5th Week 3rd & 4th Day Flashcards

1
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Scandal

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رسوايى، تهمت

تهمت زدن

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2
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Came to head

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به اوج خود رسيد

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3
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Egregious

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(اگريجس)
Remarkably bad
-The bank teller's egregious error was difficult to correct. 
فاحش
بزرگ
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4
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Suspend

A

معلق كردن
به حالت تعليق درآوردن
Suspension: معلق، آويزان
Suspension bridge: پل معلق

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5
Q

Sordid

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كثيف
فرومايه
خسيس
دون
شلخته
هرزه
چرك
Sordidness: خسيسى
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6
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Affair

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امر
كار
عشقبازى
كار و بار
مطلب
Sordid affair: كار زشت
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7
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Go up in smoke

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بى نتيجه ماندن
محو شدن
Our chance for winning would go up in smoke.

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8
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Distraught

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ديسترااوت
Mentally confused, crazed(پريشان)
-The soldiers were distraught to learn that their furlough(مرخصى) had been canceled. 
پريشان 
آشفته، سر درگم
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9
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Duplicity

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Cunning, trickery
-Duplicity is the stock in trade of all adroit counterspies. حقه بازى سرمايه تمام جاسوسان دوجانبه زرنگ است.
دورويى
نيرنگ

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10
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Acrimonious

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Bitter
-We tried to ignore her acrimonious comments, but that took considerable restraint(خويشتن دارى). 
-Acrimonious fashion: لحن نيشدار
تند،گزنده
نيشدار
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11
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Paucity

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Scarcity
-Although it was a creative writing class, the teacher complained about the paucity of talent there.
كمبود
كمى

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12
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Moral

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اخلاقى، معنوى، روحى
اسم: اخلاق، روحيه، پند، معنى، سيرت
-A moral story:داستان اخلاقى
-Moral values: ارزشهاى اخلاقى

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13
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Pyrrhic

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پرهزيته adj (فِريك)

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14
Q

Summoned

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Verb
فراخواندن
احضار كردن

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15
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Elicit

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اِليست
To draw forth بيرون كشيدن
-It isn’t easy to elicit answers from a sleepy class on Monday morning. 
بدست آوردن
بيرون كشيدن
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16
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Pernicious

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Harmful. Causing injury.
-The dictator’s pernicious rules failed to intimated the leaders of the underground.
خطرناك، مهلك
زيانبار، مضر

17
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Suspension

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تعليق،تاخير، بى تكليفى

18
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Tolerate

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To put up, to bear
-Dentists appreciate patients who can tolerate pain.
تحمل كردن
روا دانستن

19
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Construe

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To make a deduction, to infer
-She hoped that we would not construe her decision to run for office as a thirst for power.
تعبير كردن
تلقى كردن

20
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Impunity

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Freedom from punishment
-The border guards allowed the doctor to cross the frontier with impunity.
بخشودگى
مصونيت

21
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Severely