فوق لیسانس مترجمی زبان انگلیسی

Odd one out:

a:

1. harbinger      2. indication      3. pernicious         4. portent

b. Which choice is not a synonym of indignant?

1.  irate              2. vexed            3.in a huff             4.outraged       5.incensed         6.piqued            7.furious             8. interpolate

c. time between one reign and the next

1. interval         2. antecedent        3. interregnum        4.hiatus

d. antediluvian does not mean:

1. prehistoric     2.primeval      3. primordial       4. approbation

e. an accompanying part or feature of something is not:

1. appurtenance   2. permafrost    3. paraphernalia    4. accouterments

f. sleepwalking is:

1. somnambulism    2. somnifacient     3. somniferous   4. somnolent

g. a small exclusive group of people who share the same interests

1. coterie               2. lingerie         3. acolyte            4. coprolite

h. match each of 1,2,3 and 4 with a, b, c and d.  

1. coprophilia : 

2. paraphilia:

3. necrophilia:

4. pedophilia:

a. the need for an abnormal stimulus, for example, a sadistic or masochistic practice, in order to achieve sexual arousal or orgasm

b.sexual desire felt by an adult for children, or the crime of sex with a child

c. sexual feelings for or sexual acts with dead bodies

d. an obsessive and often sexual interest in feces and defecation

i. to clean, smooth, or arrange the feathers with the beak is:

1. clean     2. tidy       3. smooth    4. preen

a.3 b. 8   c.3 d. 4   e.2 f.1 g.1    h. 1.d  2.a  3. c   4.b  i.4

*…refused to demobilize the Afghan militias.

* Rumsfeld declined to offer American support.

* The United States asked NATO to get involved, began gingerly accepting the idea of expanding the reach of the international force, promised …

* ..weakening the warlords, strengthening the central government.

Now, finally, the United States is actively assisting in the process, urging warlords to disband their militias and incorporate into the new Afghan Army.

* ..all this eerily echoes what later happened in Iraq.

1. demobilize : discharge, dismiss, disband, release, retire, demob (UK, informal)    antonym: mobilize

2. gingerly :cautiously, delicately, warily, tentatively, carefully, gently

antonym: boldly

3. warlord: military leader, general, chieftain, guerrilla leader, commander

4. eerily: spookily (informal), unnervingly, creepily (informal), disconcertingly, uncannily, weirdly, strangely

read the following:

گزارش : report, account, proceeding, coverage, story

گزارش اریه کردن : get out a report

گزارش اولیه : early report

گزارش شورای سلطنتی : blue book

گزارش پر آب و تاب : glowing report

گزارش ثبت شده: record

گزارش تسلیم کردن : submit a report

گزارش جعلی : fabricated report, fake report

گزارش خلاف واقع: erroneous report

گزارش دست اول : first hand report

گزارش زنده : running commentary

گزارش سالانه : annuls

گزارش شاهدان عینی : eye-witness report

گزارش سالانه رئیس جمهور به مجلس :  state of union message

گزارشات رسمی جلسات پارلمان انگلستان : Hansard

گزارش رسمی انتخابات : the election returns

گزارش را مغرضانه تهیه کردن : slant a report

گزاش رسانه های خبری : media coverage

گزارش توهین آمیز : libelous* report

گزارشات جلسه دادگاه : law report

گزراش شفاهی : oral report

گزارش لحظه به لحظه : blow-by-blow report

گزارش مفصل : detailed report

گزارش موثق : authoritative report

گزارش مختصر و مفید : concise report

گزارش غیر منصفانه : tendentious report, one-sided report

گزارش غلط دادن : misrepresent

 از محل حادثه گزارش دادن : set the scene

گزارش گر مستقل : freelance reporter

*libel:

as a noun: defamation, vilification, slander, smear, denigration, character assassination  antonym: praise

as a verb: defame, vilify, sully, tarnish, malign, slander antonym: praise

1. No man is so fooloish as to desire war more than peace: for in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus

2. Better a certain peace than a hoped-fir victory.

Livy

* getting pictures of the city as it suffers the trauma of bombardment

* a city under withering attack

* It looked like a prelude to an apocalypse.

* But that will change quickly as they come under fire and see casualties among their buddies.

* ..he was traveling north last week with hundreds of military vehicles in  a ground assault convoy (کارورن یورش زمینی).

* They have all sailed around the world, pitting themselves against the forces of nature.

* With 17 amateur ' crew volunteers' and one professional skipper.

* ..the first person to sail around the world westabout.

*floating shares on tertiary index

* …planning to build a new fleet of 18-berth, 68-footer for their next event.

wither: 1. shrivel 2. fade away 3. lose confidence

 shrivel, wilt, dry up, shrink, droop, fade

antonym: bloom

 weaken, waste away, decline, fade, wane, wilt

antonym: strengthen

 crush, mortify, humiliate, abash, put down, discomfit (formal)

apocalypse: the total destruction or devastation of something, or an instance of this 2.  a revelation made concerning the future

syn: disaster, catastrophe, day of reckoning, Judgment Day, end of the world, destruction, Armageddon

apocalyptist: a believer in the prophecies in the biblical Book of Revelation, including the eventual triumph of good over evil

Apocalypse: revelation ; a book of the Bible that includes a description of the end of the world

buddy: friend, pal (informal), playmate, soul mate, companion, partner, mate

convoy: vehicles or ships traveling together

syn: group, band, party, fleet, line, file, procession, cavalcade, caravan

in bud: having new buds that have not yet opened

pit oneself against sth : to set somebody or something up in opposition to somebody or something else

pit: 1. big hole in ground 2. the very bottom of sth 3. hell 4. service area for racing car 5. (stock) the area of the floor of an exchange where commodities trading takes place 6. (gambling)  the area in a casino where the gambling takes place 7. (sports) an arena that is cordoned off for bouts of fighting, especially illegal fighting between cocks or dogs

pit: remove kernel from fruit

pitted olive

skipper: (nautical) sb in charge of a ship 2. leader of a team

be skipper of: to be in charge of a ship, team or aircraft

westabout: leading, going, or traveling toward the west

tertiary: third in degree, order, place, or importance (formal)

compare; primary, secondary, tertiary adj. tertial

berth: 1.a bed, usually built-in, on a ship or a train 2. dock for ship 3. job on ship 4. sufficient room between a ship and the shore or between a ship and another vessel or object to allow the ship to maneuver safely

give somebody or something a wide berth: to keep well away from somebody or something

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* failing to see all the burdens of potential cost and destruction it would entail.

* Western Europe would long ago have been overrun be the Soviet

* many factions in Iraq would vie for power.

* I'm worried that the U.S.'s action will backfire dramatically and turn out to be a setback for democracy worldwide.

* I can vouch for that.

* Acknowledge that other countries have a right to exist, recognize them and whittle away their ignorance and resistance.

* They will demand attention by a nondiplomatic tantrum.

entail: have consequences 2. (law) restrict ownership of bequest

overrun: 1. spread rapidly and infest something 2. conquer enemy and territory 3. to continue beyond a predetermined limit, especially a time limit or fixed budget

vie:  to strive for superiority or compete with somebody or something for something

syn: compete, contend, contest, struggle, strive, fight, rival, oppose

antonym: collaborate

setback: 1. to block or delay the progress of something or somebody  2. to cost somebody a lot of money (informal)

vouch: 1.  to provide supporting evidence for the quality of somebody or something 2. to cite somebody such as an authority in support of something (archaic)

vouch for: speak for, support, guarantee, back up, stand up for, endorse, certify

whittle: to carve something out of wood, usually something small enough to hold in the hand, by cutting away small pieces of wood

[Mid-16th century. From whyttel “knife,” a variant of thwitel , literally “tool for paring,” ultimately from Old English þwītan “to pare, cut.”]

whittle away: to deplete something by using or spending a little of it at a time

whittle down: to reduce or diminish something gradually by taking away a little of it at a time

tantrum: fit of temper ;an outburst of anger, especially a childish display of rage or bad temper

to throw a tantrum

Pliant: easily led, flexible, influenceable, manageable

ex : Complex and expensive recent legal settlements in United States are expected

     to  prompt   American tobacco firms to focus their energies increasingly on Asia's  

     vast and pliant markets

Exquisite: beautiful, dainty, delicate, elegant, fine, lovely

ex: …with the mountains plummeting into seas that are often exquisitely clear and

possibly even clean.

Mete : administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribution, divide, dole

ex. Long prison terms were meted out to drug traffickers who were involved in the

case.

     Sublime: elevated, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, high, imposing, magnificent, majestic, noble

ex: The sublime eastern shore of the Adriatic sea attracts many tourists.

Hand over: deliver, fork out, fork up, present, release, surrender, transfer, turn over,

yield

ex: The country has let inspectors back in but not yet handed over the illicit chemical

weapons it is thought to possess.   

Inundate: bury, deluge, drown, engulf, flood, swamp, submerge

ex : Major rivers in  Pakistan burst  their banks,  inundating  farmland,  while

mudslides destroyed huts in North-West Frontier Province.

Porous: absorbent, honey, combed, penetrable, sponge-like

ex: The new plan made high ranking officials realize how porous the country's

immense frontiers are.

Conclave: assembly, conference, congress, secret or private meeting

ex: On  July  6 and 7, a  conclave of  the European Union  and seven  other nations

will ponder president's   request for  $ 2 billion  in so-called  social aid for country's

peace plan.

Bamboozle: baffle, cheat, con, confound, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, trick

ex: They are trying to bamboozle American consumers to use their products.

Wane: abate, contract, decline, decrease, dim, ebb, fade, lessen, shrink, taper off

ex: The power of electronic companies waned during this period.

Assemble: amass, bring together, collect, congregate, convene, muster up

ex: The  commander  assembled  as  many  senior chiefs  and battalions as he could

at Ground Zero.

Dwarf: diminish, dominate, lower, overshadow, tower over

ex: The region's appetite for nicotine will soon dwarf that of western countries.

Sue: apply, charge, indict, prosecute, solicit, summon

ex: Japanese wives would hardly think of suing if their hard-puffing husbands were to

die of lung cancer.

1. speak softly, you don't need a …… voice to be heard in this small room.

a. Spartan         b. stentorian   c. solon     d. stygian

2. the enemy employed a vivacious polyglot ….as a spy.

a. pyrrhic          b. protean         c. siren     d. terpsichorean

3. Iraqi offensive had ………. about 50–75 miles (80–120 km) inside Iran after meeting

unexpectedly strong Iranian resistance.

a. bogged down          b. bugged down         c. tuck down        d. mucked in

1. b   2.c   3.a  

read the following:

synonyms fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion, piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. Fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty "marital fidelity". Allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country "pledging allegiance". Fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow "fealty to the truth". Loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray "valued the loyalty of his friends³. Devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication" a painter's devotion to her art". Piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental ²filial piety³.

1.  Leo is fortunate ….his wallet yesterday.

a. to find                                 b. to have been finding

c. to have found                     d. to found

2. She claims …..when the crime occurred.

1. to sleep                              b. to have slept

c. to have been sleeping        d. to have sleeping

3.Ned is perspiring. he appears … vigorously.

a. to exercising                      b. to be exercising

c. to have exercised              d. to have been exercising

4. Myron taught his daughter….

a. drive                                  b. drove

c. to driving                           d. to drive

5. The research institute cannot afford , at this time,… additional

staff members.

a. hiring                         b. to hire

c. to have hired             d. to have been hiring 

1.c   2.c   3.d   4.d   5.b

note the way -culture is attached to the words listed below,

viniculture: : the science or practice of growing grapevines, especially for wine making

viticulture: : the science or practice of growing grapevines, especially for wine making

floriculture: cultivation of flowers

horticulture: the science, skill, or occupation of cultivating plants, especially flowers, fruit, and vegetables, in gardens or greenhouses

mariculture: the cultivation of sea animals and plants in their usual habitats, usually for commercial purposes

Is it possible now to guess the meaning of aviculture in the following text.

A railroad and a highway from Mexico City to Guadalajara, the state capital, to the northwest, pass through Ocotlán, which is also the terminus of a branch rail line to the town of Atotonilco el Alto (northeast). The city has an airfield. The economy is based on industries, agriculture, fishing, and

aviculture, making Ocotlán the major settlement on the lake. Pop. (1980) 48,931.

on the other hand you may encounter a word like apiculture. how do you recognize the meaning of apiculture in the following text.

Livestock (horses, pigs, and cattle) are raised. Apiculture, aviculture, and tourism are additional sources of income.

Note the meaning of apiculture is the keeping of bees, especially for commercial purposes