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Bound

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🔹a walk or run with leaping strides; jump; spring; hop
🔸Louis came bounding down the stairs.

🔹a territorial limit or restriction on feeling or action; boundary; confine
🔸it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the issue could arise again.

🔹form the boundary of; enclose; encircle
🔸the ground was bounded by a main road on side and a meadow on the other.
🔹Place within certain limits; restrict
🔸freedom of action is bounded by law.

🔹going or ready to go towards a specified place.
🔸an express train bound for Edinburgh
🔹destined or very likely to have a specified experience
🔸they were bound for disaster.

🔹certain to be or to do or have something; sure; very likely
🔸there is bound to be change of plan.

Past tense of bind:
🔹tie or fasten something tightly together; tie up; hold together
🔸logs bound together with ropes.

🔹restrain someone by tying their hands and feet
🔸the raider bound mr.glenn

🔹stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass;stick; cohere
🔸mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them.

🔹cause people to feel united

🔹impose a legal or contractual obligation on
🔸a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its items.

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Bond

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🔹a thing used to tie something or to fasten things together

🔹a force or feeling that unites people; a shared emotion or interest

🔹an agreement with legal force; promise

🔹join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure
🔸press the material to bond the layers together.

🔹establish a relationship or link with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences.
🔸the failure to properly bond with their children

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Endow

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🔹give it bequeath an income or property to a person or institution
🔸he endowed the church with lands

🔹establish by donating the funds needed to maintain it; fund; finance
🔸he endowed three chairs in Liverpool university

🔹provide with a quality, ability, or asset; provide; furnish; supply; equity
🔸he was endowed with tremendous physical strength

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Intimate

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(Adj.)
🔹closely acquainted; familiar; close
🔸intimate friends

🔹(of place) having a cosy and private or relaxed atmosphere
🔸intimate little Italian restaurant

🔹(of knowledge)detailed or thorough; exhaustive; deep
🔸an intimate knowledge of software

🔹private and personal; confidential
🔸intimate details of his sexual encounters

(v.)
🔹state or make known; announce
🔸mr Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire

(n.)
🔹a very close friend
🔸his circle of intimates.

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Predominate

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🔹be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount; be in majority
🔸small-scale producers predominate in the south

🔹have or exert control or power; dominate
🔸private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.

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Entail

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🔹involve something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence; necessitate; require
🔸a situation which entails considerable risks

🔹limit the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group.
🔸the father’s estate was entailed on cousin.

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Gripe

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🔹complain about something in a persistent, irritating way; moan; groan
🔸it’s no use griping about your boss or your pay.

🔹gastric or intestinal pain; colic
🔸seeing your tiny baby suffering with wind and gripe

🔹grasp tightly; clutch

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Mill around/about

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🔹to move around with no obvious purpose

🔸there were people milling around the entrance to the stadium

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Disperse

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🔹distribute or spread over a wide area; scatter; disseminate
🔸storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes.

🔹go or cause to go in different direction
🔸the crowd dispersed

🔹(gas, smoke, mist, or cloud)thin out or cause to thin out and disappear; dissipate
🔸the earlier mist had dispersed.

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Rapport

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🔹a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well; affinity; bond
🔸she was able to establish a good rapport with the children.

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Size up

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🔹to examine something in order to make a judgement or form an opinion. To evaluate
🔸after sizing up the opposition, he suggested a strategy.

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Proximiy

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🔹nearness in space, time, or relationship; closeness

🔸do not operate microphones in close proximity to television sets.

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Subtle

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🔹(esp of a change or distinction)so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe.

🔹(of a mixture or effect) delicately complex and understated

🔹capable of making fine distinctions; astute; quick
🔸subtle mind

🔹arranged in an ingenious an elaborate way
🔸the German plan was simple yet subtle.

🔹making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
🔸he tried a more subtle approach.

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Interlock

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🔹engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses;interconnect
🔸their fingers interlocked.

🔹lock or join together
🔸the two planes were almost interlocked as they climbed together

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Solidarity

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🔹unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group;unity; agreement
🔸social groups provide the sense of oneness so critical for social solidarity

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Implication

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🔹the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated; suggestion; inference
🔸the implication is that no one at the bank is responsible

🔹a likely consequence of something; result; ramification
🔸many people are unaware of being involved in something

🔹the action or state of being involved in something; entanglement.
🔸our implication in the problems.

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Dispense

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🔹distribute or provide(a service or information)to a number of people; pass out
🔸orderlies went around dispensing drinks

🔹(of machine production container) supply or release(a product or cash);prepare; provide
🔸the machine dispense a range of drinks

🔹manage without or get rid of; waive; omit; relinquish
🔸let’s dispense with the formalities, shall we?

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Ostracize

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🔹exclude from a society or group; spurn; shun
Baa arae omoomi tabeed kardan- az vejhe omoomi andakhtan- az hoghooghe ejtemaee mahroom kardan
🔸she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers.

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Shun

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🔹persistently avoid, ignore, or reject(someone or something)through antipathy or caution; evade
🔸he decided to shun all alcoholic beverages

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Elicit

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🔹evoke or draw out(a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone; extract
🔸I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna

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Conform

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🔹comply with rules, standards, or laws; obey; follow
🔸the kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations

🔹(of person)behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
🔸the pressure to conform

🔹be similar in form or type; agree

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Devise

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🔹plan or invent(a complex procedure, system, or mechanism)by careful thought; come up with
🔸a training program should be devised

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Tide

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🔹the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun
Jazro mad

🔹a powerful surge of feeling or trend of events
🔸he drifted into sleep on a tide of euphoria

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Lunar

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🔹of, determined by, or resembling the moon

🔸lunar eclipse

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Disorientate

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🔹cause someone to lose their sense of direction
🔸when he emerged into the street he was totally disorientated

🔹make someone feel confused
🔸being near him made her feel weak and disorientated.

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Regulate

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🔹control or maintain the rate or speed of(a machine or process)so that it operates properly; adjust; synchronize
🔸a hormone which regulates metabolism

🔹control(especially a business activity) by means of rules and regulations; monitor; oversee; supervise
🔸the Code regulates the takeovers of all public companies

🔹set (a clock or other apparatus) according to an external standard.

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Drift

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🔹be carried slowly, aimlessly, or casually; float
🔸the cabin cruiser began to drift downstream

🔹walk slowly, aimlessly, or casually. Move passively or involuntarily into a condition; stray; wander
🔸people began to drift away
🔸i was drifting off to sleep.

🔹(of a person or their attention)digress or stray to another subject; deviate; diverge; digress
🔸I noticed my audience’s attention drifting

(n.)
🔹a steady movement or development from one thing towards another that is perceived as unwelcome
🔸the drift towards a more repressive style of policing

🔹a state of inaction or indecision
🔸after so much drift, any expression of enthusiasm is welcome

🔹the general intention or meaning of an argument or someone’s remark
🔸maybe I’m too close to the forest to see the trees, of you catch my drift

🔹a large mass of snow, leave, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind; pile; mass; accumulation

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Hatch

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🔹(of about egg)open and produce a young animal 🐣
🔸eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch

🔹conspire to devise a plan or plot
🔸the little plot that you hatched up last night

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Squirrel

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🔹 🐿 sanjaab

🔹hide money or something of value in a safe place
🔸the money was squirreled away in foreign bank account

🔹move in an inquisitive and restless manner
🔸they were squirreling around in the woods in search of something

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Burst

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🔹break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure; crack
Terekidan- monfajer shodan ya kardan
🔸one of the balloons burst

🔹issue suddenly and uncontrollably
🔸the words burst from him in an anger rush

🔹suddenly begin doing or producing something
🔸Sophie burst out laughing

🔹a period of continuous and intense work
🔸he sailed 474 miles in one 24-hour burst

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Verbalize

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🔹express(ideas or feelings)in words, especially by speaking out loud.
🔸they are unable to verbalize their real feelings

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Neonate

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🔹a newborn child(o other mammal)

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Motor

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🔹causing or producing motion. A muscle, nerve, or center that effects movements. Involving or relating to movements of muscles. Relating to an organism’s overt reaction to a stimulus

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Diffuse

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🔹spread over a wide area or between a large number of people; scatter; disperse
🔸technologies diffuse rapidly

🔹spread over a large area; not concentrated; scattered; dispersed
🔸the diffuse community which centered on the church

🔹lacking clarity or conciseness
🔸the second argument is more diffuse

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Potent

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🔹having great power, influence, or effect; powerful; strong; influential
🔸thrones were potent symbols of authority

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Olfactory

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🔹relating to the sense of smell

🔸the olfactory organs

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Conclusive

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🔹(of evidence or argument)having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive; unquestionable; incontrovertible; irrefutable
🔸conclusive evidence

🔹(of victory)achieved easily or by a large margin
🔸a conclusive 5-0 win

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Pacify

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🔹quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of;placate
🔸he had to pacify angry spectators

🔹bring peace to a country or warring function, especially by the use or threat of military force
🔸the general pacified northern Italy

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Habituation

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🔹the action or process of becoming habituated
Khoo giri-aadat kardan
🔸the training of the horse does not depend on force but habituation

🔹(psychology)the diminishing of an innate response to a frequently repeated stimulus
🔸habituation was leading to a marked drop in arousal level of these subjects.

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In vogue

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🔹when something is in vogue, is very popular and fashionable. If it comes into vogue, it becomes very popular and fashionable.
🔸in the 1920, short hair for women became the vogue.

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Retail

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🔹the sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale
Khorde forooshi
🔸the retail trade

🔹relate or repeat a story in detail
🔸his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anectode

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Pedestrian

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🔹a person walking rather than traveling in a vehicle; walker
🔸the road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it

🔹lacking inspiration or excitement; dull; monotonous; uneventful; tedious; plodding
🔸disenchantment with their pedestrian lives

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Bustle

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🔹move in a energetic and busy manner; rush
🔸people clutching clipboards bustled about

🔹cause to move hurriedly in a particular direction; hurry
🔸she bustled us into the kitchen

🔹(of a place)full of activity; crowded
🔸the street bustled with people

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Layout

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🔹the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out
🔸the road layout

🔹the way in which text or pictures are set out on a page; the process of setting out material on a page
🔸doing layout for newspapers and magazines

🔹a thing arranged or set out in a particular way; design; structure; arrangement
🔸a model railway layout

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Log

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🔹a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
🔸she tripped over a fallen log

🔹a regular or systematic record of incidents or observations
🔸keep a detailed log of your activities

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Pond

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🔹a small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial means; pool; puddle; lake
Taalaab-hoz-daryache
🔸garden pond

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Archway

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🔹a curved structure forming a passage or entrance

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Knight

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🔹salahshoor molazem padeshah-shovalie
Horseman; chevalier

🔹asbe shatranj

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Contest

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🔹engage in competition to attain a position of power; compete for
🔸she declared her intention to contest the presidency

🔹oppose an action or theory as mistaken or wrong; dispute
If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge’a decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed
🔸the former chairman contests his dismissal

Constested: causing dispute or argument

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Nobility

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🔹the quality of being noble in character; virtue; goodness; honour; honesty; integrity
🔸a man of nobility and learning

🔹the group of people belonging to the highest social class in a country;aristocracy

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Reflection

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🔹mirroring

🔹serious thought or consideration; thinking; contemplation
🔸he does not get much time for reflection

🔹an idea about something, especially one that is written down or expressed; opinion; viewpoint; belief
🔸reflections on human destiny and art

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Fictitious

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🔹not real or true; imaginary or fabricated; fake
🔸reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

🔹occurring in or invented for fiction; fictional; imaginary

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Scrap

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🔹discard or remove from service ( a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal
Oraagh kardan-ghoraze kardan

🔹abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law);abandon; withdraw
🔸he supports the idea that road tax should be scrapped

🔹engage in a minor fight or quarrel; argue
🔸the older boys started scrapping with me

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Scrape together

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🔹to gather something with difficulty

🔸he’a trying to scrape together enough money to buy a computer

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incorporate

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🔹take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include; absorb; assimilate; integrate
🔸he has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

🔹constitute (a company, city, or other organization) as a legal corporation.
🔸”limited liability companies could only be incorporated under the 1930 Act”

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