Writing 101

Him: Thanking you for being super kind and caring to open his message in less than a second.


You: Knowing full well that your thumb betrayed you and opened the message by accident.

حالا که صحبت از فیلم های تخیلی شد، یه اصطلاحی یادم اومد که برگرفته از بهترین (به نظرم) فیلم تخیلی هستش.

احتمالا قسمت اول از Trilogy Matrix رو دیدین.مشهورترین سکانسش همون دو راهی ای بود که Neo باید یه قرص رو‌برمیداشت. قرص قرمز اونا با حقایق خارج از ماتریکس رو‌ برو میکرد و قرص آبی اونو تو همون illusion داخل ماتریکس قرار میداد.

حالا این خیلی هم استفاده میشه وقتی یکی میخواد بگه فهمیدم پشت پرده چی هستش! اینو Conspiracy Theorist ها زیاد استفاد میکنن. مخصوصا تو دوره Covid هم زیاد میشنیدین.
مثلا:

🔰Once you take the red pill, you will never trust anything!

🔰Getting red-pilled about the job market changed my perspective!

🔰When I got red-pilled about COVID lockdowns, I started questioning its effectiveness!


🔰When I got red-pilled about social media, I realized how this manipulative tool shapes public opinions!

Ever wondered if we’re living in a simulation and we are just some NPCs—background characters—in someone else’s life, playing minor roles in a story that’s not even ours? A story where the real protagonists are someone else! Just thinking about it gives me chills!


Maybe I should quit watching so many sci-fi movies:)

این توییت جنجالی ایلان ماسک رو که دیدم یاد دو تا phrase افتادم که خیلی تو حوزه سیاست بکار میره. اتفاقا خیلی هم مربوط به این توییت و پاسخش هستش وقتی بخوایم به این اشاره کنیم که طرف دیگه تاریخ مصرفش گذشته.

🔰Sell-by date:

روی محصولات خارجی یه تاریخی میزنن با عنوان sell-by date و این یعنی آخرین تاریخی که یک مغازه میتونه اون محصول رو تو مغازش داشته باشه برای فروش و با تاریخ انقضا فرق داره. حالا این وارد سیاست هم شده:

🔰Many people think the Prime Minister has long past his sell-by date and should step down to make way for other leaders.


البته هرجا میتونین استفاده کنین مثلا تو فوتبال:

🔰Many football fans believe Messi and Ronaldo have long past their sell-by date and should retire from their international teams to make way for younger players.



اصطلاح دیگه lame duck هستش که بیشتر تو همین سیاست به کار میره:

مثلا برای همین توییت:

🔰Elon Musk’s post shows he believes the Prime Minister has lost public support, and now he is nothing but a lame duck for the rest of his term!

I wasn’t expecting to get hit with a pile of messages all at once!

Many of you shared your recently learned life lessons with me, and I was blown away by your strength and determination. Some of you keep pushing forward despite the rough patches you’ve been going through.

There’s nothing more beautiful than seeing someone let go of the past mistakes and setbacks and hold onto hope.



P.S. I was also super impressed by your excellent language skills and English proficiency. Keep it up!🔥

This is also an interesting question to answer:

Do you have a bucket list? If so, what is on it?

Ask yourself this question:


“What did I recently learn the hard way?”



(You can share your experience with me. Always interested in learning from someone’s experience. It’s a good practice for your writing as well)

دو تا فریزال وربی که خیلی میتونین استفاده کنین و بسیار هم میشنوین. با هم اوردم چون به هم خیلی مربوطن.



✅Back down:

یعنی عقب نشینی کردن (معمولا از یک ادعا و پلن و تصمیم و…)


✅Double down:

در نقطه مخالف عقب نشینی قرار داره. یعنی وقتی چیزی با مخالفت، ناراحتی، و… مواجه بشه، شما به جای عقب نشینی روش تاکید هم میکنی.





مثالها برای back down:


🔰I firmly stand by what I said, and you cannot bully me into backing down. The time for appeasement is over!


🔰The company was determined to lay off workers as part of budget cuts, but it backed down after public backlash.



🔰What a determined and magnanimous politician he is! He spoke out against discrimination and doubled down on his criticism.


مثال ها برای double down

🔰He knew his stance touched a nerve with those people, but he chose to double down on his view.

🔰He knew his opposition would cost him his job, but he doubled down on his stance. He is a great person with moral compass!


اینا هم یه سری مثال هستن برای اینکه با هم به کارشون ببرین!


🔰When the argument got heated, I expected him to back down from his statement, but instead, he doubled down on his point.

🔰He is the embodiment of courage and risk-taking. When faced with opposition, the company’s CEO refused to back down. Instead, he doubled down on his ambitious plan. Leaders like him are hard to come by these days.



#Phrasal_verb4
#PV


(من این لیست که روش ریپلای زدم رو هرچی یادم بیاد آپدیت میکنم و نسبت به نسخه اولیه اش خیلی اضافه کردم.)

Probably not the best movie scene I’ve ever come across, but it’s definitely one of the most moving and heartfelt. This scene sticks with me and lingers in my mind years after I’ve seen it. The music is just the icing on the cake!

این سوال رو دیروز جایی دیدم که در مورد Free Discussion بود و جالبه که اولین سوال هم این بود.

اینکه عبارت Go down the rabbit hole جزیی از سوالات free discussion هستش نشون میده که قطعا مهمه و انتظار میره بلد باشیم.

قبلا اینجا نوشتمش هم.
اگه ترجمه کنیم میشه یه شرایط پیچیده که ازش سخته بیرون بیایم.
مثلا:

Social Media is second to none when it comes to wasting time. When I pull out my phone to check something, I end up going down the rabbit hole of endless Instagram scrolling. And before I know it, hours are gone, and nothing gets done!

I’ve always admired patient people and, I’ll admit, been a bit jealous of them too—those who can take a deep breath, keep their cool, take a step back, and look at the things from every angle when life throws a curveball.

Patience feels like a fair-weather friend—it shows up and sticks around when everything’s going smoothly, but it’s nowhere to be found when life takes a turn for the worse. That’s why patient people are so fascinating, impressive, and admirable.

Let’s make this embarrassing and disrespectful behavior a thing of the past.


I just watched a short video that reminded me of something I witnessed a few years ago. I had been invited to a birthday party—somewhere I always feel a bit out of place, to be honest:). I was hoping to avoid the one thing I absolutely can’t stand: someone smashing the birthday cake into the face of the birthday person. But, of course, my hope was short-lived.

As soon as the candles were blown out, someone—who probably thought he was so cool and funny—grabbed a handful of cake and smashed it right into her(Birthday person’s) face. What a bizarre and thoughtless move. It was too far! Pretty uncalled-for! To top it all off, he was hoping others would do the same thing! That creepy move made the party take a turn.
Thankfully, nobody laughed, and his stupid joke fell flat. She looked devastated for a few seconds—rightfully so. Everyone noticed her teary eyes. But she held back her tears and put on a brave face just to enjoy the rest of her party. I couldn’t have admired her patience and forgiveness more. How could anyone bounce back from something that disrespectful and humiliating?

There is no point in asking how much prep is needed to take the TOEFL exam—don’t waste your time looking for a magic number. You’ll end up getting wrong answers.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution and method. Just figure out what works for you. Everyone’s pace is different.

این صفات تمومی ندارن (منظورم صفات منفی و مثبت دیگه هستش) و همشون کاربرد دارن وفقط این دو تا رو هم بگم و دیگه خسته کننده نشه براتون چون به همین stuck-up مربوطه.



ببینین کسی که stuck-up هستش لزوما شاید اصلا هیچ کاری نکنه و هیچ حرفی نزنه و اینجوری باشه باز.مثلا از رفتاراش و نگاهاش و… بگین عجب stuck-up هستش. یا مثلا باهاتون جایی نیاد و بگین چه stuck-up ای هستش.

ولی یه جا هستش یکی باهاتون بد رفتار میکنه و میخواین به خودش یا به کسی بگین فلانی با من اینجوری حرف زد یا رفتار کرد. چون بالاخره از استاد راهنما بگیرین تا دوست و کارفرما و همکار و… در ارتباط هستین و ممکنه رفتارش اینجوری به نظر برسه. این دو صفت خیلی رایج و کاربردی به کار میان. مثلا یکی باهاتون از بالا به پایین حرف بزنه اصلا خیلی ساده میگین:
Very patronizing!
خودش میفهمه.
یا اگه تحقیر کنه؛

You are being very patronizing and talking to me in a dehumanizing way!

He spoke to me in a condescending tone!

Enough of you being so patronizing! I won’t put up with your condescending attitude anymore!

Could you please stop being patronizing for a sec?

یه سری صفات هم هستن که خیلی مهمن یاد بگیرین تو speaking مخصوصا حالت اینفرمال. چون حداقل کسی مثلا گفت بهتون stuck up بدونین چیه منظورش.

کسی که خیلی از خودش راضیه و با دیگران جوری رفتار میکنه که ازش پایین ترن. فکر کنم شبیهش تو فارسی میشه افاده ای

خب تو رایتینگ و یا حتی صحبت کردن رسمی (جایی که خودمونی نیست) میشه اینا رو گفت:

You have a superiority complex over us

You look down upon us

You have such a god complex

و…

ولی خب میشه راحت گفت you are stuck up.
و تو زندگی روزمره هم همین رو میگن.

یا مثلا برای کسی که فکر میکنه همه چی میدونه خب میگفتیم know-it-all ولی تو روزمره و مکالمه دوستانه چیز دیگه ای میگن که یکم مودبانه هم نیست:)


این صفات خیلی مهمن تو صحبت کردن

این عبارت خیلی زیاد به کارتون میاد چه تو صحبت چه نوشتار وقتی کسی راجب پیشرفت یه کاری ازتون میپرسه. و بارها این مکالمه رو خواهین داشت


مثلا کسی ازتون بپرسه پروژه/پایان نامه/یا هرچیز دیگه چطور پیش میره و کجاش هستی


🔰How far along are you with your project?/where are you at with your project?


🔰Almost done—just tying up some loose ends and making the final scratch.

Or

I’m almost there—just a few loose ends to tie up and the final scratch to finish it off!


(موقعی اینو میگین که دیگه تمومه تقریبا و مراحل آخرش رو انجام میدین و نواقصش رو کامل میکنین)

بعدا سعی میکنم تو یه پست راجب نحوه گفتن مراحل مختلف پیشرفت یک پروژه بگم

One more year gone, and so much to be grateful for. Let’s make this one count!

Wishing you guys all the best ❤️

Joking aside, have you ever seen a non-Iranian get really taken aback by this social custom? How did they react? Did they take it as something well-intended and respectful, like it’s meant to be, or did they think it was kind of hypocritical or dishonest? If you’ve seen it happen, I’d be curious to know how they reacted.