3 Flashcards
urban
adj: of or in a city or town:
Many Americans were leaving the farm for the promise of urban life.
Over 82% of Texans live in urban areas.
The speaker gave an interesting presentation on urban transport.
indigenous
adj: 1. used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else :
So who are the indigenous people of this land?
2. used to refer to plants and animals that grow or live naturally in a place, and have not been brought there from somewhere else:
Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?
The snakes are a serious threat to indigenous wildlife owing to their big appetites.
adv: indiginously: by or involving the people who live in a place, or who originally come from a place, rather than people who come from outside:
We want to create a situation where important decisions are made indigenously.
She was part of the team that designed her country’s first indigenously built power station.
بومی
conceive
verb: 1. to imagine something:
I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.
He couldn’t conceive of a time when he would have no job.
I can’t conceive how anyone could behave so cruelly.
I find it hard to conceive that people are still treated so badly.
2. to invent a plan or an idea:
He conceived the plot for this film while he was still a student.
The exhibition was conceived by the museum’s director.
3. to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form:
Do you know exactly when you conceived?
The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December.
transient
adj: lasting for only a short time; temporary:
گذرا، موقتی
A glass of whisky has only a transient warming effect.
The city has a large transient population (= many people who are living in it only temporarily).
Transient workers come to pick apples and then head south to harvest other crops.
noun: someone who lives only temporarily in a place:
It’s an organization set up to provide money and help for transients.
noun: transience:
Her paintings are metaphors for the transience and fragility of life.
The city appeals to gangs because of the transience of the population.
These people highlight the transience of fame.
adv: transiently: for only a short time:
She lost consciousness transiently but soon recovered completely.
clumsy
adj: 1. A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way:
That’s the third glass you’ve smashed this week - you’re so clumsy!
2. awkward in movement or manner:
The first mobile phones were heavy and clumsy to use.
3. not skilful in the way you deal with or express something:
Her clumsy handling of the situation only made it worse.
My attempts to apologize were very clumsy.
noun: clumsiness:
To compound my clumsiness, I accidentally knocked over my bottle of water.
With her usual clumsiness, she had opened her mouth and upset everyone.
adv: clumsily:
She received a clumsily phrased love letter from a boy in her class.
He tripped clumsily on the rug and fell flat on his face.
acquire
verb: to get or obtain something:
He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with.
With practice, students can acquire better study habits.
The purpose of university is to acquire knowledge and critical thinking skills.
We want to understand more about how children acquire language.
In 1949 the property was acquired by United Steel Companies.
I was wearing a newly acquired jacket.
adj: aquirable: able to be obtained:
According to the law here, residents’ rights are only acquirable by residence.
The researchers are looking at whether an aptitude for language is a natural trait or something that is acquirable.
noun: acquirer: a person or company that buys another company:
A business with so much growth is sure to generate interest among potential acquirers.
crow
کلاغ
ape
میمون
Chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are all apes.
submissive
adj: allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals:
He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word.
noun: submissiveness:
Submissiveness was seen as desirable in women.
Dogs bare their throats to each other to show their submissiveness.
adv: submissively:
He submissively did as he was told.
dip
verb: 1. to put something into a liquid for a short time:
Dip the fish in the batter, then drop it into the hot oil.
She dipped her toe into the pool to see how cold it was.
2. to go down to a lower level:
As you turn the corner, the road dips suddenly.
The sun dipped below the horizon.
House prices dipped in the first three months of the year.
noun: 1. a part of something that is at a lower level or a movement to a lower level:
a dip in the road
a sudden dip in temperature
2. a quick swim:
a dip in the sea/pool
obstacle
noun: مانع
The biggest obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road.
This decision has removed the last obstacle to the hostages’ release.
tantrum
noun: a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s:
خشم، قهر
Charlie had/threw a tantrum in the shop because I wouldn’t buy him any sweets.
My mom would throw a tantrum if I wouldn’t eat.
Pierce still has an occasional tantrum, but his bad days seem behind him.
She comes across as a straight talker, a tireless worker and an occasional tantrum thrower.
peer
verb: to look carefully or with difficulty:
When no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there.
The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.
noun: a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group:
همتا
Do you think it’s true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?
He wasn’t a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers (= not as many people had the same ability as him).
infant
noun: a baby or a very young child:
The most important thing is for parents to spend time with their newborn infant.
adj: infantile: 1.typical of a child and therefore unsuitable for an adult:
Don’t be so infantile.
2. affecting babies or very young children:
infantile diseases
verb: infantilize: to treat someone as if that person were a child, with the result that they start behaving like one:
کودک انگاری
He argues that giving money to the poor infantilizes them and stops them from helping themselves.
The organization believes that current drinking laws infantilize young adults and promote immature behaviors.
extent
noun: area or length; amount:
From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see the full extent of Manhattan (= the area it covers).
We don’t yet know the extent of his injuries (= how bad his injuries are).
Rosie’s teacher was impressed by the extent of her knowledge (= how much she knew).
The River Nile is over 6,500 kilometres in extent (= length).
the degree to which something happens or is likely to happen:
She had not realized the extent to which the children had been affected.
Some people hold their beliefs very strongly, even to the extent of being prepared to go to prison for them.
partly:
To some extent, she was responsible for the accident.
how much:
To what extent will the budget have to be modified?
