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Speculate

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Verb, /ˈspɛkjʊleɪt/
Noun, countable, /ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃn/.
-To guess about the possible causes or effects of something, without knowing all the facts or details:
She refused to speculate.
speculate on/about (why/what etc)
Jones refused to speculate about what might happen.
- speculate that
Some analysts speculated that jobs will be lost.
To buy goods, property, shares in a company etc, hoping that you will make a large profit when you sell them.
- speculate in/on
He speculated in stocks.

  • speculation that
    There is speculation that the president is ill.
  • speculation about/on
    Speculation about the future.
    The witness’s statement was pure speculation ( =not based on any facts)
    wild/idle speculation (=speculation that is unlikely to be true).
    When you try to make a large profit by buying goods, property, shares etc and then selling them:
  • property speculation.
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Nettle

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/ˈnetl̩/
Verb and noun:
be nettled (by something)	 informal
-To be annoyed by what someone says or does:
She was nettled by Holman's remark.
- To sting with or as if with a nettle.
Noun: گياه گزنه
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Weed

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علف هرز

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Skim milk

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شيري كه خامه اش گرفته شده باشه و رقيق باشه

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Parade

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/pəˈreɪd/

رژه

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Stubble

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ته ريش

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Five o’clock shadow

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مقدار ريشي كه وقتي صبح ريشت را مي تراشي و تا شب در مياد.

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Bore

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Verb
/bɔr/
1. To make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much about something they are not interested in:
A. I won’t bore you with all the technical details.
B. Bore somebody to death/tears (=make them very bored)
2. To make a deep round hole in a hard surface:
A. Bore something through/into/in something:
The machine bores a hole through the cards.
To build the tunnel they had to bore through solid rock.
3. If someone’s eyes bore into you, they look at you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable

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