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View
to look at sth
Content
Happy and satisfied
*Andy was a good husband, and Nicky was clearly very content.
Instruct
Teach
*Employees are instructed how to make a complaint.
Represent
to speak or act for a person or group
*Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.
Stroll
To walk slowly and calmly
*We were strolling along, laughing and joking.
Bilingual
A bilingual person can speak 2 languages.
*Louis is virtually bilingual in Dutch and German.
Dash
To run or move quickly
*Olive dashed into the room, grabbed her bag, and ran out again.
Gulf
A gap between people who don’t understand each other.
*A growing gulf between old and young
Tense
not relaxed
*Is anything wrong? You look a little tense.
Vague
Not clear
*His answer about his mother’s health was vague.
Ingredient
One of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish
*The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.
Claim
Say sth that is true.
claim to do sth
ادعا کردن
*The group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
Contribute
To help to make something happen (causing sth)
To give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in
- The volunteers contribute their own time to the project.
- Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.
Contrast
Sharp difference between 2 things
Propose
To suggest
*In his speech he proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment.
Require
to need something
*Campbell’s broken leg will probably require surgery.
Tear
to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch
- Be careful not to tear the paper.
Primary
most important thing
*his primary thoughts are about money
Appeal
To appeal to someone is to be interesting or attractive.
sleeping all day appeals to me.
Dull
not interesting or exciting
*the movie was very dull, I fell asleep during watching it.
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Embarrass
To make someone feel ashamed.
He was embarrassed when he couldn’t remember her name.
Fare
amount of money paid to use a bus.
since she is a senior, my grandmother pays a low fare.
Practical
Useful
*Learning English is practical, you can use it everywhere.
Treasure
Collection of valuable things like jewels or gold.
گنج
*They became rich when they found the buried treasure.
Urge
to strongly suggest that someone does something
اصرارکردن
*He urged them to believe his story.
*Maria from the student service urged me not to object to my visa application.
Description
it says what someone or something are like.
*I gave a description of man with the gun and hat to the police.
Outline
the plan for a story or a play.
Before writing the essay, I made the outline. (خلاصه)
Consume
to eat or drink sth.
Jack consumed a whole pot of spaghetti.
Excite
to excite someone is to make them happy.and interested.
Fortunate
lucky (adj.)
Wonder
to ask yourself questions
to have a need to know.
Beat
to beat someone is to do better than they do.
*I managed to beat everyone in the race.
Puddle
a small pool of liquid, especially rainwater
گودال
response
واکنش دادن
respond
پاسخ دادن
Injustice
not fair
Though
Used to introduce a statement that makes the main statement coming after it seem surprising, unlikely, or unexpected
*Though she’s almost 40, she still plans to compete.
Charge
the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services
*There is a charge for the use of the swimming pool
Comfort
To comfort someone is to make them feel better.
*I wanted to comfort my friend after I heard bad news.
Set
To set sth is to put it somewhere.
*The workmen set the box down carefully on the floor.
Advance
to go forward
*the enemy’s advance on St. Petersburg
Pole
a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something (ستون - دسته بلند چیزی)
*The flag pole
Web
The home of a spider
Critic
Someone who gives opinions about movies, books, plays, etc.
*A wine critic
Cheer
To give a loud shout of approval or encouragement.
Strike
To strike people or things is to hit them.
*she struck the other girl in the face.
Unite
To unite is to get together to do sth.
بهم پیوستن
*if we unite, we can finish our project faster.
Term
A term is a word for sth.
*I often use the term oops when i make mistake.
term pashmam.
اصطلاح
Associate
To associate means to connect sth with a person or thing. (مرتبط دانستن)
*Most people associate birthday parties with having fun.
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Instance
An example of sth.
an example of a particular kind of situation
*These three cases are instances of a civilization working over its own heritage something rarely brought fully to light.
Populate
populate an are means to live there.
Populate
if people populate an area, they live there.
*The highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers.
Wide
measuring a large distance from one side to the other
*How wide is the door?
Wide
If sth is wide, it is large from side to side.
Further
it means at or from a greater distance or time.
*The escalator is further than I thought.
Imply
To imply something is to suggest it without saying it.
اشاره ضمنی
*He implied he wanted the job, but he didn’t say so.
Coast
The land by the ocean.
- I stayed on the southern coast of Australia.
Driveway
A driveway is a short private road that leads to a persons home.
the long driveway led us to their new house.
Shiver
A shiver is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.
I got shivers on my way home because it was cold.
Shiver
A shiver is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.
I got shivers on my way home because it was cold.
Settle
When you settle sth, you reach an agreement.
*We settled the argument by looking up the answer on the web.
Moderate
not very large or very small, very hot or very cold, very fast or very slow etc
Fragile
When people or things are fragile, they are not strong and can be damaged easily.
*The fragile glassware was carefully packed into boxes.
Craft
v.
To craft sth is to make it using skill.
*She crafted the bookcase out of solid pine wood and then painted it.
Burden
A burden is a serious or difficult responsibility.
زحمت، بار
*Children who do not behave are a burden to their parents.
Compromise
To compromise is to agree to sth that is not exactly what you want.
*We both compromised about game we decided to play.
Ahead
in front of
Demonstrate
To demonstrate sth is to show how it is done.
شرح دادن
*She demonstrated her plan to her co-workers.
Idiom
An idiom is a phrase with meaning difficult from its word.
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