Lesson 11 Flashcards
Attorney
/əˈtɜːni $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable] American English
a lawyer
Chronic
/ˈkrɒnɪk $ ˈkrɑː-/ ●●○ adjective
1) a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured → acute
chronic arthritis
chronic asthma
chronic heart disease
2 )a chronic problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved
chronic unemployment
Discipline
/ˈdɪsɪplɪn/ ●●noun
1 [uncountable] a way of training someone so that they learn to control their behaviour and obey rules
The book gives parents advice on discipline.
serious discipline problems in the police force
2 [uncountable] the ability to control your own behaviour, so that you do what you are expected to do نظم و انظباط
Donor
ˈdoʊnər/ ●○○ noun [countable]
1 a person, group etc that gives something, especially money, to help an organization or country → donate
A Blood donor
Fellow
adjective
1 → fellow workers/students/countrymen etc
2 → our fellow man/men
دوست رفيق شريك هم شان
Gossip
/ˈɡɒsɪp $ ˈɡɑː-/ ●●○ noun
1 [uncountable] information that is passed from one person to another about other people’s behaviour and private lives, often including unkind or untrue remarks
بدگويي،شايعه،اراجيف،دري وري
Graffiti
/ɡræˈfiːti, ɡrə-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
1)rude, humorous, or political writing and pictures on the walls of buildings, trains etc
2)words or drawings in public places
Guardian
/ˈɡɑːdiən $ ˈɡɑːr-/noun [countable]
1 someone who is legally responsible for looking after someone else’s child, especially after the child’s parents have died
somebody’s guardian
Implicate
/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ verb [transitive]
1 to show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or dishonest act
The allegations implicated Abe to such an extent he was forced to resign.
implicate somebody in something متهم کردن متهم شدن
Kin
Is a person’s family and relatives
خویشاوند ،قوم و‌خویش،هم خون
Referee
/ˌrefəˈriː/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1 someone who makes sure that the rules of a sport such as football, basketball, or boxing, are followed → umpire
داور
Sever
/ˈsevə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb formal
1 [intransitive, transitive] to cut through something completely, separating it into two parts, or to become cut in this way SYN cut off
Martin’s hand was severed in the accident.
a severed rope بریدن
2 [transitive] to end a relationship with someone, or a connection with something, especially because of a disagreement SYN break off
sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between somebody) جدا کردن یا جدا شدن
Shaft
/ʃɑːft $ ʃæft/ noun [countable]
1 PASSAGE a passage which goes down through a building or down into the ground, so that someone or something can get in or out
mine/elevator/ventilation etc shaft
a 300-foot elevator shaft دودکش،بادکش،چاه چال چاه اسانسور
2 HANDLE a long handle on a tool, spear etc دسته
3 OF LIGHT a narrow beam of light
shaft of light/sunlight
4 ENGINE PART a long thin piece of metal in an engine or machine, that turns and passes on power or movement to another part of the machine
a drive shaft
5 FOR A HORSE [usually plural] one of a pair of poles between which a horse is tied to pull a vehicle
6 ARROW literary an arrow
Stab
/stæb/ ●●○ verb (stabbed, stabbing)
1 [transitive] to push a knife into someone or something → stabbing
He was stabbed to death in a fight.
stab somebody in the heart/arm etc
She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly.تیر کشیدن
► see thesaurus at attack
2 [intransitive, transitive] to make quick pushing movements with your finger or something pointed SYN jabفرو بردن،زخم زدن،چاقو زدن،سوراخ کردن،
Stimulus
/ˈstɪmjələs/ noun (plural stimuli /-laɪ/)
1 [countable usually singular, uncountable] something that helps a process to develop more quickly or more strongly محرک
stimulus to
The discovery of oil acted as a stimulus to industrial development.
2 [countable] something that makes someone or something move or react انگیزه
Suspicion
/səˈspɪʃən/ ●●○ noun سوظن بد گمانی،شک گمان
1 [countable, uncountable] a feeling you have that someone is probably guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest
on suspicion of (doing) something
She was arrested on suspicion of murder.
under suspicion
He felt he was still under suspicion.
above/beyond suspicion
She felt that she ought to be above suspicion
2 [countable, uncountable] a feeling that you do not trust someone
She always treated us with suspicion.
3 [countable] a feeling you have that something is true, especially something bad
suspicion that
I have a suspicion that the local authority may be planning to close the school.
4 → a suspicion of something
(noun) suspect suspicion
(adjective) suspect suspected unsuspecting suspicious
(verb) suspect
(adverb) suspiciously
Terminate
/ˈtɜːməneɪt $ ˈtɜːr-/ verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] formal if something terminates, or if you terminate it, it ends SYN end
Theme
/θiːm/ noun [countable]
1 SUBJECT the main subject or idea in a piece of writing, speech, film etc
Tuition
/tjuˈɪʃən $ tu-/ noun [uncountable]
1 teaching, especially in small groups
I had to have extra tuition in maths.تعلیم و‌تدریس
2 American English, tuition fees British English the money you pay for being taught
When I started college, tuition was $350 a quarter.شهریه
