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1. Wharf

give up; yield; submit دست برداشتن از ، تسلیم شدن ، تسلیم کردن a. Vito resigned his position as editor of the school paper. b. Upon hearing the news of the defeat, the football coach promptly resigned. c. Upon examining the injury, the chiropractor told Jim he had better resign himself to a week in bed.
platform built on the shore or out from the shore beside which ships can load or unload سکویی که روی ساحل یا بیرون از ساحل ساخته می شود که در کنار آن کشتی ها می توانند بارگیری کرده یا بار تخلیه کنند a. We watched the exhausted laborers unloading the cargo on the wharf. b. The lawyer insisted that his client was never seen near the wharf where the crime had taken place. c. Waiting at the wharf for the supply ships to unload was a starving multitude of people.
keep; keep on; carry on; uphold; support; declare to be true نگه داشتن ، ادامه دادن ، ترویج کردن ، پشتیبانی کردن ، حقیقی اعلام کردن a. Angelo maintained his hold on the jagged rock though his fingers were becoming numb. b. The judge maintained his opinion that the verdict was fair. c. The pauper was unable to maintain his family without the help of charity.
story coming from the past, which many people have believed; what is written on a coin or below a picture داستانی که از گذشته نشات می گیرد و افراد زیادی آن را باور کرده اند ، آنچه که روی یک سکه یا پایین یک تصویر نوشته می شود a. Stories about King Arthur and his knights are popular legends. b. Legend has exaggerated the size of Paul Bunyan. c. The legend on the rare coin was scarcely legible.

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