85- Travel Flashcards

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Journeys have always been an enjoyable part of my life. Every trip has taught me something fruitful, and I have become a better person at the end of every trip.

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پربار

1 producing good results OPP fruitless

Today’s meeting proved more fruitful than last week’s.
a busy and fruitful time
a fruitful source of information

2 literary land that is fruitful produces a lot of crops SYN fertile

—fruitfully adverb
—fruitfulness noun [uncountable]

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Also, by planning and executing random trips, I have enhanced my observation skills to a great extent.

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اجرا کردن، اداره کردن، قانونی کردن، نواختن، نمایش دادن، اعدام کردن

ex‧e‧cute /ˈeksəkjuːt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

1 KILL SOMEBODY to kill someone, especially legally as a punishment
execute somebody for something

Thousands have been executed for political crimes.
13 people were summarily executed (=killed without any trial or legal process) by the guerrillas.

2 DO SOMETHING formal to do something that has been carefully planned SYN implement
The job involves drawing up and executing a plan of nursing care.

3 PERFORM AN ACTION formal to perform a difficult action or movement
beautifully/skilfully/poorly etc executed
The skaters’ routine was perfectly executed.

4 COMPUTER technical if a computer executes a program or command (=instruction), it makes the program or command happen or work

5 LEGAL DOCUMENT law to make sure that the instructions in a legal document are followed

6 PRODUCE SOMETHING formal to produce a painting, book, film etc

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The knowledge I have gathered through these trips is tough to accumulate through other means.

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اندوختن

əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb

1 [transitive] to gradually get more and more money, possessions, knowledge etc over a period of time
It is unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate wealth.

2 [intransitive] to gradually increase in numbers or amount until there is a large quantity in one place
Fat tends to accumulate around the hips and thighs.

—accumulation /əˌkjuːmjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
the accumulation of data

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delectable: /dɪˈlektəbəl/

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adjective formal: extremely pleasant to taste or smell; SYN: delicious

Delectable smells rose from the kitchen.

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fruitful

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useful

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execute

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perform

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random: /ˈrændəm/

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adjective: happening or chosen without any definite plan, aim, or pattern
The company has introduced random drug testing of its employees.

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to a great extent

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a lot

I have enhanced my observation skills to a great extent

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through

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by, by using

The knowledge i have gathered through these trips is tough to accumulate through other means.

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tough

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hard

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means

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ways

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accumulate

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gather, collect, pile up

collect to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together
She collects stamps (=as a hobby).
They have collected 650 signatures for their petition.
gather to collect information from different places, or to collect crops, flowers, wood etc, especially from the ground
Computers make it easier to gather information.
The men gathered firewood.
assemble formal to collect something such as information in an organized way
When all the evidence is assembled, we will write our report.
build up to gradually collect more things of the same type over time
He has built up one of the country’s finest collections of art.
accumulate to gradually get more and more of something such as money, possessions, or knowledge, over time. Accumulate is more formal than build up
He is driven by the desire to accumulate wealth.
amass to collect a large amount of something such as money, information, or knowledge, over time
Carnegie amassed a fortune in the steel industry.
run up a bill/debt/loss informal to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much
He ran up huge gambling debts.

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adventure lover

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someone who is adventurous is willing to take risks and to try new methods.

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initially

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at first

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approximately

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almost

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stumble upon

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to find or learn about (something) unexpectedly:
I stumbled across/on/upon this book by chance.
We stumbled onto/across the ruins of an old fort.

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showcase

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show the good qualities of a person, organization, product etc

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lush

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شاداب
adjective: plants that are lush grow many leaves and look healthy and strong
a lush green mountainous island
The fields were lush with grass and flowers.

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➢ paddy

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paddy field: a field where rice is grown.

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➢ mesmerizing

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capturing one’s complete attention as if by magic.

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➢ compel

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force to do sth, make
مجبور کردن
وادار کردن

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➢ pull over

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stop your car by the road

اتومبیل را به کنار جاده راندن، کنار زدن

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The concept of traffic-free shopping areas goes back a long time

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go back phrasal verb
1 to return to a place that you have just come from
I think we ought to go back now.
to/into/inside etc
I felt so sick I just wanted to go back to bed.
for
I had to go back for my passport (=to get my passport).
2 there’s no going back spoken used to say that you cannot make a situation the same as it was before
I realized that once the baby was born there would be no going back.
3 [always + adverb/preposition] to have been made, built, or started at some time in the past
It’s a tradition that goes back at least 100 years.
to
The building goes back to Roman times.
4 if people go back a particular length of time, they have known each other for that length of time
Peter and I go back 25 years.
We go back a long way (=we have been friends for a long time).
5 to think about a particular time in the past or something that someone said before
If you go back 20 years, most people didn’t own a computer.
to
I’d like to go back to the point that was made earlier.
6 the clocks go back when the clocks go back in the autumn, the time officially changes so that the clock shows one hour earlier than it was before
The clocks go back in October.

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Traffic free shopping areas know as souks

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souk /suːk/ noun [countable]
a market in an Arab country
چارسوق و سوق و اینا:))

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Dirty exhaust fumes from cars and the risks involved in crossing the road were beginning to make shopping an unpleasant and dangerous experience

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Strong, unpleasant and often dangerous gases from vehicles

fume /fjuːm/ verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] to be angry about something
fume at/over/about
She sat in the car, silently fuming about what he’d said.
‘You’ve no right to be here, ’ he fumed.
2 [intransitive] to give off smoke or gases

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At first, there was resistance from shopkeepers

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shop‧keep‧er /ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə $ ˈʃɑːpˌkiːpər/ noun [countable] especially British English
someone who owns or is in charge of a small shop SYN storekeeper American English

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Retail zone

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Retail area means the area designated in a retail store to display and sell products, provide customer service and checkout. The retail area does not include the storage area, back rooms, stock area, maintenance areas, or other locations which are not intended to be accessible to consumers.

خرده‌فروشی، جزئی، خرد، جز، خرده‌فروشی کردن

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Outskirts

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the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
on the outskirts (of something)
They live on the outskirts of Paris.