Time(Vocab L2) Flashcards
To last an eternity
When you are young your spare times seems to last an eternity.
Went on for ages
I remember the summer holidays went on for ages
I had so much time on my hand
kheili vaght dashtam
In next to no time
kheili zood
speed up
You are an adult and time seems to speed up
Constantly pressed
You feel constantly pressed for time
blink of an eye
Time passes in the blink of an eye
only an instant ago
When you are young the past seems only an instant ago
Conducting research
Anjaam tahghigh
On the verge of destruction
آستانه تخریب
Remnants
بقایایWe have found remnants of ancient villages buried
beneath deep layers of sediment.
sediment
رسوب
charcoal
زغال چوبی
small flecks
پلاک های کوچک
looters
غارتگران
excavate
استخراج
artefacts
مصنوعات
Retrospect
An act of thinking about the past.
- In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
- I’m sure my university days seem happier in retrospect than they really were.
Bygone
Belonging to or happening in a past time.
- The empty factories are relics of a bygone era.
Relic
1 something left from a past time: relics of an ancient civilizatio
Preceding
Existing or happening before s.o or s.th
- The paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the preceding decade.
- In conclusion, I hope the preceding arguments have convicted you of the need for action.
Topical
relating to matters of importance at the present time:
It was an interesting discussion of topical issues in medicine.
Status quo
the present situation or condition:
Are you in favor of statehood, independence, or the status quo for Puerto Rico?
topically( Adv1)
(HAPPENING NOW)
I think he was struggling to be topically relevant.
The book is so topically relevant to our daily lives.
Topically( Adv2)
in a way that relates to a particular subject:
This archive consists of a topically organized selection of articles.
Links from topically related pages will be beneficial to your website.
Topically( Adv3)
Specialized medical used on the outside of the body:موضعی
The cream is applied topically, that is, to the skin.
The drug is used topically to remove sun-damaged cells.
status quo
the present situation or condition:
Are you in favor of statehood, independence, or the status quo for Puerto Rico?
Dramatic change/ enormous/ extraordinary/ drastic
large change
Minute(N1)
extremely small
She examined the contract in minute detail (= looking at all the details of it).
Minute(N2)
Message.
the written record of what was said at a meeting:
Could you take/do (= write) the minutes, Daniel?
The minutes of the last meeting were approved unanimously (= everyone agreed that they were correct).
[ C ] mainly uk formal an official message from one person to another in an organization:
I’ve just received a minute from Clark authorizing the purchase of six more computers.
Minute(N3)
Angle.
specialized mathematics any of the 60 parts that the degrees of any angle are divided into
Dramatic change/ enormous/ extraordinary/ drastic
larg change
Minute change/ modest/ minor/ slight/ gradual
small change
profound change
تغییر عمیق
Sudden reversal
انفجار ناگهانی
Turbulent period/ argument/ marriage/ violence
آشفته Turbulent seas kept us from sailing.
Passive form of change
The city has been changed!
The city has changed.
remnant
a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger, original piece
1. The coexistence of new industrial town and remnant agrarian hamlet was thus increasingly untenable.
burgeoning
growing or developing quickly:
A burgeoning tourist industry lifted the state’s economy.
To infer, indicate, derive
to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have:
استنباط کردن
What do you infer from her refusal?
[ + that ] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
Immerse
to involve someone completely in an activity:
- She immersed herself wholly in her work.
- Sickness forces us out of focus so that we are no longer pre consciously immersed.
Strand.1
a thin thread of something, often one of a few, twisted around each other to make a string or rope:
She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.
a strand of dental floss
Strand.2
a part that combines with other parts to form a whole story, subject, or situation:
There are so many different strands to the plot that it’s hard to follow.
Moth
حشرات موذی
To glean
to collect information in small amounts:
From what I was able to glean, the news isn’t good.
Minscule
extremely small:
Salaries are a minuscule part of the budget.
perish the thought
Zehi khiale baatel
Perish
die, deteriorate
Perishable
Food that is perishable has to be used quickly or it will decay so that you cannot eat it:
He owns one of the largest distributors of perishable foods.
Frayed
چیز ساییده شده
with the threads at the edge coming loose:
frayed cuffs
Reptile
خزنده
Multitude
تعداد زیادی
embalming substances
مواد شیمیائی
Embalm
مومیایی کردن
1. To use chemicals to prevent a dead body from decaying
counterpoint
نقطه مقابل
skewed
A. not accurate or exact:
- Maybe your world view is a little skewed.
B. Skewed also means not straight: - Her smile is slightly skewed.
