30 اصطلاح مهم و کاربردی برای آزمون های تافل و آیلتس (1)
اصطلاحات مهم برای آیلتس و تافل
اصطلاحات را می توان نوعی واژه پیچیده تعریف کرد. چراکه به اندازه واژگان یک زبان مهم و کاربردی اند. برای اینکه بتوانید از بخش اسپیکینگ آزمون های زبان انگلیسی، مانند آیلتس و تافل نمره خوبی کسب کنید باید از اصطلاحات استفاده کنید. در این قسمت 15 تا از اصطلاحات مهم برای آیلتس و تافل را فهرست میکنیم.
15 اصطلاح کاربردی
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Meaning: Try and be as optimistic as you can be, however difficult you are finding the situation at the moment, better times will come in the future.
Example: Every cloud has a silver lining, you will find a new job very soon.
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A hot potato
Meaning: People talking about a current topic which cannot be agreed upon.
Example: The subject of Brexit is a hot potato.
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Give someone the benefit of the doubt
Meaning: Believe what the person is or has said, until there is proof.
Example: Give him the benefit of the doubt, he may not have been there.
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Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning: Leave the situation as it is, do not get involved.
Example: Let sleeping dogs lie, you were not there so you cannot comment.
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Once in a blue moon
Meaning: Something happens extremely rarely.
Example: Once in a blue moon there will be an eclipse of the sun by the moon.
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Steal someone’s thunder
Meaning: Take the credit for a situation that someone else deserves
Example: He stole his colleague’s thunder about doing an excellent job.
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Best of both words
Meaning: A person has all the advantages of a given situation.
Example: They have the best of both words as they spend half the year in England. And the rest of the year in Switzerland.
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Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
Meaning: Do not plan something as the event may not occur.
Example: Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched as the deal may not happen.
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It takes two to tango
Meaning: Two or more people could be involved in a situation.
Example: It takes two to tango, so there are more people involved in the problem in the firm than you think.
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Your guess is as good as mine
Meaning: A person does not know the answer
Example: Your guess is as good as mine as to where they both went last night.
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See eye to eye
Meaning: To agree with someone else on a subject.
Example: We see eye to eye on how to progress the matter further.
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A picture paints a thousand words
Meaning: To make a presentation to visually show what you want to do or achieve.
Example: The picture painted a thousand words of how he thought the firm should develop.
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Catch someone off guard
Meaning: To catch someone by surprise
Example: He was caught off guard when they asked him to be the new chairman.
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Hear it on the grapevine
Meaning: To hear rumours about a person or an event which may or may not have happened.
Example: She heard it on the grapevine that he had been promoted.
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Get down to business
Meaning: To get the meeting started properly
Example: As every member of the team is now here, we can get down to business and start the meeting.
در قسمت بعدی چندتا دیگر از اصطلاحات مهم برای آیلتس و تافل را فهرست میکنیم.
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