IELTS Cambridge Reading
found (v)
to start something such as an organization, company, school, or city, often by providing the necessary money
SYN establish
His grandfather founded the family business.
تاسیس کردن
بنیاد نهادن
chairman
British English someone who is in charge of a large company or organization
the chairman of British Aerospace
His grandfather became the first chairman of the National Bank of Scotland.
رئیس
مدیر عامل
extensive (adj)
large in size, amount, or degree
Fire has caused extensive damage to the island’s forests.
وسیع
بزرگ
landholding
the land that is owned by someone
مالکیت
زمین داری
مالکیت زمین
مالکیت اراضی
residence
[countable]
formal a house, especially a large or official one
the ambassador’s official residence
اقامتگاه
محل سکونت
acre
ˈeɪkə
هکتار
mansion
ˈmænʃən
a very large house
a beautiful country mansion
عمارت
property
1 the thing or things that someone owns
2 a building, a piece of land, or both together
املاک
دارایی
stream (n)
a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river → downstream, upstream
نهر
جویبار
outskirts
the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
on the outskirts (of something)
They live on the outskirts of Paris.
حومه
اطراف شهر
خارج شهر
apprenticeship
əˈprentəsʃɪp
the job of being an apprentice, or the period of time in which you are an apprentice
a five-year apprenticeship
کارآموزی
کارورزی
prospect
the possibility that something will happen
future
امکان , احتمال
آینده
چشم انداز
take up
1 take something ↔ up
to become interested in a new activity and to spend time doing it
Roger took painting up for a while, but soon lost interest.
علاقه مند شدن به چیزی
2 take something up
to start a new job or have a new responsibility
Peter will take up the management of the finance department.
شروع کردن
excursion
ɪkˈskɜːʃən
a short journey arranged so that a group of people can visit a place, especially while they are on holiday
excursion to
Included in the tour is an excursion to the Grand Canyon
گشت و گذار - سیر و سیاحت
flare (n)
شعله
association
the Art Association of Montreal.
انجمن
the founding members
اعضای موسس
bold (adj)
= brave
شجاع
جسور
circulation
the average number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are usually sold each day, week, month etc
تیراژ
portraiture
ˈpɔːtrətʃə
the art of painting or drawing pictures of people
پرتره نگاری
تک چهره نگاری
specialize
to limit all or most of your study, business etc to a particular subject or activity
متخصص چیزی بودن، در چیزی تخصص گرفتن
به صورت تخصّصی فعَالیّت داشتن
compose
to arrange the parts of a painting, photograph, or scene in a way that achieves a particular result
I like the way he composes his photographs.
تشکیل دادن، انشا نوشتن یا شعر ساختن
pursuit
مشغله، فعالیت، پیشه، سرگرمی
woodland
an area of land covered with trees
مناطق جنگلی
جنگل
جنگلی