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Eschew

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Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.

اجتناب کردن

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Gall

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The trait of being rude and impertinent.
Feel of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

گستاخی، صفرا

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Vociferous

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Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.

پرصدا، بلند

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Vehement

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تند، شدید، با حرارت زیاد

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Downpour

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بارندگی زیاد

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Throng

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جمعیت، ازدحام

By a throng of jostling minivans

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Prelude

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مقدمه، پیش درآمد

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Jubilant

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Full of high spirited delight because of triumph or success.

شادمان از موفقیت، فرخنده

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Panache

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Distinctive and showy elegance.

خودنمایی، جلوه

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Eminent

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Standing above others in quality or position.

برجسته، والامقام

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Quotidian

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Found in the ordinary course of events.

پیش‌پاافتاده، یومیه

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Tantamount

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Being essentially equal to sth.

برابر، معادل

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Spurious

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Plausible but false.

جعلی، نادرست

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Supplant

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Take the place or move into the position of.

جابجا شدن، جای چیزی را گرفتن

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Magnanimous

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Noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful.

بزرگوار، بزرگ‌طبع

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Negligible

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So small as to be meaningless; insignificant.

ناچیز، جزئی

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Precocious

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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude).

زودرس، نابهنگام

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Staunch

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Firm and dependable; especially in loyalty.

قابل اتکا در وفاداری

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Haughty

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Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

مغرور، متکبر، والا

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Unequivocal

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Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion.

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Travesty

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An absurd presentation of sth; a mockery.

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Elucidate

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Make clearer and easier to understand.

روشن کردن، توضیح دادن

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Derive

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Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.
Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.

نشات گرفتن، استنتاج، استنباط

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Delineate

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Describe in detail.

مشخص کردن، با جزئیات شرح دادن

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Contrive

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To pull off a plan or scheme, usually through skill or trickery.

تدبیر کردن، طرح‌ریزی

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Derivative

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Not original but drawing strongly on sth still in existence; especially in reference to a creative product (e.g. music, poetry).

برگرفته، اقتباس شده

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Disaffected

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Disconnected as toward authority.

سرد، ناراضی، بی‌وفا

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Subsume

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Contain or include.

Consider (an instance of sth) as part of a general rule or principle.

شامل کردن

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Incongruous

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Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness.

نامتجانس

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time.

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Insidious

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Working in a subtle but destructive way.

دسیسه‌آمیز

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Circumvent

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Cleverly find a way out of one’s duties or obligations.

پیچاندن، دور زدن

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Denote

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Be a sign or indication of; have as a meaning.

علامت بودن، معنی دادن

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Rudimentary

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Being in the earliest stages of development; being or involving basic facts or principles.

اولیه، ابتدایی

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Forlorn

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Marked by or showing hopelessness.

سرگردان، بیچاره، متروک

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Tenacious

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Stubbornly unyielding.

سرسخت، استوار

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Refractory

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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.

سرسخت، سرکش

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Ascetic

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Practicing self-denial.
One who practices great self-denial.

ریاضت‌کش، مرتاض

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Avaricious

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Excessively greedy.

بسیار حریص و آزمند

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Languid

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Not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.

سست، ضعیف، بیحال