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your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability:


I'm glad she got the job - she needed something to boost/bolster her ego (= give her confidence

That man has such an enormous ego - I've never known anyone so full of themselves

someone who studies plants

Have you met a botanist

the scientific study of plantsعِلم النباتات


He's a botany

unusual, interesting, and often foreignغَريب / نادِر

exotic fruit

to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect

Questions of this kind violate my privacy and I am not willing to answer them.

It seems that the troops deliberately violated the ceasefire agreement.

a rule, principle, or law, especially in the Christian Church

To violate a canon

the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged:

He later became professor of anatomy at Kiel.

An understanding of human anatomy is important to a dancer.

in a way that gives all your attention to something:

She was listening intently to everything he said.

The child stared intently at her.

to suggest or show something, without saying it directlyيَدُلّ ضِمْنًا على

She implied that she wasn’t happy at work

giving complete attention, or showing complete involvement, or (of attention) complete:

She sat with a rapt expression reading her book.

The children watched with rapt attention.

approval or agreement, often given by an official group:

The council has finally indicated its approbation of the plans.

veryلِلْغاية

He was immensely popular

to walk slowly around a place without any purpose

They wandered around the town

expensive and only for people who are rich or importantمَقصور على

an exclusive club

Straight

Sitting very erect

a long line of bones in a person’s or animal’s backعَمود فِقَري

Do snakes have spines ?

the top part of your legs when you are sitting down

His little daughter was sitting on his lap.

someone who is involved in a conversation

Abraham was able to act as interpreter and interlocutor for our group.

clear or obvious without needing any proof or explanation:

Solutions which seem self-evident to humans are often beyond the grasp of computers.

self-evident facts

in a way that is attractive or interesting:

Her voice has an appealingly husky quality.

The children asked appealingly if it was time to go home yet.

to say that what someone else has just said is wrong

He said we were all happy at work, and nobody dared to contradict him.

a material that covers the inside of something بطانه

a jacket lining

to close or repair something by sewing the edges together:

Let me sew up that hole in your jeans

A nurse will come and sew up that wound for you soon

goods that are bought and sold:


Shoppers complained about poor quality merchandise and high prices

Japan exported $117 billion in merchandise to the US in 1999.

in an angry way, because of something that is wrong or not fair:

"I said no such thing!" she cried indignantly.

He indignantly denied that he ever treated the two children differently

the support given to an organization by someone

The charity enjoys the patronage of many prominent local business people

We would like to thank all of our customers for their patronage in the pas

to get rid of something

How did they dispose of the body?

a person or group that supports an activity or organization, especially by giving money:

The Princess Royal is a well-known patron of several charities.

especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time

chronic diseases/conditions

Mr. George is resigning because of chronic heart disease.

If a person is subdued, they are not as happy as usual or they are quieter than usual:

He seemed a bit subdued at lunch - is he all right?

showing that you understand and care about someone’s problemsمُتَعاطف

My boss is very sympathetic about my situation.

to (cause a part of the body to) become wider or further open:

The doctor put drops in my eyes to dilate the pupils

This drug will dilate the arteries.

If something spews liquid or gas, or liquid or gas spews from something, it flows out in large amounts:

The volcano spewed a giant cloud of ash, dust, and gases into the air.

The drains spew (out) millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.

violent and dangerous

a vicious attack on a child

to speak in an uncontrolled way, usually because you are upset or angry, or because you are ill:

He's always raving (on) about the government

She raved about/over the clothes she had seen at the Paris fashion shows.

too many to be counted

The project has been delayed by innumerable problems.

to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone:

She's commissioned an artist to paint her portrait

Grandfather was commissioned as Group Captain in the RAF just before the war.

someone who says that they do not approve of someone or somethingمُعارِض

a critic of the government

someone who troubleshoots (= discovers why something does not work and tries to improve it):

He became the most respected troubleshooter in the oil business.

He is an important strategist and troubleshooter for the organization

a bird with a curved beak that spends most of its life flying over the sea

It is a stormy petrel

annoyed and tending to argue and complain a lot

By dinner, we were all tired and cantankerous.

By dinner, we were all tired and cantankerous

a long, angry speech expressing strong disapproval:

She launched into an angry/furious tirade about how she had been unfairly treated.

My father’s tirades against politicians were famous.

a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly:

A special committee has been appointed to handle prisoners' grievances.

to remove something, especially because of an official decision or If an army withdraws, or if someone withdraws it, it leaves the place where it is fighting.

He has threatened to withdraw his support.

The president has ordered troops to be withdrawn from the area.

someone who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop something because of their strong beliefs:

He caught the public imagination as a crusader against corruption.

cruel and not caring about other people

a callous remark

a situation in which someone treats another person unfairly in order to get an advantage for himself or herselfاستِغلال

the exploitation of child workers

an organization that supplies goods to shops and companiesمُوزّع

World's largest distributor

to make someone want to have or do something that they should not

Can I tempt you to go shopping?

to become less angry or excited about something:

Come on kids! Simmer down and get on with your work!

willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:

The government is not receptive to the idea of a Freedom of Information Act

a matter or item of little value or importance

I'm a trifle confused about the arrangements for tonight.

It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about

to have a fight or an argument

I loved him isteam of scrapping with him

He was always getting into scraps at school.

in a way that involves hesitating before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do

We reluctantly agreed to go with her.

Reluctantly, he started the engine and drove off.

to put something somewhere and then be unable to find it again, especially for only a short time

I seem to have mislaid my keys.

Our luggage was temporarily mislaid

A stray animal is lost or has no homeطائش

A stray dog/coal

a hard black mineral that is found below the ground and burned to produce heat

I put more coal on the fire🔥

A hot coal fell out of the fire and burned the carpet.

surprising or shocking because not known about or previously experienced:

It was unheard-of for an unmarried couple to live together.

to be a candidate in an election for a political position, especially in the U.S.

to run for president

Bush ran a second time in 2004

to fill somebody/something with strong feelings, opinions or values

Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness

Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors.

making you support or approve of someone or somethingإيجابي

She made a very favourable impression on us

the fact that something should or should not be done in order to avoid a problem

They discussed the advisability of building so near to the airport.

Experts point to the advisability of a healthy lifestyle to remain well as you age.

an official announcement: Or ​an official statement about something important that is made to the public; the act of making an official اعلان

to issue a proclamation

Restrictions governing building in London were first issued by royal proclamation.

to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly:

The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.

His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy.

to free yourself of something that is worrying you, by talking about it to someone

He'll unburden himself to anyone who'll listen

If it strikes you that something is true, you think of it, or that is your opinion. ///////Or ///////not used in the progressive tenses)(of a thought or an idea) to come into somebody’s mind suddenlyيَخْطُر عَلى بال

It struck me that I’d forgotten to order the flowers

awful thought has just struck me.

in a way that makes something very clear

It struck me forcibly how honest he'd been.

No one is likely to be forcibly vaccinated against their will.

If something penetrates an object, it moves into that object.

The bullet penetrated his skull

Water from the leak penetrated the ceiling.

If the weather in winter is mild, it is not cold. لطيف

His eyes were mild

friendly and pleasant:

The teacher is very genial/has a genial manner

a genial personality

to avoid or ignore someone or something

He was shunned by colleagues and family alike.

They were both shunned by their families when they remarried

​without stopping

to talk incessantly

to break something or of the police) to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest somebody

Come out, or I'll bust the door down!

The cops busted the place frequently

having lost some control of your actions or behaviour under the influence of alcohol or another drug:

She was charged with driving while intoxicated.

Intoxicated by success, she wanted to go further.

a lack of food for a long time in a particular place

A famine in china