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Question:

1. Thrifty

stingy; like a miser خسیس ، خسیس وار a. Being miserly with our natural resources will help us to live longer on this earth. b. A miserly person rarely has any friends. c. Silas Marner abandoned his miserly habits when Eppie came into his life.
saving; careful in spending; thriving صرفه جو ، دقیق در خرج a. By being thrifty, Miss Benson managed to get along on her small income. b. A thrifty person knows that squandering money can lead to financial calamity. c. By thrifty use of their supplies, the shipwrecked sailors were able to survive for weeks.
upset; cause to break down به هم زدن ، مختل کردن a. Pam's clowning disrupted the class every day. b. The storm disrupted the telephone lines throughout the area. c. The collapse of the government disrupted the services we took for granted, such as mail delivery.
a breaking out with many small red spots on the skin; outbreak of many instances within a short time too hasty or careless شیوع موارد زیاد در زمانی کوتاه ، بسیار شتاب زده یا بی دقت ، کهیر ، جوش a. The report of a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood was exaggerated. b. Poison ivy causes a rash. c. It is rash to threaten an action you cannot carry out.

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