contradiction

a 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.

Hurrying and doing things quickly

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

Edges & extremities of objects

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

a game played with small, flat, rectangular 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.

encompass

to include different types of things:

The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts.

bend

to move your body or part of your body so that it is not straight

يَلْوي / يَحْني

Bend your knees when lifting heavy objects.

doorstep

a step in front of an outside door:

He left the package on the doorstep.

adrift

Terms for location & direction used at sea

coincidence

an occasion when two very similar things happen at the same time bychance

صُدْفة / مُصادَفة

It was just coincidence that we were travelling on the same train.

intuitive

using intuition

حَدسي

He has an intuitive understanding of animals.

palpable

Apparent and obvious

attraction

a feeling of liking someone because of the way they look orbehave

انْجِذاب

physical attractio

glue

يُلْصِق

Do you think you can glue this vase back together?

condominium

a building containing apartments that are owned by the people livingin them, or one of these apartments

مَبنى سَكني

full-time

 happening or working for the whole of the working week and not only part of it

دَوام كامِل

a full-time job/student

white water

water in a river that flows quickly and has a lot of bubbles:

white-water rafting

overcome

to deal with and control a problem or feeling

يَتغَلّب عَلى

Eventually she overcame her fear of dogs.

hooves

mud

wet soil

طين

He’d been playing football and was covered in mud.

persistence

اصرار

value

قيمة

Cars go down in value quickly.

جَودة عالِية

The meal was very good value.

يُقَدِّر

I always value his

 opinion.

limitation

the control of something so that it is less than a particular amount ornumber

تَحديد / تَقييد

the limitation of free speech

You can’t write everything you want to because of space limitations.