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platonic

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A platonic relationship or emotion is loving but not sexual: She knew he was attracted to her, but preferred to keep their relationship platonic.

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1 plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc) to feel an unpleasant emotion in a very extreme way When his wife left him, Matt plumbed the very depths of despair. That night they plumbed the depths of treachery(خیانت) and horror, and murdered the king as he slept. 2 to succeed in understanding something completely SYN fathom Psychologists try to plumb the deepest mysteries of the human psyche.

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to fall, plunge

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نظام سرمایه داری Theocracy: ruled by religious leaders Oligarchy: ruled by a small group of people Monarchy: ruled by a king or queen Autocratic: is a dictator ruler Imperial: relating to an empire or emperor سلطنتی Interregnum: when a country has no ruler

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1 allowing liquid, air etc to pass slowly through many very small holes متخلخل porous material 2 easy to pass through or get into something the porous border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

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to talk idly, chatter I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half. idle chatter/talk/gossip (not serious, or not done with any definite intention)

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to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things. like prate or quibble prattle away/on What’s Sarah prattling on about?

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noun like introduction a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about preamble to the preamble to the American Constitution Harding gave him the news without preamble (=without saying anything else before it).

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uncertain. Likely to fall the company’s precarious financial position

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principle basic moral precepts

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something that happened or existed before something else and influenced its development. like prior or preempt Sulphur dioxide is the main precursor of acid rain. Biological research has often been a precursor to medical breakthroughs.

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a prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them The Spider Monkey's prehensile tail, used as a fifth limb.

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a strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen. like presentiment. premonition of a premonition of death premonition that When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger.

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verb نشان از چیزی داشتن to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.

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supernatural 1 beyond what is usual or normal He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness. 2 strange, mysterious, and unnatural the preternatural green light

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to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly like equivocate ‘I’m not sure, ’ he prevaricated.

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1 existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth از اذل بوده the primordial seas 2 primordial feelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like He was driven on by a primordial terror(a feeling of extreme fear).

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honesty I have always found Bentner to be a model of probity in our dealings.

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involving problems and difficult to deal with The reforms could turn out to be highly problematic.

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deep Tolstoy’s experiences of war had a profound effect on his work. a profound sense of guilt

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1 prohibitive costs are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive. 2 a prohibitive rule prevents people from doing things prohibitive regulations

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to increase rapidly By the 1970s, such names were proliferating. The HIV virus is able to proliferate at an astonishing rate.

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inclination, tendency. like penchant the male propensity to fight He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.

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1 correctness of social or moral behaviour OPP impropriety درستی propriety of They discussed the propriety of treating ill children against the wishes of the parents. with propriety They conducted themselves with propriety. 2 → the proprieties (the accepted rules of correct social behaviour)

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frugal (Prudent especially with money)

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very careful to behave correctly and follow rules. تابع قانون punctilious about Joe was always punctilious about repaying loans.

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Like piquant 1 having a strong taste or smell pungent smell/aroma/odour etc the pungent odour of garlic 2 formal pungent speech or writing is clever and direct, and usually criticizes someone or something strongly He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.

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cowardly. Like craven Others would see the acceptance of this bounded walking environment as timid and pusillanimous.

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Claim to be or do something even if it is not true. Two undercover officers purporting to be dealers infiltrated the gang. The document is purported to be 300 years old.

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