73 Flashcards
Alike
similar :adjective almost the same
Jo said she’d had a similar experience.
The colours are very similar, but I like this one best.
like :preposition similar to something or someone else
It tastes a little like chicken.
She still looks like a teenager.
alike :adjective [not before noun] very similar – used especially about the way people look or behave
She and her sister look alike.
Lawyers are all alike - I don’t trust them.
Turtle
لاک پشت، لاک پشت آبی
a reptile that lives mainly in water and has a soft body covered by a hard shell
2 American English any reptile that has a hard shell covering its body, for example a tortoise
Nest
لونه
1 Image of nest BIRDS a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in
a bird’s nest
In May the females build a nest and lay their eggs.
Young eagles leave the nest after only two months.
2 INSECTS/ANIMALS a place where insects or small animals live
a field mouse’s nest
COLLOCATIONS
VERBS
build/make a nest
Swallows build their nests out of mud.
leave the nest
Barn owls leave the nest at two to three months.
TYPES OF NEST
a bird’s/eagle’s/crow’s etc nest
an abandoned bird’s nest
a wasps’/hornets’ nest
a wasps’ nest in the attic
an ants’ nest
a red ants’ nest
Patrol
گشت زنی
pa‧trol1 /pəˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ ●○○ verb (patrolled, patrolling) [transitive]
1 to go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger
Armed guards patrolled the grounds.
an area patrolled by special police units
2 to drive or walk around an area in a threatening way
Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night.
Palm trees
1 PART OF HAND the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things
in somebody’s palm
She looked at the coins in her palm.
He held the pebble in the palm of his hand.
2 TREE (also palm tree) a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top
coconut palms
Souvenir
سوغاتی و یادگاری
an object that you buy or keep to remind yourself of a special occasion or a place you have visited SYN memento
souvenir of
I bought a model of the Eiffel Tower as a souvenir of Paris.
a souvenir shop
souvenir from
a souvenir programme from the Gala Concert
Quality time
time in which one’s child, partner, or other loved person receives one’s undivided attention, in such a way as to strengthen the relationship.
“the most important thing is to spend quality time talking to their children”