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Lesson 6-10 Flashcards

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1
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Advantage

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  • gain or benefit
  • something that helps you
  • There are several advantages in being self-employed.
  • being tall is an advantage to a basketball player
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Cause

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  • to make something happen
  • Having no money is the cause of all my misery.
  • the could weather caused her to get sick
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Choice

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  • the power of choosing
  • The act or possibility of picking something
  • You have no choice – you must do it.
  • I had my choice of five doors to open
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Community

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  • A group of people who live together
  • a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area
  • the kids from my community usually play together
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Dead

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  • Not to be alive

* a dead body usually buried in the ground 💀🪦

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Buried

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•to place (a dead body) in a grave
•My socks are buried somewhere in this drawer.
دفن شدن پنهان شدن

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Distance

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  • the space between things, places etc

* The distance between the earth and the moon is 384,400 kilometers

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Escape

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  • To run away from

* the butterfly could not escape from the cage

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Cage

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Some people think that it is cruel to cage wild animals.

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To face

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If you face a problem,you deal with it

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Follow

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The little boy followed his mom home

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Fright

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  • Being scared

* She was filled with fright

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Ghost

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Sprit 👻

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Individual

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An individual is one person
Only one individual could win the bicycle
•the rights of the individual in society.
• Her style of dress is very individual
•I’ll deal with each question individually.
یکی یکی

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Reach

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  • To arrive

* I was happy to finally find my destination

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Survive

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  • To stay alive

* He didn’t survive long after the accident.

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Upset

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  • To be unhappy

* She was upset because her brother broke her toy

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Condition

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  • The house is not in good condition شرایط

* Situation موقعیت

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Wise

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  • To be wise is to use experience and intelligence to make good choices
  • they believe that owls are wise animals 🦉
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Owl

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  • [aul]

* 🦉

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Coincidence

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  • accident
  • by coincidence
  • is it a coincidence that all the complaints are signed by these three brothers?
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Allow

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‏Permission •
•To allow something happen means to let it happen
•He allowed me to enter

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Announce

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  • to announce something means to make it known
  • they announced the new statement
  • he announced to everyone his new idea for the company
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statement

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They announced the new statement

بیانیه

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Beside

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  • When someone or something is beside you,they are next to you
  • Two brothers stood beside each other
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Challenge

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•He accepted his brother’s challenge to a fight.

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Claim

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•to say that something is a fact
•He claims to be the best runner in the class.
ادعا

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Condition

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•situation
•the condition of someone or something is the state that they are in
•The house is not in good condition
شرایط

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Contribute

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  • to help to cause to happen
  • to donate
  • Would you like to make a contribution to this charity?
  • they contributed a thousand dollars each to help the poor
  • we decided to contribute money to the new hospital
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Difference

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  • what makes one thing unlike another

* the biggest difference between the birds is the color of their feathers

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feathers

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•The eagle feathers 🪶

پر

32
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Divide

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  • to divide something is to make it into smaller parts

* we divided the pizza

33
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Expert

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  • someone who is very good at doing something

* the wizard was an expert in magic

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Wizard

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🧙🏻‍♀️

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Famous

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•Well known

36
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Force

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  • strength or power that can be felt
  • he used all his force to try and open the door
  • the forces of Nature.
37
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Harm (v)

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  • damage; injury; distress

* he won’t harm you he’s safe

38
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Lay

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  • to put or place in horizontal or flat position
  • don’t lay your socks on the floor
  • She went to lay the table for dinner
39
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Peace

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  • a time without war

* a white dove is a symbol for peace

40
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Dove

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🕊

41
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Protect

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  • [prəˈtekt]
  • to guard or defend something or sb from danger; to keep safe
  • She protected the children from every danger
  • fireman protect us from fire 🔥
42
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Fireman

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👨‍🚒

43
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Sense

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  • feeling
  • I could sense that he was watching me
  • sense of humour.
44
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Sudden

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  • when something happens sudden it happens quickly and unexpectedly
  • he felt a sudden pain in his chest
  • a sudden attack
45
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Therefore

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  • so
  • for this reason
  • he is fat therefore he will go on a diet
  • I think, therefore I am
46
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Accept

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  • to take

* He accepted the gift.

47
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acknowledge

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♦ verb
1• He acknowledged that I was right.
اعتراف کردن
2•He acknowledged the letter.
اعلام کردن
3•He acknowledged their help.
قدردانی کردن
4 • He acknowledged her by waving.
محل گذاشتن؛ جواب سلام دادن
48
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Greet

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  • to welcome

* She greeted me when I arrived.

49
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Arrange

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  • to arrange things means to put them in the right place
  • please arrange the bowling pins 🎳 in order we can play
  • Arrange these books in alphabetical order
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Attend

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  • to participate

* my sister and I attend in the same school

51
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Balance

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•The child was walking along the wall when he lost his balance and fell.

52
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Contrast

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•His words contrast with his actions.

•the contrast between my parents is very noticeable
تضاد،تفاوت

53
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Encourage

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  • to encourage someone is to make them want to do something

* You must encourage him to try again.

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Familiar

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  • well-known
  • you know them well
  • The house was familiar to him; She looks very familiar (to me).
  • Are you familiar with the plays of Shakespeare?
55
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Grab

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  • to take a hold of someone or something suddenly
  • take suddenly
  • to get by rough or illegal means
  • He grabbed a biscuit.
56
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Hang

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  • to hang something is to keep it above the ground
  • We’ll hang the picture on that wall
  • The picture is hanging on the wall.
57
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Necessary

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  • essential
  • if something is necessary you must do it
  • it is necessary to have a passport when you travel to a foreign country
58
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Pattern

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  • a model or guide for making something الگو

* the pattern of good behaviour.

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Propose

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•to propose something is to say that it should be done
•to offer/to suggest
•He proposes to build a new house.
پیشنهاد

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Purpose

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  • the reason for doing something
  • aim or goal
  • the purpose of exercising is to get into shape
  • What is the purpose of your visit?
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Release

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  • to set free
  • to allow to leave
  • He was released from prison yesterday
  • she released the bird from her hands
62
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Require

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  • to need
  • to say that it is necessary
  • to ask, force or order to do something
  • we require teachers to have university degree
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Success

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  • victory
  • We have heard of your success in the exam.
  • The teacher said: “Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance
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perseverance

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•The teacher said: “Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance
پشتکار، استقامت‌، ثبات‌ قدم‌، مداومت‌، اصرار.

65
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Above all

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مهم‌ترین از هرچیزی

66
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Tear

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•to tear something means to pull it apart
•to cut
•it is easy to tear the paper
هم به معنی اشک و هم به معنی چاک دادن و ازهم گسیختن

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Theory

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  • an idea or explanation which has not yet been proved to be correct
  • There are many theories about the origin of life
68
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Against

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  • in contrast to
  • in opposition to
  • to be touching it or opposed to it
  • they both leaned against the wall
69
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Lean

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•She leaned against the wall

تکیه دادن

70
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Beach

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•a place by the ocean

71
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Damage

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  • to damage something is to break it
  • injury or hurt, especially to a thing
  • The storm did/caused a lot of damage
  • the cat was damaged in the accident
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Discover

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  • to find by chance, especially for the first tim
  • to find out
  • to discover something is to find it for the first time
  • Marie Curie discovered radium.
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Emotion

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  • feeling
  • Fear, joy, anger, love, jealousy are all emotions.
  • anger is a common emotion that we all feel
74
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Fix

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  • repair = He has succeeded in fixing my watch.

* to attach ثابت کردن به هم چسباندن = He fixed the shelf to the wall.

75
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Frank

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•honest
•saying or showing openly what is in one’s mind
•a frank person; a frank reply
رک‌ گو، بی‌ پرده‌ حرف‌ زن

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Identify

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  • to recognize
  • to be able to name it
  • Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you
  • I used the file to identify his name
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Island

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  • A land in the middle of water
  • a piece of land surrounded by water
  • Japan is a group of islands

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