Family & Friends Flashcards
A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution
Dormitory
خوابگاه
Exp: I met Mohammad in dormitory
Have a good/bad relationship with sb
Get on (well/badly with sb)
با کسی خوب یا بد بودن
Exp: I get on very well with my cousin
Have some similar intrests
Have sth in common
چیز مشترک داشتن
Exp: My wife and I have few in common
Meet , Write, Phone or Text sb regulary
Keep/be in touch (with sb)
ارتباط نگه داشتن با کسی
Exp: I manage to keep in touch with my university friends
The ability to laugh and find sth funny
Sense of humor
شوخ طبعی
Exp: Both brothers have a great sense of humor
The way you think or feel about sth
Attitude
نگرش
Exp: he has a positive attitude towards life
Feel sure that sb will do what they say they will do
rely on sb, adj. reliable
حساب کردن روی کسی (صفت. قابل اتکا)
Exp: I rely on my close friends
I Have + past participence
برای بیان تجربیات
برای کاری که از گذشته شروع شده و هنوز تمام نشده
Exp: I have worked for this company for 5 years
Meet sb a number of times and become friends
Get to know sb
کسی را بیشتر شناختن
Exp: My wife and I got to know each other when we were student
Meet for a social reason
Get together
دور هم جمع شدن
Exp: Shall we get together for a drink?
Used when a problem happens in a situation or relationship
Go wrong
به مشکل خوردن
Exp: then it all went wrong
not now, not as before
No longer
نه دیگه
Exp: Jack no longer gets on with dan
Begin to understand sth that you didn’t know before
Realize
پی بردن
Exp: I realized that I need to take an english course
مسائل غیر مهم
Trivial matters
Exp: do not bother wasting that energy on trivial matters
Something that brings about an effect or a result
Cause, SYN. lead to, result in, end up
باعث نتیجه ای شدن
Exp: Smoking can cause lung cancer.
The company’s poor management led to/resulted in its bankruptcy.
I tried to fix my computer myself, but I ended up making it worse.
Stop communicating with each other
Lose touch
رابطه نداشتن
Exp: I lost touch with them
a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist
prerequisite
پیش نیاز
Exp : Passing a written exam is a prerequisite to taking the advanced course
friend who will disappear when things get tough
fair-weather friend
رفیق روزهای خوب
Exp: She thought she had a friend for life, but he was just a fair weather friend
a person who is or pretends to be a friend but who is also in some ways an enemy or rival
frenemy
دشمن دوست نما
Exp: Rob called the company a frenemy of the internet generation
make a relationship stronger
cement a relationship
یک رابطه را محکم کردن
Exp: You grow closer, cement your relationship, indeed, by shouldering life’s burdens together
end a relationship
cut off/severe relationship
پایان دادن به رابطه
Exp: I cut off/severe my relationship with him
دو طرفه
mutual
Exp: my father hated him from the start and the feeling was mutual.
be loyal, dedicated, devoted, or faithful to it.
be committed to
به چیزی یا کسی تعهد داشتن
Exp: We are committed to the ideal of equality.
the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.
commitment
تعهد
Exp: We made a commitment to keep working together