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)
