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Tightrope

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noun
tightly stretched rope where acrobats perform, thin rope

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Nightmare

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frightening dream; experience suggestive of a nightmare

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Interpret

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explain, clarify, elucidate; orally translate from one language to another; understand or explain in a particular way; act out a part in a particular fashion

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Attitude

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treatment

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Risk taker

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Who one take a risk in her life

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Alternative

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adjective
[al’ter·na·tive || -nətɪv]
optional
noun
[al’ter·na·tive || -nətɪv]
choice, option

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_aholic

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پسوند: کسی‌که در کاری زیاده روی می‌کند
Speedaholic
Workaholic

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Participant

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noun - participant
شرکت کننده: participant, contributor
شریک: partner, associate, participant, sharer, joint, copartner
سهیم: participant, partner, shareholder, sharer, allottee
انباز: partner, coparcener, participant
همراه: escort, attendant, concomitant, comrade, compeer, participant

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Addiction

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noun
[ad·dic·tion || æ’dɪkʃən]
devotion to a certain habit, dependency

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Intoxicating

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adjective
causing intoxication, causing drunkenness, inebriating; poisonous; exciting

intoxicate
verb
[in’tox·i·cate || ɪn’tɑksɪkeɪt /-tɒk-]
cause to become intoxicated; alter one’s mental or physical state usually as a result of ingesting some substance; cause to become drunk; drug; poison; excite

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Youth

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جوانی

childhood; child; young person, youngster; young people in a collective manner; early period of anything

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Sooner or late

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دیر یا زود
Sooner or late you’re going to get caught

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Dozen

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دوازده عدد، دو جین

twelve items, group of twelve

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Admit

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verb - admit
پذیرفتن: accept, embrace, admit, receive, allow, hear
دادن: give, give, grant, admit, impute, render
اقرار کردن: admit, avouch, confess, own
راه دادن: admit
بار دادن: admit
راضی شدن: acquiesce, consent, supple, admit
رضایت دادن: consent, assent, accede, acquiesce, admit
تصدیق کردن: acknowledge, affirm, authenticate, establish, admit, aver
زیر بار رفتن: admit
واگذار کردن: concede, cede, assign, relegate, give, admit
اعطاء کردن: admit, allow, confer

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Offenders

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متخلف

transgressor; one who breaks the law; one who insults

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Habitual

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customary, usual, routine, commonly done

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Consequence

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noun - consequence
نتیجه: result, outcome, consequence, conclusion, effect, sequel
اثر: effect, result, efficacy, affect, relic, consequence
عاقبت: sequel, end, outcome, consequence, finale, conclusion
نتیجه منطقی: consequence, consecution, matter of course
فرع: branch, interest, corollary, offshoot, consequence, secondary matter
دست اورد: result, consequence
پی امد: consequence, outcome, issue, result
بر امد: consequence, expenditure, expense, issue, outcome, result

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Fatal

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Adj

[fa·tal || ‘feɪtl]
deadly, causing death; destructive; critical, important, fatefu

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Potentially

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بالقوه

adverb
[pə’tenʃlɪ]
possibly, in a manner of being able to become

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Led

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verb - lead
رهبری کردن: lead, lead off, conduce, head, pilot, spearhead
سوق دادن: propel, lead, direct, actuate, activate, send
هدایت کردن: steer, navigate, direct, conduct, lead, rede

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Investigator

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noun
[in’ves·ti·ga·tor || ɪn’vestɪgeɪtə(r)]
researcher; detective

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Death

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مرگ

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Dead

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مرده

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Avid

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an avid reader
بسیار علاقمند به خواندن

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Mid

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پیشوند: میان ، وسط
Mid-forties

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Unless

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مگراینکه

man is doomed unless war is abolished
بشر محکوم به فناست مگر آنکه جنگ منسوخ شود

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Vulnerability

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اسب پذیری

noun
[vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty || ‚vʌlnərə’bɪlətɪ]
defenselessness; susceptibility; quality of being easily hurt or harmed, sensitivity

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Realistic

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واقع بین

adjective
[re·al·is·tic || ‚rɪə’lɪstɪk]
based on reality; practical, pragmatic; pertaining to realism in philosophy or the arts

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Assessment

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ارزیابی،تخمین

noun
[as’sess·ment || -mənt]
estimation, appraisal (of worth)

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Involved

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adj.
● پیچیده،بغرنج،غامض،مدغم،پیچ در پیچ
an involved problem
مسئله‌ی پیچیده
● درگیر،گرفتار،دچار
● دست‌اندرکار
● (با: with) دارای رابطه (عشقی یا جنسی)

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Aware

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adj.
● آگاه،باخبر،مطلع،ملتفت،با اطلاع
to be aware of a fact
به واقعیتی آگاه بودن
as far as I am aware
تا آنجایی‌که من آگاهی دارم (آگاهم)
he was so drunk that he wasn’t aware of where he was
آنقدر مست بود که نمی‌دانست کجاست.
* awareness, n.
آگاهی،باخبری،اطلاع،هشیاری
the students’ political awareness
آگاهی سیاسی دانشجویان

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Idiot

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n.
● پخمه،کالیو،احمق،خر،ابله،دبنگ،بی‌خرد،لاده
who was the idiot who left the door open?
آن احمقی که در را بازگذاشت کی بود؟
his father was the idiot who loaned his life’s savings to crooks
پدرش آن ابلهی بود که پس انداز همه‌ی عمرش را به کلاهبرداران قرض داد.
● (روان‌شناسی - آدم عقب افتاده‌ای که سن عقلانی او از بچه‌ی دو ساله کمتر است) کانا

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Collision

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برخورد

noun
[col·li·sion || kə’lɪʒn]
crash, colliding of two or more objects

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Engraved

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adjective
carved, graven; firmly impressed

engrave
verb
[en·grave || ɪn’greɪv]
carve out letters or designs on hard surfaces; impress deeply

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Helmet

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noun
[hel·met || ‘helmɪt]
protective head covering (worn by cyclists, soldiers, etc.)

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Take care of

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Look after

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Take advantage of

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Make use of an opportunity

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Take part in

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Participate in

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Take place

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Happen

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Take (your) time

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Do something slowly, not in a hurry

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Take into account

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Think about somebody/somthing when you are making a decision

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Take after

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Be similar to somebody

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Take off

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For planes: leave the ground
For clothes: remove

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Take up

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Begin a new activity

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Demonstration

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تظاهرات

noun
[dem·on·stra·tion || ‚demən’streɪʃn]
exhibition, showing, explanation; display of public opinion (through a protest march, meeting, etc.); emotional display

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For instance

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For example

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Self conscious

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خجالتی: shy, embarrassed, timid, coy, bashful, shamefaced
خجول: bashful, shy, blushful, shamefaced, self-conscious

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Cope

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از عهده برآمدن

verb
[kəʊp]
manage in spite of difficulty; struggle successfully

**Cope with any problem

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Sake

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noun
[seɪk]
benefit, advantage; purpose, end, aim

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Charity

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noun - charity
صدقه: charity, alms, dole
نیکوکاری: charity, beneficence
خیرات: charity, handout, alms
دستگیری: capture, apprehension, charity
خوش قلبی: amiability, kindness, charity, large-heartedness

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Crosswalk

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خط عابر پیاده

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Pedestrian

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عابر پیاده

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Regret

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پشیمانی

verb
[re·gret || rɪ’gret]
feel sorrow, feel remorseful, rue

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Give up

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بیخیال شدن، رها کردن

gave up
abandon, cease doing an activity

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Overseas

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خارج

adjective
beyond or across the sea; foreign
adverb
across the sea, from beyond the sea; over the sea

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Cheat on a very important test

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تقلب کردن

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Furious

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adjective - furious
خشمگین: angry, furious, indignant, irate, fierce, wroth
عصبانی: mad, furious, nervous, pelting, huffy, choleric
خشمناک: angry, furious, irate, ireful
متعصب: fanatical, zealous, bigoted, intolerant, rabid, furious
اتشی: frenetic, furious, ignescent, frantic, frenzied

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Postpone

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verb - postpone
عقب انداختن: postpone, delay, defer, put off
موکول کردن: adjourn, postpone
تاخیر کردن: delay, blench, dally, defer, lag, linger
بتعویق انداختن: retard, postpone, defer, prorogate, prorogue
پست تر دانستن: postpone
موکول ببعد کردن: postpone
معوق کردن: postpone
معوق گذاردن: delay, postpone, put off, suspend

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Colloquial

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محاوره ای، عامیانه
Colloquial english

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Awareness

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آگاهی،هوشیاری

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Worn out

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adjective - worn-out
خسته و کوفته: way-worn, wing-weary, worn-out
زهوار در رفته: rickety, worn-out
کهنه: old, stale, archaic, antiquated, obsolete, ancient
فرسوده: old, rusty, beaten, effete, forworn, time-worn
مانده: remained, remaining, stale, fatigued, fagged, tired
مندرس: worn, threadbare, run-down, worn-out

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Falling apart

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verb
lose one’s emotional self-control; suffer an emotional crisis, have a break down; break down into pieces

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Rough

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کلی

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Ingesting

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قورت دادن

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Enormous

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بزرگ

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Cheerful

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happy, glad, joyful

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Shoot

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رها کردن، انداختن

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Reluctant

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adjective - reluctant
بی میل: reluctant, unwilling, squeamish, disinclined, resentful, listless
مخالف: contrary, opposing, dissident, dissenting, averse, reluctant

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Astonishing

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عجیب،حیرت اور

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Doubt

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noun - doubt
شک: doubt, skepticism, uncertainty, dubiety, self-doubt
تردید: doubt, uncertainty, skepticism, suspicion, hesitancy, indecision
شبهه: doubt, misgiving
گمان: doubt, thought, guess, opinion, conjecture, impression
دو دلی: hesitance, indecision, vacillation, doubt, hesitancy, acatalepsy
نا معلومی: indeterminacy, doubt, ambiguity, incertitude, indefiniteness, uncertainty
verb - doubt
شک داشتن: doubt, suspect
تردید کردن: doubt, stick, totter
مظنون بودن: be suspected, doubt

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Fragmented

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verb - fragment
قطعه قطعه کردن: fragment, fritter, anatomize, segment
ریز کردن: fragment, fragmentize
متلاشی شدن: disjoint, disintegrate, splinter, decompose, fragment, crack up
خرد کردن: grind, squelch, minify, smash, chop, abate

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Food chain

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زنجیره غذایی

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Deliberately

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[diˈlibəritlē]
adverb - deliberately
عمدا: deliberately, intentionally, purposely, on purpose
تعمدا: deliberately

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Let us off the hook

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Multifaceted

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having many aspects, of many facets; complex

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Zero waste policy

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Regarding

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preposition - regarding
راجع به: about, on, regarding, as to
عطف به: regarding, re
adjective - regarding
در موضوع: regarding

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Dramatically

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به طور چشمگیری

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Thrify

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صرفه جو
A thrifty housewife

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Lucky enough

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Instilled

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verb - instill
کم کم تزریق کردن: instill, instil
چکه چکه ریختن: instill, instil
چکاندن: seep, distil, distill, instill, instil
اهسته القاء کردن: instil, instill
کم کم فهماندن: instil, instill

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Tremendous

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adjective - tremendous
عظیم: massive, great, enormous, tremendous, vast, immense
شگرف: tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, prodigious, excellent, fine
ترسناک: scary, terrible, formidable, fearsome, grim, tremendous
فاحش: egregious, tremendous, inordinate, exorbitant
سرشار: opulent, overfilled, tremendous, brimful, profuse, plenitudinous
عظیم الجثه: huge, colossal, enormous, Gargantuan, immense, tremendous

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Pride

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noun - pride
غرور: pride, arrogance, vanity, conceit, hubris, insolence
افتخار: pride, glory, honor, attribute, honour
تکبر: arrogance, pride, insolence, affectation, height, ruff
مباهات: pride, boast, brag, glory
فخر: pride, glory, honor, honour

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Slight

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اندک، خفیف

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Mindset

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طرز فکر

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Perpetual

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adjective - perpetual
ابدی: eternal, everlasting, permanent, perpetual, immortal, perennial
همیشگی: usual, perpetual, eternal, habitual, perennial, continual

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For the sake of it

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بخاطر اون

in order that, so that

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Individual

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adjective - individual
فردی: individual, single, sole
تک: single, one, individual, solo, lone, singular
منحصر بفرد: individual, exclusive, sole, particular, monopolized
متعلق بفرد: individual
noun - individual
فرد: individual, man, odd, man jack, roll, list
شخص: person, one, dude, individual, man, fellow

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Excuse

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noun - excuse
بهانه: excuse, pretext, plea, fetch, pretense, alibi
عذر: excuse, reason, pretext, plea, subterfuge, salvo
پوزش: apology, excuse, pardon
دستاویز: excuse, pretext, document, voucher
عنوان: title, caption, heading, headline, way, excuse
verb - excuse
معذور داشتن: exculpate, excuse
معاف کردن: exempt, remit, excuse, dismiss, dispense, enfranchise
معذرت خواستن: apologize, excuse, pardon
تبرئه کردن: exonerate, exculpate, acquit, assoil, clear, excuse

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Financial

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مالی

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Incentive

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[inˈsentiv]
noun - incentive
انگیزه: motivation, stimulant, motive, incentive, impetus, stimulus
adjective - incentive
مشوق: incentive, encouraging, challenging, exhorting, impellent
اتش افروز: incendiary, incentive, inflammatory, tindery

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Nationwide

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adverb - nationwide
در سرتاسر کشور: nationwide

  • a nationwide elections
    انتخابات سرتاسر کشور
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Beyond

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[biˈyänd,bēˈänd]
adverb - beyond
خارج از: outside, beyond
دورتر: further, beyond
برتر از: beyond
انطرف ماوراء: beyond
preposition - beyond
خارج از: outside, beyond
مافوق: above, beyond, over
انسوی: beyond

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Monetary

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adjective - monetary
پولی: monetary, pecuniary, venal, pocket

  • a monetary policy
    سیاست پولی
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Prima

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Primary
initial, first; main, central; extremely important; essential, fundamental

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Urge

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verb - urge
اصرار کردن: stick out, urge, haggle, persist
با اصرار وادار کردن: urge
انگیختن: stimulate, motivate, incite, animate, fire, urge
تسریع شدن: quicken, urge
ابرام کردن: importune, urge
noun - urge
انگیزش: motivation, stimulation, urge, incitement, provocation, animation
مناسبت: relation, reason, relationship, connection, urge, motive

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Cliff

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noun - cliff
صخره: rock, cliff, roach
تخته سنگ: slate, boulder, rock, crag, slab, bowlder

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Leap off cliffs

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Leap: پرش ،جهش

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Wing

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بال

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Weird

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adjective - weird
غریب: strange, whimsical, poor, alien, weird, extravagant
خارق العاده: extraordinary, fantastic, fantastical, supernatural, weird, unusual
مرموز: mysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, secretive, inscrutable, weird
عقبایی: ultramundane, weird
noun - weird
جادو: magic, spell, witchery, glamor, incantation, weird

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Ancient

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adjective - ancient
باستانی: ancient, old, classical, antique, antiquarian, classic
کهن: ancient, olden, aging, hoary
پارینه: ancient, old, last year’s
قدیمی: old, ancient, past, archaic, outdated, antiquated
کهنه: old, stale, archaic, antiquated, obsolete, ancient
دیرینه: old, ancient, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated
عتیق: old, ancient, antique
پیر: old, aged, ancient, senescent, senile, gray
دیر: late, long, ancient, tardy
اباء واجدادی: ancient

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Handful

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مشت

adjective
[‘hand·ful || ‘hændfʊl]
as much as the hand can hold
noun
[‘hand·ful || ‘hændfʊl]
amount that can be held in one hand; small quantity; one who is difficult to control or manage (Informal

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Attempt

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noun - attempt
قصد: intention, intent, purpose, attempt, will, determination
کوشش: attempt, effort, try, endeavor, trial, labor
verb - attempt
جستجو کردن: search, seek, scour, look for, attempt, ransack
کوشش کردن: try, labor, assay, attempt, bend, peg
قصد کردن: attempt, decide, design, meditate
مبادرت کردن به: attack, attempt
تقلا کردن: heave, slog, tussle, scramble, struggle, attempt