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97.06.23 Session 24 Time
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- By Mary Khorrami
1-Many a driver has died in this treacherous road.
Many a scientist has fallen for this temptation.
2-Produce, Record, increase, decrease: when used as a noun, stress is on
the first syllable and when are used as a verb, stress is on the second
syllable.
But for the word “Report”, stress on the noun & the verb is the same.
3-lose track of time= not feel the passage of time
4- latest & last
Last means final or the end
e.g., It is the last book of Shakespeare.
e.g., It is my last session (there wouldn’t be another one)
Latest means most recent
e.g., It is the latest version of the software
5-I must say
مى خوام حقيق ىت را اذعان كنم
I must say I’m such fickle.
بوالهوس Fickle
6-in fact
)براى بيان ابعاد و جزئيات بيش ىت به كار مى رود(
I’m never on time, in fact I was late for meetings three days in a row last
week.
He is a cruel dictator, in fact he has killed 1 million people.
7- successive/ in a row/back to backپياپ
يك رضبon end
He is so talkative/ a chatterbox, he speaks for two hours on end.
8-tend to معمولا
I tend to keep people waiting a lot.
European tend to succeed at the TOEFL exam whereas Asians tend to
excel at IELTS.
9- engrossed in sth مجذوب
When I watch series, I get so engrossed that I lose track of time, in fact
once I forgot to eat for three days in a row.
10-before I knew it,هيچ نشده
(used to day that sth happens very quickly)
If you persist, you can master your job before you knew it.
11- I do my utmost= I do my best
12-I spent too much time driving/getting ready.
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