Passage 32 to Flashcards

Question

curb

Answer 1

مهار، جلوگیری و متوقف نمودن "she promised she would curb her temper" کنترل کردن، محدود کردن "- plans to introduce tougher **curbs on** insider dealing"

Answer 2

v: prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. ناکام ماندن، مانع شدن، با شکست مواجه کردن - "the rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather" ---- v: cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something. ناامید کردن و عصبی کردن کسی "it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her" - It frustrates me that I'm not able to put any of my ideas into practice.

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n: a thing aimed at or sought; a goal. هدف

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n: the movement of a large number of people or things or a large amount of money into a place. ورودی، درون ریز، جریان "enormous inflows of foreign investment" "جریان های عظیم سرمایه گذاری خارجی"

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n: a federal agent or official, especially a member of the FBI. فدرال رزرو ( بانک مرکزی آمریکا ) ؛ مأمور اف بی آی

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v: make or become tight or tighter. محکم و سفت کردن - "he tightened up the clips" : "او گیره ها را محکم کرد"

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n: a product or service sold abroad. صادرات

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میزان سود

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adj: attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent. برجسته ترین - Perhaps the most striking feature of this computer is that it is so easy to use. adj2: more attractive than usual. - He's good-looking, but he's not as striking as his brother.

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n: a humorous way of criticizing people or ideas to show that they have faults or are wrong, or a piece of writing or a play that uses this style: نقد طنز گونه - Her play was a biting/cruel satire on life in the 80s. noun2 : satirist طنزپرداز ---- adj: satiric / satirical: To criticise people or idea with humor طنز آمیز ( طنز انتقادی ) - "a New York-based satirical magazine" ---- adv: satirically --- v: satirize: deride and criticize by means of satire. - "the movie satirized the notion of national superiority" انتقاد کردن با طنازی

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v: to shake or move someone or something unpleasantly or violently: تکان دادن، حرکت دادن - The sudden movement jarred his injured ribs.

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n: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. رضایت از وضع موجود ---- adj: complacent: بی تفاوت - you can't afford to be complacent about security" ---- adv: complacently: خودبینانه، مغرورانه

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n: very polite, honest, and kind behaviour, especially by men towards women جوانمردی (توسط مرد در مقابل زن) - I want her to know that chivalry isn't dead n2: شوالیه

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n: a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value: ادعا، آرزو و مقصد - He has no pretensions for higher office.

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به نمایش درآوردن، به تصویر در آوردن

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n: extreme scarcity of food. drought : خشکسالی ( بی آبی ) famine: قحطی ( مواد غذایی )

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v: say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something. اعتراض کردن - "residents object **to** the volume of traffic"

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adj: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. زیبایی "the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure" --- n1: aesthete: شخصی که زیبایی رو میفهمه و ازش لذت میبره n2: علاقمندی به هنرهای زیبا ---- adv: aesthetically : به شکل خوشایندی به طرز زیبایی

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adj: encouraging or arousing interest or enthusiasm. مهیج

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noun: the quality of being quick and energetic: شور وشوق - نشاط - She climbed the stairs with her usual briskness.

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ph: to remove something from a surface or a place with your hand: کنار زدن - He brushed away a tear.

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n: a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously. بی‍حرمتی، گستاخی، بی‌رحمانه - "an attitude of irreverence towards politicians" ---- adj: irreverent بی‌ادبانه، بی‌رحمانه irreverent thoughts --- adv: irreverently

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v: to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you: بالا رفتن، تلاش برای تکان خوردن - **scramble up/over** She scrambled up the steep hillside and over the rocks. v2: to compete with other people for something there is very little of: تقلا، تلاش - People are scrambling to buy property before prices rise even further. v3: - scramble = کد شده یا قفل شده ( مربوط به شبکه های ماهواره که قبلا رایگان بودند اما حالا کد گذاری شده اند. ----- n1:an act of hurrying دستپاچگی As soon as the plane landed there was a mad/wild scramble **to** get out. n2: a hurried attempt to get something: تلاش برای بدست اوردن چیزی --- موضوع؟

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adj: not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something. ناسازگار، ناهماهنگ - So how do animals cope with these very incongruent needs between the sexes? - **seem incongruous** It seems incongruous to have a woman as the editor of a men's magazine. ---- n: incongruity تناقص، ناهمسان --- adv: incongruously بطور ناجوریا ناسازگار - The soldiers had roses incongruously stuck behind their ears.

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n: the fact of putting things that are not similar next to each other مجاورت - the juxtaposition **of** two very different cultures --- v juxtapose: در کنار هم قرار دادن (چیزهای نامشابه) - The exhibition juxtaposes Picasso's early drawings **with** some of his later works. ---- adj: juxtaposed: مجاور، کنار هم

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n: a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and has no meaning because it has been said so many times before: جمله ی کلیشه ای . حرف کلیشه ای - They nodded at every platitude about making sacrifices today for a better tomorrow. - abstract platitude: مکررات انتزاعی، ابتذال ---- adj: platitudinous پیش پا افتاده، کلیشه‌ای

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n: something that causes growth or activity: محرک، انگیزه - Foreign investment has been a stimulus **to** the industry. n2: stimulation : تحریک ---- v1: stimulate: to encourage something to grow, develop, or become active: تحریک کردن (برای رشد) برانگیختن، انگیزه دادن، تشویق کردن - he government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy. v2: to make someone excited and interested about something: تشویق کردن - Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think. ------- adj: stimulating مشوث -"a rich and stimulating working environment"

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v: to push something or someone with your finger or with a pointed object: هُل دادن با انگشت یا یک چیز تیز - I prodded her in the back to get her attention. v2: to encourage someone to take action, especially when they are being slow or unwilling: ترغیب کردن، یاد آوری کردن - He gets things done, but only after I've **prodded** him **into** doing them. --- encouragement to do something: give a prod ترغیب

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adj: making a show of being morally superior to other people. مقدس نما "what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first?"

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ناقص، جزئی طرفدارانه تا حدی

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v: regard something as being caused by. ارتباط دادن، مربوط دانستن - "he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director" --- attribution: ویژگی - "the attribution of human emotions to inanimate objects" ------ adj: attributable: قابل اسناد، ناشی adj2: ن) وصفی، توصیفی، صفت وصفی --- adv :attributively: به طور اسنادی

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آرزو ایده ال

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غیرمعمولی، شگفت انگیز

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v: come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble. تشکیل جلسه دادن، جمع کردن، شکل دادن - The council will be convening on the morning of the 25th. ----

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