Unit 2

Question 1

regard

Answer 1

consider - see - look up

• Edith was widely regarded as (=considered by many people to be) eccentric (unusual - strange).

Question 2

extensively

Answer 2

large in size, amount, or degree:

• The house stands in extensive grounds.
• Fire has caused extensive damage to the island’s forests.

Question 3

move about

Answer 3

transfer - نقل مکان کردن

• she moved about with her artist parents and learned French.

Question 4

corps

Answer 4

group - team - انجمن

• the President’s press corps
• the diplomatic corps

Question 5

attend

Answer 5

حضور داشتتن - مراجعه کردن

• Only 12 people attended the meeting.
• Please let us know if you are unable to attend.

Question 6

sect

Answer 6

addiction - فرقه - امت
a group of people with their own particular set of beliefs and practices, especially within or separated from a larger religious group

Question 7

assassins

Answer 7

someone who murders an important person
killer - murderer - تروریست

• Kennedy’s assassin is assumed to have been Lee Harvey Oswald.

Question 8

establish

Answer 8

start up - set up - تاسیس کردن

• The company was established in 1899.

Question 9

commentary

Answer 9

interpretation - تفسیر - گزارش

• We’ll be bringing you full commentary on the game between Notts and Brescia.
• political commentary

Question 10

expedition

Answer 10

a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place, or the people that make this journey

• an expedition to the North Pole
• another Everest expedition

Question 11

seafarer

Answer 11

a SAILOR or someone who travels regularly by ship (دریانورد)

Question 12

sail

Answer 12

to travel by boat or ship

• He sailed from Southampton on May 6th.

Question 13

crew

Answer 13

all the people who work on a ship or plane

• The plane crashed, killing two of the crew and four passengers.
• He joined the crew of a large fishing boat.

Question 14

be laid out

Answer 14

arranged in a pattern

• Kyoto is laid out according to a grid system.

Question 15

bystander

Answer 15

viewer - onlooker

• Several innocent bystanders were killed by the blast(explosion).

Question 16

cyclist

Answer 16

bicyclist - wheelsman

someone who rides a bicycle

Question 17

extrovert

Answer 17

someone who is active and confident, and who enjoys spending time with other people. OPP introvert

• Her sister was always more of an extrovert.

Question 18

likeable

Answer 18

دوست داشتنی

• a friendly likeable little boy

Question 19

informants

Answer 19

informer - reporter - خبرچین - خبر رسان

Question 20

simplify

Answer 20

to make something easier or less complicated - ساده کردن

• The law needs to be simplified.
• a simplified version of the game

Question 21

impassable

Answer 21

غیر قابل عبور

• the roads are often impassable in winter due to snow.
• The mountains are impassable.