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Progress
evelopment, advance, breakthrough
Enthusiastic
Very interested in
Motivated
Really want to do sth
Improve
Get better
Obvious
Clear
Encouraging
It gives you hope
Accurately
With no mistakes
I was aware of that
You know about it
Irritating
Annoying
Rational
Irrational
I slipped and twisted ankle.
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
Frustrating
Annoying
My outmost wish is to see myself among the top of my field.
Outmost
My long-term goal is to pursue my postgraduate study in one of the best university in world.
Long-term goal
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.
As i ……
I set out this year’s resolutions
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
They include getting a higher band in IELTS exam.
Include: not exclude, contain, comprise, cover, embrace, encompass, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in
introduce, add, enter, insert
The remaining task that i have been planned is to apply for a promotion at my current job or find another more decent job.
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.
When i think about my goals nothing but getting in to my profession comes always first.
Nothing but …. : هیچی بجز
Comes always first: حرف اول را میزند
Profession: occupation, business, calling, career, employment
Get into
Start doing sth/ arrive
How come?
Why or how sth happened
Did you do anything special?
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.
They pulled out three names for a prize.
Pulled out : بیرون کشیدن
Terrific
great, enormous, fearful, gigantic, huge, intense, tremendous
Bear
support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold
Melt
dissolve, fuse, liquefy, soften, thaw
Peel
Peel banana
Peel apple
skin, flake off, pare, scale, strip off
Pail
سطل
Pill
قرص
Bold
fearless, adventurous, audacious, brave, courageous, daring, enterprising, heroic, intrepid, valiant
Bald
hairless, baldheaded, depilated
Definitely
Certainly
Hunter
a person who hunts wild animals, or an animal that hunts other animals for food
adventure
ماجراجویانه
Recline
to lie or lean back in a relaxed way
interpretation
the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc
Wobbly
unsteady, rickety, shaky, teetering, tottering, uneven
Maid
woman or girl who is not married ⇒ old maid
Fled
PT of Flee
Wicked
bad, corrupt, depraved, devilish, evil, fiendish
Frightening
terrifying, alarming, fearful
Cheat
deceive, beguile
to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination
plot
plan, cabal, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme, stratagem
Riddance
disposal, discarding, disposition, dumping, jettison, junking, relegation, scrapping, throwing away
innate
inborn, congenital, constitutional, essential, inbred, ingrained, inherent, instinctive, intuitive, native, natural
Cloak
- cape, coat, mantle, wrap
Muddy puddle
- dirty, bespattered, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, soiled
Breeding
upbringing, ancestry, cultivation, development, lineage, nurture, raising, rearing, reproduction, training
Anecdote
Story
Demonstrate
prove, display, exhibit, indicate, manifest, show, testify to
Impressed
excite, affect, inspire, make an impression, move, stir, strike, touch
Excellent
outstanding, brilliant, exquisite, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, great, superb, superlative, world-class
Parallel
equidistant, alongside, side by side
- matching, analogous, corresponding, like, resembling, similar
In favor of
به نفع کسی دیگر..
He decided to abandon his subway seat in favour of a woman standing nearby.
Generous
charitable, beneficent, bountiful, hospitable, kind, lavish, liberal, open-handed, unstinting
- unselfish, big-hearted, good, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, noble
Flirt/flirting
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
Gallant
brave, bold, courageous, heroic, honourable, intrepid, manly, noble, valiant
as a result of sth
because of something that has happened
Ex: trouble as a result of a gallant gesture.
Probably
likely, doubtless, maybe, most likely, perhaps, possibly, presumably
Pointed
sharp, acute, barbed, edged
- cutting, acute, biting, incisive, keen, penetrating, pertinent, sharp, telling
Antonyms: blunt
Contrasted words: dull, rounded
Sophisticated
cultured, cosmopolitan, cultivated, refined, urbane, worldly
- complex
Polished
accomplished, adept, expert, fine, masterly, professional, skilful, superlative
Bald
hairless, baldheaded, depilated
- plain, blunt, direct, forthright, straightforward, unadorned, unvarnished
Wardrobe
clothes cupboard, closet
- clothes, apparel, attire
English Thesaurus: clothes, clothing, garment, dress, wear
Concept
idea, abstraction, conception, conceptualization, hypothesis, image, notion, theory, view
Errand
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.
Perceive
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
Impeccable
faultless, blameless, flawless, immaculate, irreproachable, perfect, unblemished, unimpeachable
: without any faults and impossible to criticize Synonym : perfect
Effortless
easy, painless, plain sailing, simple, smooth, uncomplicated, undemanding
Elegant
stylish, chic, delicate, exquisite, fine, graceful, handsome, polished, refined, tasteful,attractive
Dainty
delicate, charming, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, neat, petite, pretty
Generation
-all people of about the same age.
production, creation, formation, genesis, propagation, reproduction
- age group, breed, crop
- age, epoch.
Represent
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.
Phase
stage, chapter, development, juncture, period, point, position, step, time.
one of the stages of a process of development or change.
Ripped jeans
شلوار پاره
dive into something
to start something enthusiastically without first thinking about it.
Dive into the actual; شیرجه زدن در واقعیت
Lastes for a long time
مدت زیادی طول میکشه یا عمر میکنه
Elegance
style, dignity, exquisiteness, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, luxury, refinement, taste
Alteration
change, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, difference, modification, reformation, revision, transformation, variation
Victims
casualty, fatality, martyr, sacrifice, scapegoat, sufferer
Related Idioms: easy mark, easy pickings
Related Words: quarry
Strand
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”
exaggerate
overstate, amplify, embellish, embroider, enlarge, overemphasize, overestimate
Earnest
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!
Jury
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
Bear
support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold
Sth that is hard to bear.
Wager
Synonyms:
- bet, chance, gamble, lay, risk, speculate, stake, venture
Grave
burying place, crypt, mausoleum, pit, sepulchre, tomb, vault
the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇒ tomb
Terror
Synonyms:
- fear, alarm, anxiety, dread, fright, horror, panic, shock
- scourge, bogeyman, bugbear, devil, fiend, monster
Spirit
Those spirits that may inhabit a cemetery must have had a good laugh too.
Revenge
retaliation, an eye for an eye, reprisal, retribution, vengeance
something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you
Scarce
rare, few, few and far between, infrequent, in short supply, insufficient, uncommon
if something is scarce, there is not very much of it available:
Moisture
damp, dew, liquid, water, wetness
Desert
صحرا- شایستگی- رهاکردن- فرار کردن
abandon, abscond, forsake, jilt, leave, leave stranded, maroon, quit, strand
wilderness, solitude, waste, wasteland, wilds
Convention
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.
Publisher
a person or company whose business is to arrange the writing, production, and sale of books, etc.
Encyclopedia
a book or CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject.
Put out (a book)
annoy, anger, exasperate, irk, irritate, nettle, vex
- extinguish, blow out, douse, quench
- inconvenience, bother, discomfit, discommode, impose upon, incommode, trouble
Win over
convince, bring or talk round, convert, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway
Win over to do or believe: persuade
Sinking
درحال غرق شدن.
No one could persuade the captain to leave the sinking ship.
Flour
ارد
Vapor
moisture in the air that can be seen
Eliminate
Omit, get rid of
Mist
fog, cloud, film, haze, smog, spray, steam, vapour
Recline
lean, lie (down), loll, lounge, repose, rest, sprawl
Reclining chairs
Villain
a bad person or criminal: a very wicked person.
Cellar
a room under a house or other building, often used for storing things Synonym : basement: a coal cellar
Trapping
An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; a caparison. Often used in the plural
Swamp
bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, quagmire, slough
Utilize
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.
Border
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
Leftover
remnant, oddment, scrap
remaining after all the rest has been used, taken, or eaten.
Complain
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.
Convincing
making you believe that something is true or right.
Synonyms: persuasive, cogent, conclusive, credible, impressive, plausible, powerful, telling
