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Injunction

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Anofficialordergiven by alawcourt, usually tostopsomeone from doing something:

[+ to infinitive]Thecourthasissuedan injunctiontopreventtheairlinefromincreasingitsprices.
قرار منع

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Charge
Convict
Allege
Accuse
Indict/indictment
Sentence

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Charge [wagon, car] > not guilty, burden of proof on the government,
Convict [victory] > guilty, proof beyond a reasonable doubt,
Allege/allegation > statement not yet proved,
Accuse >
Indict > کیفرخواست
Sentence [opinion, sense] > the convicted is issued with a formal judgement,

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Commensurate (with)

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In acorrectandsuitabeamountcomparedto somethingelse:

asalarythat is commensuratewithskillsandexperience

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1 Ounce /oz
1 Pound/lb

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1 oz is 28 GM
1 lb is 454 GM
> 1 lb = 16 oz

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Crumple sth up

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Sylviecrumpledup theletterandthrewit in thebin.
مچاله کردن

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Squeeze
Squash
Crush
Crumple

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All finger and foot actions

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Splurge

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Spend lavishly

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Griddle

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Pan

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Thumbtack

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پونز سرگرد

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Awning
Sunblind

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Mortar and pestle

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Silver Bullet

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asimplesolutionto acomplicatedproblem:

There was nosilverbulletthat could havepreventedtheatrocities.

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Torpid

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Lazy

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Youth on your side

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دارای عنصر جوانی

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15
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Wag it

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Be absent from school

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Requite /rikwait/

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~ed love is not enough to sustain a long-term relationship
جبران کردن

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17
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Offset against tax

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18
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Specially
Especially

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For specific purposes: This is specially designed for you!
Particularly: I like flowers especially rose

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Trounce :
todefeatacompetitorby alargeamount:

France trounced Germanybyfivegoalsto one in thequalifyingmatch.

She trounced herrivalsin theelection.

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Annihilate :
todestroysomethingcompletelyso that nothing isleft:

acityannihilated by anatomicbomb

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20
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Masquerade/-r/

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تظاهر

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Swindle

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to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them:

They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.

The wealthy banker was ultimately convicted of swindling investors.

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Adolescent /-l/

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Insinuate

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To suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:

[ + (that) ] Are you insinuating (that) I’m losing my nerve?
What are you insinuating, Daniel?

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24
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Module

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پودمان

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25
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Prerogative

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Privilege
Alex makes all decisions. That’s a ~ as a CEO.

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26
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Calumny

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Hatchet job
افترا، بهتان

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27
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Abominate
Abomination

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To hate sth a lot = abhor /-or/, detest /-i/
تنفر داشتن
Abhorrence= look at sb with ~ = loathing , detestation
انزجار ، عمل شنیع

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28
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Abominable /e’b/

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~ condition of the jail
Syn. =
Abysmal
Horrendous
Atrocious
Horrid = horrible
Grim
Dreadful
Dire
Frightful
Terrible
Awful

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29
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Indemnity

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Protection against loss or damage
تاوان ، غرامت

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30
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‘Permeate

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To spread , to pervade /per’veid/, diffuse
The smell of beer ~d the whole building
TV is a tool to diffuse knowledge

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31
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Chastity

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As a monk, he took vows of ~, poverty and obedience پرهیزکاری ، عفت
Ask: chaste پاکدامن، عفیف

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32
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Debauchery

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/-boch/
عیاشی ، میگساری ، شهوترانی
V: debauch = destroy

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33
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Warrant

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V: Justify: what she did was wrong but I don’t think it warranted such a sever punishment لزوم چیزی را نشان دادن

N: Official doc to search sb’s house or arrest them حکم بازداشت

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34
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Unwarranted # warranted

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Unnecessary, groundless # justifiable

نابجا
توجیه ناپذیر

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35
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Ground zero

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Mecca
The exact place where a nuclear bomb explodes

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36
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Brazen

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obvious, without anyattemptto behidden:

> brazencheating

> He told me a brazenlie.

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37
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Visceral

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basedondeepfeelingandemotionalreactionsratherthan onreasonorthought:

visceralhatred/excitement

Hisapproachtoacting is visceralratherthanintellectual.

فطری، امعا و احشایی
Viscera اندرونه ، امعا و احشا

Incl. Lungs, liver, spleen, bladder

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38
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Reprieve

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an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner:

He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute reprieve.
تعویق، تعلیق، مهلت

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39
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Guerdon

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Reward

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40
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Commensurate

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in acorrectandsuitableamountcomparedto somethingelse:

asalarythat is commensuratewithskillsandexperience

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41
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Insinuate

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tosuggest, without beingdirect, that somethingunpleasantistrue:

[+ (that)]Are you insinuating(that)I’mlosingmynerve?

What are you insinuating, Daniel?

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42
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Swindle

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to getmoneydishonestlyfrom someone bydeceivingorcheatingthem:

They swindledlocalbusinessesout ofthousands ofdollars.

Thewealthybankerwasultimatelyconvictedof swindlinginvestors.

تلکه کردن، بالا کشیدن

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43
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Silver bullet

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Simple solution

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44
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Wring
P, pp > wrung

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totwistaclothorpieceofclothingwithyourhandstoremovewaterfrom it:

She wrung out theshirtandhungit out todry.

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45
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Crumple sth up

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tocrushapieceofpaperuntil all of it isfolded:

Sylviecrumpledup theletterandthrewit in thebin.

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46
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Vouchsafe

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vouchsafe

verb[T]

formal

UK

/ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/US

/ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/

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totellor give something to someone:

He vouchsafed theinformationthat themeetinghad beenpostponed.

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47
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it’s the same old story
Same old

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همون قصه ی همیشکی

idiominformal

Add to word list

C1

said whentalkingabout abadsituationthat hashappenedmanytimesbefore:

It’s the sameoldstory- therichgetricherand thepoorgetpoorer.

Same old مثل همیشه
طبق معمول ، در جواب چه خبر

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48
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Recidivism

/rɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vɪ.zəm/

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theactofcontinuingtocommitcrimesevenafter having beenpunished:

Thisprogramisaimedatreducingrecidivism.

Recidivismratesare 25percentlowerforoffenderswho getstructuredtreatment.

بازگشت به جنایت
تکرار جرم

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49
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Squalor

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unpleasant, often because oflackofmoney:

Thesepeopleareforcedtolivein squalor.

It was adirty,damp,smellyflat- theusualstudentsqualor.

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50
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Whip sth up

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to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something:

She criticized the organization for trying to whip up anti-immigrant prejudice.

He was trying to whip up some enthusiasm for the project.

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51
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Whip sth up

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Encourage people to have specific feelings

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52
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Proponent

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opponent

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53
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Whip oneself into a frenzy

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54
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Rebut
Refute

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55
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Deluge

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A ~ of sth:

a verylargeamountofrainorwater:

This littlestreamcanbecomea deluge when itrainsheavily.

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56
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Posh

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(ofplacesand things)expensiveand of highquality:

Hetakesher to some really poshrestaurants.

57
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Backlash

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واکنش منفی، واپس زنی
Negative effects

58
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Hillbilly

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apersonfrom amountainousareaof the US who has asimpleway oflifeand isconsideredto beslightlystupidbypeoplelivingintownsandcities

59
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Slander

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Libel

60
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Stoke up

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1- toaddfuelto alargefireandmovethefuelaround with astickso that itburnswell andproducesa lot ofheat:

Once thefirehad been stoked up, theroombeganto getwarm.

2- toencouragebadideasorfeelingsin a lot ofpeople:

He’s beenaccusedof stoking upracialhatredin theregion.

Rumours of anemergencymeetingof thefinancecommitteestoked theatmosphereofcrisis.

61
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Goad

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تحریک کردن ، سیخ کردن

62
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Ground zero

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کانون فاجعه
کانون فعالیت

63
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Fend for yourself

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to takecareof andprovidefor yourself withoutdependingon anyoneelse:

Thecorporationwill nolongerreceiveagovernmentsubsidy, and must fend for itselffinancially.

64
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Supplant

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= Replace
Supersede

65
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Contingent
Contingency

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Group لشگر
~ on : depending on مشروط به
پیشامدها ، احتمال ها ، رویدادهای احتمالی

66
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Delirium

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هزیان، روان آشفتگی

67
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Frenzy

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آشفته بازار ، شور و هیجان

68
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Peddler

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دستفروش

69
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Dear knell

A

awarningof the end of something:

Theopeningof thesuperstorewillsound/tollthedeathknellfor(=causethefailureof)hundreds ofsmallindependentshops.

ناقوس مرگ

70
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Irate /ai’reit/

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apoplectic

adjective

UK

/ˌæp.əˈplek.tɪk/US

/ˌæp.əˈplek.tɪk/

extremelyandobviouslyangry:

He was apoplecticwithrage/fury.

خشمگین

71
Q

Hunter-gatherer

A

شکارچی

72
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Disconcerting

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disconcert

verb[IorT]

UK

/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜːt/US

/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝːt/

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to make someonefeelsuddenlyuncertainandworried:

Thewholeexperiencehad disconcerted him.

آزار دهنده
نگران کننده
ناخوشایند

73
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Unequivocal

A

~ condemnation of violence
~ support

(Clear and confirm)
بی چون و چرا
صریح

74
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Admonish

A

~sb for sth > criticise سرزنش کردن
~him to work hard > advise توصیه کردن

75
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Woke

A

Aware
~ woke

76
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Spin

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Positive spin
جلوه دادن

77
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Throbbing

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~ headache

78
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A new lease of life

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An energetic situation

79
Q

Sputnik

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Co-wayfarer
همسفر

80
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Hot air

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Nonsense

81
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Yammer

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Talk for a long time consecutively
ضجه کردن، وراجی کردن

82
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Uncharted

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Completely new and not described before
ناشناخته ، نامکشوف

83
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Plume

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Large feather
Massive clouds > a ~ of dust, smoke

84
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Decimate

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To kill a large number of sth

85
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Evanescent

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Short-lived, momentary
Ephemeral

86
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Drawl

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Speak slowly with prolonged vowels
کش دار صحبت کردن

87
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‘Obsolete (adj)
Obsolescence (n)

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not in use any more, having beenreplacedby somethingnewerandbetteror morefashionable:

Gaslampsbecameobsolete whenelectriclightingwasinvented.

88
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Inoculate

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To give a weak form of disease to a person as a protective measurement against a disease
مصون سازی
ایمن سازی

89
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Flam’boyance
Flam’boyant

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Confident in behaviour
Being very noticeable
پر زرق و برق ،

90
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Should the need arise
If the need arises

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در صورت نیاز

91
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Arise
Rise
Raise

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Arise, arose, arisen
Literary and formal usually with abstract nouns,
- An opportunity arose
- The problem has arisen /eraizen/
- I arose early yesterday

Rise, rose, risen /rizen/
Intransitive verb, which means to ‘go up’
- The sun rises
- Food prices rose recently
- Rents have risen

Raise, raised, raised
Transitive verb, means to ‘lift’
- Raise your hand
- They have raised the price

92
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Expurgate

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Remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered offensive
= bowdelrise

93
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Mar

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To spoil sth,
The text is ~red by errors
My day/enjoyment of the evening was ~red by

94
Q

Corroborate

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‘r
Recent research ~s my theory.
تصدیق کردن
پشتیبانی کردن

95
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Indivisible

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~part of
~from

96
Q

‘Legible #i’llegible

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‘Eligible # i’neligible

97
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Le’gitimate

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Ille’gitimate

98
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Layaway

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Lay-by

99
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Uncanny

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Strange and mysterious
عجیب غریب
رازآلود

100
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Canny

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زیرک

101
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Gouge
Price-gouging

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To dig or cut into sth in a violent way
انداختن به مشتری

102
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Der Mensch ist was er isst!

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The man is what he eats!

103
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Seethe

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I was seething (being angry)
خونم به جوش اومد

Streets were seething (busy and crowded) with tourists
پرتلاطم

Grey ocean seethed
غل خوردن

104
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Vulture

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کرکس
لاشخور
Sb who is eager to take advantage of people when they are weak

105
Q

Chew your cud

A

نشخوار
Think slowly and carefully about sth

106
Q

Lame
Lame excuse

A

چلاق
لنگ
بهانه ی ناپذیرفتنی و الکی

107
Q

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk

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Jewish Community for not eating milk and meat together

108
Q

Lame

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(animals) Not able to walk
Lame excuse : weak
Lamé : type of cloth

109
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Chew your cud

A

Think slowly and carefully about sth

110
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Ignominy

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Public embarrassment

111
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Attire

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Apparel, Old use or formal: sport ~
Clobber, UK informal : to punish, harm
Garb, Literary : prison ~
Gear, informal : camping ~
Raiment, Old use
Togs, UK informal : we were ~ged up in walking gear

112
Q

Imprecation
Cursing
Invective
Malediction

A

Imprecation لعنت
Cursing فحش
Invective توهین
Malediction نفرین

Willem Floor, 2015

113
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Insignia

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Mark of a person belonging to a group,
Royal ~

114
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Pansy /z/

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گل بنفشه
Gay man

115
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Desist

A

Stop doing sth
~ from

116
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Harrowing

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Upsetting

= agonising
Excruciating
Torturous

117
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Grating (sound)

A

Grating > گوش‌خراش
Cacophonous > ناهنجار
Discordant > ناسازگار
Shrill > گوش‌خراش
Strident > گوش خراش
Tuneless > ناموزون ، ناکوک

#

Euphonious > دلپذیر ، خوش‌آوا
Harmonious > موزون ، خوش آهنگ
Melodious > دلپذیر ، خوش‌نوا ، گوش‌نواز
Tuneful > خوش الحان ، خوش نوا
Melodic > خوش آهنگ

118
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Throw/toss your hat into the ring

A

To announce that one is going to enter a contest
وارد کارزار شدن

119
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Chide

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Be’rate انتقاد کردن Formal
Re’buke سرزنش کردن Formal
‘Remonstrate (against) اعتراض کردن
‘Reprimand سرزنش شدن ، توبیخ شدن
Scold > Old> توبیخ کردن ، سرزنش کردن
Lam’baste به شدت انتقاد کردن

120
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Wash your hands of sth

A

Not to be involved in sth anymore or to refuse to do sth with an activity

I’ve washed my hands of this project

121
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Extenuate

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To cause a wrong act to be judged less seriously
تخفیف دادن
Extenuate my offence

122
Q

Don’t bother ❌ making the 🛏️

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Can’t be bothered to make the bed

123
Q

Instill confidence into sb

A

چکاندن
القا کردن .نهادینه کردن فکر و احساس

124
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Reprehensive

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Showing anger and disapproval
ملامت آمیز

125
Q

Reprehend
Reprehension
Reprehensible (~conduct) = deplorable, lamentable نکوهیده، شنیع

A

Criticise
I’m not reprehending anyone
سرزنش کردن
توبیخ کردن

126
Q

Verbosity

A

اطناب
Wordiness
Verbiage
Prolixity
# laconism

127
Q

Renege /ri’neig/

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~on the deal
Break a promise

128
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Apprehensive (about)

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Worried (about)

Noun: Apprehension: #worry or #catching or #understanding
~ of the terrorists
~ before public speaking
~ of the poem of Hafiz / philosophy

129
Q

Throw in the towel

A

Forfeit the match

130
Q

The warp and the weft

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تار و پود

131
Q

Slate
~ of candidates

A

Dark grey rock
List of

132
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Repeal

A

Annul a law by government
Overturn
Rescind
Revoke
Reverse

133
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Reclusive

A

Living alone

134
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Indict

A

Accuse a person of a crime
Be ~ed on a charge
Be ~ed for

135
Q

Infiltrate

A

نفوذ کردن در سازمانی
~ (into) Move slowly into an organisation

136
Q

Throw in the towel

A

Forfeit
Concede

137
Q

Concede

A

Admit
I ~ that I was harsh on you,
Concede the power (=lose or give sth though unwillingly)
Concede a goal (receive a goal)

138
Q

Surreptitious

adjective

UK

/ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/US

/ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/

A

donesecretly, without anyoneseeingorknowing:

Sheseemedto belisteningto what I was saying, but I couldn’thelpnoticingher surreptitiousglancesat theclock.

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