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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mār	snake	مار	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
marā	me	مَرا	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
marā	to me	مَرا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
(mā) rafteem	We went	(ما) رَفتیم	The Simple Past Tense
marā k'az eshgh	to me than love	مَرا کَز عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
marā k'az eshgh bé nāyad sho'āree	no greater practice exists than the practice of love	مَرا کَز عِشق بِه نایَد شُعاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
mard	man	مَرد	Meeting New People
mard	man	مَرد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
mard	man	مَرد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
mardān	men	مَردان	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
mard: bejāsh meetooneem yek jā shām bokhoreem.	Instead we can go somewhere to eat dinner.	مَرد: بِجاش می‌تونیم یِک جا شام بُخوریم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: ché feelmee?	What movie?	مَرد: چِه فیلمی؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: een nazdeek yek restoorāné cheenee bāz shodé.	Near here there's a Chinese restaurant that just opened.	مَرد: این نَزدیک یِک رِستورانِ چینی باز شُدِه.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: espāgetti chetor?	How about spaghetti?	مَرد: اِسپاگِتی چِطور؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: meetooneem too khooné shām dorost bokoneem.	We can make food at home.	مَرد: می‌تونیم تو خونِهِ شام دُرُست بُکُنیم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: nemeedoonam, tō chee fekr meekonee?	I don't know, what do you think?	مَرد: نِمی‌دونَم، تو چی فِکر می‌کُنی؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: too yakhchāl chee dāreem?	What do we have in the fridge?	مَرد: تو یَخچال چی داریم؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mārmoolak	lizard	مارمولَک	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
mārs	March	مارس	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
martoob	humid	مَرطوب	How to Talk About the Time and Weather

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