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Multiple choice questions

Question:

1. Tendency

be better than; do better than برتری داشتن ، بهتر بودن a. Because he was so small, Larry could not excel in sports. b. At least Hannah had the security of knowing that she excelled in swimming. c. Clarence Darrow wanted to become a prominent lawyer, but he felt that he must first excel in history.
try hard to get something wanted by others; be a rival تلاش سخت برای دست آوردن چیزی که دیگران هم خواهان آن هستند ، رقابت کردن a. Steffi Graf was challenged to compete for the tennis title. b. The runner was reluctant to compete in front of his parents for the first time. c. When the amateur became a pro, he had to compete against better men.
look forward to with fear; fear greatly; causing great fear با ترس چشم انتظار چیزی بودن ، خیلی ترسیدن ، خیلی ترساندن a. The poor student dreaded going to school each morning. b. He had a dread feeling about the challenge he was about to face. c. I dread going into that deserted house.
leaning; movement in a certain direction گرایش ، حرکت به سوی خاص ، تمایل a. My algebra teacher has a tendency to forget the students' names. b. His tendency was to work hard in the morning and then to take it easy in the afternoon. c. The tendency in all human beings is to try to survive.

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