رحلة ALC

الدرس 2 · 33 كلمة

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amusement

أمْيوزْمِنْت

تسلية/لهو

رسم توضيحي لكلمة amusement
اسم

entertainment

Watching funny movies is a kind of amusement.

assume

أسْيوم

يفترض/يتوهم/يتصنع/يتولى/يتخذ

فعل

to suppose; perform/begin to use

Do not assume that he knows the answer.

author

أُوثَر

مؤلف/أديب/كاتب

رسم توضيحي لكلمة author
اسم

a person who writes books

Taha Hussein is a famous Arab author.

be charged with

يتهم ب/يضن ب

تعبير

to be accused of

He was charged with driving too fast.

be up on

يلم ب/يحسن الاطلاع/يعلم ب

فعل

to be well informed about

He is up on the latest technology.

break/broke/broken

يتعطل/يتقطع/يفصل

فعل

to interrupt in (on)

Please do not break in on our conversation.

cartoon

كارتون

رسوم متحركة/رسوم كرتونية

رسم توضيحي لكلمة cartoon
اسم

a humorous drawing

Many newspapers have cartoons about politics.

chapter

تْشابْتَر

فصل من كتاب

اسم

a division of a book

Joe stopped reading when he finished Chapter 40 of his book.

chip in

تِشِبْ إن

يساهم

رسم توضيحي لكلمة chip in
فعل

to contribute

Everyone will chip in to buy the gift.

column

ْكُولُم

عمود في صفحة/حقل من جريدة

رسم توضيحي لكلمة column
اسم

a vertical arrangement of items

This vocabulary sheet has two columns - one for the words and another for the definitions and examples.

come/came/come across

كَم أكْروس

التق ب/انكشف/التق ب

فعل

to find or discover

Fatima came across some old photographs of her parents while she was cleaning the room.

come/came/come up with

كَم أب وَذ

اقدم/خطر بالبال/اقدم

فعل

to think of

Ali thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with the answer.

comics

كومِكْس

رسوم هزليّة

اسم

comic strips

American newspapers have comics on Sunday mornings.

editor

ْإيدِيتُر

رئيس التّحرير

رسم توضيحي لكلمة editor
اسم

supervisor in a newspaper

The editor decides which stories to print in the newspaper.

editorial

إدِيتُورْيَل

مقالة افتتاحيّة

اسم

an article giving opinion of an editor

Jassim read an editorial about Bush’s failed policies in Iraq.

emphasis

ْإمْفِيسِس

تأكيد

اسم

stress

This symbol (!) is used for emphasis at the end of a sentence.

emphasize

شدّد

رسم توضيحي لكلمة emphasize
فعل

to stress

The general emphasizes his messages by shouting.

governor

ْقَفِرْنُر

حاكم

اسم

political head of a state

Arnold is the governor of California.Each of the 50 states has only one governor.

handicap

هانْدِيكاب

عقبة

اسم

disadvantage; physical distortion

The blind man overcame his handicap and became a great singer.

hardship

هاردْشِيب

ضيق

اسم

anything causing suffering

Miriam’s parents died when she was young, but this hardship didn’t stop her from going to college.

legislature

لَجِسْلَيتْشَر

هيئة تشريعية

رسم توضيحي لكلمة legislature
اسم

a lawmaking group

The legislature of Texas creates new laws every year.

objective

أوبْجِيكْتِف

موضوعيّ

صفة

fair

A jury must be objective to make a fair decision in court.

oppose

أبُوز

عارض

رسم توضيحي لكلمة oppose
فعل

to be against

The Palestinians oppose the building of a wall by the Israelis.

-ous

لاحقة تحويل الاسم إلى صفة (-ous)

لاحقة

noun + -ous = adj.

Add -ous to danger to make the adjective dangerous.

publish

ْبَبْلِش

نشر

رسم توضيحي لكلمة publish
فعل

print for public

The DLI publishes the books we use.

put/put/put across

بٌتْ أكْروس

أوضح/أدّى بنجاح/أوضح

فعل

to make clear or understandable

Teachers try to put across new grammar to their students.

resign

رِيزَايِن

تنازل عن

رسم توضيحي لكلمة resign
فعل

to leave a job, position

Saleh resigned from his job after 20 years. Now he travels a lot.

sort

سورْت

نوع

اسم

a type or kind

What sort of music do you like?

strange

إسْتِرَينْج

غريب

صفة

unusual

Yusef had a strange dream about an animal with two heads.

stress

أكّد

فعل

to point out importance

He has a lot of stress at work because his job is difficult.

subscribe

سِبِسْكْرَايِب

اشترك في

رسم توضيحي لكلمة subscribe
فعل

to order and pay for newspaper

He wants to subscribe to that newspaper.

think/thought/thought up

ثِنْك أب

يبتكر/فكرة/المبتكرة

فعل

to invent or create

The general thought up a plan to surprise the enemy.

viewpoint

فِيوبُويِنْت

وجهة نظر

اسم

an opinion or attitude

At the United Nations, everyone can express their viewpoint.