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Shortening

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روغن ترد کننده شیرینی

کوتاه شدگی

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Mixture

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blend, amalgam, assortment, brew, compound, fusion, jumble, medley, mix, potpourri, variety

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Smooth

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even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane

  • sleek, glossy, polished, shiny, silky, soft, velvety
  • easy, effortless, well-ordered
  • flowing, regular, rhythmic, steady, uniform
  • suave, facile, glib, persuasive, slick, smarmy
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Excitement

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agitation, action, activity, animation, commotion, furore, passion, thrill

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Noted

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famous, acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, notable, prominent, renowned, well-known
Antonyms: unnoted

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Try out

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experiment, experimentalize, experimentize, test (out), try on

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Intricate

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complicated, complex, convoluted, elaborate, fancy, involved, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous

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Lack

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shortage, absence, dearth, deficiency, need, scarcity, want

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Devise

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think out, plan, invent, work out, conceive, construct, contrive, design, dream up, formulate, invent, think up

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burglar

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housebreaker, cat burglar, filcher, pilferer, robber, thief

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Scheme

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plan, programme, project, proposal, strategy, system, tactics

  • diagram, blueprint, chart, draft, layout, outline, pattern
  • plot, conspiracy, intrigue, manoeuvre, ploy, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge

schemes for two new cross-city lines

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Quantity

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amount, lot, number, part, sum, total
- size, bulk, capacity, extent, length, magnitude, mass, measure

an amount of something that can be counted or measured

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Wholesale

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the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else ⇒ wholesale

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Slaughter

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murder, butcher, kill, massacre, slay


to kill an animal, especially for its meat

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Strike

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to hit or fall against the surface of something

Baseball strike

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Labor

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work, bullwork, donkeywork, drudgery, grind, moil, slavery, slogging, toil, travail, birth pang(s), childbearing, childbirth
[verb]
Synonyms: drive, moil, strain, strive, toil, tug, work, till, cultivate, dress, tend

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Dispute

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disagreement, altercation, argument, conflict, feud, quarrel

- argument, contention, controversy, debate, discussion, dissension

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To grant

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consent to, accede to, agree to, allow, permit

  • give, allocate, allot, assign, award, donate, hand out, present
  • admit, acknowledge, concede
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Contrary

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opposite, antithesis, converse, reverse

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Withhold

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keep back, conceal, hide, hold back, refuse, reserve, retain, suppress

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Executive

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administrator, director, manager, official
- administration, directorate, directors, government, hierarchy, leadership, management

a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions

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Legislative

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law-making, judicial, law-giving,

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Quarrel

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disagreement, argument, brawl, breach, contention, controversy, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, row, squabble, tiff

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Solution

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answer, explanation, key, result

- mixture, blend, compound, mix, solvent

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Corporate

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belonging to or relating to a corporation

متحد٫ صنفی

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Exhausted

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worn out, all in (slang), debilitated, done in (informal), drained, fatigued, knackered (slang), spent, tired out
- used up, consumed, depleted, dissipated, expended, finished, spent, squandered, wasted

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Contest

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competition, game, match, tournament, trial
- struggle, battle, combat, conflict, controversy, dispute, fight
[verb]
Synonyms:
- dispute, argue, call in or into question, challenge, debate, doubt, object to, oppose, question
- compete, contend, fight, strive, vie

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Terrific

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Synonyms:

  • great, enormous, fearful, gigantic, huge, intense, tremendous
  • excellent, amazing, brilliant, fantastic (informal), magnificent, marvellous, outstanding, sensational (informal), stupendous, superb, wonderful
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Supposed

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presumed, accepted, alleged, assumed, professed

- usually with to: meant, expected, obliged, required

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Shuttle flight

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a plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places:

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Ferry

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ferry boat, packet, packet boat

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Elevate

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raise, heighten, hoist, lift, lift up, uplift

- promote, advance, aggrandize, exalt, prefer, upgrade

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Evacuate

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clear, abandon, desert, forsake, leave, move out, pull out, quit, vacate, withdraw

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Humble

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modest, meek, self-effacing, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious
- lowly, mean, modest, obscure, ordinary, plebeian, poor, simple, undistinguished

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Narrate

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tell, chronicle, describe, detail, recite, recount, relate, report
Related Words: descant, dilate, discourse, expatiate

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Spotless

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clean, flawless, gleaming, immaculate, impeccable, pure, shining, unblemished, unstained, unsullied, untarnished

Spot:لکه

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Spot

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mark, blemish, blot, blotch, scar, smudge, speck, speckle, stain
- pimple, pustule, zit (slang)
- place, location, point, position, scene, site
- predicament, difficulty, hot water (informal), mess, plight, quandary, tight spot, trouble
[verb]
Synonyms:
- see, catch sight of, detect, discern, espy, make out, observe, recognize, sight
- mark, dirty, fleck, mottle, smirch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, stain

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Anniversary

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a date on which something special or important happened in a previous year٫
جشن عروسی یا سوگواری سالیانه

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Appeal

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plead, ask, beg, call upon, entreat, pray, request
- attract, allure, charm, entice, fascinate, interest, please, tempt
[noun]
Synonyms:
- plea, application, entreaty, petition, prayer, request, supplication
- attraction, allure, beauty, charm, fascination

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Plain

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clear, comprehensible, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, overt, patent, unambiguous, understandable, unmistakable, visible
- honest, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, open, outspoken, straightforward, upfront (informal)
- unadorned, austere, bare, basic, severe, simple, Spartan, stark, unembellished, unfussy, unornamented
- ugly, ill-favoured, no oil painting (informal), not beautiful, unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing
- ordinary, common, commonplace, everyday, simple, unaffected, unpretentious
[noun]
Synonyms:
- flatland, grassland, plateau, prairie, steppe, veld

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Roam

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wander, prowl, ramble, range, rove, stray, travel, walk

English Thesaurus: journey, trip, tour, excursion, expedition, …

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deficiency

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lack, absence, dearth, deficit, scarcity, shortage

- failing, defect, demerit, fault, flaw, frailty, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness

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recreation

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pastime, amusement, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, hobby, leisure activity, play, relaxation, sport

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Pace

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Synonyms:

  • step, gait, stride, tread, walk
  • speed, rate, tempo, velocity

Progress makes the pace of life faster and faster..

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deny

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Synonyms:

  • contradict, disagree with, disprove, rebuff, rebut, refute
  • refuse, begrudge, disallow, forbid, reject, turn down, withhold
  • renounce, disclaim, disown, recant, repudiate, retract
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pointed

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Synonyms:

  • sharp, acute, barbed, edged
  • cutting, acute, biting, incisive, keen, penetrating, pertinent, sharp, telling
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Fair

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unbiased, above board, equitable, even-handed, honest, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, proper, unprejudiced

  • light, blond, blonde, fair-haired, flaxen-haired, towheaded
  • respectable, adequate, average, decent, moderate, O.K. or okay (informal), passable, reasonable, satisfactory, tolerable
  • beautiful, bonny, comely, handsome, lovely, pretty
  • fine, bright, clear, cloudless, dry, sunny, unclouded
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Junk

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Synonyms: rubbish, clutter, debris, litter, odds and ends, refuse, scrap, trash, waste

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Cushions

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  • pillow, beanbag, bolster, hassock, headrest, pad
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Swallow

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gulp, consume, devour, drink, eat

She couldn’t swallow the food.

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The baby is off his food.

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not want to eat

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Appetite

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desire, craving, demand, hunger, liking, longing, passion, relish, stomach, taste, yearning

Bone appetite / Enjoy it

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Spiky

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hair that is spiky is stiff and stands up on top of your head

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Sideburns

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خط ریش

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Fanatic

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extremist, activist, bigot, militant, zealot -someone who has extreme political or religious ideas and is often dangerous Synonym : extremist:

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Intellectual

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scholarly, bookish, cerebral, highbrow, intelligent, studious, thoughtful
[noun]
Synonyms:
- thinker, academic, egghead (informal), highbrow

Open-minded

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Considerate

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thoughtful, attentive, concerned, kindly, mindful, obliging, patient, tactful, unselfish

محتاط

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Dignified

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Respectable, distinguished, formal, grave, imposing, noble, reserved, solemn, stately

-behaving in a calm and serious way, even in a difficult situation, which makes people respect you.

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Impatient

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hasty, demanding, hot-tempered, impetuous, intolerant
- restless, eager, edgy, fretful, straining at the leash
بی صبر، بداخلاق

She can be a bit impatient.

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Reliable

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dependable, faithful, safe, sound, staunch, sure, true, trustworthy

someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or depended on Synonym : dependable ⇒ rely

He is not very reliable.

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She is down to earth

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آدم فروتنی است

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quick tempered/good tempered/bad tempered

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quick tempered: زود مزاح

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She never lose her temper

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Temper; rage, bad mood, fury, passion, tantrum

  • irritability, hot-headedness, irascibility, passion, petulance, resentment, surliness
  • self-control, calmness, composure, cool (slang), equanimity
  • frame of mind, constitution, disposition, humour, mind, mood, nature, temperament
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Temperament

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nature, bent, character, constitution, disposition, humour, make-up, outlook, personality, temper
- excitability, anger, hot-headedness, moodiness, petulance

I inherited my temperament from my mother.

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Inherited

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innate, congenital, connate, connatural, inborn, indigenous, native, natural, unacquired

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Reception

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party, function, levee, soirée
- welcome, acknowledgment, greeting, reaction, response, treatment

Wedding reception.

67
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Fr fetched

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Not easy to believe

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Revise

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change, alter, amend, correct, edit, emend, redo, review, rework, update
- study, go over, run through, swot up

to change something because of new information or ideas:

The college has revised its plans because of local objections.

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Opponent

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competitor, adversary, antagonist, challenger, contestant, enemy, foe, rival

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