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status

وضع/حالة/منزلة

established

وضحت/انشئت

Ex: The committee was established in 1912


On the house

على حساب المحل/المطعم

immune

مناعة

Showing off

تباهي /تتباهى/تفاخر

birthmark

وحمة

capable

قادر على

aware

مدرك

itself

بحد ذاتها

Row

صف

We sat in a row at the back of the room

Comb

مشط شعر

nail clippers

مقراظة اضافر

tweezers

ملقط

Lurk

تربص/ترصد/ (v) هدد

Stress

اجهاد/ضغط/توتر

exhausted

منهك/مرهق

amateur

هاو/هاوي/مبتدئ

1- a person who takes part in a sport or other activity for enjoyment, not as a job



Ex:The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals



2-(usually disapproving) a person who is not skilled



Ex:This work was done by a bunch of amateurs!


divulge

افشى سرا/كشف

Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect

SOS(save our souls)

نداء استغاثة/نجدة

Pale

شاحب/باهت

emphasise

اكد على/شدد/ننوه

emphasise

اكد على/شدد/ننوه

ordinary

عادي

This was no ordinary meeting

Hint

تلميح/اشارة

Nowdays

في الوقت الحاضر

Nowadays most kids prefer watching TV to reading

stamina

القدرة على التحمل/تحمل/قدرة

heckler

الشخص الذي يقطع الكلام

Demand

طلب/مطالبة

estimate

تقدير

Police estimate the crowd at 30 000

potential

احتمال/امكانية/قدرة/تحمل

First we need to identify actual and potential problems

Auction

مزاد

A classic Rolls-Royce fetched (= was sold for) £25 000 at auction.

Attend

يحضر/يلتحق/يشارك

represent

يشكل/يمثل

overwrite

الكتابة فوق

tend

تميل/يتجه

People tend to think that the problem will never affect them .

criticize

انتقد/نقد/انتقاد/توجيه انتقادات

All you ever do is criticize(انتقاد)

attic

علية/علوي/غرفة علوية

furniture stored in the attic

podium

منصة/منبر

She is the first delegate to speak from the podium at todayʼs conference

accurate

دقيق/مضبوط

My watch is not very accurate

therefore

لذلك/لهذا السبب

Heʼs only 17 and therefore not eligible to vote.

Within

ضمن/في حدود/خلال/في الداخل

variation

فرق/تنوع/اختلاف/تفاوت

Numb

خدر/مخدر

if a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything in it, for example because of cold

Jaw

فك

The punch broke my jaw.

supervisor

مشرف

* a person who supervises somebody/​something


Ex:I have a meeting with my supervisor about my research topic

Workforce

ايدي العاملة/قوى عاملة

Harness

سخر/تسخير

savage

وحشي/متوحش/عنيف/ضار

Boil

غلي/غليان

piles/piles of

اكوام /اكوام من

Settlement

مستوطنات

Annex

يحتل/يضمرقعة من ارض ما اخرى الى ارضه

Germany annexed Austria in 1938.

Spike

يرتفع/يزداد

Her hair stood up in spikes

Take office

يتولى منصب

expressed

أعربت عن/اعرب عن

Prevention is better than cure.

الوقاية خير من العلاج

Prevention

منع

anti corruption

مكافحة الفساد

parasite

طفيلي/متطفل

Uphill

اعلى التل/صعودا

The last part of the race is all uphill

Effort

عملية/سعي/مسعى/مجهود/محاولة/اختبار/اجهاد

the physical or mental energy that you need to do something; something that takes a lot of energy



Ex:You should put more effort into your work

annual

سنوي

period

فترة/مدة/دورة/حقبة/عهد

a particular length of time


a period of consultation/​mourning/​uncertainty



Ex:This offer is available for a limited period only.

Potency

فعالية/مفعول/قوة/رجولة/قدرة

the power that somebody/​something has to affect your body or mind



Ex:If you keep a medicine too long, it may lose its potency

extraordinary

مذهل/استثنائي/غير عادي/رائع/خارقة/خارق للعادة

Ex:What an extraordinary thing to say!



Ex:She was a truly extraordinary woman

intolerance

تعصب/عدم التسامح/عدم تحمل

the fact of not being willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own



Ex:religious intolerance

endorsement

تأييد/مصادقة/موافقة/اقرار/قبول

Ex:The election victory is a clear endorsement of their policies

duel

مبارزة/قتال

to take part in a formal fight with weapons against one other person, as was done in the past to settle a disagreement, especially over a matter of honour



Ex:The two men duelled to the death

Farce

مهزلة/مسرحيه هزلية

Ex:The trial was a complete farce.

Fiddle

كمان/عزف الكمان

entertain

أنس/يؤنس/يسلي/يرفه

Ex:Barbecues are a favourite way of entertaining friends.

fetch

إحضار/جلب/يجلب/احضره

to go to where somebody/​something is and bring them/​it back



Ex:Sheʼs gone to fetch the kids from school



Ex:The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water

inhabitant

سكان

a person or an animal that lives in a particular place



Ex:the oldest inhabitant of the village



Ex:a town of 11 000 inhabitants

frustrating

محبط/مثيرة للاحباط/احباط

causing you to feel annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want



Ex:Itʼs frustrating to have to wait so long.



Ex:The frustrating thing is, they probably wonʼt even be in when we get there.

cripple

مشلول/مقعد/كسيح/معاق

to damage somebodyʼs body so that they are no longer able to walk or move normally



Ex:He was crippled by polio as a child.



Ex:to be crippled with arthritis



2-to seriously damage or harm somebody/​something


ExThe pilot tried to land his crippled plane.

prophecy

نبؤة/حكمة/تنبؤ

1-[countable] a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by somebody with religious or magic powers



Ex:to fulfil a prophecy (= make it come true)


2-[uncountable] (formal) the power of being able to say what will happen in the future



Ex:She was believed to have the gift of prophecy

Mistrust

يشك في/لا يصدق/لا يقق في/شك/عدم الثقة

to have no confidence in somebody/​something because you think they may be harmful; to not trust somebody/​something



Ex:She has a deep mistrust of strangers.



Which Word?    distrust /​ mistrust


* There is very little difference between these two words, but distrust is more common and perhaps slightly stronger. If you are sure that someone is acting dishonestly or cannot be relied on, you are more likely to say that you distrust them. If you are expressing doubts and suspicions, on the other hand, you would probably use mistrust.

Unlikely

مستبعد الوقوع/غير محتمل/صعب التصديق

1 not likely to happen; not expected; not probable Ex:He is seriously ill and unlikely to recover.


2-an unlikely excuse


Ex:difficult to believe

External

خارجي

Utmost

اقصى/قصارى الجهد

Ex:This is a matter of the utmost importance



Ex:You should study this document with the utmost care.

standard

معيار/مقياس/مستوى/سلوك/اخلاق/معتاد/متعارف عليه

Spec

مواصفات

a detailed description of something, especially the design and materials needed to produce something



Ex:We want the machine manufactured to our own spec.

advantage

مِيزة/ ‮أفضليّة‬/فائدة‬/يستفيد من ،‬ ‮ينتهز الفرصة‬/يستغلّ‬/مربح‬

Stab/stabbed

يطعن/طعنة/نخزة (الم مفاجا)/وخز/الم حاد مفاجيء/طعن (بسكين مثلا)

Protest

احتجاج/شكوى/مظاهرة احتجاج

dyke

سحاقية/شاذة/مثلية

appeal

يُناشد/يلتَمِس‬/يجذُب/يروق ﻟِ‬/يحتكِم إِلى/ يخاطب‬/يستأْنف‬

Ex:She appeared on television to appeal to the men for her child's safe return

Convenient

ملائم/ ‮مناسب‬/قريب /مفيد‬/على نحو ملائم

Ransom

فدية/طلبا للفدية

money that is paid to somebody so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them



1-The kidnappers demanded a ransom of £50 000 from his family

Shout

يصيح/ يصرخ/ صيحة

Ex:shouted for help but nobody came



Ex:Stop shouting and listen!

presume

يفترض/يظن

1 [intransitive, transitive] to suppose that something is true, although you do not have actual proof➔ SYNONYM  ​assume



Ex:They are very expensive, I presume?



2 [transitive] to accept that something is true until it is shown not to be true, especially in court



Ex:In English law, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty


(السجين بريء حتى تثبت ادانته)



Festival

مهرجان/عيد

Ex:the Cannes Film Festival

prostitute/prostitution

مومّس‬/بيت الدعارة/بَغاء‬

Ex:Many women were forced into prostitution



Ex:They sold the young girl into a prostitution ring

Bride

عروسة

Ex:the bride and groom

Moron

معتوه/مغفل/احمق/ايها الاحمق

1 Dogged/2 doggedly

(1 عنيد ،‬ ‮مُصرّ‬) (2بعناد ،‬ ‮بإصرار‬)

refusing to give up even when sth is difficult


EX: I was impressed by his dogged determination to succeed. doggedlyadv EX:She doggedly refused all offers of help.‮

Lend

يقرض/يقدم/يعير/يضفي

1-to give something to somebody or allow them to use something that belongs to you, which they have to return to you later



(to somebody)


EX:Iʼve lent the car to a friend.



lend somebody something


EX:Can you lend me your car this evening?



EX:Has he returned that book you lent him?



2-to give money to somebody on condition that they pay it back over a period of time and pay interest on ii



EX:The bank refused to lend the money to us.



EX:They refused to lend us the money.

plenty

وفرة/بمافيه الكفاية/كثير من/أكثر بكثير‬

as much or as many as you need; a lot


EX:Shall I get some more coffee?’ ‘No, we've still got plenty.’



EX:Make sure you take plenty of warm clothes with you.



EX:There's plenty more ice cream

breast

نهد/ثدي/صدر

towed

سحب/قطرها/جرها

EX:He towed my car. I had my hand on the knob.

Item

عنصر/مادة/نقطة/صنف/بند/سلعة

1-one thing on a list of things to buy, do, talk about, etc.



EX:Whatʼs the next item on the agenda?


2 a single article or object



EX:Can I pay for each item separately?



EX:The computer was my largest single item of expenditure.



EX:A windproof jacket is an essential item of clothing for hillwalking.



EX:This clock is a collectorʼs item (= because it is rare and valuable).


3 a single piece of news in a newspaper, on television, etc.



EX:an item of news/​a news item



EX:I heard an item on the radio about women engineers.

agenda

جدول الأعمال/مخطط/برنامج/خطة/اجندة

1-a list of items to be discussed at a meeting



EX:The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget.



2-a plan of things to be done, or problems to be addressed



EX:For the government, education is now at the top of the agenda (= most important).


accuse

اتهام/تهمة/ادين/تهم/اتهم

to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something



EX:to accuse somebody of murder/​theft



EX:She accused him of lying.



EX:The government was accused of incompetence.

Extend

يوسع/يمدد/يمتد/بسط/يقدم

1-extend something to make something longer or larger



EX:to extend a fence/​road/​house



EX:There are plans to extend the no-smoking area.


2 [transitive] extend something to make something last longer



EX:to extend a deadline/​visa



EX:The show has been extended for another six weeks.



EX:Careful maintenance can extend the life of your car.


3 [transitive] extend something to make a business, an idea, an influence, etc. cover more areas or operate in more places



EX:The company plans to extend its operations into Europe.

addition

اضافة/إلحاق/ملحق/ضم

1-the process of adding two or more numbers together to find their total



EX:children learning addition and subtraction



2-a thing that is added to something else



EX:the latest addition to our range of cars



EX:an addition to the family (= another child)

Consistent / consistently

مستمر/بشكل دائم/متوافق/ثابت/متسق/متواصلة

approach

يقترب/يكلم/يفاتح/يعالج/يناهز/مفاتحة/طلب/وسيلة للتعامل

Committee

لجنة

a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject



EX:Sheʼs on the management committee.



EX:The committee has/​have decided to close the restaurant.



EX:a committee of experts

declare

اعلن/صرح/عرب/يبين

1-to say something officially or publicly



declare something


EX:The government has declared a state of emergency.



EX:Germany declared war on France on 1 August 1914.



EX:The government has declared war on (= officially stated its intention to stop) illiteracy.


2-to state something firmly and clearly.



declare that…


EX:He declared that he was in love with her.


extremely

للغاية/جدا/بشدة/اقصى حد/ابعد الحدود

usually with adjectives and adverbs) to a very high degree



EX:extremely important/​useful/​complicated



EX:She found it extremely difficult to get a job.



EX:Their new CD is selling extremely well.



EX:I would be extremely grateful if you could have a word with her.



EX:The risks involved are extremely high.



EX:Mark knew he had behaved extremely badly.



EX:This issue is extremely complicated.

Expose

يكشف/يفضح/يظهر/يعرض/فضح

1-to show something that is usually hidden


➔ SYNONYM  ​reveal



EX:expose something He smiled suddenly, exposing a set of amazingly white teeth.



EX:Miles of sand are exposed at low tide.



EX:My job as a journalist is to expose the truth.


2-to tell the true facts about a person or a situation, and show them/​it to be immoral, illegal, etc.



EX:She was exposed as a liar and a fraud.



EX:He threatened to expose the racism that existed within the police force.

maintain

يُحافظ على/يعيل/يصون/يعتني ب/يؤكد/يزعم


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price.


EX:to maintain law and order


EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price. EX:to maintain law and order EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price. EX:to maintain law and order EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price. EX:to maintain law and order EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price. EX:to maintain law and order EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


1 to continue to have or do sth; to keep sth at the same level or standard EX:We need to maintain the quality of our goods but not increase the price. EX:to maintain law and order EX:to maintain a constant temperature‮يُحافظ على‬2 to support sb by paying for the things he/she needs EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


EX:He has to maintain two children from his previous marriage‮يُعيل‬3 to keep sth in good condition EX:to maintain a road, building, machine, etc.‮يَصون ؛‬ ‮يعتني ﺑِ‬4 to say that sth is true


EX:In the Middle Ages people maintained that the Sun went round the Earth.‮يؤكِّد ،‬ ‮يزعم‬


Horde

‮حشد من الناس

a very large number of people


EX:There were hordes of people shopping in town on Saturday.


Era

عصر ،‬ ‮عهد

a period of time in history (that is special for some reason)


EX:We are living in the era of the computer.‮

entrance

مدخل/دخول

1 [C] the door, gate or opening where you go into a placeEX:I'll meet you at the entrance to the theatre.Entry is used in American English with the same meaning.‮مدخل‬2 [C] entrance (into/onto sth)the act of coming or going in



EX:He made a dramatic entrance onto the stage.



*Entry can be used with the same meaning.‮دخول‬3 [U] entrance (to sth)the right to enter a place



EX:They were refused entrance to the disco because they were wearing shorts.


EX:an entrance fee


Entry is also possible. Look at admission, admittance.‮دخول‬4 [U] entrance (into/to sth)the right to join a club, institution, etc.


EX:You don't need to take an entrance exam to get into university.


Look at admission.‮قبول ،‬ ‮انتساب

forbidden

ممنوع/محرم/محظور

not allowed



Ex:It is not forbidden to dream of a better world.



Ex:Smoking is strictly forbidden in the museum.

glitters/glitter

يلمع/يتلألأ/

EX:All that glitters is not gold.

Crucial

امر بالغ الأهمية/مهم/هام/اساسي/جوهري/ضروري

extremely important, because it will affect other things


➔SYNONYM  ​critical, essential



Ex:Parents play a crucial role in preparing their child for school.



Ex:Secrecy is crucial to this police operation.



Ex:The talks are crucial for the success of the plan.

God forbid

لا قَدّرَ اللّهُ/لا سمح الله/معاذ الله

Ex:God forbid that I should be among the mockers


أعُوذُ باللّهِ أنْ أكُونَ مِنَ المُسْتَهْزِئِين




Ex:There is no God but God .لا إله إلا الله

flimsy

هش/واه/واهية/ضعيف/مهلهل/رديئة

1-badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used➔ SYNONYM  ​rickety



Ex:a flimsy table


2-(of material) thin and easily torn



Ex:a flimsy piece of paper/​fabric/​plastic



3-difficult to believe➔ SYNONYM  ​feeble



Ex:a flimsy excuse/​explanation



Ex:The evidence against him is pretty flimsy.



Ex:He keeps calling on the flimsiest of pretexts


crutche

عكاز

1-one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot



Ex:After the accident I spent six months on crutches.


2 (usually disapproving) a person or thing that gives you help or support but often makes you depend on them too much



Ex:High interest rates are merely a crutch for the countryʼs ailing economy.

utmost

أقصى‬/‮قُصارى (الجهد)‬/اقصى/اعلى/اشد

1- (only before a noun) (formal) greatest


Ex:a message of the utmost importance 2-noun[sing.]the greatest extent, amount, degree, etc. that is possible


Ex:I did my utmost to help.


Lonesome

وحيد/موحش/الشعور بالوحدة/مفرد

1-unhappy because you are alone and do not want to be or because you have


no friends



Ex:I felt so lonesome after he left.



2 (of a place) where not many people go; a long way from where people live



Ex:a lonesome road


belittle

تقليل من شأن/استخفاف/

something to make somebody or the things that somebody does seem unimportant



Ex:She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements.



Ex:By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the importance of his role

Underway

جارية/يجري/سائر/قيدالتنفيذ/حالياً

regarding

فيما يخص/تتعلق/المتعلقة/بشان/ازاء/بشان/

regard

مجال/شأن/صدد/يعتبر/مراعاة/اعتبار

participant

مشارك/طرف/مساهم/شريك

participant (in something) a person who is taking part in an activity or event



Ex:He has been an active participant in the discussion.



Ex:She was an unwilling participant in his downfall.



Ex:Sheʼs a regular participant in the show.

pilgrim

حاج/الشخص الذي يذهب لزيارة مكان مقدس

a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons



Ex:Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca



Ex:Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock to Lourdes every year.



Ex:Millions of pilgrims travel to Mecca.



Ex:They were following one of the great medieval pilgrim routes.



Ex:Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes


2-Pilgrim a member of the group of English people (the Pilgrim Fathers) who sailed to America on the ship The Mayflower in 1620 and started a colony in Massachusetts


curfew

حظر تجوال/منع التجول/

1- a law which says that people must not go outside after a particular time at night until the morning; the time after which nobody must go outside



Ex:The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.



Ex:You must get home before curfew.



2-(North American English) a time when children must be home in the evening


Ex:I have a 10 oʼclock curfew.

briefing

اجتماع/معلومات/مؤتمر/بيان/موجز/أفادة/إحاطة

Anticipate

يتوقع/توقع/تحسب/تكهن/تنبأ/يستبق

to expect sth to happen (and to prepare for it)


EX: to anticipate a problem


Ex: Traffic jams are anticipated on all coastal roads this weekend.


Ex: I anticipate that the situation will get worse.


Ex:We anticipate an increase in sales over the next few months

predict

تنبأ/تكهن/يتنبأ/يتوقع/تنبؤ

to say that sth will happen (often because you have special knowledge)



Ex:to predict the results of the election



Ex:Scientists still cannot predict when earthquakes will happen.



Ex:Mrs Jones predicted that all the students would pass the exam, and they did.

Cliffhanger

مشوق/تشويق/مشوقة

a situation in a story, film/​movie, competition, etc. that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you do not find out immediately what happens next



Ex:The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger.



Ex:Tonightʼs vote on European policy threatens to be a cliffhanger

bee's knees

ممتاز/رائع جداً/خيالي

What's the meaning of the phrase 'The bee's knees'?


If something is said to be the bee's knees it is excellent - the highest quality.