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Attention span 🍅
Original Sentence: Our attention spans are now so poor that reading has become a status symbol.
English Definition: The length of time for which a person can concentrate on a particular activity or subject.
Persian Definition: بازه تمرکز، اینکه چقدر میتونی رو یه چیز حواستو جمع نگه داری.
Example: Scrolling through short social media videos all day can ruin your attention span.
Prevalent 🍞
Original Sentence: Books have never been more prevalent in marketing.
English Definition: Very common or widespread in a particular place or at a particular time.
Persian Definition: شایع، همهجاگیر، چیزی که الان حسابی زیاد و باب شده.
Example: Smartwatches have become increasingly prevalent among young people in recent years.
Capacity 🍕
Original Sentence: Meanwhile, our actual capacity for reading has never been lower.
English Definition: The maximum amount or ability that someone or something can contain, produce, or handle.
Persian Definition: کشش، ظرفیت، تواناییِ انجام یه کاری.
Example: After working a 12-hour shift, I just don't have the mental capacity to study right now.
Literacy 🥑
Original Sentence: The US is in a literacy crisis.
English Definition: The ability to read and write.
Persian Definition: سواد خواندن و نوشتن، سواد داشتن.
Example: The charity is raising money to improve literacy rates in rural areas.
Predictable 🍔
Original Sentence: ...the books that are being published and becoming successful are shorter, simpler, and more structurally predictable than they were a decade ago.
English Definition: Happening or behaving in a way that you expect and is not surprising (often used in a negative sense meaning predictable or boring).
Persian Definition: قابلپیشبینی، تکراری، تکراری طوری که تهشو راحت میتونی حدس بزنی.
Example: The movie was so predictable that I figured out the twist in the first ten minutes.
Aspirational 🌮
Original Sentence: What society views as aspirational isn't fixed, it's a moving target that mirrors whatever's becoming scarce...
English Definition: Representing something that people hope to achieve, own, or become because it is seen as desirable or high-status.
Persian Definition: باکلاس، آرزومندانه، چیزی که همه حسرتشو دارن و میخوان بهش برسن.
Example: Owning an electric sports car has become an aspirational goal for many modern professionals.
Scarce 🧀
Original Sentence: ...it's a moving target that mirrors whatever's becoming scarce...
English Definition: Insufficient for the demand; hard to find or rare.
Persian Definition: نایاب، کمیاب، چیزی که سخت پیدا میشه.
Example: Clean water became extremely scarce in the region after the heavy drought.
Uninterrupted 🥐
Original Sentence: ...and in this case, it's our ability to sit uninterrupted and resist our phones.
English Definition: Without being stopped or broken by anything; continuous.
Persian Definition: یککله، بدون وقفه و مزاحمت، یهضرب.
Example: I need at least two hours of uninterrupted time to finish writing this article.
Self-discipline 🍳
Original Sentence: Reading used to be something that people just did, now it's an exercise in self-discipline.
English Definition: The ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses; willpower.
Persian Definition: خودکنترلی، اراده، خویشتنداری.
Example: Waking up at 5:00 AM every morning to go for a run takes a lot of self-discipline.