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Progress

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evelopment, advance, breakthrough

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Enthusiastic

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Very interested in

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Motivated

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Really want to do sth

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Improve

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Get better

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Obvious

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Clear

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Encouraging

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It gives you hope

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Accurately

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With no mistakes

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I was aware of that

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You know about it

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Irritating

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Annoying

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Rational

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Irrational

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I slipped and twisted ankle.

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slipped: fall, skid
twisted: something twisted has been bent in many directions or turned many times, so that it has lost its original shape.
ankle: قوزک پا

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Frustrating

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Annoying

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My outmost wish is to see myself among the top of my field.

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Outmost

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My long-term goal is to pursue my postgraduate study in one of the best university in world.

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Long-term goal

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This year is very important to me, as i migrated and i started everything in first so i have to find a job, and shall be independent and do everything that I dreamed.

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As i ……

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I set out this year’s resolutions

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Set out: design, arrange, lay out, map (out), plan, head, bear, light out, make, strike out, take off;
to start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result

resolutions: determination, doggedness, firmness

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They include getting a higher band in IELTS exam.

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Include: not exclude, contain, comprise, cover, embrace, encompass, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in
introduce, add, enter, insert

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The remaining task that i have been planned is to apply for a promotion at my current job or find another more decent job.

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Decent : reasonable, adequate, ample, fair, passable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable
,respectable, of a good enough standard or quality.

Current: happening or existing now, but not likely to last for a long time.

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When i think about my goals nothing but getting in to my profession comes always first.

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Nothing but …. : هیچی بجز

Comes always first: حرف اول را میزند

Profession: occupation, business, calling, career, employment

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Get into

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Start doing sth/ arrive

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How come?

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Why or how sth happened

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Did you do anything special?

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I slept most of the day.
I think i fell asleep in the middle of it.
Too bad, i was going to ask you out next weekend.

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They pulled out three names for a prize.

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Pulled out : بیرون کشیدن

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Terrific

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great, enormous, fearful, gigantic, huge, intense, tremendous

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Bear

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support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold

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Melt

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dissolve, fuse, liquefy, soften, thaw

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Peel

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Peel banana
Peel apple

skin, flake off, pare, scale, strip off

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Pail

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سطل

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Pill

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قرص

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Bold

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fearless, adventurous, audacious, brave, courageous, daring, enterprising, heroic, intrepid, valiant

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Bald

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hairless, baldheaded, depilated

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Definitely

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Certainly

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Hunter

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a person who hunts wild animals, or an animal that hunts other animals for food

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adventure

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ماجراجویانه

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Recline

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to lie or lean back in a relaxed way

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interpretation

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the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc

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Wobbly

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unsteady, rickety, shaky, teetering, tottering, uneven

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Maid

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woman or girl who is not married ⇒ old maid

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Fled

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PT of Flee

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Wicked

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bad, corrupt, depraved, devilish, evil, fiendish

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Frightening

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terrifying, alarming, fearful

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Cheat

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deceive, beguile

to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination

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plot

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plan, cabal, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme, stratagem

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Riddance

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disposal, discarding, disposition, dumping, jettison, junking, relegation, scrapping, throwing away

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innate

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inborn, congenital, constitutional, essential, inbred, ingrained, inherent, instinctive, intuitive, native, natural

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Cloak

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  • cape, coat, mantle, wrap
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Muddy puddle

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  • dirty, bespattered, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, soiled
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Breeding

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upbringing, ancestry, cultivation, development, lineage, nurture, raising, rearing, reproduction, training

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Anecdote

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Story

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Demonstrate

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prove, display, exhibit, indicate, manifest, show, testify to

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Impressed

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excite, affect, inspire, make an impression, move, stir, strike, touch

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Excellent

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outstanding, brilliant, exquisite, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, great, superb, superlative, world-class

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Parallel

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equidistant, alongside, side by side

- matching, analogous, corresponding, like, resembling, similar

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In favor of

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به نفع کسی دیگر..

He decided to abandon his subway seat in favour of a woman standing nearby.

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Generous

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charitable, beneficent, bountiful, hospitable, kind, lavish, liberal, open-handed, unstinting
- unselfish, big-hearted, good, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, noble

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Flirt/flirting

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to behave towards someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted to them, although you do not really want a relationship with them

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Gallant

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brave, bold, courageous, heroic, honourable, intrepid, manly, noble, valiant

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as a result of sth

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because of something that has happened

Ex: trouble as a result of a gallant gesture.

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Probably

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likely, doubtless, maybe, most likely, perhaps, possibly, presumably

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Pointed

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sharp, acute, barbed, edged
- cutting, acute, biting, incisive, keen, penetrating, pertinent, sharp, telling
Antonyms: blunt
Contrasted words: dull, rounded

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Sophisticated

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cultured, cosmopolitan, cultivated, refined, urbane, worldly

- complex

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Polished

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accomplished, adept, expert, fine, masterly, professional, skilful, superlative

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Bald

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hairless, baldheaded, depilated

- plain, blunt, direct, forthright, straightforward, unadorned, unvarnished

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Wardrobe

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clothes cupboard, closet
- clothes, apparel, attire
English Thesaurus: clothes, clothing, garment, dress, wear

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Concept

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idea, abstraction, conception, conceptualization, hypothesis, image, notion, theory, view

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Errand

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job, charge, commission, message, mission, task

…Go run some errands…

: a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them.

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Perceive

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see, behold, discern, discover, espy, make out, note, notice, observe, recognize, spot
- understand, comprehend, gather, grasp, learn, realize

: to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way ⇒ perception

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Impeccable

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faultless, blameless, flawless, immaculate, irreproachable, perfect, unblemished, unimpeachable

: without any faults and impossible to criticize Synonym : perfect

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Effortless

A

easy, painless, plain sailing, simple, smooth, uncomplicated, undemanding

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Elegant

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stylish, chic, delicate, exquisite, fine, graceful, handsome, polished, refined, tasteful,attractive

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Dainty

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delicate, charming, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, neat, petite, pretty

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Generation

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-all people of about the same age.

production, creation, formation, genesis, propagation, reproduction

  • age group, breed, crop
  • age, epoch.
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Represent

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stand for, act for, betoken, mean, serve as, speak for, symbolize

  • symbolize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, personify, typify
  • portray, denote, depict, describe, illustrate, outline, picture, show

; SPEAK FOR SOMEBODY.
;Symbol.

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Phase

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stage, chapter, development, juncture, period, point, position, step, time.

one of the stages of a process of development or change.

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Ripped jeans

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شلوار پاره

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dive into something

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to start something enthusiastically without first thinking about it.

Dive into the actual; شیرجه زدن در واقعیت

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Lastes for a long time

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مدت زیادی طول میکشه یا عمر میکنه

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Elegance

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style, dignity, exquisiteness, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, luxury, refinement, taste

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Alteration

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change, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, difference, modification, reformation, revision, transformation, variation

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Victims

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casualty, fatality, martyr, sacrifice, scapegoat, sufferer
Related Idioms: easy mark, easy pickings
Related Words: quarry

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Strand

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one of the parts of a story, idea, plan etc
strand of thought/opinion/argument
-Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.

-a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etc
“strand of”

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exaggerate

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overstate, amplify, embellish, embroider, enlarge, overemphasize, overestimate

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Earnest

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serious, grave, intent, resolute, resolved, sincere, solemn, thoughtful

in earnest if something starts happening in earnest, it begins properly – used when it was happening in a small or informal way before:
On Monday your training begins in earnest!

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Jury

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A group of often 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not:
the members of the jury

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Bear

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support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold

Sth that is hard to bear.

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Wager

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Synonyms:

- bet, chance, gamble, lay, risk, speculate, stake, venture

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Grave

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burying place, crypt, mausoleum, pit, sepulchre, tomb, vault

the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇒ tomb

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Terror

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Synonyms:

  • fear, alarm, anxiety, dread, fright, horror, panic, shock
  • scourge, bogeyman, bugbear, devil, fiend, monster
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Spirit

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Those spirits that may inhabit a cemetery must have had a good laugh too.

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Revenge

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retaliation, an eye for an eye, reprisal, retribution, vengeance

something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you

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Scarce

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rare, few, few and far between, infrequent, in short supply, insufficient, uncommon

if something is scarce, there is not very much of it available:

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Moisture

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damp, dew, liquid, water, wetness

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Desert

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صحرا- شایستگی- رهاکردن- فرار کردن

abandon, abscond, forsake, jilt, leave, leave stranded, maroon, quit, strand

wilderness, solitude, waste, wasteland, wilds

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Convention

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custom, code, etiquette, practice, propriety, protocol, tradition, usage

  • agreement, bargain, contract, pact, protocol, treaty
  • assembly, conference, congress, convocation, council, meeting

a large formal meeting for people who belong to the same profession or organization or who have the same interests.

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Publisher

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a person or company whose business is to arrange the writing, production, and sale of books, etc.

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Encyclopedia

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a book or CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject.

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Put out (a book)

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annoy, anger, exasperate, irk, irritate, nettle, vex

  • extinguish, blow out, douse, quench
  • inconvenience, bother, discomfit, discommode, impose upon, incommode, trouble
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Win over

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convince, bring or talk round, convert, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway

Win over to do or believe: persuade

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Sinking

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درحال غرق شدن.

No one could persuade the captain to leave the sinking ship.

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Flour

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ارد

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Vapor

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moisture in the air that can be seen

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Eliminate

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Omit, get rid of

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Mist

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fog, cloud, film, haze, smog, spray, steam, vapour

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Recline

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lean, lie (down), loll, lounge, repose, rest, sprawl

Reclining chairs

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Villain

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a bad person or criminal: a very wicked person.

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Cellar

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a room under a house or other building, often used for storing things Synonym : basement: a coal cellar

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Trapping

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An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; a caparison. Often used in the plural

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Swamp

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bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, quagmire, slough

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Utilize

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use, avail oneself of, employ, make use of, put to use, take advantage of, turn to account.

to use something for a particular purpose.

We must consider how best to utilize what resources we have.

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Border

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Synonyms:
- frontier, borderline, boundary, line, march
- edge, bounds, brink, limits, margin, rim, verge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- edge, bind, decorate, fringe, hem, rim, trim

the official line that separates two countries, states, or areas, or the area close to this line; حاشیه، لبه

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Leftover

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remnant, oddment, scrap

remaining after all the rest has been used, taken, or eaten.

112
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Complain

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to say that you are annoyed, not satisfied, or unhappy about something or someone ⇒ complaint:
Residents are complaining because traffic in the area has increased.

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Convincing

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making you believe that something is true or right.

Synonyms: persuasive, cogent, conclusive, credible, impressive, plausible, powerful, telling

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