5th box -Flashcards

Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. Ponder

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.
keep; keep on; carry on; uphold; support; declare to be true نگه داشتن ، ادامه دادن ، ترویج کردن ، پشتیبانی کردن ، حقیقی اعلام کردن a. Angelo maintained his hold on the jagged rock though his fingers were becoming numb. b. The judge maintained his opinion that the verdict was fair. c. The pauper was unable to maintain his family without the help of charity.
give up; yield; submit دست برداشتن از ، تسلیم شدن ، تسلیم کردن a. Vito resigned his position as editor of the school paper. b. Upon hearing the news of the defeat, the football coach promptly resigned. c. Upon examining the injury, the chiropractor told Jim he had better resign himself to a week in bed.
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.

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