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:: یادگیری زبان انگلیسی ::TO AFFORD
TO AFFORD
- Our car is breaking all the time and we should buy a new one. Unfortunately we can't afford it now.
- He won 1 Million dollars last week! Now he can afford a trip wherever he wants!
TO MAKE UP
TO MAKE UP
- They later found out that Kate made up the whole story. It made her laugh that everybody believed her.
- The long and sunny spring made up for the cold and particularly unpleasant winter.
HAIL
HAIL
- A lot of roofs, cars and crops were damaged by tennis-ball sized hail last Monday.
- Even if you experience damage to your property from hail, there is no guarantee that you will get an insurance payout.
TO CARRY OUT
TO CARRY OUT
- You shouldn't blame them. They were only carrying out their orders.
- The research on human brain was carried out at the University of Vienna.
AVALANCHE
AVALANCHE
- The avalanche fell on the ski track yesterday resulting in 48 injuries.
- If you make a noise in the mountains, you may cause an avalanche and frighten animals.
to hang up
to hang up: to place clothes on a hook or hanger (S); to replace the receiver on the phone at the end of a conversation (S)
- Would you like me to hang up your coat for you in the closet?
- The operator told me to hang the phone up and call the number again.
under the weather
under the weather: not feeling well, sick
- John stayed home from work because he was feeling under the weather.
- When you cat cold, you fell under the weather.
in a hurry / in a rush
in a hurry: hurried, rushed (also: in a rush)
- Alex seems in a hurry; he must be late for his train again.
- She's always in a rush in the morning to get the kids to school.
to put off
to put off: to postpone (S)
- Many student's put off doing their assignments until the last minute.
- Let's put the party off until next weekend, okay?
to call off
to call off: to cancel (S)
- The referee called off the soccer game because of the darkness.
- The president called the meeting off because she had to leave town.
- They call off the wedding just one hour before due time.