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2/21/13 Flashcards

1
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Sangfroid

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cold-blooded,calmness and poise,

خون سردی

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2
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poise

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وقار

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Parvenu

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person who has recently acquired wealth

تازه بدوران رسیده

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Demur

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v. to object

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5
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demure

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adj. coy

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coy

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فروتن,خجالتی

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7
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Arriviste

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parvenu

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Melee

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wild, confusing fight or struggle.
غوغا
I learned melee early in my life, because I had the peculiar misfortune of having a surname that rhymes with it. While none of this schoolyard teasing resulted in any melees, it’ll behoove you to know that it means a wild, confusing fight or struggle.

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peculiar

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عجیب و غریب

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10
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behoove

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شایسته بودن,واجب بودن

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snobbish

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مغرور

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scornful

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تکبر

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13
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lagniappe

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unexpected gift.

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Picayune

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coin,an amount that is trifling or meager,person who is petty
بی ارزش,جزئي
I’m being picayune, I’m fussing over some trivial point.

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petty

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جزئي

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16
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fuss

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ایراد گرفتن

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trifling

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پوچ

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meager

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ناچیز

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Remiss

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be negligent in one’s duty
بی قید,غفلت کار
Remiss in his duties as a principle, he was relieved of his position after only three months.

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negligent

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غافل

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21
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chide

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گله کردن از

,سرزنش کردن

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22
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admonish

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advise

23
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restive

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restless
بی قرار,سرکش
The crowd grew restive as the comedian’s opening jokes fell flat.

24
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flat

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بی مزه,بی تنوع

25
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pine

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yearn for,waste away.
رنج و عذاب دادن,ضعیف شدن
“az sheddate gham ya eshgh tahlil raftan”

26
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repine

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complain or fret over something
شکایت کردن,ناراضی بودن
Standing forlornly by the window, she repined for her lost love.

27
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yearn

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مشتاق بودن,ارزو کردن

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fret

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اخم کردن,کج خلقی کردن

29
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forlorn

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بی کس,متروک

30
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remonstrate

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to make objections while pleading.
با تعرض و نکوهش گفتن
“nekoohesh kardan,malamat kardan”
The mothers of the kidnapped victims remonstrated to the rogue government to release their children, claiming that the detention violated human rights.

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pleading

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دادخواهی

32
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rogue

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رند,

ناقل

33
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detention

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بازداشت

34
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violate

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نقض کردن,تجاوز کردن به

35
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Belie

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it uses when outward appearance does not match up with the reality
بد وانمود کردن,pooshandan
Her surface calm belied her roiling emotions.
The effortless fluidity with which the pianist’s fingers moved belied the countless hours he had practiced.
Her upbeat attitude during the group project belied her inherent pessimism towards any collective endeavor.

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effortless

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“bi zahmat”

37
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fluidity

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روانی

38
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upbeat

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شادمان,خوش بین

39
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pessimism

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بدبینی

40
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endeavor

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تلاش

41
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Disinterested

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unbiased, neutral.
بی طرف
The potential juror knew the defendant, and therefore could not serve on the jury, which must consist only of disinterested members

42
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neutral

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خنثی

43
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juror

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داور,عضو هيئت منصفه

44
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defendant

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مدافع

45
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Equivocal

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vague, undecided

46
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beating around the bush

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not getting to the point on a subject

47
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equivocate

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دوپهلو حرف زدن

48
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Undermine

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weaken and is usually paired with an abstract term, such as authority
The student undermined the teacher’s authority by questioning the teacher’s judgment on numerous occasions.

49
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numerous

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بی شمار,متعدد

50
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Sententious

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be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense.
نصیحت امیز
The old man, casting his nose up in the air at the group of adolescents, intoned sententiously, “Youth is wasted on the young.”

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moralize

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natije akhlaghi gereftan,moeze akhlaghi dadan

52
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pompous

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پرشکوه

53
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adolescent

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نوجوان

54
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intone

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خواندن,مناجات کردن

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