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set

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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

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accomplished

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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

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knack

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He showed a knack for imagination and stage design.

Sys. Talent

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illusion

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give / create an illusion
The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space.
Optical illusion

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in the interest of

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به خاطر

all in the interest of creating illusion

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suspend disbelief

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5suspend disbelief

to try to believe that something is true, for example when you are watching a film or play

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accomplish

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Sys. achieve
to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard
He accomplished this by giving the stage a greater feeling of depth.

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rigid

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OPP. Flexible

By cutting up some of the rigid background scenery.

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touch

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another realistic touch

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as opposed to

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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.
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elaborate

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(adj). sys . Complex

These sets were so elaborate

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be wild for/about

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people were wild for traveling, but not everyone could afford it

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outdo

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He outdid himself however

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set up

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sys. establish

with a show that he set up in his own home

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trick

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He synthesized all his tricks from…

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be gone

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any illusion of movement is gone after the first glance.

The tea is gone.

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glance

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a quick look

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influence

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The popular thinking is that Ali was influenced by landscape painting.

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at the very least

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At the least

at the (very) least
=not less than and probably much more than
It would cost $1 million at the very least.

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Mutual

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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.

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notable

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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.

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subsequent

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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.

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Couple

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Couple of meters wide.

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allow

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Pronunciation of this word is important.

allowed Nina to concentrate the lighting to better effect.

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Show

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Pronunciation

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Sail

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She always wanted to sail around the world.

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thunder

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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.

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Copper

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Copper sheet

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authenticity

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authenticity of Ali’s sound effects

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substitute

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substitute goalkeeper

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Decade

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Temperature has increased about half a degree Celsius pre decade.

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tundra

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GOVERNMENT

the large flat areas of land in the north of Russia, Canada etc, where it is very cold and there are no trees

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Precipitation

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rain, snow etc that falls on the ground, or the amount of rain, snow etc that falls

There’s not much precipitation.

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thaw

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OPP. Freeze

The lake thawed in March

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permeable

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material that is permeable allows water, gas etc to pass through it
OPP impermeable
the permeable cell membrane

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interfere

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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.

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free

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Shrub-free

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insulate

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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.

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beneath

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On the soil beneath it.

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nutrient

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Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.

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wash away

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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.

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Blow

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Snow is blown across the tundra

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drifts

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5
NATURE
snow/sand if snow, sand etc drifts, the wind blows it into large piles

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thrive

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shrub land thrives

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desolate

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1a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:
a desolate landscape

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barren

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AGRICULTURE
land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it:
Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.

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monsoon

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monsoon’s rains

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NATUREMETEOROLOGY
the heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain

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Soak

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..when the monsoon’s rains soaked the desert

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turn

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..turned it from desert into grassland.

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after all

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He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all.

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bed

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the flat ground at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea:

the sea bed

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basin

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ابگير

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limestone

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سنگ اهك

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Leave behind

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1to not take someone or something with you when you leave a place:

I think I might have left my wallet behind.

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Hill

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تپه

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barely

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Only just

Barely meter high

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torrential

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very heavy rain

Torrent

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pan

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ماهي تأبه،چاله

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dune

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GEOGRAPHYNATURE
a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desert
SYN sand dune
تپه شني

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silt

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گل و لأي

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further

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Further run.off collected

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valley

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دره

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dry up

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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

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Rounded

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curved

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chop

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1 (also chop up) to cut something into smaller pieces:

He went outside to chop some more wood for the fire.

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hollow

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فرو رفتگي

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honey

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Honey bee

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serve a purpose

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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.

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pragmatic

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a pragmatic function of some sort

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peculiar

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There’re several features peculiar to human languages that have..

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instinctive

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a mother instinctive love

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puppy

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Young dog

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constitute

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The rise in crime constitutes a threat to society.

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spot

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I spotted a police car behind us.

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Burrow

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Who burrows in the ground.

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Utter

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I doubt whether anyone has ever uttered either of these sentences before.

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inclination

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My natural inclination was to say no.

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linguistic

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Linguistic class

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get involved

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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

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enter

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Before entering acadamia

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elsewhere

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جاي ديگر

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opaque

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شيشه كدر

Opaque bottles

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flavor

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طعم و مزه

…light can give milk a funny flavor and decrease the nutritional value

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Dairy

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There is a dairy not far from here

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half

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Second half of the 18th century

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