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stall

كشك


a table or small shop with an open front that people sell things from.

second-hand book stall.



They have a fish stall on the market.

booth

كشك


مكان صغير و مؤقت لغرض معين

ticket/ phone/ voting/ information booth.

distructor

ملهي


a person or things that takes your attention away from what you should be doing.



*destructor: مدمر

motorway

طريق سريع


a wide road with at least two lane in each direction.

Join the motorway at Junction 19.



The speed limit on motorways should be enforced.فرض

pessimistic

متشائم

a pessimistic view of life.

groom

to clean or brush an animal.

to groom a horse/ dog/ cat.



a female ape grooming her mate.



The horses are all well fed and groomed.

fairly

بإنصاف


إلى حد ما

He has always treated me very fairly.


بانصاف



They are also fairly large.



a fairly easy book.



The report was fairly incomprehensible.

pint-sized

very small

a pint-sized child star.

tablespoon

ملعقة طعام

tablespoon of sugar.



add two tablespoon of water.

seal

to close

Seal the gallon bag.



The organs are kept in sealed plastic bags.



Troops have sealed the borders between the countries.

kosher

prepared according to the rules of Jewish law.



honest



legal

kosher salt/ meal/ restaurant.



Their business deals are not always completely kosher.



It all seems kosher enough.

scoop

a tool like a large spoon with deep bowl. كةوچكي مؤطة



the latest information about something or somebody.

Use an ice-cream scoop.


This make ice cream softer and easy to scoop.



I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.

slip

ينزلق


slide


go quickly


put


become worse

As I ran up the stairs, my foot slipped and I fell.



The ship slipped into the harbour at night.



I managed to slip a few jokes into my speach.



The director nerve lets the tension slip.



This bag is too slippery. لووسة

escalator

درج كهربائي

Burj AL-Kalifa has 57 elevators and 8 escalators.

onstage


in front of audience.

Who were onstage as early as 500 years ago.



He ran onstage and bowed to the audience.



×offstage.


The stars were having an offstage relationship.

amusing

funny and enjoyable

She writes very amusing latters.

humour

ضرافة


the ability to laugh at things that are funny or amusing.

I can't stand the people with no sense of humour.



using humour.

jester

مهرج او بهلوان


clown=joker: a man employed in the past at the court of king and queen to amuse people by telling jokes and funny story.

the court jester.

dare

يَجْرُؤ على


to be brave enough to do something.

The Emperor's jester, Yu Sze, was the only person who dared criticize.



They daren't ask for any more money.

spin

يدور بسرعة


turn round and round quickly

The plane was spining out of control.



The dancers spun round and round.

popper

دوگمة


press stud

detonator

a device for making something , especially a bomb, explode.

neatly

بصورة منتضمة


tidy

She was wearing a neat black suit.



He had a neat methodical mind.



She summerize her plan very neatly.



The box fitted neatly into the drawer.

devoted

مخلص


خصص

They are devoted to their children.



I can only devote two hours a day to the work.

thoroughly

very much

I am thoroughly comfused.



Wash the fruit thoroughly before use.



The work had not been done very thoroughly.

chisel

a tool with a sharp flat edge at the end used for shaping wood, stone, or metal.

She uses a hammer and a chisel.

opaque

fuzzy غير واضح

Both question and answer are rather opaque.



If you see an opaque ice sculpture, it was probably made using the carving method.



×transparent=obvious.

spatula

a tool with a broad flat blade used for mixing and spreading things, especially in cooking and painting.



a thin flat instrument that doctor use for pressing the tongue down when they are examining somebody's throat.

chunk

a thick solid piece of something.

a chunk of cheese/ masonry.



I've already written a fair chunk of the article.

plop

a short sound like that of a small object dropping into water.



to fall and making plop sound.

The stone fell with a plop into the river.



A tear plopped down onto the page she was reading.


Can you just plop some ice in my drink?


Sandy spooned out small chunks and plopped them into a baking sheet.

lick

يلحس


to move your tongue over the surface of something in order to eat it.

He licked his finger.



She licked the remaining cookies.



Can I have a lick of your ice cream?

mitt or mitten

a type of glove that cover the four fingers together and the thumb separately

Her mother used the oven mitts.

stirring

the beginning of a felling, an idea or a developement.

She felt a stirring of anger.

toss

to throw something lightly or carelessly

He tossed the ball to Anna.



The final result was decided by the toss of coins.

mess

a dirty or untidy state.

The room was in a mess.



Careful-- you're messing my hair.

irritate

to annoy somebody, especially by something you continuously do or by somethig continuously happens.



to make you skin or a part of your body sore or painfull.

The way she puts on that accent really irritates me.



Some drugs can irritate the lining of the stomach.

nevertheless

مع ذلك

There is a little chance that we will succeed in changing the law. Nevertheless, it is important that we try.



Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless.



*defeat=failure.

however

مع ذلك



مع الصفات والضروف بمعنى


(to whatever degree)


We thought the figure was correct. However, we have now discoverd some errors.


However you look at it, it's going to cost alot.



I wanted to take an risk, however small.


However carefully I explained, she still didn't understand.

stripe

شريط


a long narrow line of colour, that is a different colour next to it.

Zebra's black and white stripes.

pip

بذرة seed

The number of stripes on your arm or pips on your shoulder is ...

blur

طلخ

The current trend towards blurring these role sings ....

bachelor

اعزب


a man who has never been married.



a person who has Bachelor's degree.

from bachelor to married man...


He was 38, and a confirmed bachelor.

ritual

طقوس

religious rituals.

perquisite

علاوة او إكرامية


bonus


something you recieved as well as your wages for doing a particular job.

other perquisites of status.



Perks offered by compony include cars.


frown

عُبُوس


a serious, angry or worried expression on person's face that causes lines on their forehead.

frowned upon



She looked up with a puzzled frown on her face.



What are you frowning at me for?

ambiguity

الغموض

role ambiguity



You must be understand the ambiguity of my position.



There were alot of ambiguity in her speach.



Her role are always been ambiguous.


×unambiguous.

crucial

exremely important, because it will affect other things.

one of the crucial expections that...



The next few weeks are going to be crucial.



a crucial factor/ issue/ decision.

counsel

advice, especially given by older or expert.



lawyer

Listen to the counsel of your elders.



He counselled them to give up the plan.



a marriage guidance counsellor.


wage

a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week, for work or services.

a weekly wage of £200.



Wages are paid on friday.

compartment

closet

Tom put the bag into the luggage compartment.



He opened the door of the compartment.



The desk has a secret compartment.

interconnect

تَوَاصل


to connect similar things

Bad housing is interconnected with debt and poverty.



Bad housing, debt and poverty are interconnected.



interconnections between different parts of the brain.

cart

a vehicle with two or four wheel.

A series of carts are attached to wheel, which is attached to a rim.

rim

the edge of something in the shape of the circle.

He looked at them over the rim of his glasses.

thrill

مثير


exciting and enjoyable.


a thrilling experience.



... as thrilling as ...



I was thrilled by your news.



She gets an obvious thrill out of performing.


entertain

مسلي


to invite people to to eat or drink in your home.



to interest or amuse somebody to inorder to please them.



a person whose jobe is amusing or interesting people by singing, telling jokes, or dancing.

The job involves alot of entertaining.



He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.


radio, television, or other forms of entertainment.



street entertainer.

admit

يعترف



يسمح بدخول او المشاركة

I have to admit..


It was a stupid things, I admit.


He refused to admit his guilt.



The narrow windows admit little light into the room.

hustle = bustle

busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place.



to make somebody move quickley by pushing them.

We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend.


You will get a sense of calm that you don't get the hustle and bustle of the park below



He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.

amusement park

مدينة العاب

Ferris wheel

a large wheel which stands in vertical position at an amusement park, with seats hanging at its edge for people to ride in.

yeast

خميرة

accumulate

to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time.

We have accumulated a great amount of evidence.

sled = sledge

a vehicle for travelling over snow pulled by horses or dogs.

It is a dog sled race.


I went down a hill on a sled.

endure

bear يتحمل

The pain was almost too great to endure.

illusion

وهم


a false idea or belief

There were only an optical illusion.وهم بصري



He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.

worthwhile

important

It is worthwhile to include really high-quality illustrations.

community

all the people who live in a particular area or who share the same religion, race, job, etc.


*=society=folk

The local community was shocked by the murder.



the Polish community in London.

hail

تةرزة

It's hailing!

chilli

بيبةري تڤت

corruption

فساد

the corruption charge تهمة الفساد

immaculate

extreme clean and tidy.



Perfect.

She always looks immaculate.



an immaculate performance.

cheery

happy and cheerful.

He left with cheery " See you again soon."

precious

valuable

Don't waste precious time.

gem

أحجار كريمة


a precious stone that has been cut and polished and is used in jewellery

It looks like precious gems.

paperwork

the written work that is part of the a job, such as filling in forms or writting letters or reports.



all the documents that you need for something, such as a court case or buying a house.

I spent afternoon doing routine paperwork.



How quickly can you prepare a paperwork?


get a paperwork.

slap

to hit with the flat part of your hand.



to put something on a surface in quick and careless way, especially because you are angry.

She slapped me.


'Congradulation!' he said, slapping me on the back.



He slapped the newspaper down on the desk.

brand

a type of product made by particular company.

They are all brand new!



They were branded as lairs and cheats.

pat

to touch gently several times with your hand flat as a sign of affection.

He patted the lid of the blender lovingly.



She patted the dog on the head.

blender

خَلَّاط


liquidizer

Combine the milk and add eggs in a blender.

haunted

مسكون فيه الأشباح

It is haunted or something.

termite

النمل الابيض


an insect, lived in hot countries, do alot of damage by eating the wood of trees and buildings.

have a bad termite problem.

fridge

ثلاجة


refrigerator

Put into the fridge.

bunch

حُزْمَة


number of things of the same type which are grewing and fastened together.

a bunch of banana, grapes, keys, etc.



nine bunches of carrots on each rack.



She wore her hair in bunches.

rack

a piece of equipment that is used for holding things or used for hanging things on.

I looked through the rack of clothes at the back of the shop.

gasp

to take a quick deep breath with your mouth open, especially because you are surprised or in pain.



to have difficulty breathing and speaking.

She gasped at the wonderful view.


'What was that noise?' he gasped.



She opend it and gasped.

donate

يَتَبَرَّع

donate the carrots to the local soup kitchen.



Donate your money to the poor and you'll have treasure in heaven.

heck

used to show that you are slightly annoyed or surprised

Oh heck, I am going to be late.



What the heck?



Who the heck are you?



We had to wait a heck of a long time!

dart

اِنْطِلاق


sudden quick movement.



a small pointed object in dart game.



a game at which darts are thrown, often played in British pup.

Ted darted back outside.



poisoned dart.



playing darts.

affirmed

اكد


confirm

He affirmed.



I can affirm that no one will lose their job.

tray

صِينِيَّة


a flat piece of wood, metal, or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things, especially food.

He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray.



a tea tray.



a seed tray.

lasagna

لازانيا


an Italian dish.

aluminum tray of lasagne.


*lasagne=lasagna

affection

عَوَاطِفُ


He didn't show his wife any affection.



Anne had two men trying to win her affections.

bun

a small round sweet cake.



a small round flat bread.



long hair twisted into a round shape.

an ice bun.



hamburger bun.



She wore her hair in a bun.

condiment

توابل او بهارات


a substance used to give favour to food.

Look in the condiments aisle of the grocery.



Hot condiments made from a variety of chili peppers

aisle

ممر

Coffee and tea are in the next aisle.

dubious

doutful

I was rather dubious about the whole idea.



dubious benefit.

astonish

to surprise

The news astonished everyone.



You astonish me!



She ran 100m in an astonishing 10.6 seconds.

palaeontologist

عالم الداينصورات والمتحجرات


a person who studies fossils.

eternal

أبديّ . سَرمديّ.


everlasting

I am tired of your eternal/everlasting arguments.



She is an eternal optimist.



I want eternal life!



everlasting love/life

wombat

حيوان يشبة دب صغير


Austalian animal like a small bear.

ancestor

سلف


a person in your family who lived along time ago.



an animal lived in the past which modern animal has developed from.



an early form of machine which later became more developed.

His ancestors had come to America from Irland.



It is ancestor of the modern Australian wombat.



The ancestor of modern bicycle was called a peny-farthing.

compulsory

إلزامي

It is compulsory for all motorcyclists to wear helmet.



×voluntary

ecology

علم البيئة

signposting

a sign at the side of a road giving information about the direction and distance of places.

Flow the signposts to the superstore.



The presentation needed clearer organization and signposting.

drawback

disadvantage

The main drawback to it is the cost.

insist

يصر

I didn't really want to go but he insisted.



'It is true,' she insisted.

mulberry

توت

tangible

something important, real or that you can touch.



×intangible

Downloaded music isn't tangible.



The compamy offered a tangible benefits.

embrace

to welcome with enthusiasm held in arms. (hug)

At New Year, people embrace.



A modern workforce must embrace change.



an embrace of modern technology.

record high

highest amount reached.

38C° is the record high UK temprature.



Unemployment was at a record high of 45%.

turning the tables

changing from the weaker to the stronger position.

They were losing at half time but turned the tables and won.



The tables were turned when I got promoted above my boss.

horizon

أُفُق


the furthest you can see, where the sky seems to meet the land or the sea.



the limit of your desires, knowledge or interests.

A ship appeared on horizon.


The sun sank below the horizon.



The company needs new horizons now.

tinge

مصبوغ


to add a small amount of colour, emotion or quality to something.

The horizon was tinged with red.



to feel a tinge of envy.



Sadness tinged her voice.



a slight reddish tinge.

muse

قال متأملا


to think carefully about something for a time, ignoring what is happening around you. (ponder)



to say something to yourself in a way that shows you are thinking carefully about it.

He a mused.


I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.



'I wonder why?' she mused.

bead

خَرَزَة


a small piece of glass, wood, etc. with a hole through it, that can be put on and worn as jewellery, etc.



rosary تةزبيح



a small drop of liquid.

a necklace of wooden beads.


A bead curtain separated the two rooms.



In one of the pews woman was fingering her beads.



There were beads of sweat on his forehead.

Gypsy

a member of a race of people, originally from Asia, who travel around and live in caravans. Many people prefer to use Roma or Romani instead.

A line of gypsy caravans moves slowly along the lane.



An old gypsy woman offered to tell my fortune.

bench

مقعد


a long seat for two or more peaple, usually made of wood.



a judge in court or the seat where he/she sits.

a park bench.



She has appointed to the bench.


His lawyer turned to the bench.

plaza

مَيدان


a small shoping centre, sometimes also with offices.

He found a bench in the plaza.



a downtown shopping plaza.

persist

to continue to do something or exist despite difficulties.

The old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation.



Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened.



If the symptoms persist, consult your doctor.



the persistence of unemployment.



a persistent cough.



They have persistently denied illegal dealing.

sip

رشفة


a very small amount of a drink that you take into your mouth.

a sip of the boy's wine.



He slowly sipped his wine.



She sat there, sipping at her tea.

accord

a formal agreement between two organizations, countries, etc.



to give authority or particular type of treatment.

trade / peace accord.


The two sides signed a peace accord last July.



Our society accords the family great importance.

strait

مضيق


a narrow passage of water that connects two seas or large areas of water.



a very difficult situation, especially because of lack of money.

to cross the narrow straits by boat.



The factory is in dire straits.


She found herself in desperate financial straits.


The family was living in straitened circumstances

chant

أنشودة


to sing or shout the same words or phraces, usually religious song or prayer, many times.

Arabs often chanting their strange prayers several times a day.



'Resign! Resign' they chanted.



The crowd broke into chants of 'Out! Out!'

lean

to bend or move from a vertical position.



اتكأ


to rest on or against something for support.



to depend on somebody for help and support.

The tower is leaning dangerously.


The old man leaned over, picked up a stick and began to write in the sand of the plaza.



He walked slowly, leaning on his son's arm.


Can I lean my bike against the wall?



He leans heavily on his family.

momentarily

لِلَحْظَة


for a very short time.



very soon; in a moment.

The boy was momentarily blined by the light.



I will be with you momentarily.

cape

a loose outer piece of clothing that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck and hangs from the shoulders, like a cloak but shorter.

It covers with cape.



superman's cape.

internship

فترة


a period of time during which a student or new graduate gets practical experience in a job, for example during the summer holiday.

internship experience.



an internship at a television station.

trainee

متدرب


a person who is being taught how to do a particular job.

a management trainee.



a trainee teacher.

mandatory

إلزامي compulsory

It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.

veil

خِمَار



to cover something with something that hides it partly or completely. (shroud)

the smell of the veiled women.



A fine dirzzle began to veil the hills.

clog

a wooden shoes.



to block something.

The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.


Tears clogged her throat.

mutter

to speak in a quite voice, especially because you are annoyed.



to complain, without saying publickly what you think.

'How dare she!' He muttered under his breath.


She just sat there muttering at herself.


She gave him a low mutter of apology.



Workers continued to mutter about the management.


There have been mutterings about his leadership.

banner

a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for something.

The protesters carried a banner reading 'Save our Wildlife'.

turning the tables

changing from the weaker to the stronger position.

They were losing at half time but turned the tables and won.



The tables were turned when I got promoted above my boss.

invoke

to mention or use law as a reason for doing something. (using law to start something)

The union invoked employment law to improve wages.



His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.

kick off

to start, especially a football game.

The kick off is at 3.



The wedding's kicking off at 3 PM.



Dan kicks off the weekend with a trip to the gym.

trigger

to make something start.



the part of the gun that you press in order to fire it.

The police killing triggered riots.



to pull/squeeze the trigger.


He kept his finger on the trigger.

riot

شَغَب


to behave in a violent way in public place as group, often as a protest.



a riot of: a collection of a lot of different types of the same thing.

Students all over the country rioted against the govenment.


One preson gaurd was killed when a riot broke out in the jail.



The garden was a riot of colour.

clog dance

a dance that is performed by people wearing clogs.

pop

type of music.



a short sharp explosive sound.



father. [informal]

rock, pop and soul.



The cork came out of the bottle with a loud pop.



Hi, pop!

sycamore

شجر جميز (ينبت بشكل اساسي في شمال اورپا)

An enormous sycamore had grown.

sacristy

الموهف (غرفة المقدسات في الكنيسة)


A room in a church where:


1-a priest put on special clothes, and


2- various objects used in worship are kept.


(vestry)

crook

عصا الراعي



to bend your finger or arm.



criminal.[informal]



ill/sick.[informal]



crook on: annoyed.[informal]



not in stright line.

The shepherd took up his crook.



She winked and crooked a finger at him.


He was carrying a gun in the crook of his arm.



That salesman man is a real crook.


a crooked businessman.


Officials can act crookedly.



I'm feeling a bit crook.



It's not you I'm crooked on, it's him.



a crooked nose.


Your glasses are on crooked.

stir

to move liquid or substance around, using spoon or something similar, in order to mix it thoroughly.



to excite someone.



to try to cause trouble



ضجة



She stirred her tea.


Stir the paint before you use it.


She heard the baby stir in the next room.


A noise stirred me from sleep.



She was stirred by his sad story.



You're just stirring it!



Her resignation caused quite a stir.


His animals began to stir.

prod

to push with your finger or with a pointed object. (poke)



to encourage something by reminding them to do something.

She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.


The boy prodded them.


She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.



If they haven't relied by next week, you'll have to call them and give him the prod.


He needed no prodding.

proprietor

the owner of the business, hotel, etc.

newspaper proprietor.



a proprietorial right.



Under his proprietorship the Journal continued to prosper.

shear

to cut the wool off a sheep

It is time for sheep to be shorn.



sheep shearing.



The prisoners' hair was shorn.



The bolts holding the wheel in place sheared off.

pun

the clever or humorous use of words that have more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same.

We're banking on them lending us the money -- no pun intended!

prosper

ازدهر


to develope in a successful way, especially in making money. (thrive)

The economy prospered under his administration.



Our future prosperity depends on economic growth.

conquer

to take control of a country or city and its people by force.



to become very popular or successful in a place.



to defeat sombody, especially in competition, race, etc.

The Normas conquered England in 1066.


The only way to conquer the fear is to face it.



This is a British film which could conquer the US market.



The world champion conquered another challenger last night.



After numerous defeats in the boxing ring the conquered finally became conqueror.

mumble

to speak in a quiet voice that is not clear. (mutter)

The boy mumbled the answer.



They tried to make sense of her mumblings.

Moorish

مغاربي: قبيلة مسلمة عاشوا في شمال غرب افريقيا حيث احتلوا جزء من اسپانيا في قرن ٨.

the Moorish architecture of Córdoba.

raven

shiny and black



غُراب crow

The girl with the raven hair.



A raven sat in the tree cawed.

slaughter

مَذبَحَة


to kill an animal, usually for its meat. (butcher)



مجزرة


to kill large number of people or animal violently.(massacre)

Cow is taken for slaughter.



Men, women and children were slaughtered and village destroyed.


Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.

nourish

تغذية


to keep alive and healthy with food, etc.



to allow a feeling, an idea, etc. to develop or grow stronger.

All the children were nourished.


I lead them to nourishment.



The environment was nourishing to the young girl's developing personality.

zenith

the highest point that the sun or moon reaches in the sky.



the time when something is strongest and most successful.(peak)



×nadir

The sun is at its zenith.



The rock band was at the zenith of its creative powers.

nightfall

غروب


the time in the evening when it becomes dark. (dusk)

The heat lasted until nightfall.



I wanted to be home before nightfall.

theology

علم الاديان



a set of religious beliefs.

a degree in Theology.


a theology student.



the theologies of the East.

summon

استدعى



to order somebody to apear in court. (summons)



to arrange an official meeting.(convene)

He had summoned up the courage to speak with his father.



she received a summons to apear in court the following week.


In May 1688 she was urgently summoned to London.



to summon a meeting.

caw

to make the loud, unpleasant sound that is made by birds such as crows.

There is a loud caw by raven.

symptom

أعراض


a sign that something exists, especially something bad. (indication)

flu symptom.



Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.



one symptom of the poor state of the economy.



These disagreements are symptomatic of the tensions within the party.

dire

very serious.

living in dire poverty

placard

a large written or printed notice that is put in a public place or carried on a stick in a march.

They were carrying placards and banners demanding that he resign.

awe

رَهْبَة


feeling of respect and slight fear.

'It is attractive,' she whispered in awe.



He awed and embarrassed.



We watched in awed silence.

destiny

قَدَر أو المصير

to discover your destiny.



destinies of nations.



He was destined for a military career, like his father before him.

yearn

to want something very much, especially when it is difficult to get. (long)

to yearn for everything.



The people yearned for peace.



She yearned for children of her own.



a yearning for a quiet life.

textile

نسيج


any type of cloth made by weaving or knitting



textiles: the industry that makes cloth.

the daughter of a textile merchant.


a factory producing a range of textiles.


a textile designer.



He got a job in textiles.

conspire

تَآمَرَ


to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful.

All the universe conspires in helping you.



She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband.



Circumstances had conspired against them.



They were charged with conspiracy to murder.



a political conspirator.



'I know you understand,' he said and gave a conspiratorial wink.



'Guess how much it was,' she whispered conspiratorially.

pang

ألم مفاجئ


a sudden strong feeling of physical or emotional pain.

The boy felt a pang in his heart.



a sudden pang of jealousy.

emerald

bright green in colour, usually in precious stone.

to go mining for emeralds.



an emerald ring.

loaf

رَغِيف خبز


an amount of bread that has been shaped and baked in one piece.



to spend time not doing anything, especially when you should be working.(hang about)

a loaf of bread.


Two white loaves, please.



A group of kids were loafing around outside.

curse

يشتم


to say or think rude things to or about somebody.

Curse the moment I met that old man.



He muttered a curse at the other driver.



He cursed himself for his stupidity.



cursed by a witch.

solitary

done alone; lonely; without other people.



solitary confinement: حبس انفرادي

She enjoys long solitary walks.


Tigers are solitary animals.


the solitariness of her new position.



to be in solitary confinement.

lame

أعرج


unable to walk well because of an injury to the leg or foot.



weak and difficult to believe.

My horse had gone lame.



Stephen made some lame excuse.

omen

a sign of what is going to happen in the future. (predict)

It was a good omen.



The sunny weather was a good omen for the holiday.

whet

يُشَهِّي


to increase your desire for or interest in something.

The success whetted my appetite to go in for more competitions.



it whets your appetite with a taste of success.

appetite

شَهِيَّة


a physical desire for food.



a strong desire for something.

He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite.


Don't spoil your appetite by eating between meals.



sexual appetite.


The public have an instiable appetite for scandal.

startle

مندهش


to surprise suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them.



startling(of colour): extremely bright.

The boy was startled.


I didn't mean to startle you.


She jumped back like a startled rabbit.



a startling blue eyes.


Her skin was a startling white.

cricket

a game played on grass by two team of 11 player.



صَرَّار اللَيل


a small brown jumping insect that makes a loud high sound by rubbing its wings together.

a cricket match / team / ball.



like crickets, and grasshopper.

grasshopper

جراد (كوللة)


an insect with long back legs, that can jump very high and that makes a sound with its legs.

pouch

a pocket of skin on the stomach of some female kangaroo, in which they carry their young.



a small bag , usually made of leather, often carried in a pocket or attached to a belt.

The boy put the stone in his pouch.


a tobacco pouch.


She kept her money in a pouch around her neck.

lad

lad: a boy or young man.


lass: a girl or a young woman.

The lad wondered through the desert.



Hurry up, lad.

saint

قِدِّيس


S, St: a person that the Cristian Church recognizes as being very holy.



a very good, kind or patient person.

St Valentine's Day.


The children were all named after saints.


a saintly man / life.


my sainted sister.



She is a saint to go on living with that man.

hive

خلية نحل



hive of activity: a place full of people who are busy.



to hive off: to separate one part of a group from the rest; to sell part of a business.

studying the life of bees in the hive.



I saw a hive of activity.



The IT department is being hived off into a new company.


The company decided to hive off some of its less profitable concerns.

tapestry

بساط حائط مزخرف,نجود


a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this.

persian tapestries.



tapestry cushions.



tapestried walls.

parchment

material made from the skin of a sheep or goat, used in the past for writing on.



a document written on a piece of parchment.

Her skin felt like parchment.



parchments in my liberary

marvel

wonderful معجزَة



to be very surprised or impressed by something.

to observe the marvels.


The doctors have done marvels for her.



Everyone marvelled at his courage.

gesture

إِشَارَة


to move your hands, head, face, etc. as a way of expressing what you mean or want.

He gestured to the guards and they withdrew.



The old man made several strange gesture over the boy's head.

wakefulness

يقظة


the condition of not sleeping or being able to sleep.

He was shaken into wakefulness by someone.

assemble

يَتَجَمَّع


to come together as a group of people.



يُجَمِّع


to fit together all the separate parts of something, for example a piece of furniture.

All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall.



The stall was assembled.


The shelves are easy to assemble.

erect

يُشَيِّد


to build.



to put in a position and make it stand vertical.

The church was erected in 1582.


the erection of scaffolding around the building.



They were erecting the stall.


to erect a tent.


Stand with your arms by your side your head erect.

glassware

أدوات زجاجية

to buy crystal glassware.

joy

فرح


a feeling of great happiness. (delight)



a person or thing that causes you to feel very happy.

to dance for joy.



The game was a joy to watch.

scaffold

مشنقة



سِقالَة (ئةسكةلة)

to die on the scaffold.



The statue is currently surrounded by scaffolding.

grouch

to complain a lot, especially about something unimportant; a person who is grouching.

The merchant was an old grouch.

bump

to hit by accident.



to move across a rough surface.



to move from one group or position to another.



to remove somebody from a group.



the sound of something hitting a hard surface.



a swelling on the body or flat surface.



a slight accident in which your vehicle hits something.

In the dark I bumped into a chair.


'People will pass by and bump into it, and pieces will be broken,' merchant said.



She entered the subway, bumping her bags down the steps.



The airline apologized and bumped us up to first class.



The coach told him he had been bumped from the crew.



He fell to the ground with a bump.



How did you get that bump on your forehead?


a bump in the road.



I had a bump in my car earlier, but it wasn't serious.

rue

to feel bad about something that happened or because it had a bad results. (regret)

He rued the day they had bought such a large house.



a rueful smile.



He laughed ruefully.

obligation

فريضة


the state of being forced to do something because it is your duty, or because of a law, etc.

The prophet left us just five obligations.



We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.

devout

متدين


believing strongly in a particular religion and obeying its laws.

He was a devout man.



a devout Muslim / Christian.



a devoutly Catholic region.



She devoutly hoped he was telling the truth.

pilgrimage

حج


a journy to a holy place for religious reasons.



pilgrim: a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.

to go on / make pilgrimage.


His grave has become a place of pilgrimage.



Millions of pilgrims travels to Macca every year.

cobbler

الإسكافي


a person who repair shoes.



to cobble: to make or repair shoes.



cobblers: nonsense.



cobbles=cobblestones: small stones used in the past to make the surfaces of road.


a cobbler who made his living mending boots.



The cobbler is cobbling my shoes now.



He said it was all a load of cobblers.



The cart was clattering over the cobbles.


a cobblestone streets.

mending

صَلَّحَ


to repair.



to find a solution to a problem or disagreement.



to improve in health after being ill. (recover)

Could you mend my bike for me?


He mended shoes for living.



They tried to mend their differences.



He is mending slowly after the operation.


My leg is definitely on the mend now.

clatter

the act of making a loud noise like hard objects knocking together.

The cart was clattering over the cobbles.