to know by sight
= (to recognize somebody without knowing him / her well)
يعرف بالشكل فقط
I have never met Mr. Black; I just know him by sight.
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to lay off
= (to dismiss temporarily)
يطرح مؤقتاً ، يستغني عن خدمات
During this season of the year they often lay off many workers at that plant.
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to leave out
= (to omit)
يحذف ، يترك
Why did you leave out the second question on your examination ?
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to let alone
= (not to mention)
ناهيك عن
He doesn’t even speak his own 4040404040404040 well let alone French.
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to let up
= (to slacken, lessen in intensity)
ينتقص ، يتباطئ ، يتوقف
It has rained for three days without letting up.
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to lie down
= (to recline, take a lying position)
يستلقي في فراشه ليستريح برهة
I am going to lie down for a while.
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little by little
= (gradually, slowly)
تدريجيا
If you study regularly every day, little by little, your vocabulary will increase.
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to live up to
= (to reach or maintain a certain high standard, to be as good as expected)
يحقق الآمال المعقودة عليه
Mac never lives up to the promise he makes.
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to look after
= (to take care of, care for)
يعتني بـ
Who looks after the office while you are away ?
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to look at
= (to direct the eyes towards, watch)
ينظر إلى
I was looking at him when he was laughing.
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to look down on ((upon))
= (despise, scorn)
يستصغر ، يزدري
She looked down on that silly fellow
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to look forward to
= (to expect with pleasure or anticipation)
يتطلع إلى
I look forward to hearing from my friends.
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to look into
= (to investigate, examine carefully)
يتفحص
The judge looked into that evidence thoroughly.
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to look out
= (to be careful)
ينتبه
Look out ! You are about to make an accident!
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to look over
= (to review, examine again)
يراجع
Please, look over your papers before handing them to me.
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to look up a word
= (to search for it, especially in a dictionary)
يبحث عن
If you don’t know the meaning of any word, look it up a dictionary.
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to look somebody up
= (to admire, respect highly)
يعجب ، يحترم
When she first saw him, she looked him up.
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to make believe
= (to pretend)
يدعي ، يتظاهر
The student made believe that he was sick so that he would not have to go to school.
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to make clear
= ( to explain, clarify)
يوضح
The teacher made clear my mistake.
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to make friends
= (to win or gain friends)
يصادق
Are you very good at making friends ?
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to make fun of
= ( to laugh at, cause others to laugh at, joke)
يسخر من
Never try to make fun of others.
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to make no difference
= (to be equal importance)
لا بأس
Does it make any difference to you if I drive your car ?
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to make over
= (to alter and make like new, — said particularly of clothes.)
يجدد ، يعدل ثوبا
I want to have this old coat made over.
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to make out
= (to do, succeed)
ينجح
How do you make out in computer ?
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to make room for
= (to create space for, accommodate)
يفسح المجال
We can easily make room for one more at this table.
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to make sense
= (to be sensible, reasonable, be possible to understand)
يفهم ، يحمل معنى واضحا
What you say does not make sense to me at all.
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to make sure
= (to be sure, become sure)
يتأكد ، يتحقق من
The inspector suddenly appeared to make sure that the suspect were present.
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to make one’s mind
= (to decide, determine)
يقرر
Before going to any college, make up your mind what to study.
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to mix up
= (to confuse)
يشوش الذهن
Instead of helping me, his explanation only mixed me up.
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never mind
= (do not mind, do not pay attention to)
لا يهم
Never mind, I’ll clean the carpet.
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no matter how
= (regardless)
بغض النظر عن
No matter how much you study, I consider you lazy.
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off and up
= (irregularly)
بشكل غير منتظم
He comes here off and up to see my grandfather.—————-
once and for all
= ( in a final manner, definitively)
مرة والى الأبد ، نهائياً وعلى نحو حاسم
I told him once and for all I wouldn’t smoke.
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on purpose
= (purposely, intentionally, not by accident)
عمداً
I came a bit early on purpose.
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on the whole
= (in general, generally, but not true in every case)
إجمالا
On the whole, I enjoy the internet very much.
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out of order
= (not in working condition, used about machines)
معطل ، غير شغال
This telephone is out of order today.
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over and over
= (repeatedly)
تكراراً
In order to get good English, you have to write a composition over and over.
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to pay attention to-
= (to give attention to , place importance upon)
ينتبه إلى
While the speaker was speaking, every one was paying attention to him.
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to pay no attention to
= (to give no attention to)
لا ينتبه إلى
All of us paid no attention to the lecturer because he was fooling around the subject.
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to pick out
= (to select, choose or recognize somebody or something from a number of people or things)
ينتقي من مجموعة
I finally picked out this color to paint my house.
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to pick up
= (to collect)
يلتقط ، يرفع
Can you please pick up my pencil?
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to play tricks on
= (to make someone the victim of a trick or joke)
يسخر من
I told him not to play tricks on anybody, but he never listened.
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to put an end to
= ( to cause to and, terminate in a definite manner)
ينهي
You must put an end to that kind of gossip.
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to put aside
= (to store, set aside)
يحفظ ، يخبئ
The mother told her child to put his toys aside.
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to put down
= (to suppress)
يقمع ، يكبح
The troops easily put down the rebellion.
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to put off
= (to postpone, delay)
يرجئ ، يؤجل
The meeting was put off until next week.
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to put on
= (to wear, to place oneself –said particularly of clothes.)
يرتدي ، يلبس
It is too hot ; so don’t put your coat on.
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to put out
= (to stop burning, extinguish)
يطفئ
Will you please put out the fire ?
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to put together
= (to assemble)
يجمع
Did you put these books together ?
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to put up
= (to raise, construct, erect)
يبني ، يشيد ، ينصب
They are tearing down that old building in order to put up a new one.
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