18 Flashcards

(45 cards)

0
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picky

A

سخت پسند

But I guess I can’t afford to be too picky

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host

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My family hosted a few foreign exchange students

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end up

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You’d probably end up with a bit of everything rather than a regular spot.

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sunspot

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لكه خورشيد

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4
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heavenly

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اسماني

Heavenly objects.

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5
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flaw and blemish

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without any flaws or blemishes

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Crossing

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like shadows of planets crossing the Sun’s face

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prevailing

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رايج

So that was a problem for the prevailing view.

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8
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lopsided

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then later it would become more lopsided,

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9
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Breakthrough

A

Breakthrough

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10
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account for

A

Explain

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11
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bust

A

تنديس نيمه تنه

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commemorate

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We’ve already looked at portrait sculpture which are busts created to commemorate people who had died

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relief

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relief sculpture

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14
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conquer

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and in 300 years they had conquered most of the Mediterranean area and parts of Europe

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Impress

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It’s probably fair to say that the Romans were impressed be Greek art and culture

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16
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statue

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statues

تنديس و مجسمه

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17
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prevalent

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Prevailing

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18
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contemporary

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But finally some contemporary art historians have challenged this view

19
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plaster casts

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Then they shipped these plaster casts to workshops all over the empire

قالب گچي

20
Q

redo

A

redid

I’m glad you redid your outline

21
Q

feed

A

. I fed a few comments, but nothing you have to act on

22
Q

sponsor

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The study is sponsored by a TV network

23
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sell

A

Hey, don’t sell yourself short

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happen to
I happen to be friends with a woman who is doing the TV study.
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spice
ادويه
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aromatic
خوشبو a spice is part of an aromatic plant that is not a leaf or herb
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Tree bark
پوسته درخت
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cinnamon
دارچين
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Boil down
We can boil it down to there general ideas briefly. خلاصه كردن
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fragrance
بوي خوش
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rarity
كميابي
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ambassador
سفير
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bland
The diet then was relatively bland, | بي مزه
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While
after while
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shroud
Their origins were shrouded in exotic travels.
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allure of
They had the allure of the unknown, of wild places.
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perfume
عطر
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repercussion
Repercussion
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patience
n صبر Patient صبور
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easy to spot
difficult / easy to spot Drug addicts are fairly easy to spot.
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beat
how does its heart beat?
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revive
how it revives is pretty amazing too
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thaw
OPP. Freeze
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longevity
ably just a few years but there is no evidence its longevity.