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The first draft of it
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Late
Late assay
Overhead
I just have overhead some graduates students talking.
Come out
1if something comes out, it is removed from a place:
These stains will never come out!
2if information comes out, people learn about it, especially after it has been kept secret:
No doubt the truth will come out one day.
anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY
the scientific study of people, their societies, cultures etc➔ ethnology, sociology
Pitch in
pitch in
phrasal verb
informal
1to join others and help with an activity:
If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time.
pitch in with
Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.
Flashy
1big, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval:
large flashy cars
Thoughtful
1always thinking of the things you can do to make people happy or comfortable
OPP thoughtless
Paul is very thoughtful.
glory
1[uncountable] the importance, honour, and praise that people give someone they admire a lot:
She dreamt of future glory as an Olympic champion.
There is not much glory
hesitate
1[intransitive] to pause before saying or doing something because you are nervous or not sure:
Kay hesitated for a moment and then said ‘yes’.
influential
having a lot of influence and therefore changing the way people think and behave:
He had influential friends.
Uninformed
not having enough knowledge or information:
Parents were left anxious, uninformed, and isolated.
formula
But the formula for well-made play required…..
exposition
1[uncountable and countable] formal a clear and detailed explanation:
exposition of
a lucid exposition of educational theories
2[countable] a large public event at which you show or sell products, art etc
quotation
a sentence or phrase from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting or amusing
SYN quote:
quotation from
a quotation from the Bible
servant
someone, especially in the past, who was paid to clean someone’s house, cook for them, answer the door etc, and who often lived in the house:
Many young girls became domestic servants.
Gossip
to talk about other people’s behaviour and private lives, often including remarks that are unkind or untrue:
gossip about
The whole town was gossiping about them.
rumor
شايعه
1information or a story that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true:
rumour about/of
I’ve heard all sorts of rumours about him and his secretary.
mysterious
1mysterious events or situations are difficult to explain or understand:
The police are investigating the mysterious deaths of children at the hospital.
Incite
Inciting incidence
to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc➔ encourage:
They were charged with inciting racial hatred.
incite somebody to do something
a person who incites others to commit an offence
perceive
to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way
Apparent
Easy to notice
sys obvious
Apparent reason
reversal
1[uncountable and countable] a change to an opposite arrangement, process, or way of doing something➔ turnaround:
reversal of/in
a sudden reversal of government policy
fortune
The reversal the fortune continue
بخت، شانس
دارايي
obligatory
1formal something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc
SYN compulsory,
mandatory:
it is obligatory for somebody (to do something)
It is obligatory for companies to provide details of their industrial processes.
Obligatory scene
Hero
He was a war hero
denouement
the exciting last part of a story or play:
The plot takes us to Paris for the denouement of the story.
pleasure
1[uncountable] the feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction that you get from an experience➔ pleasant:
with pleasure
She sipped her drink with obvious pleasure.
for pleasure
Are you taking the trip for business or pleasure?
subtle
1not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention
OPP obvious
The pictures are similar, but there are subtle differences between them.
Subtle distinction
Acoustic
acoustic spectrum
ultrasound
1[uncountable]
PHYSICSMEDICINE
sound that is too high for humans to hear
Since
Since they are blind
self-explanatory
clear and easy to understand without needing any more explanation:
The video controls are pretty self-explanatory.
navigation
the science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another:
compasses and other instruments of navigation
Orientation
Navigation and orientation
prey
an animal, bird etc that is hunted and eaten by another animal
OPP predator
species
a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants➔ genus:
Seven species of birds of prey have been observed.
pandas and other endangered species (=ones that may soon no longer exist)
Bat
خفاش
Count
To weak to count on
emit
The bats emit the ultrasonic pulses
Pitch
High pitch sound waves
Analyze
They analyze the echoes .
Bound
How the waves bound back here
Far away
How far away it is
leaf
Leaf, leaves, trunk,branch
underestimate
1[intransitive and transitive] to think or guess that something is smaller, cheaper, easier etc than it really is
OPP overestimate
underestimate how/what
We underestimated how long it would take to get there.
stationary
standing still instead of moving:
How did you manage to drive into a stationary vehicle?
radar
a piece of equipment that uses radio waves to find the position of things and watch their movement
➔ sonar:
The coastline can now be monitored by radar.
We could see the plane quite clearly on the radar screen.
clutter
a large number of things that are scattered somewhere in an untidy way
SYN junk:
clutter of
the clutter of soaps, shampoos, and towels in the bathroom
needle
Needle and thread
densely
densely pack needles
even
Even surface
appreciate
I’d appreciate it if you let me…
Realize
literature
American literature
Loan
Our loan period is a month
Truck
Truck driver
Charge
How much do you get charge
Gloves
A pair of gloves
Stairs
If you go down stairs
In advance
I had to make a plan away in advance
I should warn you in advance
hook up
Bring my computer and hook it up
rare
rare book
birch
especially Birth tree
bark
the outer covering of a tree
bark at
The dog always barks at strangers.
waterproof
Waterproof jacket
tough
This tough protective layer is waterproof
utensil
UTENSILS
a thing such as a knife, spoon etc that you use when you are cooking:
kitchen utensils
Utensil of wood
peel
to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables:
Peel and dice the potatoes.
Adhere
to stick firmly to something:
adhere to
The eggs of these fish adhere to plant leaves.
pliable
1able to bend without breaking or cracking:
a shoe made of soft pliable leather
Bend
Very easy to bend
canoe
قايق
by far
12by far / far and away
used to say that something is much better, worse etc than anything else:
Watching sport was by far the most popular activity on Saturday afternoons.
Spring is far and away the best time to visit the islands.
Vessel
1formal a ship or large boat:
a fishing vessel
2technical a vein in your body:
a burst blood vessel
By vessel like canoestitch
to sew two pieces of cloth together, or to sew a decoration onto a piece of cloth:
Mary is stitching a bedspread.
Seal
Seal with resin
Resin
صمغ گياهي
watertight
1a watertight container, roof, door etc does not allow water to get in or out➔ airtight
Portage
TRANSPORT
when people carry small boats over land from one river to another
alliances
1an arrangement in which two or more countries, groups etc agree to work together to try to change or achieve something:
alliance with
Britain’s military alliance with her NATO partners
alliance between
the possibility of a political alliance between the two parties
newcomer
1someone who has only recently arrived somewhere or only recently started a particular activity➔ novice:
newcomer to
I’m a relative newcomer to the retail business.
isolate
isolate somebody from something
New born babies must be isolated from possible contamination.
surge
Oil prices surged
Friction
Tension
brittle
Vulnerable
hammer
چكش
ooze
ooze from/out of/through
The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper.
