Reading Words P57 Mindset Flashcards

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Modest

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Not very large, expensive and important

  • She grew up in a modest little house in the suburbs
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2
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Wrinkled

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Folded, fizzy
چین‌دار چین‌خورده

  • A model was old and wrinkled
  • Her skirt is wrinkled
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Interpret

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To interpret sth = To explain the meaning of sth
Translate sth
تفسیر کردن

There was no right or wrong way to interpret the story.

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4
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Fragments

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a small part of something that has broken off or comes from something larger

قطعات، تکه‌ تکه‌ها

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5
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Demonstrated

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to show something clearly by giving proof or evidence
نشان دادن
- Demonstrating one of the characteristics of modern art

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6
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Bouncing off sth

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move off surface
پرش کردن، جهش کردن

-The ball bounced high and she missed it

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Attempted

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Seek, search
تلاش کردن،
that somebody has tried to do but without success

  • attempted murder/robbery/kidnapping
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8
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Carving

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حکاکی

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9
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Moulding

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قالب‌ریزی

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10
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Forefathers

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اجداد
Ancestors
a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago

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Components

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اجزا
one of several parts of which something is made
—————
- an essential/important component of something
- a major/principal/critical component of something

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12
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Multi-sensory

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چند حسی

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13
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immersive

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of a game, performance, work of art, etc.) that seems to surround the player or viewer so they feel totally involved in the experience, often by using three-dimensional computer images
غوطه‌ور، همه‌جانبه

Immersive games can be used for training and education.

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14
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Distortion

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Twisting out of shape / a change in the shape, appearance or sound of something so that it is strange or not clear

​a change in facts, ideas, etc. that makes them no longer correct or true
تحریف
-His views are represented here without distortion or exaggeration.

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15
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Abstraction

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Depicting ideas, not actual objects
انتزاع
- The increasing abstraction of modern art has tended to make it increasingly difficult to interpret.

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16
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Boundary

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a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of something and separates it from other things or places; a dividing line
مرز.