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baché-hā eeshoon khānomé maryamé bāgheri kids, this, Ms. Maryam Bagheri بَچِّه‌ها ایشون خانُمِ مَریَمِ باقِری How to Talk About School
baché-hāyé deega-rō mo'arefee kon introduce the other kids! بَچِّه‌هایِ دیگَه رُو مُعَرِفی کُن How to Talk About School
bā cherāgh ō āb ō āyeené with the light and water and mirror با چراغ و آب و آینه fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
bad bad بَد yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
bad bad بَد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
bad bad بَد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
bad bad بَد aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
bād wind باد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
bād wind باد shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bad akhlāgh bad attitude بَد اَخلاق Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
badan body بَدَن How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
ba'dan zang meezanam I'll call later بَعداً زَنگ می‌زَنَم The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
bādé wine بادِه khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
badhālān bad state of being بَدحالان beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
badmazé bad tasting بَدمَزِه The Concept of "ezāfé"
badmeenton badminton بَدمینتُون Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bad neestam I'm not bad بَد نیستَم Meeting Up with Friends
bad neestam I’m not bad بَد نیستَم How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
bad neestam. yé modat naboodam haméyé gol-hā pazhmordé shodan I'm not bad, but I wasn't here for a while, and all my flowers wilted بَد نیستَم. یِه مُدَّت نَبودَم هَمِهٔ گُل‌ها پَژمُردِه شُدَن Talking with a Neighbor
ba'eed distant, far, improbable, remote, unlikely بَعید yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5