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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
fevriyé	February	فِوریِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
feylan khodāhāfez	Goodbye for now	فِعلاً خُداحافِظ	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
feylan neshasteen!	you're still sitting for now!	فعلا نشستين!	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
footbāll	soccer		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
footbāll āmreekāyee	American football		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
foroodgāh	airport	فُرودگاه	How To Discuss Travel
foroo reezad	it falls through	فُروریزَد	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
forooshandé: albaté.	Of course.	فُروشَندِه: اَلبَتِّه.	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
forooshandé: albaté ghābelé shomā rō nadāré.	Of course, it's not worthy of you.	فُروشَندِه: اَلبَتِّه قابِلِ شُما رو نَدارِه.	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
forooshandé: balé. een gardanband deveest dolār-é. meebeeneen, een ham khayli zeebā-st.	Yes, this necklace is $200. See it's also very nice.	فُروشَندِه: بَلِه. این گَردَنبَند دِویست دُلارِه. می‌بینین این هَم خِیلی زیباست.	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
forooshandé: barāyé khodetoon meekhāyn?	Do you want it for yourself?	فُروشَندِه: بَرایِ خودِتون می‌خواین؟	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
forooshandé: een dastband seesad dolār-é.	This bracelet is 300 dollars.	فُروشَندِه: این دَست‌بَند سی‌صَد دُلارِه.	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
forooshandé: khob, talāyé 22-é. alān ghaymaté talā khayli bālā-st.	Well, it is 22-carat gold. Right now, gold is expensive.	فُروشَندِه: خُب، طَلایِ بیست و دوِه. اَلان قِیمَتِ طَلا خِیلی بالاست.	Dialogue in a Store While Buying Jewelry
Full Poem
full selection of poem	hope		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
galoo	throat	گَلو	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
galoo dard dāram	I have a throatache	گَلو دَرد دارَم	More About Pain and Illness
gar	if	گَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
gar	if	گَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
gar	if	گَر	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5

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