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Smuggle

يهرب...to take something or someone illegally from one country to another smuggle something across something..


The guns were smuggled across the border.


smuggle something into/out of/from something


Illegal immigrants are smuggled into the country by boat.


2) (informal) to take something or someone secretly to a place where they are not allowed to be..


smuggle something into something.


He smuggled his notes into the exam.

Smuggle tunnels

أنفاق للتهريب

Province

محافظه

Annihilate

دمر..اهلك..أباد...محق... to destroy something or someone completely.


Just one of these bombs could


annihilate a city the size of New York.


2) to defeat someone easily and completely in a game or competition.


Tyson annihilated his opponent in the first round.

inaugurate

دشن..قلد...افتتح...ولي...to hold an official ceremony when someone starts doing an important job in government.


inaugurate somebody as something.


On 8 January 1959 de Gaulle was inaugurated as First President of the Fifth Republic.


2) to open a building or start an organization, event etc for the first time.


The Turner Prize was inaugurated in 1984.


3) (formal) if an event inaugurates an important change or period of time, it comes at the beginning of it.


The International Trade Agreement inaugurated a period of high economic growth.— inauguration ... President Hoover’s inauguration

Military base

قاعدة عسكرية

scrutiny

فحص..فحص دقيق..فحص الأصوات..careful and thorough examination of someone or something.


careful/close scrutiny.


Careful scrutiny of the company’s accounts revealed. .كشف a whole series of errors.


Their activities have come under police scrutiny.

amnesty

عفو عام..صفح.an official order by a government that allows a particular


group of prisoners to go free. amnesty for....


The government granted an amnesty for all former سابقterrorists.


2) a period of time when you can admit to doing something illegal without being punished.


amnesty on...


an amnesty on illegal handguns— amnesty ....verb

Amnesty international

منظمة العفو الدولية

transaction

صفقه..عمليه تجاريه...تعامل...إجراء...1)


a business deal or action, such as buying or selling something.


The bank charges a fixed rate for each transaction.


financial transactions


2) [U] the process of doing business.


the transaction of his public duties


3) transactions [plural] discussions that take place at the meetings of an organ

unveil

كشف...كشف النقاب...1) to show or tell people about a new product or plan for the first time.


The club has unveiled plans to build a new stadium.


2) to remove the cover from something, especially as part of a formal ceremonyThe statue was unveiled by the Queen.— unveiling

settlement

مستعمرة...مستوطنة...تسديد...مخالصه...معاهدة..تسويه...1) official agreement [C] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreementUnion leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement.His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement.Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.settlement ofthe search for a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland conflictShe got her home as part of the divorce settlement.The company paid out over $10 million in an out-of-court settlement.2) payment [U] (formal) when you pay all the money that you owesettlement ofthe settlement of all his debtsin settlement (of something)Wyatt had received the property in settlement of a bet.3) group of houses [C] a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived beforeThe railway stations created new settlements.an early Iron Age settlement4) new area/places [U] when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived beforesettlement ofthe settlement of the American West5) sinking [U] (technical) the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwards SYN subsidenceاستقرار...استراحه

Wrestle

صارع..ناضل..كافح...to fight someone by holding them and pulling or pushing them.


wrestle with...


The two men wrestled with each other.


Police officers wrestled him to the ground.


2) [I,T] to move something or try to move it when it is large, heavy, or difficult to move.


wrestle with..


Ray continued to wrestle with the wheel.


3) wrestle with something to try to understand or find a solution to a difficult problem.


I have been wrestling with this problem for quite some time.

backfire

أتي بنتائج عكسيه..اشتعال الوقود قبل الأوان


.1) if a plan or action backfires, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended.


The company’s new policy backfired when a number of employees threatened to quit.


2) if a car backfires, it makes a sudden loud noise because the engine is not working correctly

Managerial positions

مناصب إدارية

prosecutor

النائب العام...المدعى.

Unbolt investigation

فتح تحقيقا

Egypt economic outlook

مستقبل/وضع مصر الاقتصادي

Despite

علي الرغم من...used to say that something happens or is true even though something else might have prevented ...it


SYN( in spite of)


Despite all our efforts to save the school, the authorities decided to close it.


despite the fact (that)....


She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.2) despite yourself ....


if you do something despite yourself, you do it although you did not intend to.


Liz realized that, despite herself, she cared about Edward.


deteriorating

التدهور...الانتكاس... to become worse.


Ethel’s health has deteriorated.


America’s deteriorating economy.


2) deteriorate into something to develop into a bad or worse situation.


The argument deteriorated into a fight.— deterioration

Lure

جذب..إغواء...اغراء.... to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong or dangerous, by making it seem attractive or exciting.


lure somebody into (doing) something...


People may be lured into buying tickets by clever advertising.


lure somebody away.


Computer games are luring youngsters away from their lessons.2) to attract customers, workers, money etc from another company or placelure somebody back/away.


The bank launched an advertising campaign to lure back its traditional customers.It’s very difficult to lure talent away from Silicon Valley.

Coffers

صناديق..خزينهsomebody’s coffers the money that an organization, government etc has available to spendThe money from the exhibition should swell the hospital’s coffers a little.2) a large strong box used to hold valuable or religious objects

Oil-money coffer

خزينة اموال النفط

convict

مسجون...مدان...محكوم عليه...to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a TRIAL in a law court OPP acquitconvict somebody of somethingShe was convicted of shoplifting.convict somebody on somethingHe was convicted on fraud charges.a convicted murderer.


someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prisonan escaped convict

Storming into police stations

اقتحام مراكز الشرطه

cease fire agreement

إتفاقية وقف إطلاق النار

Syrian regime

النظام السوري