New Words 8 Flashcards
working holiday
a trip, sometimes to another country, on which you work
➡ Do you fancy a month’s all-expenses-paid working holiday in America next summer?
➡ She came from Adelaide to London on a working holiday.
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➡ a holiday during which you work, for example doing unpaid work to benefit the community in which you are staying.
dis‧ap‧pro‧ba‧tion
کار شود
/ˌdɪsæprəˈbeɪʆn/nounU
disapproval of someone or something because you think they are morally wrong
OPPapprobation
dis‧ap‧prov‧al
/ˌdɪsəˈpruːvl/noun[U]an attitude that shows you think that someone or their behaviour, ideas etc are bad or not suitableOPPapproval
⛥disapproval of
➡strong disapprovalof the country’s human rights record
⛥with/in disapproval
➡Baxter eyed our clothes with obvious disapproval.
➡Clarissa shook her head in disapproval.
ar‧son
/ˈɑːsn$ˈɑːr-/noun[U]the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building
➡ The school was destroyed in anarson attack.
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arsonist
/ˈɑːsnst$ˈɑːr-/noun[C]someone who commits the crime of arson
char
/tʆɑː$tʆɑːr/verb(past tense and past participlecharredpresent participlecharring)
1)[I,T]to burn something so that its outside becomes blackRoast the peppers until the skin begins to char and blister.
a relationship or connection between two or more ideas or facts
cor‧re‧spon‧dence
AC/ˌkɒrˈspɒndəns$ˌkɔːrˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-
⛥ correspondence between
➡ There was no correspondence between the historical facts and Johnson’s account of them.
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cor‧re‧spond
AC/ˌkɒrˈspɒnd$ˌkɔːrˈspɑːnd, ˌkɑː-/verb[I]
1)if two things or ideas correspond, the parts or information in one relate to the parts or information in the other
صفت نیست
➡ The two halves of the document did not correspond.
⛥correspond with/to
➡ The numbers correspond to points on the map.
(formal)
a situation in which something old or forgotten returns or becomes important again :
resurrection / ˌrezəˈrekʃ ə n / noun [ singular ]
»> a resurrection of old jealousies
»> the city’s economic resurrection
»> the city’s economic resurrection
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resuscitate / rɪˈsʌsəteɪt, rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt / verb [ transitive ]
to make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died → revive :
Doctors managed to resuscitate him.
— resuscitation / rɪˌsʌsəˈteɪʃ ə n, rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃ ə n / noun [ uncountable ] :
+ mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (= when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe )
unsung / ʌnsʌŋ◂ /
adjective
not praised or famous for something you have done, although you deserve to be :
»> one of the unsung heroes of French politics
»> Their song, or their dirge, remained unsung, or at any rate unheard.
»> This country is full of unsung heroes.
to describe someone or something as being very good
hail verb
1 [ transitive ]
خوانده شدن - توصيف/درنظر گرفته شدن
hail somebody/something as something
Lang’s first film was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.
be hailed something
The new service has been “hailed a success” .
A young man is being “hailed a hero” tonight after rescuing two children.
to/of no avail
avail / əˈveɪl / noun
if something you do is to no avail or of no avail, you do not succeed in getting what you want :
بدون موفقيت و ثمر
»> We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.
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avail verb
avail yourself of something
(formal)
to accept an offer or use an opportunity to do something :
»> How many schools avail themselves of this opportunity each year?
state the obvious
to say something that is already obvious so it is not necessary to say it :
گفتن ندارد - همه مي دانيم كه - كاملا معلوم است كه
واژه ي
state
از منظر كالكيشن مهم است.
»> It is stating the obvious, but regular measurement of blood pressure is essential in older people.
arid / ˈærəd, ˈærɪd /
arid land or an arid CLIMATE is very dry because it has very little rain :
»> Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to “arid regions . “
»> an arid mountain region
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My mouth feels dry. | The clothes should be dry. | The ground was “bone dry” (= completely dry ) .
+ parched = completely dry –
used about land, or about someone’s lips, throat, skin etc :
»> The earth was so parched that there were huge cracks in it.
»> parched lips
to prevent something unpleasant from happening
avert / əˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt / verb [ transitive ]
»> The tragedy could have been averted if the crew had followed safety procedures.
»> It may already be too late to avert another disaster.
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2 avert your eyes/gaze etc
to look away from something so that you do not see it :
»> Henry averted his eyes as she undressed.
I defy somebody to do something
spoken
(formal )
used when you ask someone to do something that you think is impossible
»> I defy anyone to prove otherwise.
»> I defy you to find that book in library’s collection.
defy / dɪˈfaɪ / verb
past tense and past participle defied , present participle defying , third person singular defies
to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refuse to do what someone in authority tells you to do
»> people who openly defy the law
»> Billy defied his mother, and smoked openly in the house.
»> Scopes was forbidden to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution, but he defied the law.
»> This celebration of Thanksgiving defies tradition.
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+ defy description/analysis/belief etc
to be almost impossible to describe or understand :
»> The beauty of the scene defies description.
disobey - violate
