5th box -Flashcards

Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. Ponder

treat coldly, scornfully, or with contempt; cold treatment سرد ، تمسخر آمیز یا با تمسخر رفتار کردن ، رفتار سرد a. Darryllater apologized to Sally for snubbing her at the dance. b. Sandra was tormented by the thought that she might be snubbed by her classmates. c. I considered it a rude snub when I was not invited to the party.
change for the better; correct; change اصلاح کردن ، تغییر دادن a. It is time you amended your ways. b. Each time they amended the plan, they made it worse. c. Rather than amend the club's constitution again, let us discard it and start afresh.
consider carefully به دقت تامل کردن a. Not wishing to act hastily, the governor pondered the problem for days. b. After pondering the question, the board decided to grant the parole. c. The villagers, faced with a famine, pondered their next move.
platform built on the shore or out from the shore beside which ships can load or unload سکویی که روی ساحل یا بیرون از ساحل ساخته می شود که در کنار آن کشتی ها می توانند بارگیری کرده یا بار تخلیه کنند a. We watched the exhausted laborers unloading the cargo on the wharf. b. The lawyer insisted that his client was never seen near the wharf where the crime had taken place. c. Waiting at the wharf for the supply ships to unload was a starving multitude of people.

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