Ielts Listening Flashcards
Excursion
1_ a short journey arranged so that a group of people can visit a place, especially while they they are on holiday
* excursion to
//included in the tour is an excursion to the Pyramid
//this years annual exclusion will be to lincoln
* on an excursion
//we went on an excursion to the Pyramids.
2_ a short jorney for a particylar purpose= trip
//a shopping excursion
3_excursion into sth: an attempt to experience or learn about sth that is new to you
//the company’s excursion into new markets
سفر تفریحی کوتاه، گردش، گشت و گذار
Cruise
1 _ cruise: ajourney in a large ship for pleasure, during which you visit swveral places
* go on a cruise: He abd his wife went on a cruise to the Bahamas.
* take a cruise: We took a 12-night river cruise from vienna to Amsterdam
*cruise around
A cruise around the word
2Cruise as a verb:
1to sail along slowly, specially for pleasure
//we were cruising in the Carribbean all winter
2 to move at a steady speed in a car, aircraft etc:
//we were cruising along at 50 miles per hour
//we fly at a criseing speed of 500 mph.
3. To drive a car slowly through a place with no particular purpose:
//they cruuised up and down the coast road
4 to do sth well or successfully, whithout too much wffort:
* cruise to:
The horse cruised to a three_lenghth win
5_ informal: to go to a bar or other public place, looking for a sexual partner
Steam
1_بخار
//a steam engine: یک موتور بخار
The age of steam: عصر بخار
2_بخار بلند شدن بخاطر گرما::
//a mug of coffee was steaming:
3_بخارپز کردن:
//please steam the fish
Board
1_ information:
: on a board:
2 for putting things on: تخته
3 group of people in a compony or other organization who makes the rules and important decisions هیُت مدیره، هیئت رئسه
*boared of: the borsd of directors met yesterday
* sit on a boar/have a seat on a boarwd( =be a member of a board)
6 _on board:
a) on a ship, plane, or spacecraft
b)involved with something or working for an organisation
Holding pens
-hold: نگه داشتن
_ pen : یکی از معنی هاش آغله
: holding pen: محل نگهداری موقت حیوان
Trek
1_journey:
سفر سخت و طولانی معمولا پیاده
2 _به پیاده روی طولانی رفتن:
I hate having to trek up that hill with all the groceries
Trail
1_a oath through a countryside, mountain, or forest area, often made or used for a particular purpose
مسیر , راه
2_the smell or series of marks left by a person, anomal, or thing as it moves along: رد
* follow a trail:
*leave a trail of
3_to move slowly and without energy or enthusiasms کشیده شدن
* trail back
*be trailing behind
Scenery
1_the general appearance of the natural environment, especially when it is beautiful
منظره. چشم انداز
Spectacular scenery: منظره تماشایی
2_the painted background, furniture etc used on a theatre stage= set
دکور، ارایه. وسایل صفحه آرایی
Content
1_ plural: contents: a) the things that are unside a box,bag,room etc
*contents of:
//most of the galleries contents were damaged in the fire:
b)the things that are written in a letter, book etc
contents of : // she kept the contents of the letter a secret.
2_ singular: the amount of a substance that is contained in sth, especially food or drink
*fat/protein/alcohol content
//the fat content of cheese
//water with a low salt content
3- sjngular, uncountable: the ideas, facts or opinions that are contained in a speech, piecs of writing, film, programme etc:
// the content of the media course includes sxriping, edithing, and canera work.
4_ the information contained in a website, considered separately from the software that makes the website work
2_ adj Hapy and satisfied:
//Andy was a good husband, and Nicky was ckearly very content
*content with:
//we will be content whith a respectable result
2_ content (for sb) to do sth: willing to do or accept sth, rather than doing more:
// he seemd quite content to let steve do the talking
3_ a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction
* do sth to your heart’s content: to do sth as much as you want: // she took refuge in the library, where she could read to her hearth’s content.
* content youself with( doing) something: to do or have sth that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory:
Foresight
The ability to judje correctly what is going to happen and plan your actions based on this knowledge:
*have the foresight
She’d had the foresight to sell her appartmentjust before the housing market collapsed
دور اندیشی، آینده نگری
Strategy
=planning and foresight
Beyond
1_further away in the distance(than sth):
//in the sistance, beyond the river, was a small town.
آنطرف، آن سوی
2_outside or after (a stated limit):
//few people live beyond the age of a hundred.
پس از( بالاتر از، بیشتر از)
* go beyond on sth: to be more than or not limited to something
*beyond excited, serious, angry, etc: informal: extremely excited, serious,angry, etc
*be beyond someone: informal: if sth is beyond you, you are unable to understand it
Obvious
Adj
1_easy to see, recognize, or understand:
//they are good at going beyond the abvious
//for obvious reasons, he needs to find work soon.
Invest
Verb
To put money, effort, time, etc. Into sth to make a profit or get an advantage:
//the institute will invest five million in the project.
//you have all invested significant amounts of time and energy in making this project the success that it is.
//she tends to invest a lot of energy in her work.
2_to buy sth that you think will go up in value
// i think it’s time to invest in a new washing machine
سرمایه گذاری کردن، صرف کردن زمان و…
Deductive
Adj:
Reacing an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the knowns facts:
a diductive argument
deductive logic/reasoning
استنتاجی(قیاسی)
Seek out <___>sth/so
Past: sought out pp: sought out
To look for so or sth, specially for a long time until you find that.
Simply
Adv
سیمپلی
1completely or as much as possible:
//You look simply(=really) beautiful in that dress. حقیقتا، واقعا
2 only:
//I Don’t like my job; I simply do it for the money
فقط
3_in an easy way:
//He explained it as simply as he could, but the class still didn’t understand
به سادگی
Excel
Verb:
To be extremely good at sth:
*excel in: she always excelled in languages at school
*execl yourself (uk): to do sth better than you usually do
2_to do sth very well or be highly skilled, and be better than most others:
* excel in/ at/ sth
//they all performed well, but the lead dancer really excelled
درکاری عملکرد بسیار خوب داشتن، در کاری درخشیدن، بی نظیر بودن
Jenny excells at playing the piano
Exhibit
اگ زی بیت
_ verb_ to show sth publicly:
//he frequently exhabits at the art gallery.
2_ noun_ an object that is shown to the public in a museum, etc
//the museum has a fascinating collection of exhibits ranging from Iron
3_ (uk exhibition) __>us
//lets go seethe new exhibit
به نماش گذاشتن. نمایشگاه
Evidence
Facts, information, documents, etc. That give reasin to belive that something is true:
مدرک، اثبات. شواهد. مدرک
*evidence of : evidence of the police have found no evidence of a terrorist link with the murder.
*evidence to support/show
//have you any evidence to support this allegation ایا هیچ مدرکی برای حمایت از این اتهام دارید؟
* to need evidence: به ندرک نیاز داشتن
*to be evidence enough مدرک کافی برای چیزی بودن
//her many awards were evidence enough that leona excelled in dancing
*scientific evidence مدرک علمی
*evidence of sth مدرکی از چیزی
2_ شهادت در دادگاه
//to give evidence
Beneath
In or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or something= under
//she hid the letter beneath a pile of papers.
Utilise(uk)
Utilize(us)
1_to use something in an effective way:
//the vitamins come in a form that is easily utilized by the body.
2_to make use of sth:
The library’s great collection allowed me to utilise many rare sources.
بکار بردن، بکار گرفتن، بهرا برداری کردن، استفاده کردن از
