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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
va chenān beetābam	and I'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
va chenān beetābam	and i'm so restless	و چنان بی‌تابم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
vāghan deegé yavāsh yavāsh pāsheem	Really let's start going.	واقعا دیگه یواش یواش پاشیم.	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
vakeel	lawyer	وَکیل	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
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)

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