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1. Threat

sign or cause of possible evil or harm نشانه یا علت آسیب یا شرارت ممکن ، تهدید a. There is always the horrid threat that my job will be abolished. b. It is absurd to think that a tiny bug could be a threat to a person. c. You can be arrested for making a threat against someone's life.
take in or suck up (liquids); interest greatly جذب کردن یا مکیدن ( مایعات ) ، بسیار علاقه مند کردن a. The sponge absorbed the beer which had leaked from the keg. b. Our bodies must absorb those things which will nourish them. c. I became absorbed in what the teacher was saying and did not hear the bell ring.
find out by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing; figure پی بردن از طریق جمع ، تفریق ، ضرب و تقسیم کردن ، حساب کردن a. The cook had to calculate the number of diners to see whether he could decrease his order for meat. b. In order to see how expensive the car was, the buyer calculated the tax and other charges. c. I used an abacus to calculate my average.
prohibit; forbid ممنوع کردن ، قدغن کردن a. The group unanimously voted to ban all people who were under six feet. b. Health officials are trying to expand their field in order to ban cigarette advertising from newspapers and magazines. c. I want to ban all outsiders from our discussion on security.

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