Language Activator – Side

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت side را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

side

(countable noun)

: one of the parts of an area that is furthest from the middle and closest to the edge

side of

.Two men were sitting at the side of the road

.Dancers came on from both sides of the stage

.People had formed a long queue that went around the sides of the room

(on the side (of something

.Just put your things over there on the side

.There were high walls on all four sides of the prison yard

edge

(countable noun)

the part around an object or area that is furthest from its centre, or the part along its side where its surface ends

.A group of children were playing at the water’s edge

edge of

.The edges of the carpet were torn

.Keep away from the edge of the cliff – you might fall

on the edge of something

He set the ashtray down on the edge of the table.at the edge of something next to the edge

.We camped right at the edge of the desert

end

(countable noun)

: one of the two parts of a long object or area that are furthest from each other

end of

.He cut a thick slice from the end of the loaf

at one end of something

.Mrs Deacon sat at one end of the long table and I sat at the other

at both ends

.There are scoreboards at both ends of the stadium

at each end

.A boy was carrying a stick across his shoulders with a pail of water at each end

margin

(countable noun)

: the empty space on the left or right side of a page of writing

.Someone had written a note in the left-hand margin

.She widened the margins so her essay would look longer

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Side of / one end of / margin / edges of

.N1. Two men were sitting at the ……………… the road
.N2. The ……………… the carpet were torn
.N3. Mrs. Deacon sat ……………… the long table and I sat at the other
. ……………… N4. Someone had written a note in the left-hand

:Answers

side of / edges of / at one end of / margin