The Last Leaf Flashcards
(92 cards)
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strip
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لخت کردن یا شدن
باریکه
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canvas
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بوم، نقاشی
خیمه‌ی بزرگ
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traverse
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گذشتن
عبور کردن
*how do we traverse the forest?
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quaint
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قدیمی مسلک
غیر عادی
منحصر به فرد
شگفت انگیز
- a quaint sense of humor. یک حس شوخ طبعی عجیب و غریب
- quaint old customs
- a quaint old house.
- a quaint phrase
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prowl
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پرسه زدن
*The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.
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gable
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سه گوشی دیوار
لچکی
دیوار عقب ساختمان
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attic
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اتاق زیر شیروانی
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pewter
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ظرف یا شی ساخته شده از پیوتر
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chafe
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به هم مالیدن (مثلا دست‌ها)
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squatty
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low to the ground
کوتاه و عریض
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brick
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آجر
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bishop
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اسقف
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sleeve
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آستین
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congenial
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هم مشرب، سازگار *congenial friends *congenial tastes دلخواه *a congenial job
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stalk
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شق راه رفتن
باغرور یا وقار گام برداشتن
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import
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1-معنی دادن - دلالت داشتن بر
= meaning=implication
*an action that imports hostility عملی که دال بر خصومت است
*what was the real import of his statement? معنی واقعی اظهارات او چه بود؟
2-اهمیت داشتن، مهم بودن
= concern=worth
*it imports little that we are early or late
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concern
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1-وابسته بودن به، مربوط بودن به
=Aabout
*the story was concerned with the consequences of war
*it does not concern you
*Don’t interfere in what doesn’t concern you.
*To whom it may concern… (= used for
2- نگران کردن، دلواپس کردن
نگرانی، دلواپسی
*his parents were concerned about his health
*What concerns me is our lack of preparation for the change.
*It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.
3-توجه، علاقه
*her concern for other’s welfare
*He didn’t concern himself with the details.
4-a commercial or industrial activity or organization-شرکت، موسسه‌ی بازرگانی، کارخانه
*several banking concerns in the area
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pneumonia
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سینه پهلو، ذات الریه
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ravager
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ویرانگر
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stride
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=>strode قدم بلند برداشتن پیشرفت *strode across the room *The group has made strides to expand internationally.
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boldly
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با جسارت
*He stepped boldly forward to speak
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smite
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ضربه زدن
نابود کردن
to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
*smitten by disease
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Tread
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=>trod 1-(روی چیزی) پا گذاشتن راه رفتن- زیر پا له کردن *the worm was trodden underfoot *Ouch! You trod on my toe! *Careful you don't tread in that puddle. *treading a fine line between tradition and innovation *must tread lightly *carelessly treading on the flowers
2-tread something (+ adv./prep.) to move, push or press something with your feet
- Don’t tread ash into the carpet!
- The wine is still made by treading grapes in the traditional way.
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chivalric
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جوانمردی
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mite
جونور ریز مثل کنه
چندرغاز
a very small object or creature
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thin
باریک کردن یا شدن، لاغر کردن یا شدن
*thinned by hunger
رقیق کردن یا شدن
*to thin paint with water
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chicory
کاسنی
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victim
قربانی
طعمه
تلفات
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maze
مارپیچ
| پیچ و خم
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moss
خزه
| moss-grown مثل خزه رشد کردن
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duffer
آدم احمق و کودن
دستفروش
مردکه
= dull
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scarcely
1-only just; almost not
=barely=hardly
2-used to say that something happens immediately after something else happens
*I can scarcely believe it.
*We scarcely ever meet.
*We scarcely had time to think and had to act immediately.
*These days there is scarcely a week without a major political scandal.
*I could scarcely believe that she had once killed someone.
*He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
*Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
*Lena had scarcely got through the door when the phone rang.
3-If we use scarcely in front position, we invert the subject and the verb. This usage is quite formal:
*Scarcely had the demonstration started when trouble broke out and the police moved in to arrest people.
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hallway
راهرو
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shaggy
پشمالو
| ژولیده
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mercury
جیوه
عطارد
پیغام بر- پیک
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thermometer
دماسنج
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line up
تنظیم کردن
مرتب کردن
آماده و مجهز کردن
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Make up mind
to decide
* I can't make up my mind where to take my vacation.
* He's thinking about going, but he still hasn't made up his mind (about it).
* I can't decide for you. You'll have to make up your own mind.
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harp
ساز چنگ
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twang
صدای تودماغی
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napkin
دستمال
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pulp
حالت خمیری
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swagger
فخر فروشی کردن
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ragtime
موسیقی ضربی
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ripple
ریز موج
| موج دار کردن
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pave
صاف کردن
فرش کردن
سنگ فرش کردن
*Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories
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elegant
زیبا
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horseshow
نعل اسب
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trousers
شلوار
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monocle
عینک یک چشمی
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solicitously
Showing great attention or concern to another
با نگرانی
solicitous نگران- دلواپس
*"Can I lift that for you?" she asked solicitously.
*He entered the room and looked about solicitously.
*In a solicitous manner.
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bare
لخت، برهنه
| لخت شدن، برهنه شدن
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dreary
دلگیر، اندوه‌انگیز
ملالت بار
=boring
*There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen
*the dreary sketch of jobless people in a breadline
*They live such dreary lives
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ivy
پیچک
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vine
نرم ساقه
| تاک، مو
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gnarled
گره‌دار و پیچ خورده
| *a gnarled old oak tree stood at the entrance
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decay
```
=spoil
1-فاسد کردن یا شدن
*the smell of decaying meat
2- رو به زوال گذاشتن
*their civilization began to decay
3- زوال، نیستی
*the decay of their political system
```
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crumble
فرو ریختن، فرو پاشیدن، تکه‌تکه شدن
* the earthquake caused the wall to crumble
* this cake crumbles easily
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nonsense
یاوه، چرند
*you're talking nonsense
بی ادبانه، گستاخانه
*this kind of behavior is nonsense!
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magnificent
مجلل، شکوهمند
*the king's magnificent palace
(عامیانه) بسیار خوب، محشر
*your soup was magnificent
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scorn
تحقیر، خوارشماری
| تحقیر کردن
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goosey
احمق
ترسو
شبیه غاز
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broth
سوپ آبکی، شوربا
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statue
تندیس، مجسمه، پیکره
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sailing
باید سرچ کرد!
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hermit
معتکف، گوشه‌گیر، گوشه‌نشین، مردم گریز،
| *I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old hermit miner.
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beneath
زیر، در زیر، پایین،
| *They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.
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curl down
curl (something) to form or make something form into a curl or curls
*His hair curls naturally.
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beard
ریش
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satyr
(in ancient Greek stories) a god of the woods,
| آدم هرزه، شهوت‌پرست، هیز
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imp
شیطانک
- (in stories) a small creature like a little man, that has magic powers and behaves badly
- a child who behaves badly, but not in a serious way
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wield
به‌کار بردن، استفاده کردن (از)
- If you wield a weapon, tool, or piece of equipment, you carry and use it.
- If someone wields power, they have it and are able to use it.
* did not wield appropriate credentials
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hem
سجاف
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robe
ردا پوشیدن یا پوشاندن
ردا
لباس رسمی
لباس بلند و گشاد
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failure
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1-ناموفق، شکست خورده
*as a teacher, he was a complete failure
2-کاستی، کمبود
*lack of compassion is one of his greatest failures
3-ضعف، ناتوانی
*heart failure
3-شکست، ورشکستگی
*bank failures cost many jobs
*This policy is doomed to failure.
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daub
نقاشی کردن، رنگ زدن
| =stain
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now and then
گاهی، گهگاه، گاه و بیگاه
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commerce
بازرگانی، تجارت، دادوستد
| رفت و آمد
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excess
زیاده روی، افراط
| to excess=زیاده (از حد)، بیش از حد
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scoff
```
تمسخر
تمسخر کردن
طعنه
=irony
=ridicule=derision=scorn
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mastiff
یک نوع سگ
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juniper
ارس- سرو کوهی
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dimly
کم نور ،تار،
| مبهم، نامشخص،
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den
لانه، (دزدان و غیره) پنهان‌گاه، پاتوق ، جای دنج ،اتاق کوچک و نامرتب و کثیف
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fear
ترس
| ترسیدن
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plainly
صریح
=clearly
= certainly
*The sea was plainly visible in the distance.
*She had no right to interfere in what was plainly a family matter.
*Plainly (= obviously) something was wrong.
plain =ساده- آشکار
=PURE
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contempt
(noun )
تحقیر، خوارسازی
* She looked at him with contempt.
* They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important.
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derision
```
(noun - formal)
تمسخر
= scorn
= ridicule
=scoff
=irony
*He became an object of universal derision.
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idiotic
احمقانه، ابلهانه
= boobish
= dim
* an idiotic question
* idiotic behavior
* don't be idiotic!
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confounded
لعنتی!، فلان فلان شده!
*where did you put those confounded keys
هاج و واج
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confound
سر در گم کردن، گیج کردن، هاج و واج کردن
=confuse= fuddle= puzzle=maze
*the juggler's performance confounded everyone
لعنتی!
* confound you!
* confound it! I've lost the key again!
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blast
انفجار
جریان شدید و ناگهانی باد
صدای بلند و گوش خراش
با انفجار کندن
*A tunnel was to be blasted through the mountains.
*Their latest album blasted (its way) up the charts
*Yesterday's blast killed at least two people and injured 11 others.
