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Civil court = a court that decides noncriminal cases, such as lawsuits (دادگاه مدنی)

Civil strife = trouble among two or more groups within a country (مبارزه مدنی)

Claim = a demand for something one feels one has a right to (ادعا ؛ استحقاق)

Clause = a part of a contract (ماده)

Clear = to prove to be innocent (تبرئه کردن)

Clemency = mercy, a lessening of a punishment (عفو)

Client = a customer who pays someone to perform a service (موکل؛ مشتری)

Climate = the weather conditions of a region (آب و هوا)

Clinic = a place for the treatment of ill or injured people who do not need to stay in a hospital (درمانگاه)

Coalition = a combination of groups (ائتلاف)

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Ceasefire = an agreement to stop fighting (آتش بس)

Cell = a room for a prisoner (سلول)

Challenge =
1. To dare (به چالش کشیدن)
2. To compete with (مبارزه کردن)
3. To refuse to yield to (مخالفت کردن)
4. A problem requiring great skill to solve

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Capitalize = the provision of money for a company to use to buy equipment, plant, or property when it gets started (به سرمایه ‏تبدیل کردن)

Capsize = to turn over (واژگون کردن)

Cardinal = a high-ranking catholic priest who is a member of the group that chooses the church's leader (کاردینال)

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Cache = a place where something is kept hidden (مخفی گاه)

Calibre = a measure of the distance across the hole of a gun (کالیبر)

Campaign =
1. The period before an election during which candidates attempt to persuade voters to vote for them
2. To attempt to persuade voters to vote in a particular way

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Bridge = to cross by means of a bridge (پل زدن)

Brink = edge (لبه)

Broker = an agent who buys and sells stock for other people (کارگزار)

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Bond = a paper indicating ownership of a debt due from a government or business organization, usually giving the owner a fixed rate of interest (قرارداد؛ تعهد نامه)

Bonus = something given or paid above what is necessary (پاداش؛ کمک هزینه)

Bonus issue = the issue of stock certificates in addition to dividends paid, usually after a very profitable year

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Binding arbitration = the settlement of a disagreement by which the disagreeing sides promise to follow the decision of a person approved by both sides (داوری معتبر)

Blackmail = demanding money in return for not telling harmful information (حق السکوت)

Blackout = a loss of electrical power (خاموشی)

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Barrier = something placed in order to block or control people or things, especially to prevent from entering an area (مانع)

Base = a protected area from which an army works (پایگاه؛ مقر)

Batter = to hit repeatedly and cause heavy damage (داغون کردن)

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Bail = release from prison in return for money or property given to make certain the person will return at a given time (وثیقه)

Balance of payments = the difference between the exports and the imports of a country (تراز پرداخت ها)

Ballistics test = a test to determine whether a particular bullet was fired from a particular gun

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Assembly plant = a building where the various parts of a product are put together

Asset = something of value (دارایی ؛ امتیاز)

Asylum = the right to stay in another country after one has left one's own country for political reasons (پناهندگی)