25 Flashcards
brick
noun: اجر
The chimney was made of bricks.
The stark structure is built from concrete, brick, and glass.
a brick wall/building/fireplace
a very helpful and kind person who can be trusted:
Thanks for bringing all that food along to the party, Tony. You’re a brick!
dough
noun: خمیر
bread dough
pastry dough
money:
He says he can make a lot of dough day trading.
flush
verb: سرخ شدن:
flush with She flushed with pleasure as she accepted the prize.
The champagne had caused his face to flush.
flush the toilet My children never flush the toilet after them.
flush something down the toilet: to get rid of something by putting it in the toilet and operating the toilet:
I tend to flush old medicines down the toilet.
a flush of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.: a sudden strong feeling of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.:
Lena felt a flush of shame at the memory.
lump
noun: توده
a lump of coal
a sugar lump
You don’t want lumps in the sauce.
lump it: to accept a situation or decision although you do not like it:
The decision has been made, so if Tom doesn’t like it, he can lump it.
shatter
verb: to (cause something to) break suddenly into very small pieces:
The glass shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.
His leg was shattered in the accident.
adj: shattered:
Shattered glass lay all over the road.
extremely upset:
The family were shattered by the news of Annabel’s suicide.
extremely tired:
By the time I got home, I was shattered.
adj: shattering:making you feel extremely tired:
It was a shattering schedule - seven meetings in two days.
adv: shatteringly:
They all turned against him including, most shatteringly, his youngest brother.
reconcile
verb: to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together:
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.
How can you reconcile your fur coat and/with your love of animals?
be reconciled: آشتی کردن:
They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years.
noun: reconciliation: a situation in which two people or groups of people become friendly again after they have argued:
It took hours of negotiations to bring about a reconciliation between the two sides.
shutter
noun: شاتر دوربین
verb: to close down a business or activity:
I am thinking of shuttering my Facebook account for good.
to close the shutters covering a window:
People are shuttering their windows and barring their doors.
sift
verb: الک کردن، از صافی رد کردن
When the cake is cooked, sift some icing sugar over the top of it.
to make a close examination of something:
The police are carefully sifting the evidence.
I had to sift through all my papers.
noun: sifter: صافی
sprinkle-sparkle
sprinkle
verb: افشاندن، پاشیدن، ترشح کردن
Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza./Sprinkle the pizza with a few herbs.
noun: a light rain:
We might get a sprinkle today.
sparkle
verb: to shine brightly with a lot of small points of light:
The snow/sea sparkled in the sunlight.
If a person or performance sparkles, they are energetic, interesting, and exciting:
Alice is shy and quiet at parties, but her sister really sparkles!
noun: bright shine:
The radiant smile and the sparkle in her blue eyes were the clear signs of a woman still deeply in love.
energy and interest:
Their latest performance of My Fair Lady really lacked sparkle.
stale
adj: no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long:
The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale.
The morning after the party, their apartment smelled of stale cigarette smoke.
noun: staleness: the quality of being no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long:
Employees had to remove any food they suspected of staleness from the shelves.
the quality of being boring because of being too familiar:
Their relationship was beginning to show signs of staleness.
utter
verb: to say something or to make a sound with your voice:
She sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word.
adj: complete or extreme:
utter confusion/misery/chaos
utter nonsense/rubbish/drivel
The meeting was a complete and utter waste of time.
noun: utterance: something that someone says:
The senator’s recent utterances were promptly rebutted by three of his colleagues on Monday.
There is always a history to words and utterances.
adv: utterly: completely or extremely:
What an utterly stupid thing to do!
furnace
noun: کوره ،تنور، وسیله گرمایشی
People who work with furnaces in a steel factory need to wear protective clothing.
like a furnace This room’s like a furnace (= is very hot)!
It’s cold in here - should I turn on the furnace?
leash
noun: افسار
Please keep your dog on a leash when on the beach.
verb: unleash: to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled:
At worst, nuclear war could be unleashed.
Contour
noun: the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its curved surface or the curved shape formed by its outer edge:
the rugged contour of the coast
He studied the contours of her face.
Her latest collection of swimwear shows off the contours of the human body to perfection.
verb: to change the shape of a surface, making some parts higher and some parts lower:
One option is to contour the bottom of the lake, making it deep in the middle and shallow at the edges.
to closely follow or fit around the curved surface or shape of something, or to make something do this:
Here the route forks left to contour around the hillside back to the ski village.
Convey
verb: to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people:
His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
convey something to someone Please convey our condolences to the family.
I tried to convey in my speech how grateful we all were for his help.
