Part 09 Flashcards

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پاک شدن (با برس)

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Brush off :

• Mud brushes off easily when it is dry.

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خراب شدن كامپيوتر و كار نكردن

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Go down :

• The computers went down and we lost a whole day’s work.

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3
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خلاصه شدن به ، منتهى شدن به

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Boil down to :

  • The whole housing shortage problem boils down to one thing: money.
  • What it boils down to is that you just don’t trust me.
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4
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ناديده گرفته شدن !

نشنیده گرفته شدن حرف

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Fall on deaf ears :

  • all my advice fell on deaf ears .
  • Stop explaining. It’s all fall on deaf ears.
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5
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شروع به انجام کاری جدید و متفاوت

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Strike out :

  • As a company they’ve never been afraid to strike out in new directions.
  • She’d worked for her father for over ten years and thought it was time to strike out on her own.
  • It was an opportunity to strike out for independence.
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کنار (کسی) ماندن ، پشت (کسی یا چیزی) ایستادن، حمایت کردن

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Stand by :

  • He’s my friend and I’m going to stand by him.
  • She has vowed to stand by her husband who has just been jailed for assault.
  • He promised to stand by her if she decided to have the baby.
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وحشیانه ضربه زدن با خشم کتک زدن

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Hit out at :

  • I just hit out at him blindly.
  • When she gets into a rage, she hits out at me and I can’t control her.
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8
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با توجه تمام به ( تلويزيون … ) خيره شدن

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Glue to :

  • Everyone was glued to the TV set as the election results came in.
  • he spends hours glued to his computer every evening .
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9
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خلاصه شدن ، در نهایت به چیزی رسیدن ، منجر شدن به ، علت اصلى چيزى و اصل قضيه

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Boil down to :

  • What it boils down to is that you just don’t trust me.
  • Most of the crimes may boil down to a question of money
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10
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یک گوشه ایستادن و تماشا کردن

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Stand by :

  • How can you stand by while those boys kick the cat?
  • We cannot stand by while the environment is being destroyed.
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تمام کردن و کامل مصرف کردن

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Eat into :

  • The high cost of living in London is eating into my savings.
  • Increased administrative work can eat into employees’ free time.
  • doing everything single-handed is eating into all your free time .
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12
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روى پاى خود ايستادن

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Strike out on my own :

• its time to strike out on your own and do sth. Completely different .

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13
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تشویق کردن انگیزه دادن، سوق دادن

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Spur on :

  • Spurred on by the crowd, Coventry scored two goals in the first 30 minutes.
  • (sometimes + to) One success should spur him on to even greater achievements.
  • (sometimes + to do sth) You lose a bit of weight and it spurs you on to lose even more.
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14
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ناديده گرفتن و اهميت ندادن

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Sweep aside :

  • I tried to argue that the scheme was expensive and badly planned but my objections were swept aside.
  • sweep aside all your inhibitions and start living life to the full .
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15
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شروع به خوردن

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Dive in :

• The food’s on the table and there’s plenty, so dive in everyone.

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16
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رهگذر ناظر

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Bystander :

• Many innocent bystanders were injured in the explosion.

17
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محو چیزی یا کسی شدن

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Drink in :

  • He gazed up at her adoringly, drinking in her every word.
  • We sat in a small café, watching people pass by and drinking in the atmosphere.
18
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كندنِ از جايى …

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Drag away :

  • (usually + from) I’ll bring Melissa with me tonight - if I can drag her away from the TV.
  • (often reflexive) I’ll perhaps meet you for a drink - if I can drag myself away from my studies.
19
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(به‌سرعت) بالا رفتن (به‌سرعت) افزایش یافتن

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Shoot up :

• Sales shot up by 9% last month.

20
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(پس از جستجو) پیدا کردن یا در آوردن از كيف

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Fish out :

• She reached into her bag and fished out a pen.

21
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(با اتومبیل و غیره) زیر گرفتن، زیر ماشین رفتن

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Run over :

  • (usually passive) He was run over and killed.
  • I ran over a rabbit as I was driving home .
22
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کشتن حیوانات پیر و مریض (با دارو)

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Put down :

• Eventually the poor cat was in such pain that we had to have her put down.

23
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تصمیم گیری كردن و معمولاً به طور علنی اعلام كردن که از چیزی پشتیبانی می کنید یا با آن مخالفت می کنید

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Come down :

  • The minister came down in favour of a reformed prison system.
  • The White House has come down on the side of military action.
  • The author comes down against private pensions in this article.
24
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منتشر كردن ( مجله ، كتاب )

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Put out :

• The sort of books that they put out are never likely to be best-sellers.

25
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هجوم آوردن / سرازير شدن

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Flood in/ into :

  • More and more hotels are being built as tourists from Germany and Japan flood in.
  • Letters of complaint have been flooding into the office.
26
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محدود شدن آزادى كسى

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Box in :

  • (usually passive) She did not want to send her son to a school where he would be boxed in by so many rules and regulations.
  • we don’t want to become boxed in by our own systems.
  • Married for only a year, she already felt boxed in.
27
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با پشتکار ادامه دادن ( علیرغم دشواری‌ها کاری را ادامه دادن )

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Soldier on :

  • She had a cold and a high temperature but she knew she had to soldier on.
  • (sometimes + with) He soldiered on with his job, long after he should have retired.
  • you can’t be expected to soldier on on your own any longer .
28
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چرخيدن و نگاه كردن ( اغلب فروشگاه )

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Nose around :

  • I don’t like the idea of someone nosing around in my bedroom.
  • I was just nosing around his office.
29
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لبريز شدن

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Run over :

• I turned the taps off because the bath was almost running over.

30
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تلفن کردن به محل کار خود ، معمولاً برای توضیح اینکه چرا آنجا نیستید

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Call in :

  • I’d better call in and tell them I’m going to be late.
  • Melanie called in sick this morning.