My Words Flashcards
Category
a group of people or things that are all of the same type, section
Ex: There are five categories of workers.
Fall into/ belong into/ fit into/ divide or split into a category
Ex: workers fall into 3 main categories
Her style doesn’t easily fit into the category of jazz
تا کردن کاغذ
To fold
کندن کاغذ از کتاب/دفتر
To rip out
پاره کردن کاغذ
To tear
Due to
Because of s.th
Ex: she has been absent from work due to illness
Their success was due largely to their manager
The crash was due to pilot error
Huge, important
Substantial
Ex: a substantial salary
The document requires substantial changes.
Significant
Ex: a significant part/number
The result is highly significant for the future of the province.
It is significant that the writers of the report were all men.
Fond
Loving, adorable
1. be fond of somebody: to like someone very much, especially when you have known them for a long time and almost feel love for them:
Joe’s quite fond of her, isn’t he?
Over the years we’ve grown very fond of each other.
- be fond of something: to like something, especially something you have liked for a long time:
I’m not overly fond of cooking.
I’d grown fond of the place and it was difficult to leave. - be fond of doing something: to do something often, especially something that annoys other people:
Ex: My grandfather was very fond of handing out advice to all my friends. - [only before noun] a fond look, smile, action etc: shows you like someone very much Synonym : affectionate
Ex: He gave her a fond look. - have fond memories of something/somebody: to remember someone or something with great pleasure
Ex: Marie still had fond memories of their time together. - a fond hope/belief: a belief or hope that something will happen, which seems silly because it is very unlikely to happen
Ex: They sent him to another school in the fond hope that his behaviour would improve.
Navigate
Guide, handle
to find which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another
Ex: I’ll drive, you take the map and navigate.
navigate your way through/to/around something
Ex: We managed to navigate our way through the forest.
Assemble
Put together, gather
you assemble a large number of people or things that are gathered together in one place, often for a particular purpose
Ex: A large crowd had assembled outside the American embassy.
Ex: He looked around at the assembled company (=all the people who had come there).
Elevation
- a height above the level of the sea
elevation of
Ex: The road climbs steadily to an elevation of 1,400 feet. - [uc & formal] an act of moving someone to a more important rank or position
“elevation to”
Ex: her sudden elevation to international stardom - [uc / c & formal] an increase in the amount or level of something
Ex: a sudden elevation of blood pressure
Drive
Ex: Bad payment drives teachers to quit their job
Force in a certain direction
Stave off
To prevent s.th bad affecting you
Ex: joining a social club can stave off loneliness
Keep (s.th) at bay
To prevent s.th bad affecting you
Ex: handwashing can keep inflections at bay
متمدن ≠ غیرمتمدن
Uncivilized ≠ Civilized
حرف اضافه
Preposition
Job, profession
Occupation
محل اقامت
بر طرف کردن
موافقت
Accommodation
استخدام ، to employ
Recruitment
Pessimism
Pessimists
Cynicism
cynical
They … the bank
They … the bag
Robed
Stole
نالایق، بیکفایت
Incompetent
Down town
Slum eara
باران موسمی
Monsoon
سونامی
Tsunami
گردباد
Cyclone
طوفان برف
Blizzard
سیل
Flood
A sudden decision without thinking about it wisely
Impulse
فشرده
Intensive
هزینه
Fee
از قبل
In advance
محرک
Stimuly
تخلیه، ابکشی، اب گذر
Drain
Noun for consume
Consumption
In order
Respectively
to disagree ,to be against, object, resist
Oppose
Ex:
BAD: I oppose to violence.
GOOD: I am opposed to violence.
Hundreds of people wrote to oppose the scheme.
Sadness
Sorrow
To manage and deal with sth
To cope with sth
کوسن
Cushion
ترازو، مقیاس، جدول، درجه، درجهبندی
Scale
به ناچار، الزاما
Inevitably
Ex: The decision will inevitably lead to political tensions.
Inevitably, the situation did not please everyone.
جمجمه
Skull
Lasting only a short time
More formal than “short”
Brief
Ex: The President made a brief visit to Buenos Aires.
done very soon after something else
Fast, quick
Prompt
Ex: Thank you for your prompt reply.
the prompt action of the firefighters
Ah
SS
ST
Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
کلاغ
Crow
صخره
Cliff
طاقچه
Ledge