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View

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to look at sth

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Content

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Happy and satisfied

*Andy was a good husband, and Nicky was clearly very content.

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Instruct

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Teach

*Employees are instructed how to make a complaint.

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Represent

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to speak or act for a person or group

*Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.

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Stroll

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To walk slowly and calmly

*We were strolling along, laughing and joking.

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Bilingual

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A bilingual person can speak 2 languages.

*Louis is virtually bilingual in Dutch and German.

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Dash

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To run or move quickly

*Olive dashed into the room, grabbed her bag, and ran out again.

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Gulf

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A gap between people who don’t understand each other.

*A growing gulf between old and young

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Tense

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not relaxed

*Is anything wrong? You look a little tense.

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Vague

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Not clear

*His answer about his mother’s health was vague.

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Ingredient

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One of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish

*The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.

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Claim

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Say sth that is true.
claim to do sth

ادعا کردن

*The group claimed responsibility for the bombings.

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Contribute

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To help to make something happen (causing sth)

To give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in

  • The volunteers contribute their own time to the project.
  • Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.
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14
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Contrast

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Sharp difference between 2 things

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Propose

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To suggest

*In his speech he proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment.

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Require

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to need something

*Campbell’s broken leg will probably require surgery.

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Tear

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to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch

  • Be careful not to tear the paper.
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Primary

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most important thing

*his primary thoughts are about money

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Appeal

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To appeal to someone is to be interesting or attractive.

sleeping all day appeals to me.

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Dull

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not interesting or exciting

*the movie was very dull, I fell asleep during watching it.

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Embarrass

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To make someone feel ashamed.

He was embarrassed when he couldn’t remember her name.

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22
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Fare

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amount of money paid to use a bus.

since she is a senior, my grandmother pays a low fare.

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23
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Practical

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Useful

*Learning English is practical, you can use it everywhere.

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24
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Treasure

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Collection of valuable things like jewels or gold.

گنج

*They became rich when they found the buried treasure.

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Urge

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to strongly suggest that someone does something
اصرارکردن
*He urged them to believe his story.
*Maria from the student service urged me not to object to my visa application.

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Description

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it says what someone or something are like.

*I gave a description of man with the gun and hat to the police.

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Outline

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the plan for a story or a play.

Before writing the essay, I made the outline. (خلاصه)

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Consume

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to eat or drink sth.

Jack consumed a whole pot of spaghetti.

29
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Excite

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to excite someone is to make them happy.and interested.

30
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Fortunate

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lucky (adj.)

31
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Wonder

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to ask yourself questions

to have a need to know.

32
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Beat

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to beat someone is to do better than they do.

*I managed to beat everyone in the race.

33
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Puddle

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a small pool of liquid, especially rainwater

گودال

34
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response

A

واکنش دادن

35
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respond

A

پاسخ دادن

36
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Injustice

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not fair

37
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Though

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Used to introduce a statement that makes the main statement coming after it seem surprising, unlikely, or unexpected

*Though she’s almost 40, she still plans to compete.

38
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Charge

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the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services

*There is a charge for the use of the swimming pool

39
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Comfort

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To comfort someone is to make them feel better.

*I wanted to comfort my friend after I heard bad news.

40
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Set

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To set sth is to put it somewhere.

*The workmen set the box down carefully on the floor.

41
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Advance

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to go forward

*the enemy’s advance on St. Petersburg

42
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Pole

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a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something (ستون - دسته بلند چیزی)

*The flag pole

43
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Web

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The home of a spider

44
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Critic

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Someone who gives opinions about movies, books, plays, etc.

*A wine critic

45
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Cheer

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To give a loud shout of approval or encouragement.

46
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Strike

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To strike people or things is to hit them.

*she struck the other girl in the face.

47
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Unite

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To unite is to get together to do sth.
بهم پیوستن

*if we unite, we can finish our project faster.

48
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Term

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A term is a word for sth.

*I often use the term oops when i make mistake.
term pashmam.
اصطلاح

49
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Associate

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To associate means to connect sth with a person or thing. (مرتبط دانستن)

*Most people associate birthday parties with having fun.
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50
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Instance

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An example of sth.
an example of a particular kind of situation

*These three cases are instances of a civilization working over its own heritage something rarely brought fully to light.

51
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Populate

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populate an are means to live there.

52
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Populate

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if people populate an area, they live there.

*The highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers.

53
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Wide

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measuring a large distance from one side to the other

*How wide is the door?

53
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Wide

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If sth is wide, it is large from side to side.

54
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Further

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it means at or from a greater distance or time.

*The escalator is further than I thought.

55
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Imply

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To imply something is to suggest it without saying it.

اشاره ضمنی

*He implied he wanted the job, but he didn’t say so.

56
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Coast

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The land by the ocean.

  • I stayed on the southern coast of Australia.
57
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Driveway

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A driveway is a short private road that leads to a persons home.

the long driveway led us to their new house.

58
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Shiver

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A shiver is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.

I got shivers on my way home because it was cold.

58
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Shiver

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A shiver is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.

I got shivers on my way home because it was cold.

59
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Settle

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When you settle sth, you reach an agreement.

*We settled the argument by looking up the answer on the web.

60
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Moderate

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not very large or very small, very hot or very cold, very fast or very slow etc

61
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Fragile

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When people or things are fragile, they are not strong and can be damaged easily.

*The fragile glassware was carefully packed into boxes.

62
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Craft

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v.

To craft sth is to make it using skill.

*She crafted the bookcase out of solid pine wood and then painted it.

63
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Burden

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A burden is a serious or difficult responsibility.
زحمت، بار
*Children who do not behave are a burden to their parents.

64
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Compromise

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To compromise is to agree to sth that is not exactly what you want.

*We both compromised about game we decided to play.

65
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Ahead

A

in front of

66
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Demonstrate

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To demonstrate sth is to show how it is done.

شرح دادن

*She demonstrated her plan to her co-workers.

67
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Idiom

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An idiom is a phrase with meaning difficult from its word.

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