New Words 3 Flashcards
cruel or unfair control over other people
tyranny / ˈtɪrəni / noun ( plural tyrannies )
خودكامگي - استبداد
»> Gorky was often the victim of his grandfather’s tyranny.
»> the fight against tyranny
»> organizations which have criticized the tyrannies of the government
something in your life that limits your freedom to do things the way you want to
/ ˈtɪrəni /
+ tyranny of
»> the tyranny of the nine-to-five working day
to notice, see, or recognize something
formal
perceive / pəˈsiːv $ pər- /
> > > That morning, he perceived a change in Franca’s mood.
Cats are not able to perceive colour.
+ perceive that
He perceived that there was no other way out of the crisis.
(plant/animal) growing, living, produced etc in one particular place
native /ˈneɪtɪv / adjective
SYN indigenous :
»> Singapore has many native species of palm.
+ native to
»> These fish are native to North America.
indigenous
/ ɪnˈdɪdʒ ə nəs / adjective formal
indigenous people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else SYN native
+ indigenous to
»> Blueberries are indigenous to America.
»> the many indigenous cultures which existed in Siberia
»> The cemetery is surrounded by indigenous plants and trees.
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»> Most of these were 1948 refugees, but some were indigenous to the West Bank.
Louis Pasteur:
chances favours only the prepared mind.
something that has not yet been decided or agreed, and about which people have different opinions :
moot / mu:t / adjective
+ a moot point/question
»> Whether these controls will really reduce violent crime is a moot point.
deleterious / delətɪəriəs◂, delɪtɪəriəs◂ $ -tɪr- / adjective (formal )
damaging or harmful
SYN detrimental
»> the “deleterious effects” of smoking
»> Parental divorce has often been assumed to have deleterious effects on children.
in every part of a particular area, place etc
throughout / θruːˈaʊt / preposition , adverb
سراسر - سرتاسر - در سراسر
> > > a large organization with offices throughout the world
The disease spread rapidly throughout Europe.
The house is in excellent condition, with fitted carpets throughout.
during and to the end of a period of time
through / θruː / preposition , adverb
> > > The cold weather continued through the spring.
He slept “right through” the day.
The fighting went on “all through” the night.
to move away from the place you should be
stray / streɪ / verb [ intransitive ]
+ stray into/onto/from / off
از مسير دور شدن
»> Three of the soldiers strayed into enemy territory.
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2 to begin to deal with or think about a different subject from the main one, without intending to
از بحث دور شدن
+ stray into/onto/from
»> We’re straying into ethnic issues here.
»> This meeting is beginning to “stray from the point” .
to deliberately avoid someone or something
shun / ʃʌn /
»> a shy woman who shunned publicity
»> Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society.
a legal arrangement by which you borrow money from a bank or similar organization in order to buy a house, and pay back the money over a period of years
(the amount of money you borrow in the form of a mortgage )
mortgage / ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ $ ˈmɔːr- /
> > > They’ve taken out a 30-year mortgage (= they will pay for their house over a period of 30 years ) .
We decided to use Fred’s redundancy money “to pay off the mortgage” (= pay back all the money we borrowed for a mortgage ) .
“Mortgage rates” are set to rise again in the spring.
She was having trouble meeting her “mortgage payments . “
If you earn £20,000 per year, then you may be able to get a mortgage of £60,000.
cyber + …
cybercrime
cyberfraud
cyberbullying
terorrist
a person who is responsible for a particular place and whose job is to make sure its rules are obeyed
warden / ˈwɔːdn $ ˈwɔːrdn / noun
\+ warden of >>> the warden of the college \+ prison/forest/park etc warden ------------ traffic warden noun [ countable ] ( British English) someone whose job is to check that people have not parked their cars illegally
