English Notes: November 2016

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Hectare vs. Hector

hector
/ˈhektər/
talk to (someone) in a bullying way.

hectare
/ˈhekˌter/
10,000 square meters

Hector
a prince of Troy in Greek mythology

soar vs. sore

soar
/sɔr, soʊr/
to rise

sore
/sɔr, soʊr/
physically painful

soar

Home prices soared over 30 percent over the course of just one year.

/sɔr, soʊr/

out of hand

The situation has gotten so out of hand.

از دستمون خارجه

از دستمون در رفته

tenfold

Every new stream joining the network would increase the number of combinations tenfold.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Stop, now you've gone too far.

صبر کن دیگه داری زیاده روی میکنی

Sports

Team A tied Team B 0-0.

The goal keeper has a clean sheet.

(گل نخورد)

Team A has only won once in its last 10 games.

Tornaghi came out of his area to block Simon Dawkin's shot from the corner of the 6-yard box in the seventh minute.

a curling shot

شوت کات دار

curl the ball

He scored twice for Team A.

They had a 3-0 lead but ended up losing the game.

pace yourself

Pace yourself.

to avoid doing something too quickly or doing too much at one time, so that you have enough energy left to complete an activity

premiere

to premiere

/prɪˈmɪər, -ˈmyɛər/
= to present publicly for the first time

veep

a veep
/vip/

= a vice president.

نایب رییس

thug

a thug
/θʌg/

a violent person, especially a criminal.
= a bully

aspersion

an aspersion
/əˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

a damaging remark or criticism
=insult
- casting aspersions on a campaign rival.

It's long been said

It's long been said that you can choose your friends but you cannot choose your neighbors.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

bromance

bromance
/ˈbroʊ mæns, broʊˈmæns/

PM Justin Trudeau is going to miss his bromance with President Obama

Monday, November 21, 2016

intimidate vs. intimate

intimidate
/ɪnˈtɪm ɪˌdeɪt/
frighten

intimate
/ˈɪn tə mɪt/
associated in close personal relations
- an intimate friend.

we don't have ~~intimitate~~

ballet vs. ballot

ballet
/bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ/
a classical dance form

ballot
/ˈbæl ət/
a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote

Friday, November 18, 2016

ahead

They met in Ottawa ahead of a two-day summit.

stanch

It stanched.

خونش بند اومد

هم بند آوردن میشه هم بند آمدن

Canada needs international help in stanching the flow of fentanyl from China.

Last spring

Last spring, B.C. became the first province in Canada to declare a public health emergency following a dramatic spike in overdose deaths related to the use of drugs such as fentanyl.

a spike in sth

Last spring, B.C. became the first province in Canada to declare a public health emergency following a dramatic spike in overdose deaths related to the use of drugs such as fentanyl.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Vancouver is the only city in Canada to levy tax against property owners who leave apartments and houses empty for more than six months a year.

Vancouver has the distinction of being the only city in Canada to levy tax against property owners who leave apartments and houses empty for more than six months a year.