The Lottery Flashcards
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blossom
گل
گل دادن
profusely
فراوان
assemble
جمع کردن
جمع شدن
reprimand
توبیخ
تنبیه کردن
to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them
pile
توده توده کردن a lot of something *He had a pile of papers on his desk. *I have a pile of mending to do.
menfolk
the men in a family or society
greet
سلام کردن
*He greeted me at the door
reluctantly
با اکراه
*She has reluctantly agreed to resign.
grasp
چنگ زدن بچنگ آوردن فهم = grip * I grasped his arm firmly and led him away.
conduct
هدایت
رفتار
هدایت کردن
اداره کردن
conducted
انجام شده
devote
*He devoted his life to serving his family, friends, and neighbors.
*Over half his speech was devoted to the issue of saving Social Security.
اختصاص
اختصاص دادن
فدا کردن
وقف کردن
jovial
خوش خلق
(of a person) friendly and in a good mood, or (of a situation) enjoyable because of being friendly and pleasant:
*He seemed a very jovial guy.
*a jovial time/evening/chat
scold
to speak to someone angrily because you disapprove of their behaviour:
*His mother scolded him for breaking her favourite vase.
پرخاش کردن
murmur
زمزمه
زمزمه کردن
to say something in a soft quiet voice that is difficult to hear clearly
*The girl murmured something polite, and smiled.
*before he died, he kept murmuring his lost daughter’s name
postmaster
someone who is in charge of a post office
(در اصل) متصدی اسبهای چاپاری
*District head postmaster John Ensoll said he had only received complaints going back to December last year.
Stool
چارپایه،
fellow
fellow workers/students/countrymen etc همکار شریک هم رتبه *he treated him more like a fellow than a servant (عامیانه) مرد، پسر *he's a nice fellow *three strange fellows entered the room
(عامیانه) طفلک
*poor fellow! I feel sorry for him!
steady
بی حرکت
پیوسته، یکنواخت
*Paul is making steady progress.
*a steady rain
*Keep the camera steady while you take a picture.
*It takes a steady hand to perform surgery.
stir up
stir somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb
شوراندن، تحریک کردن
*The speech stirred up the crowd.
*They’re trying to stir up trouble.
paraphernalia
=equipment
1 a lot of small things that belong to someone, or are needed for a particular activity
*an electric kettle and all the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
*travelling paraphernalia
2 the things and events that are connected with a particular activity, especially those which you think are unnecessary
* all the usual paraphernalia of bureaucracy
precede
مقدم بودن،
جلوتر واقع شدن
پیشتر بودن
*a type of cloud that precedes rain
settle down
خانواده تشکیل دادن
(در محل یا شغل و غیره) مستقر شدن
آرام گرفتن
کوشش کردن، جدیت به خرج دادن
*Shh! Settle down, please! Now turn to page 57.
*They’d like to see their daughter settle down, get married, and have kids.
*I sorted out my mail, then settled down to some serious work.
splinter
=fragment
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