XXXVII Flashcards

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ooze /uːz/

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1) if a thick liquid oozes from something or if something oozes a thick liquid, that liquid flows from it very slowly
ooze from/out of/through
“The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper.”
2) very soft mud, especially at the bottom of a lake or sea

noun

  1. لجن
  2. بستر دریا
  3. لجن زار
  4. لای

verb

  1. چکیدن
  2. تراوش کردن
  3. اهسته جریان یافتن
  4. بیرون دادن
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sieve /sɪv/

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strainer /ˈstreɪnə/

noun
1. غربال
2. الک
3. اردبیز
4. پرویزن
verb
1. الک کردن
2. غربال کردن
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prognosis /prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/

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1) a doctor’s opinion of how an illness or disease will develop → diagnosis

2) a judgment about the future, based on information or experience
prognosis of
“a hopeful prognosis of the country’s future development”

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foster /ˈfɒstə/

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1) to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time SYN encourage, promote
“The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes.”
2) to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent → adopt
“The couple wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering.”
1 → foster mother/father/parents
2 → foster child/son/daughter
3 → foster brother/sister
4 → foster home

  1. پرورش دادن
  2. پروردن
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mutual /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/

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1) mutual feelings such as respect, trust, or hatred are feelings that two or more people have for each other → reciprocal /rɪˈsɪprəkəl/
2) mutual support, help etc is support that two or more people give each other
1. متقابل
2. دو جانبه
3. دو طرفه
4. دوسره

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impact /ˈɪmpækt/

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1) the effect or influence that an event, situation etc has on someone or something
impact on/upon
“We need to assess the impact on climate change.”
2) the force of one object hitting another
“The force of the impact knocked the breath out of her.”
3) to have an important or noticeable effect on someone or something

  1. ضربه
  2. اصابت
  3. اثر شدید
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unfold /ʌnˈfəʊld/

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1) if a story unfolds, or if someone unfolds it, it is told
2) if a series of events unfolds, they happen
3) if you unfold something that was folded, or if it unfolds, it opens out

  1. اشکار کردن
  2. باز کردن
  3. اشکار شدن
  4. فاش کردن
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husk /hʌsk/

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1) the dry outer part of corn, some grains, seeds, nuts etc
2) to remove the husks from grains, seeds etc

noun
1. پوست
2. غلاف
3. حقه گل
verb
1. بی سبوس کردن
2. بی پوشش کردن
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penultimate /peˈnʌltəmət/

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not the last, but immediately before the last SYN last but one

  1. یکی به اخر مانده
  2. ماقبل اخر
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indigenous /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/

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indigenous people or things have always been in the place where they are, rather than being brought there from somewhere else SYN native

  1. بومی
  2. طبیعی
  3. ذاتی
  4. فطری
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