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to state firmly that something is true assert your rights/independence/superiority etc (to state very strongly your right to something) chinese teachings assert that happiness lies in acting within social networks. start learning
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so surprising that it is difficult to believe. Synonym: amazing, surprising opp: predictable their astonishing success start learning
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1, to increase or improve something and make it more successful. 2, go up he boosted her up/a rocket boosts a spacecraft Therapists suggest interventions that boost happiness levels. start learning
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happy, or behaving in a way that shows you are happy something is cheerful, it is pleasant and make you happy people are able to learn how to make themselves cheerful about their lives./ feel cheerful/ cheerful manner/ a cheerful picture on the wall start learning
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[formal] something someone does, especially something that is very good or very bad deed (in law): agreement paper /in deed: in what you do / indeed: infact happiness is the joy obtained from learning about humanity through social relationships and good deeds./good deed/ evil deed/ desperate deed start learning
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to use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone. Synonym: dedicate devote your time/energy/attention etc to something// devote yourself to something/ devote something to something rather than devoting attention to unhappiness, psychology need to change direction and focus instead on people for whom everything is going well. start learning
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control/ regulation/ restraint نظم ، انضباط ، خوددارى self-discipline/ discipline for/ strict discipline/ poor discipline/ school discipline/ keep discipline (also maintain discipline) (=make people obey the rules)/ a breach of discipline (=an act of not obeying the rules) a buddhist would say that happiness consists of self-discipline and a life without longing. start learning
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a feeling of respect for someone, or a good opinion of someone hold somebody in high/great esteem// token/mark of somebody’s esteem (=a sign of their respect)// esteem for// also esteem as a verb: esteem sb, be asteemed by sb// Please accept the small gift we enclose as a mark of our esteem. there is a positive correlation between religious commitment and higher levels of perceived well-being and self-esteem. start learning
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to add something very different to something, so that it becomes part of it graft sth onto sth or graft on sth (or graft sth to sth) / it also means(as a noun): پيوند(اعضا، گياه...) / hard graft: hard work grafting modern research onto Confucian philosophy... start learning
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to have the same character or appearance as your parents/ or to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died inherit something from somebody/ if you inherit a situation you have to deal with it scientists demonstrate that 50 percent of happiness is a result of the genes we inherit from our parents rather than the jeans we purchase at the mall start learning
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a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned have instinct for sth/ instinct to do something (the human instinct to form relationships)/ do sth by instinct// sexual/maternal/survival instinct// instinctive [adj]/ instinctively [adv] a question that you can instinctively answer / a mother’s instinctive love start learning
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the act of becoming involved in an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens they suggest interventions that boost economical situation start learning
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a strong feeling of wanting something or someone longing on sth/ of sth/ for sth/ to do sth She looked back with longing on the good old days. start learning
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a member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from other people start learning
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unclear/ vague/ difficult to understand / opposite: precise not well known and usually not very important For some obscure reason, the group is very popular. start learning
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the speed at which something happens or is done The pace of change/ the pace of your exercises./ at a steady/slow etc pace He quickened his pace, longing to be home./ many people shope at a frantic pace, seaking happiness start learning
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good quality beef, or a large thick piece of any good quality red meat treat yourself to a steak at a restaurant start learning
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treatment that makes someone feel better or grow stronger retail therapy: the practice of shopping in order to make oneself feel more cheerful start learning
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excitement/pleasure/adventure/opposite: boredom the thrill of (doing) something// a thrill of excitement/anticipation/fear etc// do something for the thrill of it some belives that happiness is the thrill of buying a new pair of shoes or the latest high-tech device start learning
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feel a continuous, but not very sharp pain there his muscles might have ached during his most memorable races. start learning
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very intrested in something, often to the point of not noticing other things happening around you the loss of self-consciousness that happens when you are completely absorbed in an activity is described in psychology as a state of flow. start learning
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high-flow teenagers see their low-flow peers as experiencing more fun engaging in low-flow amusement such as video games, TV, and socializing. start learning
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to deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way to face someone in a threatening way /to accuse someone of doing something(confront somebody with/about something) by confronting and meeting challenges, anyone can create flow in their life start learning
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confront sth
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anxious and unable to think clearly if flow has such incredible benefits for our happiness, relationships, and success, then why do we usually choose to let ourselves be distracted by low-flow and arguably trivial activities? start learning
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to move slowly on water or in the air to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose/ change... people regularly describe the experience of flowing in an activity as similar to drifting along with the flow of a river start learning
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drift [v] out/towards/along with/ up etc
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imaginary and from a book or story opposite: factual start learning
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in an angry way: He stared fiercely into my eyes a violinist fiercely concentraiting on a piece of music start learning
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the feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life because you are doing interesting, useful, or important things achivement:(fulfilment of) // fulfilment of a promise/duty/condition etc(do it) stress, tentions and pressures actually encourage us to strive toward self-fulfillment. start learning
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seek/find fulfilment
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deeply engaged, interested grip[v]: to hold someone’s attention and interest do you ever find yourself so completely gripped by what you are doing that you lose track of time? start learning
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needing serious thought in order to be understood mental when you are completely absorbed in an intellecual or social or physical activity is called flow start learning
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the period of time between two events, activities etc at regular intervals/ interval between: The interval between arrest and trial can be up to six months. in one study, 250 teenagers were asked to report on their feelings and activities at regular intervals. start learning
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body organ for breathing/شش his lungs might have felt like they would explode while running. start learning
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to successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something if someone is overcome by emotion, they cannot behave normally because they feel the emotion so strongly (be overcome by/with something) he might have felt overcome with tiredness during his races start learning
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make every effort, try hard strive to do something// strive for/after/toward some motivation encourage us to strive toward self-fulfillment start learning
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strive/ strove/ striven
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a difference between the needs or influences of each, and that causes problems nervous feeling/ no trust/ different influences... In business, there’s always a tension between the needs of customers and shareholders. start learning
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tension between
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not serious, important, or valuable This is tiny, but not trivial. start learning
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trivial problem/matter/complaint etc
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flow moments are when the body or mind is voluntarily streched to its limits in order to accomplish sth difficult and worthwhile start learning
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it is worthwhile to do something/ it is worthwhile doing something
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extremely hurried and using a lot of energy, but not very organized people do shopping at a frantic pace start learning
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