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abandon

How could she abandon her own child?



We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.


تخلى ، تنازل عن ، وهجر ، وأقلع عن

abandoned

The game had to be abandoned due to bad weather.



Rescuers had abandoned all hope of finding any more survivors.

مهجور، ومهمل ، ومنبوذ

abnormal

abnormal behaviour


an abnormal level of cholesterol


My parents thought it was abnormal for a boy to be interested in ballet.


—abnormally adverb


an abnormally high pulse rate

غير طبيعي، وشاذ مختل العقل

ability

the ability to walk


The health center serves all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.


قدرة، وكفاءة، وقوة، وطاقة

able

be able to do something



clever or good at doing something:



one of my more able students


قادر ، ومؤهل ، وبارع

about

a book about politics


She said something about leaving town.


I’m really worried about Jack.


We spent the whole afternoon walking about town.


What I like about the job is that it’s never boring

عن ، حول، بشأن


حوالي، تقريبا

above

Our office is above the hairdresser’s.



He had a bruise just above his left eye.


I heard a strange noise coming from the room above.


50 metres above sea level


free medical care for pensioners aged 65 and above

فوق ، أعلى ، آنفا


أسمى من

abroad

I’ve never lived abroad before.


She often goes abroad on business.


We never travelled abroad when we were kids.


A lot of goods are imported from abroad.


The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad.


There were rumours abroad that she was planning to resign

في الخارج


خارج البلاد


في كل الاتجاهات


فوق مساحة واسعة

absence

in/during somebody’s absence


Ms Leighton will be in charge during my absence (=while I am away).


absence from


Her work involved repeated absences from home.


a complete absence of any kind of planning


In the absence of any evidence, the police had to let Myers go.

غياب


انعدام وفقدان


شرود وذهول

absolute

I have absolute confidence in her.


We don’t know with absolute certainty that the project will succeed.


Some of the stuff on TV is absolute rubbish.


How did you do that? You’re an absolute genius.


We need absolute proof that he took the money.

مطلق


كامل


ثابت وغير نسبي


استبدادي


أساسي

absolutely

He made his reasons for resigning absolutely clear.


Are you absolutely sure?


This cake is absolutely delicious.


The burglars took absolutely everything.


Jim knew absolutely nothing about the business when he joined the firm.

إطلاقا


قطعا


كليا


على نحو جازم


من غير ريب


بكل ما في الكلمة من معنى

absorb

Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.


Water and salts are absorbed into our bloodstream.


Her capacity to absorb information is amazing.


The movement and noise of the machines absorbed him complete


Judith lay on the settee, absorbed in her book.


We were soon absorbed into local village life.

يمتص


يستوعب


يستغرق

abstract

the ability to translate abstract ideas into words


By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.


the abstract nature of beauty

نبذة مختصرة


تجريدي


ملخص


مجرد


نظري غير تطبيقي


وقد تكون فعلا: بمعنى لخّص أو أزال.

abstraction

He’s always talking in abstractions.


She rocked the baby gently, gazing in abstraction at the flickering fire.

فكرة تجريدية أو غامضة


إزالة


في ذهول أو شرود ذهن

abuse

several cases of child abuse


physical/sexual/racial abuse


Many children suffer racial abuse at school.


government officials’ abuse of power


The other driver started hurling abuse at me.

تعسف واستغلال وسوء استعمال


مساوئ وعيوب


يستغل ويظلم

academic

He possessed no academic qualifications.


a program to raise academic standards


the study of art as an academic discipline


He’s not very academic.

أكاديمي وجامعي


نظري غير عملي

academy

the American Academy of Arts and Letters


a military academy


the Royal Academy of Music

الأكاديمية والجامعة ومعهد التدريس

accept

Rick accepted her offer of coffee.


He accepted the invitation to stay with us.


Please accept this small gift.


He accepted a glass of water from Helen.

قبل، رضي ، وافق

acceptable

an agreement which is acceptable to all sides


Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.


It is not socially acceptable for parents to leave children unattended at that age.


Alcohol is not an acceptable way out of your problems

مقبول، متعارف ، ملائم

access

Access to the papers is restricted to senior management.


Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.


We’re trying to improve access for disabled visitors.


access to


a villa with easy access to the sea


Access is by means of a small door on the right.

التمكن من ، الوصول


منفذ ومدخل


الإذن بالدخول

accessible


The island is only accessible by boat.


There is a church which is easily accessible from my home.


the need for a health service that is accessible to all


He wants his music to be accessible to everyone.


I think that you’ll find she’s very accessible.

سهل المنال


يمكن الوصول إليه


منفتح

accident

Over 70,000 people are seriously injured every year in road accidents.


The accident happened at the junction of Forest Road and Pine Walk.


a train accident


Ken had an accident at work and had to go to hospital.


I’m sorry about breaking the vase – it was an accident (=I did not intend to do it).


a climbing/skiing/hunting etc accident


My third baby was an accident.


I had a slight accident with your coffee.

حادث وحادثة


صدفة ومصادفة


عرض وصفة غير جوهرية

accommodate

He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.


The ballroom can accommodate 400 people.


The island was used to accommodate child refugees.


We’ve made every effort to accommodate your point of view.


Her eyes took a while to accommodate to the darkness.


كيَّف، وفَّق، لاءم


زوَّد وجهَّز


استضاف

accommodation

The price for the holiday includes flights and accommodation.


living accommodations for the crews


travel and hotel accommodations


rented accommodation


We reached an accommodation between both parties.

تكييف وتوفيق


تسوية الخلافات


كل ما يؤمن الراحة


وسائل الراحة والتسلية

accompaniment

He plays folk music with guitar accompaniment.


to the accompaniment of something


A group of children danced around to the accompaniment of drums and piano.


2 [countable] something that is provided or used with something else


White wine makes an excellent accompaniment to fish.

مرافقة ومصاحبة


المتمم شيء ثانوي يضاف بغية التكميل

accompany

Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.


Wherever her husband went, she would accompany him.

رافق وصاحب ولازم


صاح وصرخ

according to

According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.


You will be paid according to the amount of work you do.


Everything went according to plan, and we arrived on ti

بالنسبة إلى


وفق ، بحسب ، وفقا لكذا

account

He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.


Chomsky’s account of how children learn their first language


Eye-witness accounts told of the unprovoked shooting of civilians.


This gives a first-hand account of the war.


My salary is paid into my bank account.


I’ve opened an account with Barclay’s Bank.

حساب ، وقيمة ، وسبب ، وأهمية


علل، وقدم بيانا عن ، واعتبر

accumulate

It is unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate wealth.


Fat tends to accumulate around the hips and thighs.


the accumulation of data

تراكم، تكدس


جمع ، وكدس

accuracy

He passes the ball with unerring accuracy.


worries about the accuracy of government statistics

صحة، ودقة، وضبط ، وصياغة

accurate

The brochure tries to give a fair and accurate description of each hotel.


Police believe Derek gave a reasonably accurate account of what happened.


The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate


It is difficult to get accurate figures on population numbers.


The cutter is accurate to within ½ a millimetre.


an accurate shot


accurate bowling

دقيق، وصحيح، ومضبوط ، ومتقن

accuse

He was accused of murder.


Smith accused her of lying.


The professor stands accused of (=has been accused of) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them.

اتَّهم، وَجَّه تهمة

achieve

She eventually achieved her goal of becoming a professor.


Wilson has achieved considerable success as an artist.


Frances achieved very good exam results.

حقق، وأنجز، وأحرز ، ونجح، وأتم، واكتسب

achievement

We try to celebrate the achievements of our students.


His great achievement is to make all the players into a united team.


The test measures children’s achievements in reading, spelling, and maths.


Roberts is researching the effect of social class on educational achievement.


As we climbed the final few metres, we felt a sense of achievement.

الإنجاز، والأثر العظيم

acid

sulphuric acid


a juicy apple with a slightly acid flavour


Blueberry bushes need a very acid soil.

حامض، وحاد، وقارص ، ولاذع

acknowledge

The family acknowledge the need for change.


acknowledge that


He acknowledges that when he’s tired he gets bad-tempered.


Claire acknowledged that she was guilty.


The government must acknowledge what is happening and do something about it.


‘Maybe you are right, ’ she acknowledged.


This is a fact that most smokers readily acknowledge.


The Brazilian coach acknowledged the talent of his players.


Both defendants refused to acknowledge the authority of the court.


We wish to acknowledge the support of the university.


Tom acknowledged her presence by a brief glance.


I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter

اعترف، عبر عن شكره لفلان، سلَّم بصحة شيء

acknowledgment

We want an acknowledgement of the existence of the problem.


acknowledgement that


The reduction in their grant is an acknowledgement that they have been paid too much.


Basil nodded an acknowledgement as he entered the room.


He gave her a faint smile of acknowledgement.

اعتراف، إقرار، تسليم بصحة شيء، شكر، إشعار باستلام رسالة

acquire

Manning hoped to acquire valuable works of art as cheaply as possible.


The council acquired the land using a compulsory purchase order.


The college acquired a reputation for very high standards.


He spent years acquiring his skills as a surgeon.


Elsie acquired a good knowledge of Chinese.

يمتلك ، يكتسب، يحرز

acquisition

the acquisition of language


the acquisition of new sites for development


The Art Society is holding an exhibition of recent acquisitions.

اكتساب، شيء مكتسب

across

the first flight across the Atlantic


They ran straight across the road (=without stopping).


We’ll have to swim across.


We’d got halfway across before Philip realized he’d left his money at home.


We gazed across the valley.


He walked across to where I was sitting.


Do you think this shirt is too tight across the shoulders?


the woman sitting across from me (=opposite me) on the train

عبر، من جانب إلى آخر، فوق ، على، بالعرض

act

The new president’s first act should be to end the war.


a thoughtless act


act of (doing) something


an act of violence


her many acts of kindness


The act of writing a list can help to calm you down.


Lindsay paused in the act of putting down the phone.


the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977


an act of Parliament


Mike played the loving husband in front of the children but it was all an act.


Be natural. Don’t feel you have to put on an act.


the beginning of Act 3


The argument was just part of their act.

عمل، فعل ، صنيع ، مرسوم، فصل من مسرحية.


يعمل ، يفعل، يتصرف بطريقة تتلاءم مع ، يتظاهر ، يمثل دور ، ينوب مناب،يسد مسد

action

The government must take action (=do something) now to stop the rise in violent crime.


Her prompt actions probably saved my life.


The child could not be held responsible for his actions (=he was too young to be blamed for them).


The chief of police tried to justify his actions.


His father was killed in action in Vietnam.


They are threatening to take legal action against the hospital

عمل، فعل، نشاط، تصرف، سلوك، تأثير، أثر


دعوى قضية أمام المحاكم


معركة


تغوط، تبرز