Unit 3.3 Flashcards

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Struggle

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ˈstrəgəl]
noun - struggle
مبارزه : struggle, combat, battle, swordplay, championship
کشمکش : conflict, struggle, tension, bout, scuffle, tussle
کشاکش : conflict, struggle, strife
تنازع : struggle
verb - struggle
تقلا کردن : heave, slog, tussle, scramble, struggle, agonize
مبارزه کردن : struggle, fight, joust, combat, conflict
کوشش کردن : try, labor, assay, attempt, bend, struggle
دست و پا کردن : flounder, struggle

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Delight

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delight /dɪˈlʌɪt /
▸ verb [with object] please (someone) greatly: an experience guaranteed to delight both young and old. ▪ (delight in) [no object] take great pleasure in: they delight in playing tricks.

▸ noun [mass noun] great pleasure: the little girls squealed with delight we broke into an impromptu dance, to the delight of the crowd she took great delight in telling your story. ▪ [count noun] a cause or source of great pleasure: the trees here are a delight.

–ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th century by association with light1.

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