07-fire Flashcards

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1
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Fire brigade

A

the fire service SYN fire department

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Blaze

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Fire

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Swift

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happening or done quickly and immediately

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Steward

A

مهماندار

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5
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Porcelain

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plates, cups etc made of this → china

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Lawn

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an area of ground in a garden or park that is covered with short grass

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Bulk

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in large quantities at one time

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Salvage

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when you save things from a situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed, or lost
نجات دادن

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Sludge /slʌdʒ/

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1soft thick mud, especially at the bottom of a liquid
2the solid substance that is left when industrial waste or sewage (=the liquid waste from toilets) has been cleaned
3thick dirty oil in an engine
—sludgy adjective
لجن

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10
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Utter/adj/

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complete – used especially to emphasize that something is very bad, or that a feeling is very strong
Absolute

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Fragment

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a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger:
glass fragments

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Debris

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the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc

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Reprieve

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a delay before something bad happens or continues to happen → respite
مهلت
تاخیر

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Inevitable /ɪˈnevətəbəl, ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/

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certain to happen and impossible to avoid

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Dismantle /dɪsˈmæntl/ verb

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to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces:
Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes.

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16
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Splendid

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excellent

17
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Vandalism /ˈvændəl-ɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]

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/ˈvændəl-ɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property

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Intricate

A

complex
intricate patterns

19
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Ascertained

A

establish
محقق کردن
مشخص کردن

20
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Testament

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1.
a person’s will, especially the part relating to personal property.
“father’s will and testament”
2.
something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.
“growing attendance figures are a testament to the event’s popularity”

21
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Serendipity

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when interesting or valuable discoveries are made by accident → luck