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Circulate

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🔹Move continuously and freely through a closed system or area.
(Garden kardan- be gardesh daravardan)

🔸Antibodies circulate in the bloodstream.

🔹Pass from place to place or person to person.
(Montasher kardan)

🔸Rumors of his arrest circulated.

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Soak

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🔹make or allow sth to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
(Khisandan- ba maye eshba kardan-ghoote dadan)

🔸soak the beans overnight in water.

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Precipitation

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🔹Rain, snow, or hail that falls to or condenses on the ground.
(Baaresh)
🔸these convective processes produce cloud and precipitation.

🔹the fact or quality of acting suddenly and rashly.
(Shetaab-dastpachegi)
🔸they were already regretting their precipitation.

🔹the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution
(Rosoob)

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Grain

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🔹wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food
(Jo-gandom)

🔹dane-zare

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Pebble

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🔹rig- sangrize
🔹noee aghigh
🔹shishe einak

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Consolidate

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🔹make physically stronger or more solid.
🔸the first phase of project is to consolidate outside walls.

🔹strengthen(one’s position or power)
🔸the company consolidated its position in the international market.

🔹combine number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole
🔸all manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises

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Gravel

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🔹Shen-rig-maase

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Bed

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🔹bastar-kaf

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Sediment

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🔹rosoob-tahneshin

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Coarse

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🔹rough or harsh in texture
🔸a coarse cloth

🔹(of person or their speech)rude or vulgar
🔸a man of coarse speech

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Laden(with)

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🔹Heavily loaded or weighted down
(Sangin-Por-mamlov)
🔸a tree laden with apples

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Glacial

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🔹yakhbandan

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Deposite

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🔹put or set down(sth or so) in a specific place
(Tahneshin kardan-kenar gozashtan)
🔸he deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

🔹place sth somewhere for safekeeping
(Zakhire sepordan-be hesabe bank gozashtan)
🔸a vault in which guests may deposit valuable property

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Overlie

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🔹lie on top of-cover

Rooye chizi gharar gereftan ya khabidan

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Pore

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🔹(n.): soorakhe riz-manfaz

🔹(v.): be absorbed in reading or studying
🔸I spent hours poring over cookery books

🔹(v.): to think intently;ponder
(Dar daryaye tafakor ghootevar shodan)
🔸he has thoughts and pored on it

Porous=por manfaz- khelal o foraj dar

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Plug

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🔹block or fill in(hole or cavity)
🔸trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the rode

🔹(n.) a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.
🔸somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow.

🔹do shakhe 🔌

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Dissolve

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🔹Become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution
(Aab kardan-Hal kardan)
🔸glucose dissolves easily in water

🔹close down or dismiss
(Faskh kardan-monhal kardan)
🔸the National Assembly was dissolved after a coup

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Percolate

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🔹(of liquid or gas)filter gradually through a porous surface or substance
(Saaf kardan-rad shodan)
🔸the water percolating through the soil may leach out minerals

🔹spread gradually through an area or group of people
(Taravosh kardan-nofooz kardan)
🔸rainwater percolated between the sands and gravels that fill the valley
🔸the news of their secret wedding soon percolated throughout the city

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Crevice

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🔹darz- shekaf

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Cavity

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🔹godal-hofre

🔹kerm khordegi dandan

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Drain

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🔹cause the water or other liquid in sth to run out, leaving it empty or dry
🔸we drained the swimming pool

🔹(n.): abgozar-Zehkeshe fazelab

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Cling

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🔹hold on tightly to-adhere or stick firmly or closely to;be hard to part or remove from-remain very close to
🔸the smell of smoke clung to their clothes
🔸she clung to joes arm

🔹remain persistantly or stubbornly faithful to
(Vafadar Mandan)
🔸she clung resolutely to her convictions

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Film

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🔹parde nazdik-gheshaa

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Speculation

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🔹the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
🔸there has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit

🔹investment in stocks, property, etc. in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss
🔸the company’s move into property speculation

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Draw

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🔹pull
🔸A cart drawn by two horses

🔹extract an object from a container or receptacle
🔸he drew his gun and peered into a gloomy apartment

🔹be the cause of

🔹select (ticket or name)randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest,etc

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Champion

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🔹(n.): a person who has surpassed all rivals in a contest
(Ghahreman)

🔹vigorously support or defend the cause of
(Defa kardan- poshtibani kardan)
🔸he championed the rights of the working class and the popes
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Anthropologist

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Ensan shenas

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Envision

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🔹imagine as a future possibility;visualize

🔸she envisioned the admiring glances of guests seeing her home

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Ritual

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🔹A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order
🔸ancient fertility ritual

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Rite

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🔹A religious or other solemn ceremony or act

🔸marriage/hajj rites

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Accompany

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🔹go somewhere with someone as a companion or escort
🔸the two sisters were to accompany us to London

🔹be present or occur at the same time as something else
🔸the illness is often accompanied by nausea

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Divorce

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🔹separate or dissociate something from something else, typically with an undesirable effects.
🔸religion cannot be divorced from morality.

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Aesthetic

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🔹concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

🔸the pictures gave great aesthetic pleasure.

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Efficacious

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🔹successful in producing a desired or intended result;effective
🔸this treatment was efficacious in some cases.

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Recall

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🔹bring(a fact, event, or situation)back into one’s mind;remember
🔸I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital

🔹officially order someone to return to a place
🔸the Panamanian ambassador was recalled from Peru.

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Feat

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🔹an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength.
🔸the new printing presses were considerable feats of engineering.

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Impersonation

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🔹the act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud
🔸he did an impersonation of Fred Astaire.

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Virtuosity

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🔹great skill in music or another artistic pursuit.

🔸a performance of considerable virtuosity.

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Grace

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🔹zibayi-khoobi-zerafat-jazabiat

🔹doaye feizo barekat (ghabl ya bade ghaza)

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Antecedent

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🔹a thing that existed before or logically preceded another
🔸some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa’s oral traditions.

🔹a person’s ancestors or family and social background
🔸her early life and antecedents have been traced.

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Objectify

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🔹degrade to the status of a mere object
🔸a deeply sexist attitude that objectifies women.

🔹express(sth abstract) in a concrete form.
🔸good poetry objectifies feeling.

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Penchant

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🔹a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.
🔸he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs.

43
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Detach

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🔹disengage and remove/ separate

🔸this seatbelt can be attached and detached easily.

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Welfare

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🔹health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group; well-being
🔸they don’t give a damn about the welfare of their families.

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Retain

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🔹continue to have sth; keep possession of.
(Negah dashtan, hefz kardan, az dast nadadan)
🔸labor retained the seat

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Vegetation

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🔹plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat
Zendegi giahi o nabati-rostani

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Dramatic

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🔹relating to drama or the performance or study of drama
🔸the dramatic arts

🔹(of event or circumstances)sudden and striking; substantial; considerable
🔸a dramatic increase in recorded crime

🔹exciting or impressive
🔸he recalled his dramatic escape from the building

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Shrub

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🔹boote, golbon, derakhtche

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Herb

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🔹giah, alaf, rastani, boote

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Arid

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🔹(of land or climate)having little or no rain;too dry or barren to support vegetation; dry

🔹lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning;dull

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Attain

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🔹Succeed in achieving(sth that one has worked for)- reach(a specified age, size, or amount)
🔸clarify your objectives and ways of attaining them
🔸dolphins can attain speeds in water which man cannot yet emulate

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Ridge

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🔹baramadegi, marz, labe, nok

🔹shiardar kardan

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Poor

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🔹faghir- badbakht

🔹Kam- zaeef- namarghoob

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Prone

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🔹likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience sth unpleasant or regrettable
🔸farm fish are prone to disease

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Frost

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🔹a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing
Barfak
🔹a weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits or frost form
🔹a person’s cold or unfriendly manner
🔹a failure

(v.)
🔹cover with frost; freeze

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Cessation

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noun of cease(stop-end)

Ist- tavaghof- payan

57
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Smother

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🔹kill by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
🔸I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow

🔹extinguish a fire by covering it
🔸use a fire blanket to smother a chip-pan fire

🔹suppress(a feeling or action)
🔹(sport)stop the motion of ball or a shot
🔹cover someone or something entirely with

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Avalanche

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🔹bahman

🔹a sudden arrival or occurrence of sth in overwhelming quantity
🔸my desk in buried under an avalanche of letterhead

59
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Seedling

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Javane 🌱

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Establish

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🔹setup on a firm or permanent basis;initiate
Banaa nahadan-payerizi kardan-tasbit kardan
🔸the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992

🔹show to be true or certain by determining the facts
Ghaboolandan-sabet kardan-be korsi neshandan

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Propose

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🔹our forward(a plan or suggestion)for consideration by others;suggest;offer

🔹make an offer of marriage to someone

62
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Ibex

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🔹boz koohi:))

63
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Bud

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🔹javane(zadan)-ghonche-shokoufe(zadan)

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Browse

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🔹survey goods for sale in casual way; window-shop;look around

🔹scan through a text,website,or collection of data to gain an impression of the contents

🔹graze
charidan

(n.)
🔹casual looking or reading
🔹vegetations such as twigs and young shoots, eaten by animals
Shoot=javane-shakhe

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Bare

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🔹not clothed or covered

🔹without appropriate or usual content;empty

🔹without
🔸the interior was bare of plaster

🔹basic and simple- only just sufficient
🔸the bare minimum of furniture
🔸he outlined bare essentials of the story

(v.)
🔹uncover and expose to view;unveil;denude
🔸he bared his chest to show his scar

(adv.)
🔹very;really
🔸you are bare lazy

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Moss

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Khaze

67
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Prostrate

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(Adj.)
🔹lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downwards
🔸there was a man praying before an idol,lying prostrate

🔹completely overcome or helpless
🔸his wife was prostrate with shock

🔹growing along the ground
🔸mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil

(V.)
🔹throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards,especially in reverence or submission
🔸she prostrated herself on the bare floor of church

🔹reduce someone to extreme physical weakness
🔸she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed

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Striking

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🔹attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent; noticeable
🔸the murder bore a striking similarity to an earlier shooting.

🔹dramatically good looking or beautiful
🔸she is naturally striking

🔹(of an employee)on strike
🔸striking mine workers

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Rigor

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🔹the quality of being extremely thorough and careful
Deghate ziad
🔸his analysis is lacking in rigor

🔹severity and strictness
Sakhti-sakhtgiri
🔸full rigor of the law

🔹harsh and demanding conditions
Khoshunat-tondi
🔸the rigors of harsh winter

🔹a sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating, especially at the onset or height of fever

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Insulation

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🔹Ayegh kardan

71
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Equator

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🔹ostova

72
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Prevalent

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🔹Widespread-pervasive-common

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