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Marsh

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Swamp, bog,swampland
باتالق •
• The crane lives in marshy habitats.

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prevalent

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accepted, widespread
• prevalent in/among etc
• Solvent abuse is especially prevalent among younger teenagers.
• the prevalent belief in astrology

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Understory

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Undergrowth, under grass • A layer of vegetation beneath the main canopy of forest

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Inhibit

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Restrict, constraint, hinder, impede, obstruct
• An unhappy family life may inhibit children’s learning.
• Recording the meeting may inhibit people from expressing their real views.

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meadow

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• Grassy land, grassy field, pasture, plain, prairie

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browse

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  • Look around, look through, peruse, graze
  • Jon was browsing through the photographs.
  • The trip allows you plenty of time for browsing around the shops.
  • tourists browsing the boutiques and souvenir stalls
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fair-weather

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Fair- weather
• Untrustworthy, dishonest, false, disloyal, unreliable, unsafe
• Fair-weather friend

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decay

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Rot, break down, collapse, deteriorate, corrosion,
• to be slowly destroyed by a natural chemical process, or to make something do this
• Most archaeological finds are broken, damaged, or decayed.

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dormancy

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Inaction, inactivity, inertia,
• The seeds remain dormant until the spring.
• a huge dormant volcano

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hibernating

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verb lie dormant; sleep through cold weather

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cedar

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سرو

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fluctuate

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Oscillate, vary, alternate, waver, keep changing
• Prices were volatile, fluctuating between $20 and $40.
• Insect populations fluctuate wildly from year to year.

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bemoan

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Complain, regret, mourn,

• He was bemoaning the fact that charge so much.

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in the same breath

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  • used to say that someone has said two things at once that are so different from each other they cannot both be true:
  • immediately
  • He criticized the film, then predicted in the same breath that it would be a great success.
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elk

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گوزن شمالي

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expedition

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Journey, exploration, quest, tor, travel, trip 
an expedition to the North Pole 
another Everest expedition 
a shopping expedition 
a fishing expedition
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starvation

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• Hunger, famine, malnutrition • people dying of starvation

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Picturesquely

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Beautiful, attractive, charming, colorful
• a quiet fishing village with a picturesque harbour
• a picturesque account of his trip to New York

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dot

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  • if an area is dotted with things, there are a lot of them there but they are spread far apart
  • be dotted with something
  • The lake was dotted with sailboats.
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extermination

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Destruction, elimination, extinction, eradication

• Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.

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plight

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Bad Condition, predicament, trouble, dilemma
• the desperate plight of the flood victims
• the country’s economic plight

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Encroach

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  • verb) invade another’s property, business
  • Intrude, trespass,
  • to gradually take more of someone’s time, possessions, rights etc than you should
  • encroach on/upon
  • Bureaucratic power has encroached upon the freedom of the individual.
  • 2 to gradually cover more and more land
  • encroach into
  • The fighting encroached further east.
  • —encroachment noun [uncountable and countable]
  • foreign encroachment
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logging

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Deforestation • the work of cutting down trees in a forest

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Annual

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Yearly, each year
• The school trip has become an annual event.
• The jazz festival is held annually in July.

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rebound
Revive, overcome, recover | • Share prices rebounded today after last week's losses
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predator
• Hunter, killer | Prey
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profound
deep, philosophical, serious having a strong influence or effect profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work. The mother's behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child. profound changes in society
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game
* wild animals, birds, and fish that are hunted for food, especially as a sport: * game birds
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bead
Stone | مهره
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Crude
* Cheap, clumsy, raw, approximate | * a crude estimate of the population available for work
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excavate
• Uncover, unearth, dig up, • Schliemann excavated the ancient city of Troy. • to make a hole in the ground by digging up soil Excavation (n)
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inhabit
* Dwell, populate, reside, live in | * The woods are inhabited by many wild animals. • inhabited islands
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trappings
things such as money, influence, possessions etc that are related to a particular type of person, job, or way of life • trappings of • the trappings of power 1in a dangerous place[usually passive] to prevent someone from escaping from somewhere, especially a dangerous place: Twenty miners were trapped underground.
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depict
Illustrate, describe, interpret • a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russia • The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.
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spear
• a pole with a sharp pointed blade at one end, used as a weapon in the past نیزه •
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cattle
* cows and bulls kept on a farm for their meat or milk: | * herds of cattle
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bovine
• relating to cows: • bovine diseases
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chip
* a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has been broken off something: * Wood chips covered the floor of the workshop.
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Tusk
• one of a pair of very long pointed teeth, that stick out of the mouth of animals such as elephants
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horn
• the hard pointed thing that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of animals such as cows and goats
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shaft
• a long handle on a tool
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Fertility
* Potency, pregnancy, productivity * the ability of the land or soil to produce good crops * 2MB the ability of a person, animal, or plant to produce babies, young animals, or seeds [≠ infertility]
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dismantle
* Break up, destroy, demolish, disassemble, take apart | * Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes.
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spout
• a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast Spout of water spout from Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm.
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gusher
• a place in the ground where oil or water comes out very forcefully, so that a pump is not needed
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adjacent
* Next to, neighboring * We stayed in adjacent rooms. * the building adjacent to the library
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dye
* Pigment, color | * hair dye
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hostile
* Hateful, unfavorable, unfriendly, inhospitable * The boy feels hostile towards his father. * his hostile attitude
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slope
شیب • • Tilt if you tilt the cup the tea will spill on the rug اگر فنجان را کج کنی چای روی فرش ریخته خواهد شد.
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spillage
if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container [↪ pour]: • Katie almost spilled her milk.
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collision
* Accident * The school bus was involved in a collision with a truck. * Two people were killed in a head-on collision
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slick
• oil slick | an area of oil on the surface of water or on a road
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platform
* Floor, stage * the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station: * The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six. * 2for speechesTBB a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc: * a small raised platform at one end of the room
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drift
* to move slowly on water or in the air | * Smoke drifted up from the jungle ahead of us
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ashore
* on or towards the shore of a lake, river, sea etc [= onshore] * come/go ashore * Seals come ashore to breed. * Several dead birds had been washed ashore.
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foul
* to make something very dirty, especially with waste: | * rivers and lakes fouled almost beyond recovery by pollutants
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subside
* Decrease | * The pains in his head had subsided, but he still felt dizzy and sick
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barrier
* Blockade, fence, obstacle | * Problems with childcare remain the biggest barrier to women succeeding at work.
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adverse
* Unfavorable, negative, unfriendly * They fear it could have an adverse effect on global financial markets. • Miller's campaign has received a good deal of adverse publicity.
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squeeze
* to press something firmly together with your fingers or hand: * She smiled as he squeezed her hand.
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drill
* to make a hole in something using a drill: | * Drill a hole in each corner.
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Derrick
* a tall machine used for lifting heavy weights, especially on ships * a tall tower built over an oil well, used to raise and lower the drill جرثقیل دکل کشتی •
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sediment
* Debris, trash, waste * solid substances that settle at the bottom of a liquid: * a thick layer of sediment
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droplet
• a very small drop of liquid • droplet of • tiny droplets of water
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marine
* Aquatic * relating to the sea and the creatures that live there: * the enormous variety of marine life * the effects of oil pollution on marine mammals * marine biology
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accumulate
* Gather, assemble, collect, expand, hoard, pile up * Fat tends to accumulate around the hips and thighs. * It is unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate wealth.
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decompose
• Break down, decay, fall apart

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