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Compromise

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a compromise is an agreement in which people agree to accept less than they originally want
به توافق رسیدن، به خطر افتادن، لطمه زدن

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Revert

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Return to normal

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Decimate

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Destroy
لت و پار کردن، کشت و کشتار کردن، تلفات سنگین وارد کردن
1. The pollution could decimate the river’s thriving population of kingfishers.

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Inveigh against

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To criticise someone or something strongly

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Deploy

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مستقر کردن یا شدن، جایگیر شدن یا کردن(برای نیرو های نظامی خیلی استفاده میشه)
The general ordered his men to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.
ژنرال به مردانش دستور داد تا برای مقابله با تهاجم دشمن اعزام شوند

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Brook

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تحمل کردن، زیر بار رفتن
ولی معمولا حالت منفیش با not استفاده میشه
I will notbrookinsults from my own employees

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Recoil

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kickback, rebound; wince, flinch

Many people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this

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Stem

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To stop something from happening, spreading, or developing

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Clemency

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Forgiveness and less severe punishment for a crime

  1. the clemency of the weather in shiraz

اعتدال هوای شیراز

  1. the judge’s clemency toward the offender

عطوفت قاضی نسبت به آن خطاکار

  1. She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband.

[ترجمه گوگل]او پس از کشتن شوهر خشن خود مورد عفو قرار گرفت

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Interjection

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حرف ندا، حروفی که معمولا معنی خاصی ندارند و برای بیان احساست گفته میشه مثل wow, oh

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Culpability

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The state of deserving blame
مستحق ملامت ، سزاوار نکوهش

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Dismissal

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سازی، مردود شمردن (dismission هم می
گفتند)، مرخص سازی

his dismissal was due to his want of three points
اخراج او به خاطر این بود که سه امتیاز کم داشت.

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Lissome

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A body that is lissome is thin and graceful

بدن زیبا، لاغر منعطف

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Desiccated

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dried out; dehydrated or powdered; lifeless

  1. The bricks were desiccated by the sun.
  2. The old sailor’s skin has desiccated from years of being out in the sun and the wind
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Garbled

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A garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing

درهم و برهم، مشوش، تحریف شده

  1. a garbled text
    متن تحریف شده
  2. There was a garbled message from her on my answering machine
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Bona fide

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Real, true, and not intended to deceive anyone

17
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Puerile

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احمقانه. بچگانه
you’re making puerile excuses

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Mettlesome

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Full of energy and determination

a mettlesome fellow who fought like a wildcat

آدم غیوری که مثل گربه ی وحشی می جنگید

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Tremulous

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Shaking, slightly, especially because you are nervous

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Fulsome

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A fulsome speech or piece of writing sounds insincere because it contains too much praise, expression of thanks etc
1. fulsome praise

تعریف مبالغه آمیز و زننده

  1. the fulsome words of court parasites

کلمات چاپلوسانه ی کاسه لیسان دربار

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Inadvertent

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Heedless, not attentive

22
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Gullible

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Easy to deceive

23
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Humility

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modesty, the quality of not being too proud about yourself-use this to show approval

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Propensity

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A natural tendency to behave in a particular way

  1. Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.
    آقای بینت تمایل دارد تصمیمات را به لحظه آخر موکول کند
  2. She has a propensity to exaggerate.
    او تمایل زیادی به اغراق دارد
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Obsequiousness

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ready or prompt to help or obey like a servant or slave at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor.

26
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Enunciate

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تلفظ کردن , بیان کردن

– He doesn’t enunciate very clearly
– He enunciated his vision of the future
– She enunciated each word slowly and carefully

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Upbraid

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To tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong
سرزنش کردن
To reproch
To scold

  1. His mother summoned him, upbraided him, wept and prayed.

[ترجمه گوگل]مادرش او را احضار کرد و سرزنش کرد و گریست و دعا کرد

  1. His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children
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Desist

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🖊 توضیح: stop doing something
🔍 مترادف: halt; cease
💡 معادل فارسی: دست برداشتن، دست کشیدن، متوقف کردن
❗️نکته: این فعل با حرف اضافه ی from همراه است
✅ مثال: The soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.

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Euphoria

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سرخوشی لحظه ای - لذت بیکران - شعف - خوشحالی - نشاط - نشئگی
noun
[noncount] : a feeling of great happiness and excitement
◀️ The initial euphoria following their victory in the election has now subsided

◀️The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria

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Equanimity

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خونسردی و آرامش بویژه در شرایط دشوار
- Emotional calmness in times of distress
- composure
• The monk’s face expressed complete equanimity
• They were getting pretend to face the tragedy with equanimity

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Premonition

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دلشوره، به دل افتادن یه اتفاق بد میخواد بیفته

  1. I had a premonition that something bad would happen
  2. She had a premonition that she would never see him again
  3. He had a premonition that his plane would crash
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Vicissitudes

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unexpected changes (especially in a person’s future events or fate or destiny)
vicissitudes are the changes in circumstances at different times in someone’s life.

the peaks and troughs of the US economy ( =high and low points )

  1. vicissitudes of life

فراز و نشیب زندگانی

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Peregrinate

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to wander or travel from place to place, esp. by foot

  1. Free of all responsibilities, she peregrinated around France for three months.
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Perorate

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to make a long speech or speak bombastically.

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Matriculate

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:to enroll or be enrolled in an organization, esp. a college or university.

(دانشگاه یا مدرسه ی عالی) نام نویسی کردن

  • She was accepted by the university and will matriculate in the fall.
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Defalcate

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Embezzle
اختلاس کردن!
(دزدیدن پول امانتی) خیانت در امانت کردن، (پول) بلندکردن، بالا کشیدن، کش رفتن، کسر کردن ازپول یا حساب، دستبردزدن به پول