UNIT 2

فارسی

MEANING

WORD

قبول کردن، تعمید دادن، به فرزندی پذیرفتن

· v.

1 legally take (another’s child) and bring it up as one’s own.

2 choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action).

3 Brit. choose as a candidate for office. Ø formally approve or accept.

4 Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road).

5 assume (an attitude or position).

 

Adopt

ضمیمه، مربوط

attach

· v.

1 fasten; join. Ø include (a condition) as part of an agreement. Ø assign or attribute.

2 [as adj. attached] full of affection or fondness.

3 appoint for special or temporary duties.

 

Attached

تاکسی، جای راننده کامیون و لوکوموتیو

· n.

1 (also taxi cab) a taxi.

2 the driver’s compartment in a truck, bus, or train.

3 historical a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.

 

Cab

آرامش، سکوت

calm

· adj.

1 not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other emotions.

2 peaceful and undisturbed.

· n.

1 the state or fact of being peaceful or tranquil.

2 (calms) an area of the sea without wind.

· v. (often calm down) make or become tranquil and quiet.

 

Calm

گرفت، گرفتار کرد

past and past participle of catch.

catch

· v. (past and past part. caught)

1 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped). Ø seize or take hold of. Ø Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground.

2 capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape).

3 accidentally become entangled or trapped in something. Ø have (a part of one’s body or clothing) become entangled or trapped in something.

4 reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft). Ø reach or be in a place in time to see (a person, performance, etc.).

5 (be caught in) unexpectedly find oneself in (an unwelcome situation). Ø surprise (someone) in an awkward or incriminating situation.

6 engage (a person’s interest or imagination). Ø perceive fleetingly. Ø hear or understand (something said), especially with effort. Ø succeed in evoking or representing.

7 strike (someone) on a part of the body. Ø accidentally strike (a part of one’s body) against something.

8 contract (an illness) through infection or contagion.

9 become ignited and start burning.

· n.

1 an act or instance of catching. Ø an amount of fish caught. Ø informal a person considered desirable as a partner or spouse.

2 a device for securing something such as a door, window, or box.

3 a hidden problem or disadvantage.

4 an unevenness in a person’s voice caused by emotion.

5 Music a round, typically one with words arranged to

 

Caught

سند، گواهی نامه

· n. /s@"tIfIk@t/

1 an official document attesting or recording a particular fact or event, a level of achievement, the fulfilment of a legal requirement, etc.

2 an official classification awarded to a cinema film by a board of censors, indicating its suitability for a particular age group.

· v. /s@"tIfIkeIt/ provide with or attest in an official document.

 

Certificate

پیشخوان، مقابله به مثل

· n.

1 a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or food and drinks are served. Ø N. Amer. a worktop.

2 a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker. Ø a token representing a coin.

3 a factor used to give one party an advantage in negotiations.

4 a person or thing that counts something. Ø Physics an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles or events.

· v.

1 speak or act in opposition or response to.

2 Boxing give a return blow while parrying.

· adv. (counter to) in the opposite direction to or in conflict with.

· adj. responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition: argument and counter argument.

· n.

1 an act or speech which counters something else.

 

Counter

آفرینش

· n.

1 the action or process of creating. Ø a thing which has been made or invented, especially something showing artistic talent.

2 (the Creation) the creating of the universe, especially when regarded as an act of God. Ø the universe.

 

Creation

بحث، گفتگو

· v. talk about so as to reach a decision. Ø talk or write about (a topic) in detail.

 

Discuss

بخش، ناحیه، حوزه

· n.

1 an area or part of a town or region.

2 Brit. a division of a county or region that elects its own councillors.

 

District

سهولت

· n. absence of difficulty or effort. Ø freedom from worries or problems.

· v.

1 make or become less serious or severe. Ø facilitate.

2 move carefully or gradually. Ø (ease something away/down/off) Nautical slacken a rope or sail slowly or gently.

 

Ease

سهولت، امکان، وسیله

· n. (pl. facilities)

1 a building, service, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose. Ø an additional feature of a service or machine.

2 a natural aptitude. Ø absence of difficulty or effort.

 

Facility

مسطح، دشت، جلگه، بخشی از یک عمارت

· adj. (flatter, flattest)

1 having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations. Ø not sloping. Ø having a broad level surface but little height or depth: a flat box.

2 (of shoes) without high heels.

· adv.

1 in or to a horizontal position. Ø lying in close juxtaposition to a surface. Ø so as to become level and even.

· n.

1 the flat part of something.

2 an upright section of stage scenery.

· v. (flatted, flatting)

 

Flat

اصلاح کردن، پیشرفت کردن

· v.

1 make or become better. Ø (improve on/upon) achieve or produce something better than.

2 [as adj. improving] giving moral or intellectual benefit.

 

Improve

غیر مستقیم

· adj.

1 not direct. Ø Soccer denoting a free kick from which a goal may not be scored directly.

2 (of costs) deriving from overhead charges or subsidiary work.

3 (of taxation) levied on goods and services rather than income or profits.

 

Indirect

سود، علاقه

· n.

1 the state of wanting to know about something or someone. Ø a quality exciting curiosity or holding the attention: a tale full of interest. Ø a subject in which one is concerned.

2 money paid for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt.

3 the advantage or benefit of someone. Ø archaic self-interest.

· v.

1 excite the curiosity or attention of. Ø (interest someone in) persuade someone to undertake or acquire.

 

Interest

اختراع، ابتکار

· n.

1 the action of inventing. Ø something invented. Ø a fabricated story.

2 creative ability.

 

Invention

مربا، متراکم کردن، شلوغ

· v. (jammed, jamming)

1 squeeze or pack tightly into a space. Ø push roughly and forcibly into a position. Ø crowd so as to block (a road, telephone line, etc.).

2 become or make unable to move or work due to a part becoming stuck.

3 (jam something on) apply something forcibly: he jammed on the brakes.

4 make (a radio transmission) unintelligible by causing interference.

5 informal (in jazz or blues) improvise with other musicians.

 

Jam

محلی

· adj. relating or restricted to a particular area or one’s neighbourhood. Ø (in technical use) relating to a particular region or part, or to each of any number of these: a local infection. Ø Computing only available for use in one part of a program.

· n. a local person or thing. Ø Brit. informal a pub convenient to a person’s home. Ø N. Amer. a local branch of a trade union. Ø Stock Exchange slang a floor trader who trades on their own account, rather than on behalf of other investors.

 

Local

پیشرو

· n. a person in a vehicle or on horseback who escorts or guards another vehicle. Ø US a mounted official who escorts racehorses to the starting post. Ø US a mounted herdsman who prevents cattle from straying.

 

Outrider

کامل، بی عیب

· adj. /"p@;fIkt/

1 having all the required elements, qualities, or characteristics.

2 free from any flaw; faultless.

3 complete; absolute: it made perfect sense.

4 Mathematics (of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.

· v. /p@"fEkt/

1 make perfect.

2 bring to completion.

· n. /"p@;fIkt/ (the perfect) Grammar the perfect tense.

 

Perfect

آلودگی

pollute

· v.

1 contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.

2 corrupt.

 

Pollution

آماده کردن، مهیا کردن

· v.

1 make available for use; supply. Ø (provide someone with) equip or supply someone with.

2 (provide for) make adequate preparation or arrangements for. Ø (of a law) enable or allow (something to be done).

3 stipulate in a will or other legal document.

 

Provide

کمیت

· n. (pl. quantities)

1 a certain amount or number. Ø a considerable number or amount.

2 the property of something that is measurable: wages depended on quantity of output, regardless of quality.

3 Phonetics the perceived length of a vowel sound or syllable.

 

Quantity

نپذیرفتن، آشغال

refuse1 /rI"fju;z/

· v. indicate unwillingness. Ø indicate unwillingness to accept or grant (something offered or requested). Ø (of a horse) decline to jump (a fence or other obstacle).

refuse2 /"rEfju;s/

· n. matter thrown away as worthless.

 

Refuse

ازدحام، یورش، کاری را با عجله انجام دادن

· v.

1 move or act or cause to move or act with urgent haste. Ø take somewhere with urgent haste. Ø (rush something out) produce and distribute something very quickly. Ø deal with (something) hurriedly.

2 (of air or a liquid) flow strongly.

3 dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture them or it. Ø American Football advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback). Ø American Football gain a specified amount of ground by running forward with the ball.

 

Rush

جای دیدنی

sightseeing

· n. the activity of visiting places of interest in a particular location.

 

Sightsee

ابله، احمقانه

· adj. (sillier, silliest)

1 lacking in common sense or judgement; foolish.

2 trivial or frivolous.

 

Silly

به آرامی

· adj.

1 having an even and regular surface; free from projections or indentations. Ø (of a liquid) having an even consistency; without lumps.

2 (of movement) without jerks.

3 without problems or difficulties.

4 (of a flavour) without harshness or bitterness.

 

Smooth

راه حل، محلول

· n.

1 a means of solving a problem. Ø the correct answer to a puzzle.

2 a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent). Ø the process or state of being dissolved.

 

Solution

رکاب

· n.

1 each of a pair of devices attached at either side of a horse’s saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider’s foot.

2 (lithotomy stirrups) a pair of metal supports for the ankles used during gynaecological examinations and childbirth (originally used in lithotomy).

 

Stirrup

تحمل کردن، رنج بردن

· v.

1 experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant). Ø (suffer from) be affected by or subject to (an illness or ailment). Ø become or appear worse in quality. Ø archaic undergo martyrdom or execution.

 

Suffer