9 Flashcards
set
Set designer
sys. Scenery
the scenery, furniture etc used on a stage in a play or in the place where a film or television show is being made
accomplished
1an accomplished writer, painter, singer etc is very skilful:
a highly accomplished designer.
Finding himself in the middle of this excitement was an accomplished painter
knack
He showed a knack for imagination and stage design.
Sys. Talent
illusion
give / create an illusion
The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space.
Optical illusion
in the interest of
به خاطر
all in the interest of creating illusion
suspend disbelief
5suspend disbelief
to try to believe that something is true, for example when you are watching a film or play
accomplish
Sys. achieve
to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard
He accomplished this by giving the stage a greater feeling of depth.
rigid
OPP. Flexible
By cutting up some of the rigid background scenery.
touch
another realistic touch
as opposed to
3as opposed to something used to compare two things and show that they are different from each other:
Students discuss ideas, as opposed to just copying from books.
elaborate
(adj). sys . Complex
These sets were so elaborate
be wild for/about
people were wild for traveling, but not everyone could afford it
outdo
He outdid himself however
set up
sys. establish
with a show that he set up in his own home
trick
He synthesized all his tricks from…
be gone
any illusion of movement is gone after the first glance.
The tea is gone.
glance
a quick look
influence
The popular thinking is that Ali was influenced by landscape painting.
at the very least
At the least
at the (very) least
=not less than and probably much more than
It would cost $1 million at the very least.
Mutual
دو طرفه
mutual respect / trust / understanding etc
Mutual respect is necessary for any partnership to work.
European nations can live together in a spirit of mutual trust.
notable
important, interesting, excellent, or unusual enough to be noticed or mentioned:
notable feature / example
A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
subsequent
happening or coming after something else➔ consequent:
These skills were passed on to subsequent generations.
consequence of
Many believe that poverty is a direct consequence of overpopulation.
Couple
Couple of meters wide.
allow
Pronunciation of this word is important.
allowed Nina to concentrate the lighting to better effect.
Show
Pronunciation
Sail
She always wanted to sail around the world.
thunder
1[uncountable]
METEOROLOGY
the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning:
We were woken in the night by thunder.
Copper
Copper sheet
authenticity
authenticity of Ali’s sound effects
substitute
substitute goalkeeper
Decade
Temperature has increased about half a degree Celsius pre decade.
tundra
GOVERNMENT
the large flat areas of land in the north of Russia, Canada etc, where it is very cold and there are no trees
Precipitation
rain, snow etc that falls on the ground, or the amount of rain, snow etc that falls
There’s not much precipitation.
thaw
OPP. Freeze
The lake thawed in March
permeable
material that is permeable allows water, gas etc to pass through it
OPP impermeable
the permeable cell membrane
interfere
interfere with something / somebody
phrasal verb
1to prevent something from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned:
Anxiety can interfere with children’s performance at school.
free
Shrub-free
insulate
to cover or protect something with a material that stops electricity, sound, heat etc from getting in or out:
insulate something from/against something
Pipes may need insulating against the cold.
beneath
On the soil beneath it.
nutrient
Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.
wash away
wash something ↔ away
phrasal verb
1if water washes something away, it carries it away with great force:
Floods in Bangladesh have washed hundreds of homes away.
2to get rid of unhappy feelings, thoughts, or memories:
My anxiety was washed away.
Blow
Snow is blown across the tundra
drifts
5
NATURE
snow/sand if snow, sand etc drifts, the wind blows it into large piles
thrive
shrub land thrives
desolate
1a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:
a desolate landscape
barren
AGRICULTURE
land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it:
Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.
monsoon
monsoon’s rains
2
NATUREMETEOROLOGY
the heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain
Soak
..when the monsoon’s rains soaked the desert
turn
..turned it from desert into grassland.
after all
He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all.
bed
the flat ground at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea:
the sea bed
basin
ابگير
limestone
سنگ اهك
Leave behind
1to not take someone or something with you when you leave a place:
I think I might have left my wallet behind.
Hill
تپه
barely
Only just
Barely meter high
torrential
very heavy rain
Torrent
pan
ماهي تأبه،چاله
dune
GEOGRAPHYNATURE
a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desert
SYN sand dune
تپه شني
silt
گل و لأي
further
Further run.off collected
valley
دره
dry up
1come to an end if a supply of something dries up, it comes to an end and no more is available:
Foreign investment may dry up.
The work soon dried up.
خشك شده درياچه
Rounded
curved
chop
1 (also chop up) to cut something into smaller pieces:
He went outside to chop some more wood for the fire.
hollow
فرو رفتگي
honey
Honey bee
serve a purpose
serve / fulfil a purpose (=be used in a particular way) The building must have served a religious purpose.|
Many old school buildings are no longer suitable for fulfilling their original purpose.
pragmatic
a pragmatic function of some sort
peculiar
There’re several features peculiar to human languages that have..
instinctive
a mother instinctive love
puppy
Young dog
constitute
The rise in crime constitutes a threat to society.
spot
I spotted a police car behind us.
Burrow
Who burrows in the ground.
Utter
I doubt whether anyone has ever uttered either of these sentences before.
inclination
My natural inclination was to say no.
linguistic
Linguistic class
get involved
1be / get
involved to take part in an activity or event, or be connected with it in some way:
It seems like a great industry to get involved with
enter
Before entering acadamia
elsewhere
جاي ديگر
opaque
شيشه كدر
Opaque bottles
flavor
طعم و مزه
…light can give milk a funny flavor and decrease the nutritional value
Dairy
There is a dairy not far from here
half
Second half of the 18th century
