Book 4 - Vocabulary Unit 8

Front 1

acquire

Back 1

يكتسب

verb

Hint 1

to learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality)

Front 2

adapt (to)

Back 2

يتأقلم

verb

Hint 2

to change your behavior or ideas to fit a new situation

Front 3

adopt

Back 3

تبني

verb

Hint 3

to choose to take as one’s own

Front 4

ancestors

Back 4

الأسلاف "الأجداد الأوائل"

noun

Hint 4

members of your family who lived a long time ago

Front 5

bilingual

Back 5

ثنائي اللغة

adj

Hint 5

speaking two languages

Front 6

come up with

Back 6

يبتكر "يقترح شيء ما"

verb

Hint 6

to create, to think of (something)

Front 7

connected

Back 7

متصل - مرتبط

adj

Hint 7

having a link between two or more things or people

Front 8

convince

Back 8

إقناع

verb

Hint 8

to make someone do or believe something

Front 9

a custom

Back 9

أعراف

noun

Hint 9

habits or traditions of a society

Front 10

destroy

Back 10

هدم - تدمير

verb

Hint 10

to damage something so badly that it cannot be fixed

Front 11

disappear

Back 11

تختفي

verb

Hint 11

to stop being used; to cease to exist

Front 12

dominant

Back 12

مهين

adj

Hint 12

strong

Front 13

doubt

Back 13

شك

verb - noun

Hint 13

to feel uncertain about something

Front 14

endangered

Back 14

مهدد بالخطر

adj

Hint 14

at risk of disappearing, might die soon

Front 15

eventually

Back 15

في النهايه

adv

Hint 15

at some time later; in the end

Front 16

expect

Back 16

توقع

verb

Hint 16

to think that something is likely or to hope that something will happen

Front 17

extinct

Back 17

منقرض

adj

Hint 17

no longer used or existing

Front 18

fluent

Back 18

بطلاقة

adj

Hint 18

speaking or writing very well in an easy, smooth way

Front 19

a generation

Back 19

جيل

noun

Hint 19

all the people who are about the same age

Front 20

get together

Back 20

التقى - اجتمع

verb

Front 21

integrate

Back 21

يندمج

verb

Hint 21

to become accepted as a member of a social group, especially when they come from a different culture

Front 22

linguists

Back 22

اللغويين "علماء اللغه"

noun

Hint 22

people who study the science of language

Front 23

make an effort

Back 23

يبذل جهد

verb

Hint 23

to try to do something; to work towards a goal

Front 24

mother tongue

Back 24

اللغة الأم

noun

Hint 24

native language

Front 25

native (language)

Back 25

اللغة الاصلية

adj

Hint 25

belongs to the place of one’s birth

Front 26

nomadic

Back 26

رحال - بدوي

adj

Hint 26

traveling from place to place

Front 27

an official language

Back 27

اللغة الرسمية

noun

Hint 27

a language approved by the government of a country and taught in schools

Front 28

pass (something) down

Back 28

يتوارث

verb

Hint 28

to give or teach something to younger people

Front 29

a policy

Back 29

سياسة

noun

Hint 29

an official way of doing something that was decided by a government or organization

Front 30

powerful

Back 30

قوي

adj

Hint 30

strong

Front 31

preserve

Back 31

يُحافظ

verb

Hint 31

to save

Front 32

protest

Back 32

احتجاج

verb

Hint 32

to say or do something to show that you disagree with something, especially publicly

Front 33

replace

Back 33

يحل محل - استبدال

verb

Hint 33

to be used instead of something; to change for something else

Front 34

roots

Back 34

جذور

noun

Hint 34

the beginning or origin of something; the connection with a place

Front 35

settle

Back 35

استقر - تسويه

verb

Hint 35

to stay for a short time, to stop moving

Front 36

stand up to

Back 36

الوقوف في وجه

verb

Hint 36

to not accept bad treatment from someone without complaining or fighting against them

Front 37

survive

Back 37

ينجو

verb

Hint 37

to continue to live in spite of difficulties or illness

Front 38

take over

Back 38

يتولى

verb

Hint 38

to gain control of something

Front 39

unique

Back 39

فريد

adj

Hint 39

unusual, the only one of its type

Front 40

urgent

Back 40

مستعجل

adj

Hint 40

requiring immediate action or attention