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impose
The court can impose a fine.
impose something on something/somebody
The government imposed a ban on the sale of ivory.
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impose something on somebody
parents who impose their own moral values on their children
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impose a undue strain (=too much strain)/considerable burden/hardship/strain etc (on somebody/ something)
Military spending imposes a considerable financial strain on the economy.
Whether sth is ……….. or ……… is a moot point.
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trivial matter
strive/strove/striven
(v)to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties
prosperity
* It is sometimes difficult for people to maintain their prosperity once they retire and lose their steady income.
* The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.
* economic/future prosperity(collocation)
فعل ( verb ) : prosper
اسم ( noun ) : prosperity
صفت ( adjective ) : prosperous
قید ( adverb ) : prosperously
pollution
* Coal is a relatively cheap source of energy, but it causes excessive pollution.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : pollute
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : pollution / pollutant / polluter
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : polluted
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : _
- foster good relations/economic growth/a sense of / an interest in (collocation)
Conservation
* energy/water conservation(collocation)
* nature/environmental/wildlife conservation (collocation)
dictate policy/term/treatment
preserve jobs
vastly different(collocation)
vast majority/amount/number
rural areas/communities/life/population
tackle a crisis/question/problem/issue (collocation)
tackle unemployment/crime (collocation)
per se
indiscriminate use
executive body of the country
Individuals’ rights=حقوق افراد
environment
* workplace environment
* social media environment
* harm/damage/destroy/polute the environment
* conserve the environment
* pollute the environment
* the marine/natural environment
* the effect/impact on the environment
remain a mystery(collocation)
obscure
intervene
* The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate.
* The minister intervened personally to stop the museum from being closed.
*
(noun) intervention
rapid intervention (collocation) مداخله سریع
foreign/military intervention (collocation)
boost
* boost profits/prices/rates =>
* boost exports/sales/trade =>
* boost confidence/morale =>
* boost the economy.
* boost production/performance/productivity
* boost sth (by) 20%/50%/100%, etc.
* boost performance/energy/appearance (collocation)
fiercely
* She’s fiercely competitive/independent
* a violinist fiercely concentrating on a piece of music.
* the army clashed fiercely with militants
اسم ( noun ) : fierceness
صفت ( adjective ) : fierce
قید ( adverb ) : fiercely
شدیداً و قویاً (از نظر احساس یا خشنی)
(v)energetically and with strong feelings
(v)angrily or in a frightening or attacking manner
overcome
* to overcome difficulties /obstacles /problems /resistance
*Eventually she managed to overcome her shyness in class.
* They were overcome by fumes from the fire and had to be carried out of their houses.
* Overcome with/by emotion, she found herself unable to speak for a few minutes.
* he might have felt overcome with tiredness.
confront
confront problem, difficulty
fulfillment
* Workaholics can only find fulfillment in their work.
* Morales said that owning his own home was the fulfillment of a dream.
* People are wondering if they will ever see the fulfillment of the government’s campaign pledges.
* a sense of fulfillment
fulfil an aim/a goal/an objective/wish
fulfil a promise/pledge
✅ فعل ( verb ) : fulfill
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : fulfillment
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : fulfilled / fulfilling
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : -
thus,
hence,
consequently
trivial
(adj)having little value or importance
trivial task/matter/problem/complaint (collocation)
کم اهمیت یا کم ارزش
peer
* Do you think it’s true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?
pollution
* Coal is a relatively cheap source of energy, but it causes excessive pollution.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : pollute
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : pollution / pollutant / polluter
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : polluted
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : _
flourish
The school created an environment where its students could flourish.
The effective advertisements helped the new store to flourish.
(v) to grow(for plants or animals) or develop well, or be successful (for example, by making a lot of money or developing quickly)
prosperity
* It is sometimes difficult for people to maintain their prosperity once they retire and lose their steady income.
* The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.
* economic/future prosperity(collocation)
فعل ( verb ) : prosper
اسم ( noun ) : prosperity
صفت ( adjective ) : prosperous
قید ( adverb ) : prosperously
رونق(از نظر مالی)،رفاه مالی
(ir)relevant
* The student wrote about personal debt in America because she thought it was a valuable and relevant topic.
فعل ( verb ) :
اسم ( noun ) : relevance
صفت ( adjective ) : relevant
قید ( adverb ) : relevantly
origin
✅ فعل ( verb ) : originate شروع به وقوع یا وجود کردن، نشات گرفتن
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : origin / original / originality
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : original
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : originally
originate from
* A lot of our medicines originate from tropical plants.
originate in
* Many Christmas traditions originated in Germany.
originate with
* The idea originated with the ancient Greek philosophers.
originate as
* The town originated as a small fishing port.
starvation
20 million people face starvation unless a vast emergency aid program is launched.
on the verge of starvation.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : starve
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : starvation
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : starved / starving
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : _
multiple
Baxter was rushed to the hospital with multiple stab wounds.
severalچندین/numerousمتعدد/multipleچندین
possess
* Different workers possess different skills.
* He no longer possessed the power to frighten her.
* Those states are the countries that possess nuclear weapons
* possess an ability
✅ فعل ( verb ) : possess
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : possession / possessive / possessiveness / possessor
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : possessive / possessed / possessory / possessable ( possessible )
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : possessively
have داشتن، در اختیار داشتن، فرمال
primary purpose/aim/objective/goal (collocation)
* sth be of primary importance.در درجه اول اهمیت قرار داشتن (collocation)
primary/chief/major/main concern/ reason/ source of income/ duty/ role /responsibility /consideration /focus /problem (collocation)
(adj) more important than anything else; main
(adj) happening first
perception
* We have to change the public’s perception that money is being wasted.
* These photographs will affect people’s perceptions of war.
* drugs that alter perception
* sensory perceptions
فعل ( verb ) : perceive = to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way
اسم ( noun ) : perception / perceptiveness
صفت ( adjective ) : perceptive / perceptible
قید ( adverb ) : perceptively / perceptibly
(n) the way you think about something and your idea of what it is like
(n) the way that you notice things with your senses of sight, hearing, et
revival
A revival of the timber industry is needed.
There has been a revival of interest in Picasso’s work.
the recent revival in medieval music
Senior economists believe that market liberalism is leading to a revival of the economy.
revival of interest in sth/ economic revival/ revival in the economy
spark/lead to a revival Prices at the top end of the market adjusted last year, leading to a revival in recent months.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : revive / revivify
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : revival / revivalism / revivalist
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : revivalist
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : _
syn= resumption, renewal
frequent
* it is more frequent among women and lefthanders
* more/less frequent
* Her headaches are becoming less frequent.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : frequent
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : frequency
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : frequent
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : frequently
aggravate
* Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates.
* Building the new road will only aggravate the
✅ فعل ( verb ) : aggravate
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : aggravation
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : aggravated / aggravating
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : aggravatingly
aggravation
علاوه بر نون معانی بالا، معنی زیر را هم میدهد
* trouble or difficulty
* * I’ve been getting a lot of aggravation at work recently.
* * I don’t need any more aggravation today.
* * I’d complain to the manager but it’s not worth the aggravation.
- campaigns to alert the public to the dangers of HIV.
provisional
* a provisional government
* We accept provisional bookings by phone.
(adv) provisionally
The meeting has been provisionally arranged for the end of May.
trim
** trim something away/off**
* Pete was trimming the lawn around the roses.
* I have my hair trimmed every six weeks.
* The government’s plan to trim spending included cuts to the higher education budget.
* We need to trim costs by £500m.
* The bill would trim the number of immigrants to the US.
** trim something from/off something**
* The company trimmed £46,000 from its advertising budget.
(v) to make something tidier or more level by cutting a small amount off it
(v) to reduce a number, amount, or the size of something
کاهش دادن(تعداد،مقدار،سایز)،چیدن و اصلاح کردن
prompt
* The cold weather has prompted a rush to travel websites to book warm-weather vacations.
* What prompted you to buy that suit?
* The physical and mental health problems experienced by retired NFL football players has prompted a congressional investigation into football brain injuries.
* The reformation of the rock band after so many years prompted the question “Why did they break up in the first place?”
* Concerns about pedestrian safety prompted the city council’s decision to put up new traffic lights at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Broad Street.
* * Prompt action/ payment/ response
* prompted a investigation/question/decision
(adv) promptly سریعا
(v) cause something to happen or be done(to cause someone to say or do something)
(v) to make someone decide to say or do something
(adj) done quickly, immediately, or at the right time
باعث چیزی شدن یا وا داشتن، سریع
deprivation
* social/economic/emotional/sensory/nutrition deprivation
* deprivation of …..
prune
* She spent the afternoon pruning roses.
* The plan for the next financial year is to prune 25% off the budget.
* The company is pruning staff in order to reduce costs.
* The original version of the text has been pruned quite a bit.
** if you prune something such as a piece of writing, you make it shorter by removing parts of it that are needed or wanted
to prune an organization, its expenditure, or the jobs it provides means to make it smaller by reducing it in size, or by reducing the amount of money it spends.**
translate
** if one thing translates into another, the second thing happens as a result of the first**
* translate (something) into something
* A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in property tax.
* These rates translate into a return of 8.5% for dollar investors.
* translate into=> So how does this theory translate into practical policy?
Ordinary people are hoping that the recent economic recovery will translate into more jobs.
A raise in pay doesn’t always translate into more spending money, as much of it ends up going to taxes
viable
a viable idea/ plan/ method
viable alternative/proposition/option/ solution etc
The committee came forward with one viable solution.
economically/commercially/financially viable شدنی و مقرون به صرفه بودن
Will a hotel here be financially viable?
** a viable business/company/market**
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : viability
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : viable
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : viably
(adj) capable of working successfully = feasible.
شدنی یا قابل اجرا، با قابلیت بقا و رویش پذیر
feasible
a feasible solution
economically/technically/politically etc feasible
فعل ( verb ) :
اسم ( noun ) : feasibility
صفت ( adjective ) : feasible
قید ( adverb ) : feasibly
(adj) possible and is likely to work = possible
امکان پذیر، شدنی
global
✅ فعل ( verb ) : globalize
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : globe / globalization
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : global
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : globally
cope (with)
* He coped quite well as manager while still captaining the team.
* Local authorities have to cope with the problems of homelessness.
* No system is designed to cope with the floods we have had this year.
* cope with a situation
can/can’t cope
Older people can’t cope so well with the heat.
be able/unable to cope
Some young mothers feel that they aren’t able to cope on their own.
struggle to cope
it is difficult/hard to cope
کنار آمدن
roblem or situation
diet
1- collocation for first meaning
* healthy/good/poor/unhealthy/a balanced/a varied
* a sensible/proper diet
* somebody’s staple diet (=the food that a group of people or type of animal normally eats)
* a vegetarian diet (=that does not include any meat or fish)
* a high-fibre/high-protein etc diet
* eat/have a diet
* live/exist on a diet of something
* feed somebody on a diet of something
* a diet high/rich in something (=which contains a lot of something)
relieve
relieve tension/pressure/stress/pain/anxieties
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* programs aimed at relieving unemployment
* The addition to the school will relieve overcrowding.
* New toll roads could help relieve congestion on other routes.
* emergency food aid to help relieve the famine
* relieve congestion/overcrowding
فعل ( verb ) : relieve
اسم ( noun ) : relief
صفت ( adjective ) : relieved
قید ( adverb ) : _
(v) to reduce pain or unpleasant feelings
(v) to make a problem less difficult or serious or to improve an unpleasant situation
کاهش دادن یا تسکین بخشیدن،رفع کردن(وضعیت بد یا مشکل)، جایگزین کردن
adopt
* I think it’s time to adopt a different strategy in my dealings with him.
* The new tax would force companies to adopt energy-saving measures.
* He’s adopted a remarkably light-hearted attitude towards the situation.
✅ فعل ( verb ) : adopt
✅️ اسم ( noun ) : adoption
✅️ صفت ( adjective ) : adopted
✅️ قید ( adverb ) : _
(v) to decide to start using a particular method, plan, or idea
encounter (n,v)
encounter problems/difficulties/situations
* They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
encounter opposition/resistance
* The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.
* The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past
to experience something, especially problems or opposition
lifestyle
* a greener lifestyle
* a healthy lifestyle
* an active lifestyle (=in which you exercise)
* a sedentary lifestyle (=in which you sit down a lot and do not exercise much)
* a lavish/extravagant lifestyle (=in which you buy or do expensive things)
* a comfortable lifestyle (=in which you have enough money to buy things you want)
* an alternative lifestyle (=one that is different from most people’s)
* a busy/hectic lifestyle
* a stressful lifestyle
* have a healthy/simple etc lifestyle
* change your lifestyle
* maintain your lifestyle (=keep your lifestyle as it is)
* live a healthy/simple etc lifestyle
* a lifestyle choice (=a choice about how you live)