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Injunction

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Anofficialordergiven by alawcourt, usually tostopsomeone from doing something:

[+ to infinitive]Thecourthasissuedan injunctiontopreventtheairlinefromincreasingitsprices.
قرار منع

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Charge
Convict
Allege
Accuse
Indict/indictment
Sentence

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Charge [wagon, car] > not guilty, burden of proof on the government,
Convict [victory] > guilty, proof beyond a reasonable doubt,
Allege/allegation > statement not yet proved,
Accuse >
Indict > کیفرخواست
Sentence [opinion, sense] > the convicted is issued with a formal judgement,

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Commensurate (with)

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In acorrectandsuitabeamountcomparedto somethingelse:

asalarythat is commensuratewithskillsandexperience

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1 Ounce /oz
1 Pound/lb

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1 oz is 28 GM
1 lb is 454 GM
> 1 lb = 16 oz

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Crumple sth up

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Sylviecrumpledup theletterandthrewit in thebin.
مچاله کردن

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Squeeze
Squash
Crush
Crumple

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All finger and foot actions

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Splurge

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Spend lavishly

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Griddle

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Pan

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Thumbtack

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پونز سرگرد

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Awning
Sunblind

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Mortar and pestle

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Silver Bullet

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asimplesolutionto acomplicatedproblem:

There was nosilverbulletthat could havepreventedtheatrocities.

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Torpid

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Lazy

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Youth on your side

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دارای عنصر جوانی

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Wag it

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Be absent from school

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Requite /rikwait/

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~ed love is not enough to sustain a long-term relationship
جبران کردن

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Offset against tax

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Specially
Especially

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For specific purposes: This is specially designed for you!
Particularly: I like flowers especially rose

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Trounce :
todefeatacompetitorby alargeamount:

France trounced Germanybyfivegoalsto one in thequalifyingmatch.

She trounced herrivalsin theelection.

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Annihilate :
todestroysomethingcompletelyso that nothing isleft:

acityannihilated by anatomicbomb

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Masquerade/-r/

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تظاهر

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Swindle

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to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them:

They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.

The wealthy banker was ultimately convicted of swindling investors.

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Adolescent /-l/

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Insinuate

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To suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:

[ + (that) ] Are you insinuating (that) I’m losing my nerve?
What are you insinuating, Daniel?

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Module

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پودمان

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Prerogative
Privilege Alex makes all decisions. That's a ~ as a CEO.
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Calumny
Hatchet job افترا، بهتان
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Abominate Abomination
To hate sth a lot = abhor /-or/, detest /-i/ تنفر داشتن Abhorrence= look at sb with ~ = loathing , detestation انزجار ، عمل شنیع
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Abominable /e'b/
~ condition of the jail Syn. = Abysmal Horrendous Atrocious Horrid = horrible Grim Dreadful Dire Frightful Terrible Awful
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Indemnity
Protection against loss or damage تاوان ، غرامت
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'Permeate
To spread , to pervade /per'veid/, diffuse The smell of beer ~d the whole building TV is a tool to diffuse knowledge
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Chastity
As a monk, he took vows of ~, poverty and obedience پرهیزکاری ، عفت Ask: chaste پاکدامن، عفیف
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Debauchery
/-boch/ عیاشی ، میگساری ، شهوترانی V: debauch = destroy
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Warrant
V: Justify: what she did was wrong but I don't think it warranted such a sever punishment لزوم چیزی را نشان دادن N: Official doc to search sb's house or arrest them حکم بازداشت
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Unwarranted # warranted
Unnecessary, groundless # justifiable نابجا توجیه ناپذیر
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Ground zero
Mecca The exact place where a nuclear bomb explodes
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Brazen
obvious, without any attempt to be hidden: > brazen cheating > He told me a brazen lie.
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Visceral
based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought: visceral hatred/excitement His approach to acting  is visceral rather than intellectual. فطری، امعا و احشایی Viscera اندرونه ، امعا و احشا Incl. Lungs, liver, spleen, bladder
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Reprieve
an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner: He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute reprieve. تعویق، تعلیق، مهلت
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Guerdon
Reward
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Commensurate
in a correct and suitable amount compared to something else: a salary that is commensurate with skills and experience
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Insinuate
to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true: [ + (that) ] Are you insinuating (that) I'm losing my nerve? What are you insinuating, Daniel?
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Swindle
to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them: They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars. The wealthy banker was ultimately convicted of swindling investors. تلکه کردن، بالا کشیدن
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Silver bullet
Simple solution
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Wring P, pp > wrung
to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it: She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry.
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Crumple sth up
to crush a piece of paper until all of it is folded: Sylvie crumpled up the letter and threw it in the bin.  
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Vouchsafe
vouchsafe verb [ T ]    formal UK   /ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/ US   /ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/ Add to word list  to tell or give something to someone: He vouchsafed the information that the meeting had been postponed.
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it's the same old story Same old
همون قصه ی همیشکی idiom   informal Add to word list  C1 said when talking about a bad situation that has happened many times before: It's the same old story - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Same old مثل همیشه طبق معمول ، در جواب چه خبر
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Recidivism  /rɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vɪ.zəm/ 
the act of continuing to commit crimes even after having been punished: This program is aimed at reducing recidivism. Recidivism rates are 25 percent lower for offenders who get structured treatment. بازگشت به جنایت تکرار جرم
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Squalor
unpleasant, often because of lack of money: These people are forced to live in squalor. It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat - the usual student squalor.
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Whip sth up
to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something: She criticized the organization for trying to whip up anti-immigrant prejudice. He was trying to whip up some enthusiasm for the project.
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Whip sth up
Encourage people to have specific feelings
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Proponent
# opponent
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Whip oneself into a frenzy
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Rebut Refute
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Deluge
A ~ of sth: a very large amount of rain or water: This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.
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Posh
(of places and things) expensive and of high quality: He takes her to some really posh restaurants.
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Backlash
واکنش منفی، واپس زنی Negative effects
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Hillbilly
a person from a mountainous area of the US who has a simple way of life and is considered to be slightly stupid by people living in towns and cities
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Slander
Libel
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Stoke up
1- to add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat: Once the fire had been stoked up, the room began to get warm.   2- to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people: He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region. Rumours of an emergency meeting of the finance committee stoked the atmosphere of crisis.
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Goad
تحریک کردن ، سیخ کردن
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Ground zero
کانون فاجعه کانون فعالیت
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Fend for yourself
to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else: The corporation will no longer receive a government subsidy, and must fend for itself financially.
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Supplant
= Replace Supersede
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Contingent Contingency
Group لشگر ~ on : depending on مشروط به پیشامدها ، احتمال ها ، رویدادهای احتمالی
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Delirium
هزیان، روان آشفتگی
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Frenzy
آشفته بازار ، شور و هیجان
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Peddler
دستفروش
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Dear knell
a warning of the end of something: The opening of the superstore will sound/toll the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops. ناقوس مرگ
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Irate /ai'reit/
apoplectic adjective UK   /ˌæp.əˈplek.tɪk/ US   /ˌæp.əˈplek.tɪk/ extremely and obviously angry: He was apoplectic with rage/fury. خشمگین
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Hunter-gatherer
شکارچی
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Disconcerting
disconcert verb [ I or T ] UK   /ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜːt/ US   /ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝːt/ Add to word list  to make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried: The whole experience had disconcerted him. آزار دهنده نگران کننده ناخوشایند
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Unequivocal
~ condemnation of violence ~ support (Clear and confirm) بی چون و چرا صریح
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Admonish
~sb for sth > criticise سرزنش کردن ~him to work hard > advise توصیه کردن
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Woke
Aware ~ woke
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Spin
Positive spin جلوه دادن
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Throbbing
~ headache
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A new lease of life
An energetic situation
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Sputnik
Co-wayfarer همسفر
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Hot air
Nonsense
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Yammer
Talk for a long time consecutively ضجه کردن، وراجی کردن
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Uncharted
Completely new and not described before ناشناخته ، نامکشوف
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Plume
Large feather Massive clouds > a ~ of dust, smoke
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Decimate
To kill a large number of sth
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Evanescent
Short-lived, momentary Ephemeral
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Drawl
Speak slowly with prolonged vowels کش دار صحبت کردن
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'Obsolete (adj) Obsolescence (n)
not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable: Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
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Inoculate
To give a weak form of disease to a person as a protective measurement against a disease مصون سازی ایمن سازی
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Flam'boyance Flam'boyant
Confident in behaviour Being very noticeable پر زرق و برق ،
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Should the need arise If the need arises
در صورت نیاز
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Arise Rise Raise
Arise, arose, arisen Literary and formal usually with abstract nouns, - An opportunity arose - The problem has arisen /eraizen/ - I arose early yesterday Rise, rose, risen /rizen/ Intransitive verb, which means to 'go up' - The sun rises - Food prices rose recently - Rents have risen Raise, raised, raised Transitive verb, means to 'lift' - Raise your hand - They have raised the price
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Expurgate
Remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered offensive = bowdelrise
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Mar
To spoil sth, The text is ~red by errors My day/enjoyment of the evening was ~red by
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Corroborate
'r Recent research ~s my theory. تصدیق کردن پشتیبانی کردن
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Indivisible
~part of ~from
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'Legible #i'llegible
'Eligible # i'neligible
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Le'gitimate
Ille'gitimate
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Layaway
Lay-by
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Uncanny
Strange and mysterious عجیب غریب رازآلود
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Canny
زیرک
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Gouge Price-gouging
To dig or cut into sth in a violent way انداختن به مشتری
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Der Mensch ist was er isst!
The man is what he eats!
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Seethe
I was seething (being angry) خونم به جوش اومد Streets were seething (busy and crowded) with tourists پرتلاطم Grey ocean seethed غل خوردن
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Vulture
کرکس لاشخور Sb who is eager to take advantage of people when they are weak
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Chew your cud
نشخوار Think slowly and carefully about sth
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Lame Lame excuse
چلاق لنگ بهانه ی ناپذیرفتنی و الکی
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Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk
Jewish Community for not eating milk and meat together
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Lame
(animals) Not able to walk Lame excuse : weak Lamé : type of cloth
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Chew your cud
Think slowly and carefully about sth
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Ignominy
Public embarrassment
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Attire
Apparel, Old use or formal: sport ~ Clobber, UK informal : to punish, harm Garb, Literary : prison ~ Gear, informal : camping ~ Raiment, Old use Togs, UK informal : we were ~ged up in walking gear
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Imprecation Cursing Invective Malediction
Imprecation لعنت Cursing فحش Invective توهین Malediction نفرین Willem Floor, 2015
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Insignia
Mark of a person belonging to a group, Royal ~
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Pansy /z/
گل بنفشه Gay man
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Desist
Stop doing sth ~ from
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Harrowing
Upsetting = agonising Excruciating Torturous
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Grating (sound)
Grating > گوش‌خراش Cacophonous > ناهنجار Discordant > ناسازگار Shrill > گوش‌خراش Strident > گوش خراش Tuneless > ناموزون ، ناکوک # Euphonious > دلپذیر ، خوش‌آوا Harmonious > موزون ، خوش آهنگ Melodious > دلپذیر ، خوش‌نوا ، گوش‌نواز Tuneful > خوش الحان ، خوش نوا Melodic > خوش آهنگ
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Throw/toss your hat into the ring
To announce that one is going to enter a contest وارد کارزار شدن
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Chide
Be'rate انتقاد کردن Formal Re'buke سرزنش کردن Formal 'Remonstrate (against) اعتراض کردن 'Reprimand سرزنش شدن ، توبیخ شدن Scold > Old> توبیخ کردن ، سرزنش کردن Lam'baste به شدت انتقاد کردن
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Wash your hands of sth
Not to be involved in sth anymore or to refuse to do sth with an activity I've washed my hands of this project
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Extenuate
To cause a wrong act to be judged less seriously تخفیف دادن Extenuate my offence
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Don't bother ❌ making the 🛏️
Can't be bothered to make the bed
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Instill confidence into sb
چکاندن القا کردن .نهادینه کردن فکر و احساس
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Reprehensive
Showing anger and disapproval ملامت آمیز
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Reprehend Reprehension Reprehensible (~conduct) = deplorable, lamentable نکوهیده، شنیع
Criticise I'm not reprehending anyone سرزنش کردن توبیخ کردن
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Verbosity
اطناب Wordiness Verbiage Prolixity # laconism
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Renege /ri'neig/
~on the deal Break a promise
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Apprehensive (about)
Worried (about) Noun: Apprehension: #worry or #catching or #understanding ~ of the terrorists ~ before public speaking ~ of the poem of Hafiz / philosophy
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Throw in the towel
Forfeit the match
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The warp and the weft
تار و پود
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Slate ~ of candidates
Dark grey rock List of
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Repeal
Annul a law by government Overturn Rescind Revoke Reverse
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Reclusive
Living alone
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Indict
Accuse a person of a crime Be ~ed on a charge Be ~ed for
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Infiltrate
نفوذ کردن در سازمانی ~ (into) Move slowly into an organisation
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Throw in the towel
Forfeit Concede
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Concede
Admit I ~ that I was harsh on you, Concede the power (=lose or give sth though unwillingly) Concede a goal (receive a goal)
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Surreptitious adjective UK   /ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/ US   /ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/
done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing: She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn't help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.
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Pent-up feelings
Repressed
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Repressed anger
Not expressed
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Ca'tharsis Cathartic
تخلیه ی هیجانی روان پالایی
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Vent
Express negative emotions
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Disseminate
Spread Pervade
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Single sb out
To choose for praise or criticism
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Procure
Obtain We ~d maps from the office we To get a prostitute for sb
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Contemptible
Deserving contempt ~behaviour #estimable
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Disposition
Character He's of a nervous ~