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TO REACH
جمعه 20 دی 1392 20:36
TO REACH They reached the North Pole after three-month journey. The customer reached for a bottle of milk, but he was not tall enough.
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TO SHARE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 20:35
TO SHARE There are not enough copies. Some of you will have to share. Everybody in our flat shares the same bathroom.
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HINT
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:42
HINT I can feel a hint of spring in the air, although it's only February. There's a hint of garlic in this soup, isn't there? something that you say or do to suggest something to someone, without telling them directly hint that give (somebody) a hint drop a hint (=give a hint) take/get a hint also take/get the hint...
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TO PUT UP WITH
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:37
TO PUT UP WITH : to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining She put up with his violent temper. We had to put up with our noisy neighbors for 3 years, but that's enough. We're moving out! He's the only one who puts up with her nasty behavior and recklessness.
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TO EXPOSE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:30
TO EXPOSE If you expose your skin to the sun for so long, you'll get a sunburn. He was exposed to a great danger during the war.
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TO OVERPAY
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:28
TO OVERPAY : to pay someone more money than they deserve [ ≠ underpay ] She prefers doing shopping in corner shops, which are more expensive than supermarkets. She doesn't care that she overpays. If I had waited with buying the new pair of jeans until the Winter Sale, I wouldn't have overpaid.
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LIAR
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:26
LIAR Don't believe in what he says. He's a liar. I'm divorced, because my dear husband turned out to be a liar, who hadn't told me about his two daughters.
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LOAN
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:24
LOAN Unfortunately, I can't afford a car without taking a loan. Many young people from poor families take the opportunity of studying in big cities by taking student loans to cover the costs of professional education.
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MEADOW
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:23
MEADOW My mother loves village landscapes with meadows and horses grazing on them. I spent my childhood in a village, playing and picking flowers on meadows.
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UNIVERSE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:21
UNIVERSE Are there any other life forms in the universe? Every time I watch the night sky, I think about the universe. It makes me realise how small and unimportant I am.
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MYSTERIOUS
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:19
MYSTERIOUS Nothing is known about the mysterious disappearance of her brother. They are always so mysterious about their plans. We know nothing about what they are going to do.
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COFFIN
جمعه 20 دی 1392 19:16
COFFIN I can't understand the custom of opening the coffin at the church. I'd rather remember somebody as they were alive. I couldn't believe that he's dead until I saw the coffin with his name on it.
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PUDDLE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 18:54
PUDDLE Don't step in the puddles! You'll soak your shoes. It was raining all night, resulting in great puddles which made it impossible to cross the street.
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PROFOUND
جمعه 20 دی 1392 18:50
PROFOUND His death was a profound shock to all of us. He was so young and healthy. I accepted his help with profound gratitude.
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RIBBON
جمعه 20 دی 1392 18:48
RIBBON She always wears a big, red ribbon in her hair, which looks silly, because she's not a small girl. I decorated the bunch of flowers with a big, silver ribbon.
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TO CURSE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 18:44
TO CURSE She cursed loudly at her car. She was late for a job interview, because it broke down. He cursed his ex-wife for ruining his life.
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IMPERTINENT
جمعه 20 دی 1392 18:06
IMPERTINENT I'm not going to tolerate your impertinent comments. Leave the class, please! It was so impertinent of her to argue with our teacher. She behaves as if she were the wisest person in the world.
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MISFORTUNE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:52
MISFORTUNE His failure during the exam was only due to misfortune, because he'd studied a lot. We almost got to the top of the mountain, when the storm began. What a misfortune!
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ULTIMATE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:51
ULTIMATE It's my ultimate decision and don't even ask me to change it. This is the ultimate MP3 player. You won't find a better one.
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TO SUPPLY
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:50
TO SUPPLY The government promised that all students from poor families would be supplied with free books. The explorers died of hunger, because they were not supplied with water and food in time.
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CHEERFUL
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:48
CHEERFUL In spite of his numerous problems he's always cheerful. After having a bad day I like listening to some cheerful music.
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COMMODITY
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:08
COMMODITY People are afraid that commodity prices will rise if we enter the Eurozone. Farmers are happy, because the demand for agricultural commodities has risen recently.
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MIST
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:06
MIST The mountain top was covered in mist. I decided not to drive today because of the dense mist.
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MODEST
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:05
MODEST She was so modest about her success. She said that it was nothing extraordinary. He's rich but modest. He never makes the other feel worse.
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SINCERE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 17:04
SINCERE I'm sure he was not sincere in what he said to me last night. He often tells lies. He's a great actor. He's so sincere in what he does!
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CRUEL
جمعه 20 دی 1392 16:58
CRUEL The guards were very cruel to the prisoners. Vegetarians claim that eating animals is cruel.
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ORDINARY
جمعه 20 دی 1392 16:56
ORDINARY They've got an ordinary sort of house, it's really nothing special. People wake up every morning to start another ordinary day.
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QUARREL
جمعه 20 دی 1392 16:48
QUARREL After a quarrel they decided to split up. Our neighbors quarrel all the time, preventing me from falling asleep.
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NUISANCE
جمعه 20 دی 1392 16:42
NUISANCE Everybody that suffered any type of migrane would tell you that it's a nuisance. Growing up four nasty children without their father was a real nuisance for her. [a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems a real/awful/terrible etc nuisance The dogs next door are a real nuisance. What a...
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hotshot
پنجشنبه 12 دی 1392 23:20
hotshot (n): someone who is very successful and confident a hotshot lawyer as for, math, I am a hotshot but when it comes to geography I truly suck.