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Midnight Term Looking glass: (Old-fashioned, Noun, C) A mirror تلفظ انگلیسی: لوکینگ گلاس آئینه؛ آینه Synonyms: Reflector; Reflecting surface E.g. ‘She stared at her reflection in the looking glass’. E.g. ‘Cate opened her eyes and avoided looking into the looking glass placed before her.’ E.g. ‘Staring up, he caught his own reflection in the looking glass.’ E.g. ‘He carelessly hid the looking glass he was carrying.’ E.g. ‘When all was ready, Fay looked herself over in the looking glass.’ E.g. ‘The mahogany-veneered looking glass of about 1780 is either English or American.’ Source of the examples: Lexico.com https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/looking_glass #Purple_Patch #English_Purplepatch #New_Term #New_Words #New_Expression #Daily_New_Words #Nightly_New_Words #Vocabulary_Item #Audiovisual_aids_AV #Old_fashioned_Term #Archaic_Term #Old_use_Term #Learn_English_Vocabulary #Learn_English_Expressions #Learn_English_with_AA #Learn_English_with_Alireza_Abolghasemi #یادگیری_روزانه_لغات_انگلیسی #کلمات_روزانه #وکبیولری #لغات_انگلیسی #لغات_انگلیسی_با_معنی_فارسی #آموزش_زبان #آموزش_زبان_انگلیسی #اصطلاحات_کاربردی #اصطلاحات_انگلیسی #اصطلاحات_روزمره (at Golpayegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5dpPVFKDX/?igshid=bfme8b6vs1ct

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Yesteryear: (Literary, Old-fashioned) Existing in the past, Of yesteryear Synonyms: The past; Former times; Historical events; The good old days; Time gone by; Bygone days; Antiquity E.g. The steam trains of yesteryear. E.g. ‘The snows of yesteryear have gone’. E.g. ‘Of my past, I have no knowledge - it is a whirlwind of forgotten yesterdays and yesteryears.’ E.g. ‘But thrust an historical document about bygone yesteryears down our memory lane and we can't get enough.’ E.g. ‘Historical monuments representing yesteryears stand tall in the union territory, such as the Aayi Mandapam, the statue of Dupleix, the French War Memorial, and the statue of Joan of Arc.’ Source of the examples: Lexico.com https://www.lexico.com/definition/yesteryear #Purple_Patch #English_Purplepatch #New_Term #Daily_New_Words #Literary_Terms #Literati #Old_fashioned_Term #Old_use_Term #Archaic_Term #Learn_English_with_AA #Learn_English_with_Alireza_Abolghasemi (at Golpayegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-k-AyKFHWV/?igshid=1oiz2owot3e82

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Yippee: (Old-fashioned, Informal) Used to show you are pleased or excited; Hurray E.g. Peter suggested they should go home. ‘Yippee!’ shouted Katie’. E.g. ‘I added up my dosh and i have an extra $100 for my holiday trip… yippee!’ E.g. ‘Next term I'll technically be a year 12, yippee!’ E.g. ‘There's a new Banking Code launching on 1 March - yippee!’ E.g. ‘Off to the movies now, busy day with the main man, yippee!’ Source of the examples: Lexico.com https://www.lexico.com/definition/yippee #Purple_Patch #English_Purplepatch #New_Term #Daily_New_Words #Old_fashioned_Term #Old_use_Term #Informal_Term #Archaic_Term #Interjection #Learn_English_with_AA #Learn_English_with_Alireza_Abolghasemi (at Golpayegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-k61nCl2R9/?igshid=1exf2zjys0b07

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Yonder: (Old use) Over there – used to show or explain where something or someone is; Yon Synonyms: Further on; Far off; Far away; In the distance; Afar E.g. The fresh blooms on yonder tree. E.g. Let's rest under yonder tree. E.g. Whose is that farm over yonder? E.g. ‘There's a ford south of here, about nine miles yonder’. E.g. ‘We shall wait for you to be done in yonder powder room.’ Source of the examples: LDOCE5 Oxford_Advanced_Learner's_ Dictionary Lexico.com https://www.lexico.com/definition/yonder #Purple_Patch #English_Purplepatch #New_Term #Daily_New_Words #Old_use_Term #Old_fashioned_Term #Archaic_Term #Dialect #Learn_English_with_AA #Learn_English_with_Alireza_Abolghasemi (at Golpayegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-k4Mj3Fguf/?igshid=p895uaoo4fpr

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Yore: (Literary, Old use) Existing a long time ago, Of yore E.g. In days of yore. E.g. ‘My companions recounted battles of yore’. E.g. ‘A great empire in days of yore’. E.g. ‘Germans believe that they got this tradition from the gypsies who came from the Indian sub-continent in the days of yore.’ E.g. Boyhood's end is a short but dramatic work full of conflicting emotions and nostalgia for days of yore.’ E.g. In an ideal world, I would be at home with you, enjoying breaks in the cloud and reminiscing over floods past and the storms of yore.’ Source of the examples: LDOCE5 Lexico.com https://www.lexico.com/definition/yore #Purple_Patch #English_Purplepatch #New_Term #Daily_New_Words #Literary_Terms #Literati #Old_use_Term #Old_fashioned_Term #Learn_English_with_AA #Learn_English_with_Alireza_Abolghasemi (at Golpayegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-k14X8F-Fp/?igshid=1c77tnwjrf1ay