verb2

Question 1

بی‌گدار به آب نزدن

Answer 1

Look before you leap /liːp/
We should err on the side of caution in our appraisal and look before we leap.
ما باید در ارزیابی‌هایمان جانب احتیاط را حفظ کنیم‌ و بی‌گدار به آب نزنیم.

Question 2

منافع کسی را حفظ کردن

Answer 2

Safeguard someone’s interests
In order to safeguard the interests of the citizens, they err on the side of caution in their decision-making.
برای حفظ منافع شهروندان آنها در تصمیم‌گیری‌شان جانب احتیاط را می‌گیرند.

Question 3

to say that you are sorry but you have to leave

Answer 3

make your apologies :

I quickly made my apologies and left

Question 4

to not say that you are sorry for something, because you do not regret it and you think it is the right thing to do

Answer 4

make no apology for something :

We make no apology for defending our members’ interests – that is our job.

Question 5

از خر شیطان پایین آمدن

Answer 5

get off one’s high horse

You should get off your high horses and pay attention more to what people think.

Question 6

آغاز دشواری داشتن شروع پردردسری داشتن

Answer 6

get off to a rocky start

Question 7

کاری را شروع کردن

پروژه‌ای را آغاز کردن

Answer 7

get sth off the ground

A lot more money will be required to get this project off the ground

Question 8

فکر کسی/چیزی را از سر بیرون کردن

Answer 8

dismiss thoughts of sb/sth
He dismissed all thoughts of her.
او تمام افکار (راجع به) او را از سرش بیرون کرد.

Question 9

پل‌های پشت سر خود را خراب کردن

Answer 9

Burn one’s bridges
Look before you leap. Don’t burn your bridges.
بی گدار به آب نزن. پل‌های پشت سرت رو خراب نکن.

Question 10

در یک‌ مسیر پر مخاطره قدم گذاشتن

Answer 10

Tread a risky path
Look before you leap. You are treading a risky path.
بی گدار به آب نزن. داری تو یک مسیر پر‌ مخاره‌ای قدم‌ میذاری.

Question 11

برنامه های کسی را نقش بر آب کردن

Answer 11

Frustrate someone’s plans
Look before you leap. Your actions might frustrate all our plans.
بی گدار به آب نزن. کارهای تو ممکنه تموم برنامه‌های ما رو نقش بر آب کنه.

Question 12

باعث رنجش کسی شدن، احساس کسی را جریحه دار کردن

Answer 12

step/tread on someone’s toes
Be careful what you say about her losing weight; don’t step on her toes
مراقب باش که به او درباره اضافه وزنش چه می گویی، احساساتش را جریحه دار نکن.

Question 13

روند طبیعی خود را طی کردن

Answer 13

run its course

“his illness had to run its course”

Question 14

to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous or shy

Answer 14

clam up :

A sensitive child is likely just to clam up

Question 15

از سرما یخ زدن

Answer 15

freeze one’s buns off
We froze our buns off this winter.
این زمستان از سرما یخ زدیم [خیلی سردمان بود].

Question 16

به تدریج سرعت کم کردن و در نهایت کاملا توقف کردن

to slowly stop making any progress.

Answer 16

grind to a halt /graɪnd tu ə hɔlt/ :
The economy seems to be grinding to a halt.
It was clear that the peace talks had ground to a halt

Question 17

دیگر انجام کاری را دوست نداشتن

Answer 17

to go off doing something
I’ve gone off cooking lately.
من اخیراً دیگر آشپزی کردن را دوست ندارم.

Question 18

to start to work or play more effectively or quickly than before.

Answer 18

move/step up a gear

With just five lengths to go, the German swimmer stepped up a gear and edged ahead to win the race

Question 19

to behave in a way that is unacceptable or not expected

Answer 19

step out of line :
Step out of line one more time Peters, and you’re fired!
It was made quite clear to me that if I stepped out of line again I’d be out of a job

Question 20

to accept good or bad luck and continue on

Answer 20

take in stride

The boxer took his loss in stride and began to prepare for his next fight.

Question 21

deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and accepting way.

Answer 21

take something in one’s stride
I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride
There’s plenty of work to do, but she seems to take it all in her stride.
Cooper has learned to take such criticism in stride.

Question 22

to accept jokes or criticism about you without being upset

Answer 22

take something in good part

I was nervous when I had to tell him that he was wrong, but fortunately he took it in good part and we stayed friends.

Question 23

to do paid work for other people, such as washing or sewing, in your home

Answer 23

take sth in :

She supported her family by taking in laundry.

Question 24

to go to watch a film or performance .

Answer 24

take sth in
I thought we might get something to eat and then take in a movie.
We took in the new Scorsese movie last night.

Question 25

حرف دل کسی را زدن فکر کسی را خواندن

Answer 25

take the words out of one’s mouth
My wife took the words right out of my mouth when she said that she needed a vacation.
زنم حرف دل من را زد وقتی گفت که به تعطیلات نیاز دارد.
You took the words out of my mouth when you said he was stupid.
وقتی گفتی او آدم احمقی است فکر من را خواندی.

Question 26

با شاخ گاو در افتادن با مشکل شاخ به شاخ شدن

Answer 26

take the bull by the horns
Why don’t you take the bull by the horns and tell him to leave?
چرا با مشکلت شاخ به شاخ نمی‌شوی و به او نمی‌گویی که برود؟

Question 27

روی پای خود ایستادن

Answer 27

Stand on one’s own feet
We have become self-sufficient because we want to stand on our own feet.
ما خود کفا شده‌ایم چون می‌خوایم رو پای خودمون وایسیم.

Question 28

از خنده روده بر شدن

Answer 28

Double over with laughter
I doubled over with laughter when I heard his ludicrous scheme
وقتی طرح مسخرش رو شنیدم از خنده روده بر شدم.

Question 29

کسی را زهره ترک کردن

Answer 29

scare the crap out of sb

Question 30

to be started up and already going

Answer 30

to be off and running
The two candidates were off and running in the race to become mayor of the city.
The candidates are off and running in the race to become mayor of the city.

Question 31

مواد تزریق کردن

to put illegal drugs into your blood using a special needle

Answer 31

shoot up:

She saw a girl shooting up in the toilets.

Question 32

کسی را در عمل انجام شده قرار دادن

to force someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where they have no choice

Answer 32

hold sb to ransom :

He claimed his country was being held to ransom by threats of withdrawing aid.

Question 33

to telephone somewhere, especially the place where you work, to tell them where you are, what you are doing etc .

Answer 33

call in:

Rachael called in sick (=telephoned to say she was too ill to come to work).

Question 34

to telephone a radio or television show to give your opinion or to ask a question

Answer 34

call in :

Over 2,000 viewers called in with complaints about the bad language used in the programme

Question 35

to officially tell someone to pay back money you lent them

Answer 35

call in a loan/debt :

The bank can call in the loan at any time

Question 36

مشت را گره کردن

Answer 36

squeeze fist

Question 37

to say that you no longer accept an agreement or contract

Answer 37

tear up an agreement/a contract etc :

threats to tear up the peace agreement

Question 38

to be separated from other people or things, especially so that you are not influenced by them

Answer 38

be shut off from somebody/something :
The valley is shut off from the modern world.
The music room is shut off from the rest of the house by a soundproof partition.

Question 39

to smile widely

Answer 39

to grin /ɡrɪn/

break into/ split into grin
The old man’s face broke into a grin

give grin
Ken gave her an embarrassed grin

Question 40

تمام شدن و رفتن (چیزی ناخوشایند) - شرّ چیزی کنده شدن

Answer 40

get something over with
I’ll be glad to get these exams over with.
خوشحال می‌شوم این امتحانات تمام بشوند و بروند.

Question 41

to discuss possibilities or new ideas with a group of people

Answer 41

toss around something :

Some of us have been tossing around suggestions for improving the show.

Question 42

to use someone else’s actions or behaviour to show you what you should do or how you should behave

Answer 42

take your cue from somebody :

With interest rates, the smaller banks will take their cue from the Federal Bank

Question 43

به مغز خود فشار آوردن به شدت فکر کردن

Answer 43

rack one’s brains
I racked my brains for an hour but couldn’t remember her name!
یک ساعت به مغزم فشار آوردم ولی نتوانستم اسمش را به یاد بیاورم.

Question 44

زیادی (چیزی را) گنده کردن - زیادی جدی گرفتن

Answer 44

make heavy weather
People in this country make such heavy weather of learning languages.
مردم در این کشور یاد گرفتن زبان را زیادی جدی گرفته‌اند.
She’s making such heavy weather of that report she’s writing.
او نوشتن آن مقاله‌ای که دارد می‌نویسد را زیادی گنده‌اش کرده است.

Question 45

به حس درونی خود گوش کردن به حس درونی خود اتکا کردن

Answer 45

go with one’s gut feeling
When you have to make a decision, do you usually go with your gut feeling, or do you ask other people for advice?
هنگام تصمیم‌گیری معمولا به حس درونی خود اتکا می‌کنید یا از دیگران مشورت می‌گیرید؟

Question 46

try to stop thinking about something or someone

Answer 46

to banish
They tried to banish the memory from their minds
He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt

Question 47

از هیچ چیز مضایقه نکردن

Answer 47

spare no pains

Question 48

to avoid doing or saying something that will hurt someone emotionally
to avoid upsetting someone

Answer 48

to spare one’s feelings
He admitted that he hadn’t told me the whole story because he wanted to spare my feelings.
We pretended to like his artwork in order to spare his feelings.

Question 49

دل کسی برای چیزی پر کشیدن

Answer 49

Feel a terrible longing for something
I feel a terrible longing to see you again
من دلم‌ پر می‌کشه که تو رو دوباره ببینم.
I feel a terrible longing for family gatherings.
دلم برای دور‌همی های خانوادگی بدجوری لک زده.

Question 50

بالا آوردن استفراغ کردن

Answer 50

throw one’s guts up
I threw my guts up after eating that food.
بعد از خوردن آن غذا بالا آوردم.

Question 51

(عمیق‌ترین) احساسات خود را بیان کردن

Answer 51

spill one’s guts
She spilled her guts to me.
او احساسات خود را برایم بیان کرد.

Question 52

پول پارو کردن

to get or win a lot of money

Answer 52

make out like a bandit :

The lawyers made out like bandits.

Question 53

اشک تمساح ریختن

Answer 53

shed crocodile tears

Question 54

از حقوق خود دفاع کردن

Answer 54

Assert one’s rights
Shed your inhibitions and assert your rights.
شرم و حیا رو کنار بذار و از حق و حقوق خودت دفاع کن.

Question 55

to make an effort to be polite.

Answer 55

mind/watch (your) p’s and q’s

You always felt as if you had to mind your p’s and q’s with Auntie Lil.

Question 56

اسب پیشکش را دندان شمردن

Answer 56

look a gift horse in the mouth
looking for the hallmark sign on the back of a greeting card
He shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. He should be happy that he’s got a present.
او نباید اسب پیشکش را دندان بشمارد. او باید از اینکه کادویی گرفته خوشحال باشد.

Question 57

قیافه حق به جانب به خود گرفتن خود را به موش مردگی زدن، مظلوم نمایی کردنused when someone looks as if they would never do anything wrong, although you feel they might

Answer 57

look as if butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth:
.Jane looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. She can be so cruel.
“جین” به خود قیافه حق به جانب می گیرد. (در واقع) او می تواند خیلی ظالم باشد

Question 58

اول به فکر خود بودن وخود را در نظر گرفتن

Answer 58

look after number one

Question 59

اشتباه کسی را مدام یادآوری کردن و به رویَش زدن

To continually remind one of one’s past mistakes, wrongdoings, or failures.

Answer 59

hold (something) over (one’s) head
Greg is such jerk—I just know he’ll keep holding it over my head if I don’t land a sale soon.
You need to forgive and forget and stop holding the things she said in anger over her head. She never meant to hurt you—you know that.

Question 60

make someone feel more and more unhappy.

Answer 60

eat away at (someone)

Money problems have been eating away at the man recently

Question 61

to gradually damage or destroy something

Answer 61

eat away at sth

His gambling was eating away at their income

Question 62

to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way

Answer 62

barrel:

A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of my car

Question 63

walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep

Answer 63

go for a paddle:
If it’s not too cold, we can go for a paddle.

paddle
children paddling in the sea

Question 64

to do things yourself, without help from anyone else

Answer 64

paddle your own canoe /kəˈnu/

Question 65

آغاز دشواری داشتن شروع پردردسری داشتن

Answer 65

get off to a rocky start

Question 66

از خر شیطان پایین آمدن

Answer 66

get off one’s high horse

You should get off your high horses and pay attention more to what people think.

Question 67

کاری را شروع کردن پروژه‌ای را آغاز کردن

Answer 67

get sth off the ground

A lot more money will be required to get this project off the ground

Question 68

پیوسته درباره چیزی حرف زدن مدام به چیزی فکر کردن

to think or talk for too long about something, especially something unpleasant

Answer 68

dwell on/upon something :

That is not a subject I want to dwell on.

Question 69

حرف مفت زدن، یاوه گویی کردن، دری وری گفتن

Answer 69

tell tales to
Don’t go telling tales to the teacher!

tattle /ˈtætl/
Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn’t do

Question 70

تهدید‌های خود را عملی کردن

Answer 70

Carry out one’s threats
He doesn’t not have the audacity to carry out his threats.
این جرات را ندارد که تهدیدهاشو عملی کنه.

Question 71

to use severe methods to stop people from fighting you or opposing you

Answer 71

put down/crush a rebellion/uprising/revolt etc

The revolution was crushed within days.

Question 72

جیب خود را پر کردن

Answer 72

Swell one’s coffers
They prolonged the treatment process to swell their coffers.
پروسه درمان رو کش دادن تا جیب خودشون رو پر کنن.

Question 73

از چیزی بویی نبردن

Answer 73

Be devoid of something /dɪˈvɔɪd/
Those who want to gain economic benefits by prolonging people’s pain are devoid of humanity.
افرادی که با طولانی کردن درد مردم می‌خوان سود مالی ببرن بویی از انسانیت نبردن.

Question 74

دچار سرنوشت کسی شدن

Answer 74

Meet the same fate as someone
We don’t want to meet the same fate as those cowards
ما نمی‌خواهیم‌ دچار سرنوشت اون بزدلها بشیم.

Question 75

چیزی رو به خود قبولاندن - تسلیم چیزی شدن

to make yourself accept something that is bad but cannot be changed

Answer 75

resign yourself to (doing) something

At sixteen, I resigned myself to the fact that I’d never be a dancer.

Question 76

با کشیده تو گوش کسی خواباندن

Answer 76

Slap someone across the face
If someone tells you to resign yourself to your fate, slap them hard across the face.
اگر کسی گفت سرنوشت رو بپذیر محکم با کشیده بخوابن تو گوشش.

Question 77

تو‌ کت‌ کسی نرفتن

Answer 77

Cut no ice with someone
Your excuses cut no ice with me.
بهانه‌هات تو کت من نمیره.

Question 78

در قلب جوان بودن ، زنده دل بودن

Answer 78

Be Young at heart
❇️ Don’t pay attention to his look! He’s just young at heart!
💠 به ظاهرش نگاه نکن! اون خیلی جوونه!
❇️ I’m not well-preserved , but I’m young at heart!
💠 من خوب نموندم ولی قلبم جوونه!

Question 79

خود رو گرفتن ، ژست مغرورانه گرفتن ، باد در غبغب انداختن

Answer 79

Put on airs!
❇️ He ignores everyone and also puts on lots of airs!
💠 اون همه رو نادیده می‌گیره و همچنین کلی هم خودشو میگیره!
❇️ She’s just a cold fish , but He doesn’t put on airs at all!
💠 اون فقط یه فرد سرد و نَجوش هستش ، ولی اصلا خودشو نمی‌گیره!

Question 80

جرات یا وجود انجام کاری رو داشتن

Answer 80

Have the stomach for
❇️ I don’t think they have the stomach for investing their money in this kind of business!
💠 فک میکنم اونا جرات سرمایه گذاری کردن پولشون توی این نوع بیزنس رو ندارن!
❇️ My father’s so bold! He has the stomach for almost anything!
💠 پدرم خیلی جسوره! تقریبا جرات انجام هر کاری رو داره!

Question 81

در لحظه زندگی کردن

Answer 81

to live in the here and now

Question 82

پول بخور و نمیر در آوردن

to maintain itself at the lowest level in order to avoid hunger or cold, etc

Answer 82

keep the wolf from the door
This check will keep the wolf from the door. We can buy food.
این چک پول بخور و نمیری برای ما فراهم می کند. می توانیم غذا بخریم.

Question 83

to cause trouble for someone, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you promised to do

Answer 83

muck somebody about/around Synonym : mess somebody around:

The company kept mucking us around and changing the price.

Question 84

چیزی را از صفحه روزگار محو کردن

to destroy completely

Answer 84

wipe sth off the map (ALSO wipe sth off the face of the earth/globe):
There are bombs so powerful that whole nations could be wiped off the map by them.
The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map.

Question 85

ترتیب کسی را دادن و به حسابش رسیدن

to stop someone from causing problems or annoying you, especially by attacking or punishing them

Answer 85

sort sb out:

If he bothers you again, I’ll sort him out.

Question 86

to be feeling very tired or upset

Answer 86

be on the ragged edge

Question 87

گل گفتن حرف حساب زدن

Answer 87

say a mouthful

Question 88

با عصبانیت با کسی حرف زدن

to speak angrily to someone, often swearing at them

Answer 88

give somebody a mouthful (informal)

Question 89

برابر / سر به سر شدن دخل و خرج

Answer 89

break even /breɪk ˈivɪn/
Our company was able to break even after only six months of operation.
شرکت ما توانست بعد از تنها شش ماه کار کردن دخل و خرج را سر به سر کند.

Question 90

to finish dealing with something:

It took a week to mop up the last of the enemy soldiers (= defeat them).

Answer 90

mop sth up [INFORMAL]

It took a week to mop up the last of the enemy soldiers (= defeat them).

Question 91

​to be full of something, especially something bad or unpleasant

Answer 91

be riddled with something
His body was riddled with cancer.
Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.
The woods are riddled with rabbit holes.

Question 92

to make a lot of small holes in something

Answer 92

riddle something (with ): 
 Two gunmen riddled the bus with gunfire

Question 93

to write articles, stories, poems etc for a newspaper or magazine

Answer 93

contribute /kənˈtrɪbjuːt/
a talented photographer who contributed regularly to ‘The Face’
Students are encouraged to contribute articles to the university magazine

Question 94

to remove something very quickly and carelessly

Answer 94

rip sth off :
The tornado ripped the roof off his house.
They ripped off their clothes and ran into the sea.

Question 95

توهین به شعور کسی بودن

to offend someone by being too simple or stupid

Answer 95

be an insult to sb’s intelligence:

Some advertising is an insult to our intelligence.

Question 96

چیزی را به قصد توهین بیان کردن

Answer 96

mean sth as an insult

I don’t mean this as an insult, but I think the team would play better without you.

Question 97

اوضاع را بدتر کردن

to make things worse

Answer 97

add insult to injury

Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury, the floodlights went out during the second half

Question 98

to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you

Answer 98

scramble up/down/over etc
They tried to scramble up the cliff.
She scrambled down the tree as quickly as she could

Question 99

to try to do something difficult very quickly

Answer 99

scramble to do something

They were scrambling to give the impression that the situation was under control.

Question 100

to struggle or compete with other people to get or reach something

Answer 100

scramble for

Thousands of people will be scrambling for tickets.

Question 101

to make someone unable to think clearly or reasonably

Answer 101

scramble sb’s brains :

Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains.

Question 102

to be very similar to something

Answer 102

to mirror sth

Her on-screen romances seem to mirror her experiences in her private life

Question 103

to walk somewhere slowly and with heavy steps

Answer 103

to tramp

He tramped the streets looking for work.

Question 104

کارها را برای دقیقه آخر گذاشتن

Answer 104

leave things to the last minute

Question 105

تجربه تلخی به جا گذاشتن

Answer 105

leave a bad taste in one’s mouth
I won’t cheat on exams again! It has left a bad taste in my mouth .
من دیگر در امتحانات تقلب نخواهم کرد! از این موضوع تجربه تلخی دارم!

Question 106

شروع بدی داشتن قدم اول را اشتباه برداشتن

Answer 106

get off on the wrong foot
He got off on the wrong foot with my parents by arriving late.
Holly’s new secretary really got off on the wrong foot by being rude to visitors

Question 107

دست از سر کسی برداشتن

Answer 107

get off someone’s tail
I told the manager to get off my tail - to stop criticizing me.
من به مدیر گفتم که دست از سرم بردارد - دیگر از من ایراد نگیرد

get off one’s back
I’m tired of your criticism, Bill. Get off my back

Question 108

کاسه صبر کسی لبریز شدن

Answer 108

straw that broke the camel’s back
He used my car again without asking me? That’s the straw that broke the camel’s back!
او دوباره بدون اینکه از من اجازه بگیرد از ماشینم استفاده کرد؟ دیگر کاسه صبرم لبریز شده!

Question 109

باعث و بانی خنده بودن

used to say that someone is amusing and fun to be with

Answer 109

be a good laugh

Mickey was a good laugh and great to have in the dressing room

Question 110

به نظر آشنا آمدن

Answer 110

to ring a bell

the name Woodall rings a bell

Question 111

با سرعت از کنار کسی رد شدن (اتومبیل)

Answer 111

leave in the dust

Question 112

در مورد جزئیات چیزی بحث کردن

to discuss the details of something

Answer 112

talk out something:
They’ve been talking out their problems.
We need to spend a little time talking this out
It might help if you talked it out with Dad.
They’d been fighting for a few days until they finally got together and talked it out.
The purpose of this meeting is to talk out the problem in a calm and neutral environment.

thrash something out :
We still have to get together and thrash out the details.

Question 113

(به‌صورت) تحقیرآمیز با کسی حرف زدن

Answer 113

to talk down to
I wish politicians wouldn’t talk down to us as if we were idiots.
ای کاش سیاسیون تحقیرآمیز با ما صحبت نمی‌کردند، انگار که ما احمقیم.
She was a gifted teacher who never talked down to her students.
او معلمی بااستعداد بود که هرگز به‌صورت تحقیرآمیز با دانش‌آموزانش حرف نمی‌زد.

Question 114

پای کسی را به موضوعی کشاندن

to ask someone to become involved in a discussion or situation

Answer 114

bring somebody in to do something :
I’d like to bring in Doctor Hall here and ask him his views.
We need to bring in an expert to deal with this problem
The police were brought in to investigate the matter.

Question 115

بیش از حد نگران و در فکر چیزی بودن

be thinking or worrying too much about someone

Answer 115

be hung-up about/on something to

Why are so many women so hung up about food?

Question 116

to settle into a warm comfortable position

Answer 116

snuggle /ˈsnʌɡəl/

I snuggled down in my sleeping bag.

Question 117

کنار هم ماندن

to stay close together in a group, or to make people do this

Answer 117

to bunch:
The children bunched together in small groups.
John stopped, forcing the rest of the group to bunch up behind him

Question 118

سریع تصمیم گرفتن یا جواب دادن

to make a quick decision or give an answer quickly

Answer 118

think on one’s feet:

I’d never heard about the company before, so I had to think on my feet.

Question 119

to touch a partner under his or her clothes, but not have sex

Answer 119

get to second base with sb

Question 120

با یکدیگر رابطه صلح‌آمیز داشتن - رابطه بدون مجادله داشتن

Answer 120

stay on good terms with each other

Question 121

to be willing to do something wrong in return for money

Answer 121

be on the take :
It now seems that some of the officials were on the take, accepting bribes and then issuing fake passports.
Is it true that some of the generals are on the take?

Question 122

سر کسی شیره مالیدن

Answer 122

pull the wool over someone’s eyes
Don’t let him pull the wool over your eyes. He’s not a decent man.
نگذار او سرت را شیره بمالد. او مرد درستی نیست.

Question 123

to speak loudly or without stopping to prevent someone else from speaking

Answer 123

talk sb down :

I tried to explain, but he just talked me down.

Question 124

چیزی را کم ارزش جلوه دادن

to tell people that something is not important or interesting

Answer 124

talk down something :

Bonds is doing everything possible to talk down his achievements.

Question 125

to send something that has been received to another place so that it can be dealt with

Answer 125

send something on to

The data is then sent on to the Census Bureau.

Question 126

to send something, usually by post, to a place where it can be dealt with

Answer 126

send something/somebody in:

I sent in a few job applications last week.

Question 127

to send a letter to a company or organization asking them to post something to you

Answer 127

send off for something :

I sent off for a copy of the photograph.

Question 128

به شدت ترساندن - کسی را زهره ترک کردن

Answer 128

send chills down one’s spine

freeze one’s blood

Question 129

to allow someone to deal with something in the way they want to, when you think they will make mistakes or do something wrong

Answer 129

let somebody loose on something :

Whatever you do, don’t let Derek loose on the garden

Question 130

to be too proud and think you are very clever or important

Answer 130

have a swollen head

be swollen-headed

Question 131

to become even with someone (in a race or in schoolwork etc.)

Answer 131

catch up with (someone or something) 
 I think that it is too late to catch up with the rest of the class now

Question 132

To surprise someone in an embarrassing position or guilty act.

Answer 132

catch with one’s pants down
They thought they could succeed in the robbery, but they got caught with their pants down.
When the weather turned hot in May, the drive-in restaurant was caught with its pants down, and ran out of ice cream before noon.

Question 133

to stop someone from thinking about their problems and becoming upset

Answer 133

keep somebody sane (also enable somebody to stay/remain sane) :
The only thing which keeps me sane after a hard day in the office is jogging!

Question 134

to break with a sudden sharp noise

Answer 134

snap
A twig(ترکه/ شاخه کوچک درخت) snapped under my feet

Question 135

to make something to break with a sudden sharp noise

Answer 135

snap
He snapped his stick in anger.
او عصایش را به خاطر عصبانیت شکست.
You’ll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.
اگر آن خط‌کش را زیاد خم کنی آن را خواهی شکست.

Question 136

با پرخاش گفتن - با عصبانیت داد زدن

to say something quickly in an angry way

Answer 136

snap :
‘What do you want?’ Mike snapped
He snapped at Walter for no reason.

Question 137

به دندان گرفتن

Answer 137

snap :
The dog snapped at my leg.
سگ پاچه من را به دندان گرفت.

Question 138

بدن خود را به نمایش گذاشتن ، لباس لختی پوشیدن

Answer 138

strut one’s stuff

let it all hang out

Question 139

to do what you are good at when everyone wants you to do it

Answer 139

do/show your stuff :

Come on Gina, get on the dance floor and do your stuff!

Question 140

مو به تن سیخ شدن (به علت سرما، ترس و …) مورمور شدن

Answer 140

get goose pimples
I got goose pimples watching that scary movie last night!
Their concert was so amazing, I got goose pimples when they played their first song!
It’s so cold in here that I’m getting goose pimples.

Question 141

در هر کاری دخالت کردن نخود هر آشی بودن

Answer 141

have one’s finger in the pie
I like to have my fingers in the pie, so I can make sure things go my way.
من دوست دارم در هر کاری دخالت کنم تا مطمئن شوم که اوضاع طبق نظر من پیش برود.
She doesn’t think we can do it by ourselves. Sally always wants to have a finger in the pie.
او فکر نمی کند که ما بتوانیم خودمان این کار را انجام دهیم. “سالی” همیشه می خواهد نخود هر آشی باشد.

Question 142

قبر خود را کندن

to do something that will cause serious problems for you in the future

Answer 142

dig your own grave

Question 143

To strike one in the face or the head with intense, violent force.

Answer 143

smash in (one’s) face
The cops arrested the man after he threatened to smash in their faces.
Where’s the guy who insulted you? I’m gonna go smash in his face!

Question 144

سگ دو زدن - به این در و آن در زدن

Answer 144

live in the rat race

He is tired of living in the rat race everyday and plans to quit his job soon and do something else.

Question 145

به کسی پشت کردن - دست رد به سینه کسی زدن

Answer 145

turn one’s back on
The woman turned her back on her friend when she was asked for some money to borrow.
زن دست رد به سینه دوستش زد وقتی دوستش از او پول قرض خواست.

Question 146

راه ورفتار خود را عوض کردن

to change the way you behave and become a better person

Answer 146

turn over a new leaf

Apparently he’s turned over a new leaf and he’s not smoking any more.

Question 147

to push someone quickly and lightly with your finger or elbow

Answer 147

give somebody a dig :

Ginnie gave her sister a dig in the ribs

Question 148

to put your hand into something, especially in order to search for something

Answer 148

dig around in sth:
She dug around in her bag for a pen.

dig deep into sth
He dug his hands deep into his pockets.

Question 149

چیز(جدید)ی را امتحان کردن

to try to do something, especially something you have not done before

Answer 149

give (something) a shot

You should give painting a shot.

Question 150

To strike or assault someone violently and severely.

Answer 150

kick the crap out of (someone)
Hey, watch it, pal, or I’ll kick the crap out of you!
Two guys mugged me and then kicked the crap out of me last night.

Question 151

to do the same things every day and to not want to change those habits

Answer 151

be set in one’s ways:
His grandparents are set in their ways. They won’t use technology for their daily routine.
After having lived alone for years, she was set in her ways.
If he had not been so set in his ways, he would have understood his teen-aged nephew better.

Question 152

همه چیز را باختن و از دست دادن

Answer 152

lose shirt

He said he’d lost his shirt on that race.

Question 153

همه پول خود را سر چیزی شرط بستن

to risk all your money on something because you are sure you will win.

Answer 153

put (your) shirt on (something)

Question 154

آب شدن رفتن‌ تو زمین

Answer 154

Disappear without a trace
My keys have disappeared without a trace.
کلیدم آب شده رفته توی زمین.

Question 155

پول بخور و نمیر در آوردن

to have just enough money to be able to eat and live

Answer 155

keep the wolf from the door:

As a student, he took an evening job to keep the wolf from the door.

Question 156

کسی را ساکت نگهداشتن

make someone or something silent or less noisy

Answer 156

keep (someone or something) still/quiet

The mother had a hard time keeping her child still in the airplane.

Question 157

to have reached the lowest point in a continuously changing situation and to be about to improve

Answer 157

bottom out :
The government claims that the recession is bottoming out
The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out

Question 158

از تب و تاب افتادن

to stop rising or falling and become steady

Answer 158

to level off
Sales have leveled off after a period of rapid growth.
فروش بعد از یک بازه رشد سریع از تب و تاب افتاده است
Inflation has begun to level off.

Question 159

نان / پول به خانه آوردن

Answer 159

bring home the bacon
Recently he has been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon.
اخیرا او بسیار سخت کار می کند تا بتواند خرج خانه را در آورد.

Question 160

to suddenly make a loud sound such as a shout or cry

Answer 160

let out a scream/cry/roar etc

Question 161

موفق شدن در عین ناباوری

Answer 161

beat the odds
Most new restaurants fail, but this one somehow managed to beat the odds.
a new company that has beaten the odds and succeeded

Question 163

to pay a higher price than is usual or reasonable

Answer 163

pay over the odds :

Most residents live in tiny apartments and pay over the odds for them too

Question 164

to succeed despite great difficulties

Answer 164

beat/overcome/defy the odds
The baby, born sixteen weeks too early, defied the odds and is celebrating her first birthday
She defied the odds to beat the clear favourite

Question 165

to make sth less likely to happen

Answer 165

lengthen the odds of sth

The odds against their survival have lengthened

Question 166

to make sth more likely to happen

Answer 166

narrow/shorten the odds of sth

You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.

Question 167

حال /نا/ رمق نداشتن

To have no strength or ability to get up. Often used when someone is sick or injured

Answer 167

be (flat) on (one’s) back
Oh man, I’m flat on my back with this flu and haven’t been out of bed in days!
Sally’s been on her back ever since she broke her leg.
I’ve been flat on my back since I lost my job.

Question 168

چک و پر زدن

Answer 168

flail around/about

James flailed about in the shallow water.

Question 169

نفسی تازه کردن

Answer 169

catch one’s breath
I stopped at the top of the stairs to catch my breath.
After running from the station it took a moment to catch my breath.

Question 170

to arrive at a place or event where you are not wanted

Answer 170

turn up like a bad penny

She’ll turn up again, like a bad penny

Question 171

مردن

To die

Answer 171

turn up one’s toes

One morning the children found that their pet mouse had turned up his toes, so they had a funeral for him.

Question 172

to be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation

Answer 172

tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc :

If I wanted to keep my job, I knew I’d have to tread lightly.

Question 173

خود را سرگرم کار جدیدی کردن

Answer 173

get one’s teeth into something
.I’m so bored at work, I wish they’d give me something I could really get my teeth into.
من واقعا سر کار حوصله‌ام سر می‌رود، ای کاش کاری می‌دادند که بتوانم خود را سرگرم کنم.

Question 174

با کسی ناعادلانه رفتار کردن

Answer 174

hit someone below the belt
She called me poor. That sure was hitting me below the belt.
او من را فقیر صدا زد [او به من گفت فقیر]. آن واقعا رفتاری ناعادلانه نسبت من بود.

Question 175

to wait before making a choice

Answer 175

keep one’s options open :

I’m keeping all my options open for the moment.

Question 176

to think repeatedly about an event that has happened

Answer 176

go over sth in your mind (also turn sth over in your mind) :

She kept going over the accident again and again in her mind, wishing that she could somehow have prevented it.

Question 177

دلخواه نبودن

to be not the type of thing that you like

Answer 177

not be sb’s cup of tea :

Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really my cup of tea.

Question 178

to be exactly what you need

Answer 178

fit/fill the bill :

This car fits the bill perfectly. It’s cheap and gets good mileage

Question 179

to officially state that someone is in good health or that something is working correctly

Answer 179

give somebody/something a clean bill of health :

Maddox was given a clean bill of health.

Question 180

عقیده کسی را سست کردن باور کسی را تضعیف کردن

Answer 180

undermine someone’s belief

Question 181

دل به کار دادن

Answer 181

Put one’s shoulder to the wheel
You don’t put your shoulder to the wheel. Your are just going through the motions.
دل به کار نمی‌دی. فقط داری رفع تکلیف می‌کنی.

Set to work vigorously

Question 182

پول خود را دور ریختن پول خود را در جوی ریختن، پول خود را به هدر دادن

Answer 182

flush one’s money down a rat hole
If you invest in his company, you’re flushing your money down a rat hole.
اگر در شرکت او سرمایه‌گذاری کنی، پولت را دور خواهی ریخت.

Question 183

روده راست در شکم نداشتن - ریگی به کفش داشتن

Answer 183

to be as crooked as a dog’s hind leg
Don’t trust John. He’s as crooked as a dog’s hind leg.
به “جان” اعتماد نکن. او یک روده راست در شکم ندارد.

Question 184

دنیای کسی را واژگون/زیرورو کردن

Answer 184

to turn one’s world ass over tit
Finding out Bill is selling the company has turned my whole world ass over tit.
فهمیدن این مسئله که “بیل” دارد شرکت را می‌فروشد، کل دنیایم را واژگون کرده است.

Question 185

همه پول خود را سر چیزی شرط بستن

to risk all your money on something because you are sure you will win.

Answer 185

put (your) shirt on (something)

Question 186

یک شبه پولدارشدن - گنج پیدا کردن

Answer 186

hit the jackpot
We hit the jackpot at the horse race and came home with a lot of money.
ما در مسابقه اسب سواری یک شبه پولدار شدیم و با کلی پول به خانه برگشتیم.

Question 187

to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

Answer 187

hit the nail on the head :

I think Mick hit the nail on the head when he said that what’s lacking in this company is a feeling of confidence.

Question 188

مدام انتقاد کردن و ایراد گرفتن، تحت فشار گذاشتن

Answer 188

be on one’s ass
My mother has been on my ass this entire visit.
تمام طول این دیدار مادر از من انتقاد کرده است،
Sometimes you’ve got to be on your team’s ass if you want them to get things done on time.
گاهی اوقات باید تیمت را تحت فشار بگذاری اگر می‌خواهی کارها را به‌موقع انجام دهند

Question 189

از خنده روده‌ بر شدن

Answer 189

rolling on the floor laughing one’s ass off
We were all rolling on the floor laughing our asses off because of what he said.
همگی‌مان به‌خاطر چیزی که او گفت از خنده روده‌بر شدیم.

Question 190

هِر را از بِر تشخیص ندادن کاملاً خنگ بودن

Answer 190

not know ass from a hole in the ground
I’m not surprised to hear that she got lost two blocks away from her house—she doesn’t know her ass from a hole in the ground.
تعجب نمی‌کنم می‌شنوم که او دو تا چهارراه آن طرف خانه‌اش گم شد؛ او هر را از بر تشخیص نمی‌دهد.

Question 191

احمقانه رفتار کردن

Answer 191

make an ass of oneself
Simon always makes a complete ass of himself when he’s had too much to drink.
“سیمون” همیشه خودش را کاملاً یک احمق جلوه می‌دهد وقتی که زیادی مشروب نوشیده باشد.

Question 192

خرج خود رو در آوردن

Answer 192

Earn sb’s keep
Don’t worry about me! I can easily earn my keep!
نگران من نباش! میتونم راحت خرج خودمو در بیارم!
He failed to earn his keep last month due to COVID-19 consequences and had to borrow some money!
اون نتونست ماه قبل بخاطر پیامد های کووید-۱۹ خرج خودشو در بیاره و مجبور شد پول قرض کنه!

Question 193

کم خوراک بودن ، کم غذا بودن ، کم غذا خوردن

Answer 193

Eat like a bird

❇️ She barely eats! She eats like a bird!

💠 اون به زور چیزی میخوره! خیلی خوراکش کمه!

❇️ She’s a fussy eater! That’s why she eats like a bird!

💠 اون خیلی بدغذاعه! به همین خاطره که خوراکش زیاد نیس!

Question 194

رو دست کسی بلند شدن ، کسی رو با روش خودش مغلوب کردن

Answer 194

Beat sb at their own game
  The student tried to beat the teacher at his own game!
 شاگرد سعی کرد رو دست معلمش بلند شه!
  Never beat anyone at their own game!
 هیچوقت رو دست کسی بلند نشو!

Question 195

گوش ها رو تیز کردن

Answer 195

Prick up sb’s ears
Prick up your damn ears! You have no right to talk to me like that!
گوش های لعنتیت رو تیز کن! هیچ حقی نداری که با من اونجوری حرف بزنی!
The teacher’s gonna say something important , so prick up your ears!
معلم میخواد چیز مهمی رو بگه پس گوش هاتون رو تیز کنید!

Question 196

ته دل کسی رو خالی کردن

Answer 196

Put the fear of god into sb
❇️ I didn’t want to put the fear of god into you!
💠 من نمی‌خواستم ته دلت رو خالی کنم!
❇️ They tried to put the fear of god into us!
💠 اونا سعی کردند ته دل مارو خالی کنن!

Question 197

پوست و استخوان بودن لاغرمردنی بودن

Answer 197

be nothing but skin and bones
He is nothing but skin and bones.
او پوست و استخوان است [خیلی لاغر است].

Question 198

To behave in a relaxed or uninhibited manner.

Answer 198

cut loose
I cut loose with my friends on weekends.
آخر هفته ها رو با دوستام میرم عشق و حال.

Question 199

to test someone’s strength, ability, power etc in a competition or fight against someone or something else

Answer 199

pit sb/sth against sb/sth

We’ll be pitting our team against the champions.

Question 200

not be too difficult for someone to do

Answer 200

not be beyond the wit of somebody [formal ]:

It’s surely not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution.

Question 201

compete against someone using your intelligence or knowledge

Answer 201

pit your wits against somebody
I’m willing to pit my wits against yours.
حاضرم باهات کَل بندازم ببینیم کی بیشتر بارشه.

Question 202

to try to make someone accept an idea or opinion by repeating it many times, especially when they are not interested

Answer 202

ram something down sb’s throat
You want to ram your thoughts down everybody’s throat.
تو می خوای افکارت رو به همه بقبولونی.

Question 203

to ignore abuse or an insult

To accept mistreatment without retaliating or seeking revenge.

Answer 203

turn the other cheek
When Bob got mad at Mary and yelled at her, she just turned the other cheek. Usually I turn the other cheek when someone is rude to me.

Question 204

فصل جدیدی از زندگی آغاز کردن

to change the way you behave and become a better person

Answer 204

turn over a new leaf
I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf
Jason has really turned over a new leaf—he hasn’t been in the slightest bit of trouble in months.

Question 205

جنگ را کنار گذاشتن و صلح کردن

Answer 205

turn swords into ploughshares / ˈplaʊʃeɪrz/

Question 206

mention something while you are mainly talking about something else

Answer 206

mention/note something in passing:

He did mention his brother’s wife, but only in passing

Question 207

تنبیه سنگینی شدن

Answer 207

have one’s ass in a sling
When the boss finds out I haven’t handed in my budget yet, I’ll have my ass in a sling.
وقتی که رئیس متوجه شود که من هنوز بودجه‌ام را تحویل نداده‌ام، تنبیه سنگینی می‌شوم [شدیداً تنبیه می‌شوم].

put one’s ass in a sling
Aw man, Mrs. Davis really put my ass in a sling. Could you hear the yelling all the way down the hall?
ای وای، خانم “دیویس” من را به‌شدت تنبیه کرد. صدای فریاد را می‌توانستی از پایین سالن بشنوی؟

Question 208

to imagine that a particular thing is going to happen in the future.

Answer 208

have visions of (doing) something

I had visions of cold showers and hard beds, but in fact the place was pretty comfortable

Question 209

to bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone’s mind

Answer 209

to conjure up something /ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn-/

Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.

Question 210

to make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic

Answer 210

to conjure up something: /ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn-/

Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000

Question 211

to show the edge of something, or draw around its edge, so that its shape is clear

Answer 211

outline:
a map with our property outlined in red
trees outlined against the sky
He roughly outlined the plot of the opera.

make an outline of something
The children made an outline of their hands.

sketch something in outline
He sketched the street in outline only

draw an outline
First, I draw out the outline of the leaf onto paper, and start adding areas of colour

trace an outline (=draw the outline of something, usually with your finger or toe)
She traced the outline of his lips with her fingers

Question 212

to make someone behave in the best or worst way that they can

Answer 212

bring out the best/worst in somebody :

Alcohol just brings out the worst in her.

Question 213

to take something out of a place

Answer 213

to bring out something:

Jenny opened the cupboard and brought out a couple of bottles

Question 214

to make a particular quality or detail noticeable

Answer 214

bring sth out :
A crisis can bring out the best and the worst in people.
The seasoning really brings out the flavour of the meat.

Question 215

to kick or hit someone very hard

Answer 215

kick​/​beat the shit out of someone

Question 216

to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards them, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity

Answer 216

freeze sb out

They froze out the newcomers.

Question 217

to discuss a problem without really dealing with the important parts of it

Answer 217

talk around/round something :

They had spent half the night talking round the subject.

Question 218

to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave

Answer 218

to warp /wɔːrp/ :

You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgement

Question 219

to be polite enough to do something for someone

Answer 219

do somebody the courtesy of doing something :

At least do me the courtesy of telling the truth.

Question 220

to cause something new to start

Answer 220

usher in something

The discovery of oil ushered in an era of employment and prosperity.

Question 221

to show someone the way to a room or building nearby, usually as part of your job

Answer 221

usher:
His housekeeper ushered us into the living room.
She stood back and ushered him in

Question 222

to put something important in an official place so that it is safe

Answer 222

lodge something in something

The money was lodged in a Swiss bank account

Question 223

اولویت‌های خود را درست مشخص کردن

to know what is most important and needs attention first

Answer 223

get your priorities right/straight :

We need to get our priorities right

Question 224

to gather information together, examine it carefully, and compare it with other information to find any differences

Answer 224

collate /kəˈleɪt/
The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy
A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.

Question 225

to prevent someone or something from being heard by shouting loudly and angrily

Answer 225

howl somebody/something down

Question 226

توفیق اجباری کسب کردن

to get an advantage from doing something that you have to do, or to pretend that you are doing it willingly

Answer 226

make a virtue of necessity

Question 227

to get an advantage from a situation that you cannot change, usually a bad one

Answer 227

make a virtue of something :
She made a virtue of her acting limitations by joking about them
The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island’s isolated position.

Question 228

فرار کردن (از یک موقعیت ناخوشایند)

to stop doing or being involved with something

Answer 228

bail out:
The actor has bailed out of the film after only three weeks’ shooting.
I’d understand if you wanted to bail out of this relationship.
درکت می‌کنم (اگر) که بخواهی از این رابطه فرار کنی.

Question 229

چوپان دروغگو بودن

Answer 229

to cry wolf /kraɪ wʊlf/
Don’t pay attention to it. She’s just crying wolf again.
به او توجه نکن. او دوباره چوپان دروغگو شده است.

Question 230

غصه گذشته را خوردن

Answer 230

cry over spilled milk
Don’t cry over spilled milk. The past is past, and you can’t do anything to change it.
غصه گذشته را نخور. گذشته ها گذشته و تو هیچ کاری نمی توانی برای تغییر دادنش بکنی.

Question 231

از ته دل گریه کردن

Answer 231

cry one’s heart/eyes out
She cried her eyes out after his death.
او بعد از مرگ او خون گریه کرد.
When we heard the news, we cried our heart out with joy.
وقتی ما خبر را شنیدیم از خوشحالی از ته دل گریه کردیم.

Question 232

to do the best and most work

Answer 232

make (all) the running :

British companies have often made all the running in developing new ideas, but have then failed to market them.

Question 233

to decide to do something in a particular way

Answer 233

go down that road
I’ve tried being reasonable with him and I don’t want to go down that road again.
I don’t think we want to go down that road.

Question 234

از تک و تا افتادن - شور و انرژی سابق را نداشتن

to suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing

Answer 234

run out of steam:

The peace talks seem to have run out of steam.

Question 235

هزینه چیزی را تمام و کمال تقبل کردن

Answer 235

meet the full cost of sth

Question 236

Guard someone or something while in transit

Answer 236

ride shotgun for

The reporter found himself in the odd position of riding shotgun for an accused mobster.

Question 237

مدام راجع به چیزی فکر کردن

to think about something continuously and carefully

Answer 237

turn over in one’s mind
I could not sleep last night because I was turning my situation at work over in my mind.
will have to turn it over in my mind whether to accept the new job offer from Japan.

Question 238

to be so angry that one does not rest quietly in one’s grave

Answer 238

turn over in one’s grave

My grandmother would turn over in her grave if she knew that I had lost my job and was not working

Question 239

to suddenly experience a strong feeling

Answer 239

come over
A wave of sleepiness came over me.
I’m sorry about that – I don’t know what came over me (=I do not know why I behaved in that way).
I don’t usually get so angry. I don’t know what came over me.
من معمولا آنقدر عصبانی نمی‌شوم، نمی‌دانم چه چیزی بر من غلبه کرد.
I stood up too quickly and came over all dizzy/faint/peculiar
No one knows what came over Bill, but he stopped smoking.

Question 240

فکر (چیزی) به سر زدن

to suddenly think of something

Answer 240

pop into (someone's) head
 The idea for this new model of car just popped into my head as I was driving home last night.
I had been struggling to remember her name throughout the evening, but it only popped into my head the next morning.

Question 241

to make a quick short note of something

Answer 241

jot /dʒɒt/ US /dʒɑːt/ :
Could you jot your address and phone number in my address book?
He jotted down story ideas that popped into his head.

Question 242

to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is, especially when something is wrong

Answer 242

put your finger on sth :
There’s something odd about him, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Midge couldn’t quite put her finger on the reason.
He could never quite put his finger on who or what was responsible for all this.

Question 243

to discover someone while they are doing something bad or illegal

Answer 243

catch sb red-handed :

He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.

Question 244

to publicly say false or bad things about someone (such as a political opponent) in order to harm that person’s reputation

Answer 244

hurl/throw/sling mud at sb

The candidates started slinging mud (at each other) early in the campaign.

Question 245

to mention an idea, name, remark etc several times, especially in order to seem impressive

Answer 245

bandy something about/around :
Many names have been bandied about in the press as the manager’s replacement
The candidate hasn’t chosen a running mate yet, but some names have been bandied about.

Question 246

to make a noise in the throat for attention or to be able to speak more clearly

Answer 246

clear (one’s) throat
He cleared his throat and began to speak
When the boss cleared her throat, we immediately stopped talking so that she could start the meeting.

Question 247

to cough or make a guttural sound in an attempt to relieve a blockage in the throat, as is often caused by phlegm.

Answer 247

clear (one’s) throat

I’m worried that I’m getting sick because I’ve had to clear my throat constantly all day long

Question 248

to get enough money to live comfortably without doing much work

Answer 248

live off the fat of the land

Question 249

to continue to exist longer than expected

Answer 249

live on borrowed time
Since his cancer was diagnosed, he feels as if he’s living on borrowed time.
It is unlikely that serious decisions will be made by a CEO living on borrowed time

Question 250

to live with someone that you are having a sexual relationship with but are not married to

Answer 250

live in sin :

Last I heard, they’d moved in together and were living in sin.

Question 251

to succeed in staying alive in an extremely dangerous situation

Answer 251

cheat death :

As a racing driver, he was involved in many serious crashes and had cheated death on several occasions.

Question 252

در یک موقعیت جدید جا افتادن

to become familiar with and confident in a new situation

Answer 252

find your feet

Did it take you long to find your feet when you started your new job?

Question 253

با سرعت از کنار کسی رد شدن (اتومبیل)

Answer 253

leave in the dust

Question 254

خشک و سخت‌گیر بودن نچسب بودن

Answer 254

have a stick up one’s ass
Tim’s no fun, he always has a stick up his ass—why did you invite him to your party?
با “تیم” خوش نمی‌گذرد، او همیشه خشک و سخت‌گیر است؛ چرا او را به مهمانی‌ات دعوت کردی؟

Question 255

تمرگیدن آرام گرفتن

Answer 255

bring one’s ass to an anchor
.Kids! Quit running around and bring your ass to an anchor!
بچه‌ها! به این طرف و آن طرف دویدن را تمام کنید و بتمرگید!

Question 256

چیزی را کند انجام دادن

To deliberately work or perform slowly, sluggishly, or reluctantly

Answer 256

drag one’s ass on something
Stop dragging your ass on that assignment, I need it finished by 3 o’clock.
دست از کند انجام دادن آن کار [تکلیف] بردار، باید تا ساعت 3 تمام شود.

Question 257

در اعماق وجود خود حس کردن

Answer 257

feel/know in one’s bones

The train will be late. I feel it in my bones.
قطار دیر خواهد رسید. در اعماق وجودم حسش می کنم.

Question 258

to kiss and touch someone in a sexual way

Answer 258

make out

Question 259

To claim, purport, or make it appear that one’s arguments, beliefs, ideas, etc., are morally superior to those espoused by others.

Answer 259

take the moral high ground

The senator always tries to take the moral high ground during a debate so as to shift public opinion in his favor.

Question 260

to make a rude sign at someone by lifting up your middle finger and keeping your other fingers down

Answer 260

flip somebody off (also flip somebody the bird)

Question 261

to make a flat object such as a coin go upwards and turn over in the air

Answer 261

flip :
We flipped a coin to see who would go first.
There’s quite an art to flipping pancakes.

toss

Question 262

to give someone money, information etc when you do not really want to

Answer 262

cough something up

Insurance companies had to cough up £10 million in storm damage claims.

Question 263

to make a full-size model of something so that it looks real

Answer 263

mock something up

Question 264

to drink more alcohol than someone but not feel as ill as them

Answer 264

drink somebody under the table:

He could drink nearly anyone under the table.

Question 265

do something better than you have ever done before

Answer 265

surpass yourself

With this painting he has surpassed himself

Question 266

to become used to a new situation

Answer 266

get your feet wet:

I worked as a substitute teacher for a while, just to get my feet wet.

Question 267

to do something honestly

Answer 267

play it straight:
I hope for your sake you’re playing it straight.
Play it straight, act with honesty and integrity, and you’ll be rewarded

Question 268

to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money

Answer 268

solicit:

She was arrested for soliciting.

Question 269

to meet someone at their home in order to take them somewhere

Answer 269

call for somebody :

I’ll call for you at eight o’clock.

Question 270

to continue quarrelling for a long time, often in a violent way

Answer 270

feud (with somebody) over something

The neighboring states are feuding over the rights to the river.

Question 271

act as a sales representative.

Answer 271

rep

“at eighteen she was working for her dad, repping on the road”

Question 272

leave substances such as tea leaves or herbs in hot water so that their flavour goes into the liquid

Answer 272

to infuse

Allow the tea to infuse for five minutes

Question 273

to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do

Answer 273

stoop to doing something

I didn’t expect you to stoop to lying.

Question 274

به حالت خمیده راه رفتن

Answer 274

walk with a stoop

Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop

Question 275

ناگهان متوقف شدن ناگهان خاموش شدن (موتور)

Answer 275

stall

The car stalled and refused to start again

Question 276

با شلنگ آب ریختن روی چیزی

to wash or pour water over something or someone, using a hose

Answer 276

hose something/somebody down
Would you hose down the car for me?
He was covered in mud so we hosed him down (= cleaned him with water from a hose).

Question 277

to develop something new, especially a strong relationship with other people, groups, or countries

Answer 277

forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with somebody)
The two women had forged a close bond.
Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music.

Question 278

رابطه ای را تقویت کردن

to make a relationship between people, countries, or organizations firm and strong

Answer 278

cement
They want to cement a good working relationship between the government and trade unions
To cement the alliance with England, Charles married Margaret, sister of the English king

Question 279

با فاصله بسیار کم شکست دادن

Answer 279

to pip /pɪp/
[گذشته: pipped] [گذشته: pipped] [گذشته کامل: pipped]
Jackson pipped him.
“جکسون” با فاصله بسیار کم او را شکست داد.
you were just pipped for the prize.
تو با فاصله بسیار کمی در (گرفتن) جایزه شکست خوردی.Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish

Question 280

to feel nervous about something that you are going to do very soon because it is important and you want to do it well

Answer 280

have butterflies (in your stomach)  : 
 Actors often have butterflies before going on stage

Question 281

to become stronger again after a period of weakness or defeat

Answer 281

rally :
After a shaky start, he rallied and won the title in style.
The Tokyo stock market rallied later in the day.

recover

Question 282

بدون اجازه کسی و بدون درنظر گرفتن عواقب ، به طور خودسرانه کاری رو انجام دادن
do sth without any permission or considering the consequences

Answer 282

Take the liberty of doing sth
I’m going to take the liberty of going abroad!
می‌خوام بدون اجازه و مشورت برم‌ خارج!
I took the liberty of signing the contract!
من بدون اجازه و خودسر قرارداد رو امضا کردم!

Question 283

در حد کسی نبودن ، در قد و قامت کسی نبودن

Answer 283

No match for sb
I suggest you give up! You’re no match for me!
پیشنهاد میکنم بیخیال شی! تو به من نمیخوری! در قد و قامت من نیستی!
I didn’t see that coming! I was no match for his stupidity!
اصلا انتظارشو نداشتم! من در قد و قامت حماقت اون نبودم!

Question 284

خود رو به مردگی/خواب زدن

Answer 284

Play possum /ˈpɒsəm $ ˈpɑː-/
Our is enemy is playing possum!
دشمنمون داره خودشو به مردن میزنه!
I guess your son is not asleep and is just playing possum!
فک کنم پسرت خواب نیست و فقط خودش رو به خواب زده!

Question 285

برای کمک به کسی خطر کردن

to make an effort or to take a risk for helping sb

Answer 285

put oneself out there
How can you do that to me! I put myself out there for you!
چطور میتونی اون کارو با من بکنی! من خودمو به خطر انداختم برای (کمک به) تو!
I really love her and therefore I have to put myself out there and tell her what I really feel about her!
من واقعا عاشقشم پس باید دل به دریا بزنم و احساسمو راجع بهش ، بهش بگم!

Question 286

ریش یا سبیل گذاشتن

Answer 286

Grow a beard / mustache

⚡️ نکته مهم: اگه ریش یا سبیل داشته باشیم و بخواهیم بلند تر از قبلش بکنیم یه out هم اضافه میشه یعنی فعل ما grow out میشه!

❇️ I had already grown a beard before my uncle’s funeral!

💠 قبل از ختم عَموم ، ریش گذاشته بودم!

❇️ I’m not a big fan of growing my beard OUT!

💠 دوست ندارم ریشامو بلندتر کنم!

Question 287

با کسی همدست بودن ، با کسی سر در یه آخور بودن ، با کسی دست در یه کاسه داشتن

Answer 287

be in cahoots with sb
I guess he’s just a fall guy! He is not in cahoots with anyone!
فکر میکنم اون فقط یه سپر بلاست! دستش با کسی تو یه کاسه نیست!
It’s highly unlikely that she is in cahoots with a gang!
خیلی بعید بنظر میرسه که اون با یه گنگ خلافکار همدست باشه!

Question 288

زیر دیپلم حرف زدن

Answer 288

to tell sth in layman’s terms

Question 289

مخ کسی را زدن

Answer 289

To make advances at someone

Question 290

(کسی را برای خصوصی صحبت کردن) به گوشه‌ای بردن

Answer 290

to take somebody aside
I took the student aside to tell him the terrible news.
من دانش‌آموز را به گوشه‌ای بردم و خبر بد را به او گفتم.
The boss took me aside and told me my performance had not been satisfactory lately.
رئیس من را به گوشه‌ای برد و به من گفت که عملکردم اخیراً رضایت‌بخش نبوده‌است.

Question 291

to come together, or to bring people together, to support an idea, a political party etc

Answer 291

to rally
The president has called on the people to rally to the government.
The team captain vainly tried to rally his troops.
Fellow Republicans rallied to the President’s defense.
Surely the local business community could have rallied to raise the cash.
She urged everyone to rally behind the president.

Question 292

to pretend that you are happy when you are really very upset

Answer 292

put on a brave face/front

Question 293

go out in bad weather

Answer 293

brave the elements/weather etc
More than 100 people braved the elements and attended the rally
About 200 people braved the weather to attend the rally.

Question 294

give sb the opportunity to buy sth before it is offered to others

Answer 294

give sb first refusal

If you decide to sell your car, I hope you’ll give me first refusal

Question 295

To continue working on or engaging in something until it is completed or concluded.

Answer 295

see (something) through
I’ll see the project through since we’ve come this far already, but I won’t be working with the company again after that.
Even though I’m failing, I’m determined to see the class through to the end.

Question 296

ذات واقعی کسی/چیزی را دیدن [پی به چیزی/کسی بردن]

to understand or detect the true nature of someone or something.

Answer 296

see through someone
You can’t fool me anymore. I can see through you and all your tricks.
This plan is designed to make money for you, not to help people.
I can see through it! I’m not a fool!
I could never lie to her because I know she’d see through me straight away.
I’m surprised she doesn’t see through his lies.
من متعجبم که او (چرا) پی به دروغ‌های او نمی‌برد.
We saw through him from the start.
ما از همان اول ذات واقعی او را دیدیم.

Question 297

to give help and support to someone during a difficult time

Answer 297

see somebody through (something) :
Setting goals should help see you through.
I’ve got enough money to see me through six months of unemployment.

Question 298

to see something or think about it in the way that someone else does

Answer 298

see something through sb’s eyes :

The world is very different when seen through the eyes of a child

Question 299

تمام مشکلات را حل کردن

Answer 299

work out all the bugs
My new invention is almost ready. I just need a few more hours to work out all the bugs.
اختراع جدیدم تقریبا آماده است. فقط به چند ساعت دیگر نیاز دارم تا تمام مشکلاتش را حل کنم.

Question 300

جان کندن سخت کار کردن

Answer 300

work one’s finger to the bone
I worked my fingers to the bone, so you children have everything you needed.
من جان کندم تا شما بچه ها بتوانید همه چیز داشته باشید.

Question 301

used to say that you cannot understand what someone is really like or why they behave in the way they do

Answer 301

I can’t work somebody out :

I couldn’t work her out at all.

Question 302

به نیمه پر لیوان نگاه کردن - به جنبه مثبت چیزی توجه کردن

Answer 302

look on the bright side
Look on the bright side - no one was badly hurt.
به نیمه پر لیوان نگاه کن؛ هیچکس آسیب بدی ندید.

Question 303

با غرور و تکبر به آدم ها نگاه کردن

Answer 303

look down one’s nose at
She looks down her nose at people who she thinks are not as smart as she is.
او به آدم هایی که فکر می کند به اندازه او باهوش نیستند از بالا نگاه می کند.

look down on sb

Question 304

دایورت کردن - توجهی نشان ندادن

to care at all about someone or something

Answer 304

give a crap :
I’m tired of you giving me crap (=saying bad things) about my long hair.
Who gives a crap?
She doesn’t give a crap about us.

Question 305

to decide not to use a plan or system because it is not practical

Answer 305

scrap:

We believe that car tax should be scrapped

Question 306

به کسی (زیادی) رو دادن

to allow someone to treat you badly

Answer 306

take/stand for/put up with crap

I’m not going to take any more of this crap!

Question 307

to suddenly start paying attention to someone, because they have done something surprising or impressive

Answer 307

sit up (and take notice) : 
 If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice.

Question 308

to touch someone sexually, especially someone you do not know, for your own excitement

Answer 308

feel sb up :
That’s the second time she’s been felt up on the Metro
You mean to tell me that you’ve been going out for six months and he hasn’t ever tried to feel you up?

to cop a feel
He saw she was drunk and tried to cop a feel

Question 309

کسی را آش و لاش کردن

Answer 309

pulp somebody
His body was pulped by the impact of the train

kick sb’s head/face/teeth in :
He threatened to come round and kick my head in

beat somebody to a pulp

Question 310

to try to avoid trouble or involvement in a difficult or dangerous situation by behaving in a quiet way, so that people will not notice you

Answer 310

keep head down

Do what you’re told and keep your head down

Question 311

to continue to concentrate and work hard at something

Answer 311

keep head down

When he gets a chance of winning, he keeps his head down and really goes for it.

Question 312

خیال کسی را راحت کردن

Answer 312

set somebody’s mind at rest
Why don’t you talk to him, and put his mind at rest.
چرا با او صحبت نمی‌کنی و خیالش را راحت نمی‌کنی؟

Question 313

to establish someone or yourself in a business or position

Answer 313

set sb up :
After he left college, his father set him up in the family business.
She set herself up as an interior designer.

Question 314

to realize your good luck.

Answer 314

count (your) blessings

Seven climbers are counting their blessings after surviving a sudden snowstorm yesterday on Mt. Rainier.

Question 315

to close or repair something by sewing the edges together

Answer 315

sew sth up /soʊ/ sewed | sewn or sewed
Let me sew up that hole in your jeans.
He sewed up the tear with needle and thread.
soon.

Question 316

to finish a business agreement or plan and get the result you want

Answer 316

sew sth up:

The deal should be sewn up in a week.

Question 317

enjoy oneself by listening to or dancing to popular music

Answer 317

to vibe with

another classic CD for you to vibe with”

Question 318

to be unable to talk clearly because you are feeling a strong emotion

Answer 318

choke with
He was choking with rage.
I was too choked with emotion to speak.
Her voice was choked with rage

Question 319

To alleviate the pressure placed on someone or something.

Answer 319

take the heat off (of) (someone or something)
The deputy’s resignation over the scandal has taken some of the heat off his superior
Take the heat off of her—you know she’ll pay up eventually.
The government announced financial measures to take the heat off the struggling stock markets.

Question 320

دل به دریا زدن ترس و تردید را کنار گذاشتن و کاری را انجام دادن

Answer 320

take one’s courage in both hands

Question 321

فکر کسی را از چیزی دور کردن

Answer 321

take one’s mind off something
Let’s go to the movies. It’ll take your mind of your troubles.
. بیا بریم سینما. فکرت را از مشکلاتت دور می‌کنه.

Question 322

عجله نکردن آهسته و با آرامش کاری را انجام دادن طول دادن

Answer 322

take one’s time
.Don’t worry. Take your time!
نگران نباش. عجله نکن!

Question 323

غلبه کردن (بر احساسات منفی) تخلیه کردن حسی منفی (با انجام کاری)

Answer 323

to work off
She worked off her anger by going for a walk.
او با پیاده‌روی توانست بر عصبانیتش غلبه کند.
She works off stress by running for at least half an hour every day.
او با دویدن هرروزه حداقل نیم ساعت بر استرس غلبه می‌کند

Question 324

مفاد توافق را نقض کردن

Answer 324

to breach the terms of agreement

Question 325

کسی را از فاصله نزدیک دیدن

Answer 325

see the whites of their eyes
Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes.
تا وقتی که آن‌ها را از فاصله نزدیک ندیدی، شلیک نکن.

Question 326

به‌سرعت (و ناگهانی) بردن

to take someone or something quickly away from a place

Answer 326

whisk somebody/something away/off
The waitress whisked our coffee cups away before we’d had a chance to finish.
. قبل از اینکه غذایمان را تمام کنیم، گارسون بشقاب‌ها را به‌سرعت برد.

Question 327

پشت سر هم تولید کردن

to produce large quantities of something, especially without caring about quality

Answer 327

churn something out

She’s been churning out novels for 20 years.

Question 328

to be unable to think or behave normally, because of the effects of drugs or alcohol

Answer 328

be doped (up) on
 She was doped up on drink and drugs most of the time.

Question 329

to give a person or an animal a drug, often in their food or drink, to make them unconscious

Answer 329

dope somebody up:

The girl had been doped and kidnapped.

Question 330

to be in a position or situation in which two things have an equally strong influence

Answer 330

stand poised between something and something :

The world stood poised between peace and war.

Question 331

be completely ready to do something or for something to happen, when it is likely to happen soon

Answer 331

poised to do something

Spain was poised to become the dominant power in Europe

Question 332

extract liquid or a soft substance from something by compressing or twisting it firmly.

Answer 332

squeeze out

“squeeze out as much juice as you can”

Question 333

از کسی حرف کشیدن

to force someone to tell you something

Answer 333

squeeze something out of somebody :

See if you can squeeze more information out of them.

Question 334

در وضعیت سلامت عقل بودن
Thinking soundly; rational.
Usually used to set up a context in which any sane person would or could do, say, or think a certain thing.

Answer 334

be in (one's) right mind
 No one in their right mind agrees to those kind of terms—unless they sign a contract without reading it.
You must not be in your right mind if you think that breaking up their wedding is a good idea.

Question 335

to say something quickly and angrily

Answer 335

spit sth out [گذشته: spat out] [گذشته کامل: spat out]

He spat out an insult and marched out of the room.

Question 336

ساعت زدن (هنگام ورود) کارت زدن

to record the time that you arrive at work, by putting a card into a special machine Synonym : clock in

Answer 336

to punch in
If we punch in at 9 a.m., our actual starting time, the company automatically docks us 15 minutes.
We’d like to remind all employees that they will not be paid for any work they’ve done before they punch in.
Sarah’s going to be a couple of minutes late, so she asked me to punch her in.
I keep forgetting to punch myself in when I get into work.

clock in

Question 337

to put information into a computer by pressing buttons or keys

Answer 337

punch something in
You punch in your code to get cash or your bank balance.
Let me just punch in the code for the alarm before we leave.
I’ve been punching in numbers from the survey into a spreadsheet all morning.
Each door has a number pad, and for security you have to punch a number in to open the door.

Question 338

to ask for the best or the most you could hope for

Answer 338

shoot for the moon :

You might as well shoot for the moon and ask for a promotion as well as a raise.

Question 339

راه را باز کردن

to move ahead by pushing and making people move out of one’s way

Answer 339

force way
They forced their way into the room.
He forced his way through the crowd.

Question 340

become noticed or famous by doing something impressive or unusual.

Answer 340

make a/your mark (on sth)
She made her mark in the film industry in the 1960s.
Daniel didn’t work here for very long, but he definitely made his mark on the place.

Question 341

به راحتی کاری را انجام دادن(پس از انجام مرحله‌ی سخت)

Answer 341

have it made in the shade
.Once I answer this part, I should have it made in the shade.
وقتی [پس از اینکه] این بخش را جواب بدهم، دیگه بقیه‌اش را به راحتی انجام می‌دهم.

Question 342

ولخرج بودن بدون فکر پول خرج کردن

Answer 342

have more money than sense
That guy must have more money than sense—why else would he buy such an expensive car?
آن مرد احتمالا خیلی ولخرج است-وگرنه چرا باید چنین ماشین گران قیمتی بخرد؟

Question 343

to succeed in climbing to the top of a mountain when no one has ever climbed it before

Answer 343

conquer /ˈkɒŋkər/:

an attempt to conquer the peaks of Everest

Question 344

قلب کسی را تسخیر کردن

Answer 344

conquer someone’s heart
He conquered my heart by his affection.
با محبتش قلبمو تسخیر کرد.

Question 345

to hit something with a sharp tool in order to cut it

Answer 345

chop at something

They chopped at the bushes with their knives.

Question 346

to do the things that people expect or think are necessary in a particular situation

Answer 346

walk the walk :

People are motivated by leaders who actually walk the walk.

Question 347

to move your body by pushing on something with your arms to help you

Answer 347

lever yourself up :

He slowly levered himself up

Question 348

to make someone leave a particular job, situation etc

Answer 348

lever somebody out

They’re trying to lever him out of his job.

Question 349

to hit someone lightly, especially in a friendly way

Answer 349

cuff:

She cuffed him playfully on the side of the head.

Question 350

to say or do something that gets someone else into trouble

Answer 350

drop somebody in it

Question 351

to collapse from exhaustion

Answer 351

drop in one’s tracks

The runner dropped in his tracks during the last part of the race.

Question 352

برای کسی کار/مشکل تراشیدن

give a problem that you have to someone else to solve

Answer 352

drop/dump (something) in (someone’s) lap

My supervisor dumped some extra work in my lap just before I was going to go home.

Question 353

to move somewhere very quickly, especially to avoid being seen or to get away from someone

Answer 353

duck into/out of/back
The two men ducked into a block of flats and disappeared.
She ducked out of the door before he could stop her.
‘Wait a minute’, he called, ducking back inside.

Question 354

چیزی را باعجله نوشتن

Answer 354

to scribble something down
She scribbled down her phone number and put it into his hand.
او شماره تلفنش را باعجله نوشت و آن را در دستان او قرار داد.

Question 355

کسی را تا دم در همراهی کردن

Answer 355

to see somebody out
My secretary will see you out.
منشی‌ام تا دو در شما را همراهی خواهند کرد.

Question 356

صندلی نگهداشتن(رزرو کردن) برای کسی

Answer 356

save a seat for sb

Question 357

To cause one to fall asleep.

Answer 357

put (one) to sleep
My medication always puts me to sleep, so I can’t take it before driving.
Some calming music usually puts the kids right to sleep.

Question 358

کسی را کلافه کردن (از بی حوصلگی)

to make someone feel very bored

Answer 358

bore sb silly :

We were all bored silly by the play.

Question 359

to stay until the end of an event such as a meeting or performance that is very long or boring

Answer 359

sit through sth :
We had to sit through two hours of speeches.
the movie is the worst film I have sat through this year

Question 360

to produce something quickly or in great quantities but without much care or thought

Answer 360

bash something out :

I bashed out replies as fast as I could

Question 361

to continue working in order to finish something

Answer 361

bash on phrasal :

Well, I’d better bash on

Question 362

to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things

Answer 362

waffle (on) {about sth} /ˈwɑːfl/:
he waffled on about his problems
She prattled on about her boyfriend for the entire journey.
Stop waffling and get to the point.

Question 363

to be unable to decide what action to take

Answer 363

waffle (on/over) /ˈwɑːfl/:
He cannot continue to waffle on this issue.
Joseph had been waffling over where to go

Question 364

پایه بودن
To be fully committed to a task or endeavor; to give or be prepared to give all of one’s energy or resources toward something.

Answer 364

be all in

Just so you know, I’m all in if you’re serious about taking that cross-country trip next week.

Question 365

To be completely exhausted, fatigued, or worn out.

Answer 365

be all in

I was all in after only the first mile of the race; I could barely even walk for the rest of it!

Question 366

to be trying to kiss someone and touch them, especially in a sexual way

Answer 366

be all over somebody

Before I could speak, he was all over me.

Question 367

نظرسنجی کردن

to carefully try to find out about other people’s feelings or plans, so that you will know what to do next

Answer 367

put out feelers
I'm looking to play in Britain at the end of the next Australian season,' he said last night. I’ve put out feelers for one or two clubs already.’
The companies have been putting out feelers about a merger

Question 368

to get a deal or agreement completed satisfactorily so that it cannot be changed

Answer 368

stitch:

The deal was stitched up in minutes.

Question 369

to walk with heavy steps or to put your foot down very hard, especially because you are angry

Answer 369

stomp

Alex stomped angrily out of the meeting.

Question 370

چیزی با ارزش را با دادن آن به فرد نالایق هدر دادن

Answer 370

cast one’s pearls before swine / swaɪn/
Giving that book to her will be casting pearls before swine. She will not appreciate it at all.
دادن آن کتاب به او هدر دادن یک چیز با ارزش با دادن آن به فرد نالایق است. او اصلا قدر آن کتاب را نخواهد دانست

Question 371

با لبخند با سختی‌ها کنار آمدن

Answer 371

to bear up

Question 372

یک تخته کم داشتن، دیوانه بودن

Answer 372

have a screw loose /hæv ə skru lus/
She is screaming at an imaginary person. I think she has a screw loose.
او دارد سر یک فرد خیالی فریاد می‌زند. فکر کنم یک تخته کم دارد.

Question 373

پول زیادی خرج کردن برای چیزی

Answer 373

to lay out on
Sam had to lay out a fortune on that car.
سم مجبور شد بابت آن ماشین مبلغ کلانی بپردازد.
What’s the point in laying out money on something you’ll only wear once?

Question 374

از حسادت کهیر زدن - به شدت حسادت کردن

Answer 374

be green with envy

Question 375

چیزی را با امضا منتقل کردن

to sign a document that gives your property or legal rights to someone else

Answer 375

sign something away :
She had signed away all claims to the house.
I felt as if I was signing away my life.

Question 376

to work with a person or organization, or to be involved with them, in a way that causes other people not to trust you

Answer 376

be in bed with :

The newspaper editor is obviously in bed with the president

Question 377

To understand something by piecing together hints or other bits of information

Answer 377

connect the dots

Once I started to connect the dots, I realized that, if they hadn’t called me by now, I probably wasn’t getting the job

Question 378

to start doing something, especially something new, difficult, or important

Answer 378

set out on something :
She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
او با هدف اینکه جوان‌ترین برنده مسابقات قهرمانی شود، شروع به کار کرد.
They set out to discover a cure for cancer.
آنها شروع به کشف درمانی برای سرطان کردند.
My nephew is just setting out on a career in journalism.

Question 379

آرزوی چیزی را داشتن

Answer 379

set one’s heart on
I had my heart set on getting a bike for my birthday when I was a child but I never got one.
من از وقتی بچه بودم دلم یک دوچرخه برای کادوی تولدم می خواست اما هیچوقت کادو نگرفتم.

have one’s heart set on

Question 380

از خود متشکر بودن
to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements - used when you dislike someone because of this

Answer 380

be full of yourself :
‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’
After the game she was really full of herself.

Question 381

to use fewer or use less of something

Answer 381

cut back on
We were forced to cut back on the number of people who were invited to the party
The government has announced plans to cut back on defense spending by 10 percent next year.
دولت اعلام کرده‌است که قصد دارد بودجه دفاعی را تا سال آینده 10‌درصد کاهش دهد.

Question 382

to make the importance of something clear to somebody

Answer 382

impress something on somebody

Father impressed on me the value of hard work

Question 383

to decide that you will believe someone, even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true

Answer 383

give someone the benefit of the doubt:

She said she was late because her flight was canceled, and we gave her the benefit of the doubt.

Question 384

be/get very shocked or frightened

Answer 384

jump out of skin

Don’t shout. I nearly jumped out of my skin

Question 385

to suddenly speak angrily to someone

Answer 385

jump down sb’s throat

Question 386

to start doing something too soon, especially without thinking about it carefully

Answer 386

jump the gun

Question 387

make someone feel relaxed

Answer 387

put/set somebody at (their) ease

She had an ability to put people at their ease

Question 388

to move yourself or something slowly and carefully into another place or position

Answer 388

ease
He eased himself into a chair.
Jean eased back on the pillows and relaxed.
He eased himself into the driving seat
She carefully eased the car out of the garage

Question 389

to hold something less tightly

Answer 389

ease your grip

Question 390

start doing a new job,… gradually or help someone to start

Answer 390

ease (oneself/somebody) into something :

After the baby, she eased herself back into work

Question 391

to stop being unpleasant to someone or asking so much from them

Answer 391

ease off on somebody

Question 392

to make someone leave a job, a position of authority etc, in a way that makes it seem as if they have chosen to leave

Answer 392

ease somebody out

Question 393

to defeat someone by a small amount:

Answer 393

edge somebody out

Italy edged out France by two points.

Question 394

to work less hard or do something with less energy than before

Answer 394

ease up :
Just relax and ease up a little.
You should ease up on the whisky

Question 395

چیزی را از بین دو چیز انتخاب کردن با طرفی (از بین دو طرف) موافقت کردن، طرف چیزی را گرفتن

Answer 395

to come down on one side of the fence or the other
/kˈʌm dˌaʊn ˌɑːn wˈʌn sˈaɪd ʌvðə fˈɛns ɔːɹ ðɪ ˈʌðɚ/
Jury have to come down on one side of the fence or the other.
هیئت‌منصفه باید با طرفی موافقت کنند.

Question 396

to look at things and put them in a particular order especially while searching for something

Answer 396

sort through sth

I had the sad task of sorting through her papers after she died.

Question 397

هم قافیه کردن

Answer 397

rhyme something with something

You can’t rhyme ‘box’ with ‘backs’.

Question 398

to do your full share of work

Answer 398

pull your weight :

He accused me of not pulling my weight.

Question 399

to use all your power and influence to support someone or something

Answer 399

throw your weight behind somebody/something :

The US has thrown its weight behind the new leader

Question 400

to use your position of authority to tell people what to do in an unpleasant and unreasonable way

Answer 400

throw your weight about/around

Question 401

to be trying to show that you are brave when you are afraid, or that you know about something when you do not

Answer 401

be whistling in the dark :

Does he know what he’s talking about or is he just whistling in the dark?

Question 402

در فاصله کوتاهی قرار داشتن

Answer 402

be a stone’s throw
The apartment is just a stone’s throw from the sea.
“Is your house far from here?” “No, it’s only a stone’s throw away.”

be on one’s doorstep
There’s a lovely park right on our doorstep.

Question 403

used to say that someone should spend time or money on something because they will gain something from it

Answer 403

be worth sb’s while (to do/doing something) :
It might be worth your while to talk to the head of department.
Some people feel it’s not worth their while working if they can get money from the state.

Question 404

to offer something to someone so that they will do something for you

Answer 404

make it worth sb’s while :

He promised to make it worth our while

Question 405

حکم جواهر را داشتن

Answer 405

be worth your/its weight in gold :

In these mountains, an experienced guide is worth his weight in gold

Question 406

یک قرون نیارزیدن

Answer 406

be not worth a cent
The antique desk is not worth a cent although everyone thinks it is very valuable.
میز قدیمی یک قرون هم نمی ارزد اگرچه همه فکر می کنند خیلی باارزش است.

Question 407

آتش گرفتن (و نابودن شدن)

Answer 407

go up in flames
The helicopter went up in flames after hitting a power line.
هلیکوپتر بعد از برخورد با سیم جریان برق آتش گرفت.

Question 408

To use knowledge of one’s past behavior or misdeeds as a means of leverage or manipulation.

Answer 408

have a hold on (someone)

I was a kid when I made that mistake! Just how long do you plan to have a hold on me?

Question 409

به حس درونی خود گوش کردن/ اتکا کردن

Answer 409

go with one’s gut feeling
.When you have to make a decision, do you usually go with your gut feeling, or do you ask other people for advice?
هنگام تصمیم‌گیری معمولا به حس درونی خود اتکا می‌کنید یا از دیگران مشورت می‌گیرید؟

Question 410

از خنده روده‌بر شدن

Answer 410

bust a gut /bʌst ə gʌt/

He busted a gut laughing. از خنده روده‌بر شد.

Question 411

شکم گنده شدن

Answer 411

get a gut
You’re starting to get a gut.
داری شکم گنده می‌شوی.

Question 412

To offer a low amount of money for a product or service.

Answer 412

Come in low

The company came in low with an offer for our product.

Question 413

کسی را محکم بغل کردن

Answer 413

give sb squeeze

Question 414

to force someone to tell you something

Answer 414

squeeze something out of somebody:

See if you can squeeze more information out of them.

Question 415

to work very hard

Answer 415

work/sweat your guts out

Question 416

feel sure about something , though you could not give a reason for it

Answer 416

know something at gut level :

She knew at gut level that he was guilty.

Question 417

دمار از روزگار کسی درآوردن

Answer 417

have sb’s guts for garters

Question 418

متلاشی شدن از درون

to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire

Answer 418

gut:

The building was completely gutted by fire

Question 419

taking the necessary steps, now, to set yourself up for long-term success

Answer 419

Play the long game.

Question 420

تحمل چیزی از توان کسی خارج بودن

Answer 420

be more than one can take
I’ve heard enough of this horrid music. It’s more than I can take.
من دیگر به اندازه کافی به این موسیقی وحشتناک گوش دادم. دیگر تحملش را ندارم.
This tragic news is more than I can take!
این خبر تراژدی تحملش از توان من خارج است!

Question 421

زانوهای کسی سست شدن (از روی ترس و …)

Answer 421

go weak at the knees

Question 422

be in a leading position in an important activity that is trying to achieve something or develop new ideas

Answer 422

be at/in/to the forefront (of something) :
The company has always been at the forefront of science and technology.
Prison conditions have been pushed to the forefront of public debate.

Question 423

چیزی را با دست کنترل کردن

to control something using the hands

Answer 423

to manipulate:

The wheelchair is designed so that it is easy to manipulate

Question 424

to be present in large numbers, sometimes causing disease or damage(of insects and some animals)

Answer 424

be infested with :
When we first moved in, the apartment was infested with cockroaches.
The kitchen was infested with ants.

Question 425

to remind someone of unpleasant things that happened in the past

Answer 425

open old wounds

Question 426

to use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it

Answer 426

to piece together:
The detective painstakingly collected clues to piece together what happened that tragic night.
آن کارآگاه، به‌دشواری سرنخ‌هایی جمع کرد تا اتفاقی که در آن شب غم‌انگیز افتاد را بازسازی کند.
Police are trying to piece together his movements before the murder.
Her early life has been pieced together from several different sources.

Question 427

زانوهای کسی سست شدن (از روی ترس و …)

Answer 427

go weak at the knees

Question 428

to try hard to beat someone in a fight/competition/argument

Answer 428

go toe-to-toe with

Our lawyer went toe-to-toe with the lawyer from the other side.

Question 429

to produce something quickly and easily

Answer 429

knock sth off :

She can knock off (= write) a novel in a couple of weeks.

Question 430

برگشت خوردن (نامه و…)

Answer 430

bounce back
All the emails I sent yesterday have bounced back to me.
تمام نامه‌هایی که دیروز فرستادم، برگشت خورده‌اند.

Question 431

to do something that makes someone unfriendly or unwilling to support you

Answer 431

alienate /ˈeɪliəneɪt/

The latest tax proposals will alienate many voters.

Question 432

خبر داغ و دسته اول به دست آوردن

Answer 432

get a scoop
I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.
من خبر داغ و دسته اولی درباره دوست دخترش به دست آوردم.

Question 433

زود رفیق شدن زود جوش خوردن

Answer 433

get on/along like a house on fire

Question 434

از روی هوس و بی‌برنامه خریدن کردن

Answer 434

buy on impulse /baɪ ɑn ˈɪmpʌls/
Most beginners buy plants on impulse and then hope for the best.
بسیاری از مبتدی‌ها از روی هوس و بی‌برنامه گیاه می‌خرند و بعد امید به بهترین (رشد) را دارند.
Some people will buy a puppy on impulse without any idea of what is involved

Question 435

چشم بسته خرید کردن معامله سربسته کردن

Answer 435

buy a pig in a poke /baɪ ə pɪg ɪn ə poʊk/
When I bought this computer, I bought a pig in a poke. I didn’t know it was so outdated.
وقتی من این کامپیوتر را خریدم، چشم بسته خرید کردم. نمی دانستم انقدر از مد افتاده است.

buy something sight unseen

Question 436

بدجور قاطی کردن و عصبانی شدن

To become wildly or uncontrollably angry.

Answer 436

go batshit

My parents went totally batshit when they found out I’d wrecked the car!

Question 437

کنار گذاشتن برای روز مبادا

Answer 437

to fall back on
I have a little money in the bank to fall back on.
من اندکی پول در بانک برای روز مبادا کنار گذاشته‌ام.

Question 438

جیب خود‌ را پر کردن

Answer 438

swell one’s coffers
You just want to swell your coffers.
فقط می‌‌خوای جیب خودت رو پر کنی.

Question 439

to make something easier to understand, by providing new or better information

Answer 439

shed light on
Recent research has shed light on the causes of the disease.
Investigators hope to shed light on what started the fire

Question 440

برگ ریزی کردن

Answer 440

to shed leaves

The trees were starting to shed their leaves

Question 441

پوست اندازی کردن

Answer 441

shed skin

As it grows, a snake will regularly shed its skin

Question 442

از حسادت سوختن

Answer 442

seethe with jealousy /ˈdʒeləsi/
Your taunts show that you are seething with jealousy.
متلک‌هات نشون میده که داری از حسادت میسوزی.

Question 443

باوری غلط را از ذهن دور کردن

Answer 443

Dispel a myth
First off, let me dispel the myth that …
اول از همه اجازه بدین که این باور غلط را از ذهنتان دور کنم که …

Question 444

قدم اول را برداشتن (در راستای هدفی)

Answer 444

get a foot in the door

Question 445

be unable to speak or articulate a coherent thought.

Answer 445

be at a loss for words

I’m so disappointed that I’m actually at a loss for words.

Question 446

to try hard to think of the right thing to do or say

Answer 446

cast about/around for something
She cast about frantically for an excuse.
Telecoms companies are casting around for ways of recouping huge losses.
I’m casting about for words to describe your beauty.
دنبال واژه می گردم زیبایی تو رو توصیف کنم.

Question 447

کسی را شوهردادن

to find a husband or wife for someone

Answer 447

marry somebody off to
She was married off to an old man.
دادنش به یک پیر مرد.
They married her off to the first young man who came along.

Question 448

چیزی را به طور غیر مستقیم شنیدن

Answer 448

hear something second-hand
I heard about the accident second-hand.
من خبر آن سانحه را به طور غیرمستقیم شنیدم.

Question 449

تو کت کسی نرفتن، زیر بار نرفتن

Answer 449

to not hear of

Question 450

to listen to all of what someone wants to tell you without interrupting them

Answer 450

hear somebody out

Just hear me out, will you?

Question 451

به سختی کاری را ادامه دادن

to keep working at something

Answer 451

to plug away at

My friend has been plugging away at his job for several years now.

Question 452

از رشد بازداشتن، جلو پیشرفت (چیزی را) گرفتن

Answer 452

stunt
- Disease and hunger stunted the children’s growth.
- بیماری و گرسنگی جلو رشد بچه‌ها را گرفت.
Lack of sunlight will stunt the plant’s growth
Drought has stunted (the growth of) this year’s cereal crop.
When Freya was a baby we were advised that watching television would stunt her imagination
government interference stunted the economy

Question 453

دهان کسی را بستن

to prevent someone from saying what they think in public

Answer 453

to muzzle

an attempt by the government to muzzle the country’s media

Question 454

to do something that is silly or that is slightly dangerous

Answer 454

pull a stunt :
Next time you pull a stunt like that don’t expect me to get you out of trouble
What do you hope to gain by pulling a stunt like that?

Question 455

to suddenly want to do something:

Answer 455

have/take a notion to do sth
I had a notion to write them a letter.
She had the sudden notion to invite all her relatives.
- ناگهان هوس کرد که هم‌ خویشاوندان خود را دعوت کند.

Question 456

آبونه مجله ای شدن

Answer 456

To subscribe to a magazine

Question 457

برای کسی ارزش معنوی/احساسی داشتن

Answer 457

To have a sentimental value to sb

Question 458

ارزش مادی/پولی داشتن

Answer 458

Be valuable in money terms

My bags contents were not very valuable in money terms but they had a personal value

Question 459

در برنامه زمانی جای گرفتن

Answer 459

To fit in timetable

Question 460

امکان… را ارزیابی کردن

Answer 460

To assess/evaluate the feasibility of sth

Question 461

در… سابقه (خوبی) داشتن

Answer 461

To have a( good ) reputation in sth

Question 462

اقدامات به موقع اتخاذ کردن

Answer 462

Adopt timely measures
You were remiss in adopting timely measures.
شما در اتخاذ اقدامات به موقع سهل انگاری کردین.

Question 463

to read something very quickly

Answer 463

glance at/through etc

Can you glance through these figures for me?

Question 464

to be finished using something

Answer 464

be done/through with
As soon as you’re done with your work, give us a call.
I was done with the computer so I let my sister use it.

Question 465

الکی خوش بودن

Answer 465

Live in a fool’s paradise
Sometimes you realize it is better to live in a fool’s paradise.
بعضی وقتها‌ شما می‌فهمید بهتره الکی‌ خوش باشید.
I am surrounded by people who live in a fool’s paradise.
دور‌ من رو افرادی گرفته که الکی خوش هستن.

Question 466

از صبح تا شب کار کردن

Answer 466

Work from dawn to dusk
I worked from dawn to dusk to finish the project on time.
من از صبح تا شب کار کردم تا پروژه را سر موقع تمام کنم.

Question 467

مورد علاقه کسی بودن ، راست کار کسی بودن

Answer 467

Be one’s cup of tea

Hip hop is not my cup of tea

Question 468

خود را به بی تفاوتی زدن

Answer 468

Feign indifference
I marveled at his ability to feign indifference.
من از توانایی او در تظاهر به بی‌تفاوتی حیرت زده شدم.

Question 469

به خط داخلی … با کسی تماس گرفتن

Answer 469

to call somebody on extension (number)
Call me on extension 3104.
به خط داخلی 3104 با من تماس بگیر.

Question 470

کاری را تا حد توان انجام دادن

Answer 470

do sth to the best of one’s ability

Question 471

از روی عجله جایی را ترک کردن

To leave or depart in haste

Answer 471

to rush off
I’m sorry, but I will have to rush off from this meeting before it’s over.
Mary had to rush off before the party was over

hightail /ˈhaɪ.teɪl/:
As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there.
she was scared to death so she hightailed it back to London

Question 472

باعجله نوشتن

Answer 472

to scribble /ˈskrɪbl/
He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving.
او قبل از رفتن باعجله برای خواهرش یادداشتی نوشت.
She scribbled down her phone number and put it into his hand.
او شماره تلفنش را باعجله نوشت و آن را در دستان او قرار داد.

scrawl
I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door.
Someone had scrawled graffiti across the wall.

Question 473

to give someone the right to own something

Answer 473

turn something over to somebody :

He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires.

Question 474

to make someone responsible for dealing with something

Answer 474

turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody

I’m turning the project over to you.

Question 475

to answer questions, telephone calls etc, especially when there are a lot of them or the questions are difficult

Answer 475

field questions/telephone calls:
The Minister fielded questions on the Middle East.
The press office fielded numerous calls from the media

Question 476

to change to another channel on a television

Answer 476

turn over:

Can we turn over? There’s a film I want to see

Question 477

مخفیانه تحقیقات بعمل اوردن

secretly look around it in order to find out things.

Answer 477

snoop
Ricardo was the one she’d seen snooping around Kim’s hotel room
I caught him snooping around in my office.
People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.
She’s the sort of person you can imagine snooping about/around your room when you’re not there

Question 478

جلوی زبان خود را گرفتن و چیزی نگفتن

Answer 478

bite one’s tongue

I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue

Question 479

با عصبانیت با کسی حرف زدن - به کسی پریدن

Answer 479

bite one’s head off

I made some comment and he bit my head off

Question 480

نمک نشناس بودن - نمک خوردن و نمکدان شکستن

Answer 480

bite the hand that feeds one

Question 481

پول برای روز مبادا نگهداشتن

Answer 481

stash/squirrel money away
/ˈskwɜːrəl/
As soon as I get paid, I squirrel some money away so I won’t be tempted to spend it.
He had never revealed to his wife that he had stashed away $3 million in assets.

to keep a stash of money [for emergencies]

Question 482

To do or accept something unpleasant, often after a period of hesitation

Answer 482

to bite the bullet

A lot of companies had to bite the bullet and lay off a lot of their employees.

Question 483

برق در چشمان کسی افتادن (از شادی و …) فوق‌العاده خوشحال بودن

Answer 483

someone’s eyes are shining with delight

Question 484

از کاه کوه ساختن

Answer 484

make a mountain out of a mole hill
You are making a mountain out of a mole hill with you going on and on about his mistake.
تو داری از کاه کوه می سازی وقتی پشت سر هم اشتباه او را به رویش می آوری.

make a federal case of something
I’m not trying to make a federal case out of it, but I know you stole my new sweater!

Question 485

(اسم کسی یا چیزی) بر سر زبان ها افتادن ، بر سر زبان ها بودن

The main source of gossip and or discussion in a large population in a city ,town ,…

Answer 485

to be the talk of the town
❇️ The outcome of the US election is the talk of the town!
💠 نتایج انتخابات آمریکا بر سر زبان ها افتاده!
❇️ Joe Biden seems to be the talk of the town everywhere!
💠 گویا اسم جو بایدن‌ همه جا بر سر زبان هاست

Question 486

قلاب گرفتن برای کسی

Help sb climb up sth

⚡️ زمانی از این اصطلاح استفاده میکنیم که بخواهیم برای کسی قلاب بگیریم که قدش برسه به جایی! دزدا ازین کارا زیاد میکنن (:

Answer 486

Give sb a leg-up / boost
 I can't reach it! Give me a leg-up!
 نمی‌رسم بهش! برام قلاب بگیر!
 Give me a boost to climb up the tree!
 قلاب بگیر از درخت برم‌ بالا!

Question 487

به مغز خود فشار آوردن

to try very hard to remember or think of something

Answer 487

to rack one’s brains
no matter how much I racked my brains. I didn’t remember his name
مهم نیست چقدر به مخم فشار آوردم.اسمش یادم نیومد

Question 488

رقابتی را میلیمتری بردن

to win a race, election, or competition by a very small amount

Answer 488

scrape home :

The Tories may scrape home, but it’s unlikely.

Question 489

to be or not be part of a group of people who make important decisions

Answer 489

be in the loop/be out of the loop (informal)

Question 490

to make a noise by rubbing roughly against a surface

Answer 490

scrape:
Chairs scraped loudly as they stood up.
scrape (something) on/down/against something
He opened the gate quietly, trying not to let it scrape on the gravel.

Question 491

ردپایی را دنبال کردن

Answer 491

to follow in footstep

Question 492

پایبند بودن به قرارداد

Answer 492

to adhere/stick/keep to an agreement

Our reputation depends on the fact that we adhere strictly to any agreement we make

Question 493

مهر تایید زدن بر چیزی

Answer 493

to give sth one’s seal of approval
We bribed them to give our scheme their seal of approval.
ما به آنها رشوه دادیم‌ تا مهر تاییدشان‌ را به طرح ما بزنند.
When I explained about the advantages of my scheme they agreed to apply their seal of approval to it.
وقتی درباره مزایای طرحم صحبت کردم آنها موافقت کردند که مهر تاییدشان‌ را به آن‌ بزنند.
They didn’t give our project their seal of approval calling it unwholesome entertainment.
آنها مهر تاییدشان را به پروژه ما نزدند و آن را سرگرمی ناسالم خواندند.

Question 494

مسئوليت را از دوش کسی برداشتن

Answer 494

Relieve someone of a responsibility
Given the fragility of his health, he was relieved of this responsibility.
با توجه به ضعف سلامتی‌ او این مسئولیت از دوش او برداشته شد.

Question 495

لبالب پر بودن از

Answer 495

be filled to the brim with
The cup was filled to the brim with tea.
فنجان تا لبه پر از چای بود.

Question 496

کپی برابر اصل کسی/چیزی بودن

Answer 496

be the spitting image of sb/sth

be the the spit of sb/sth

Question 497

نفس راحتی کشیدن

Answer 497

to heave a sign of relief
When he left I heaved a sigh of relief.
وقتی که رفت یک نفس راحت کشیدم.

Question 498

کسی را در عمل انجام شده قرار دادن

Answer 498

to present sb in a faint accompli[عمل انجام‌شده]

Question 499

شکست/اشتباه راه پذیرفتن و عذرخواهی کردن

Answer 499

to eat humble pie

Question 500

امتیاز/حقی را (با بی میلی) به کسی دادن

to give something to someone as a right or privilege, often unwillingly

Answer 500

concede something to somebody /kənˈsiːd/
The King finally agreed to concede further powers to Parliament.
Finally the company conceded wage increases to their workers.

Question 501

حفظ آبرو کردن - با سیلی صورت خود را سرخ نگه داشتن

Answer 501

Keep up appearances
They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their children.
How long should I keep up appearances?
تا کی باید صورتم رو با سیلی سرخ نگه دارم؟
We have so far kept up appearances.
تا حالا صورتمون رو با سیلی سرخ نگه داشتیم.

Question 502

یافتن (از طریق حفاری) پیدا کردن، به (طلا یا نفت) رسیدن

to find oil or gold under the surface of the earth

Answer 502

to strike oil/gold
The company announced it had struck oil at one of its wells in Siberia.
If they strike oil, drilling will begin early next year.

Question 503

سکه ضرب کردن

Answer 503

to strike coin

Those gold coins were struck in 1907

Question 504

جایی را با عصبانیت ترک کردن

To leave or exit some place in a very angry and animated manner

Answer 504

storm out of (some place)
After being told she couldn’t watch any more television, the child threw down her toys and stormed out of the room in a huff.

Question 505

استعداد‌های خود را شکوفا کردن

Answer 505

Fulfill one’s potentials /fʊlˈfɪl pəˈtenʃəl/
Lack of self-confidence hindered me from fulfilling my potentials.
کمبود اعتماد به نفس مانع این‌ شد که استعداد‌هایم را شکوفا کنم.

Question 506

در پس زمینه ذهن کسی بودن

Answer 506

be at the back of sb’s mind:

Fear of unemployment was at the forefront of everyone’s minds.

Question 507

to make something the right size or feel comfortable by wearing or using it

Answer 507

break in
It took me a long time to break in my new shoes
I went for a walk to break in my new boots

Question 508

to say something that you should not have said

Answer 508

speak/talk out of turn

I’m sorry if I spoke out of turn, but I thought you already knew.

Question 509

کار و کاسبی (خود را) راه انداختن

Answer 509

to erect (sb's own) business 
I have got myself into all sorts of scrapes to erect my own business.
تو هر دردسری خودم و انداختم تا کارو کاسبی خودم و را بندازم.

Question 510

ذات واقعی خود را نشان دادن
نیت و ماهیت اصلی خود را آشکار کردن
شخصیت حقیقی خود را نشان دادن

Answer 510

show one’s true colors
I know that she doesn’t like me, but she was showing her true colors when she began yelling at me on the telephone.
من می دانم که او دوستم ندارد اما او داشت ذات واقعی خودش را نشان می داد وقتی شروع کرد پشت تلفن بر سر من فریاد زدن.

Question 511

یک شبه پولدار شدن گنج پیدا کردن

Answer 511

strike it rich
If I could strike it rich, I wouldn’t have to work anymore.
اگر می توانستم یک شبه پولدار شوم، دیگر مجبور نبودم کار کنم.

Question 512

to give the correct amount of importance or attention to two separate things

Answer 512

strike a balance (between something) :
He was finding it difficult to strike a balance between his family and his work.
It isn’t always easy to strike the right balance.

Question 513

to agree to do something for someone if they do something for you

Answer 513

strike a bargain/deal :

There are rumors that the president struck a private deal with the corporation’s chairman

Question 514

to do something that makes you a lot of money

Answer 514

strike gold :

Jackie eventually struck gold with her third novel.

Question 515

to do something to help achieve a principle or aim

Answer 515

strike a blow for/against somebody/something:
It’s time we struck a blow for women’s rights.
They struck a blow for freedom and against tyranny.
Fate has struck a heavy blow against us

Question 516

زنگ ساعت به صدا درآمدن - ساعت … را نشان دادن

Answer 516

to strike (an hour)
The church clock began to strike twelve.
زنگ ساعت دوازده کلیسا به صدا درآمد [ساعت کلیسا، ساعت دوازده را نشان داد].
The clock was striking ten as we went into the church.

Question 517

با نمره ناپلئونی پاس کردن

Answer 517

scrape through an exam

Question 518

به خال خوردن

when something that you say has exactly the effect on someone that you intended

Answer 518

strike home:

She saw the emotion in her father’s face and knew her words had struck home

Question 519

to suddenly be unable to talk, usually because you are very surprised or shocked

Answer 519

be struck dumb

Question 520

to start doing something or living independently

Answer 520

strike out on your own

Question 521

درباره چیزی (ناخوشایند، آزاردهنده) با کسی صحبت کردن

Answer 521

have it out with
.I had to have it out with my roommate because he never does his share of cleaning in the house.
من باید با هم‌اتاقی‌ام صحبت کنم، چون هیچ‌وقت نوبتش در تمیزکاری خانه را رعایت نمی‌کند.
She’d been late for work every morning and I thought I’d better have it out with her.
او هر روز صبح دیر به سر کار می‌آید و من فکر کردم بهتر است صحبتی دراین‌باره با او بکنم.

Question 522

رام کردن (اسب)

Answer 522

break in

We break the horses in when they’re about two years old.

Question 523

to think carefully about a difficult question or problem

Answer 523

scratch your head :

This crisis has politicians scratching their heads and wondering what to do.

Question 524

ناگهان ساکت شدن

Answer 524

to break off /breɪk ɔf/
She broke off in the middle of a sentence.
او ناگهان وسط جمله ساکت شد [از سخن گفتن دست کشید].
The speaker broke off in the middle of her speech.
سخنگو وسط سخنرانی‌اش ناگهان ساکت شد.

Question 525

ناگهان ساکت شدن

Answer 525

to break off /breɪk ɔf/
She started to speak, then broke off while a waitress served us coffee.
He broke off in mid-sentence to shake hands with the new arrivals.
I broke off the conversation and answered the phone.
She broke off in the middle of a sentence.
او ناگهان وسط جمله ساکت شد [از سخن گفتن دست کشید].
The speaker broke off in the middle of her speech.
سخنگو وسط سخنرانی‌اش ناگهان ساکت شد.

Question 526

to say that you are a particular type of person

Answer 526

set yourself up as sth :

He sets himself up as an expert on vegetable growing, but he doesn’t seem to me to know much about it.

Question 527

to let sth [argument or bad feeling ] to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with

Answer 527

fester

It’s better to expressed your anger than let it fester inside you

Question 528

به کسی کم حقوق دادن

Answer 528

Underpay someone /ʌndərˈpeɪ/
They treated me like a novice because they wanted to underpay me.
آنها با من مثل یک تازه کار رفتار کردند چون می‌خواستند به من کم حقوق بدهند.

Question 529

آشنا کردن کسی به (اصول اولیه) چیزی‌

Answer 529

Initiate someone into something /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/
You were a novice. I initiated you into the tricks of the trade.
شما تازه‌ کار بودید. من شما را با فوت و فن کار آشنا کردم.

Question 530

در برابر وسوسه انجام کاری مقاومت کردن

not do something, even though you have an impulse to do it

Answer 530

resist/control an impulse to do something
Derek resisted the impulse to eat any more cake.
Gerry couldn’t resist the impulse to kiss her.

Question 531

to believe that something is true without having any proof

Answer 531

take something on trust:

I just had to take it on trust that he would deliver the money

Question 532

to let someone have something or have control over something, believing that they will be careful with it

Answer 532

trust somebody with something  : 
 I wouldn’t trust him with the keys.
 I’d trust her with my life. 
I wouldn't trust him with my car.
He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money.

Question 533

to hope that what you want to happen will happen, because there is nothing you can do about it

Answer 533

trust to something :
I’ll just have to trust to luck that it works out okay.
I hope I may trust to your discretion
However much you plan an expedition like this, you still have to trust to luck to a certain extent.

Question 534

keep looking for someone or something, especially when you are doing something else

Answer 534

keep an eye out for something
(also keep your eyes open/peeled (for something)) :
He asked me to keep an eye out for any houses to rent.
Keep an eye out for spyware programs that install themselves on your computer.
I try to always keep my eyes open for good recipes.

Question 535

to try to persuade someone to do something by reminding them that it is a good or fair thing to do

Answer 535

appeal to sb’s better nature/sense of justice etc:

You could always try appealing to his better nature

Question 536

پرچم را برافراشته کردن

to achieve success on behalf of your country in a competition

Answer 536

keep the flag flying :

Bristol kept the flag flying for English rugby with this win

Question 537

نمک به زخم پاشیدن

Answer 537

to add insult to injury
The bank not only refused to refund the money but, to add insult to injury, charged me for the letter telling me so!
She not only deceived him but, to add insult to injury, allowed him to pay for her meal.

Question 538

غرور را کنار گذاشتن

Answer 538

to swallow one’s pride

Question 539

کنار جاده ماشین گرفتن

Answer 539

to hitch-hike

Question 540

to improve and reach the same standard as other people in your class, group etc

Answer 540

catch up [with sb/sth]:
If you miss a lot of classes, it’s very difficult to catch up.
At the moment our technology is more advanced, but other countries are catching up with us.

Question 541

to come from behind and reach someone in front of you by going faster

Answer 541

catch up with
Drive faster – they’re catching up with us.
You go on ahead. I’ll catch you up in a minute

Question 542

to do what needs to be done because you have not been able to do it until now

Answer 542

catch up on sth
I have some work to catch up on.
I need to catch up on some sleep (=after a period without enough sleep).

Question 543

به جناح مخالف پیوستن

to leave a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing one

Answer 543

defect /dɪˈfekt/:

When the national hockey team visited the US, half the players defected.

Question 544

شروع به انجام کاری (بطور منظم) کردن

to start doing something regularly

Answer 544

take to doing something
Dee’s taken to getting up at 6 and going jogging.
He’s taken to staying out very late

Question 545

to start to like someone or something

Answer 545

take to somebody/something :
His wife took to her new neighbours at once.
She’s taken to tennis like a duck to water (= she likes it and is good at it)
Charles was an odd character whom Kelly had never really taken to.

Question 546

To become covered with ice

Answer 546

to freeze over

The children wanted the lake to freeze over so they could ice-skate.

Question 547

to do something that someone else would usually be doing, especially in order to allow them to rest

Answer 547

spell:

You’ve been driving for a while - do you want me to spell you?

Question 548

سیخ شدن مو

Answer 548

bristle /ˈbrɪs.əl/

The cat’s fur bristled and it arched its back.

Question 549

To create, indicate, or communicate a certain kind of impression, idea, or mood.

Answer 549

to make a statement
I chose such loud, clashing colors because I want the exhibit to really make a statement about the chaos of commercialism.
Your outfit makes a statement about you to a potential employer before you have the chance to utter a single word.

Question 550

سرپیچی از قوانین. خر خود را راندن

behave erratically or dangerously, especially by disregarding the rules or the usual way of doing something.

Answer 550

go rogue /rəʊɡ $ roʊɡ/

“leaders going rogue at press conferences can mean you have a serious problem”

Question 551

to go and get something or someone and bring them back

Answer 551

fetch sb/sthfrom something for sb
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.
Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.
Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.
She taught the dog to fetch the ball

Question 552

فروش رفتن

to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports

Answer 552

to fetch:
The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million
the land could fetch over a million pound

Question 553

to arrive somewhere without intending to

Answer 553

fetch up
I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow

end up

Question 554

گاو پیشونی سفید بودن - تابلو بودن

be very noticeable because they are different from everyone or everything else

Answer 554

stick/stand out like a sore thumb :

You stick out like a sore thumb in that uniform.

Question 555

خیلی مست کردن

Answer 555

drink like a fish
Simon was drinking like a fish that evening.
“سایمون” آن شب داشت به‌شدن مشروب می‌خورد.

Question 556

چشم‌های بسیار تیزبین داشتن

Answer 556

have eyes like a hawk
Be careful the boss doesn’t see you - she has eyes like a hawk.
مراقب باش رئیس تو را نبیند؛ او چشم‌های بسیار تیزبینی دارد.

Question 557

to say that you are unable to go to a meeting, accept an invitation etc

Answer 557

give/send your regrets :

My father was ill and had to send his regrets.

Question 558

مسئله‌ای را به طور جامع مورد بحث قرار دادن دقیق و کامل به مسئله‌ای پرداختن

Answer 558

discuss an issue in-depth

Question 559

بحث را به سمت … کشاندن

to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a conversation

Answer 559

bring the conversation around/round to something :

I’ll try to bring the conversation around to the subject of money

Question 560

to bring someone or something to someone’s house

Answer 560

to bring sb round/around
I’ll bring the books around tomorrow.
Bring the family around one evening. We’d love to meet them

Question 561

to make a car go as fast as possible

Answer 561

floor:

I got into the car and floored it.

Question 562

to suddenly make someone very famous

Answer 562

catapult somebody to fame/stardom etc:

A remarkable series of events catapulted her into the limelight

Question 563

کسی را به رگبار سوال بستن

Answer 563

lay down a barrage of questions at sb

Question 564

رئوس مطلب را تکرار کردن

to repeat the main points of something that has just been said

Answer 564

recapitulate/ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃəleɪt, ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/
To understand why this is so let us recapitulate for a moment.

recap /ˈriːkæp, riːˈkæp/
Let me just recap what’s been discussed so far.

Question 565

حساب پر پول داشتن

Answer 565

be in the black
در زمان قدیم بانک ها دو لیست داشتند: لیست سیاه و لیست قرمز. لیست سیاه برای افرادی بود که بدهکاری مالی نداشتند و لیست قرمز برای افرادی بود

I wish my accounts were in the black.
ای کاش حساب من پر از پول بود.

Question 566

بی‌پول بودن چیزی ته جیب نداشتن

Answer 566

on one’s uppers /ɑn wʌnz ˈʌpərz/

Question 567

نفس های آخر را کشیدن - به روغن سوزی افتادن

Answer 567

on one’s last legs
I’ve had this laptop for five years now, and it’s really on its last legs.
من این لپ تاپ را پنج سال است که دارم، و الان واقعا به روغن سوزی افتاده است.
It looks as though her grandfather’s on his last legs.
به نظر می رسد پدربزرگش دارد نفس های آخرش را می کشد.

Question 568

چیزی را رسماً اعلام کردن

Answer 568

to be on record as saying something
She is on record as saying that teachers are under too much pressure.
او رسماً اعلام کرد که معلم‌ها بسیار تحت‌فشار هستند.

to go on record

Question 569

to look exactly like someone else

Answer 569

be the (dead) spit of somebody   : 
 Sam is the dead spit of his dad.

Question 570

دسته جمعی فرار کردن - رم کردن رمیدن

Answer 570

to stampede /stæmˈpiːd/
The cattle started to stampede, as if they could sense the danger.
گاوها شروع کردند به دسته جمعی فرار کردن، انگار که وقوع خطر را حس ‌کردند.

Question 571

to be made frightened or worried so that you do something too quickly, without thinking enough about it

Answer 571

be/get stampeded into

Don’t get stampeded into any rash decisions

Question 572

کنار زدن (اتومبیل) در کنار (جاده) توقف کردن، از جاده خارج شدن
to drive a car off a road in order to stop, or to turn into a smaller road

Answer 572

pull off (something) : 
 We pulled off the road to get some food

Question 573

به گا رفتن

Answer 573

be up the creek (without a paddle) (also be up shit creek (without a paddle) ) :
I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I’ll be up shit creek without a paddle.
من هیچ پس‌اندازی ندارم، اگر از کارم اخراج شوم، در شرایط دشواری قرار می‌گیرم.
Shouldn’t we stop for gas? We’ll be up shit creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.
نباید برای بنزین توقف کنیم؟ اگر اتومبیل در آن جاده متروکه پیش رو خاموش شود، در وضعیت بغرنجی قرار می‌گیریم.
If I don’t get my passport by Friday, I’ll be up the creek.

Question 574

کسی را قسم سکوت دادن

to make someone promise not to repeat what you have told them

Answer 574

swear/pledge somebody to secrecy
All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.
Employees were pledged to secrecy.

Question 575

to ask a trained person to come to your home to do some paid work

Answer 575

get somebody in

: We’ll have to get a plumber in to look at that water tank

Question 576

محبوب شدن

to be or become popular or friendly with someone

Answer 576

be/get in with sb :

He’s trying to get in with the teachers

Question 577

کشتن ، کله پا کردن، قتل به طرز فجیح و آنی

to kill or knock down (a person or many people) in a sudden and violent way

Answer 577

mow down
The soldiers were mowed down by machine guns.
The car mowed down four pedestrians.
He was sentenced to two years in prison for mowing down a nine-year old girl.

Question 578

to destroy something completely

Answer 578

blow/wipe something off the map
There are bombs so powerful that whole nations could be wiped off the map by them
At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map.

Question 579

To have ended, or to desire to end, a relationship or engagement with someone or something

Answer 579

be through with :
She said she was through with me and walked out the door.
I am through with this awful job.

Question 580

حرف کسی را باور کردن

Answer 580

take someone’s word for it
If she says she’s sick, you have to take her word for it.
اگر او می‌گوید مریض است، باید حرفش را باور کنی.

Question 581

to almost do something

Answer 581

come close (to doing something)
 I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her.
 She came so close to the finals she must have been bitterly disappointed to go out now.

Question 582

to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning

Answer 582

take something at face value:

You shouldn’t always take his remarks at face value.

Question 583

stand extremely close to one, especially in an aggressive and confrontational manner.

Answer 583

get (all) up in (one’s) face
If you don’t quit getting up in my face, I’m gonna have to lay you out!
Some guy got all up in my face last night at the bar after I bumped into him, even though I apologized.

Question 584

پیش رفتن (داستان) - جلو رفتن ماجرا

to gradually make something known to other people

Answer 584

unfold /ʌnˈfəʊld/
The audience watched as the story unfolded before their eyes.
As the plot unfolds, you gradually realize that all your initial assumptions were wrong.
همان‌طور که داستان پیش می‌رود، کم‌کم خواهید فهمید که تمام حدسیات اولیه شما اشتباه بود.

Question 585

to say that someone else will do a job even though they may not want to do it

Answer 585

volunteer somebody for something

Mum volunteered Dave for washing-up duties

Question 586

to complete something successfully by doing one last thing

Answer 586

top sth off :
Let’s top off the evening with a drink.
She topped off her performance with a dazzling encore.

Question 587

to add enough liquid to make a container full.

Answer 587

top off

We have enough gas to get there, but we ought to top it off so we won’t have to stop again tomorrow.

Question 588

به جایی (خطرناک) رفتن

to go somewhere that could be dangerous

Answer 588

venture
He’s never ventured abroad in his life.
او هرگز به خارج از کشور سفر نکرده است.
They ventured nervously into the water.
آنها با نگرانی به درون آب رفتند.

Question 589

to do or try something that involves risks

Answer 589

venture on/upon something :

I thought I might venture on a new recipe.

Question 590

to become involved in a new business activity

Answer 590

venture into something phrasal verb :

Banks are venturing into insurance

Question 591

موجب شکوفایی، تشویق یا تقویت بهترین ویژگی‌های کسی شدن

کسی را به رفتار خوب برانگیختن

Answer 591

bring out the best in someone

A crisis brings out the best in her

Question 592

to be blocked with a dirty sticky substance

Answer 592

be gunked up (with something) :

Here’s your problem. The fuel line’s all gunked up

Question 593

to ignore or stop listening to someone or something

Answer 593

tune out somebody/something :
A bored child may simply tune out.
I learned to tune out the background noise.

Question 594

کورکورانه پذیرفتن/قبول کردن

to believe exactly what someone or something says rather than trying to understand their general meaning

Answer 594

take somebody/something literally :
She takes the Bible literally
the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout

Question 595

to be the person whose opinion on something matters or is accepted

Answer 595

be the judge (of something)
No one else can say what its value to you is – only you can be the judge of that.
Jane says I’m good at cooking, but I’ll let you be the judge of that!

Question 596

to do a job for someone else because you owe them money or because they have helped you in the past

Answer 596

work off sth :

She hasn’t worked off her debts to me yet.

Question 597

make something go away (especially by working or exercise)

Answer 597

work off
Walking is excellent for working off tension.
She works off stress by running for at least half an hour every day.
He was able to work off much weight and is now feeling better.

Question 598

to have finished dealing with something, so that you do not have to think about it anymore

Answer 598

be done with sth

Let’s just give them what they want and be done with it.

Question 599

to tell someone about something, to make sure they understand or approve or to get their opinion about it

Answer 599

run sth by/past sb :
I would like to run some ideas by you before we agree to the deal.
Could you run that past me again?
I’ll take these papers home and read them, and I’ll want to run them past our lawyer.
Not long after, White was invited to join the group — only to discover that Gentry had not run the idea past his colleagues.

Question 600

to ask people about something in order to get their opinion or to get information

Answer 600

canvass:

Police canvassed the neighborhood, but didn’t find any witnesses.

Question 601

to help someone get something that they need or want

Answer 601

hook somebody up with something :
Do you think you can hook me up with some tickets for tonight?

fix up with

Question 602

to meet someone at a party or bar and then later going to have some type of sex with them

Answer 602

Hook up

Question 603

to meet someone and spend time together.

Answer 603

hook up (with (someone)):
He hooked up with the other members of the band in Amsterdam
I was traveling alone, but then I hooked up with another woman about my age.
a conference where startup companies can hook up with investors

Question 604

to connect a machine to a power supply, or to another machine

Answer 604

hook sth up to sth :
The machine has plenty of ports to hook up devices such as digital cameras, camcorders, printers, and MP3 players.
He hooked the trailer up to his car.
Teleworkers can hook up computers in the home to the office.
They are proposing to hook all primary school classrooms up to the Internet.
Can we hook up to the electricity supply at the campsite?
Helen was unconscious and hooked up to a life support machine.
We just moved and I haven’t hooked up my television yet.

Question 605

جمع اوری آرا کردن

Answer 605

canvass /ˈkænvəs/
Chapman spent the rest of May canvassing for votes.
The US has been canvassing support from other Asian states.

Question 606

گوش به زنگ بودن
to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying
To listen for any indication of what is happening or will happen.

Answer 606

have/keep your ear to the ground
Jobs in manufacturing are relatively scarce but I keep my ear to the ground.
I know Kim is keeping her ear to the ground in case word gets out about the promotion.

Question 607

To provide someone with something to a great degree, typically food and drink.

Answer 607

gorge someone with (something)
The caterers really gorged us on some fine food and drink at the gala.
We need to gorge this guy with the finer points of our program so he’ll come work here.

Question 608

to move someone into a place where people live and are cared for together, such as a mental hospital or old people’s home

Answer 608

put sb away :
In the past, people who suffered from schizophrenia were often put away.
You have to put away the people who are so crazy that they are a danger to the rest of us

Question 609

to defeat your opponent in a sports competition

Answer 609

to put away
The Devils still have two more chances to put away the Flyers this season.
Two plays later, Smith scored to put the game away.

Question 610

افتخار انجام کاری را دادن

act as host or perform some official function at a social occasion or public event

Answer 610

do the honours
A well-known television personality did the honours at the official opening of the show.
The Ambassador did the honors by introducing the guest speaker.

Question 611

To no longer have strong emotions about someone or something; to be unenthusiastic about someone or something.

Answer 611

be over (someone or something) 
I was really looking forward to learning about the inner workings of a computer, but it's actually so boring that I am really over it at this point!
Everyone thinks Jack's boyfriend is so hilarious, but I'm so over him and his annoying jokes.

Question 612

to make a business more effective by removing unnecessary workers, equipment etc

Answer 612

rationalize:
Our systems will be rationalized over the coming months.
We rationalized the production system so that one operator could control all three machines
The recession is forcing the company to rationalize

Question 613

کف بینی دست(جهت فال گرفتن)

Answer 613

do palms

Question 614

to start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way

Answer 614

get your act together :
She’s so disorganized - I wish she’d get her act together.
Once Joe gets his act together he’ll get a raise
You’d better get it all together before the boss comes back.

Question 615

to manage to do something even though you do not have much time

Answer 615

get something in:

We’re hoping to get in a game of golf over the weekend

Question 616

to gather a crop and bring it to a sheltered place

Answer 616

get something in :

The whole village was involved with getting the harvest in

Question 617

to buy a supply of something

Answer 617

get something in:

I must remember to get some food in for the weekend.

Question 618

to give someone anything they want in order to please them, even if it seems unreasonable or unnecessary

Answer 618

pander to /ˈpændə $ -ər/
Some newspapers feel they have to pander to the prejudices of their readers.
Highly trained staff will pander to your every whim.
The child’s parents pandered to his every whim.

Question 619

to affect someone so badly that they lose their normal human feelings

Answer 619

brutalize /ˈbruːtəl-aɪz/:

He was brutalized by his experiences in jail.

Question 620

to be something that a person does not have enough knowledge or authority to do

Answer 620

be above sb’s pay grade:

She declined to comment on the controversial tape, saying “That’s above my pay grade.”

Question 621

زندگی کسی را مختل کردن

Answer 621

Plague someone’s life /pleɪɡ/
Your illogical mindset has plagued our life.
طرز تفکر غیر منطقی شما زندگی ما رو مختل کرده.

Question 622

بیش از حد تحت نظر گرفتن کسی

Answer 622

to micromanage

Professors warned that students will suffer if the state legislature tries to micromanage public education.

Question 623

to have a lot of problems because of a particular thing

Answer 623

be burdened with/by something:

a company burdened with debt

Question 624

چیزی را باور نکردن

Answer 624

can’t/couldn’t get over something
I can’t get over how rude she was.
باورم نمی‌شود چقدر او بی‌ادب بود.

Question 625

از سرما یخ زدن

Answer 625

freeze one’s buns off
We froze our buns off this winter.
این زمستان از سرما یخ زدیم [خیلی سردمان بود].

Question 626

to continue happening for longer than planned

Answer 626

run over :
The meeting ran over.
The talks have run over the 15 November deadline

Question 627

to explain or practise something quickly

Answer 627

run over something :

I’ll just run over the main points again

Question 628

دیوانه‌وار عمل کردن بدون هدف عمل کردن، بال بال زدن

Answer 628

run around like a chicken with its head cut off
The president doesn’t know what to do. He’s running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
آن رییس جمهور نمی‌داند باید چه کار کند. او دارد دیوانه‌وار [بدون هدف] عمل می‌کند

Question 629

to not be important, valuable, or successful

Answer 629

not amount to much :
Her academic achievements don’t amount to much.
Jim’s never going to amount to much.

Question 630

ضرر چیزی بیشتر از منفعتش بودن - تاثیر مخرب چیزی بیشتر از تاثیر مثبت آن بودن

Answer 630

do more harm than good

Question 631

to begin to take control of sth or understand sth difficult

Answer 631

come/get to grips with sth

I’m slowly getting to grips with the language.

Question 632

ایمان کسی را متزلزل کردن

Answer 632

shake someone’s faith
Nothing can shake my faith.
هیچ چیز نمی تواند ایمان من را متزلزل کند.
My faith in my abilities will never be shaken.
ایمان من به توانایی هایم هرگز متزلزل نخواهد شد.

Question 633

to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much

Answer 633

run up a bill/debt/loss :

He ran up huge gambling debts.

Question 634

when you do something although you did not expect or intend to do it

Answer 634

do something in spite of yourself :

The picture made her laugh in spite of herself

Question 635

to make a loud deep ringing sound like that of metal being hit, or to cause something to make this sound

Answer 635

to clang /klæŋ/ [گذشته: clanged]
Bells were clanging in the tower.
ناقوس‌ها داشتند در برج به صدا درمی‌آمدند.
He woke up to hear the sound of bells clanging in the distance.

Question 636

to help by doing someone else’s job or work when they are unable to do it

Answer 636

step into the breach

Thanks for stepping into the breach last week.

Question 637

to become involved in a new business activity

Answer 637

venture into something :

Banks are venturing into insurance.

Question 638

to do or try something that involves risks

Answer 638

venture on/upon something :

I thought I might venture on a new recipe.

Question 639

to say exactly how much something is worth, or how much or how many of something you are talking about

Answer 639

put a figure on it/give an exact figure :
It’s worth a lot but I couldn’t put a figure on it.
It is difficult to put a figure on the cost of the repair work, as it is still rising.

Question 640

در حساب و کتاب خوب بودن

be good at arithmetic

Answer 640

have a head for figures

Question 641

to cause problems for other members of a group by criticizing something or trying to change the way something is done

Answer 641

rock the boat :

He kept his feelings to himself, not wanting to rock the boat.

Question 642

to deal with a situation that is difficult or embarrassing for you by appearing to be confident rather than ashamed

Answer 642

brazen something out :

She knew she could either admit the truth or brazen it out.

Question 643

have very strong feelings about someone or something

Answer 643

have a thing about someone or something

I had always had a thing about red hair.

Question 644

have very strong feelings about someone or something

Answer 644

have a thing about someone or something

I had always had a thing about red hair.

Question 645

have very strong feelings about someone or something

Answer 645

have a thing about someone or something

I had always had a thing about red hair.

Question 646

با ناسازگاری های روزگار سازگار شدن

to be able to deal well with difficulties or criticism.

Answer 646

roll with the punches

The poor woman has been jeered at and threatened with her life, but she just rolls with the punches.

Question 647

To recognize or appreciate a particular trait or characteristic in someone or something.

Answer 647

see (something) in (one)
I always try to see the good in people, even when they say or do bad things.
It feels like my teacher only ever sees the mistakes in my work, never commenting on anything I do right.
I can see a lot of potential in Sarah, but she needs the right motivation.
See also: see

Question 648

to move around a place in a sad slow way, especially because you feel unhappy about the situation you are in

Answer 648

mope around/about (something) :
She spends her days moping around the house.
Stephen didn’t expect her to mope about while he was away on business.

Question 649

to put someone in a prison or in a mental hospital

Answer 649

put somebody away :

If you are found guilty, the judge is going to put you away for life

Question 650

to put or hold something in a carefully balanced position, especially above something else

Answer 650

poise something over/above something

He poised the bottle over her glass.

Question 651

used to say that a statement you have just made is true about someone or something else too

Answer 651

the same goes for somebody/something (also that goes for somebody/something too) :
Close all doors and lock them when you go out. The same goes for windows.

Question 652

در زبان چرخیدن

to be easy to say or pronounce

Answer 652

trip off the tongue :

Monofluorophosphate! It doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, does it?

Question 653

to not be available because of already being claimed by someone else or in a relationship with someone else

Answer 653

be spoken for
I’m sorry. This seat is spoken for.
I can’t go out with you; I’m already spoken for

Question 654

to reduce your chances of failure or loss by trying several different possibilities instead of one

Answer 654

hedge your bets:

It’s a good idea to hedge your bets by applying to more than one college.

Question 655

to try to protect yourself against possible problems, especially financial loss

Answer 655

hedge against something :
Smart managers will hedge against price increases
She hedged the contract with a contingency clause

Question 656

to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you

Answer 656

scramble up/down/over etc
They tried to scramble up the cliff.
She scrambled down the tree as quickly as she could.

Question 657

to make someone unable to think clearly or reasonably

Answer 657

scramble sb’s brains :

Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains.

Question 658

when an animal raises ears to listen to a sound

Answer 658

prick (up) its ears :

The rabbit stopped suddenly, pricking up its ears

Question 659

(غرور یا جاه طلبی کسی را) کاستن

سر جای خود نشاندن

Answer 659

take down a peg

Question 660

increase quickly and by a large amount[the number or rate of something]

Answer 660

spike:
New telephone orders have spiked in the last two years
There are speculations that the staggering prices will cease to spike
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