9-A:Truth And Lies Flashcards

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Hard to believe, but there was a time when soft drink companies actually tried to make us believe soda was good for babies

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Misleading

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گمراه کننده

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Make us believe soda was good

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Mid-1950s

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Featuring

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نمایش دادن

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The thinner the better

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Retailer

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خرده فروش

person or business that sells goods to final consumers, person or company that sells merchandise to end users

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Criticized

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verb - criticize
انتقاد کردن: criticize, blame, fustigate, review
نکوهش کردن: criticize, dispraise, reprove
نقد ادبی کردن: criticize
عیب جویی کردن: cavil, carp, find faults, criticize, impeach, nag

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Sue

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شکایت کردن

verb
[suː]
take court action against, institute court proceedings against; earnestly request, plead, petition, entreat; woo, court

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Distorted

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adjective
deformed, twisted out of its normal shape or appearance; falsified, misrepresented

distort
verb
[dis·tort || dɪ’stɔːt]
deform; falsify; twist; contort

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Pharmaceutical companies

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[ˌfärməˈso͞otikəl]
adjective - pharmaceutical
دارویی: pharmaceutical, medicinal, pharmaceutic, medical, medic
دارو: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
وابسته به داروسازی: pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical

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Supplement

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noun - supplement
مکمل: supplement
ضمیمه: attachment, annex, appendix, supplement, addendum, addition
متمم: complement, complement, supplement, complementarity
الحاق: interpolation, incorporation, concatenation, insertion, inset, supplement
لاحقه: apposition, supplement
زاویه مکمل: supplement
پس اورد: supplement
هم اورد: adversary, antagonist, competitor, corrival, supplement
verb - supplement
تکمیل کردن: complete, supplement, fulfill, perfect, augment, fill out
ضمیمه شدن به: supplement, tag

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Evidence

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مدرک

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Claiming that vitamins can cure cancer

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Claiming:مدعی شدن

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Radio Commercial

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تجاری،بازرگانی

adjective
[com·mer·cial || kə’mɜːʃl]
pertaining to buying and selling, pertaining to business
noun
[com·mer·cial || kə’mɜːʃl]
television or radio advertisement

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Promote two diet supplements

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verb - promote
ترویج کردن: promulgate, promote, cultivate
ترقی دادن: promote, boost, advance, meliorate, raise
ترفیع دادن: elevate, pedestal, increase, promote

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Supposedly

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adv.
● فرضا،حدسا،ظاهرا،از قرار معلوم
she is supposedly ill
از قرار معلوم بیمار است.

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Absorption of fat

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Absorption جذب

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Claim

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ادعا

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Battle

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[ˈbatl]
noun - battle
نبرد: battle, fight, combat, conflict, action, fray
جنگ: war, battle, warfare, fight, anthology, belligerence
مبارزه: struggle, combat, battle, swordplay, championship
مصاف: battle, combat, battlefield, rencounter, ranks of warriors
نزاع: strife, quarrel, dispute, fray, battle, contention
جدال: battle, controversy
پیکار: fight, battle, combat, action, quarrel
رزم: combat, battle, war
محاربه: war, combat, battle, belligerence, warfare
زد و خورد: skirmish, medley, fracas, fight, battle, warfare
verb - battle
جنگ کردن: war, fight, fray, battle

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Ultimately

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● بالاخره،سرانجام،در پایان
ultimately he succeeded
سرانجام کامیاب شد.
● دست آخر،نهایتا

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Regulation

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[ˌreg(y)əˈlāSHən]
noun - regulation
تنظیم: regulation, adjustment, arrangement, alignment, alinement, set-out
مقرره: regulation, requirement
قانون: law, legislation, rule, code, statute, regulation
قاعده: rule, formula, principle, norm, law, regulation
تعدیل: adjustment, modification, regulation, balancing, damping, settlement
ایین نامه: bylaw, regulation
دستور: order, rule, behest, injunction, direction, regulation

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Abbreviation

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مخفف

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Airbrushed

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Digitally change details in a photograph

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Bagel

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noun - bagel
نان شیرینی حلقوی: bagel

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Once upon a time

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یکی بود یکی نبود،یک وقتی، اورده اند که وقتی

one time a very long time ago (opening of many popular fairy tales)

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Agricultural economics

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اقتصاد کشاورزی

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Word hunger

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Hunger:گرسنگی،قحطی

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Expenditure

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noun - expenditure
هزینه: cost, expense, expenditure, charge, outlay, toll
مصرف: consumption, use, expenditure, utilization, waster, expenditures
صرف: conjugation, sheer, expenditure, etymology, accident, accident
خرج: cost, expense, charge, expenditure, outlay, input
پرداخت: payment, pay, fee, disbursement, finish, expenditure
بر امد: consequence, expenditure, expense, issue, outcome, result

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Bring in

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verb - bring in
وارد کردن: import, involve, initiate, bring in, induct, intern
اوردن: bring, fetch, bring in, immigrate

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Recoup his costs

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verb - recoup
دوباره بدست اوردن: regain, recoup, recover, resume, retrieve
جبران کردن: compensate, atone, offset, gratify, make up, recoup
تلافی کردن: retaliate, reprise, avenge, compensate, pay, recoup

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He has lost his mind

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Solicited

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وسوسه کردن

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Pitch

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حرکت،گام

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Circumstances

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noun - circumstances
موقعیت: position, situation, location, status, circumstances, place

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Most of its clothes are Manufactured in Asia.

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adjective
produced in extensive large industrial quantities; artificial, synthetic

manufacture
noun
[man·u·fac·ture || mænə’fæktʃer /’mænjʊ’fæktʃe]
act or process of making a product by hand or by machine (especially on a large scale); specific branch of industry (i.e. linen manufacture); product made by hand or by machine
verb
[man·u·fac·ture || mænə’fæktʃer /’mænjʊ’fæktʃe]
make by machine (especially on a large scale); create, make, produce; mass-produce; fabricate, invent

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Launched a new product

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They market their products

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noun - market
بازار: market, marketplace, bazaar, mart, agora, plaza
مرکز تجارت: market
محل داد وستد: market
verb - market
به بازار عرضه کردن: market
فروختن: sell, undercut, vent, undersell, sell up, market
در بازار داد و ستد کردن: market
در معرض فروش قرار دادن: market

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During a recession, many companies close down and standards of living drop

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[riˈseSHən]
noun - recession
بحران اقتصادی: recession
کسادی: slack, depression, recession, stagnation, stringency
باز گشت: comeback, return, reflexion, recidivism, recession, recess
اعاده: restoration, restitution, return, recourse, rebound, recession
پس رفت: retrogression, recession
هرس: pruning, recession

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A chain

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A group of stores,hotels,etc. owned by the same person or company

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The staff

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The group of people who work for an organization

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The CEO(chief executive officer)

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The person with the highest rank in a company

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Executive

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adjective - executive
اجرایی: executive, administrative
مجری: executive, executing, carrying out, administrative
جامع: comprehensive, general, universal, plenary, encyclopaedic, executive
noun - executive
مجری: executive, enforcer, executer, pyxidium
هيئت رئيسه: presidium, executive

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In charge of

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in command, responsible over

• A captain is in charge of his ship and its crew.
یک کاپیتان مسئول کشتی و خدمه آن است.
• She was acting as if she was in charge.
یک طوری رفتار می کرد انگار که مسئولیتش با اون بود.

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Boom

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توسعه