IELTS 2 Flashcards
brink
edge, verge حاشیه - آستانه
definitive
adj. Final, complete ; not able to be changed
concur
v. همراه - موافق
n. concurrence
adj. concurrent
I strongly concur with that idea
swamp
v. غرق شدن با آب یا کاری
n. باطلاق
reclining
لم دادن
flaw
نقص
outright
adj. adv. Completely clearly immediately
Neither candidate won outright
an outright ban/rejection/victory
faint
adj. slight - not strong and clear
The lamp gave out a faint glow
grazing
چراگاه
Parasite(perasait)
انگل
infest
v. هجوم بردن حیوانات موذی
The kitchen was infested with ants
Pollinate
گرده افشانی
n. pollen گرده
devastate
v. to destroy a place or thing completely
to make someone feel very shocked and upset
sting
نیش زدن
counteract
خنثی کردن
pull out
ترک کردن - خارج شدن
He pulled out of the deal at the last moment
Confidential
محرمانه
lime
آهک
blemish
n. v. لکه - لکه شدن
unblemished
grind
سابیدن
pp. ground
tinted
adj. with color added:
Tinted glasses
The President arrived at the airport in a car with tinted windows
coincidence
n. two things happening at the same time by chance, in a surprising way
What a coincidence
homogenize
v. همگن کردن - مثل هم کردن
Mar
v. صدمه زدن - خراب کردن
It was a really nice day, marred only by a little argument in the car
inclusions
n. شامل شدن : She is being considered for inclusion in the team
تداخل : They tried to prevent the inclusion of any material
tremor
n. a slight shaking movement in a person’s body, especially because of nervousness or excitement
There was a slight tremor in her voice
ripple
v. n. a small wave on the surface of a liquid, especially water in a lake
The stone she threw caused ripples to spread across the lake
“- plain ice cream with thin wavy lines of other flavors in it:
raspberry ripple”
reveal
v. آشکار کردن - معلوم کردن
embark
v. to go onto a ship
embark on شروع کردن درس یا مطلب
She has already embarked on her studies
context
متن - مفهوم
glacier
کوه یخ
adj. glacial منجمد - سرد
dazzling
adj. خیره کننده
a dazzling white light
a dazzling performance
unaccustomed
adj. not used to - not usual (weather)
famine
قحطی disasters such as floods and famine
precedent
n. سابقه دار
unprecedented adj. بی سابقه
seesaw
v. الاکلنگ - بالا پایین رفتن
Her emotions see-sawed from anger to fear
abruptly
adv. ناگهان - با لحن تند
an abrupt manner/reply
proxy
n. نماینده - وکیل
descend
v. to go or come down
The plane began its final descent into the airport.
There is a steep descent (= way down, such as a path) to the village below
fodder
food that is given to cows, horses and other farm animals
commodity
جنس کالا مواد اولیه
rice, flour and other basic commodities
cue
n. راهنما - نشانه
feeble
adj. weak and without energy
The little lamp gave only a feeble light
phenomenon
n. پدیده
Gravity is a natural phenomenon
enrollment
registration
carpool
استفاده نوبتی از ماشین برای رفت آمد
noun for up in writing
increase
rise
climb
growth/grow
noun for down in writing
decrease fall drop decline dip
adv. for a a lot in writing
significantly
sharply
considerably
adv. for a little in writing
slightly
adv. for not change in writing
steadily
account
بیان علت - محاسبه کردن -
bring back
re-import
drastic
adj. severe and sudden or having very noticeable effects: Output has been drastically reduced
will in formal writing
be likely to
be estimated to
be predicted to
be certain to
adv. for future
certainly
undoubtedly
probably
future with will
make prediction events haven't arrange yet not personal decide what to do at time of speech offer, promises or suggestion
intention
n. something that you want and plan to do قصد خیال
v, intend: We intend to go to Australia next year
future going to
intentions
predictions with evidence
acquisition
n. یادگیری - تحصیل
second language acquisition
fury
n. extreme anger
He kicked the tree in fury at his own stupidity
inflict
v. ضربه زدن - خسارت زدن
They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm
trail
v. دنبال کشیدن
take a branch
راه جدید رفتن (منحرف شدن موشک)
nifty
adj. handy بسهولت قابل استفاده
a nifty little gadget for slicing cucumbers
offing
n. آینده نزدیک
in the offing = likely to happen soon
avalanche
n. بهمن - تعداد زیادی از هر چیز
menace
n. v. تهدید - تهدید کردن
the menace of industrial pollution
hail
v. صدا زدن
Shall we hail a taxi?
n. تگرگ
torrent
n. سیل
adj. torrential سیل آسا
ambivalent
adj. دو دل
I felt very ambivalent about leaving home
prodigy
n. person with exceptional intelligence, exceptional talented child
eccentric
adj. عجیب غریب
denigrate
v. بدنام کردن
mist
غبار - مه
vantage point
a place from which you can see a lot of things
- point of view
continuum
a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is very different from the first
mediocre (midioker)
adj. متوسط
a mediocre musician/talent/performance
marvel
v. to show or experience great surprise or admiration
manifest
v. to show something clearly, through signs or actions
The illness first manifested itself in/as severe stomach pains
n. manifestation
outrage
n. a strong feeling of shock and anger
n. an act or event that is violent, cruel or very wrong and that shocks people or makes them very angry
v. to make sb very shocked and angry
jogging
n. دویدن آهسته
He usually goes jogging for half an hour before breakfast
outstrip
v. جلو افتادن
emulate
v. تقلید کردن - imitate - mimic
She hopes to emulate her sister’s sporting achievements
unpalatable
adj. unpleasant بد طعم - تلخ (حقیقت)
unpalatable food
unpalatable truth
integrity
n. درستی راستی کمال
to behave with integrity
delude
v. فریب دادن
He’s deluding himself if he thinks it’s going to be easy
inexorable
adj. that cannot be stopped or changed
the inexorable march of new technology
equilibrium
تعادل توازن
inevitable
adj. that you cannot avoid or prevent - اجتناب ناپذیرناگزیر ناچار
It was an inevitable consequence of the decision
invert
v. برگرداندن - معکوس کردن
frugal
adj. با صرفه جویی - قتاعت
frugal meal غذای ساده و مختصر
birds of prey
مرغ شکاری
captivity
n. اسارت
hibernate
v. to spend the winter sleeping
n. hibernation
hedgehog
جوجه تیغی
comrade (kaamrad)
رفیق - همراه
They were old army comrades
sparing
adj. کم - ناچیز
sparing use of energy
spend …. ?
spend on sth/doing sth
30% ?
30 percent
If the noun is plural, the verb is plural: 65% of children play computer games
role collocation
v. perform, play, take
adj. dominant, essential, fundamental, important, key, leading, major
pre. in
pros and cons
for and against
advantages and drawbacks
strengths and weaknesses
opportunities and obstacles
endorse
v. امضا کردن - صحه گذاری
deliberately
adv. عمدا
wander
go without direction سرگردان بودن