| one of the biggest | یکی از بزرگترین |
| universities of America = universities in America | دانشگاه‌های آمریکا |
| is (this form is particular of the Tehran dialect and is a remnant of an earlier stage of Persian) | هستش = هست = است |
| approximately, around, about | حدودِ |
| to gain education, to study | تحصیل کردن |
| last week | هفتهٔ پیش |
| building | ساختمان |
| place | محل |
| debate | مناظره |
| rival | رقیب |
| with the reason of shortage of | به دلیلِ کمبودِ |
| to participate | شرکت کردن |
| by, by means of | به توسطِ = توسطِ |
| to run, to administer | اداره کردن |
| to be run, administered | اداره شدن |
| laid out, brought up, pertinent | مطرح |
| is it that ...? it it the case that ...? whether ... | آیا |
| movement | جنبش |
| he talks about it | ازش صحبت می‌کنه |
| about it | ازش = از آن |
| on the effect of, due to | در اثر |
| defeat | شکست |
| elections | انتخابات |
| it will be stopped | متوقف خواهد شد |
| if | اگه = اگر |
| to imagine, suppose | فرض کردن |
| he / she (respectful) | ایشون = ایشان |
| to suffer defeat, to be defeated, to lose | شکست خوردن |
| tail, continuation | دنباله |
| little-by-little, slowly | کم‌کم |
| young people, youths | جوونا = جوان‌ها |
| they can | می‌تونن = می‌توانند |
| disillusioned | سرخورده |
| [that] they become | بشن = بشوند |
| event, happening | اتفاق |
| it is in the process of happening (present progressive tense, the "daare" is an auxiliary verb here) | داره اتفاق می‌افته = دارد اتفاق می‌افتد |
| it is possible | ممکنه = ممکن است |
| to develop a continuation, to find continuation | ادامه پیدا کردن |
| (for) a while | یک مدتی |
| comparative literature | ادبیات تطبیقی |
| antecedent, (previous) record; precedent, example, acquaintance | سابقه |
| an important point | نکتهٔ مهمی |
| to point (to), to allude (to) | اشاره کردن |
| probless, issue, question | مسئله |
| great | عالی |
| for them | براشون = برای آنها |
| a litle of, a few of | یک مقداری از |
| to him/her/it | بهش = به او |
| to vote for | رای دادن |
| that he/she go in front of McCain / confront him/ compete with him/ face him | بره جلوی مک‌کین = برود جلوی مک‌کین |
| that he/she carry away victory = win | که ببره = که ببرد |
| a bit | یه خرده |
| disappointed, depressed | مایوس |
| that he/she lose < to lose | ببازن > باختن |
| again, yet again, still | بازم = باز هم |
| the things that he/she wants | کارایی رو که می‌خوان = کارهایی را که می‌خواهند |
| he/she gives promise/word | قولشو می‌دن = قولش را می‌دهند |
| contemporary | معاصر |
| reminder, note, noting | یادآوری |
| as they say ... apparently (these are sentence fillers to buy some time to think) | به اصطلاح ... ظاهرا |
| this has caused, this is the reason, this is why | این باعث شده |
| success | موفقیت |
| [that] it has (Persian avoids present subjunctive with dāshtan and prefers perfect subjunctive as here) | داشته باشه |
| so easily | به این آسونی |
| institute | موسسه |
| gap, period, span | فاصله |