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Progress
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evelopment, advance, breakthrough
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Enthusiastic
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Very interested in
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Motivated
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Really want to do sth
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Improve
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Get better
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Obvious
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Clear
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Encouraging
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It gives you hope
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Accurately
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With no mistakes
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I was aware of that
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You know about it
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Irritating
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Annoying
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Rational
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Irrational
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I slipped and twisted ankle.
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slipped: fall, skid
twisted: something twisted has been bent in many directions or turned many times, so that it has lost its original shape.
ankle: قوزک پا
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Frustrating
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Annoying
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My outmost wish is to see myself among the top of my field.
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Outmost
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My long-term goal is to pursue my postgraduate study in one of the best university in world.
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Long-term goal
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This year is very important to me, as i migrated and i started everything in first so i have to find a job, and shall be independent and do everything that I dreamed.
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As i ……
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I set out this year’s resolutions
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Set out: design, arrange, lay out, map (out), plan, head, bear, light out, make, strike out, take off;
to start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result
resolutions: determination, doggedness, firmness
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They include getting a higher band in IELTS exam.
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Include: not exclude, contain, comprise, cover, embrace, encompass, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in
introduce, add, enter, insert
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The remaining task that i have been planned is to apply for a promotion at my current job or find another more decent job.
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Decent : reasonable, adequate, ample, fair, passable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable
,respectable, of a good enough standard or quality.
Current: happening or existing now, but not likely to last for a long time.
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When i think about my goals nothing but getting in to my profession comes always first.
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Nothing but …. : هیچی بجز
Comes always first: حرف اول را میزند
Profession: occupation, business, calling, career, employment
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Get into
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Start doing sth/ arrive
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How come?
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Why or how sth happened
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Did you do anything special?
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I slept most of the day.
I think i fell asleep in the middle of it.
Too bad, i was going to ask you out next weekend.
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They pulled out three names for a prize.
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Pulled out : بیرون کشیدن
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Terrific
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great, enormous, fearful, gigantic, huge, intense, tremendous
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Bear
support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold
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Melt
dissolve, fuse, liquefy, soften, thaw
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Peel
Peel banana
Peel apple
skin, flake off, pare, scale, strip off
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Pail
سطل
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Pill
قرص
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Bold
fearless, adventurous, audacious, brave, courageous, daring, enterprising, heroic, intrepid, valiant
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Bald
hairless, baldheaded, depilated
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Definitely
Certainly
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Hunter
a person who hunts wild animals, or an animal that hunts other animals for food
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adventure
ماجراجویانه
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Recline
to lie or lean back in a relaxed way
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interpretation
the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc
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Wobbly
unsteady, rickety, shaky, teetering, tottering, uneven
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Maid
woman or girl who is not married ⇒ old maid
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Fled
PT of Flee
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Wicked
bad, corrupt, depraved, devilish, evil, fiendish
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Frightening
terrifying, alarming, fearful
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Cheat
deceive, beguile
to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination
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plot
plan, cabal, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme, stratagem
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Riddance
disposal, discarding, disposition, dumping, jettison, junking, relegation, scrapping, throwing away
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innate
inborn, congenital, constitutional, essential, inbred, ingrained, inherent, instinctive, intuitive, native, natural
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Cloak
- cape, coat, mantle, wrap
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Muddy puddle
- dirty, bespattered, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, soiled
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Breeding
upbringing, ancestry, cultivation, development, lineage, nurture, raising, rearing, reproduction, training
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Anecdote
Story
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Demonstrate
prove, display, exhibit, indicate, manifest, show, testify to
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Impressed
excite, affect, inspire, make an impression, move, stir, strike, touch
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Excellent
outstanding, brilliant, exquisite, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, great, superb, superlative, world-class
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Parallel
equidistant, alongside, side by side
| - matching, analogous, corresponding, like, resembling, similar
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In favor of
به نفع کسی دیگر..
He decided to abandon his subway seat in favour of a woman standing nearby.
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Generous
charitable, beneficent, bountiful, hospitable, kind, lavish, liberal, open-handed, unstinting
- unselfish, big-hearted, good, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, noble
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Flirt/flirting
to behave towards someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted to them, although you do not really want a relationship with them
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Gallant
brave, bold, courageous, heroic, honourable, intrepid, manly, noble, valiant
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as a result of sth
because of something that has happened
Ex: trouble as a result of a gallant gesture.
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Probably
likely, doubtless, maybe, most likely, perhaps, possibly, presumably
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Pointed
sharp, acute, barbed, edged
- cutting, acute, biting, incisive, keen, penetrating, pertinent, sharp, telling
Antonyms: blunt
Contrasted words: dull, rounded
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Sophisticated
cultured, cosmopolitan, cultivated, refined, urbane, worldly
| - complex
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Polished
accomplished, adept, expert, fine, masterly, professional, skilful, superlative
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Bald
hairless, baldheaded, depilated
| - plain, blunt, direct, forthright, straightforward, unadorned, unvarnished
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Wardrobe
clothes cupboard, closet
- clothes, apparel, attire
English Thesaurus: clothes, clothing, garment, dress, wear
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Concept
idea, abstraction, conception, conceptualization, hypothesis, image, notion, theory, view
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Errand
job, charge, commission, message, mission, task
...Go run some errands...
: a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them.
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Perceive
see, behold, discern, discover, espy, make out, note, notice, observe, recognize, spot
- understand, comprehend, gather, grasp, learn, realize
: to understand or think of something or someone in a particular way ⇒ perception
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Impeccable
faultless, blameless, flawless, immaculate, irreproachable, perfect, unblemished, unimpeachable
: without any faults and impossible to criticize Synonym : perfect
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Effortless
easy, painless, plain sailing, simple, smooth, uncomplicated, undemanding
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Elegant
stylish, chic, delicate, exquisite, fine, graceful, handsome, polished, refined, tasteful,attractive
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Dainty
delicate, charming, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, neat, petite, pretty
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Generation
-all people of about the same age.
production, creation, formation, genesis, propagation, reproduction
- age group, breed, crop
- age, epoch.
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Represent
stand for, act for, betoken, mean, serve as, speak for, symbolize
- symbolize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, personify, typify
- portray, denote, depict, describe, illustrate, outline, picture, show
; SPEAK FOR SOMEBODY.
;Symbol.
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Phase
stage, chapter, development, juncture, period, point, position, step, time.
one of the stages of a process of development or change.
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Ripped jeans
شلوار پاره
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dive into something
to start something enthusiastically without first thinking about it.
Dive into the actual; شیرجه زدن در واقعیت
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Lastes for a long time
مدت زیادی طول میکشه یا عمر میکنه
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Elegance
style, dignity, exquisiteness, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, luxury, refinement, taste
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Alteration
change, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, difference, modification, reformation, revision, transformation, variation
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Victims
casualty, fatality, martyr, sacrifice, scapegoat, sufferer
Related Idioms: easy mark, easy pickings
Related Words: quarry
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Strand
one of the parts of a story, idea, plan etc
strand of thought/opinion/argument
-Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.
-a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etc
“strand of”
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exaggerate
overstate, amplify, embellish, embroider, enlarge, overemphasize, overestimate
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Earnest
serious, grave, intent, resolute, resolved, sincere, solemn, thoughtful
in earnest if something starts happening in earnest, it begins properly – used when it was happening in a small or informal way before:
On Monday your training begins in earnest!
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Jury
A group of often 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not:
the members of the jury
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Bear
support, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold
Sth that is hard to bear.
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Wager
Synonyms:
| - bet, chance, gamble, lay, risk, speculate, stake, venture
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Grave
burying place, crypt, mausoleum, pit, sepulchre, tomb, vault
the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇒ tomb
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Terror
Synonyms:
- fear, alarm, anxiety, dread, fright, horror, panic, shock
- scourge, bogeyman, bugbear, devil, fiend, monster
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Spirit
Those spirits that may inhabit a cemetery must have had a good laugh too.
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Revenge
retaliation, an eye for an eye, reprisal, retribution, vengeance
something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you
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Scarce
rare, few, few and far between, infrequent, in short supply, insufficient, uncommon
if something is scarce, there is not very much of it available:
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Moisture
damp, dew, liquid, water, wetness
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Desert
صحرا- شایستگی- رهاکردن- فرار کردن
abandon, abscond, forsake, jilt, leave, leave stranded, maroon, quit, strand
wilderness, solitude, waste, wasteland, wilds
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Convention
custom, code, etiquette, practice, propriety, protocol, tradition, usage
- agreement, bargain, contract, pact, protocol, treaty
- assembly, conference, congress, convocation, council, meeting
a large formal meeting for people who belong to the same profession or organization or who have the same interests.
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Publisher
a person or company whose business is to arrange the writing, production, and sale of books, etc.
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Encyclopedia
a book or CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject.
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Put out (a book)
annoy, anger, exasperate, irk, irritate, nettle, vex
- extinguish, blow out, douse, quench
- inconvenience, bother, discomfit, discommode, impose upon, incommode, trouble
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Win over
convince, bring or talk round, convert, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway
Win over to do or believe: persuade
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Sinking
درحال غرق شدن.
No one could persuade the captain to leave the sinking ship.
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Flour
ارد
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Vapor
moisture in the air that can be seen
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Eliminate
Omit, get rid of
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Mist
fog, cloud, film, haze, smog, spray, steam, vapour
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Recline
lean, lie (down), loll, lounge, repose, rest, sprawl
Reclining chairs
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Villain
a bad person or criminal: a very wicked person.
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Cellar
a room under a house or other building, often used for storing things Synonym : basement: a coal cellar
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Trapping
An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; a caparison. Often used in the plural
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Swamp
bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, quagmire, slough
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Utilize
use, avail oneself of, employ, make use of, put to use, take advantage of, turn to account.
to use something for a particular purpose.
We must consider how best to utilize what resources we have.
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Border
Synonyms:
- frontier, borderline, boundary, line, march
- edge, bounds, brink, limits, margin, rim, verge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- edge, bind, decorate, fringe, hem, rim, trim
the official line that separates two countries, states, or areas, or the area close to this line; حاشیه، لبه
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Leftover
remnant, oddment, scrap
remaining after all the rest has been used, taken, or eaten.
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Complain
to say that you are annoyed, not satisfied, or unhappy about something or someone ⇒ complaint:
Residents are complaining because traffic in the area has increased.
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Convincing
making you believe that something is true or right.
Synonyms: persuasive, cogent, conclusive, credible, impressive, plausible, powerful, telling
