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seize every opportunity

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seize the moment

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get/take revenge

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= get back at someone

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grab breakfast

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  • Let’s grab some breakfast at my favorite cafe before we go shopping.
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bun

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: a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced

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really thick

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خیلی غلیظ

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really rich

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خیلی غنی

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super sweet

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خیلی شیرین

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soon

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any second now

  • The train is expected to arrive any second now, so please stand clear of the platform edge.
  • I’ve been waiting for her response, and I believe she’ll message me any second now.
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elasticity

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کش آمدن

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cut down on something

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I’m trying to cut down on coffee right now. I’m only having one cup at breakfast.

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cut out

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  • Lucy cut fried foods out of her diet.
  • Sam started exercising and she cut out snacks.
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to encourage sb to do sth

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We encourage the victims to talk freely about their experiences.

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prefer a daily diet of sth

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Young people prefer a daily diet of hamburgers.

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non-fattening

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Choosing a salad for lunch is a great option if you’re looking for a delicious and non-fattening meal.

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Offensive

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توهین آمیز

  • His comments during the meeting were surprisingly offensive and upset several colleagues.
  • The comedian’s jokes were meant to be humorous, but some found them offensive and inappropriate.
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appetiser / appetizer

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پیش غذا

  • I always enjoy starting my meal with a light appetiser like a salad.
  • For the party, we prepared a plate of assorted appetisers for everyone to enjoy.

assorted: متنوع

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high-maintenance

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describes someone who requires a lot of attention, effort, or resources to meet their needs or expectations. It can refer to emotional, financial, or time-related demands.

  • Dealing with a high-maintenance friend can be challenging, as they often have specific preferences and require constant attention and support.
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half sister

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same mom with different dad

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step-sister

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is a sibling that you get when your parent marries someone else with children

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adopted child

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is your child but you didn’t give birth to her/him. They’re not your biological child.

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only child

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a child with no sisters/brothers

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sibling

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brother or sister

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immediate family

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includes parents, siblings, spouses, children

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extended family

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includes grandparents/children, cousins, uncles, aunts, …

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niece

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brother/sister’s daughter

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nephew

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brother/sister’s son

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circumstances

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conditions or factors that affect a situation

  • Despite challenging circumstances she preserved and achieved her goals.
  • The success of the project depended on the circumstances surrounding the market trends.
  • Understanding the circumstances is crucial before making any decisions in a complex situation.
  • changing social and political circumstances

crucial : essential مهم و حیاتی

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raise a child

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  • For some people the cost of raising a child is really expensive.
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have a lot on one’s plate/ have enough on one’s plate

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: have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with

  • She couldn’t join the new project; she already has a lot on her plate with existing assignments.
  • Despite having a lot on his plate, John always manages to prioritize his tasks effectively.

prioritize: اولویت‌بندی کردن

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spoiled

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لوس

Children are rude and behave badly because they are given everything they want.

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mature

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بالغ

People behave like adults

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selfish

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خودخواه

People think about themselves and not about other people

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sociable

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اجتماعی

People are friendly and enjoy being with other people

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anxious

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مضطرب

People are often worried or stressed

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imaginative

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دارای قوه تصور زیاد

a person who has a good imagination

≠ unimaginative

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independent

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مستقل

a person who likes doing things on her/his own, without help

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sensible

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: باشعور

: a person who is level-headed and calm, and makes wise decisions.

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sympathetic

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همدل و همدرد

a person who is kind to someone who was hurt or sad.

  • We were all sympathetic to Suzanne over her recent misfortune.

misfortune: بدشانسی

  • Everyone was very sympathetic when I was sick.
    اینجا دلسوز معنی می‌ده
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charming

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جذاب
a person who has an attractive personality and people like him/her

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affectionate

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: مهربان و پرمهر و محبت
- He is very affectionate towards his children.
**an affectionate kiss

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bossy

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زورگو

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rebellious

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سرکش

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insecure

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: unconfident

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stubborn

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لجباز

  • She’s sick, but she’s too stubborn to see a doctor.
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ambitious

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جاه طلب

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reliable

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قابل اعتماد

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self-confident

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با اعتماد به نفس

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competitive

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رقابت جو

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agreeable

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: a pleasant person

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a take-charge leader

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: is a person who likes to be in charge of doing things. That person has a bossy character.

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follows along

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: a person who follows along is a person who is obedient.

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obedient

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مطیع، حرف شنو

≠ disobedient, rebellious

  • an obedient dog
  • Students are expected to be quiet and obedient in the classroom.
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a bonding factor

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فاکتور صمیمیت

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extrovert

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: an energetic person who enjoys being with other people.
: برون گرا، اجتماعی

  • Most sales people are extroverts.
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cheap

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خسیس

≠ generous

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rule the roost

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(idom)
: to be the person who makes all the decisions in a group/ to be in complete control

  • In that family, it is the grandma who rules the roost.
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advantage

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≠ disadvantage

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be/get lost in the shuffle

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(idiom)
: If something or someone gets lost in the shuffle, that thing or person does not get the attention they deserve.

  • With six older kids, the baby sometimes is/gets lost in the shuffle.
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might be cuddled

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: might be spoiled

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outgoing

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: someone who is friendly and likes being with and talking to other people

  • a very outgoing person
  • His outgoing personality made him very popular in school.
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a strong influence on something

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63
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to be good at dealing with arguments

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deal with sth: to take action in order to achieve sth or to solve a problem

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depend too much on others

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singleton

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1: a man/woman who does not have a romantic or sexual partner

2: one baby or baby animal that is born and is not a twin, etc. : فکر کنم همون only child

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au pair

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: a foreign person usually a young woman who lives with a family in order to learn their language and who takes care of the children or cleans the house in return for meals, a room and a small payment

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housework

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: کارهای خونه

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childcare

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pocket money

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: پول توجیبی

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Peruvian

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: اهل پرو

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forgetful

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: often forgetting things
: فراموشکار، بی‌حواس

  • She’s getting very forgetful in her old age.

= absent-minded

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incontinent

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: بی اختیار در دفع ادرار

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73
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excretion of urine

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: دفع ادرار

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get along

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1: If two or more people get along, they like each other and are friendly to each other.
2: to deal with a situation, usually successfully

  • I wonder how Michael is getting along in his new job.
  • I don’t really get along with my sister’s husband.

**get along with
**get along well with people

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show the ropes

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(idiom)
: to show someone how to do a job or activity

  • Lynn spent an afternoon showing the new girl the ropes.
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be/run in someone’s blood

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(idiom)
: If an ability or tendency is in, or runs in someone’s blood, it is natural to them and others in their family

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put somebody down

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(informal)
: to make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them

  • Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?

**criticizing : انتقاد کردن

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lose your temper

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(idiom)
: to suddenly become very angry so that you cannot control yourself

  • Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong?
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couch potato

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(idiom)
: a very lazy person

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have a heart of gold

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(idiom)
: to be very kind and generous

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to be a know-it-all

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(idiom)
: a person who thinks that they know much more than other people

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to be not a burden

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: باری روی دوش نبودن و مستقل بودن

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can’t stand + verb + ing

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  • She likes her privacy and can’t stand being around people all the time.
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level-headed

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: آرام و معقول، منطقی

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permanent

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: دائمی

  • Are you looking for a temporary or a permanent job?
  • The disease can cause permanent damage to the brain.
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neat

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: tidy مرتب و منظم

  • Your house is always so neat.
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pity

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: حیف

  • What a pity you were sick and missed the school trip!
  • It’s a pity (that) she can’t come to the movies with us.
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go on a shopping spree

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: ولخرجی کردن

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bill

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: صورتحساب، قبض

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gas money

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: پول بنزین

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fascinate

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: to interest someone a lot
: مجذوب کردن

  • Science has always fascinated me.
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banal

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: boring because it contains nothing new and lacks originality

  • Because the movie’s plot was banal, we knew exactly how the film would end.
  • I was bored to death because of his banal conversation.
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be out of your league

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(idiom)
: to be too good or too expensive for you

  • He was so good-looking and so popular that I felt he was out of my league.
94
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trophy wife

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(idiom)
: an attractive young woman who is married to an older successful man

95
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creditor

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: طلبکار

96
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The twilight of your career

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: difficult days and dark days of your profession

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collapse

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: به شدت سقوط کردن

98
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firm

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: شرکت

**an engineering firm
یک شرکت مهندسی

99
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venerable

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: محترم، خوشنام

**a venerable old man

100
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bankrupt

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: ورشکسته شدن

**bankruptcy : ورشکستگی

101
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involuntary bankruptcy

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: is a legal proceeding through which creditors request that a person or business go into bankruptcy. Creditors can request involuntary bankruptcy if they think that they will not be paid if bankruptcy proceedings don’t take place.

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She cannot get a dime

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= She doesn’t get any money

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wealthy

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: rich

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file for divorce

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: asking the court to end your marriage

= petition for divorce

105
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I’ll be there in a second

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: الان میام

106
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Hang on

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: صبر کن

107
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I thought it couldn’t get any worse

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: فکر کردم از این بدتر نمی‌شه

108
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an in-depth expose’

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: یک گزارش عمیق و دقیق

109
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to owe somebody something

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: به کسی چیزی بدهکار بودن

  • I owe you an apology.
  • She still owes her father £3 000.
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to raise money

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: پول جمع کردن

  • We want to raise money for the new hospital.
  • They were raising money for charity.
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inherit

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: به ارث بردن

  • He has inherited his mother’s patience.
  • Katie inherited some money from her grandmother.
  • She inherited a passion for music from her grandfather.
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can’t afford

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: If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.

  • My parents can’t even afford a new refrigerator.
  • The arts should be available to more people at prices they can afford.
  • We couldn’t afford to buy a new rug.
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rug

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: قالیچه

114
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to charge somebody (for something)

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: از کسی (برای چیزی) پول گرفتن

  • He charged me half price.
  • We won’t charge you for delivery.
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Bill

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: a piece of paper that shows how much money you have to pay for sth

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Salary

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: The money you get for the work you do

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Tax

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: Money you pay to the government

118
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Loan

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: Money that somebody or the bank lends you

119
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Budget

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: Money that you have available and a plan of how to spend it e.g. a vacation

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Mortgage

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: Money that you borrow from a bank to buy a house

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Contactless payment

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: a fast way of paying where you hold your card or phone over a reader and don’t use your PIN

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Insurance

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: Money that you pay to a company and then they pay if you are sick or injured, or if you lose or break sth

123
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Jail

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: زندان

124
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money laundering

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: پولشویی

125
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fraud

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: کلاهبرداری

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bribery and corruption

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: رشوه و فساد مالی

127
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market abuse/ insider dealing

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: سواستفاده از بازار و خرید و فروش غیرقانونی سهام یک شرکت

128
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scam

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: شیادی

129
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lavish lifestyle

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Lavish: large in quantity and expensive…

  • She enjoys having a lavish lifestyle since she comes from a rich family.
130
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Devil’s advocate

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: someone who pretends, in an argument or discussion, to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support, in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail.

**play devil’s advocate

  • He would play devil’s advocate with anyone.
  • Somehow you have to play devil’s advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces.
131
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dime

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: an American or Canadian coin that is worth ten cents. used in expressions to refer to a very small amount of money.

  • I gave the boy two dimes to buy himself some candy.
  • All these suggestions will help boost your employees’ morale and won’t cost a dime.
  • He has always paid his own way and never asked me for a single dime.
132
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take out

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: برداشت کردن (پول از بانک)

**to take money out (of something)

  • I took out £50 from an ATM.
133
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pay back

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1: پس دادن (پول)
2: تلافی کردن

  • When can you pay me back the money I lent you?
  • I’ll pay him back for making me look like a fool in front of everyone.
134
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live off sb/sth

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: to get the money that you need to pay for food, a place in which to stay, clothing, etc. from someone or something

  • Many young unemployed people are still living off their parents.
  • I have to live off my parents while I’m in college.
135
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live on sth

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1: If you live on an amount of money, that is the money that you use to buy the things that you need

  • It’s difficult for me and my wife to live on only one salary.
  • We lived on very little when we first got married.

2: to only eat a particular type of food

  • I more or less live on pasta.
136
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abuse

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: to use something for the wrong purpose in a way that is harmful or morally wrong

  • She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.
  • I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.
  • He fears that his brother may be abusing alcohol.
137
Q

We spend a lot on nonesense

A

: things we don’t need

138
Q

impulse purchase

A

: خرید یهویی و بدون برنامه

139
Q

It has consolidated what I already felt

A

It has consolidated: it made it stronger

140
Q

no-spend/ no-buy year

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: a whole year dedicated to cutting out extraneous purchases in order to reset your spending habits.

141
Q

extraneous

A

: فرعی، اضافی

142
Q

a sense of adventure

A

: احساس هیجان و کشف چیزهای جدید

143
Q

gain confidence

A

: اعتماد به نفس بدست آوردن

144
Q

slim

A

= skinny

145
Q

public transportation

A

: وسیله نقلیه عمومی

146
Q

tent

A

: چادر

147
Q

take-out food

A

: food from restaurant

148
Q

have a mortgage

A

: وام داشتن

149
Q

spend money unnecessarily

A
150
Q

hang out with friends

A

: خوشگذرانی با دوستان

151
Q

feel more isolated

A
152
Q

couldn’t afford to travel

A
153
Q

miss a trip

A

: یه سفر رو از دست داد

154
Q

appreciate the simple things

A

: قدردان چیزهای ساده بودن

155
Q

treat her friends to a night out

A

: دوستاشو یه شب بیرون دعوت کرد (اون می‌خواست حساب کنه)

156
Q

ride a bike

A
157
Q

go on foot

A

: walking rather than travelling by car or using other transport

158
Q

ask people for a ride

A
159
Q

olive oil

A
160
Q

cleaning product

A
161
Q

bike trip

A
162
Q

electricity bills

A
163
Q

tap water

A

: آب لوله کشی

164
Q

beauty treatments

A
165
Q

suspicious

A

: making you feel that sth illegal is happening or that sth is wrong
: مشکوک

  • Her behaviour was very suspicious.
  • It’s a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder.
  • There’s a suspicious-looking van parked at the end of the street.
166
Q

backpack

A

: a large bag used to carry things on your back, used especially by people who go camping or walking

167
Q

belt

A

: کمربند

168
Q

Support charities

A

: حمایت از خیریه‌ها

169
Q

a member of our community

A
170
Q

to have an impact

A

: تأثیر داشتن

171
Q

to feel good about ourselves

A
172
Q

totally selfish

A

: کاملاً خودخواهانه

173
Q

Animal charities

A
174
Q

Support animals and wildlife

A
175
Q

Protect animals

A
176
Q

Conserve wildlife

A

: حفظ کردن حیات وحش

177
Q

Art and culture charity

A
178
Q

Preserve cultural heritage

A

: حفظ تاریخ و پیشینه فرهنگی

179
Q

Conserve

A

: حفظ کردن، نگهداری کردن

180
Q

Wildlife

A

: حیات وحش

  • a documentary on wildlife
    مستندی درباره حیات وحش
181
Q

survive off some sort of donation

A

: با کمک خیریه‌ها دوام آوردن

182
Q

education charity

A

: charities that work and serve students from every age group, pre-school to graduate school and beyond. The realm of education charities is a vast one, and there are so many avenues to support.

Realm: قلمرو
Vast: وسیع
there are so many avenues to support: شاخه‌های زیادی برای حمایت هست که آدم می‌تونه انتخاب کنه بین‌شون

183
Q

Realm

A

: قلمرو

184
Q

Vast

A

: وسیع

185
Q

Environmental charities

A

: They protect the forests and care about climate change. They try to find solutions for pollution and global warming.

186
Q

Social services

A

: They protect vulnerable children and support families. They help people cope with problems in their everyday lives.

187
Q

Vulnerable children

A

: بچه‌های آسیب‌پذیر (پناهنده‌ها، خشونت خانگی، طلاق و …)

188
Q

Cope with problems

A

: to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties.

189
Q

refugees charity

A

: They help displaced people who had to escape their countries. They provide food and water for them.

190
Q

Refugee

A

: پناهنده، آواره
= displaced

191
Q

International charity

A

: They serve an important purpose by reaching out to those who are in need of assistance in areas where there are little or no resources available. These charities provide aid either by educating, setting up programs or providing necessary supplies

192
Q

serve an important purpose

A

: هدفشون اینه (در واقع برای این هدف خدمت می‌کنن…)

193
Q

reach out to people

A

: یاری رسانی به مردم

194
Q

Provide aid

A
195
Q

Health charity

A

: They try to find cures for particular diseases and try to help patients and medical researches.

196
Q

to find cures for particular diseases

A
197
Q

help patients

A
198
Q

medical researches

A
199
Q

Breast cancer charity

A

: They usually help women who are suffering from this disease through their support service and events.

English Vocabulary (5 decks)

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