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Popularity |
عمومیت داشتن.رایج بودن.شهرت.محبوبیت.معروفیت When someone or sth is liked or supported by many people |
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Critical success |
Success with critics Good opinions from reviews |
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Spontaneous |
خود به خود.بی اختیار.فوری.خود انگیخته Unplanned |
His spontaneous, confessional prose style inspired many other writers |
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Confessional |
اعترافی.اقراری Open and honest about your feelings and life |
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Prose |
به نثر نوشتن.به نثر دراوردن |
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Roaming Verb: roam |
گشتن.سیر کردن.سرگردانی.پرسه زدن Moving around, travelling around, wandering |
He divided most of his adult life between roaming the vast American landscape |
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Vast |
Huge. Very large and wide |
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Landscape |
Land |
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Sought |
Past tense and past participle of seek. Looked for |
He sought to find his place |
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Find his place |
Find his purpose |
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Structure |
Rules ساختار |
Society's structure |
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To embark |
Go .leave عازم شدن سوار کشتی یا هواپیما شدن |
To embark on trips around the world |
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Credit |
اعتبار.نسبت دادن Say to be Syn(verb): believe. Accept Syn(noun): approval. |
His books are often credited as the catalyst for the 1960s counterculture |
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Catalyst |
Someone or sth that causes an important change or event to happen. Start. Sth that starts or encourages an action |
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Counterculture |
Sub- culture Group that reject the normal culture.
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Counter means against |
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Marked by |
Affected by |
He was profoundly marked by the death of his elder brother |
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Prompt |
به فعالیت وا داشتن.برانگیختن Encourage. Make |
An event that later prompted him to write a book |
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Prowess |
Skill. Ability. Talent Great skill at doing sth |
Athletic prowess |
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Achievement |
دست یابی.موفقیت.پیروزی Sth important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts |
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Spectator |
بیننده.تماشاگر.تماشاچی |
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Pan out |
Phrasal verb: to happen or develop in a particular way Idioms: to happen or be successful. This phrase usually used in negative sentences |
His athletic scholarship didn't pan out |
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Seminal |
Creative. Original.very important. |
His seminal work is "on the road" A seminal event=very important event.a special event |
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Established |
برقرار.ثابت.محرز.مسلم To introduce. To prove Establish. برقرار کردن.تاسیس کردن.دایر کردن.بنا نهادن ثابت کردن.محرز کردن.مسلم کردن |
Unlike his later works, which established his beat style...... |
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Beat style |
A free style of writing |
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Building upon |
Adding to |
Building upon previous drafts tentatively titled the beat generation... |
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Draft |
A piece of writing or a plan that is not yet in its finish form. Unfinished books پیش نویس.چرک نویس |
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Tentative |
ازمایشی.موقت Provisional=syn Temporarily. In an unsure way |
He tentatively went to her and wanted money |
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Experimental |
تجربی Very different. Very original. Very new |
Publishers rejected his book due to its experimental writing style and it's sympathetic tone towards minorities and marginalized social groups of the us |
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Marginalize |
To make a person or a group of people unimportant and powerless in an unfair way |
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Marginalized social groups |
Groups with no power in society |
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Demanding |
خواستار.مصر Insisting on. Saying sth must be done |
VIKING press purchased the novel, demanding major revisions. |
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Revision |
بازبینی.تجدید نظر.مرور. Change |
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Coincide |
To happen at the same time |
In 2007, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of ....... |
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Censor. Transitive verb and countable noun |
مامور سانسور.سانسور Someone whose job is to examine books, films, etc. And remove anything that considered to be offensive, morally harmful or politically dangerous |
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Deem |
پنداشتن. فرض کردن. خیال کردن Consider. Thought to be. Think. Feel |
It was deemed too explicit for 1957 readers. |
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Explicit Adj |
Strong and direct(possibly obscene) صریح.روشن.واضح.آشکار |
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Obscene |
زشت.کریه.ناپسند.موهن.شهوت انگیز |
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Drawn |
The past participle of draw Here means taken from |
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Draw |
کشیدن.رسم کردن.بیرون کشیدن |
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manuscript |
Typed paper. دستخط. کتاب خطی. نسخه خطی |
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The defining work |
Here means the most important book |
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Bible |
کتاب مقدس 1 the holy book 2. The most useful and important book on a particular subject |
A Buddhist bible |
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Immersion into |
Deep study of Powerful experience with. To go deeply into.... |
That book caused his immersion into buddhism |
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Chronicle |
شرح وقایع به ترتیب تاریخ.تاریخچه |
He chronicled parts of book |
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Scholar |
Kerouac developed a friendship with the Buddhist- taoist scholar Alan Watts. Taoist=معتقد به فلسفه تائو. Taoism=آیین و فلسفه تائو |
پژوهشگر.دانش پژوه.محقق.شاگرد ممتاز |
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Zen |
A kind of buddhism from Japan that emphasizes meditation |
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Serialized |
To published or broadcast a story in several separate parts |
The book was unpublished during his lifetime but eventually serialized in a magazine |
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Resulted from |
Caused by |
His death, at the age of 47, resulted from an internal hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis of the liver |
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Hemorrhage |
To lose a lot of blood in a short time. To lose a lot of sth in a short period of time |
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Cirrhosis |
سیروز کبدی |
Cirrhosis of the liver |
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Lesson 6. Life style disease |
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Contribute |
شرکت کردن.کمک و همکاری کردن To give money , help, ideas etc to sth that a lot of other people are also involved in. To help to make sth happen Contributing factor=means is not the total cause. It's one of the causes of sth |
The major contributing factor to life style related disease...... عامل بزرگ سهیم در بیماریهای مرتبط با سبک زندگی. .. |
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Typify |
نمونه بودن To be a typical example of sth. Syn: symbolize. Exemplify |
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Typified by |
Including. Illustrated by |
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Illustrate |
نشان دادن.مصور کردن.اراستن.با مثال روشن ساختن. توضیح دادن. شرح دادن |
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Obesity |
Very fat |
Today our big problem is obesity. We have to think about losing surplus weight. |
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Surplus |
اضافی.زیادی.مازاد |
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The other day |
A few days ago |
When i was watching TV the other day...... |
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Dish |
ظرف.سینی.خوراک.غذا |
Low calorie dishes |
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Servings |
Plates of. Dishes of. Portion
Helping.
The amount of food that is enough for someone The number of plates you eat food , for example in a buffet |
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Portion |
بخش.قسمت. تکه. جز.نصیب.سرنوشت.سهم بندی کردن.ارث The amount of food for one person The amount of food in your plate |
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Curry |
ادویه کاری |
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Tasting |
Very small serving of food |
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Supposed to |
Should. Probably will |
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Will |
It's too difficult unless you have unbelievably strong will |
Mental strength. Mind strength |
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Mental focus |
We have to find a way to shift our mental focus from food to healthier foci such as sport, reading..... |
What you concentrate on What you think about |
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Foci |
Plural of focus(more than one focus) |
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Root cause |
Deep cause علت ریشه ای |
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An outlet for |
If we are always worried and anxious, we may eat as an outlet for these feelings. |
A way to Express. A way to get(feelings)out |
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Distract |
گیج کردن.پریشان کردن.حواس پرت کردن. To break concentration. To suddenly think about sth else |
If we constantly think about failure and problems. We may eat as a way to distract ourselves from these thoughts |
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Gain |
حصول.به دست اوردن.افزایش.سود.منفعت |
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Exertion |
A lot of physical or mental effort |
We can enjoy the exertion and efforts of sports |
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Enumerate |
To name a list of things one by one یکایک بر شمردن.به شمار اوردن.به حساب اوردن |
We can enumerate many more positive pursuits. |
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Pursuit |
تعقیب کردن.دنبال کردن.پیگرد.هابی When someone chase or follow someone else. An activity such as sports or hobby which you spend a lot of time doing. |
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Cultivate |
کشت کردن.زراعت کردن To work hard to develop a particular skill, attitude, or quality |
There are many ways to cultivate a healthy mental environment |
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Lesson 7. The role of the media 1 |
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Contemporary |
معاصر.همزمان.هم دوره |
The role of the media in contemporary politics....... |
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Particular |
مخصوص.ویژه. خاص. منحصر به بفرد. بخصوص In particular=مخصوصا |
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In what sense=in what manner=in what way or kind |
چگونه. چطور. به چه طریق. به چه نحو |
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Counterpose |
در مقابل یکدیگر قرار دادن.متقابل ساختن To set in contrast. Opposition.comparing |
Counter posing two different conception of democracy |
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Has it |
Says. It used with non human idea. We don't say , i have it. Instead we say:i say But we say people has it.... We don't use it for individual |
One conception of democracy has it that....... |
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Means |
The public should has the means to participate in some meaningful way in the management of their own affair and the means of information are open and free |
توانایی.دارایی.استطاعت.وسیله.وسایل |
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Means |
Method. Way |
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Look up |
Search for and find Look for and find |
If you look up "democracy "in the dictionary..... |
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Alternative |
Different |
An alternative conception of democracy |
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Barred from
Barred=بسته.مسدود.ممنوع |
Prevent from |
The public must be barred from managing their own affair |
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Narrowly |
In a careful way. In a small way به دقت.از نزدیک. If you are narrowly controlled, it means you don't have many choices by the government or parents or... |
The means of information must be kept narrowly and rigidly controlled |
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Rigidly |
Without flexibility In a strict and tough way |
You must not think rigidly |
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Prevail |
Win. Overcome. Succeed |
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Prevailing |
Common. Majority.general.main.principal. |
It is important to understand that it is the prevailing conception. The prevailing idea=the most common idea |
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In operation |
In reality. In use. Related to how sth is done |
In fact, it had long been, not just in operation, but even in theory |
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Keep to |
Stay with. Stick with |
I'm just going to keep to the modern period. Keep to your ninja training and destroy them all. |
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Notion |
Idea. Opinion. Belief |
I want to say a few words about how that notion of democracy developed |
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Disinformation |
Wrong information. Lies. Propaganda. |
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Context |
فضا .زمینه. مفهوم. متن. بافت. Situation. Environment |
How the problem of media and disinformation enters within that context |
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Lesson 8 Role of media 2 |
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Elect |
انتخاب کردن.برگزیدن |
Elected=انتخاب شده.منتخب |
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Slogan |
شعار.تیکه کلام |
He was elected president in 1916 on the slogan"free bus" |
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Pacifist(n) |
صلح طلب.صلح جو |
Pacifistic(adj) |
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Commited to |
Dedicated to.really wanting Commit:CD |
His government was actually committed to war |
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Commission |
Group, committee |
They created a government propaganda commission |
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Hysterical |
Crazy. Super emotional Syn:frantic.frenzied Extremely anxious, worried or excited about sth so that you can not control your feelings. Very emotional and upset |
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War mongering |
War loving Wanting and loving war Monger:فروشنده.دلال.تاجر |
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Tear the germans limb from limb(idiom) |
Attack and kill them |
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Limb |
عضو بدن.دست یا پا |
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Accomplishment |
دستاورد. پیشرفت. انجام. اجرا. اتمام.کمال. هنر. فضیلت |
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To whip up |
To create or increase |
The same technique were used to whip up a hysterical communist(Red) scare. I whipped up food=i made(create) food Whip up somethings emotions=increase somebody emotions
To whip up his friends anger, he concoct terrible lies about him |
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Communist(red) |
کمونیست |
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Union |
Workers group. اتحادیه.اجتماع |
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Establishment |
بنگاه.موسسه.محل کار.کارگاه Most powerful group |
There was a very strong support from the media and the business establishment |
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Progressive |
پیشرو.ترقی خواه.جلو رونده Here means liberal |
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Intellectual |
عقلی.عقلانی.ذهنی.فکری.روشن فکر |
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Circle |
Here means group A group of people |
A circle that took great pride |
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Took great pride |
Felt proud |
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To drive |
To force. To push |
They were able to drive a reluctant population into war |
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Reluctant |
Syn: hesitant. Unwilling بی میل |
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Terrifying |
Extremely frightening |
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Elicit |
استخراج کردن.بیرون کشیدن.استنباط کردن Bring out. Cause. Very very strong believe about sth I elicit anger from you:i bring out anger from you. Or i cause anger. Or i make you angry |
By terrifying them and eliciting fanaticism. He elicits an apology from his classmate. |
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Fanaticism |
تعصب.کوته فکری |
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Extensive |
پهناور.گسترده.عریض.وسیع.شدید.زیاد.بزرگ Thorough.broad. |
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Thorough |
از اول تا اخر.به طور کامل.کامل.تمام 1. including every possible detail ⇒ thoroughly: The doctor gave him a thorough check-up. a thorough and detailed biography The police investigation was very thorough. thorough notes of the meeting 2. [not usually before noun] careful to do things properly so that you avoid mistakes: The screening of applicants must be thorough. |
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Fabrication |
ساخت.تولید.ساختن Lying. Creating sth that is false |
There was a lot of fabrication of atrocities by the germans |
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Atrocity |
بی رحمی.قصاوت. An extremely cruel or violent action |
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Torn |
Past participle of tear پاره شده.دریده شده |
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Torn off |
Past participle of tear off Tear off:to quickly remove sth |
Belgian babies with their arms torn off |
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Put it |
Said. Communicated |
As they put it همونطور که اونها میگن |
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Crucial |
ضروری.واجب.حیاتی.بحرانی.سخت.تعیین کننده Extremely important |
But the most crucially, they wanted to control the thought of the more intelligent members of the US, who would disseminate the propaganda that they were concocting and convert the pacifistic country to wartime hysteria |
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Disseminate |
Spread. Communicate to many people |
Spread virus=disseminate virus |
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Concoct |
درست کردن.جعل کردن.اختراع کردن Creating Sometimes means Creating sth that is usually fake |
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Hysteria |
Powerful emotions |
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Deviation |
انحراف.خطا.تغییر مسیر.تجاوز از حدود و قرارداد Small Changes from what is normal . Variation |
And no deviation is permitted from it |
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Persue |
تعقیب کردن. دنبال کردن. پیگیری کردن. دادخواهی کردن. هابی |
It has been pursued to this day |
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Lesson 9.mind maps |
Mind maps |
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Radially |
پرتو وار.شعاع وار. In a circular way Radial=circular. Like a circle |
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Visualize |
تصور کردن.تجسم کردن |
It is used to generate, visualise, structure and classify ideas |
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Structure |
Organize ساختار. ساختمان. بنیان. اساس. ترکیب Here its a noun= تشکیلات دادن.پی ریزی کردن |
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Image centered |
Focused on pictures and images |
It's an image centered diagram that represent semantic or other connection between portion of information |
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Semantic |
Related to the meaning of words Meaning |
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Intuitive |
حسی.ذاتی Instinctively, naturally |
The elements are arranged intuitively |
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Recall |
Remembering |
The graphic formulation may aid recall of existing memories |
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Application |
فرم تقاضا. تقاضای کار. به کار بردن. اجرا کردن. کاربرد. استفاده |
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Revising |
بازبینی. تجدید نظر. مرور |
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Mnemonic |
Sth such as a poem or a sentence that you use to help you remember a rule, a name, etc |
Someone can use mind maps as a mnemonic technique or to sort out a complicated idea |
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Sort out |
Organize. Understand |
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Promote |
توسعه دادن.ترفیع دادن.بالا بردن.ترویج کردن |
Mind maps are also promoted as a way to collaborate |
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Retain |
حفظ کردن.نگه داشتن Here means keep or remember |
Retain information |
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Rough notes |
Quick notes. Unedited notes.draft |
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Sophisticated |
Complex. Complicated با تجربه.پخته.ماهر.دنیا دیده |
Sophisticated machine If your parents are sophisticated enough they should understand you |
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Guideline |
راهنما.راهبرد Rules or instruction about the best way to do sth Rules. Principle |
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Flowing |
روان.سلیس. Continuing in a smooth graceful way with no sudden change |
Graceful=دلپذیر.مطبوع.برازنده |
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Radiate out |
Come out from a centre point |
Becoming thinner as they radiate out from the center |
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Association |
ارتباط. وابستگی. پیوند. مشارکت.همکاری |
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Hierarchy |
سلسله مراتب Radial hierarchy: circular organization. Nothing is at the top. You have sth in the middle and you have many other ideas around it but nothing is more important than the other ideas |
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Outline |
طرح کلی.نمای کلی.خلاصه نقشه |
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Lesson 10 |
Ms censorship |
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Amnesty(n) |
گذشت.عفو Pardon. Forgiveness |
Amnesty international:عفو بین الملل |
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Critic(n) |
منتقد |
I'm an active critic of censorship in Iran |
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Implement |
انجام دادن.اجرا کردن.به کار بردن Used. Done |
Microsoft claims to have implemented a new set of standard to ensure that they will only remove the porn blogs |
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Notice |
اعلامیه.آگهی.تذکر.اخطار.دیدن.توجه |
Microsoft will only remove blogs when they receive formal legal notice from the Chinese government |
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Term |
اصطلاح.واژه.عبارت.شرط Terms:شرایط.ضوابط |
Politically sensitive terms: words that make the government angry |
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Undertake |
عهده دار شدن.به عهده گرفتن.متعهد شدن.تقبل کردن |
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Falun Gong |
A religion, sometimes described as a cult whose followers believe in philosophy and do exercise which are claimed to lead to spiritual enlightenment. They are often attacked by the Chinese government |
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Cult |
کیش.آیین.مکتب فکری |
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Enlightenment |
روشنگری.روشن فکری |
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Massacre |
کشتار جمعی.قتل عام |
Jaleh square massacre |
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Assert |
اظهار کردن.ادعا کردن. دفاع کردن. حمایت کردن Claim. Say |
The company assert that they didn't want to do that |
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To be at odds with(idiom) |
Does not agree with. Goes against
Their words are at odds with their actions=حرفشون با عملشون یکی نیست |
Amnesty international considers this claim to be at odds with the facts |
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Attempt |
کوشش کردن. قصد کردن. مبادرت کردن |
She attempts to create her own site |
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Profanity |
بی حرمتی به مقدسات.کفرگویی.ناسزا Offensive words Bad language Obscenity |
The title must not contain prohibited language, such as profanity |
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Lesson 11 |
Neo-Bedouins |
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Neo بعد از neo حتما باید یک اسم بیاید نمیتوانیم بگوییم it's neo |
New |
Neo Bedouins |
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Bedouins |
An Arabic nomadic tribe |
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Nomadic |
چادرنشین |
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Breed |
نژاد.نسل.نوع.گونه Kind |
A new breed of machines |
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Flourish |
رشد کردن.پیشرفت کردن.ترقی کردن |
Web workers are flourishing |
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Roaming |
Moving around Travelling around |
Roaming from cafe to cafe |
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Wander |
اواره بودن.سرگردان بودن Wandered=traveled. Roamed |
Nomadic arabs who wandered freely in the desert |
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Come to be known as |
Started to be call |
They've come to be known as bedouins |
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Bedouin |
بادیه نشین.بدوی |
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armed with |
Carrying. Having |
They are armed with laptops and cell phones |
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Muffins |
Kind of cupcake |
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The world at large |
The rest of the world |
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Lay off |
Laying off=firing اخراج.تعلیق کارگر |
They see large companies like general motors laying off workers, contributing to insecurity |
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Contributing to |
Adding to |
Contribute=شرکت کردن.کمک کردن.همکاری کردن.add |
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Insecurity |
سستی.نا امنی.تزلزل |
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On the cheap |
Cheaply |
The internet providing the tools to start companies on the cheap |
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Declare |
Say. Declare اظهار کردن. گفتن |
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Infrastructure |
زیربنا.زیرساخت |
A whole infrastructure has emerged to help people work in this way |
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Emerged |
پدیدار شدن.بیرون امدن |
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Kinkos |
A copy and print shop |
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Depot |
بارانداز.انبار |
Places like office depot and staples |
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Staple |
در اینجا معنی مرکز بازرگانی یا مرکز عمده فروشی میدهد گیره کاغذ |
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The means of production |
The tools for making sth |
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Means |
توانایی. دارایی. استطاعت. وسیله. وسایل |
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Hop |
Jump |
Hop from coffee shop to coffee shop |
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Web worker |
A person who works with the internet |
There is nothing more free than being a web worker. This is the new wild west |
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Wild west |
An area that is very free and open |
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Epicenter |
The center or headquarter of sth |
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Movement |
A trend in society تکان.حرکت.جنبش.نهضت |
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Trend |
روند.رویداد.مسیر حرکت.سیر وقایع.تمایل.گرایش |
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Ritual |
تشریفات مذهبی.عبادی |
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Packed |
Filled. Crammed Extremely full of people بسته بندی |
The coffee shop is always packed with people |
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Crammed |
Completely full of thing or people |
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Cram |
1. To force sth into a small space 2.a lot of people or things cram into a place or thing and fill it 3. To prepare yourself for an examination by learning s lot of information quickly 4. To do a lot of activities in a short period of time |
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Buzzed |
Went by or through quickly To move quickly around a place |
There is the time someone buzzed through the cafe on a segway scooter |
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Hip Nerd |
Cool Someone who is very boring and unfashionable, and is not good in social situations |
A hip web design shop |
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Launch |
شروع کردن.به کار انداختن.به اب انداختن کشتی. عرضه کالای جدید به بازار. |
The company had its launch party there |
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Establish |
برقرار کردن. تاسیس کردن. دایر کردن. بنا نهادن ثابت کردن.محرز کردن.مسلم کردن |
Teams from established web companies such as Google |
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As for |
In regard to. Speaking of با توجه به |
As for why they are there |
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Locked up in |
Trapped in |
I'm visiting my friends instead of being locked up in a big building in the south bay |
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Venerable |
A venerable person or thing is respected, because of great age, experience, etc محترم.ارجمند Very very old |
Venerable financial institution. Venerable insurance firm
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Clientele |
Customers. Clients |
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Hangout(n) To hangout(verb) |
A place where people gather, meet and chat(as a noun) As a verb=to meet with someone |
Cafe lavatza was among the most popular kish hangouts |
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It would figure(idiom) |
It makes sense. It's not surprising |
It would figure that the one laptop in action on a recent afternoon belonged to an art dealer |
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In action |
Being used |
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Overhead |
Fixed business costs(rent. Insurance) Costs that you must pay for business
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A cappuccino every day for overhead isn't bad |
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Struck out on his own(idiom) |
Started by himself. Went out by himself Did something independently |
He struck out on his own three month ago |
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Lesson 12 |
New year's resolutions |
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Resolution |
قصد.نیت.عزم.تصمیم.تجزیه.تحلیل.حل.دقت. وضوح Decision. Plan. Goal |
New year's resolutions |
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Formal |
Official. Very clear. (Here means) |
Do you have formal written resolutions or just vague plans? |
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Vague |
Not clear مبهم |
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Myth(n) Mythical(adj) mythic |
افسانه.اسطوره افسانه ای.اسطوره ای |
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At the head of |
At the top of At the beginning of |
At the head of calendar |
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Reflect |
بازتابیدن.منعکس کردن.برگرداندن Copy. Imitate |
Khayam developed a calendar that would more accurately reflect the seasons than previous calendars |
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Imitate |
تقلید کردن.پیروی کردن |
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Guardian |
نگهبان.سرپرست.ولی.قیم.محافظ Protector |
Genius is the guardian of Doors and entrances |
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Depict |
نمایش دادن.رسم کردن.نقش کردن.مجسم کردن.شرح دادن Draw. Illustrate. Paint. Picture. Describe. Represent.show |
Janis was always depicted with two faces |
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Sacred |
مقدس.روحانی.خاص Holy. Religious. Special |
They giving one another branches from sacred trees for good fortune |
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Imprint |
Print. Written. Engrave حک کردن.قلم زدن.منقوش کردن |
Later coins imprinted with the god janus became more common new years gifts. |
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Commitment |
Strong decision to do sth. تعهد.الزام |
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Advantageous |
سودمند.مفید |
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Go into effect |
Begin. Start |
The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on new year's day and remain until the goal has been achieved. |
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Vitality |
سرزندگی.زنده دلی |
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Intake |
ورودی.پذیرش.مقدار جذب چیزی به درون |
My goal is to reduce or to eliminate intake of alcohol or tobacco |
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Sensibly |
به طور نمایان یا محسوس Here: smartly. In an intelligent way. Sensible=معقول |
Resolutions to eat sensibly or increase exercise are also quiet common |
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Lesson 13 |
No belief |
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Remark |
ملاحظه.اظهار کردن.توضیح.تفسیر کردن Syn:comment |
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Provoke |
تحریک کردن. برانگیختن. خشمگین کردن |
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Incredulity(n) Incredulous(adj) |
A feeling that you cannot believe sth. Disbelief. Distrust. Doubt. Scepticism Adj=شکاک.دیرباور |
Incredulous old man پیر دیرباور She was incredulous=she couldn't believe |
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Hangover |
1.خماری 2.sth from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful Leftover effects |
It seems to be a hangover of the medieval catholic era |
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Era |
عهد.دوران |
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Theist Atheist |
موحد.خدا پرست Someone who believes that God does not exist |
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Dogmatic Adj |
متعصب.کوته فکر Someone who is completely certain of their believes and expect other people to accept them without arguing |
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Fervently |
Believe or feeling sth very strongly and sincerely. To like sth very much and be very interested in it. |
He believes fervently in socialism |
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Alternatively |
Instead. On the other hand |
If one does not have blind faith in x, one must alternatively have blind faith in not x or reverse of x |
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Very |
Exact |
In these very words In this very moment I love you from the very first moment i saw you |
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Doctrine |
اصول.عقیده Philosophical rules Assume=پنداشتن.فرض کردن.به عهده گرفتن.قبول کردن |
As soon as one believe a doctrine of any sort, or assume certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence |
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Absence (N) |
غیاب.فقدان.نبود Lack of |
Absence of brain activity is taken to mean that life has ended |
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Taken to mean |
Believed to mean. (Idiom) |
Absence of brain activity it's taken to mean that life has ended |
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Model |
Theory=grid |
Model agnosticism= تئوری خدا ناباوری Agnosticism=idea that nothing is definite or sure |
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Popularize |
Make popular مورد پسند عامه کردن |
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Outside |
Surface. Exterior. Face. Skin |
He tries to popularize this outside physics with the slogan''the Map is not the territory'' |
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Vividly |
Clearly. به طور روشن و واضح |
Say it vividly |
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Sense |
حس.احساس.شعور.هوش.ادراک.معنی.مفهوم |
Belief in traditional sense |
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Dogma |
Strict rules or beliefs عقاید تعصب امیز (N) |
Belief in traditional sense, or certitude,or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion..... |
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Amounts to |
Equals. Is |
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Grandiose |
Theatrical. Too showy Behaving in a loud and very noticable way that is intended to get people's attention |
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Delusion |
Illusion. Wrong belief about sth هذیان. وهم |
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In terms of |
In relation to sth بر حسب |
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Absurd |
یاوه.محمل.مزخرف.پوچ.بی معنی.نا معقول.نا پسند.مضحک Nonsense |
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Perpetual |
دائمی.همیشگی.ابدی Eternal. Neverlasting |
I'm perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude |
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Astonish(v) Astonished(adj) |
متحیر کردن.گیج کردن متحیر.سرگشته.حیران.very surprized |
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Manage to |
Are able to |
.... that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude |
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Mutable |
Changeable تغییر پذیر.ناپایدار.بی ثبات |
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Subliminal |
Unconscious. Subconscious ناخوداگاه |
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Entity |
Thing. Creature. Individual. Organism. Object. Substance |
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Pervasive |
Universal. extensive. General. Happening everywhere |
This program is so pervasive |
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Gibberish |
یاوه. مهمل.مزخرف.سخن پوچ و بی معنی نامفهوم.قلمبه سولمبه Nonsense. Babble.absurd |
When one tries to offer a different perspective they imagine one is talking gibberish |
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Notion |
Idea |
The notion that reality is a noun.a solid thing like a brick or baseball bat, derives from the biological fact that our nervous systems normally organize the dance of energy into such block- like |
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Bat |
ضربه. چوب بیسبال.پاره اجر |
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Derives from |
Comes from |
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Block- like |
Physical |
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Dissolve |
اب کردن.گداختن.حل کردن.منحل کردن |
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Mysticism |
کشف.شهود.عرفان.میستیکیسم مسائلی که درک انها خارج از توان حواس باشد |
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So much for |
Idiom:enough of |
So much for lying=I stop talking about lying. =it's enough talking about lying |
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Does not jibe with |
Does not agree with |
Jibe:موافقت کردن |
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Flowing |
Moving in an smooth graceful way Moving like water روان.سلیس |
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Meander |
مسیر پیچیده.پر پیچ و خم Stroll.ramble. ولگردی.اوارگی.سرگردانی.بی هدفی.پرسه زنی Wandering. Roaming. Moving without a destination |
Meandering river |
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Evolve(v) Evolution(n) |
To develop and change gradually over a long period of time تکامل یافتن نکامل |
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Perceive |
دریافت کردن.درک کردن.ملاحظه کردن.مشاهده کردن.دیدن Directly experienced by |
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Construct |
افرینش.خلقت.ایجاد. Creation. Sth we make |
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. Lesson 14 Storytelling |
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Proficiency |
خبرگی.مهارت.تخصص.تبحر.شایستگی.کارایی Skill |
Teaching proficiency |
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Suppose |
پنداشتن.فرض کردن |
Suppose you want to remember a list of words |
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Readily |
Quickly and easily به سهولت.به آسانی |
You will more readily remember the words if you make sentences |
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Visualize |
تجسم کردن.تصور کردن |
The story was easy to visualize |
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Vulgar |
رکیک. مبتذل. عامیانه Rude.crude |
A vulgar story |
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Mnemonic |
Sth such as a poem or sentence or story that you use to help you remember a name or meaning of a word |
A story is in fact a good mnemonic |
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Elaborate |
استادانه درست شده.به زحمت درست شده با دقت و جزئیات درست شده Syn: complex. Intricate |
The more elaborate the story the better |
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Scene |
منظره.چشم انداز.صحنه |
A story helps you to build up scenes that have visual, aural, and sensory association for you |
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Aural |
شنیداری |
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Sensory |
حسی |
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Association |
ارتباط،وابستگی،پیوند |
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Research proven |
Based on scientific study |
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Acquire |
به دست اوردن.دریافت کردن Get.gain. obtain |
The major emphasis of the effortless English approach is to help students acquire English thoroughly and effectively |
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Thoroughly |
Completely |
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At first glance |
Initially. In the beginning |
At first glance, these repetitions may seem redundant |
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Redundant |
اضافی.زاید.تکراری |
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Context |
فضا.زمینه.مفهوم.متن.بافت Situation |
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Exposure |
در معرض نهادن.مواجهه |
These questions in mini stories increase your exposure to the new words |
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Trigger |
ماشه.راه انداختن.برانگیزنده.محرک |
As you listen, you should try to immediately answer the questions as i ask them. This will trigger your memory more quickly than if you just passively listen |
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Smooth |
Cd About a person: someone who is polite, confident and relaxed, but is often not sincere |
He isn't a smooth guy |
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He picks his nose in public |
او در مکان عمومی دست تو دماغش میکنه یا دماغ میگیره |
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Lesson 15: worthy goals |
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Glacial |
منجمد.یخبندان |
Time seemed to go at a glacial pace At a glacial pace: very very slow |
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Mind numbing |
Idiom: to be extremely boring |
I did the same mind numbing routine |
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Miserable |
Very unhappy. Very painful and terrible. Gloomy |
It was the most miserable job I've ever had |
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Inspiring |
Giving people a feeling of excitement, and a desire to do something great امید بخش |
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Autonomy |
Self reliance. Personal freedom and power خودمختاری.اختیار |
Is it possible to have freedom and autonomy? |
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Reliance |
اعتماد.توکل.تکیه.اتکا |
Self reliance |
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Degrade |
تنزل کردن.کم کردن درجه Degrading: here means make you feel weak |
Does work have to be boring and degrading?? |
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Capture |
ضبط کردن. گرفتن.اسیر کردن.تسخیر کردن.دستگیری Caught. Showed Caught=past tense and past participle of catch |
The movie captured the sterility, the numbness, and the pointlessness perfectly |
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Sterility(n) Sterile(adj) |
عقیمی.نازایی.بی باری Without beauty, life, or emotion |
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Numb(v)(adj) Numbness(n) |
بی حس.کرخت No feeling. Cannot feel |
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Degradation |
تنزل.تحقیر.خفت An experience or situation that makes you feel ashamed, weak or powerless. |
Most jobs in my opinion, are the factories of degradation |
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Crush |
مچاله کردن.له کردن.خرد کردن Destroyed. Broken into many tiny pieces. Pressed until broken |
The workers spirit and soul are crushed |
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Heartless |
بی احساس.بی عاطفه |
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Oppressive |
ناراحت کننده A situation that is oppressive makes you unhappy, worried or uncomfortable. Sth that controls you and makes you feel weak |
Work is the most oppressive force we face, the greatest source of misery in our lives |
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Face |
Encounter روبه رو شدن.مواجه شدن |
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Misery |
بدبختی.فلاکت.تهیدستی Pain, sadness, suffering, unhappiness |
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Sincere Insincere Insincerity(n) |
بی ریا.صادق.صمیمی.مخلص. دورو.ریا کار.بی صداقت.غیر صمیمی. Without honesty |
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Drab |
Ugly. Without colour یکواخت و خسته کننده |
I hated the drab offices |
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Quest |
جست و جو.تلاش A search for sth It's not a normal search. It's a strong search. Searching very hard for sth important |
I've been on a quest for a better livelihood |
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Livelihood |
The way you earn money in order to live |
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Inspire |
الهام بخشیدن |
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Bureaucrat |
مامور اداری. مقرراتی و اهل کاغذ بازی. فرد معتقد به رعایت تشریفات اداری Someone who works in a bureaucracy and use official rules very strictly |
Bureaucracy=تشریفات اداری |
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Element of |
A small amount of a quality Kind of Piece of |
As an employee, there is always an element of humiliation, always a whiff of command and control |
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A whiff of |
A little |
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Launch |
شروع کردن.راه انداختن.عرضه کالای جدید به بازار.پرتاب کردن(موشک) |
This is the major reason i launched effortless English |
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Spectre=specter |
شبه.روح.فکر و خیال.تخیل Ghost. Spirit |
The spectre of failure always hangs over you. |
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Hang over |
خماری.اثر به جا مانده Left over effects |
Hands over you=follows you. Is always there |
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Worthy |
Good enough. Great. Noble شایسته.سزاوار.با ارزش |
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Asking out |
Asking for a date |
Asking out a girl |
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Terror |
ترور.ترس زیاد.وحشت |
Your terror is a good sign |
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Antidote |
پادزهر |
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Take this bottle and shove it |
این بطری رو بگیر و بکنش تو کونت |
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Lesson 16. Validation.(n).validity(n) Validate(v) Valid(adj) |
اعتبار.درستی.صحت.تصدیق.اعتبار بخشی اعتبار بخشیدن. معتبر
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These results are a small but powerful validation of my own teaching approach |
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Stack(n)(v) |
انباشتن.انباشته کردن دسته.توده Pile |
I turn back to the papers stacked in front of me |
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Pile |
ستون.توده.کپه |
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Glance |
برانداز کردن. نگاه مختصر کردن. نگاه اجمالی کردن |
Glance over=look at quickly I glance over the test scores |
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Drawn to |
Attracted to |
My eyes are drawn to two test papers |
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Dramatic Dramatically |
چشمگیر.نمایشی |
These two students improved dramatically more than all of the others |
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Harangue |
Tried to convince. Tried to persuade Repeatedly talk about sth |
They actually followed the method I continually harangued the class about |
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Faithfully |
With belief and confidence |
He faithfully uses their system |
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Confidence |
اعتقاد. اطمینان |
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Adolescent |
A young person ,usually between the age of 11 and 14 |
Adolescent novels |
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Jargon |
زبان فنی.اصطلاحات مخصوص یه صنف Special vocabulary for a specific job or field |
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Bulk |
قسمت عمده.بخش کلی.اکثریت The bulk of=most of |
The bulk of their study time was spent reading and listening |
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Analysis(n) Analyze(v |
Most students ans schools follow an analysis based approach. The bulk of their time is spent analyzing the language, memorizing grammar rules and doing drills |
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Drill |
سوراخ کردن.مته کردن.دستگاه مته.تمرین. Repeated practice actions |
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Nag |
نق زدن.ازار دادن.عیبجو.یابو. مرتبا گوشزد کردن To ask someone to do sth many many times |
I always nag and cajole my students to focus on comprehensible input |
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Cajole |
To gradually persuade someone to do sth by being nice to them or making promises to them |
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Comprehensible |
Understandable قابل درک |
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Quantitatively |
With numbers کمی. |
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In dramatic fashion |
In a powerful way. In a noticeable way |
He decided to ask out Mahsa in a dramatic fashion |
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An isolated incident |
Sth that happens on its own, not together with others A special experience=sth that doesn't usually happen It's not an isolated incident=it's common. It's usually happen alot. |
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Replicate(v) |
تکرار کردن |
Many research studies replicate these findings |
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Findings |
یافته ها Results. Conclusion |
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Phenomenon |
پدیده |
I've never seen this phenomenon so starkly illustrated in person |
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Stark |
رک.صرف.مطلق.تماما In a strong and obvious way |
She was starkly different than him. She was very mature |
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Exhort |
Try to persuade. Try to convince. Plea for |
I continually exhort my students to follow |
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Plea |
Strong request |
I will now carry this plea to you |
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با خنده حرف زدن To laugh quickly and quietly and in a high voice, because sth is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed |
He giggled and laughed |
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Mature |
بالغ.کامل |
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Lesson 17 Our universal journey |
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Tenuous |
Uncertain. Easy to change غیر قابل اتکا |
His job is tenuous |
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Tumultuous |
پر همهمه.پر اشوب.شلوغ.به هم ریخته.بی نظم Full of conflict, change and emotion |
Human relationships are sometimes fragile, unpredictable and tumultuous. He came to a large tumultuous river |
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Seemingly |
Apparently ظاهرا. از قرار معلوم |
My own body seemingly healthy, but still subject to disease, fatigue, and aging |
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Subject to |
Possible to be affected by. Susceptible to |
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Susceptible |
مستعد. در معرض.اماده |
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Fatigue |
Tiredness خستگی.فرسودگی It's not daily tiredness. It's a tiredness for a long period of time |
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Have a handle on it |
Control it Successful with it |
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Tough |
Difficult |
This is a tough truth to accept, for though we know intellectually that all things in life are impermanent, we often don't feel it instinctively |
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Intellectual Intellectually |
عقلانی.ذهنی.فکری.روشن فکر خردمندانه.به طور عقلانی |
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Manipulate |
با مهارت انجام دادن.اداره کردن Control. Influence
Manipulation(n)=attempt to control To manipulate a person=it has a negative meaning. It means you lie to them to influence them to do sth. But here means neutral. |
We imagine that we can predict and manipulate future events |
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Laid |
Past tense and past participle of lay کار گذاشتن. نصب کردن. طرح کردن. مطرح کردن. خواباندن.دفن کردن |
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The best laid plan |
Plans that have been made carefully. Best plans |
Our best laid plans are always subject to catastrophic failure |
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Catastrophic |
فاجعه امیز.مصیبت بار Disastrous |
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Conceivable |
امکان پذیر.ممکن |
We can conceivably, lose them all in the blink of an eye |
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Nerve |
عصب.طاقت.قدرت.قوت قلب.نیرو بخشیدن Bravery. Courage |
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Nerve fails Failure of nerve |
Failure of courage Someone suddenly lose the courage or confidence to do sth Worry. Fear |
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Obsess |
To think about sth much more than is necessary or sensible |
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Confident |
مطمئن.دلگرم |
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Concentrated |
متمرکز.فشرده.شدید.پرقدرت Intensive. Powerful |
This kind of travel is a concentrated training exercise in impermanence and change |
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Intensive |
شدید. متمرکز. پر قوت. فشرده |
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Mythology |
اسطوره شناسی.افسانه شناسی |
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The common thread |
The common idea. The same idea |
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Mythological journeys |
Spiritual travels |
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Wisdom |
حکمت. خرد. فرزانگی. دانش. معرفت. دانایی |
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Sear |
Burn سوزاندن |
It imagined two hot spots searing through my flesh |
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Numb |
کرخت.بیحس |
My feet was numb with a dull ache |
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Dull |
خسته کننده.بیهوده.ملال اور.تیره.کدر Collocation=dull pain:a slight but continuous pain |
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Panic |
اضطراب و ترس ناگهانی A strong fear and confusion |
I felt panic |
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Butterflies in my stomach |
Nervous, worried |
I felt butterflies in my stomach |
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Urge |
میل.انگیختن.ترغیب کردن.اصرار کردن A strong wish or need |
I felt a tremendous urge to get up and run away |
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Gulp |
Swallow قورت دادن |
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Sensation(n) |
Feeling حس.احساس |
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Still |
ساکن.بی حرکت.ساکت شدن. خاموش شدن |
I remained still |
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Advisor |
مشاور.راهنما |
I tried to follow the advisors instructions, don't flee from the pain |
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Flee |
Run away from. Run from. Avoid |
Past tense and past participle=fled Don't flee from the pain |
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Observe |
ملاحظه کردن.مشاهده کردن.دیدن |
I tried to observe the pain dispassionately |
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Passionate Dispassionate |
پر حرارت.احساساتی. full of emotions Without emotions. خونسرد |
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Delve |
حفر کردن.سوراخ کردن.کاوش کردن 1=try to find more information about someone or sth 2=to search for sth by putting your hand deeply into a bag or container |
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Delved into |
Go(deeply) into |
As I delved into the pain.... |
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Drain away |
If sth drains away, it is reduced until there is none left |
I noticed that his panic and fear drained away |
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Crept |
Past tense and past participle of creep Creep: to move in a quiet careful way, especially to avoid attracting attention خزیدن.تغییر شکل تدریجی Came slowly |
A natural smile crept onto her face |
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Intense |
شدید.زیاد |
Suddenly the intense pain didn't seem painful |
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Break through |
To be successful after overcoming a difficulty |
That was the moment that i broke through |
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Insight |
بینش.بصیرت |
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Variant(n) |
گوناگون. مختلف.نوع.گونه Different. Kinds Varation(n)=نوسان.تغییر Vary(v) |
Vipassana has many variants |
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Intense |
Powerful شدید.قوی.زیاد |
The course is very intense |
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Donation |
هدیه.بخشش.کمک بلاعوض Given money to a person or an organisation in order to help them. But this is voluntary and there is no coercion |
Participants may give a donation if they wish to help others |
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Centered (Adjective) |
Balance. Calm Feeling calm and in control of your life and feelings متمرکز |
I felt centered |
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Volatilize(v) Volatile(adj) |
بخار شدن.
بخار شدنی.فرار. A volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without warning Changing a lot and changing quickly. Chaotic |
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Unstable |
Not consistent |
Consistent= پایداری.استوار.ثابت قدم.استحکام |
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Unstable |
Not consistent |
Consistent= استوار.ثابت قدم.پایداری.استحکام |
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Heave |
Move جابجا کردن Move suddenly Also means to throw sth very heavy And also a slang for vomiting |
My body heave suddenly |
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Lesson 19. Thriving on chaos |
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Thrive(v) Thriving(adj) |
پیشرفت کردن.رونق یافتن.کامیاب شدن. To enjoy or be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult or unpleasant |
Thriving on chaos |
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Revert |
رجوع کردن.برگشت. Return. Go back to |
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Constant |
ثابت.پایدار.دائمی.همیشگی |
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Relieve |
تسلی دادن.فرو نشاندن خلاص کردن(از درد و رنج) |
Relieve chaos |
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Trend |
روند.گرایش.تمایل.گرایش Sth that many people are doing and is popular |
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Entitle |
حق دادن.مستحق دانستن.نام نهادن |
He entitled one of his books....... Men are entitled by the society and government |
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To land on Idiom |
To decide to use To choose(after considering many choices) |
He told me it took him a long time to land on that word on his book |
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Evolve |
To develop and change gradually over a long period of time |
Science, education and technology are evolving rapidly. Sometimes it can feel overwhelming |
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Overwhelming |
سخت.طاقت فرسا.خرد کننده Have a such a great effect on you that you feel confused and don't know how to react |
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Dig Dig in=idiom |
حفر کردن.کندن
To eat with enthusiasm Here means to resist change. To fight against change |
They may dig in and become very conservative in an effort to stop or at least slow the change |
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Bitter |
تلخ Very angry and upset |
Some people even become quite bitter about it |
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Tumultuous |
پر همهمه.پر اشوب.شلوغ.به هم ریخته.بی نظم Quickly changing. Chaotic |
What we need to thrive in this tumultuous age are deep principles |
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Vital |
حیاتی.اساسی.واجب |
Another vital skill for this age of chaos is reflection |
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Reflection |
انعکاس.بازتاب.تفکر.اندیشه.تعمق Thinking deeply about sth |
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Theoretical |
تئوری.نظری.فرضی Concerned with ideas |
It's easy to get lost in theoretical world of abstract ideas |
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Concern |
نگران بودن. اهمیت داشتن. ربط. بستگی. مربوط بودن. درگیر بودن. سر و کار داشتن |
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Concrete |
عینی.واقعی.محسوس.سفت.بتن |
If you act first, you then have sth concrete to think about |
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Grounded in Idiom |
Connected to |
Your thinking is grounded in the real world |
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Caught up in Idiom
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Obsessed with. Thinking too much about |
When you first act, it's harder to become caught up in speculation |
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Courtesy |
نزاکت.ادب.تواضع |
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Lesson 20 Listen first |
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Dropping like flies Idiom |
Quitting in large numbers and very quickly |
Students are dropping like flies from foreign language program |
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Dropout |
Quitting. Leaving Someone who leave school or college before they have finish
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Dropout rate in foreign language |
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Proficiency |
مهارت. تخصص. تبحر Skill. Ability |
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Standardize |
استاندارد کردن.مطابق با معیار معینی سنجیدن |
Standardized tests |
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Proficient |
خبره.ماهر.متخصص |
They're not proficient enough to hold a conversation |
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Audio lingual |
A teaching method that uses mostly "repeat after me" and substitution drills |
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Substitution |
تعویض. جانشینی |
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Drill |
A toll or machine used to making hole in sth 2.a method of teaching students sth by making them repeat the same lesson or exercise many times |
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Come into |
To receive money, land or property from someone after they have died. To be involved in sth |
The audio lingual method is a popular approach that came into wide use after world war 2. |
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Engage |
استخدام کردن.مشغول کردن.دست به کاری زدن.به کار گماشتن.عهد کردن.قول دادن.نامزد کردن. مجذوب گردن. گرو گذاشتن. Doing. |
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Pattern practice drill |
Repeating the same sentence pattern again and again |
These methods consist of memorizing grammar rules and dialogues and engaging in pattern practice drill |
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Supplement |
تکمیل کننده.مکمل |
It's an ideal supplement to listen |
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Go back to square one Idiom |
Go back to the beginning Return to the first step Used when you start sth again because you were not successful at the first time |
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Lesson 21. Hitch |
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Swept off my feet Idiom |
Fall in love very strongly |
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Tone |
Intonation Pitch |
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That's where I come in Idiom |
That's when i begin That's where i start |
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Needs the right broom. Here means joke |
Needs the right technique Broom:a large brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floor |
Any man has a chance to sweep any woman of her feet. Just needs the right broom |
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Lesson 22 Hitch 2 |
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Outgoing |
Friendly and sociable Opposite of shy |
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All at once |
Suddenly |
She may not want to see your love all at once. But she does want to see it |
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Blow off. |
To not meet someone To get rid of sth To consider sth to be unimportant. To give oral sex to a man |
I blew her off last week, but she asked me again to meet her. She could have just blown you off |
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Mess up |
Ruin. Cause a big problem make a big mistake |
Just go talk to her.Please don't mess it up |
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They are really me Idiom |
They fit my personality. they fit my usual style. |
Your shoes are hot. (Hot=look great) Yes, but they're not really me |
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Fluid |
سیال.مایع A situation that is fluid is likely to change Easily changed. Very flexible |
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Hang back |
Don't get too close بی میلی نشان دادن |
The main point for first date is hang back |
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Lingers |
درنگ کردن. تاخیر کردن. دیر کردن Stay at. Remain at one place for a while To stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you don't want to leave . To continue looking at or dealing with sth for longer than is usual |
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Maintain the visual Idiom |
Keep eye contact |
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1.Bomb pop 2. Screwball |
A kind of ice cream |
Let me get a bomb pop |
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High- stakes Idiom |
Very important and risky Action with potentially big gains and/or big losses |
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Take your breath away |
Amazed and surprise you |
Life is not the amounts of breaths you take. It's the amounts. That take your breath away |
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Medal round |
Medal round in the Olympics. It's the last game or last two games. This game decides who get the gold medal. In this lesson this phrase means his comparing the date number 3 to the Olympic final game. It means if the third date is good she may fall in love with you, and if it's bad, she may finish |
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Immersion |
شناوری.غوطه وری.فرورفتگی |
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Restrict |
منحصر کردن.محدود کردن. |
Restricting users for using certain terms |
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Lesson 18. Vipassana |
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Wash through |
Idiom=go (completely through) To suddenly affect somebody strongly, so that they are not aware of anything else |
As i exhaled, i felt a deep sense of calm wash through me |
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Transformation |
Big changes تبدیل.تغییر شکل |
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Antithetic=adj Antithetical=adj |
متضاد Opposite. Counter. Reverse. Contradictory |
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Speculation |
سوداگری.سفته بازی.احتکار.زمین خواری.گمانه زنی. Guessing. Theory |
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Unimaginative |
Lacking the ability to think of new or unusual ideas |
Unimaginative people often label the surprises as failures |
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So- called |
Used to describe someone or sth that has been given a name that you think is wrong اصطلاحا.به اصطلاح.نامیده شدن به کذب |
In fact so-called failures are aften more valuable than what most consider success |
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Reinforce |
مستحکم کردن.تقویت کردن |
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Discard |
دور انداختن.دست کشیدن از.ترک کردن To throw away. To get rid of |
We must also discard labels such as "failure" |
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Rigid |
سخت.انعطاف ناپذیر. Inflexible. Hard to change |
The time for rigid, rule- centred thinking was 100 years ago |
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Embrace |
پذیرفتن.بغل کردن Accept happily To eagerly accept an idea or opinion |
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To enjoy the ride Idiom |
To enjoy the process To enjoy the whole experience(not just the end result) |
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Approximate |
نزدیک کردن.تقریب زدن.تقریبی Get close to. Imitate. Copy |
Learning a language through TPR approximate the acquisition of your native language |
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Acquisition |
کسب کردن.فرا گرفتن getting,. Learning |
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Inhibit |
منع کردن. جلوگیری کردن. بازداری |
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