الجمعة، 27 يوليو 2018

doorway

an entrance to a building or room through a door
مَدْخَل البِناية

fig

darksweet fruit with lots of seeds
تين 

veer

تَغيير الاتَجاه فَجأة
The car veered off the road and hit a tree.

vivid

حَيّ
He gave a very vivid description of life in Caracas.

enclosure

small area of land that has a wall or fence around it
سِياج

sync

informal for synchronization (synchronize) :


He's putting himself forward as a president whose ideas are in sync with (= are suitedto and show an understanding of) a nation demanding change.

lavish

C2 large in quantity and expensive or impressive:

lavish spending

splendor

[ U ] It took several years to restore the building to its original splendor.
[ C ] We can only imagine the splendors of ancient Rome.

amid

On the floor, amid mounds of books, were two small envelopes.
The new perfume was launched amidst a fanfare of publicity.

sprout

يَتَفَتَّح / يَنْبُت
The seeds that I planted are just beginning to sprout.

bear

to accept someone or something bad
يَحْتَمِل
can’t bear her (= I dislike her very much).

The pain was too much to bear.

in the heat of the moment

If you say or do something in the heat of the moment, you say or do it without thinking because you are very angry or excited:


He didn't mean it - he said it in the heat of the moment.

dot

small, round mark or spot
نُقْطة / بُقْعة

a pattern of blue and green dots

pedestrian

person who is walking
ماشٍ

plead

to say in a court of law if you have committed a crime or not
يَتَرافَع
He pleaded not guilty to the crime.

prosperous

successful, getting a lot of money
مُزْدَهِر

secure

I don’t feel that the house is secure.

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contradiction

big difference between two things that are said or written about the same subject, or between what someone says and what they do
تَناقُض
There is a clear contradiction between what she says and what she does.

thorough

careful and covering every detail
شامِل
She wrote a very thorough report on the matter.

The police did a thorough investigation of the crime.

bustle


to do things in a hurried and busy way:

Thora bustled around the house, getting everything ready.

tragic

very sad, often involving death
مَأساوي
a tragic accident

grasp

to take hold of something firmly with your hand
يُمسِك بـِ
He grasped my hand.
to understand something
يَفْهَم
I didn’t grasp what she was saying.

depict


perimeter

moat


restoration

the process of returning something to its earlier good condition
تَرميم
The building is now closed for restoration.

regain

to get something back again
يَستَعيد

The government has regained control of the city.

obscurity

the fact of not being known by many people
غُموض
to fade into obscurity

domino

game played with smallflatrectangular objects that havespots on them
لُعْبة الدّومينو

to play dominoes

portion

the amount of food given to one person in a restaurant
حِصّة
The portions in the restaurant were very small.

doorway