Test

Read the following and focus on the words and expressions drawn out afterwards.

I was born and raised in Minnesota with my parents and my two siblings. I’m the baby of the family, but I swear I wasn’t spoiled. My parents didn’t have a lot of money, but because they both worked hard, we never felt deprived and I had a happy childhood.

After high school, I went on to the University of Minnesota. It took me a while to learn the ropes at the university, but I finally graduated about six years later.

Words and expressions worth learning

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1. raise (= to bring up to become an adult) بزرگ کردن / پرورش دادن

🎈I was raised on a big farm in Kentucky.

2. sibling (= brother and sister) خواهر و برادر

🎈The birth of a sibling is stressful in the life of a child

3. baby of the family (= the youngest member of a family who is treated by others, especially the parents, as a child)

ته‌تغاری

4. spoil (= harm the character of someone, normally of a child, by being too lenient)

لوس کردن

🎈Buying him a laptop will spoil David.

5. deprive (= prevent a person or place from having or using something) محروم

کردن

🎈The city was deprived of water supplies

6. while (= a brief period of time) مدتی

🎈It took them a while to realize how it happened.

7. learn the ropes (= to understand how to do a particular job or activity) چم و خم کاری را یاد گرفتن

🎈You'd better learn the ropes before introducing yourself as a mechanic.

8. graduate (= to complete an academic degree, training course, etc.) فارغ‌التحصیل شدن

🎈Peter graduated from Glasgow University in 1990.