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Three-course meal
What is a 3-course meal? A 3-course meal is any meal that includes one entrée, one main course, and one dessert. Also referred to as a standard course meal, 3-course meals are considered the starting point for fine dining.
Lounge
لمیدن، لم دادن، محل استراحت و لم دادن، اطاق استراحت، سالن استراحت، صندلی راحتی، تن‌آسایی، وقت‌گذرانی به بطالت
lounge1 /laʊndʒ/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable]
1 a waiting room at an airport
the departure lounge
2 a public room in a hotel or other building, that is used by many people as a place to relax
the television lounge
3 British English the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc SYN living room
4 British English a lounge bar
5 American English a cocktail bar
lounge2 ●○○ verb [intransitive]
1 [always + adverb/preposition] to stand, sit, or lie in a lazy or relaxed way
Nathan was lounging on the grass bank outside the cottage.
► see thesaurus at sit
Reclining
If a seat reclines, you can change the position of its back so that it is in a leaning position: [ I ] The bus has air conditioning and seats that recline/reclining seats.
Staircase
راه پله
Steward
مهماندار
1 a man whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane or ship → flight attendant
2 someone who is in charge of a horse race, meeting, or other public event
race stewards
3 someone who protects something or is responsible for it, especially something such as nature, public property, or money
steward of
Kissinger was now chief steward of US foreign policy.
4 a man whose job is to manage a large property, such as a farm
Arcade
Related topics: Architecture, Buildings, Trade, Leisure
ar‧cade /ɑːˈkeɪd $ ɑːr-/ noun [countable]
1 a covered passage at the side of a row of buildings with pillars and arches supporting it on one side
2 a covered passage between two streets with shops on each side of it
3 British English (also shopping arcade) a large building or part of a building where there are many shops
4 an amusement arcade
arcade games
محل سرپوشیده یا دستگاه مرتبط با سرگرمی سکه‌ای یا ژتونی که به‌طور معمول در مکان‌های عمومی مانند رستوران‌ها، کافه‌ها و به‌خصوص محل‌های برگزاری بازی‌های ویدئویی قرار دارند. (از جمله این بازی‌ها می‌توان به بازی پینبال اشاده کرد)
Noun
پاساژ، بازارچه، بازار سرپوشیده، دالان، گذر طاق‌دار
Noun
(معماری) یک سری ستون که روی آنها تاق‌های ضربی ساخته شده باشد، ساختمان دارای تاق قوسی
What a bummer !
If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying. [informal] I had a bummer of a day. What a bummer!
عجب ضدحالی!!
Catch a cold
I caught a cold
4 ILLNESS [transitive] to get an infectious disease
Anton caught malaria in Mali, and nearly died.
Many young people are still ignorant about how HIV is caught.
catch something from/off somebody/something
Typhoid and cholera are often caught from contaminated water supplies.
I caught chicken pox off my friend at school.
catch your death (of cold) British English spoken (=get a very bad cold)
Don’t stand out in the rain. You’ll catch your death.
hardy
Strong and healthy
booming
پر رونق
nearshoring
transferring a business operation to a nearby country
Somebody hit you <——-> you get hit
THESAURUS
TO HIT SOMEONE
hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc
He hit him hard in the stomach.
I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.
beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard
The girl had been beaten to death.
He was beating the donkey with a stick.
strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English
Her husband struck her twice across the face.
Police say that the man had been struck on the head.
punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight
I punched him on the nose.
She was screaming and punching him with her fists.
thump /θʌmp/ informal to punch someone very hard
Sometimes I just want to thump him.
beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times
If I tell the police, they’ll beat me up.
He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.
slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them
They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.
spank (also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them
Should a parent ever smack a child?
I don’t agree with smacking.
In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.
TO HIT SOMETHING
hit
Jack hit the ball and it flew over the fence.
knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside
Someone was knocking on the door.
I knocked loudly but no one came.
strike written to hit a surface. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English
The ball struck the side of the goal.
whack /wæk/ informal to hit something very hard
Edmonds whacked the ball into the air.
bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage
The police had to bash the door down to get in.
tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention
I tapped him on the shoulder.
I heard someone tapping on the window.
rap to knock quickly or hit something several times
He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order.
Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o’clock in the morning.
bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise
Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily.
The door suddenly banged shut.
pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force
I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks.
She pounded on the door and shouted wildly.
hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise
The rain was hammering on the roof.
A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily.
TO HIT SOMETHING ACCIDENTALLY
hit
I’ve got a bad bruise where I hit my leg against the table.
The car hit a tree.
bump to hit a part of your body against something, especially because you do not see or notice it
Careful you don’t bump your head – the ceiling’s very low.
bang/bash to hit something hard, so that you hurt yourself or damage something
He banged into the car in front.
I bashed my knee climbing over a gate.
She fell and bashed her chin on the ground.
stub to hit your toe against something and hurt it
I stubbed my toe on the piano leg.
Relatively small range
Quite
rel‧a‧tive‧ly /ˈrelətɪvli/ ●●○ S3 W2 adverb
1 something that is relatively small, easy etc is fairly small, easy etc compared to other things
The system is relatively easy to use.
E-commerce is a relatively recent phenomenon.
quite /kwaɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 predeterminer, adverb
1 especially American English very, but not extremely → pretty
The food in the cafeteria is usually quite good.
His hair is quite thin on top now.
Amy’s at college, and she’s doing quite well.
quite a something
He’s quite a good soccer player.
GRAMMAR: Word order
You say quite a before an adjective and a noun:
It took quite a long time to answer the questions.
✗Don’t say: It took a quite long time.
2 especially British English fairly, or to a small extent, but not very → pretty
The film was quite good, but the book was much better.
I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently.
quite like/enjoy
I quite like Chinese food.
3 → quite a lot/bit/few
4 [+adj/adverb] British English completely
I’m sorry. That’s quite impossible.
What she’s suggesting is quite ridiculous!
I think you’ve had quite enough to drink already!
That’s quite a different matter.
….. is not an option for all people
همه نمیتونن از …. استفاده کنن
Depleted
de‧plete /dɪˈpliːt/ verb [transitive]
to reduce the amount of something that is present or available
Salmon populations have been severely depleted.
Grammar
Deplete is often passive in this meaning.
—depletion /dɪˈpliːʃən/ noun [uncountable]
the depletion of the ozone layer
…. Will bring the revolution
Existing battery
باطری موجود
It Offer a number of benefits
The plan is simple but revolutionary
Vehicle will be plugged into the electricity grid
1 plug (something) into something to connect one piece of electrical equipment to another, or to be connected
Your phone can be plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in your car.
Games consoles plug into the back of the TV.
2 informal to realize that something is available to be used and use it
A lot of students don’t plug into all the research facilities we have.
The car is capable of as much as 160km in urban motoring conditions
The battery can be topped up by charge point
Can be completely charge
top something/somebody ↔ up phrasal verb especially British English
1 to add more liquid to a container that is partly full
I’ll just top up the coffee pot.
2 to put more drink in someone’s glass or cup after they have drunk some
Can I top you up?
3 to increase the level of something slightly so as to bring it back to the level you want
He had to do extra jobs at the weekend to top up his income.
A navigation system directs the driver to the nearest switch station
1 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
2 when someone sails a ship along a river or other area of water
Navigation becomes more difficult further up the river.
3 when you click on words, pictures etc in order to move between documents that are connected on the Internet
The depleted battery can be replaced
Empty
de‧plete /dɪˈpliːt/ verb [transitive]
to reduce the amount of something that is present or available
Salmon populations have been severely depleted.
Grammar
Deplete is often passive in this meaning.
—depletion /dɪˈpliːʃən/ noun [uncountable]
the depletion of the ozone layer
However, this distance may not be a problem for urban drivers
رانندگان شهری
Trips taken
سفرهای انجام شده
The US suggest that 77 percent of trip taken there are 48km or less
The car is capable of as much as 160 km in urban motoring conditions
Belonging or relating to a town or city
Urban
Which exist or are used at the present time
Existing
The journey takes just over 12 hours and 45 minutes
انقد طول میکشه
The ferry terminal
ترمینال کشتی
You can obtain a souvenir ship’s key ring for four euros fifty
sou‧ve‧nir /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə, ˈsuːvənɪə $ -nɪr/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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
