Vocab Flashcards

1
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Instinctively
(adv)

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By natural instinct

  • you can instinctively answer with an easy ‘yes’ or ‘no’
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Obscure
(adj)

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Uncertain, not clear

  • for some obscure reason
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Pace
(n)

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Speed in walking, running or moving

  • many people shop at frantic pace
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Frantic
(adj)

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Anxious or very worried

  • you find many people shopping at a frantic pace
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5
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Deed
(n)

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Something done
کردار

  • good deeds
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Thrill
(n)

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An excited feeling

  • happiness is the thrill of buying new shoes
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Humanity
(n)

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People in general
بشریت

  • all humanity
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Longing
(n)

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Enthusiasm, thirst
اشتیاق، عطش

  • a life without longing
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Devote
(v)

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Give all or most of one’s time or resources to a person or activity

  • devoting attention to unhappiness
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Astonishing
(adj)

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Amazing
عجیب، شگفت‌آور

  • some astonishing facts
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Assert
(v)

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To say definitely
اظهار قطعی کردن

  • the Chinese teaching assert that happiness lies in acting within social networks
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Manner
(n)

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A way in witch anything is done
شیوه، حالت، رفتار

  • religion facilitates happiness in a similar manner
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Well-being
(n)

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Health
تندرستی، سلامتی

  • there is a positive correlation between religious commitment and perceived well-being
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Grafting
(v)

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Linking
پیوند زدن

  • the doctor treated her burns by grafting skin from her leg to her back
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Intervention
(n)

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Interposition
مداخله, وساطت

  • military intervention
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Vague
(adj)

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Not clear
مبهم

  • she has only a vague idea of how this machine works
17
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Boredom
(n)

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Fatigue, exhaustion, tiredness
خستگی، ملالت

  • it was a bad movie and the audience did not hide its boredom
18
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Regulation
(n)

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Adjustment, law
تنظیم، قانون

  • the regulation of prices
19
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Restraint
(n)

A

Prevention
خودداری، خویشتن داری

  • she showed great restraint and did not answer her curses
20
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Indulgence
(n)

A

Extravagance, exceeding
زیاده روی، افراط

  • indulgence in eating
21
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Astonishing
(adj)

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Extravagant, surprising
شگفت آور، حیرت انگیز

22
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Declare
(v)

A

To announce publicly or formally
اعلام کردن، رسما بیان کردن

  • war was declare this morning
23
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Evaluation
(n)

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Assessment

An evaluation of the country’s financial needs

24
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Interference
(n)

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Intervention

  • interference in other countries internal affairs
25
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Interruption
(n)

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Discontinuity, suspension
انقطاع، تعلیق

  • without interruption
26
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Assertion
(n)

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Claim

  • the assertion of the right to the freedom of expression is important
27
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Astonishment
(n)

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Amazement
حیرت

The appearance of two-headed man filled everyone with astonishment

28
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Cheer
(n)

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A shout of approval, encouragement or welcome

  • three cheers for the queen
29
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Devotion
(n)

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Consecration, commitment, loyalty
وقف، سرسپردگی، وفاداری

  • the devotion of such talents to
  • his devotion to his family
30
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Obscurity
(n)

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Anonymity, ambiguity
گمنامی، ابهام