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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
footbāll āmreekāyee	American football	فوتبال آمریکایی	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
foroo bord sar peeshé seemorgh zood	soon he bowed his head down before Simorgh	فُرو بُرد سَر پیشِ سیمُرغ زود	Shahnameh, Part 4
forood āmad az abr seemorgh ō chang	down came Simorgh from the clouds, and with its claws	فُرود آمَد اَز اَبر سیمُرغ و چَنگ	Shahnameh, Part 2
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 khaylee 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 khaylee 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	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
gar	if	گَر	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
gar	if	گَر	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté 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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