Deck #2 Flashcards
Meaning of “Provoke”
Deliberately make someone annoyed (يستفز)
Israel tries hard to provoke every country in the region aiming to initiate a regional war.
Meaning of “Take Over”
Control something
May I take over the screen sharing, please?
Nazis took over Germany’s government in 1933.
Longer form of “TIL”
Today I learned
til Engineering management is not easy and requires a lot of communication and negotiation skills.
Meaning of “Nag”
Consistently asking someone to do something
Good managers know the right way and time to nag their subordinates.
Meaning of “Temptation”
Desire to do something (usually wrong)
Each of us needs to resist the temptation to prioritize ourselves over others.
Meaning of “Convicted”
Declared to be criminal (مدان)
He is already a convicted murderer. Why are you insisting on helping him?
Preposition of “Insist”
Insist (On)
I insist on completing my education before thinking of marriage.
Lest
For fear that “لأحسن”
She tried to convince him in tears lest he become a friend to this group of criminals.
Scaffold
The wood or metal structure used in constructing buildings.
Workers started with the scaffolding phase to prepare for constructing the new museum.
Contradictory
In Opposite
His entire speech is contradictory.
Consoling
Serve the relief for someone in the time of grief (معزي)
The consoling truth is that God is with us and he sees and cares for us.
In layman’s terms
Simply
In layman’s terms, This is the worst company I have worked for.
Circumvent
Avoid / Workaround
People circumvent the government dollar restrictions by trading it outside the legal banks.
Janitor
The person who looks after a building
The janitor is the first layer of security for any building.
يكسر كلمته
Break his word
Nobody trusts people who break their word.
