2/21/13 Flashcards
Sangfroid
cold-blooded,calmness and poise,
خون سردی
poise
وقار
Parvenu
person who has recently acquired wealth
تازه بدوران رسیده
Demur
v. to object
demure
adj. coy
coy
فروتن,خجالتی
Arriviste
parvenu
Melee
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.
peculiar
عجیب و غریب
behoove
شایسته بودن,واجب بودن
snobbish
مغرور
scornful
تکبر
lagniappe
unexpected gift.
Picayune
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.
petty
جزئي
fuss
ایراد گرفتن
trifling
پوچ
meager
ناچیز
Remiss
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.
negligent
غافل
chide
گله کردن از
,سرزنش کردن
admonish
advise
restive
restless
بی قرار,سرکش
The crowd grew restive as the comedian’s opening jokes fell flat.
flat
بی مزه,بی تنوع
pine
yearn for,waste away.
رنج و عذاب دادن,ضعیف شدن
“az sheddate gham ya eshgh tahlil raftan”
repine
complain or fret over something
شکایت کردن,ناراضی بودن
Standing forlornly by the window, she repined for her lost love.
yearn
مشتاق بودن,ارزو کردن
fret
اخم کردن,کج خلقی کردن
forlorn
بی کس,متروک
remonstrate
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.
pleading
دادخواهی
rogue
رند,
ناقل
detention
بازداشت
violate
نقض کردن,تجاوز کردن به
Belie
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.
effortless
“bi zahmat”
fluidity
روانی
upbeat
شادمان,خوش بین
pessimism
بدبینی
endeavor
تلاش
Disinterested
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
neutral
خنثی
juror
داور,عضو هيئت منصفه
defendant
مدافع
Equivocal
vague, undecided
beating around the bush
not getting to the point on a subject
equivocate
دوپهلو حرف زدن
Undermine
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.
numerous
بی شمار,متعدد
Sententious
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.”
moralize
natije akhlaghi gereftan,moeze akhlaghi dadan
pompous
پرشکوه
adolescent
نوجوان
intone
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