

the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.



Budget deficit


The fund will absorb the deficit in the Rover pension scheme, which officially stands at £67.6m.

Hypothermia

the condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low.



Whether it was the beginnings of altitude sickness, hypothermia , or simply fatigue I have no idea.

To anguish over

Very worried



he anguished over how to reply

Renovate

بازسازی

To fluctuate

rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.


trade with other countries tends to fluctuate from year to year

To Spoon feed

غذا جوییدن و تو دهن طرف گذاشتن

Plummeted

fall or drop straight down at high speed.



a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

all-time high

In October, the stock hit an all-time high of $90.



هیچوقت بالاتر از این نبوده

Acquainted

if you are acquainted with someone, you have met them a few times but do not know them very well

Articulate

having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.



He is articulate , charismatic and persuasive.

Dignified (Adj)

behaving in a calm and serious way, even in a difficult situation, which makes people respect you




He seemed a very dignified and charming man.

Perceptive

someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people’s feelings etc

Genuine

Real, true

Occupation

Business

It brings back memories

خاطراتی رو به خاطرم میاره

Out of sight, out of mind

از دل برود، هر آنکه از دیده برفت

Outstanding

extremely good:


an outstanding example of a 13th-century castle

Installment

A system of paying for goods by a series of small regular payments

Intolerable

In + tolerable

Take a trip

سفر رفتن

Confirmation

a statement, document etc that says that something is definitely true



a religious ceremony in which someone is made a full member of the Christian church


جشن تکلیف

Hilarious

Very funny

Straight Away

At once


Immediately

To turn up

Appear

Dull

Stupid




If you don’t understand then you’re duller than I thought.

overwhelming

Extreme -


Something overwhelming is very intense and hard to deal with:




overwhelming events make people worried and stressed out.

Down to earth

آدم خاکی




practical and direct in a sensible honest way

Compulsary

اجباری


Mandatory

To revoke

To suspend



Their work permits have been revoked.

Delinquent

Offender u18

Use your own Discretion

the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.



it is up to local authorities to use their discretion in setting the charges

Humps and bumps

سرعت گیر

Law enforcement

اعمال قانون

Deficiencies

a lack or shortage.



vitamin A deficiency in children



Sunscreen prevented sunlight from generating vitamin D in the skin, risking serious deficiencies in the long run.

It boils down to ...

If a situation or problem boils down to sth, that is the main reason for it.



The problem boils down to one thing, lack of money.

Welfare

the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.


they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families

Bliss

perfect happiness; great joy.



she gave a sigh of bliss

Residential areas

مناطق مسکونی

Tomato paste

سس گوجه

To drop by on someone

Come to see someone




"they would unexpectedly drop by on us" "

Pass by

از نزدیک کسی عبور کردن



If you pass by my house, please don't hesitate to drop by.

Plateau

a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it



a period during which the level of something does not change, especially after a period when it was increasing:



Inflation rates have reached a plateau.

Long haul flight

پروازهای طولانی مدت

How would you go about doing that?

چطوری میخوای انجامش بدی؟

Agony of

Very severe pain:


the agony of arthritis

Ribs

each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs.

Wrist

the joint connecting the hand with the forearm.



For example, the nickel found in some jewellery may cause eczema on the ear lobes, wrists , and around the neck.

Twisted

something twisted has been bent in many directions or turned many times, so that it has lost its original shape:


the plane’s twisted wreckage



پیچ خورده

Swollen (Adj)

a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual, especially because you are ill or injured:


ورم


swollen glandsa badly swollen ankleHis eyes were swollen from crying.

Sore

of a part of one's body) painful or aching.



my feet were sore and my head ached



Oppress

Keep someone in subservience and hardship with unjust authority



A system that oppressed working people

Oh, poor old thing

حیوونکی

Lethal

Sufficient to cause death

Stiff

Hard to shape



A stiff black collar

To trip someone off

به کسی سکندری زدن


He tripped me off

To Slip

لیز خوردن



I slipped

Try to get a hang of it

To learn how to do sth

Swell


Swelling

ورم




o become larger and rounder than normal – used especially about parts of the body → swollen

To Twist

پیچ خوردن



My anckle is twisted

Hay fever

تب یونجه ای

Wrist

مچ دست

To run into

Collide with



He ran into a lamppost

Faint

بیهوش


To pass out



Feeling weak and dizzy and losing consciousness



The heat made him feel faint

Swallow

قورت دادن

Stich (n)


To Stich up (v)

بخیه


بخیه زدن

To Turn in

لو دادن


We didnt turn him in

Pamphlet

Booklet

face disgrace


brought disgrace

the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something they strongly disapprove of:



Smith faced total public disgrace after the incident.

To catch up

to improve and reach the same standard as other people in your class, group etc:


If you miss a lot of classes, it’s very difficult to catch up.

Grim


(Adjective)

making you feel worried or unhappy


SYN harsh




the grim reality of rebuilding the shattered town




We received the grim news in silence.

Laid (Lay)

put down and set in position for use.


چیدمان


it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional

Keep at it

to continue doing or trying to do something If you keep at it long enough you'll succeed.



The project was difficult, but we kept at it and eventually it was done

Collar

یقه پیرهن


قلاده

Obese

چاق

Obesity

چاقی

Provided that

On condition that



It can be good, provided that the money is spent with care

Offended by

آدمی که بهش برخورده


Adj


someone who is offended is angry and upset by someone’s behaviour or remarks




feel/look/sound offended




Stella was beginning to feel a little offended




He's been offended by the remark

To deter somebody from (doing) something

To put someone off




it can deterstudents from studying their lessons.




Don’t let a few problems put you off.

Rationally

Logically

Ordeal

A terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of timeordeal of


She then had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.


She was forced to face the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms.

Symptoms

علائم بیماری

Crunched



crunch (the) numbers

to do a lot of calculations in order to find an answer:


The computer will crunch all the numbers to determine the final score.

Seek revenge against somebody

He sought revenge against Surkov for separating him from his wife and son.

Breadwinner

نان آور خانواده

inflict something on/upon somebody

to make someone suffer something unpleasant




The strikes inflicted serious damage on the economy.

Tuberculosis

سل

Infusion

تزریق

Paramedics

امدادگران

Mosquito

پشه

Bednet

پشه بند

Impregnated

آغشته شده

Tribe

قبیله

Conservative

محافظه کار



not liking changes or new ideas:


a very conservative attitude to education


conservative views

Nomadic

if someone leads a nomadic life, they travel from place to place and do not live in any one place for very long:



The son of an air force pilot, he had a somewhat nomadic childhood.

Cattle

Cow

To drape

To cover



to cover or decorate something with a cloth


drape something over/around something


Jack emerged with a towel draped around him.

Infant

نوزاد

Heed

Pay attention




If she had only heeded my warnings, none of this would have happened.

Redress

to correct something that is wrong or unfair:


Little could be done to redress the situation.

We are breaking it even

ما سر به سر میشیم

Verbal altercation

Short noisy argument

Five storey building

ساختمون 5 طبقه

Calm (pronunciation)

Quiet

Repercussion

Consequence



the effects of an action or event, especially bad effects that continue for some time

Compartment

one of the separate areas into which a plane, ship, or train is divided:


a first-class compartment

Sanctuary

a peaceful place that is safe and provides protection, especially for people who are in danger



SYN refuge

To set aside

to keep something, especially money, time, or a particular area, for a special purpose


set something ↔ aside for


Try to set aside some time each day for exercise.

To fall asleep

به خواب فرو رفتن

To slack off

To make less effort than usual, or to be lazy in your work:


He was accused of slacking and taking too many holidays.

Turmoil

a state of confusion, excitement, or anxiety



political/emotional/economic/religious etc turmoil



the prospect of another week of political turmoil

Curriculum

the subjects that are taught by a school, college etc, or the things that are studied in a particular subject

Reconcile

To find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together:




It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.

Inclined

Tendency



To be likely to do something or behave in a particular way:


Commandos are inclined to shoot first and ask questions later.

Combustion

Burning

Controversial

Causes disagreement



The controversial issue of welfare reform


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

Viable

capable of working successfully;


feasible.




viable alternative/ proposition/ option




economically/ commercially/ financially viable




the proposed investment was economically viable

Indispensable

Essential



This book is indispensable to anyone interested in space exploration.

Glamorous

با شکوه

Glory

افتخار

That's swell

Pretty good

Apprentice

someone who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn a particular skill or job:


She works in the hairdresser’s as an apprentice.

To gulp


Gulp down

قورت دادن

Profit

سود

Extravagant

ولخرجی



Waste of money

Sewage water

آب فاضلاب

Mediator

واسطه



a person or organization that tries to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etc by discussion

Autobiography

بیوگرافی که خود طرف نوشته

To justify

توجیه کردن



to give an acceptable explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable:



Ministers must appear before Parliament and justify their actions.

Martial arts

هنرهای رزمی

Suspense

شک و دو دلی



a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next → tension



in suspense


They kept us in suspense for over two hours

Fable

a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals:



the fable of the fox and the crow

Chronological

به ترتیب

To Stagger

تلو تلو خوردن

Staggering

Amazing

He broke out of that jail

فرار از زندان

To Imitate

تقلید کردن



to copy the way someone behaves, speaks, moves etc, especially in order to make people laugh:



She was a splendid mimic and loved to

Triumph

an important victory or success after a difficult struggle:


Winning the championship is a great personal triumph.

To sum up

برای جمع بندی

Feat

Masterpiece


impressive achievement,


They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.

Trunk

صندوق عقب

In the foreseeable future

Fairly soon

To put down

To write down


To disrespect


To kill

Take your time

عجله نکن

To sentence

محکوم کردن

I'm just being picky

دارم مته به خشخاش میزارم

Imprisonment

the state of being in prison, or the time someone spends there:




They were sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment




Life imprisonment ابد

Getting even with somebody

Revenge

Ruthless

بی رحم

Utilitarian

intended to be useful and practical rather than attractive or comfortable:


ugly utilitarian buildings

To Skid on

Tony's car skidded on some ice and hit a tree.

To compensate

جبران ضرر و زیان



to replace or balance the effect of something bad:


Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.

Intentionally

Deliberately


Purposely

To knock over

to hit something or someone so that the person falls down:




Who knocked over the chair?

Ambition


Ambitious

بلند پروازی


بلندپرواز

Slam on brakes

Delicious cuisine

غذای مجلل مخصوص


The food cooked in a particular restaurant or hotel, especially when it is very good



Enjoy the delicious cuisine created by our award-winning chef.



To Plough


To Plow

1. to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted:In those days the land was plowed by oxen.



2. پارو کردن

Alley

Diagon alley

Log

تنه درخت


رکوردها

Conservation

The protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc, to prevent them from being spoiled or destroyed



SYN preservation → conserve:


wildlife conservation

Legislation

a law or set of laws:


This is a very important piece of legislation

Legislator


To legislate

قانون گذار


قانون گذاری

Landfill

زباله دانی

Fleet

ناوگان

Catastrophe

Disaster

Gutter

جوب

To dig

حفاری

To Carve

کنده کاری

Well

چاه

Discrepancy

a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same




discrepancy in/between




Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.




There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality.

Intact

Not damaged



Only the medieval tower had remained intact

Get/let off the hook

راه رها شدن از گیر


Their way of getting off the hook..


Thanks for letting me off the hook

Sensible

Reasonable, practical, and showing good judgement


She seems very sensible.

Gracious

used to express surprise or to emphasize ‘yes’ or ‘no’:


Good gracious! What on earth has happened to your feet?

Extensively

Large



As a student, he travelled extensively in the Middle East

Specimen

a small amount or piece that is taken from something, so that it can be tested or examined:


a blood specimen

Laborious

taking a lot of time and effort



A hard and laborious task

Recreation

an activity that you do for pleasure or amusement → hobby, pastime, leisure

Eye catching

چشم گیر

Humble

متواضع فروتن

In the course of time

As time goes by



The property will deteriorate in the course of time




در گذر زمان

To settle down

جا افتادن


to become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it




She quickly settled down in her new job.

Tropical

استوایی

Prone (adj)

Likely suffer


Vulnuerable


آسیب پذیر


They are prone to disease

Stilt

پایه ستون

Civic

Related to a city


Meeting of civic leaders


شهری

Quite often

اغلب اوقات

Violet

بنفشه

Daisy

گل مینا

Vase

گلدان
a container used to put flowers in or for decoration




~Flowerpot

To Give a ride

To give somebody a lift


To take



Can you Give me a ride to home? I dont have money

Leash

a piece of rope, leather etc fastened to a dog’s collar in order to control it




SYN lead




Never leave your dog off the leash outside a store.

It brings life to your place

محیط خونه رو تازه میکنه

It has a mind of its own

Wisley car!

Peninsula

شبه جزیره

Plaid skirt

دامن چیندار

Bridal Veil

تور عروس

To Segregate from

To separate people (based on sex, religious, race)


Disabled people should not be segregated from the society

To brew

دم کردن


Make by soaking, boiling and fermentation

To trip over

واژگون شدن


The car tripped over

To come into play

That's where the city planners come into play

I'm flattered

جالب شد برام

Anxious

Very worried

To drop out

ول کردن


He dropped out of university

Fanatic

SYN extremist




someone who has extreme political or religious ideas and is often dangerous




a religious fanatic

Wolf


Woves


(Pronunciation)

گرگ

Fermentation

Chemical breakdown


تخمیر



Deteriorate

Become progressively worse



Relation between countries had deteriorated sharply.

The thrill of

a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure



the thrill of travelling at high speeds



a thriller movie

Picket

a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike(تخصن).

daffodil

گل نرگس

Prescription for

a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a pharmacist → prescribe


prescription for



a prescription for sleeping pills

Recreational facilities

وسائل تفریحی

It goes with me

بهم میاد

It fits me

اندازمه

Take a crack at it

اقدام به کاری کردن

To confront

To face

Rough draft of sth

A basic version of something

In the middle of nowhere

ناکجا آباد

Subtle

OPP of obvious




The pictures are similar, but there are subtle differences between them.

to keep (somebody) hopes up

I don't want to keep your hopes up

Anthropology

The study of human kind

Conventions

Customs

undaunted

not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment.


"they were undaunted by the huge amount of work needed"


بی باک

Distinctive

شاخص


having a special quality, character, or appearance that is different and easy to recognize

a rock band with a distinctive sound

Revelation

A surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known




revelation about/concerning




He resigned after revelations about his affair.

Fundamental

Essential

Virology

Study of viruses

Hostile (adj)

Angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone, and ready to argue with them




Southampton fans gave their former coach a hostile reception.




The boy feels hostile towards his father.

Extraneous to


(Adj)

Not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem




SYN irrelevant




uch details are extraneous to the matter in hand.

Indulgent

Too kind




Willing to allow someone, especially a child, to do or have whatever they want, even if this is not good for them



Bulges

ورم




a sudden temporary increase in the amount or level of


something




a bulge in the birthrate

to help prevent wrinkles

چروک

Taxonomy

Classification

Conceivable

قابل باور




we were discussing the problems from every conceivable angle

Devastated

Sad and Shocked




She was left feeling totally devastated.

Repertoire

a stock of skills or types of behavior that a person habitually uses.




His repertoire of denigratory gestures

To come across

to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance:


I came across an old diary in her desk.

Bulletin board

a board on the wall that you put information or pictures on SYN noticeboard

Pat on the back

با دست زد پشتمون




he patted us on the back when we were talking about his father.

Receptive of each other

پذیرای همدیگه


Willing to consider new ideas or listen to someone else’s opinions




a receptive audience

You don't come across the kind of person who would do something to make himself embarrassed

آره دیگه 😂

Relatives

خویشاوندان

Intimidate

Frighten, menace




the forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population"




ترساندن


مرعوب کردن

Negligence

بی توجهی


The fact of not giving enough care or attention to someone or something:




medical negligence

To overhaul

To change or repair the necessary parts

Let-down

Disappoint

Let's play it by ears

بزار ببینیم چی میشه


To let things go as they may.

Our hearts go out to them

ما باهاشون همدردی میکنیم

Content (Adj)

Happy and satisfied




Andy was a good husband, and Nicky was clearly very content.




We’ll be content with a respectable result in tomorrow’s match.

Have/make an objection

اعتراض


Does anyone have any objections?



They made several objections to the charges.

To evaporate

تبخیر

Fair weather

هوای معتدل

make an effort


put effort into (doing) something

She made an effort to change the subject of the conversation.




Let’s try again, only put more effort into it this time.

Superstition

خرافات

Become informed

آگاه شدن


با خبر شدن

To prejudice against

تبعیض قائل شدن

To prejudge

زود قضاوت کردن

Killing 2 birds with one stone

یک تیر و دو نشان

To elaborate

To give more details




He said he had new evidence, but refused to elaborate any further.

Sensitivity

حساسیت

To loose face

آبرو ریزی

Ambiguous

ابهام


No ambiguity

To Notch up

to obtain or achieve something important or something that gives you an advantage over other people




Boeing quickly notched 49 firm orders for the new plane.

Shout

داد زدن

To cope

To succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation




Sometimes I find it hard to cope.




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

Intellectual (Adj)

SYN: mental


relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently




intellectual development/ability/activity




a job that requires considerable intellectual effort

Lawn mowing

چمن زنی

Hurdle

a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something




SYN obstacle




Finding enough money for the project was the first hurdle.

Circuit

CCTV

Synthetic

produced by combining different artificial substances, rather than being naturally produced OPP natural:




synthetic chemicals


مصنوعی

Questionnaire

a set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.

To record (v)


Record (n)

Pronunciation

Aptitude for

Talent



natural aptitude


He had a remarkable aptitude for accountancy.

Eventually

After a long time, or after a lot of things have happened




the project was hard but we kept at it and eventually it was done

I've tried to kick it up a notch.

to make something more exciting, intense, or interesting, as a food dish or a social gathering




kick it up a notch with fresh garlic

Well-off

Having a lot of money to have a good standard of living



Children from well-off families

To Urge someone to

To strongly suggest that someone does something


urge somebody to do something


I got a note from Moira urging me to get in touch.

put/place (a) strain on somebody/something




Under a strain



Difficulty




Living with my parents put quite a strain on our marriage.




His marriage was under strain.

To refrain from

To prevent



Please refrain from smoking in this area.

Degradation

Deteriorate




The process by which something changes to a worse condition




The economic effect of degradation and erosion may not be negligible.

To Boast about something

Syn: brag


talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities."she boasted about her many conquests"

Attitude

Point of view.




"he was questioned on his attitude to South Africa"

To emphasize


Emphasis

Pronunciations

To convince

To make someone feel certain that something is true:



Her arguments didn’t convince everyone, but changes were made.

To conceive of

To imagine sth



I think my uncle still concieves of me as a 4 year old.



He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.

Accommodation

Place to stay

Furniture


Appliances

Equipments

To speculate

Prediction in a good way

To run over

زیر کردن


to hit someone or something with a vehicle, and drive over them:




He was run over and killed by a bus.

Clone

An exact copy of someone or something

Sophisticated

Advanced


State-of-the-art


Cutting edge

Pale

رنگ پریده


She looked pale and drawn

If push comes to shove

If the situation deteriorates or becomes desperate; if drastic measures are needed.



If push comes to shove, I have some extra savings I could tap into.

To subordinate sth to sth

to put someone or something in a less important position


Why subordinate your wishes to those of your family?

Literacy


Illiteracy

باسوادی


بی سوادی

Clear-cut

بسیار واضح


Definite



A Clear-cut distinction between right and wrong

This is what you get from ...

Mother! 😂

Toughen (toughening)

سفت و سخت کردن


make or become stronger or more resilient.


"he tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school"

Fatal Accident

An accident which somebody is killed

We have just been informed that...

Passive

Fatalities

مرگ و میر

To sue

غرامت خواستن


He is being sued

I have a bone to pick with you

something to argue about, a matter to discuss

Adrift

Someone who is confused about what to do in their life



A young adrift woman

Nailed it

Completed the task or got sth right

Resort

A place where many people go for rest or sport

As a last resort

If all other methods fail



Guns are considered as the last resort.

Devoted


Devotion

Extremely loving and loyal


You were always devoted and connected




Devoted and connected




Alanna has always shown intense devotion to her children.

Ritual

A set of fixed actions performed regularly, specially as a part of a ceremony



Lily and Marchall's rituals


تشریفات

Blizzard

کولاک


He went charging off into a blizard for no good reason

to charge off

to move hastily from a particular place or thing


We charged off when we heard the sirens approaching.

Snob

Someone who repects and likes only people in high social rank class



He's a terrible snob. If you haven't been to the right school he probably won't even speak to you.



Simplistic

treating difficult subjects in a way that is too simple:


This is a very simplistic approach to the problem.

To wave aside

To ignore or dismiss or disregard someone or something



This review waves aside the actors' performance.

I've earned it.

با زحمت به دستش آوردم

To take someone up on

To discuss and deal with someone



Maybe I will take you up on that offer in the future.

Run out of gas

I ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere yesterday.



I merely ran out of gas


I was running out of gas

Route (pronunciation)

تلفظ

To die down

Becoming and making less strong,activr or violent


فروکش کردن



Don't worry, the gossip will soon die down.


When the excitement had died down,...

The Word is out

A piece of news is known, especially if it was secret


خبرش درآمده یا گندش درآمده


The word is out that superstar John Doe is to marry towards the end of this year.



Yeah, i guess the word is out.

To Contradict

To say the opposite of what someone else has said


ضد و نقیض


Stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!


How dare you contradict me!


He kept contradicting himself.

Economically justifiable

قابل توجیه


Done for good reasons



Justifiable anger


Economically justifiable

Stray dog

سگ ولگرد

Corrosive

Erosive

Measures

Steps

Pollutants

آلاینده ها

To impose on

Force on someone



The court can impose a fine (penalty)


Parents who impose their own moral values on their children,..


To Enact

To make a proposal into a law



Congress refused to enact the bill

Consist of

Be made up of



The crew consists of 5 men.

Garment

Formal: a piece of clothing


She pulled the garment and zipped it.


.

Up-****-creek

To be in deep trouble with no solution


He knew he was up **** creek without a paddle (پارو قایق).

Catch on

To learn or understand something



You catch on pretty quick.

Strive

Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.




"national movements were striving for independence"

Neat handwriting

Tidy


tidy and carefully arranged:


Neat handwriting


Write quickly and neatly!




Neat handwriting but not legible enough.

Cumbersome

a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult




cumbersome procedures

To allot

to allocate




Each school will be allotted twenty seats.




the allotted time can be spent for...

Pure and untouched

طبیعت بکر و دست نخورده

To live in her/his own way

روش خودشو برای زندگی داره

Cozy

Giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation.




"the flickering lamp gave the room a cozy lived-in air"

Rubble

waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.




"two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble"

Whereabouts

The place where a person or thing is:




his exact whereabouts are/is a mystery.




They had no news whereabouts he was.

Insurance Booklet

دفترچه بیمه

Talking with the sense of assurances

با اطمینان صحبت کردن

pick on someone


Get picked on

کسی رو اذیت کردن



to criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly:



He gets picked on because he’s small.



He started picking on us.

In this kind of manner

در این منش




they have grown in this kind of menner

Breed

If animals breed, they mate in order to have babies


Eagles breed duting cooler months of the year



A type of animal


My favorite breed of dog


نژاد

To be tamed

اهلی شدن


domesticate (an animal)




"wild rabbits can be kept in captivity and eventually tamed"

Superiority (of)


Feed someone's sense of superiority

ارجعیت


the quality of being better, more skilful, more powerful etc than other people or things.



She was diffident, which gave him confidence and fed his sense of superiority.



the superiority of their product.

Ache


Sore


Pain

ache: a continuos dull pain (headache, backache, toothache)




sore: hurting when used or touched


(a sore throat, sore muscles)




pain: a physical suffering in a part of the body


(I have a pain in my chest).

Willpower

اراده


the ability to control your mind and body in order to achieve something that you want to do




It took all his willpower to remain calm.

Substance

مواد


chemical substance

peer pressure

فشار از طرف هم سن و سال ها

vocational therapy

helps a person with mental or physical problem to resume productive employment

Disorders

بیماری های روانی

Drug trafficking

قاچاق مواد

Obsession (Obsessive)

Compulsion(Compulsive)




an extreme unhealthy interest in something or worry about something, which stops you from thinking about anything else.




Gambling became an obsession, and he eventually lost everything.




The poet seems to have an obsession with death.

Devotion to

the strong love that you show when you pay a lot of attention to someone or something

Compromise with


Compromise between


To reach a compromise

رسیدن به مصالحه


Fresh attempts at compromise with the legislature were also on the agenda.




After a bitter political fight, a compromise was finally reached.

Agenda


(On the agenda)

a list of problems or subjects that a government, organization etc is planning to deal with




Measures to combat terrorism will be high on the agenda.

Immerse yourself in something

to become completely involved in an activity




He left school at 16 and immersed himself in the Labour Party.

To come about

Take place, happen




How did all this come about?