1000 words Flashcards

(53 cards)

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the ? son of a wealthy landowner (lazy)

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indolent

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eagerness and energy (with great ?)

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gusto

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سرود ملی
سرود تو کلیسا
سرود کریسمس
آهنگ خواب بچه

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national anthem
hymn (spell: him)
carol
lullaby

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4
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unpleasant wet and cold weather

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inclement weather

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5
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talkative (a ? old man)

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garrulous

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1- lemon/orange ? پوست لیمو و پرتقال

2) اشتیاق و شوق gusto, eagerness

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zest

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7
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conversations about the most ? subjects

ordinary and not interesting, trivial

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banal bəˈnɑːl

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حرفهای بی مزه تکراری
one ? after another about …
his comments are ?

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platitude

platitudinous

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if an excuse, an argument, someone’s behaviour etc is ? , it has been used so often that it no longer has any effect and is annoying

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wearing thin. That joke is wearing a bit/little thin now, Stuart

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10
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praiseworthy; a ? attempt; the ? performances

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laudable ˈlɒːdəb ə l

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11
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The star player was fined $ 100 when he ? from the training camp?
(went away without permission)

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took French leave

Hey John, don’t do a French Leave after work, we’re all going to happy hour.

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12
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The ? girl on the phone answered most of my questions

liking to talk a lot in a friendly way

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chatty

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These were ? people, well able to deal with the press and media
(able to talk easily and effectively about things, especially difficult subjects)

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articulate

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Cathy’s a real ?.

informal someone, especially a child, who talks a lot

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chatterbox

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if your teeth are ?, you are so cold or frightened that your teeth are knocking together

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chattering

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16
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I had ? politics/ religion.

deliberately avoid doing or using something

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eschewed اجتناب کردن

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17
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a ? note at the end of the letter

having a meaning that is mysterious or not easily understood; ? remark/comment/statement etc

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cryptic

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18
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an ? collector of old jazz records
an ? reader
(doing something as much as possible SYN keen)

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avid

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He’s really ? about his new job. | An ? crowd cheered the team onto the pitch
(showing a lot of interest or excitement about something)

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enthusiastic

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20
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He stormed out in a fit of ?
Nothing can put an avid viewer into a ? more quickly than missing an important contest
(a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because someone has ignored you or insulted you)

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pique piːk

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It is the ? who eschews the amateur variety and watches only the professional games
John, a ? who played seven muscial instruments, couldn’t get a spot in the school band because he didn’t play any single instrument well.
(someone who is not serious about what they are doing or does not study a subject thoroughly) ناشی

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dilettante ˌdɪlɪˈtɑːnti

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22
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The ? fan will watch only his home team play

not usual

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atypical eɪˈtɪpɪk ə l

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a rather ? suburban house
enthusiasts will continue to view the most ? contests
(looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual)

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nondescript ˌnɑːndəˈskrɪpt

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Pigs are ? feeders. Kids can have ? appetites; a ? reader; Anne has always read ?ly
(eating or wanting large quantities of food)

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voracious vɔːˈreɪʃəs

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an ? action is done without thinking about what harm it might cause ? attacks/killing/violence/bombing terrorists responsible for ? killing the ? use of chemical fertilizers
indiscriminate ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət | بی برنامه
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a ? place, team etc is used by or includes people of both sexes
coed
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be ? in history/tradition/politics etc to have a lot of a particular quality : a town ? in history
steeped
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Leave the tea bag to ? (to put food in a liquid and leave it there, so that it becomes soft or has the same taste as the liquid, or so that it gives the liquid its taste)
steep
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She ignored his ? and walked away The programme caused a storm of ? The announcement was met with howls of ? اعتراض
protests
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someone who likes reading very much
bookworm
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the realities of modern ? chemical/nuclear/germ etc ?; trench/jungle/mountain etc ?; guerrilla ? (the activity of fighting in a war – used especially when talking about particular methods of fighting)
warfare
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fighting from long holes dug into the ground
trench warfare
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someone who fights in a war
combatant
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Come on in – you’re ?! I was ? in/with sweat. chips ? in/with vinegar (very wet – used about a person or area after a lot of rain or water has fallen on them )
drenched drentʃt
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It absolutely poured with rain and we got ?. | His shirt was ? with blood (very wet all the way through – used especially about people and their clothes)
soaked
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The game was cancelled because the field was ? | used about ground that has water on its surface because it is so wet that it cannot take in any more
waterlogged
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a modest and ? man ; A good leader is ? enough to get advice from experts. (believing that you are not more important, better, or cleverer than other people, and therefore not expecting to be treated in a special way) فروتن
humble ˈhʌmb ə l
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The worlds of science-fiction ? with wonders; The forests ? with deer, birds, and squirrels; Examples of this ? in her book (to exist in very large numbers)
abound əˈbaʊnd
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a statement about what you think will happen in the future SYN forecast
prognostication / prɒɡˌnɒstəˈkeɪʃ
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an older married woman | a woman who is in charge of women and children in a school or prison
matron / ˈmeɪtrən
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Ray’s very ? and even likes baking cakes (someone who is ? enjoys spending time at home and doing work in the home ) ? animals are able to work for people or live with them as pets
domesticated / dəˈmestəˈkeɪtəd
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1 robot | 2 someone who seems unable to feel emotions or to think about what they are doing
automaton / ɔːˈtɒmətən
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Three armed groups are ?ing for power. Inevitably, fights break out between the members of ?ing groups (to compete against someone in order to gain something)
contend / kənˈtend
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Some astronomers ? that the universe may be younger than previously thought (to argue or state that something is true SYN insist)
contend / kənˈtend
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He ?s that he didn’t see anything. | She ?s to be a descendant of Charles Dickens (to say that something is true, even though it has not been proved)
claim
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Her family began to ? the countryside for a suitable house.
scour / skaʊr
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Ada was ? the pans | to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material SYN scrub
scouring out
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The walls were black with | دوده
grime
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Management ? the idea of job-sharing | to like someone or something
is disposed to
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buffalo
bison / ˈbaɪs ə n
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Hundreds of innocent civilians had been ? by government troops (killed a lot of people in a cruel or violent way )
slaughtered/butchered
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We got ?ed, 110-54 | to defeat an opponent in a sport or game by a large number of points SYN hammer
slaughter
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Hitler’s goal was to ? the Jews | kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist
exterminate