Deck 03 Flashcards
Tuck
قایم کردن
mishap
حادثه دشوار
e.g., What if you need to cash out your retirement accounts in your 30s to pay
for a medical mishap?
Felicity
Happiness and Joy
“The best way to achieve felicity is to aim low,”
spoof
جعل کردن
A CEO’s email was spoofed in the middle of a fundraising that required all of
his attention.
aristocracy
بهترین حکومت
It had either been first or second each year for the previous decade, capitalism’s shining example of corporate aristocracy.
taunt
مسخره کردن
There’s a price tag, a bill that must be paid. In this case it’s a never-ending taunt from the market, which gives big returns and
takes them away just as fast.
indelible
همیشگی
The common answer here is that people are greedy, and greed is an indelible feature of human nature.
biopsy
بافتبرداری
Part of why bubbles are hard to learn from is that they are not like cancer, where a biopsy gives us a clear warning and diagnosis.
hindsight
به گذشته فکر کردن
They are closer to the rise and fall of a political party, where the outcome is known in hindsight but the cause and blame are never agreed upon.
postscript
an additional remark at the end of a letter
palliative care
همه اقدامات فعال و کامل برای کاستن از رنج و درد
A doctor may throw the kitchen sink at her patient’s cancer, but choose palliative care for herself.
atrocious
ظلمهای بیرحمانه
Lay
put something down gently and carefully
quaint
attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
protectorate
a state or country that’s protected by a larger, stronger one
