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temper /ˈtempə/

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1) a tendency to become angry suddenly or easily
“That temper of hers will get her into trouble one of these days.”
2) the way you are feeling at a particular time, especially when you are feeling angry for a short time
in a temper
“It’s no use talking to him when he’s in a temper.”
3) to make something less severe or extreme
temper something with/by something
“The heat in this coastal town is tempered by cool sea breezes.”
4) to make metal as hard as is needed by heating it and then putting it in cold water
“tempered steel”

lose your temper
to suddenly become very angry so that you cannot control yourself
“I’ve never seen Vic lose his temper.”

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mitigate /ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/

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to make a situation or the effects of something less unpleasant, harmful, or serious SYN alleviate /əˈliːvieɪt/
“Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environmental effects of burning more coal.”

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drastic /ˈdræstɪk/

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extreme and sudden
drastic action/measures
“NATO threatened drastic action if its terms were not met.”
“drastic cuts in government spending”

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pretentious /prɪˈtenʃəs/

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if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive OPP unpretentious
 "a pretentious film"
  1. پرمدعا
  2. پر جلوه
  3. پر ادعا ومتظاهر
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figure /ˈfɪɡə/

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1) [usually plural] a number representing an amount, especially an official number
unemployment/sales/trade figures
“Ohio’s unemployment figures for December”
2) a number from 0 to 9, written as a character rather than a word
“executives with salaries in six figures”
3) a particular amount of money
figure of
“an estimated figure of $200 million”
4) someone who is important or famous in some way
a leading/key/central figure
“Several leading figures resigned from the party.”
5) someone with a particular type of appearance or character, especially when they are far away or difficult to see
“a tall figure in a hat”
6) to be an important part of a process, event, or situation, or to be included in something
figure in/among
“Social issues figured prominently in the talks.”

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corporate /ˈkɔːpərət/

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1) belonging to or relating to a corporation
“The company is moving its corporate headquarters (=main offices) from New York to Houston.”
“Vince is vice-president of corporate communications.”
2) shared by or involving all the members of a group
“corporate responsibility”
3) used to describe a group of organizations that form a single group
“The university is a corporate body made up of several different colleges.”

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agenda /əˈdʒendə/

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1) a list of problems or subjects that a government, organization etc is planning to deal with
be high on the agenda/be top of the agenda (=be one of the most important problems to deal with)
“Measures to combat terrorism will be high on the agenda.”
“The government set an agenda for constitutional reform.”
political/economic/legislative/domestic etc agenda
“Our Centre has limited its research agenda to four areas.”
2) the ideas that a political party thinks are important and the things that party aims to achieve
“The Republicans have stuck to their conservative agenda.”
3) a list of the subjects to be discussed at a meeting
“the next item (=subject) on the agenda”

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juggling /ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ/

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1) the skill of keeping three or more objects moving through the air by throwing and catching them
“a display of juggling”
2) the practice of changing things or arranging them in a way that makes it possible for you to do something
“It took a lot of juggling and rearrangement of figures before the loan was approved.”
3) when someone who has a good job in a profession they have trained for is also secretly involved in an illegal activity

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terminology /ˌtɜːməˈnɒlədʒi/

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the technical words or expressions that are used in a particular subject
“computer terminology”

  1. واژگان
  2. مجموعه اصطلاحات
  3. کلمات فنی
  4. اصطلاحات علمی یافنی
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stakeholder /ˈsteɪkˌhəʊldə /

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1) someone who has invested money into something, or who has some important connection with it, and therefore is affected by its success or failure
stakeholder in
“Citizens should be stakeholders in the society they live in.”
2) law someone, usually a lawyer, who takes charge of a property during a quarrel or a sale
3) someone chosen to hold the money that is risked by people on a race, competition etc and to give all of it to the winner

  1. گروگذار
  2. نگهدارنده بانک در قمار
  3. شرط بند
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