The Storytellers Flashcards
Tithe
/taɪð/
Noun:
One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy (یکدهم درآمد سالانه به عنوان مالیات).
(In certain religious denominations) a tenth of an individual’s income pledged to the Church (عشریه).
Verb:
Pay or give as a tithe (عشریه یا مالیات پرداخت یا اخذ کردن).
“He tithes 10 per cent of his income to the Church”.
Till
/tɪl/
Preposition/Conjunction: (حرف اضافه/حرف ربط)
Up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until (تا، تا زمانی که، تا جایی که، مگر این که).
“I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30”.
Noun:
A cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant (دخل، قلک، صندوق پول).
“There were queues at the till”.
GEOLOGY
Boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets (تیل، سنگ رسوبی حاصل از یخرود).
“The soil is mainly glacial till and therefore stony”.
Verb:
Prepare and cultivate (land) for crops (شخم زدن).
“No land was being tilled or crops sown”.
Phrase:
With one’s hand in the till — used in reference to theft from one’s place of work (دزدی کردن از محل کار خود).
“He was caught with his hand in the till and sacked”.
Predecessor
/ˈpred.ə.ses.ɚ/
Noun:
A person who held a job or office before the current holder (متصدی پیشین).
“His approach is very similar to that of his predecessor”.
A thing that has been followed or replaced by another (اسبق، سابق، سلف).
“The chapel was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor”.
Cope
/koʊp/
Verb:
(Of a person) deal effectively with something difficult (از عهدهی کاری برآمدن).
“His ability to cope with stress”.
(Of a machine or system) have the capacity to deal successfully with (توانایی کاری را داشتن).
“The roads are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic”.
(In building) cover (a joint or structure) with a coping (کتیبه، سردیوار).
“A high wall coped with tiles”.
Noun:
A long, loose cloak worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions (ردا).
Fallible
/ˈfæl.ə.bəl/
Adjective:
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong (جایزالخطا، ناکامل).
“Experts can be fallible”.
Tenant
/ˈten.ənt/
Noun:
A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord (مستاجر، اجاره نشین).
“Council-house tenants”.
Verb:
Occupy (property) as a tenant (اجاره کردن).
“The house was tenanted by his cousin”.
Interest rate
/ˈɪn.trɪst ˌreɪt/
Noun:
The proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding (نرخ بهره، درصد سود).
“Reduced interest rates encourage people to spend money on home improvements”.
Siamese twins
/ˌsaɪ.ə.miːz ˈtwɪnz/
Noun:
Dated term for conjoined twins. Twins that are physically joined at birth, sometimes sharing organs, and in some cases separable by surgery (depending on the degree of fusion) (دوقلوهای سیامی اصطلاحی قدیمی برای دوقلوهای به هم چسبیده).
Banquet
/ˈbæŋ.kwət/
Noun:
An elaborate and formal meal for many people (ضیافت، سور و سات شاهانه).
“A state banquet at Buckingham Palace”.
Verb:
Entertain with a banquet (در ضیافت شام شرکت کردن).
“Ambassadors were fabulously banqueted and loaded with gifts”.
Festivity
/fesˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
Noun:
The celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way (بَزم، جشن و سُرور، خوشی**).
“A time of great rejoicing and festivity”.
Embalm
/ɪmˈbɑːm/
Verb:
Preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative (مومیایی کردن، حفظ جنازه با فرمالدهید).
“His body was embalmed and buried in Westminster Abbey”.
Minutiae
/mɪˈnuː.ʃi.aɪ/
Noun:
The small, precise, or trivial details of something (جزئیات کم اهمیت، فروع).
“The minutiae of everyday life”.
Preliminary
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
Adjective:
Preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important (مقدماتی، اولیه).
“A preliminary test”.
Noun:
A preliminary action or event (مقدمه، اول، ابتدا).
“The bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to an infantry attack”.
Subsidiary
/səbˈsɪd.i.er.i/
Adjective:
Less important than but related or supplementary to something (فرعی، جنبی، مکمل).
“A subsidiary flue of the main chimney”.
Noun:
A company controlled by a holding company (شرکت طابعه و شعبه، زیرمجموعهی یک هولدینگ).
“A subsidiary of Cable and Wireless”.
Infested
/ɪnˈfest/
Verb:
(Of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease (در قرق حیوانات یا حشرات بودن، فراگرفتن یک منطقه توسط حیوانات یا حشرات).
“The house is infested with cockroaches”.
Encrust
/ɪnˈkrʌs.tɪd/
Verb:
Cover or decorate (something) with a hard surface layer (جواهرنشان کردن، مرصع کردن، روکش کردن).
“The mussels encrust navigation buoys”.
Livelihood
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
Noun:
A means of securing the necessities of life (معیشت، معاش، وسیلهی امرار معاش).
“People whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest”.
Patron
/ˈpeɪ.trən/
Noun:
A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause (حامی، پشتیبان).
“A celebrated patron of the arts”.
A customer of a shop, restaurant, etc., especially a regular one (مشتری ثابت).
“We surveyed the plushness of the hotel and its sleek, well-dressed patrons”.
Mediate
/ˈmiː.di.eɪt/
Verb:
/ˈmiː.di.eɪt/
Intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation (میانجیگری کردن، پا در میانی کردن).
“Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war”.
Adjective:
/ˈmiːdɪət/
Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency (میانجی، واسطه).
“Public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration”.
Grind
/ɡraɪnd/
Verb:
past/PP: Ground
Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it (خُرد کردن، تکه تکه کردن).
“Grind some black pepper over the salad”.
Rub or cause to rub together gratingly (ساییدن، آسیاب کردن).
“Mountain ranges developed along fault lines where tectonic plates ground against one another”.
Noun:
A crushing or grating sound or motion (صدا و حرکت فرسایش و تخریب).
“the crunch and grind of bulldozers”.
Hard dull work (خر حمالی، جون کندن).
“Relief from the daily grind”.
Phrase:
Grind to a halt — gradually slow down or lose momentum and then stop altogether (به تدریج به سکون رسیدن، سکون تدریجی).
“In summer traffic all but grinds to a halt”.
Scribe
/skraɪb/
Noun:
A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented (منشی، کاتب، میرزا بنویس).
“Scribes in ancient Egypt devoted most of the time to reading, writing and calculating”.
A pointed instrument used for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw or in sign-writing (قلم نشانهگذاری).
Verb:
LITERARY
Write (نوشتن، کتابت کردن).
“He scribed a note that he passed to Dan”.
Mark with a pointed instrument (با ابزار نوک تیز علامت گذاری کردن).
“Mark the position of the lock body on the door edge, then scribe a centre mark”.
Besiege
/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
Verb:
Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender (محاصره کردن).
“The king marched north to besiege Berwick”.
Crowd around oppressively; surround and harass (در محاصرهی ازدحام جمعیت بودن).
“She spent the whole day besieged by newsmen”.
Around-the-clock
/əˌraʊnd.ðəˈklɑːk/
Adjective:
All day and all night without stopping; nonstop (شبانه روزی، ۲۴ ساعته).
“They’re working around the clock to get it done”.
Plight
/plaɪt/
Noun:
A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation (مخمصه، گرفتاری، فلاکت).
“We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty”.
Verb:
Pledge or solemnly promise (one’s faith or loyalty) (بیعت کردن، پیمان بستن).
“Men to plighted vows were faithful”
Be engaged to be married to (نامزد بودن).
Surplus
/ˈsɝː.pləs/
Noun:
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply (مازاد، اضافه).
“exports of food surpluses”.
Adjective:
More than what is needed or used; excess (اضافی، زیادی، باقیمانده).
“Make the most of your surplus cash”.
Curry favour
/ˈkɝː.i ˈfeɪ.vɚ/
Phrase:
To praise someone, especially someone in authority, in a way that is not sincere, in order to get some advantage for yourself (پاچهخواری کردن).
“He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss”.
Curry: ادویهی کاری.
Favour: خدمت، احسان، لطف، حمایت.
Concoct
/kənˈkɑːkt/
Verb:
Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients (پختن، غذا درست کردن با ترکیب چندین ماده).
“She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him”.
Create or devise (a story or plan) (جعل کردن، من در آوردی، اختراع و درست کردن).
“His cronies concocted a simple plan”.