From Listening Flashcards
Definitely
بالطبع - قطعا
Foreign
أجنبي
(It’s terrible when you feel ill in a foreign country)
Situation
الموقف
Increment
الزيادة
Amount
كمية
Aim
هدف
Method
طريقة
Rule
قاعدة
Terrifying
مرعب
Actually
في الحقيقة
Compeletly
بالكامل
Outlook
التوقع - النظرة
Lead (to)
يؤدي (إلى)
Scary
مخيف
Show off
تُباهي
Invite
يدعو
Inviting
دعوة
Eventually
في النهاية
Section
قسم
Scene
مشهد
Recently
حديثا - مؤخرا
series
مسلسل
nuclear
النووية
despite
بالرغم من
suggest
يقترح
audience
جمهور
Offensive
جارح
phrase
عِبارة - جملة
desire
يرغب
lust (for)
شهوة (ال…)
Revenge
انتقام
Steal
Stole
ينهب - يسرق
نهب - سرق
scapegoats
كبش فداء
obviously - clearly
بوضوح
Clear
واضح
naturally
بشكل طبيعي
Blame
يلوم
candle
شمعة
sociable
اجتماعي
Lottery
اليانصيب - القمار
a kitten
هُريرة (هرة صغيرة)
gorgeous
رائع - خلاب
(I’d like to talk to her about her husband, Brad Pitt. I think he’s gorgeous)
he went on his own
ذهب من تلقاء نفسه
ambassador
سفير
charity work
عمل خيري
button
زر
(I’ll ask the questions and to answer you press any button on your phone and we’ll hear a buzzer)
buzzer
صافرة - صفيرة - جرس له صوت مثل إلانذار
polar bear
دب قطبي
eagle
نسر
a bit
بعض الشيء (مثل: أسرع بعض الشيء منك)
a bit of
قليلا من
proud
فخور
publicity
دعاية - شهرة إعلامية
(The celebrities only want publicity)
boyhood
صبا - طفولة
scenery
مشهد - منظر
(or simply sit and read a book in the huge park’s different scenery)
countryside
الريف (مثل: حياة الريف، قرية ريفية)
poo
براز
smelly
رائحة كريهة
intelligent
intelligently
intelligentsia
ذكي
بذكاء
المثقفين (هي جمع بهذا الشكل)
lovely
جميل - رائع - محبوب
daft
معتوه - أهبل
(Would you want a big daft dog to come and sit on you?)
selfish (of)
selfishly
selfishness
أناني (صفة)
(مثال: هذه أنانية مني selfish of me)
بأنانية (حال)
الأنانية (اسم)
sneeze
يعطس
cruel
قاسي - فظ
(I think it’s a bit cruel to keep a dog in a small flat like mine)
accommodation
مقر الإقامة - سكن
(Another student is showing her round the student accommodation)
register
يسجل
(Do any of you know where we have to go to register tomorrow?)
politics
سياسة
farmyard
ساحة أو فناء المزرعة
arrangements
ترتيبات
corridor
رواق - ممر
(Could you have your conversation in the corridor?)
pet
حيوان أليف
(A man went into a pet shop one day. “I’d like a parrot that talks”, he said)
loads of
الكثير من
stuff
أشياء
bored
bored with
ممل
بالملل من - بالملل مع
ambition
طموح
(I work in a supermarket, but I want to be a professional musician – that’s my ambition for the future)
hero
بطل
gang
عصابة
gangster
رجل عصابة
spiritual
روحي - روحاني (صفة من الروحانية والعبودية)
(he was a very spiritual man)
brilliant
باهر - مبهر
tower
برج
(The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week)
bamboo
الخيزران (نبات)
(The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week)
cover
غطاء - يغطي
bun
كعكة
(The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week)
serve
يخدم - يُقدم خدمة
(and restaurants serve only vegetarian dishes)
imagination
الخيال - التصور
(Reading books is all about imagination and the film spoils that)
spoil
يُفسد
(Reading books is all about imagination and the film spoils that)
serious
جاد - خطير
thriller
إثارة
to spare
to spare time
to spare you
للاحتياط…
لتوفير الوقت…
لتجنيبك…
equipment
معدات
considerate
يُراعي
(switch mobile phones to silent mode. Please be considerate to other passengers)
sign
لافتة - علامة - إشارة
complaining
complaining about
complaining of
يشكو
الشكوى من
يشكو من
ham
لحم خنزير
invisible
غير مرئي
whole
جميع - كامل (مثل: كامل المسلسل)
prepostion
حرف جر
lockdown
إغلاق
stuck
عالق
scrap
خردة
flat
شقة
wildlife
الحياة البرية
recognise
يتعرف على
in case
في حال
vet - veterinarian
طبيب بيطري
realize
يُدرك
advertisement (ad)
إعلان
i’ve just started
لقد بدأت للتو
riddle
لغز
prize
جائزة
normally
عادة
generous
كريم
disappear
يختفي
complaint
complain
شكوى
يشتكي
(some woman was complaining about …)
besides that
besides
بالإضافة إلى - إلى جانب ذلك
بجانب
cranberry
توت بري
outdoors
في الهواء الطلق
bet
يراهن
(تأتي بمعنى I’m sure أي أنا متأكد)
surround
surrounded
يُحيط
مُحاط
gosh
يا إلهي
(لفظ تعجب مثل oh my god)
after a while
بعد فترة
measurement
قياس
cycling
ركوب الدراجات
youth hostels
بيوت الشباب (في السياحة مثلا)
plenty (of)
كثير (الكثير من)
(You’ve got plenty of time)
tough
صعب - قاسي (صفة)
unbelievable
لا يُصدق
decision
قرار
mess
messy
فوضى (اسم)
فوضوي (صفة)
nation
أُمة
politician
سياسي
(People don’t want to listen to boring politicians but everyone likes celebrities)
predictable
قابل للتنبؤ - يمكن التنبؤ به
lorry
شاحنة
equipment
معدات
temporary
مؤقت
unlike
على عكس - خلافا ل
lend
يُقرض - يُعير
timetable
الجدول الزمني
cruise
رحلة بحرية
fascinating
مبهر
settled in
استقر في
panic
ذُعر
angel
ملاك
parsley
بقدونس
olive
زيتون
vinegar
خل
fork
شوكة 🍴
magician
ساحر
Explain
يشرح
trick
حيلة - خدعة
iceberg
جبل جليدي
sink (sank)
يغرق (ماضي)
survivor
survive
الناجي
ينجو
beak
منقار
voluntary
تطوعي
gap year
كأنها تعني سنة تفرغ، أو فراغ، أو عطالة
plural
جمع (أي صيغة جمع)
familiar
مألوف - معروف
Look after
يعتني
Look at
انظر إلى
Look for
يبحث
(His family were really poor, you know, and they had to move around to look for work and that)
Looking forward
يتطلّع
read it out
قراءَتَها
Come across
يُصادف
Overcoming
التغلب على
Fear of
الخوف من
Regardless of
بغض النظر عن
In mind
في عين الاعتبار
Similar
مُشابه
Polite
مؤدب
Eposide
حلقة
Lack
يفتقر (يفتقر إلى الثقة، مثلا)
Grateful
شاكر
Blog
مدونة
Poll
تصويت أو استطلاع للرأي
Consider
يعتبر
Miss
يفتقد
Mention
يذكر - يشير - ينوه ب…
At least
على الأقل
Shout
يصرخ
Obvious
بديهي
Drastically
بشكل جذري
Complicated
معقد
Remind
يتذكر - يذكر
Impressed
معجب
Proves
يثبت
Exactly
بالضبط
Afterward
بعد ذلك
earn
يكسب
paid
يدفع
cheer (s)
يهتف (هتافات)
whistle
صافرة - يصفر - تصفير
throughout
طَوَال
pollution
التلوث
(Look – there are factories all over the world putting out loads and loads of pollution every single day)
loads of
الكثير من
seminar
ندوة - فصل دراسي (مثل كورس تقريبا)
(I thought you had a seminar at 10 o’clock)
tutor
معلم
constipated
إمساك (المرض المعروف)
(I said I was sorry, but I was very constipated)
sneeze
يعطس
silly
سخيف
symptoms
أعراض
(Have you got any other symptoms? (Carolina sneezes) A sore throat? A headache? A cough?)
sore throat
التهاب الحلق
spoonful
handful
ملء الملعقة
ملء اليد
(Two spoonfuls, four times a day. The instructions are on the bottle)
instruction
تعليم - تعليمات
(Two spoonfuls, four times a day. The instructions are on the bottle)
lake
بحيرة
(The chicken crosses the road, walks along the street, turns the corner, until it comes to the lake)
frog
ضفدع
knitting
الخياطة
jumper
سترة - قفاز - لاعب قفز
sock
شرّاب
scarf
وشاح (شال)
fashionable
عصري - مطابق للزي الحديث
(fashionable clothes)
nowadays
في هذه الأيام (في الوقت الحاضر)
environment
البيئة
(I was nearly late but you know – I use public transport because I care about the planet and the environment)
cycle
تدوير
recycle
إعادة تدوير ♻️
(I always try to remember not to use plastic bags or recycle or whatever but I always forget)
net
شبكة 🕸
next door neighbor
الجار المجاور
pupil
تلميذ
colleague
زميل
stressful
مُجهِد - مُتعِب
herbs
أعشاب
effort
جهد
addition
إضافة
fond (of)
مُغرم - مُولع (بِ)
seriously
بجد - بجدية
shelf
رف
heel
كعب 👠
upset
يُزعج
etcetera
إلى آخره
refer to
يشير إلى
repeat
يكرر
site
موقع (منها: الموقع الإلكتروني)
sympathy
تعاطف - التعاطف
congratulate
يُهنئ
pack
يحزم (يحزم حقائبه)
حزمة (مثل: حزمة الدعم)
bear
دُب - يتحمل
picky
صعب الإرضاء (صفة)
reflect (on)
يفكر (في)
previous
سابق - ماض (مثل: السنة الماضية)
achieve
يحقق
involve (in)
يشارك (في)
fed up (of)
سئم - طفح الكيل (من)
head over to
توجه إلى
divided (into)
divide
مقسم (إلى)
يُقسم
resolution
قرار
discuss
يناقش
failure
فشل - إخفاق
fail
يفشل
relevant
ذو صلة
succeeded
نجح
text
نص
recommend
يوصي
organic
عضوي
activity
نشاط - فعالية
profitable
مُربح
specific
مُحدد - مُعين
notice
يلاحظ
fullest
على أكمل وجه
strive
striving
يسعى - يجتهد
السعي
rather (than)
بدلا (من)
tip
نصيحة - بخشيش
applies (to)
ينطبق (على)
daunting
شاقة (صفة)
daunt
يرعب - يروع
brush
يُفرش - فرشاة (فعل - اسم)
enjoyable
ممتعة (صفة)
fluent
فصيح - طليق اللسان
tick
علامة - يضع علامة
fancy
يتخيل - يرغب - يعجب
(What do you fancy?)(Sorry. What would you like. What do you fancy means what would you like.)
rubber
مطاطي
teenager
مراهق
spaceship
سفينة فضائية
gravity
الجاذبية
theory
نظرية
calculations
الحساب - العمليات الحسابية
(My Egyptian friends can make all the calculations and know exactly how much to pay without a word being spoken)
present
حاضر - هدية 🎁
At all
على الإطلاق
Have a look / has a look
يلقي نظرة
thought
فكر - فكرة - معتقد
relativity
relative
النسبية
نسبيا
theory
نظرية
apart
منفصل - على حدة
tricky
صعب - معقد - مخادع (صفات)
stress
stressful
ضغط - إجهاد
مُجهد
pushy
انتهازي - متغطرس
stand
يقف - يتحمل
(ولها معاني كثيرة)
beyond
أبعد من
(مثل: أبعد مما أتخيل، وهكذا)
Beyond my imagination
pleasure
متعة - سرور (اسم) - سُرَّ (فعل)
essay
مقال
resources
موارد
disaster
كارثة
genius
عبقري
(he’s a genius, he’s the most important industrial designer in the world)
unless
إلا إذا
generally
عموما
(مثلا: عموما أتوقع كذا وكذا)
bibliography
فهرس - قائمة المراجع
glad
سعيد - مسرور
circus
السيرك
couple (of)
زوجين (من)
rude
rudely
وقح - غير مهذب
بوقاحة
embarrassing
محرج
meditation
التأمل
taught
يعلم
position
موضع
conscious
واعي
peaceful
peace
مسالم
سلام
mantra
تعويذة
concentrate
يركز
(وكذلك focus بنفس المعنى)
(You should concentrate on them)
traditional
tradition
تقليدي
تقليد (مفرد تقاليد)
advance (d)
يتقدم (متقدم)
astronaut
رائد فضاء
mansion
قصر
lead
يقود
curtain
ستارة
towel
منشفة
radiator
شبكة تبريد الهواء
kettle
غلاية
grand
كبير - عظيم - ضخم
subject
موضوع
nightmare
كابوس
(I’ve had a nightmare journey)
bilingual
ثنائي اللغة
runway
مدرج الطائرة
miserable
بائس
poster
ملصق
violent
عنيف
chase
يطارد - مطاردة
poisonous
سام
stable
اسطبل
stamp
ختم - يختم - طابع بريدي
(I need to stamp your passport with today’s date)
fair
عدل ⚖️
put off
يُؤجل
constantly
باستمرار - بشكل مستمر
currently
حاليا
distract
distracting
يشتت
تشتيت الانتباه
variety (of)
متنوع (مجموعة متنوعة من)
switch
يحوّل
(switch mobile phones to silent mode. Please be considerate to other passengers)
surf
يتصفح
bacon
لحم خنزير مقدد
cereal
رقائق الذرة
lamb
خروف - لحم الخروف
lay
يضع
(خاصة إذا كان الوضع بلطف وعناية)
occasion
مناسبة
mint
نعناع
pudding
نوع من الحلوى
Trappist
راهب
monastery
دير - صومعة
complain (of)
يشتكي (من)
definite
واضح - محدد - مؤكد - لا لبس فيه
(نفس المعنى)
addicted
مدمن
alcoholic
سكّير - مدمن كحول
invent
يخترع
(The man who invented the iPod!?)
act
يمثل
race
سباق
abroad
خارج البلاد - في الخارج
(مثل: نسافر خارج البلاد)
unfortunately
للأسف - لسوء الحظ
telly
اختصار لتلفزيون
dishonesty
غير شريف - غير صادق
particular
خاص (مرادف specific)
solve
يحل - حل (فعل واسم)
conscience
الضمير (مثل: ضميرك)
haunt
يُطارد
(يتردد عليه كل فترة)
receipt
إيصال
bill
فاتورة
avoid
يتجنب
wear - wore - worn
ارتدى (بالتصاريف الثلاثة)
refund
يسترد المال
circumstance
ظرف
grammatically
نحويا
dialogue
حوار
architect
مهندس معماري
(Astana, is full of new buildings designed by famous international architects – a thoroughly modern city)
victim
ضحية
hesitate
يتردد
trim
تقليم (الشعر مثلا)
luxury
فاخر
compare
يقارن
syllable
مقطع لفظي (مثل كلمة من مقطع واحد…)
further - farther
أبعد
(صفة مقارنة من far)
tease
يستفز - يمازح - يغيظ
ruin
ruined
يدمر
مدمر
ridiculous
سخيف
rather (than)
بدلا (من)
i would rather = (i prefer)
يفضل
second-hand
مستعمل (مثل: ملابس مستعملة)
population
السكان
(At the start of the twentieth century the population of Buenos Aires got much bigger)
spring
ربيع - نبع - ينبوع (مثل الينابيع الساخنة)
active
نشيط - نشط
disgusting
مقزز
archaeologist
عالم آثار
groundsman
عامل الأرض (يعتني بها مثل ملاعب الغولف وغيرها)
gardener
بستاني
grass
عشب
computing
الحوسبة
arrow
سهم
cursor
المؤشر
wealth
wealthy
ثروة
ثري
starve
يتضور جوعا
disagreement
الخلاف
therefore
لذلك…
the nature reserve
المحمية الطبيعية
rubbish
القمامة
darling
حبيبي - عزيزي
approximately
تقريبا
tour
رحلة - جولة
competition
مسابقة
gamble
gambling
يقامر
القمار
amateur
هاوي - غير محترف
paid
get paid
مدفوع (مثل إجازة مدفوعة)
الحصول على أموال
sunbathing
حمام الشمس
relationship
علاقة
Collect
يجمع
(Go down the stairs and turn left to collect your baggage)
belong (to)
ينتمي
sightseeing
زيارة معالم المدينة
hang on
انتظر
talent
موهبة
pedal
دواسة (اسم)
وقد تأتي بمعنى استعمل دواسة (فعل) ، مثل راكب الدراجة.
agenda
برنامج - جدول أعمال (مثل: أجندة المؤتمر)
mobilize
تعبئة - حشد
(مثل تعبئة القوات وحشدها)
plant
نبات (اسم) - يزرع ، يغرس (فعل)
exhausted
مرهق جدا
Very tired
fancy
يتخيل
smash
يسحق - يحطم - يهشم
crash (into)
حادث تحطم - يتحطم - يصطدم
insurance
التأمين
(مثل تأمين السيارة وغيره)
force
قوة
(مثل قوة الشرطة، الطوارئ)
session
جلسة - محاضرة
compound words
كلمات مركبة
sight
مشهد - رؤية
(Black and white taxis are a familiar sight here and it’s a cheap way to travel)
I get it
I understand
strap
حزام
valuable
قيّم - ذو قيمة مالية - نفيس
ordinary
عادي (صفة)
heirloom
إرث - أملاك موروثة
wonder
يتعجب
guarantee
الضمان - يضمن
necklace
قلادة
hiccup
حازوقة
nursery
حضانة
tiny
صغير الحجم - بالغ الصغر
engine - motor
مُحرك
double-decker
ذات طابقين
pedal
دوّاسة
(وقد تأتي بمعنى يستعمل دواسة)
ferry
عبّارة
(وهي السفينة التي تنقل الناس أو البضائع من مسافة قصيرة)
addicted
مُدمن
fatherly
أُبوي (صفة)
richness
الثراء
poetry
شِعر
poet
شاعر
hide
يُخفي - يختفي
(The costumes hide the seats that the children are sitting on and it looks like they are flying)
interrupted
تمت مقاطعته
(مثل: قاطعني)
whale
حوت
(وجمعها يشبه نطق اسم دولة ويلز)
documentary
وثائقي
humpback
الأحدب
(وصف لأحد الحيتان)
ironically
بسخرية - بطريقة ساخرة - من المفارقات
feed
يطعم - يغذي
incredible
رائع - بشكل لا يصدق
(it’s incredibly beautiful)
species
صِنف
excellent
ممتاز
superpower
قوة خارقة
invisible
خفي - غير مرئي
heal
يشفي - يعالج
remedy
علاج
flu
انفلونزا
appropriate
ملائم - مناسب
speed up
يُسرّع
wish
يتمنى - أمنية
(I wish I could decide)
guess
يخمن
residence
مقر - مسكن - سكن جامعي - مجموعة مساكن
confession
اعتراف
admit
يعترف
cheat
يغش - يخدع - يحتال
nil
صفر
(لكن لا تستخدم إلا في المسابقات، مثل: واحد لك لا شيء لفلان)
dying to
يموت و… - يموت لأجل…
(مثل أموت وأعرف ليش أنت هنا)
mashed
مهروس (صفة)
dormitory
مسكن
(لعدة أسرّة، مثل سكن الطلاب)
so far
حتى الآن
recipe
وصفة
decoration
زخرفة - زينة
performer
مؤدي - فنان - ممثل
atmosphere
الجو - الجو العام
convent
دير
(مكان لتجمع الرهبان والراهبات النصارى)
monk
راهب
nun
راهبة
handle
مقبض
(And is it all black? The handle as well?)
handcraft
الحرف اليدوية
antiques
التحف
shame
عار - - خجل - مصدر خزي
(نفس المعنى)
my idea of hell
فكرتي عن الجحيم
countable
uncountable
معدود
غير معدود
sponsoring
رعاية
(مثل رعاية الحلقة، شركة راعية)
sponsor
يرعى - يكفل
(we need advertising and companies to sponsor games and teams, we need a proper professional women’s league with good pay and conditions, we need to see more games on television, then people might be more interested)
redirected
إعادة توجيه
motivated
متحفز - متحمس - مندفع
hopefully
أملاً
bear
دب - يتحمل
release
إطلاق - تحرير - يحرر - يطلق
pandemic
وباء - جائحة
lockdown
إغلاق - قفل (اسم)
specific
محدد - معين
opportunity
فرصة - مناسبة
Chance
brush up (on)
صقل…
(مثل: صقل مهاراتي، لغتي)
productive
إنتاجي - مُنتِج
spirits
معنويات
quarantine
الحجر الصحي
crack of Dawn
بزوغ الفجر
disciplined
منضبط
tend to have
يميل إلى أن يكون…
roughly
تقريبا
مثل: almost - nearly - about
introduce
يقدم
(I think we should introduce ourselves)
ride
يركب
(And she loves dancing and riding her mountain bike)
producer
منتج - مخرج
(I’d like to introduce our producer, Gordon)
produce
ينتج - إنتاج
Pleased
مسرور - ممتن
(Pleased to meet you!)
get on
يستمر - يواصل
(now it’s time to get on with our programme)
guest
ضيف
(Our guest today on ‘I’d like to meet’ is Zara Heller)
choice
خيار - اختيار
(Great - good choice!)
actress
ممثلة
(She’s an American film actress)
United Nations
الأمم المتحدة
admire
يعجب ب
(I really admire her)
celebrity
مشهور
(She’s a famous film star with a lot of money and a famous celebrity film star husband)
care
رعاية - يهتم - يعتني
(she really cares about helping people)
fame
شهرة
(she uses her money and her fame to help children and people)
diary
مذكرة
(it was a video diary of her visiting Africa and talking about how to stop poverty)
poverty
فقر
(it was a video diary of her visiting Africa and talking about how to stop poverty)
soap
صابون
(we say ‘bathroom’, and you write a list, bath, soap, shampoo)
fridge
ثلاجة
Pan
قلاية - مقلاة 🍳
Plate
طبق
Knife
سكين
spoon
ملعقة
nervous
متوتر
(the clock makes me nervous)
certainly
بالتأكيد
(it certainly feels that way)
polluted
ملوث
(But in the centre of this exciting, noisy, polluted city there is a place to find peace and quiet)
escape
يهرب - هروب
(over 25 million people come here each year to escape the city)
climb
يتسلق (كلايمب)
rare
نادر
(Lots of rare birds have made their home in the park and there are legends of big cats hiding in the dark trees)
crowd
حشد - زحمة
crowded
مزدحم
(they designed the park at a time when the city was a very crowded, dirty and unhealthy place to live)
designe
يصمم
(they designed the park at a time when the city was a very crowded, dirty and unhealthy place to live)
aid
يساعد - مساعدة
(we’re going to ask a question about celebrities - like film stars, actors, singers – who promote charities and ask people to give them money or aid)
promote
يروج - يقود حملة
(we’re going to ask a question about celebrities - like film stars, actors, singers – who promote charities and ask people to give them money or aid)
actor
ممثل
(we’re going to ask a question about celebrities - like film stars, actors, singers – who promote charities and ask people to give them money or aid)
organise
ينظم
(When Bob Geldof and Bono organised Live8 a few years ago, everybody was talking about how to end poverty in Africa)
record
يسجل - سجل - اسطوانة
(they want us to think that they’re really nice people, you know, they care about the world, they care about poverty, so they can sell more records)
lie
كذبة - يضطجع
(But it’s a big lie)
copy
ينسخ - يقلد
(So you might give to charity too because you want to copy your favourite star)
fashion
الموضة
(it’s the fashion to do work for charity)
ridiculous
سخيف
(It’s ridiculous)
adventure
مغامرة
(It’s a big adventure for her)
first
أولا - الأول - أول
(Today we’re going to hear what happened when she first arrived inBritainfrom Venezuela)
immigration
الهجرة
(Excuse me. Am I in the right line for immigration?)
nationality
جنسية
(What nationality are you?)
holder
حامل
(No, no, this queue’s for British and European Union members. You need to go … over there – where it says ‘Other passport holders)
queue - line
طابور
(No, no, this queue’s for British and European Union members. You need to go … over there – where it says ‘Other passport holders)
letter
خطاب - رسالة - حرف
Ex1: (I’ve got my letter from the university here. Do you want to see it?)
Ex2: (your answer has to begin with the letter I give you)
intend
ينوي
(How long do you intend to stay in the country?)
Embassy
سفارة
(but the British Embassy in Caracas said that was OK)
in order
بالترتيب - سليم + على ما يرام
(Yes, everything seems to be in order)
baggage
أمتعة - حقائب السفر
(Go down the stairs and turn left to collect your baggage)
at the most
على الأكثر
(One minute, at the most)
turn
دور - ينعطف
(The chicken crosses the road, walks along the street, turns the corner, until it comes to the lake)
along
على امتداد - على طول
(The chicken crosses the road, walks along the street, turns the corner, until it comes to the lake)
cross
الصليب - يعبر
(The chicken crosses the road, walks along the street, turns the corner, until it comes to the lake)
tent
خيمة
(we were camping. We took two small tents with us)
camp
يخيم - مخيم
(we were camping. We took two small tents with us)
beauty
جمال
(and I’m training to be a beauty therapist)
therapist
أخصائي
(and I’m training to be a beauty therapist)
fall
يسقط
( I think she’s a fantastic singer. I just fell in love with her voice the first time I heard her sing)
instrument
أداة - آلة
(Can you play any musical instruments?)
musical
موسيقي
(Can you play any musical instruments?)
play
يلعب - يعزف
(Can you play any musical instruments?)
version
إصدار
(she records two versions of her songs, one in English and one in Spanish)
mixture
مزيج - خليط
(I like her is because she’s a mixture of different cultures)
influence
تأثير
(Her mother is from Colombia but her father is Lebanese, so there’s a lot of Arabic influence in her music)
sort of
نوع من
(she’s interested in all sorts of music)
wheel
عجلة
(It’s got four wheels. You drive it. Poppy: Car? Yes)
hit
يضرب
(the woman hit the mugger with her umbrella)
capital
عاصمة
(I came to live in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina)
square
مربع - ساحة - ميدان
(In a small square, close to my home, I heard music)
century
قرن
(At the start of the twentieth century the population of Buenos Aires got much bigger)
sadness
حزن
(For me, the dance shows both the sadness of these people who had said goodbye to their homes and also the hope of new start in Argentina)
join
ينضم
( I went to a tango school in the centre of Buenos Aires and joined a class)
centre
مركز
( I went to a tango school in the centre of Buenos Aires and joined a class)
check
يفحص - يتحقق
(Last time we heard Carolina at the immigration desk at the airport where they checked her passport)
appear
يظهر
(Carolina went to collect her suitcase but, unfortunately, her suitcase didn’t appear)
suitcase
حقيبة سفر
(Carolina went to collect her suitcase but, unfortunately, her suitcase didn’t appear)
carousel
سير الأمتعة في المطار
(And you’re sure that your bag isn’t on the carousel?)
fill
يملأ
(Hmm. OK. We’ll need to fill in a report)
surname
لقب - اسم العائلة
(It’s Carolina. And my surname is….)
label
ملصق
(There was a label on it. With my name)
Late at night
في وقت متأخر من الليل
planet
كوكب
(Maybe there is a planet somewhere that is just like Earth)
universe
الكون
(Is there life in another part of our universe)
smart
ذكي - أنيق
(You’re very smart today Ravi. Is that a new shirt you’re wearing?)
assistant
مساعد
(well I’ll try it on but I won’t buy it, and then I tried it on and of course it looked fantastic, and the shop assistant said it looked really good)
price
سعر
(then I looked at the price, and it was quite expensive so I thought, no I can’t buy it)
sale
بيع - تخفيض
(and then the shop assistant said that it was in the sale – last week it was eighty pounds, but this week it was only forty pounds)
dress
فستان - يرتدي
(We have to dress well now Tess – we’re celebrities)
vice
نائب
(he’s a vice president now I think)
classic
تقليدي
(they’re design classics)
function
وظيفة
(The most important thing for industrial designers is function - you know – what something is used for, what it can do. And with computers speed was the most important thing)
round
دائري - حول
(they also loved the way it looked – the round shape, the colours)
shape
شكل
(they also loved the way it looked – the round shape, the colours)
allow
يسمح
(Can we allow that Ravi?)
agree
يوافق - يتفق - يقر
(Do you agree Gordon?)
quiz
لغز - مسابقة
(when Marina said ‘butter’ I thought of ‘margarine’ – but, yes a very difficult quiz)
margarine
سمن
(when Marina said ‘butter’ I thought of ‘margarine’ – but, yes a very difficult quiz)
take place
يحدث - يقام
(If you’re a football fan you’ll know that the World Cup in 2010 will take place here in South Africa)
metre
متر
(It’s about a metre long and it sounds a bit like an angry elephant)
look forward
يتطلع
(Am I looking forward to it? I can’t wait!)
blow
ينفخ
(When I blow it doesn’t sound like an angry elephant so much as a bored bee. I need to practise before 2010!)
attitude
سلوك - موقف
(They’d only want to watch women if they were, you know, attractive - wearing little tight T-shirts and very small shorts – that’s most men’s attitude)
tight
ضيق - مشدود
(They’d only want to watch women if they were, you know, attractive - wearing little tight T-shirts and very small shorts – that’s most men’s attitude)
attractive
جذاب
(They’d only want to watch women if they were, you know, attractive - wearing little tight T-shirts and very small shorts – that’s most men’s attitude)
regularly
بانتظام
(There are about 7 million women who play regularly in the States)
referee
حَكَم
(they don’t lie down on the ground and cry and pretend they’re hurt and they don’t argue with the referee all the time)
argue
يجادل
(they don’t lie down on the ground and cry and pretend they’re hurt and they don’t argue with the referee all the time)
condition
ظرف - شرط
(we need advertising and companies to sponsor games and teams, we need a proper professional women’s league with good pay and conditions, we need to see more games on television, then people might be more interested)
proper
مناسب
(we need advertising and companies to sponsor games and teams, we need a proper professional women’s league with good pay and conditions, we need to see more games on television, then people might be more interested)
advertising
دعاية - إعلان
(we need advertising and companies to sponsor games and teams, we need a proper professional women’s league with good pay and conditions, we need to see more games on television, then people might be more interested)
identify
يميز - يطابق - يتعرف
(so you can identify it)
eastbound
متجه شرقا
(Piccadilly line miss - the dark blue one on the map. Just follow the signs to the platform. You want an eastbound train – you’re going east)
platform
رصيف محطة القطار
(Piccadilly line miss - the dark blue one on the map. Just follow the signs to the platform. You want an eastbound train – you’re going east)
turnstile
الباب الدوار
(Then you just put your ticket into the slot to go through the turnstile over there)
slot
فتحة
(Then you just put your ticket into the slot to go through the turnstile over there)
parrot
ببغاء
(A man went into a pet shop one day. “I’d like a parrot that talks”, he said)
sound
صوت - يبدو
(On Saturday morning Ravi called me and he sounded terrible “Oh Tess, I feel really bad.”)
belief
اعتقاد - معتقد
(he was also famous for his religious beliefs)
protest
يعترض - اعتراض - يحتج - احتجاج
(His message is universal – it’s a protest really. It’s about how human beings are all the same)
universal
عالمي
(His message is universal – it’s a protest really. It’s about how human beings are all the same)
Festival
مهرجان
(Every year, in May, Cheung Chau celebrates its Bun Festival)
celebrate
يحتفل
(Every year, in May, Cheung Chau celebrates its Bun Festival)
last
آخر - يدوم
(The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week)
roll
لفة - لفافة
(The buns are small, white, bread rolls and huge towers made of bamboo are covered in the sweet buns in the festival, which lasts for a week)
honour
شرف
(No-one knows exactly why the festival started but there is a procession to honour “Pak Tai – the sea god”)
procession
موكب
(No-one knows exactly why the festival started but there is a procession to honour “Pak Tai – the sea god”)
carry
يحمل
(In this procession, children in fantastic costumes are carried through the village)
costume
زي (مفرد أزياء)
(In this procession, children in fantastic costumes are carried through the village)
butcher
جزار
(The butcher’s shop is closed)
now and then
من وقت لآخر
(Oh come on Tess, everybody eats a Big Mac now and then)
character
شخصية
(Like when you read a book and you can’t imagine the character because you keep thinking of, say, Brad Pitt’s face)
effect
تأثير
(it takes months to read and with the film you get all the special effects and it looks fantastic – much more exciting than the books)
show
يعرض
(For example, if a film is set in Japan you get to see Japan. I’ve never been to Japan – I can’t imagine it! A film shows you more)
set
يدور - يضع (لها معاني كثيرة ينبغي مراجعتها)
(For example, if a film is set in Japan you get to see Japan. I’ve never been to Japan – I can’t imagine it! A film shows you more)
rear
مؤخرة
(The Quiet Coach is situated towards the front of the train. We would like to remind passengers that coach F, at the rear of the train, is the Quiet Coach)
rear
مؤخرة
(The Quiet Coach is situated towards the front of the train. We would like to remind passengers that coach F, at the rear of the train, is the Quiet Coach)
coach
مدرب - مركبة - عربة
(The Quiet Coach is situated towards the front of the train. We would like to remind passengers that coach F, at the rear of the train, is the Quiet Coach)
situated
يقع
(The Quiet Coach is situated towards the front of the train. We would like to remind passengers that coach F, at the rear of the train, is the Quiet Coach)
nearly
تقريبا
( I lost my bag, and then I nearly missed the train)
take out
يخرج
(you can take me out for lunch one day in Newcastle. You can pay for me)
worse
أسوأ
(the accommodations were awful, and the food was worse)
a little while
فترة قصيرة
(After a little while there’s a funny part in the film)
stripy
مخطط
(What’s a tabby again? Is that the stripy one?
That’s it – tabbies are the ones with sort of dark stripes – like a tiger. He’s really lovely)
tabby
قطة مرقطة - … مخططة
(What’s a tabby again? Is that the stripy one?
That’s it – tabbies are the ones with sort of dark stripes – like a tiger. He’s really lovely)
worked his way up
شق طريقه للأعلى
(Drogba played for a few years with small teams and worked his way up, through hard work)
trilogy
ثلاثية (من ثلاث مؤلفات)
(I dreamt of visiting the places Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, created. Hobbiton, Middle Earth, Mount Doom)
direct
مباشر - يخرج
(Peter Jackson, who directed the Lord of the Rings films, was born in Wellington)
role
دور
(People in New Zealand are proud of their country’s star role in the films)
tourist
سائح
(they are also happy at what Lord of the Rings has done to bring tourists to New Zealand)
poo
براز
(With dogs you’ve got to take them for walks all the time and all of that and you have to clean up their poo)
purr
يخرخر (صوت القطة)
(If you’re sitting on your sofa, right, it’s lovely when a cat comes and sits on you and purrs)
sofa
أريكة - كنبة
(If you’re sitting on your sofa, right, it’s lovely when a cat comes and sits on you and purrs)
unpack
يفك - يفرغ حقيبة
(I’m sure you want some time to unpack your stuff)
breed
يربي - يكاثر
(“I breed them” says the farmer)
traffic
مرور - حركة السير
(The underground was closed for some reason so I had to get a bus and of course the bus was absolutely packed because the underground was closed and the traffic was awful)
packed
مكتظ - مزدحم
(The underground was closed for some reason so I had to get a bus and of course the bus was absolutely packed because the underground was closed and the traffic was awful)
underground
مترو الأنفاق
(The underground was closed for some reason so I had to get a bus and of course the bus was absolutely packed because the underground was closed and the traffic was awful)
transport
نقل - ينقل
(I was nearly late but you know – I use public transport because I care about the planet and the environment)
public
عام
(I was nearly late but you know – I use public transport because I care about the planet and the environment)
licence
رخصة
(You use public transport because you haven’t got a driving licence)
law
قانون
(I’m a student. I study law)
painter
رسام
(which famous person, dead or alive would you like to meet?
Frida Kahlo, the painter)
injury
إصابة
(She had terrible injuries)
operation
عملية
(she had to have a lot of operations)
portrait
لوحة - صورة
(So she started painting pictures of herself – self portraits)
surrealist
سريالية
(Some people think that she was a surrealist, like Salvador Dali – that she painted dreams – but that isn’t true)
press
يضغط
(I’ll ask the questions and to answer you press any button on your phone and we’ll hear a buzzer)
continent
قارة
token
قسيمة
(Jodie wins this week’s LearnEnglish book token to buy any book you want)
glove
قفاز
(On a cold winter’s morning, with thick snow on the ground around us, I watched the magnificent golden eagle fly high into the sky above us before returning to the arm of the berkutchy and sit on his thick leather glove)
magnificent
عظيم
(On a cold winter’s morning, with thick snow on the ground around us, I watched the magnificent golden eagle fly high into the sky above us before returning to the arm of the berkutchy and sit on his thick leather glove)
snow
ثلج
(On a cold winter’s morning, with thick snow on the ground around us, I watched the magnificent golden eagle fly high into the sky above us before returning to the arm of the berkutchy and sit on his thick leather glove)
winter
شتاء
(On a cold winter’s morning, with thick snow on the ground around us, I watched the magnificent golden eagle fly high into the sky above us before returning to the arm of the berkutchy and sit on his thick leather glove)
border
حدود
(a major mountain range on the border with China)
range
يتراوح - سلسلة جبال
(a major mountain range on the border with China)
plain
سهل (ومعاني أخرى)
(great lakes and rivers, deserts and plains)
metal
معدن
(it also has oil – perhaps twenty per cent of the world’s supply – and many valuable metals can be found here)
supply
إمداد
(it also has oil – perhaps twenty per cent of the world’s supply – and many valuable metals can be found here)
thoroughly
كاملا - تماما
(Astana, is full of new buildings designed by famous international architects – a thoroughly modern city)
little known
غير معروف
(it is out here on the empty plains watching the golden eagle fly that you get a true feeling of this little known country)
bag
شنطة - كيس
(I always try to remember not to use plastic bags or recycle or whatever but I always forget)
can
يستطيع - علبة
(we recycle pretty much everything we can, you know, bottles, cans, newspapers and all that)
bottle
زجاجة
(we recycle pretty much everything we can, you know, bottles, cans, newspapers and all that)
short-haul
مسافة قصيرة
(I don’t take short-haul flights anymore – I used to fly down to London quite a lot – and of course I recycle and everything else I can)
factory
مصنع
(Look – there are factories all over the world putting out loads and loads of pollution every single day)
Society
مجتمع - جمعية
(Erm, hi. Erm. I’m not quite sure what the Conservation Society is. Can you tell me a bit about it?)
Conservation
حفظ أو صيانة البيئة
(Erm, hi. Erm. I’m not quite sure what the Conservation Society is. Can you tell me a bit about it?)
forest
غابة
(we do things to help the environment – sort of countryside management – you know, erm … looking after forests erm .. making the countryside better for animals and birds and things)
persuade
يقنع
(You’ve persuaded me)
spell
يتهجى
(Do you want me to spell it?)
booklet
كتيب
(I can send you our booklet)
pub
حانة
(We’re all going out to the pub this Thursday, if you want to come)
ring
خاتم - جرس - رنين - يرن - يطرق
(I’ll give you a ring and let you know where we’re going, if that’s OK?)
volleyball
الكرة الطائرة
(I was in the cycling society. And I used to play volleyball)
annoyed
منزعج - متضايق
(the butcher’s getting really annoyed)
nail
مسمار - ثبت في مكان - ظفر
(If you come back to this shop one more time I’m going to take a hammer, take some nails and I’m going to nail your ears to the floor! OK?”)
ear
أذن
(If you come back to this shop one more time I’m going to take a hammer, take some nails and I’m going to nail your ears to the floor! OK?”)
hammer
مطرقة
(If you come back to this shop one more time I’m going to take a hammer, take some nails and I’m going to nail your ears to the floor! OK?”)
wallet
محفظة
(You keep a picture of your family in your wallet? How sweet)
relation
علاقة - نسب
(we’ve still got relations living there)
economics
علم الاقتصاد
(he’s a professor of economics)
borrow
يستعير - يقترض
(She couldn’t borrow money from the bank because they didn’t believe that she would pay it back)
pay back
يرد الدين
(he lent them the money - and they all paid it back to him later)
lent
يُقرض
(he lent them the money - and they all paid it back to him later)
item
بند - غرض
(Can you tell me an item of clothing beginning with ‘S’)
hand
يد - يسلم - يساعد باليد
1- (at the end of the journey – they just handed over the correct amount of money and walked away)
2- (You can give me a hand with the drinks. OK)
meter
متر - عداد
(there was no meter in the car to say how much and they didn’t ask ‘how much?’ at the end of the journey – they just handed over the correct amount of money and walked away)
shrug
يهز كتفيه - يرفع الكتفين
(A shrug of the shoulders, “We just know.” 🤷♂️)
payment
الدفع - القسط
(Gradually, over the years, I have started to understand the payment system in Cairo taxis)
Gradually
تدريجيا
(Gradually, over the years, I have started to understand the payment system in Cairo taxis)
calculator
حاسبة
(My Egyptian friends can make all the calculations and know exactly how much to pay without a word being spoken)
Mind
عقل - يذكر - يحذر - يعارض
(Mind you, it’s really bad for the planet)
satisfaction
الرضا
(I think it’s the satisfaction of getting around by your own effort)
terrify
terrified
يرهب - يروع
مرعوب - مذعور
(I’ll tell you what isn’t the best way to travel. Flying. I hate it. I’m terrified)
cold
بارد - زكام
(You say I’ve got a cold – a bad cold)
Cake
كعكة - أبله
(What a stupid mistake! It’s because I’m ill – my head feels like it’s full of, I don’t know, ….. cake)
chemist
كيميائي - صيدلي
(And you can go to the chemist’s and get yourself something to take)
allergies
حساسية
(It’s a cold. I don’t have any allergies, at least I don’t think so)
temperature
درجة حرارة - درجة حرارة الجسم
(Have you got a temperature?)
fever
حمى - حرارة
(You mean a fever? Yes, yes, I think so, my face is hot but my body feels cold)
column
عمود
(A dog goes to put an advert in a newspaper. In the lonely hearts column, you know)
advert
إعلان - يعلن
(A dog goes to put an advert in a newspaper. In the lonely hearts column, you know)
confused
مشوش - مرتبك - متحير
(The man looks really confused)
sense
معنى - مغزى
(That wouldn’t make any sense at all”)