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1 عمومی:: كاغذ، روزنامه‌، مقاله‌، جواز، ورق‌، پروانه‌، کاغذ، ورقه‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: In addition to the idiom beginning with PAPER, Also see ON PAPER; PUSH PAPER; WALKING PAPERS.

American Heritage Idioms

2 general:: paper phrases a sheet of paper • Each recipe was written down on a separate sheet of paper. a piece of paper • Can I have another piece of paper? a scrap/slip of paper (= a small piece ) • He scribbled Pamela’s address on a scrap of paper. a pad of paper (= many sheets of paper fixed together at one edge ) • Chris took out a pad of paper and started writing. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + paper writing/note paper (= good quality paper for writing letters ) • Can you fetch me a piece of writing paper and a pen? plain paper (= with nothing written or printed on it ) • The package was wrapped in plain brown paper. lined paper (= printed with horizontal lines, for writing ) • a note written on lined paper wrapping paper (= coloured paper for wrapping presents ) • He carefully removed the wrapping paper so it wouldn’t tear. tissue paper (= very thin paper for wrapping things ) • All the clothes were wrapped in tissue paper. recycled paper (= paper made from waste paper ) • The envelopes are made from 1OO percent recycled paper. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say 'write on a paper' . Say write on a piece of paper. paper 2 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + paper a local paper • You could try putting an advert in the local paper. a national paper • The story had been in all the national papers. a daily paper • Which of these daily papers do you usually read? a Sunday paper • I only get a Sunday paper if I’ve got lots of spare time. an evening paper • Ian usually buys an evening paper on his way home. a tabloid paper (= one with small pages, especially one without much serious news ) • Don’t believe everything you read in the tabloid papers. a broadsheet paper (= one with large pages, usually one containing serious news ) • Tabloid newspapers are usually about half the size of a broadsheet paper.

transnet.ir

3 general:: noun newspaper: He read the daily paper. noun report: He wrote a paper on gemstones. noun tablet: I need some paper to write a letter. verb wallpaper: We will paper the room tomorrow.

Simple Definitions

4 general::   noun material ADJ. thick, thin | see-through, transparent | plain, unlined | lined | graph, squared | A3, A4, etc. | foolscap | blank I stared at the blank paper, not knowing how to start the letter. | printed The Post Office has a special rate for printed paper. | brown, coloured a brown paper parcel of books | greaseproof, waxed | glossy, shiny | scrap, waste I made some notes on a piece of scrap paper. | computer, typing | writing | blotting | tracing | wrapping | crepe | tissue | photographic | filter | kitchen | toilet | cigarette a packet of cigarette papers QUANT. bit, piece, scrap, sheet, slip, strip I scribbled down his number on a scrap of paper. | roll a roll of kitchen paper | side The essay filled seven sides of A4 paper. VERB + PAPER fold Fold the paper in half. | shred, tear | crumple (up), screw up I screwed up the paper and threw it in the bin. | recycle | wrap sth in PAPER + VERB be strewn There was paper strewn all over the floor. PREP. on ~ I've had nothing on paper (= in writing) to say that I've been accepted. PHRASES put pen to paper I've thought about what I'm going to write, but I haven't yet put pen to paper. | a waste of paper This report is a waste of paper. newspaper ADJ. daily, evening, morning, Sunday, weekly | today's, yesterday's | independent, left-wing, right-wing | local, national | broadsheet, quality | tabloid QUANT. copy Have you got a copy of yesterday's paper? | edition today's edition of the paper VERB + PAPER buy, get, take Do you take a daily paper? | flick through, read What paper do you usually read? | print, produce, publish | edit, write for/in | appear in | get into The story got into the papers. PAPER + VERB come out The paper comes out every Saturday. PAPER + NOUN shop | boy, girl | round PREP. in a/the ~ I read about his arrest in the papers. | on a/the ~ She got a job on the local paper. (usually papers) official document ADJ. commercial | necessary | official | identity | personal, private | ballot QUANT. pile, sheaf VERB + PAPER show Be prepared to show your identity papers at the border. exam ADJ. exam, examination, question, test | written I did well on the oral but not on the written paper. | English, geography, etc. VERB + PAPER do, sit, take | set The exam papers are set by experienced teachers. | mark | turn over You may now turn over your papers. PREP. in a/the ~ the questions in the physics paper | on a/the ~ You must not write on the question paper. piece of writing on a specialist subject ADJ. draft | consultation, consultative, discussion, position, working | research, scientific VERB + PAPER deliver, give, present, put forward, read | draft, prepare, produce, write | issue, publish, release PAPER + VERB consider sth, deal with sth, focus on/upon sth, look at sth The paper looks at the future of primary school education. | argue sth, propose sth | demonstrate sth | describe sth, outline sth, present sth | be called sth, be entitled sth PREP. in a/the ~ Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper ‘On Narcissism’. | ~ on a paper on the development of the novel

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