Lesson 12 Flashcards
aggressive
/əˈɡresɪv/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective
1 behaving in an angry threatening way, as if you want to fight or attack someone
Jim’s voice became aggressive.
پرخاشگر،ستيزه جو
—aggressively adverb
—aggressiveness noun [uncountable]
amnesty
/ˈæmnəsti/ ●○○ noun (plural amnesties) [countable]
1 an official order by a government that allows a particular group of prisoners to go free
amnesty for
amnesty on
—amnesty verb [transitive] عفو عمومي،عفو كردن
arena
/əˈriːnə/ ●○○ noun [countable]
1 a building with a large flat central area surrounded by seats, where sports or entertainments take place عرصه،صحنه،گود،استاديوم،
A building for watching sports and concerts
auditorium
/ˌɔːdəˈtɔːriəm $ ˌɒː-/ noun (plural auditoriums or auditoria /-riə/) [countable]
1 the part of a theatre where people sit when watching a play, concert etc
2 American English a large building used for concerts or public meetings تالار كنفرانس،شنودگاه،تالار سخنراني
A larg building for public events
Combat
/ˈkɒmbæt $ ˈkɑːm-/ noun
1 [uncountable] fighting, especially during a war
in combat
Corporal Gierson was killed in combat.
We flew over 200 combat missions.
training in unarmed combat (=fighting without weapons)
mortal combat (=fighting until one person kills another)
hand-to-hand combat (=fighting in which you are close enough to touch your opponent)
combat aircraft/jacket/boots etc نبرد،مبارزه،
Commonplace
/ˈkɒmənpleɪs $ ˈkɑː-/ ●○○ adjective
happening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual
Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town. معمولي عادي ،پر واضح
Ordinary
compound
/ˈkɒmpaʊnd $ ˈkɑːm-/ noun [countable]
1 technical a substance containing atoms from two or more elements → element
man-made organic compounds
compound of
Sulphur dioxide is a compound of sulphur and oxygen.جز،عنصر ,تركيب
2 a combination of two or more parts, substances, or qualities مخلوطي از،تركيبي از
compound of
Teaching is a compound of several different skills.
3 an area that contains a group of buildings and is surrounded by a fence or wall محيط يا محوطه محصور
a prison compound
4 technical a noun, adjective etc that is made up of two or more words. The noun ‘flower shop’ and the adjective ‘self-made’ are compounds.
Corps
/kɔː $ kɔːr/ ●○○ noun (plural corps /kɔːz $ kɔːrz/) [countable]
1 a group in an army with special duties and responsibilities
the medical corps
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2 a group of people who work together to do a particular job دسته،سپاه،،هيئت
Distract
/dɪˈstrækt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
to take someone’s attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something else
Try not to distract the other students.
distract somebody/something from something
—distracting adjective
Dumb
/dʌm/ adjective
1 informal stupid
What a dumb question.
a bunch of dumb kids
2 unable to speak, because you are angry, surprised, shocked etc
3 old-fashioned someone who is dumb is not able to speak at all. Many people think that this use is offensive → mute → deaf and dumb(1)
4 → dumb luck
5 → dumb animals/creatures
—dumbly adverb
For a few seconds she gazed dumbly at him.
—dumbness noun
Foe
/fəʊ $ foʊ/ noun [countable]
an enemy or opponent
Hack
/hæk/verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] to cut something roughly or violently خرد کردن،تکه تکه کردن
hack (away) at something
She hacked away at the ice, trying to make a hole.
hack something off/down etc
Whole forests have been hacked down.
hack your way through/into something
He hacked his way through the undergrowth.
Both men had been hacked to death (=killed using large knives).
2 [intransitive, transitive] to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else’s computer or changing information on it
hack into
Somebody hacked into the company’s central database.
He managed to hack the code.
→ hacker
Meditate
/ˈmedɪteɪt/ verb
1 [intransitive] to think seriously and deeply about something تفکر کردن،اندیشه کردن
meditate on/upon
She sat quietly, meditating on the day’s events.
2 [intransitive] to spend time sitting in a silent calm state, in order to relax completely
I try to meditate for half an hour every evening.
nick
/nɪk/ noun
[countable] a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something
the cook nicked his finger with the edge of his knife
provoke
/prəˈvəʊk $ -ˈvoʊk/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
1 to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one → provocation
provoke a protest/an outcry/criticism etc تحریک کردن،برانگیختن
provoke debate/discussion بوجود اوردن،باعث شدن،ایجاد کردن
The novel has provoked fierce debate in the US.
provoke somebody into (doing) something
provoke somebody to do something
