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Wince, cower, cringe, flinch, recoil❓❔🙋♂🙋♀
The same individual might wince when receiving a flu shot, flinch from a difficult task, and cower in fear at the approach of a tornado. All of these verbs mean to draw back in alarm, disgust, faintheartedness, or servility, but there are subtle differences among them. To wince is to make a slight recoiling movement, often an involuntary contraction of the facial features, in response to pain or discomfort (to wince when a singer misses a high note), while flinch may imply a similar drawing-back motion or, more abstractly, a reluctance or avoidance (to tackle the job without flinching). Cower and cringe both refer to stooped postures, although cower is usually associated with fearful trembling (he cowered in the doorway) while cringe is usually linked to servile, cowardly, or fawning behavior (she cringed before her father's authority). More than any of the other verbs here, recoil suggests a physical movement away from something (recoil at the sight of a poisonous snake), although that movement may also be psychological (recoil at the very thought of a family reunion).
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Elephant in the room
📚a problem or issue that everyone is aware of but that no one wants to talk about
🐘Her dad’s depression has been the elephant in the room at family gatherings.
🐘In a family gathering, the strained relationship between two siblings was the elephant in the room that cast a shadow over the otherwise cheerful atmosphere
🐘We are having a family get together tomorrow afternoon. Our whole family knows my mother was unfaithful, so we will spend the whole evening trying to avoid that elephant in the room.
🐘His alcoholism was the elephant in the room. Everyone knew he had a drinking problem but no one said anything.
🐘Politicians are focusing on the wrong issue and ignoring the elephant in the room.
🐘It was the elephant in the room for a long time until Tamara finally said something about it.
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Amalgam
📚combination of parts that create a complete whole
آمالگام (دندان)
✍توضیح: شاید همه ی ما کلمه ی آمالگام رو در رابطه با دندان شنیده باشیم، ولی توی انگلیسی این کلمه معنی دیگری هم دارد
(تلفیق چیزهای مختلف)
1. His success was an amalgam of talent, hard word, and leadership.
▪️موفقیت اون تلفیق استعداد؛ سخت کوشی و رهبری بود.
2. The restaurant offers an exciting amalgam of flavors.
▪️رستوران تلفیقی عالی از طعم های مختلف رو ارائه میده
3. The show was a wonderful amalgam of dance, music and drama.
▪️نمایش، آمیزه‌ای دلنشین از رقص، موسیقی و نمایش بود.
4. Nearly every new parent feels an amalgam of joy and terror.
▪️تقریبا تمام افرادی که به تازگی صاحب فرزند شدن ، احساسی درهم آمیخته از شادی و وحشت دارد.
5. The language they speak is an amalgam of Spanish and English.
▪️زبانی که به آن صحبت می‌کنند، ترکیبی از اسپانیایی و انگلیسی است
6. His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits.
▪️شخصیت او آمیزه‌ای عجیب از ویژگی‌های متناقض است.
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In tandem
📚 two pieces of equipment, people, etc. are working in tandem, they are working together, especially well or closely
• I want these two groups to work/operate in tandem on this project.
•They're working in tandem with scientists from England to find a cure.
• The new system is designed to be used in tandem with the existing communications network.
• She often works in tandem with a psychologist, one writing the software and the other advising on likely user reaction.
•The tax changes are coming into effect in tandem with several relief schemes for lower-income families.
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🎧Sapientdream-PastlivesPast lives couldn't ever come between us
Lost love is sweeter when it's finally found
I've got the strangest feeling
This isn't our first time around
Past lives couldn't ever come between us
Sometimes the dreamers finally wake up
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
Past lives couldn't ever hold me down
Lost love is sweeter when it's finally found
I've got the strangest feeling
This isn't our first time around
Past lives couldn't ever come between us
Sometimes the dreamers finally wake up
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
Past lives couldn't ever hold me down
Lost love is sweeter when it's finally found
I've got the strangest feeling
This isn't our first time around
Past lives couldn't ever come between us
Sometimes the dreamers finally wake up
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
Don't wake me, I'm not dreaming
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Spin
📚when an idea or situation is expressed or described in a clever way that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics
1. Though the crime rate was still higher than anywhere else in the country, the police commissioner tried to put a positive spin on the report by applauding that the city had a 10% crime reduction from the previous year.
2. No matter what the facts are, they're going to try to put a spin on it one way or another—that's what PR companies do!
3. The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
4. She's put a whole new spin on the theme of corporate greed
5. Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
Spin doctor
📚someone whose job is to make ideas, events, etc. seem better than they really are, especially in politics
1. The spin doctors are trying to revive the party’s fading image.
2. Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.
Under your belt
📚as an achievement or as part of your experience
1. She has a best-selling book under her belt. [=she has written a best-selling book]
2. An actor who has several films under his belt [=who has appeared in several films]
3. He finally has a full year of experience under his belt.
4. Once you get a few more major league games under your belt, you'll feel more comfortable.
5. I'll feel much more comfortable letting you lead the team once you've had a few more years in the office under your belt.
6. Basic computer skills are a good thing to have under your belt.
7. She was a capable individual, with fourteen years as managing director under her belt.
8. He has several major drama awards under his belt.
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Some expressions about crying :
1. That was such a sad film - I wept buckets at the end of it.😭🪣
2. As soon as I heard news of his death, tears started to well up in my eyes.
3. I can't watch those sappy movies because I just cry my eyes out every time.
4. Her eyes were streaming with tears.
5. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she bade fer friends a farewell.
6. She starts to tear up when she talks about the death of a friend.
7. I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favourite doll.
8. After the last notes of her song, the audience burst into tears, such was its beauty and tenderness.
9. She broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters.
10. He was fighting back tears as he announced his resignation.
11. He was choking back tears as he talked about his late wife.
12. He was unable to hold back his tears. [=to keep from crying]
13. Kids who turn on the waterworks when they want attention
14. His display of kindness to her opened the floodgates again, and she began to sob loudly
Patch (something) up or patch up (something)
📚to fix something quickly so it can be used until it's repaired properly or replaced
🩹After crashing my motorbike, I couldn't fix it but I patched it up enough to get it to the repair shop.
🩹Our roof needs replacing. It leaked during that storm last night and I patched up some holes, but we really need a new one.
🩹The road needs resurfacing, not just patching up.
📚to give basic medical treatment to someone who is injured
1. The nurses managed to patch her up temporarily.
2. The doctor patched him up, so he's going to be as good as new.
3. She patched up his wounded arm.
📚to deal with (a problem, disagreement, etc.) in order to improve or repair a relationship
1. My sister and her husband argue a lot, but they always patch things up before long.
2. The leaders of the two countries patched up their differences and avoided a war.
3. The meeting was intended to
patch up relations between the two sides.
At your wits' end
📚to be so worried, confused, or annoyed that you do not know what to do next
1. I'm at my wit's end with this problem. I cannot figure it out.
▪️دیگه عقلم به جایی قد نمیده . نمیدونم چطور باید این مشکل رو حل کنم
2. The baby's been crying for hours, and I'm at my wits' end!
▪️بچه چند ساعته که داره گریه میکنه . دیگه نمیدونم باید چکار کنم
3. I'm already at my wits' end, so if this train gets delayed too, I'm going to scream.
▪️دیگه به اینجام رسیده . اگه این قطار هم دیر کنه ، جیغ میزنم 😱
4. I’m at my wits’ end trying to think of ways to amuse these children.
▪️دیگه مغزم نمیکِشه که چه جوری این بچه ها رو سرگرم کنم
5. She was at her wits' end trying to figure out how to control her son.
▪️خیلی کلافه بود و عقلش به جایی نمیرسید از اینکه داشت سعی میکرد یه راهی برای کنترل پسرش پیدا کنه.
6. I've tried everything I can think of to make her eat and she flatly refuses. I'm really at my wits' end.
▪️دیگه عقلم به جایی نمیرسه . هر راهی که تونستم رو رفتم تا وادارش کنم غدا بخوره ولی نمیخوره
vigilant, careful, cautious, circumspect, wary, watchful, alert ❓❔🙋♂🙋♀
All of these adjectives connote being on the lookout for danger or opportunity. Watchful is the most general term, meaning closely observant (a watchful young man who noticed everything). If you're vigilant, you are watchful for a purpose (to be vigilant in the presence of one's enemies), and wary suggests being on the lookout for treachery or trickery (wary of his neighbor's motives in offering to move the fence). If you're alert, you are quick to apprehend a danger, an opportunity, or an emergency (she was much more alert after a good night's sleep), and if you're careful, you may be able to avoid danger or error altogether. Cautious and circumspect also emphasize the avoidance of danger or unpleasant situations. To be circumspect is to be watchful in all directions and with regard to all possible consequences (these journalists have to be circumspect, not criticizing anyone too harshly); to be cautious is to guard against contingencies (a cautious approach to treating illness).
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Full of yourself
📚If you are full of yourself you think you're better or more important than you really are.
For example :
1. That guy was so full of himself! He couldn't stop talking about himself and all the wonderful things he's done.
2. Gary is so full of himself that he doesn't even realise it when he's boring the people he's talking to.
3. Ever since she won the prize Mary's been so full of herself that no one wants to talk to her .
4. Geez, why can't you just be humble for a change? I know you're successful, but there's no need to be so full of yourself.
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Knockback [ noun ]
Knock sb back
📚a refusal or rejection that you receive
1. Every knock-back seems to deflate her.
2. The knock-back he got from the judges did not deter him.
3. Moving up the career ladder takes perseverance because there will be knock-backs.
4. I must have made more than 100 phone calls and I didn't get a single knockback
5. He’s been knocked back by every girl in the school.
6. He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops
7. He knocked back my offer of $2,000 for his car.
8. I offered him $10,000 for it but he knocked me back.
9. He had a few knock-backs, but eventually became one of the most highly paid footballers in England.
📚to drink or swallow (an alcoholic drink) quickly
1. He stopped at a bar after work to knock back a few beers.
📚to cost (someone) a lot of money
1. That car must have knocked you back quite a bit. [=you must have spent a lot of money on that car]
2. How much did the repairs knock you back?
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Staple
Noun
📚a main product or part of something
1. Shortages mean that even staples (= basic foods) like bread are difficult to find.
2. Phosphate has been a staple of this area for many years.
3. Romantic fiction and reference books are a staple of many public libraries.
4. Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica.
5. Rock music was a staple when I was growing up.
6. His writings are a staple of [=a basic part of] economic theory.
7. I need to buy some staples, like bread and milk
8. The black dress was an enduring staple of Diana’s wardrobe.
Adjective
📚basic or main; standard or regular
1. They live on a staple diet of rice and vegetables.
2. The staple diet here is mutton, fish and boiled potatoes.
3. Television’s staple diet of soap operas and quiz shows
4. Prices of staple foods such as wheat and vegetables have also been increasing.
5. Her latest film is the staple offering of action and comedy which we have come to expect.
6. Oil is Nigeria’s staple export..
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With /no strings attached
📚used to show that an offer or opportunity carries no special conditions or restrictions, or that the person making it does not expect anything in return
1. They wanted a lot of money with no strings attached
▪️انها بدون هر گونه قید و شرطی پول زیادی میخواستن
2. The policy offers 15% interest, with no strings attached.
▪️این سیاست ۱۵ درصد سود بدون هرگونه قید و شرطی پیشنهاد میدهد
3. This is an extremely generous offer, which comes with no strings attached. I think that we should accept.
▪️پیشنهاد سخاوتمندانه ای است به دور از هرگونه قید و شرطی . به نظرم باید قبول کنیم
4. Beware of any deal that claims to come with no strings attached.
▪️حواست به این قراردادهایی که ادعا میکنن بدون هیچ قید و شرطی باشه .
5. I'll drive you home - no strings attached.
▪️بدون هیچ چشم داشتی تا خونه میبرمت
6. Most of these so-called special offers come with strings attached
▪️خیلی از این پیشنهادات کذایی کلی محدودیت و شروط خاص دارن
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Get the jitters
Give sb the jitters
📚to feel anxious, especially before an important event
1. I always get the jitters before an interview.
▪️همیشه قبل از مصاحبه دلهره دارم / ترس و لرز دارم
2. Don't drive so fast. You're giving me the jitters.
▪️انقدر باسرعت رانندگی نکن . داری به من دلهره و اضطراب وارد میکنی
3. The collapse of the company has caused jitters in the financial markets.
▪️ورشکستگی شرکت باعث تللاطم در بازارهای مالی شد
4. Are you ready to deliver your speech?" B: "Yeah. I've got a bad case of the jitters, though!"
▪️اماده سخنرانی هستی ؟ بله ولی دلهره شدید دارم
5. Louise had pre-wedding jitters.
▪️لوییس دلهوره / اضطراب قبل عروسی داشت
Jittery
📚Nervous
1. He felt all jittery before the interview.
2. The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
3. I get very jittery about going to the dentist.
4. I always get/feel jittery when I have to give a speech.
Tighten your belt
📚to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
1.I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time
2. I'll have to tighten my belt for a while so I can pay off my debts.
3. Pablo says his family have had to tighten their belts because everything costs much more now.
4. A: "I don't know what we'll do now that you lost your job." B: "Don't worry, we just need to tighten our belts for a while.
5. Living on my own during college taught me how to tighten my belt and get by on not very much..
Wake-up call
📚a thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it.
📞The store’s poor sales results are a wake-up call for the business to move with times and sell more fashionable clothes.
▪️ رکود فروش پایین فروشگاه زنگ خطری برای انها بود که باید با تغییر روندها همگام شود و به فروش پوشاک مد روز روی آورد.
📞Martha’s bad test results were a wake-up call for her to work harder before her final exams.
▪️نمرات ضعیف مارتا در آزمون، تلنگری بود تا قبل از امتحانات نهایی، تلاشش را دوچندان کند.
📞The report is intended as a wake-up call for governments around the world to take action to improve healthcare resources for young people
▪️این گزارش تلنگری است به دولت های جهان تا قدمی در جهت بهبود منابع بهداشت و درمان برای جوانان بردارند
📞The recent storms and floods have been a wake-up call for many people about the reality of climate change.
▪️طوفان و سیل های اخیر تلنگری است به مردم در خصوص واقعیت اب و هوایی
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If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon
1. The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction. [=the bird is almost extinct]
2. Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy
3. What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
4. The company is still doing business, but ever since the recession hit, they've been teetering on the brink of closing down.
5. The crew are so maddened by the cuts to their pay that everyone is teetering on the brink of mutiny..
Foible
📚a small weakness or strange habit that someone has, which does not harm anyone else SYN peculiarity:
1. We all have our little foibles.
2. He was amused by the foibles of his eccentric neighbor.
3. They have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
4. He often writes about the workings of government and the foibles of politicians.
5. Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.
6. Lying about his age is one of his foibles.
In the cold light of day
📚Seeing things clearly and realistically, often in the morning when the emotion of an event has passed.
1. In the cold light of day, he realized he had made a terrible mistake.
2. I was so angry at the time that I could barely talk to her, but, in the cold light of day, I realize that she made some very valid points.
3. I think we're getting too hung up on the issues the other company is introducing. Let's all go home and look at this again tomorrow in the cold light of day.
4. Come on, this really isn't a big deal when seen in the cold light of day.
5. He has to sit down in the cold light of day and analyse what needs to be done to prevent the club from being relegated.
6. In the cold light of day, I felt I had overreacted..
Beacon of hope
📚a person, idea etc that guides or encourages you
📚something that holds the promise of hope
1. This new medicine is a beacon of hope for/to thousands of people.
▪️داروی جدید بارقه امیدی برای افراد بی شماری است
2. The education program offers a beacon of hope to these children.
▪️این برنامه آموزشی مایه امیدواری برای این بچه ها است
3. Our nation should be a beacon of/for peace to people around the world.
▪️ملت ما الگوی صلح و دوستی برای مردمان سرتاسر دنیا باشد
4. Desmond Tutu: A Beacon of Faith and Humanity
▪️دزمند توتو الگوی ایمان و انسانیت
5. He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
▪️او بارقه امیدی ( سرمشقی/ الگویی ) برای نسل جوان بود