08-culture Flashcards
(54 cards)
Attribute (v)
To give credit for or see as the origin of something
نسبت دادن
Mythology
Set of traditional stories used to explain the origins of things
Settle
To establish a permanent place to live
Scholar
A person who has a great deal of knowledge about particular subject
Excavation
An area of digging, especially to find objects from past cultures
Carve
To cut and shape hard material
Encompass (v)
1.
surround and have or hold within.
“this area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James’s Park to the south”
-include comprehensively.
“no studies encompass all sectors of medical care”
2.
ARCHAIC
cause to take place.
“an act designed to encompass the death of the king”
Inscribe
To mark surface with words or letter
نوشتن
Deed (v)
To perform well
Literacy
the state of being able to read and write OPP illiteracy
→ numeracy
Sage
حکیم
Livestock
دام
Cattle
گله گاو
Possession
if something is in your possession, you own it, or you have obtained it from somewhere
in sb’s possession
The house has been in the family’s possession since the 1500s.
Scribe
someone in the past whose job was to make written copies of official documents
Reed
a type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places
نی
Wedge
گوه
قلم
Cuneiform /ˈkjuːnifɔːm /
خط میخی
Oracle /ˈɒrəkəl/
وحی
Script
1[countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc → screenplay:
They write all their own scripts.
a film script
2[uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:
Arabic script
3[countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination
4[singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand SYN handwriting:
a diary entry written in neat black script
Shell
لاک
Evoke (v) /ɪˈvəʊk $ ɪˈvoʊk/
To bring to mind
برانگیختن
Sway (v)
To move back and forth
The trees swayed gently in the breeze
Stereotype
A fixed idea people have, especially one that is wrong
racist stereotypes in the media
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