عبارات

Question 1

على سَبِيل المِثال (مثلاً)

Answer 1

for example

Question 2

بين نارين

Answer 2

when someone is caught between two problems

Question 3

العِلْمُ نُورٌ والجَهلُ عَارٌ

Answer 3

knowledge is light, ignorance is shame

Question 4

في المقابل

Answer 4

on the other hand, in the opposite

Question 5

مليء بـِ، ج. ملأى

Answer 5

full of

Question 6

يُوَاريهَا التُّرَابَ

Answer 6

to bury s.o.

Question 7

لعلَّ + (ه / ها…)

Answer 7

maybe

Question 8

تَجْدُرُ الإشارةُ الى أنّ… / يَجْدُرُ بالذِكْرِ أنّ

Answer 8

it is worth pointing out that / it is worth mentioning that

Question 9

ما يحلو لك

Answer 9

what / which is sweet for you (whatever you like / wish)

Question 10

صَمَتَ دَهْراً وَنَطَقَ كُفْراً

Answer 10

to speak after a long silence only to say something stupid

Question 11

ومن الراجح جداً

Answer 11

it is very likely

Question 12

أَبذُلُ كُلّمَا فِي وُسعِي

Answer 12

I have done everything I can

expression

Question 13

كلُ ممنوعٍ مَرغوب

Answer 13

All that is forbidden is desired

Question 14

نظراً لـ

نظرا لما وصل إليه الإبداع الفكري الإنساني

Answer 14

due to…

due to what human intellectual creativity has reached

Question 15

تماشياً مع

تماشياً مع القانون الدولي المقارن

Answer 15

in line with

Question 16

على لِسان

Answer 16

as related by…

Question 17

نَزَلَ عند طَلَبِها

Answer 17

to come to a decision

Question 18

مَنْ حَفَرَ حُفْرَةً لِأَخِيهِ وَقَعَ فِيهَا

Answer 18

what goes around comes around

Who bores a hole for his brother will end up in that hole

karma

Question 19

خَيْرُ الكَلَامِ ما قَلَّ ودَلَّ

Answer 19

the best words are short and clear

Question 20

تبقى الحكمةُ الإنسانيّةُ واحدةً مهما اختلفتِ الأَلْسُن

Answer 20

Human wisdom remains the same no matter how different the tongues are

Question 21

ناهيك عن

Answer 21

apart from…

Question 22

اِبْتَسَمَ لَهُ الخظُّ

ابتسم لها الخظّ بعد أن حصلت على منحة دراسية

كان الخظّ يبتمس لعا لأنها كانت لطيفاً مع الناس

Answer 22

fortune smiles on someone

Good fortune smiled on her after she was granted a scholarship

Good fortune was smiling upon her because she was nice to people

Question 23

أَبَدُ الدَّهْرِ

“ومن يَتهيّب صعودَ الجبال… يعِشْ أبد الدهر بين الحٌفر”

أبو القاسم الشابي

Answer 23

Eternally; forever; for all eternity.

He who doesn’t dare to climb the mnts should live 4ever amng the hollows

Lit.: He who dreads climbing the mountains, lives eternally in the pits

Question 24

اجْتَمَعَتْ كَلِمَةُ

لقد اجتمعت كلمة الإعلام ضد

يهمّني أن تجتمع كلمتهم تحت القيادة كي

Answer 24

to join forces; unite; come together; have consensus upon; do something common

The media have come together against…

It is important for me that they should unite under the leadership in order to…

Question 25

أخيراً ولَيْس آخِراً

Answer 25

Last but not least

Question 26

‫بَحَثَ عن شَيْءٍ حتّى داخَ رَأْسُهُ

Answer 26

to search/hunt high and low for something

Question 27

في ما يَتَعلَّقُ بـِ

Answer 27

concerning, w/ respect to

Question 28

يَرْجِعُ الفَضْلُ في ذلِك إلَيْ(كَِ، ي، نا)

Answer 28

(sb) deserve(s) all credit for this

Question 29

الفَضْلُ في ذلك يَرْجِعُ لـِ

Answer 29

(sb) deserve(s) all credit for this

Question 30

مدار عام كامل

Answer 30

over the course of a year

Question 31

في سبيل، من أجل

Answer 31

for the sake of

Question 32

كَيْ

جاء كي يساعدك / منح الكلام إلينا كي نستطيع التعبير عن أنفسنا

Answer 32

so that, in order that, (in order) to

He came to help you / He gave us speach so that we can express ourselves

منح = granted but space required “gave”

Question 33

عما (عن + ما)

نستطيع التعبير عما يدور في خواطرنا من أفكار ومشاعر

بدون عما = نستطيع التعبير عن الأفكار و المشاعر التي تدورها في خواطرنا

Answer 33

about + what

We can express the thoughts and emotions that are circling in our minds.

Different construction without the vocab word, same meaning.

Question 34

على العُمومِ

عند تغيير الموضوع، أو العودة إلى الموضوع الرئيسي بعد التفرع

كان الاجتماع طويلاً ومملاً. على العموم، يجب أن نركز على خطة العمل الآن

Answer 34

anyway, in any case

(when changing topics, or returning to the main topic after digressing)

The meeting was long and boring. Anyway, we should focus on the action plan now.

Question 35

هل ينقصك شيء؟

Answer 35

Do you need anything?

Lit.: Is there anything you lack?

Question 36

على التوالي

لليومِ الثالثِ على التَوالي

Answer 36

one after another, successively, in a row

for the third day in a row

Question 37

على الرحب والسعة

Answer 37

I’m all yours, by all means

Question 38

لاحَ في الأُفُقِ

ذكرت هيئة البث الإسرائيلية أنه لا توجد صفقة تلوح في الأفق

Note: ـه is used here to introduce the new clause and is referring to the idea of a clause.

Answer 38

to loom on the horizon

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority mentioned that…

… there is no deal on the horizon.