بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

سلام. رسیدیم به هفته اول، روز چهارم.

1. Badger:    سر زنش کردن، نق زدن، غر زدن، اذیت کردنpester, nag, annoy, bother, hassle

2. Implore:   در خواست کردن، التماس کردنplead, ask, beg, pray, appeal

3. Drudgery:خر کاری، کار سخت،  toil, labor, chore, grind, slog, graft

4. Interminable: طولانی، خسته کننده، تمام نشدنی unending, endless, wearisome, everlasting, never-ending                                                           antonym: finite

5. Perceive: درک کردن، متوجه شدن، پی بردن   understand, know, become aware of, notice, distinguish, see, identify                                                 antonym: ignore

Sample Sentences        Remember, past tenses may be required.

1. She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the __________ of having to do it during the weekend.

2. The teacher continually __________ the pupil for the missing assignments.

3. The eminent scientist __________ difficulties in putting the invention into practice.

4. The sick child's mother __________ the doctor to come immediately.

5. I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an __________ fifty minutes.

Definitions

Badger (v.)              ____ a. unpleasant, dull, or hard work

Implore                    ____ b. unending

Drudgery                 ____ c. to plead urgently for aid or mercy

Interminable           ____ d. to understand, know, become aware of

Perceive                   ____ e. to pester, nag, annoy persistently

Today's Idiom

to pour oil on troubled waters    to make peace, to calm someone down

 دعوا را خواباندن، آب رو آتیش ریختن

When I tried to pour oil on troubled waters, both the angry husband and his wife stopped their quarrel and began to attack me.