TPO23 Flashcards

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desert

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🔹abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
🔸we feel our public representatives have deserted us

🔹(of people) leave (a place), causing it to appear empty; uninhabited; unoccupied
🔸the tourists have deserted the beaches

🔹(of a quality or ability) fail (someone) when most needed.
🔸her luck deserted her

(military)
🔹illegally leave the armed forces.
🔸his life in the regiment had been such a hell that he decided to desert

deserted:
🔹(of a place) empty of people.
🔸deserted beaches of soft sand

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replenish

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🔹fill (something) up again; recharge; refill
🔸he replenished Justin's glass with mineral water
از ریشه 
plen
به معنی فراوان
و با 
re 
یعنی دوباره زیاد کردن

🔹restore (a stock or supply) to a former level or condition; renew
🔸all creatures need sleep to replenish their energies

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rejuvenate

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🔹to make something work much better or become much better again
🔸a bid to rejuvenate the town centre

🔹 to make someone look or feel young and strong again; revive; revitalize
🔸 I came back from holiday feeling rejuvenated.

🔹to make a company, product, market etc successful again, for example by changing it or by introducing something new
🔸He has shown an ability to rejuvenate ailing companies.

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invigorate

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🔹if something invigorates you, it makes you feel healthier, stronger, and have more energy
🔸At my age, the walk into town is enough to invigorate me.

🔹 to make the people in an organization or group feel excited again, so that they want to make something successful
🔸Carey’s hope was that the church would be renewed and invigorated.

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rescind

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🔹to officially end a law, or change a decision or agreement; revoke
🔸The company has the right to rescind the agreement.
باطل کردن- لغو کردن- فسخ کردن

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renovate

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🔹restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair; modernize
🔸the old school has been tastefully renovated as a private house

carry out renovation to the building
building has undergone major renovation

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parched

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🔹dried out with heat; arid

🔸the parched earth

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potable

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🔹safe to drink; drinkable.

🔸there is no supply of potable water available.

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closure

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🔹an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed.
🔸hospitals that face closure

🔹a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or tie.

🔹(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
🔸a closure motion

🔹a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work.
🔸he brings modernistic closure to his narrative

🔹a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved
🔸I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don’t know how to do it without answers from him

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tortuous

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🔹full of twists and turns.
🔸the route is remote and tortuous

🔹excessively lengthy and complex; convoluted
🔸a tortuous argument

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winding

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🔹a twisting movement or course; twist; turn; bend
🔸the windings of the stream

🔹a thing that winds or is wound round something.

پیچاپیچ- چیزی که پیچ میخورد- مارپیچی

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sort

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🔹 a group or class of people, things etc that have similar qualities or features; type; kind
🔸what sort of shampoo do you use?

🔹 to put things in a particular order or arrange them in groups according to size, type etc; classify
🔸The eggs are sorted according to size.

🔹to deal with a situation so that all the problems are solved and everything is organized
🔸the teacher helps the children to sort out their problems
🔸 Right, I’ll leave this for Roger and Terry to sort, then.

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topography

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🔹the shape of a surface such as Earth’s, including the rise and fall of such features as mountains and valleys.
🔸the topography of the island

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drainage

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🔹the action or process of draining something.
🔸the pot must have holes in the base for good drainage

🔹a system of drains.
🔸they set about renewing and repairing drainage and water supplies
سیستم زهکش فاضلاب و آبکشی

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stretch

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🔹extend or spread over an area or period of time.
🔸the beach stretches for over four miles

🔹last or cause to last longer than expected; prolong
🔸her nap had stretched to two hours

🔹(of finances or resources) be sufficient or adequate for a certain purpose; afford
🔸my budget won’t stretch to a weekend at a health farm

🔹make great demands on the capacity or resources of.
🔸the cost of the court case has stretched their finances to the limit

🔹cause (someone) to make maximum use of their talents or abilities.
🔸it’s too easy—it doesn’t stretch me

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frontier

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🔹a line or border separating two countries; border; boundary; dividing line
🔸international crime knows no frontiers

🔹the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness
🔸his novel of the American frontier

🔹the extreme limit of understanding or achievement in a particular area.
🔸the success of science in extending the frontiers of knowledge

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antelope

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🔹بزکوهی

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abound

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🔹exist in large numbers or amounts; proliferate
“rumours of a further scandal abound

🔹have in large numbers or amounts.
“this area abounds with caravan sites

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bull

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🔹گاو نر- حیوان نر بزرگ
🔸two bulls and a cow
🔸a bull elephant

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ox

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🔹a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull.
🔸he was tall and broad and as strong as an ox

plural: oxen

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offspring

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🔹a person's child or children.
🔸the offspring of middle-class parents
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inbreed

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🔹breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations.
🔸persistent inbreeding has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease

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tame

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(v.)
🔹domesticate (an animal).
🔸wild rabbits can be kept in captivity and eventually tamed

🔹make less powerful and easier to control.
🔸the battle to tame inflation

(adj.)
🔹(of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated.
🔸the fish are so tame you have to push them away

🔹(of a person) willing to cooperate; obedient
🔸every businessman needs a tame lawyer at his elbow

🔹not exciting, adventurous, or controversial.
🔸network TV on Saturday night is a pretty tame affair

🔹(of a plant) produced by cultivation; (of land) cultivated.
🔸a big field of tame hay

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juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect; living side by side
🔸the juxtaposition of these two images

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cast about (or around or round)
🔹search far and wide (physically or mentally). | 🔸he is restlessly casting about for novelties
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adze
🔹a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood. تیشه
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bow
``` 🔹bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame. 🔹bend with age or under pressure. 🔹submit to pressure or demands. 🔸he turned and bowed to his father تعظیم کردن- مطیع شدن ``` 🔹کمان 🔸They hunted with bow and arrow.
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savanna
🔹a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees. دشت بی درخت- زمین هموار
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sorghum
🔹ذرت خوشه‌ای
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millet
🔹ارزن- گندمیان
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barley
🔹جو
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buck
🔹the male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes. 🔹جفتک
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scrape
🔹drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter. 🔸remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them 🔹make (a hollow) by scraping away soil or rock; dig 🔸he found a ditch, scraped a hole, and put the bag in it 🔹rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury. 🔸he smashed into the wall and felt his teeth scrape against the plaster 🔹draw or move (something) along or over something else, making a harsh noise. 🔸she scraped back her chair and stood up 🔹narrowly pass by or through something. 🔸there was only just room to scrape through between the tree and the edge of the stream 🔹just manage to achieve; accomplish with great effort or difficulty. 🔸Scotland scraped a lucky home draw with Portugal 🔹try to save as much money as possible; economize. 🔸they had scrimped and scraped and saved for years" 🔹manage to live with difficulty. 🔸she has to scrape by on Social Security
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woodlot
a piece of land on which trees are cultivated, specif. as a source of firewood, lumber, etc. منطقه ممنوعه برای رشد درختان
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bark
🔹utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively. 🔸he began barking out his order 🔹the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub; peel; coating 🔸beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees
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presumably
🔹used to say that you think something is probably true | 🔸It’s raining, which presumably means that your football match will be cancelled.
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maple
🔹افرا- چوب افرا
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shed
🔹accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill; drop 🔸a lorry shed its load of steel bars 🔹(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground. 🔸both varieties shed leaves in winter 🔹(of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath. 🔹(of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age. 🔹take off (clothes). 🔹discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated). 🔸many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed job 🔹cast or give off (light). 🔸the full moon shed a watery light on the scene
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ensue
🔹happen or occur afterwards or as a result. | 🔸the difficulties which ensued from their commitment to Cuba
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sniff
🔹draw up air audibly through the nose to detect a smell, to stop it running, or to express contempt. 🔸his dog sniffed at my trousers استشمام- بو کشیدن 🔹investigate covertly, especially in an attempt to find out confidential or incriminating information about someone. 🔸a couple of journalists are sniffing around
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scent
🔹a distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant. 🔸the scent of freshly cut hay 🔹a trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals. 🔸the hound followed the scent
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captive
🔹imprisoned or confined; caged; incarcerated 🔸the farm was used to hold prisoners of war captive 🔹having no freedom to choose alternatives or to avoid something. 🔸advertisements at the cinema reach a captive audience 🔹(of a facility or service) controlled by, and typically for the sole use of, an organization. 🔸a captive power plant
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pelage
🔹the fur, hair, or wool of a mammal.
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secretion
🔹a process by which substances are produced and discharged from a cell, gland, or organ for a particular function in the organism or for excretion. 🔸alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion 🔹a substance discharged by secretion. plural: secretions 🔸hormonal secretions تراوش- ترشح
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crude
🔹in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined; unrefined; unprocessed 🔸crude oil خام 🔹(of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate. 🔸a crude estimate of the number of people available for work 🔹constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way; primitive 🔸a relatively crude nuclear weapon 🔹(of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed. 🔸the measure was condemned by economists as crude and ill-conceived زمخت 🔹offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters; vulgar 🔸a crude joke
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trumpet
🔹make a loud, penetrating sound resembling that of a trumpet; yell; roar 🔸wild elephants trumpeting in the bush . 🔹proclaim widely or loudly; announce; broadcast 🔸the press trumpeted another defeat for the government"
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elk
🔹گوزن شمالی moose- elk- wapiti هرسه نوعی گوزن
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court
🔹be involved with (someone) romantically, with the intention of marrying; woo 🔸he was courting a girl from the neighbouring farm 🔹pay special attention to (someone) in an attempt to win their support or favour. 🔸Western politicians courted the leaders of the newly independent states
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urinate
🔹ادرار کردن