26 Flashcards
Counter
noun: کانتر
verb: to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something:
After the government bombed their camp, the rebels countered with an attack on the capital.
Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.
adv: in a way that opposes something:
run counter to Bob’s decision not to take the job ran counter to his family’s expectations.
Counsel-Council
verb: to give advice, especially on social or personal problems:
The police have provided experts to counsel local people affected by the tragedy.
My job involves counselling unemployed people on how to find work.
She often has to counsel students about issues in their personal lives.
noun: advice:
I should have listened to my father’s wise counsel.
Noun: council: شورا، انجمن
Costly
adj: expensive, especially too expensive:
a costly item
a costly purchase
costly delays The project was subject to several costly delays.
involving a lot of loss or damage:
Building this bridge has already been too costly in terms of lives (= people have been killed while working on it).
Corroborate
verb: to add proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information:
Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.
adj: corroborating: adding proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information:
corroborating evidence/reports
You offer no corroborating material to back up your assertions.
noun: corroboration:
Without corroboration from forensic tests, it will be difficult to prove that the suspect is guilty.
They could find no independent corroboration that he was telling the truth.
Correspondence
noun: letters, especially official or business letters:
Any further correspondence should be sent to my new address.
the action of writing, receiving, and reading letters, especially between two people:
Her correspondence with Jim lasted many years.
verb: correspond: to match or be similar or equal:
The American FBI corresponds to the British MI5.
His story of what happened that night didn’t correspond with the witness’s version.
Copious
adj: in large amounts, or more than enough:
They drank copious amounts of wine.
He took copious notes during the lecture.
adv: copiously
We ate and drank copiously at the party.
The book is copiously illustrated.
Cope with
verb: to deal successfully with a difficult situation:
It’s only been a year since he died - how’s she coping (= how is she)?
He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn’t cope.
cope with It must be really hard to cope with four children under 5.
Culminate
verb: to have as a result or be the final result of a process:
Secret negotiations culminated in the historic peace accord.
The discovery culminated many years of research.
این مشف سالها تحقیق را به نتیحه رساند
culminate in/with something: If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point:
My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.
Their many years of research have finally culminated in a cure for the disease.
noun: culmination: the point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point:
Winning first prize was the culmination of years of practice and hard work.
The book was a fitting culmination to his career.
unravel
verb: If a piece of knitted or woven cloth, a knot, or a mass of thread unravels, it separates into a single thread, and if you unravel it, you separate it into a single thread:
You’d better mend that hole before the whole sweater starts to unravel.
If you unravel a mysterious, unknown, or complicated subject, you make it known or understood, and if it unravels, it becomes known or understood:
We have a long way to go before we unravel the secrets of genetics.
If a process or achievement that was slow and complicated unravels or is unravelled, it is destroyed:
As talks between the leaders broke down, several months of careful diplomacy were unravelled.
Crude
adj: simple and not skilfully done or made:
a crude device/weapon
The constructed a crude shelter from branches.
The boxes were used as a crude table and chairs.
rude and offensive:
a crude remark/comment
adv: in a way that is simple and not skilfully done or made:
a crudely made bomb
in a way that is rude and offensive:
She yelled at a passing driver who had crudely propositioned her.
noun: crudeness: the condition or being simple and not skilfully done or made:
The crudeness of the painting is part of its appeal.
The cartoon is animated with intentional crudeness.
behaviour that is rude and offensive:
She worries about his crudeness and his temper.
Crest
noun: قله، تاج
We climbed to the crest of the hill.
a formal design that is used by a family, town, organization, etc. as the symbol that represents them:
a royal crest
verb: to reach the highest level that something can reach:
The flood waters crested Thursday (= reached their highest level).
Countervail
Counterpart
noun: a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization: همتا، هم رده
The prime minister is to meet his European counterparts to discuss the war against drugs.
requisite-exquisite
adj: necessary or needed for a particular purpose:
He lacked the requisite skills for the job.
The requisite number of countries have now ratified the convention.
noun: an important necessary thing:
A good book is a requisite for long journeys.
Self-esteem, self-judgment and self-will are said to be the three requisites of independence.
Exquisite: نفیس، دقیق، بدیع،دلپسند، سخت و شدید
Demise
noun: the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful, such as a business, industry, or system:
The demise of the company was sudden and unexpected.
sb’s demise: the death of a person:
Much has been written about the circumstances surrounding her demise.
