Chapter 3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Dash
He was quite unable to make a dash for liberty
ناگهان و به سرعت حرکت کردن
ناامید کردن؛ دلشکسته کردن
Lapel
he had a firm grip of the lapel of Lord Caterham’s coat.
برگردان یقه
imperially
My dear man, I put it to you imperially
پادشاهانه
شاهنشاهانه
wriggle
Lord Caterham wriggled uneasily.
حرکت مارپیچ
وول خوردن
wriggle
Lord Caterham wriggled uneasily.
حرکت مارپیچ
وول خوردن
pretext
The shooting, of course, is not really important. It’s only the pretext, as it were.
بهانه عذر
Bona fide
just to give the thing a bona fide appearance.
واجد شرایط: qualified, eligible, bona fide
باحسن نیت: bona fide
جدی:
contretemps
No, no, I mean this unfortunate contretemps”⸺ he lowered his voice to a mysterious whisper—“the memoirs—Count Stylptitch’s memoirs.
بدشانسی
رویداد ناگوار
Discretion
Discretion, I beg of you. Above all things, discretion.”
احتیاط
بصیرت
tyranny
Why replace the present broad-minded and democratic form of Government by an obsolete tyranny
ظلم
حکومت ستمگری
Sheer
Suppose that in sheer malice he has set the whole thing down for the world to read. T
ظریف
یک راست، مستقیما
Malice
Suppose that in sheer malice he has set the whole thing down for the world to read.
بدخواهی
بداندیش
mischief
If he didn’t mean mischief, why did he send the manuscript to London in this roundabout way?”
شیطنت
اذیت
شیطنت کردن
roundabout
If he didn’t mean mischief, why did he send the manuscript to London in this roundabout way?”
غیر مستقیم،در مسیر قوسدار
defer
beg him to defer publication of the memoirs for at least a month
به تاخیر انداختن
judiciously
and in any case to permit them to be judiciously—er—edited
با قاعده
Flatter
He’d be flattered, naturally, at being asked to meet Prince Michael
چاپلوسی کردن
خرسند شدن
Tackle
Somebody else has got to tackle him.”
از عهده برامدن
نخ و قرقره
Tackle
Somebody else has got to tackle him.”
از عهده برامدن
نخ و قرقره
Poise
We need someone with savoir faire, poise, knowledge of the world
متانت
Nuisance
A nuisance, an abominable nuisance.
مزاحمت بلا
abominable
A nuisance, an abominable nuisance.
به طور نفرت انگیز، مزخرف
abominable
A nuisance, an abominable nuisance.
به طور نفرت انگیز، مزخرف