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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
vakht	time	وَقت	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vālā	truthfully	والا	Review of Unit 2
vali	but	وَلی	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, The Simple Past Tense
vali khoob peesh meeré.	but it's going well.	وَلی خوب پیش می‌رِه.	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan
vali oon morghé zard ghashangtar-é.	But that yellow chicken is nicer-looking.	وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد قَشَنگ‌تَرِه.	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
va (man) sā’até hasht sobhāné meekohram.	And I eat breakfast at 8.	وَ (مَن) ساعَتِ هَشت صُبحانِه می‌خورَم.	How to Talk About Daily Routines
vān	bathtub	وان	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
va natarseedeem	and we were not afraid	و نترسیدیم	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
v'andar	and into	و اَندر	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
vāngah	and then	وآنگه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
varzesh	exercise		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé goroohee	team sports		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
varzeshé tak nafaré	individual sport		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va sameemeeyaté tanhāmān dar tarāree	and the intimacy of our bodies in playfulness	و صمیمیت تن‌هامان در .......	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
va sameemeeyaté tan hāman, dar tarāree va derakhsheedané oryāneemān meslé falsé māheehā dar āb sokhan az zendegeeyé noghreyeeyé	and the intimacy of our bodies, and the glow of our nakedness, like fish scales in the water. I am talking about the silvery life of a song which a small fountain sings at dawn		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vasaté hafté	middle of the week	وَسَطِ هَفتِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasaté hafté kār meekonam.	I work in the middle of the week.	وَسَطِ هَفتِه کار می‌کُنَم.	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines
vasaté shahr	center of town	وَسَطِ شَهر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr	and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vaseeleyé naghleeyé	transportation	وَسیلِه نَقلیِه	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)

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