HtHaE Flashcards
mingle
The list mingled US and British territories together, giving no hint as to which was which.
demote
give (someone) a lower rank or less senior position, usually as a punishment
- Why did Roosevelt demote Philippines?
round down/up
If Philippines was being rounded down to foreign, Hawaii was being rounded up to American.
siren
The air-raid siren continued to wail.
wail
cry, moan, lament
-The air-raid siren continued to wail.
unabashedly
blatantly
(به طرز گستاخانهای) آشکارا، بدون شرم
- They unabashedly called those territories colonies.
envision
That’s how most people envision that country.
superimpose
place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
- The whole island chain, if superimposed on the mainland, would stretch from Florida to California.
by odds off
با شانس
If you lived there, you were more likely to be colonized than black, by odds of 3 to 2.
trod
walk in a specified way
- He warned that the US is traveling the same path that was trod by the British Empire.
slip from the view
- One thing that often slips from the view is actual territory.
wager
- I would wager, very much.
sideline
- The problem is that those books are sidelines.
tip
نکته، راس، نوک
- Pear harbour was just the tip of the iceberg.
perspectival
- The book’s main contribution is not archival, but perspectival.
launching point
- Displacement of Native Americans is not the main story but it’s the launching point.
revolt
شورش
- It was born in an anti-imperialist revolt.
consoling
دلداری(تسلی)دهنده،
- This part of the history of the US is consoling.
conceive
understand, figure out, realize
- Rather than conceiving it as a contiguous bulb, we should take seriously it’s overseas holdings.
in keeping with
- In keeping with local use, I have placed accent over the name.
plagued by
گرفتارشده توسط
- They were plagued by debt.
rapture
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy
شور، وجد، خلسه
- It didn’t take long for them to reconsider their rapture.
venture
dare to do sth
- The presence of rivals made it difficult for them to venture beyond their city’s defended perimeter.
hardscrabble
دارای زندگانی سخت و مشکل
involving hard work and struggle.
- For those people who used to hardscrabble life, there was a paradise.
vanish
- Oases in the desert often vanish upon inspection.
mirage
سراب
- The meadows were no mirage, but those meadows were the hunting grounds of natives.
confine
keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time)
- They were confined to their few rudimentary structures and beset on all sides.
beset
احاطه کردن، به ستوه آوردن
- They were confined to their few rudimentary structures and beset on all sides.
turn on full blast
- He was an early drop from a faucet that was about to be turned on full blast.
before the year was out
- Many of them lost heart and returned home before the year was out.
underwhelm
fail to impress or make a positive impact on (someone); disappoint.
- American voters seem underwhelmed by the choices for president.
blaze his trail
روشن کردن مسیر(ردپا)
- By blazing his trail through the wilderness, he opened a channel through which thousands would soon poor, dragging their enslaved blacks along with them.
enslave
make someone slave
- By blazing his trail through the wilderness, he opened a channel through which thousands would soon poor, dragging their enslaved blacks along with them.
show up
- His story showed up in European literature.
rever
حرمت کردن، تکریم کردن
- Though celebrated abroad, he wasn’t much revered at home.
wear black armband
- They wore black armbands in Boone’s honor.
disregard
the action or state of disregarding or ignoring sth
- The disregard in which he was held may come as a surprise.
expansive
- It was an expansive nation from the start.
wrest
قاپیدن
- US founders have wrested liberty from an oppressive empire.
- While he was disoriented, I wrested the gun from his grasp and threw it far away.
oppressive
ستمگر
- US founders have wrested liberty from an oppressive empire.
infamy
shame, discredit, notoriety, scandal
- The day of bombing of Hiroshima will live in infamy.
