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Predilection

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A strong liking

برتری، رجحان قبلی

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Incisive

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Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

قاطع، تیز، نافذ

The lawyer had an incisive mind

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Torpor

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Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor and energy.

سستی، بی‌حالی

He fell into a deep torpor.

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Glut

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An excessive supply.
Supply with an excess of.

اشباع کردن، پرخوری

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Perfidy

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An act of deliberate betrayal; a breech of a trust.

پیمان‌شکنی، خیانت

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Meticulous

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Marked by extreme care in treatment of details.

باریک‌بین، دقیق و وسواسی

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Rustic

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Characteristic of rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial.

روستایی، دهاتی و خیلی ساده

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Entrenched

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Fixed firmly or securely.

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Impeccable

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Without fault or error.

بی‌نقص

Speaks impeccable french.

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Hartebeest

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بزکوهی آفریقایی

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Thicket

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بیشه، درختستان

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Hoofed

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سم‌دار

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Topi

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بز کوهی آفریقایی

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Foremost

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بهترین، پیش‌ترین، جلوترین

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Diffident

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Showing modest reserve; lacking self-confidence

عدم اعتماد به نفس

As a young girl she was reserved and diffident, but now as an adult, she is confident and assertive.

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Dogmatic

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Highly opinionated, not accepting that one’s own beliefs may not be correct.
متعصب، کوته‌فکر

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Concede

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Acknowledge defeat.
Admit (to a wrongdoing).
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.

واگذار کردن، تسلیم شدن و تصدیق کردن

I concede, you win.

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Mitigate

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Make less severe or harsh.

سبک کردن، تخفیف دادن، تسکین دادن

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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of the country.

روستایی، مناطق خوب روستا

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Superfluous

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Serving no useful purpose.
More than is needed, desired or acquired.
زیادی، غیرضروری

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Conspicuous

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Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious.

انگشت‌نما، آشکار

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Cryptic

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Mysterious or vague, usually unintentionally.

پنهان، مرموز

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Deferential

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Showing respect.

محترمانه، از روی احترام

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Platitude

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A trite or obvious remark.

پیش‌پاافتادگی، ابتذال

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Obscure

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Make unclear.

Known by only a few.

مبهم، گمنام

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Mawkish

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Overly sentimental to the point that is disgusting.

حالت تهوع به غذای بدمزه، به طور زننده احساساتی

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Audacious

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Willing to be bold in social situations or to take risks.

بی‌پروا، جسور، بی‌احتیاط

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Didactic

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Instructive (especially excessively).

آموزشی، تعلیمی

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Frivolous

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Not serious in content or attitude or behavior.

سبکسر، احمق، پوچ و بیهوده

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Culpability

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A state of guilt.

خطاکاری، تقصیر

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Volubility

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The quality of talking or writing easily and continuously.

روانی، چرب‌زبانی

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Dictatorial

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Expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler.

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Engender

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Give rise to.

ایجاد کردن، به وجود آوردن

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent.

بی‌وقفه، اجتناب‌ناپذیر

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Lambast

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Criticize severely or angrily.

زخم زبان زدن، سرزنش کردن

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining.

زودرنج، ستیزه‌جو

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Decorous

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Characterized by good taste in manners and conduct.

مودب، آراسته

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Preclude

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Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.

مانع جلو راه ایجاد کردن، مسدود کردن

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Reticent

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Disinclined to talk, not revealing one’s thoughts.

محتاط در سخن، کم‌حرف

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Apathetic

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Marked by a lack of interest.

بی‌تفاوت، بی‌احساس

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Eland

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گاو کوهی آفریقایی

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Ungulate

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جانور سم‌دار

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Laborious

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دشوار، پرزحمت

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Marshy

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باتلاقی

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Pneumonia

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سینه‌پهلو، ذات‌الریه

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Philantrophy

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بشردوستی

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Nettle

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گزنه

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Spoor

A

ردپا، ردپای کسی را گرفتن

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