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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
manzel	house, home	مَنزِل	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
manzel	home	مَنزِل	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
manzelé khodetoon-é	make yourself at home!	مَنزِلِ خودِتونِه	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
manzelé mā	our house	مَنزِلِ ما	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
manzelé man	my house	مَنزِلِ مَن	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
(mā) podcast dāreem	We have a podcast	(ما) پادکَست داریم.	The verb ‘To Have’
mār	snake	مار	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
marā	to me	مَرا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
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
(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	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
mard	man	مَرد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
mard	man	مَرد	Meeting New People
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

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