Arabic Stories Flashcards
اِخْتَطَفَ \يَخْتَطِفُ خَطِفَ \ يَخْطِفُ
to kidnap / to grab / to snatch
غزارة
abundance
كَبَرَ \ يَكْبُرُ
to grow up / to enlarge
حَسَنًا
OK; well; all right (interjection)
أَرْشَدَ \ يُرْشِدُ
to guide / to instruct
حَفَرَ \ يَحْفِرُ
to dig
صَنَعَ \ يَصْنَعُ
to make / to manufacture
مَضَى \ يُمْضِي
to go / to leave (with time: to pass)
نَحْوَ
towards
اِنْطَلَقَ \ يَنْطَلِقُ
to set out; go
ضَخَم
huge
دُخُول
entrance / entry
اِسْتَطاعَ \ يَسْتَطِيعُ
to be able to (can)
رَقَدَ \يَرْقُدُ
to lie (down) / to repose
مَلَّ \ يُمَلُّ
to weary / to be bored
طريدة
prey (or game)
اِسْتَقَرَّ \ يَسْتَقَرُّ
to settle down / to stabilize / to steady
جَاعَ \ يُجُوعُ
to starve / to be hungry
فَريسَة
prey
اِلْتَقَى \ يَلْتَقِي بـ
to meet / to get together
اتَّفَقَ \ يَتَّفِقُ
to agree / to concur
قَسَمَ \ يُقْسِمُ
to part / to split / to divide
بالتَّسَاوِي
equally / evenly
اَشْتَدَّ \ يَشْتَدُّ
to intensify
جُوع
hunger
هَاجَمَ \ يُهاجِمُ
to attack
قَبَلَ \ يُقْبَلُ
to accept
تَنَازَعَ \ يَتَنَازَعُ
to dispute / to squabble / to argue
اَشْتَمَ \ يَشْتُمُ
to revile / to curse
عَضَّ \ يَعُضُّ
to bite / to snap
أَثْنَاءَ
during
عَار
shame / disgrace
فَرَّ \يُفَرُّ
to escape; flee; get off
هَرَبَ \ يَهْرُبُ
to escape; run away
سِبَاق
race
عجيب
wondrous / weird
سَيَرَ \ يُسِيرُ
to march (to go)
بِبُطْء
slowly
بطيئ
slow
مَشْيَة
gait
غَضِبَ \يُغْضِبُ
to anger; get angry
تَسَابَقَ \يَتَسَابِقُ
to race
شُئْتَ
you want
جَعَلَ \ يَجْعَلُ
to make
حَدّ
limit / boundary / end
اَجْتَمَعَ \ يَجْتًمِعُ
to meet / to convene
رَكْض
running (n) / race
خَفَّة
lightness / levity
سار
pleasing / pleasurable
لَهَا \ يَلْهُو
to have fun / to play
قَضَمَ \ يَقضِمُ
to bite / to nibble / to bite off
عُشْب
herb
هَازِئًا بـ
cynical / sneering towards
حَرَكَة
movement / motion
زَالَ \ يزول
to disappear / evaporate (still)
مُجِدّ
industrious
أَسْرَعَ \ يُسْرِعُ
to hurry / to accelerate
فَوَاتِ الأوَان
too late
أوان
time
فَوَات
elapsing / passing (n)
سَبَقَ \ يَسْبَقُ
to precede / to outrun
اللاَّهِي
the fiddler (fig?)
صَرَّار
grasshopper
نَمْلَة
ant
لَهْو
fun / amusement / pastime
غِناء
singing (n)
نَدِمَ \ يَنْدَمُ
to regret
رَبَحَ \ يُرْبِحُ
to gain / to win (like the lottery)
يَانَصِيب
lottery
رَاقِص(ة
dancer
لو لم (فعل) … ل(كان)….ا
If [someone] didn’t (verb)…[someone] would have….
مَحَطَة
station
عَلَقَ \ يُعَلَقُ
to hang OR to comment
اَجْتَهِدَ \ يَجْتَهِدُ
to be diligent / to work painstakingly
جَمَعَ \ يُجْمَعُ
to collect / to gather
مَؤُونَة
hoard (n)
دَخَرَ \ يَدَخِرُ
to stash / to lay up / to store away
حَلَّ \ يُحَلُّ
to resolve / to solve / to fix
لَيَال
nights
بَرَدَ \ يَبْرُدُ
to chill / to cool OR to freeze (intrans)
اَخْتَبَأَ \ يَخْتَبِئُ
to hide (in) / to burrow
قُوت
food
فَكَّرَ \ يُفَكَّرُ
to think
بُؤْس
misery
نَدِم
regret / remorse (n)
تفْرِيط
negligence
لَعَلَّ
perhaps / maybe
أَقْرَضَ \ يُقْرِضُ
to lend
حُبُوب
grain / cereal
ثِيَاب
clothes
رَجَا \ يَرْجُو
to hope
مُتَذَلَّل
subservient / submissive
ساخِر
sarcastic / cynical / ironic
رَقَصَ \ يَرْقُصُ
to dance
تَدْفَأَ \ يَتَدْفَأُ
to warm oneself
بَطَاطِس
potato
عَصَا
stick / baton
ضَرَبَ \ يُضْرِبُ
to hit / to strike
حَرَقَ \ يَحْرُقُ
to burn
حَبْل
rope
شَنَقَ \ يَشْنُقُ
to hang / to strangle
قَرَضَ \ يَقْرُضُ
to gnaw / to nibble
جَحْر
hole / burrow
ألحق بـ
overtook / caught up on
جُناح
wing
ظَلَّ \ يَظُلُّ
to remain (more like to remain in a condition; not locality)
لَبْلاب
ivy
رَفَضَ \ يَرْفُضُ
to refuse; to reject
صَفَصَاف
willow
سَمَحَ \ يَسْمَحُ (ل
to allow; permit
غُرَبَاء
strangers
غَرِيب
strange (adj) OR stranger (n)
العَرعَر
juniper
تَعَال
come
مِسْكِين
poor (like poor baby)
عَش
nest
قَعَدَ \ يَقْعُدُ
to sit (to paralyze)
طَول
length
قَدِمَ \ يَقْدُمُ
to offer; extend
صَنَوْبَر
pine
مَنَعَ \ يَمْنَعُ (عن
to block; prevent (from)
عَوَاصِف
storms
جَزِيلا
very much
جازى \ يجازي
to repay; recompense
جِزَاء
penalty (repayment?)
اِمْتَلأ \ يَمْتَلِئُ بـ
to fill (with)
تَطَايَرَ \ يَتَطَايَرُ (على
to be blown / dispersed
مُطْمَئِن
reasurred / secure
غَذَى \ يُغْذِي
to feed / nourish
تَغَذَى \ يَْغَذِي بِـ
to feed on
فَرَع
branch
فُرُوع
branches
بَقَى \ يَبْقَى
to stay / to remain
مُفَضَّل
favorite
رَحَلَ \ يَرْحَلُ
to move (like to relocate)
حريص (في
eager (careful in)
قَفَزَ \ يَقْفِزُ
to jump
طاووس
peacock
مَعْجِب
fan / admirer
وَهَزَ \ يَهُزُ
to shake
نَفَشَ \ يَنْفُشُ
to tease; ruffle
رَيَش
feathers
مَلََون
colorful
تَكْبَر
arrogance / pride
بلا شك
undoubtedly / without a doubt
عندئذ
then (whereupon)
نَهَر
river
اصْطاد \ يَصْطاد
to hunt
سِبَاحَة
swimming / swim (n)
كلام
words
كاذب
false / lying (adj)
أُجيد
good at
سَبَحَ \ يَسْبُحُ
to swim
غاص \ يغوص
to dive / to sink
غَبِي
stupid
أغبياء
stupid (pl)
تَسَلَقَ \ يَتَسَلَقُ
to climb
ثَعالِب
foxes
أذكياء
intelligent (pl)
لَحْظَة
moment / instant
جِوَار
neighborhood / vicinity
انْقَضَ \ يُنْقِضُ
to pounce
أَمْسَكَ \ يُمْسِكُ
to hold / to catch / to grasp
صَرَخَ \ يَصْرُخُ
to shout / to scream / to cry
قَبَضَ \ يَقْبُضُ
to grasp
أنياب
fangs / canines (teeth)
قَسْوَة
cruelty / harshness / callousness
قاسي
harsh / severe
استراح \ يستريح
to rest
سَقَى \ يسْقِي
to water (like to water a plant)
خَرْطُوم
hose / spout
اِنْصَرَفَ \ يَنْصَرِفُ
to scram / to clear out
تَعَجَبَ \ يَتَعَجَبُ
to wonder / to marvel
مَدَّ \ يُمَدُّ
to extend
قَطَفَ \ يَقْطُفُ
to pick; pluck
بَلَغَ \ يَبْلُغُ
to reach / to attain
ضَحَكَ \ يَضْحُكُ
to laugh
عناقيد
bunches / clusters
عنقود
bunch / cluster
قَدَمَ \ يُقْدِمُ
to offer
أخلاق
ethics / morals
أَدَب
literature OR politeness
اِبْتَسَمَ \ يَبْتَسِمُ
to smile
رَحَبَ \ يُرْحِبُ
to welcome; greet
طل \ يطل
to overlook
صحا \ يصحو
to awake
خائف
afraid
اضطرب \ يضطرب
to disturb; unsettle
أصحاب
companions
نفخ \ ينفخ
to blow (up); inflate
عكس
contrary (n); to reverse (v)
سرعة
speed
صف
row / line
غطى \ يغطي
to cover (like cover over)
دفن \ يدفن
to bury
أعجوبة
miracle / marvel
هدأ \ يهدؤ
to calm; calm down
نادى \ ينادي
to call; call for
احتل \ يحتل
to occupy (conquer; overrun)
رد \ يرد
to reply / repay
ضايق \ يضايق
to annoy / to pester
أزعج \ يزعج
to bother; trouble; disturb
مصير
fate
