New Words 3 Flashcards
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to start an activity with a particular aim
set out
➡ She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
➡ They set out to discover a cure for cancer.
➡ So many young people set out to change the world.
to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose
drift (v.)
drift around/along etc
➡Jenni spent the year drifting around Europe.drift into
➡I just drifted into teaching, really.
⛥drift away
➡The others drifted away. Melanie stayed.
⛥drift from something to something
➡Theconversation driftedfrom one topic to another.
⛥let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift
➡Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk.
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He’s just drifting. He seems to have no aims in life at all.
pursue the matter/argument/question etc
to continue trying to find out about or persuade someone about a particular subject
ادامه دادن - تلاش برای کسب اطلاعات کردن
➡Janet did not darepursue the matter further.
➡The defence pursued the question of Dr Carrington’s state of mind.
stronglyaffectinghow asituationwillprogressor end:
➡ Theseresultscouldprovedecisive inestablishingthe criminal’sidentity.
➡ a decisiverole
➡ a decisivevictory
➡ This decisivedefeatputs them out ofcontentionfor this year’schampionshipfinals.
⛥ decisive factor/effect/influence etc
➡ Women canplay a decisive rolein the debate over cloning.
⛥decisive action/steps
➡We willtake decisive stepstowards political union with Europe.
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decisive
(adjective)
UK/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/US/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
ableto makedecisions quicklyandconfidently, or showingthisquality:
You need to be more decisive.
a decisivereply
Opposite
indecisive
قاطع
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➡ If we hadactedearlierand more decisively(= morequicklyandeffectively)it might not have come to this.
➡ We had toactquicklyand decisively to put out thefire.
beauteous
/ˈbjuːtiəs/adjective(literary)
beautiful
➡the beauteous Helen of Troy
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beautician
/bjuːˈtɪʆn/noun
[C]someone whose job is to give beauty treatments to your skin, hair etc
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hairdresser
a person who cuts, washes, and arranges people’s hair in particular styles
➡ I have a hairdresser’s appointment this afternoon.
barber
a man whose job is to cut men’s hair and sometimes to shave them
➡ How often do you go the barber’s?
stylist
someone who cuts or arranges people’s hair as their job
➡ Renee was the top stylist at the salon.
(formal)accepted or considered to be correct by most people
re‧ceived
/rɪˈsiːvd/adjective[only before noun
⛥ received opinion/wisdom etc (=the opinion most people have)
➡ The received wisdom is that he will retire within the next year.
on a heroic scale/of heroic proportions
very large or great
➡ a battle on a heroic scale
➡ heroic scale accessories
famous :
celebrated
/ ˈseləbreɪtəd, ˈselɪbreɪtəd / adjective
➡ a celebrated actress
➡ a celebrated legal case
celebrate
observe
> > > Next Friday we will observe a religious holiday.
> > > ## United Nations Day has been observed on October 24 since 1948 and celebrates the objectives and accomplishments of the organization, which was established on October 24, 1945.An Observed Holiday is when a public holiday is celebrated which might not be the actual event’s anniversary date.
For example, if July 4th (Independence Day) falls on a Saturday, it is “observed” on the Friday before as a holiday (and is usually a day off work).
something you do as part of a ceremony, especially a religious ceremony
observance / əbˈzɜːv ə ns $ -ɜːr- / noun
مناسبات
+ observance of
»> the observance of a peace agreement
»> the strict observance of Islam
»> the Memorial Day observance
> > > religious observances
Veterans Day observances
a feeling of doubt because you do not agree completely with a plan, idea, or suggestion
reservation/ ˌrezəˈveɪʃ ə n $ -zər- / noun
+ have/express reservations (about something)
»> I had serious reservations about his appointment as captain.
> > > ## We condemn their actions without reservation (= completely - =without a doubt) .4 [ countable ] American English an area of land where wild animals can live without being hunted SYN reserve , preserve American English :
a wildlife reservation
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COLLOCATIONS
VERBS
have reservations
➡ I have reservations about her work.
express reservations (= say that you have reservations ) ➡ I did not think it wise to express my reservations.
ADJECTIVES
some/certain reservations
➡ Despite some reservations, I recommend this book.
serious/grave reservations
➡ They had serious reservations about the plan.
strong reservations
➡ Five of the committee members expressed strong reservations about the product’s safety.
considerable reservations
➡ We have considerable reservations about the government’s economic proposals.
a minor reservation (= not serious or important )
➡ I voted “yes”, although I had a few minor reservations.
a major reservation (= serious or important )
➡ We have major reservations about his ability to do the job.
someone who eats too much
glutton / ˈɡlʌtn / noun [ countable ]
> > > ## Uncle Richard was a glutton who ate everything in sight.2 “a glutton for punishment”
someone who seems to enjoy working hard or doing something unpleasant
gluttony / ˈɡlʌt ə ni / noun [ uncountable ]
formal
the bad habit of eating and drinking too much SYN greed
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greed / ɡriːd / noun [ uncountable ]
a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need
SYN avarice :
»> people motivated by jealousy and greed
sparkling
/ˈspɑːklɪŋ$ˈspɑːr-/adjective
1)shining brightly with points of flashing light
➡a sparkling blue lake
2)very clean, and seeming to shine brightly
➡a sparkling white beach
➡asparkling cleankitchen
……. experiences or ideas are beyond normal human understanding and experience
transcendental
/ trænsendentl◂ / adjective
> > > ## transcendental harmonytranscendental meditation noun [ uncountable ]
a method of becoming calm by repeating particular words in your mind
نمک پاش
فواره آب پاشی چمن ها
saltshaker
sprinkler
to look after someone in a way that is very kind or too kind :
spoil S3 / spɔɪl / verb
> > > She’s an only child, but they didn’t really spoil her.
His mother and sisters spoil him rotten (= spoil him very much ) .
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You’ll have to let me spoil you on your birthday.
+ spoil yourself
Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.
spoil/ruin your appetite (= make you not feel like eating a meal )
»> Don’t give the children any more sweets – it will spoil their appetite.
run-down
adjective
1)a building or area that is run-down is in very bad condition
➡a run-down inner-city area
2)[not before noun]someone who is run-down is tired and not healthy
➡You look a bit run-down.
somebody’s …..thoughts or feelings inside your head which seem to warn or advise you
inner voice
➡ My inner voice told me to be cautious.
community relations
〰〰 Social responsibility
the relationship that a company, organization, etc. has with the people who live in the area in which it operates:
➡ “Great community relations are part of the team’s marketing plan,” Carter said.
➡ A comprehensive community relations program can help any organization achieve visibility within its community.
⛥ build/improve community relations
➡ Their problem is how to build community relations when they are only able to employ a small proportion of the local population.
deserving praise, even if not completely successful
laudable
/ˈlɔːdəbl$ˈlɒːd-/adjective(formal)
🔺 SYNpraiseworthy
➡a laudable attempt
➡ a laudable aim
laudatory / lɔdət ə ri $ lɒdətɔri / adjective
(formal )
expressing praise :
➡ a laudatory biography
pension
S2W2/ˈpenʆn/noun[C]
an amount of money paid regularly by the government or company to someone who does not work any more, for example because they have reached the age when people stop working or because they are ill
➡At what age can you startdrawingyourpension?
➡If you are self-employed, you should think abouttaking outaprivate pension.
➡Many people find it hard to live on a basicstate pension.
➡Shepaysa quarter of her salaryintoapension plan.
to feel sorry for someone because you understand their problems
sympathize
alsosympathise(BrE)/ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/
verb[I]
➡I sympathize, but I don’t know how to help.
🔺 sympathize with
➡I can sympathize with those who have lost loved ones.
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2)to support someone’s ideas or actionssympathize with
➡ The public sympathized with the miners’ strike.
(formal)
to be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops
underlie
/ ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər- / verb
( past tense underlay / -ˈleɪ / ,
past participle underlain / -ˈleɪn /
➡ the one basic principle that underlies all of the party’s policies
➡ Social problems and poverty underlie much of the crime in today’s big cities.
➡ The soil is underlain by hard clay.
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Adj. ➡ underlying
the cause, idea etc that is the most important, although it is not easily noticed
⛥ underlying cause/principle/problem/aim etc
➡the underlying causes of her depression
➡There is anunderlying assumptionthat younger workers are easier to train.
