Celpip Reading

Question 1

Grim

Answer 1

تلخ , ترسناک, شوم

Question 2

perish

Answer 2

از بین رفتن1. نابود کردن
2. هلاک شدن
suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.
“a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease”
“the old regime had to perish”

Question 3

taking a firmer hold

Answer 3

استحکام بیشتری پیدا می‌کنند
While the most prevalent languages are taking a firmer hold across the globe, the extinction rate for languages is 25 per year.

Question 4

demise
dəˈmīz

Answer 4

مرگ
Mr. Grise’s tragic demise

Question 5

dwindling
dwindle

Answer 5

رو به کاهش است
1. رفته رفته کوچک شدن
2. تدریجا کاهش یافتن

Question 6

intervene

Answer 6

1. مداخله کردن
   he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute

Question 7

narrative

nar·ra·tor -ˈneˌrādər/

Answer 7

روایت, داستان, حکایت
1. راوی
2. گوینده

Question 8

deplore

Answer 8

ابراز تاسف
2. دلسوزی کردن بر
feel or express strong disapproval of (something).
“we deplore this act of violence”

Question 9

discourse

Answer 9

گفتمان, مباحثه, سخنرانی کردن

Question 10

proponent

Answer 10

طرفدار, توضیح دهنده
a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project.
“a collection of essays by both critics and proponents of graphology”

Question 11

confounding

Answer 11

گیج کننده
cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations.
the inflation figure confounded economic analysts

Question 12

propped up
prop up

Answer 12

تکیه زده
سرپا نگه داشتن
300 tubular steel props پایه فولادی 300 لوله ای

Question 13

deemed
deem

Answer 13

در نظر گرفته شده است
به نظر, خیال کردن, پنداشتن, فرض کردن

Question 14

revitalize

Answer 14

احیا کردن,
/rēˈvīdəˌlīz/

Question 15

hampered
hampered by

Answer 15

مانع شد

Question 16

fraught

Answer 16

full مملو از
marketing any new product is fraught with danger

Question 17

sake

Answer 17

به خاطر, دلیل, جهت

Question 18

advocate

Answer 18

noun
1. مدافع
2. طرفدار
a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
“he was an untiring advocate of economic reform”
verb
1. دفاع کردن
2. طرفداری کردن “they advocated an ethical foreign policy”