منتديات الشروق أونلاين - المدخل إلى الكلمات ذات المعاني المتعددة

Introduction to multi-meaning words
المدخل إلى الكلمات ذات المعاني المتعددة
إعداد وترجمة / قحطـان فؤاد الخطيب العراق
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1- chance
She has no chance of success in the game. أمكانية
Give the student another chance to do his homework. فرصة
It chanced that he came here when I was about to leave. صادف
2- change
Don’t change your mind about the deal . يغير
We must make a change in the plan. تغير
Give me change for a pound please. صرف
3- delay
There was no reason for the delay. تأخير
My work delayed me for college. يؤخر
4- desert
He went to California and deserted his family. يترك
Camels live in a desert . صحراء
5- desire
All boys desire to pass the examination. يرغب
She has a strong desire to play tennis. رغبة
6- doubt
I have no doubt that she will succeed in the test. شك
You can’t doubt the truth of such a story. يشك
7- draw
Draw the map of England on the blackboard. يرسم
Draw the curtains across the windows please. يفتح أو يغلق الستائر
The horse is drawing the cart now. يسحب
8- dress
She dressed quickly and left. يلبس
It cost him much to dress his wound. يضمد
The young girl doesn’t care much about dresses . ثوب
9- drop
There are few drops of water in the glass. قطرة
There is a sudden drop in oil prices . هبوط في الأسعار
Drop this letter in the pillar-box . يبعث رسالة عن طريق صندوق البريد
The parachutists dropped safely on the ground. يهبط من الجو
10- dull
Unfortunately, this worker is dull. بليد ، غبي ، متبلد الحس
This is a dull story. مملة
It was dull weather yesterday . معتم ، قاتم ، غائم
11- either
I don’t want either of the books now. أي منهما
Take either this pen or that one please. إما ...... أو

12- engage
Helen was engaged in conversation . يشترك
David’s line is engaged now. مشغول
Mary is engaged to Martin. مخطوبة
13- face
The eyes and nose are parts of the face. وجه
Clean the face of your watch . وجه الشيء
At last the two brothers met face to face . وجها لوجه
The window faces the street . يواجه
The young boy is faced with a difficult decision . يجابه
14- fair
I must give him a fair share of the apple . عادل
Her knowledge of English is fair . متوسط
It is fair weather today. معتدل
It is good to go to the fair at night every Sunday . مدينة الملاهي
We shall visit the fair to see the new products. المعرض
15- fall
If you do not help him, he will fall down the wall . يسقط أرضا
We have had a very heavy fall of rain yesterday. سقوط المطر أو الثلج
His hasty fall from the horse caused his death . سقوط أرضا
16- fear
They were filled with fear . خوف
These patients don’t fear to die . يخاف
I fear that he will not pass the examination . يخشى ، يتوجس
He can’t travel at night for fear of darkness. خوفا من
17- fine
The defendant did not pay the fine, therefore he went to jail غرامة
The weather is fine today. صحو
I had a fine time on the beach . لطيف
It is fine silk to buy . ممتاز
The string is not fine ; it is thick . رقيق
18- fire
Thirty firemen struggled for twenty hours to put out the fire. الحريق
They fired their guns at the wolf l. يطلق النار
He was fired for always being absent. طرد من العمل
The house is on fire . يحترق
19- fly
Flies are harmful insects . الذباب
Birds fly . يطير
He will fly from Sweden to Hong Kong. يسافر بالطائرة
20- for
I have been reading English for five hours. لمدة
He was punished for stealing. بسبب
As for his contract, he will renew it tomorrow. بالنسبة إلى
21- guide
We need a guide to show us the way. دليل
This booklet is a guide to letter-writing . مرشد
A boy guided that blind man . يقود
22- hand
Show me your left hand . يد
Please hand me that box . ناولني
The hour hand of my watch was broken . عقرب الساعة
The TOEFL test is at hand . في متناول اليد
They walked hand in hand . يدا بيد
23- handle
I carried the bucket by the handle. مقبض
We must not handle things with dirty hands. يلمس
We must know how to handle this problem. يعالج
24- hardly
I can hardly hear you. بصعوبة
He hardly ever goes to cinema. قلما
25- influence
What is the influence of smoking on the expectant? تأثير
The cold weather influences some crops . يؤثر
26- join
I want to join the University of Miami for my doctorate. يلتحق
The two streams join up and form a river. يلتقي
27- judge
Mr. Brown is a just judge . قاض
I can’t judge whether they are right or wrong . يحكم
28- just
It is just twelve o'clock. Please switch the light off. تماما
I just want to tell you something. مجرد
The rain has just stopped. تواً
29- kind
We have several kinds of fruit to eat نوع
That monk is a kind man. حنون
30- knock
Somebody is knocking at the door at the moment . يطرق على
I heard two knocks at the door . طرق
The boxer knocked his opponent down . يطرح أرضا
31- land
They are going to buy a plot of land ? قطعة ارض
The astronauts landed safely on Mars yesterday. يهبط على
32- last
He read the last page of the book . الأخيرة
The climbers reached the top of the mountain at last . أخيراً
The journey to Monte Carlo lasted ten days . تستغرق
33- lay
Don’t lay your hand on my shoulder please. يضع شيئاً
Hens lay eggs . تضع بيضاً
The servant will lay the table . يهيئ ، يعد
34- left
He left college very early this morning. غادر
This child writes with his left hand . يسرى
35- letter
I sent a letter to the admission office today . الرسالة
A,B and C are letters . حروف
36- lie
He lied to me when he said he was very ill. يكذب
We must not tell lies . الكذب
Don’t lie on the grass . يتمدد

37- light
They need more light so as to read well . نور ، ضياء ، ضوء
Will you give me a light please? ولاعة ، كبريت
These facts throw new light on the secret . ضوء
The streets were brightly lit up . مضاء
I bought a pair of light shoes two days ago. خفيف
38- long
This street is very long . طويل
Long ago man lived in caves . فترة طويلة
I am longing to see my brother . أتشوق
39- lose
She will lose the bet . يخسر
We must lose no time . يضيع الوقت
40- match
We have a wrestling match every week . سباق
This colour does not match your shirt. يناسب
A match gives a faint light . الثقاب
41- means
The word “ lovely” means beautiful . تعني
English is an easy means of communication. وسيلة
They travel by means of buses . بواسطة
42- mistake
We all make mistakes . غلطة
I took your overcoat by mistake . سهواً
I mistook him for his brother . يخطىء
43- neither
Neither of them wanted to play . ولا واحد منهما
She is neither beautiful nor rich . لا 000000 ولا
44- offer
He accepted the offer without hesitation . العرض
I offered him a book to read . يعرض
45- order
You must obey the orders . يطيع
Everything is in order . مرتب
This machine is out of order . عاطل
The doctor ordered them to stay in bed . يأمر
46- part
The two friends parted in anger . يفترق
I tried to part the two fighters . يفرق
Only a part of the secret is true . جزء
The actor spoke his part well . دوره
47- pause
That orator spoke after a pause . توقف
The driver paused a little to buy something. يتوقف
48- pity
I felt pity for him . شفقة
We pitied her for her ill luck . يشفق
What a pity I can’t help them! يا للأسف
49- place
Go back to your place please. مكان
The chairs were placed in neat rows ضع

50- plan
The workmen carried out the plan successfully. الخطة
He will plan what to do next. يخطط
51- popular
My teacher’s always been popular with us. محبوب
The song is being repeated by popular demand . شعبي ، جماهيري
52- post
The tourist posted the letter yesterday. يرسل بالبريد ، يبرد
My uncle holds an important post in the government . منصب
There is a lamp on the post . عمود
Will you take this letter to the post ? البريد
53- Praise
They always praise the active students. يمدح
His work is worthy of praise . مديح
54- promise
I always keep my promise. وعد
My friend promised to come but he didn’t. يعد
55- rain
The farmers anticipate heavy fall of rain . مطر
It rains in winter . تمطر
56- raise
He can raise this heavy weight . يرفع ثقلا
The merchants decided to raise the prices . يرفع سعراً
Don’t raise your voice . يرفع صوتا
The merchant raised a sum of $ 30000 . يجمع نقوداً
She raised three children . تربي ، تعيل
57- reply
The manger replied roughly . يجب
I did not write a reply to his letter . إجابة
58- report
He reported what he had heard . يبلغ
She wrote an important report about the school . تقرير
rest
After hard work, we need rest . راحة
They rested for an hour under a tree. يرتاح
We took what we wanted and left the rest. البقية
60- reward
He was rewarded for his work . يكافئ
I gave a reward to the first runner . مكافأة
61- right
I write with my right hand . اليمنى
Your opinion is quite right . صحيح
What are women’s rights . حق
62- ring
The dancers danced on the ring . الحلبة
She put the gold wedding ring on her finger. خاتم
Don’t ring the bell unnecessarily. يدق الجرس
I shall ring you up tomorrow . يتلفن
63- risk
Do you think there is any risk of snow? ضرر
They risked their lives for the sake of their country . يخاطر
He took the risk to climb the high mountain. مخاطرة
64- round
The wrestler was ready for the second round . جولة
The bus at once turned round . يستدير
They traveled round the world . حول
It is a round window . دائري
65- safe
All the passengers are safe now. في ما من
Put the money in a safe place . أمين
He kept his gold in a big safe . خزانة
66- save
I saved that man from drowning last month. ينقذ
My car will save me having to walk . يغني عن
We must save some money for the future. يدخر ، يوفر
67- scene
The sunset is beautiful scene . منظر
Study Hamlet Act 1, Scene 1. المشهد
The Second World War is the scene of a great battle in our history . مسرح العمليات العسكرية
68- search
I searched for my lost pen every where. يفتش عن
The search for the missing money was successful . تفتيش عن
69- second
I shall be back in ten seconds . ثانية
My cousin was the second in his class . الثاني
70- sentence
The criminal was sentenced to death . يصدر حكم محكمة بحق
They received a heavy sentence . قرار حكم محكمة
Use the word “happily” in a useful sentence . جملة
71- shot
I heard three shots . اطلاقات نارية
The hunter shot the bird . أطلق النار على
That officer made a good shot . يحقق إصابة
72- show
Show me your watch . يري
They visited the car show . معرض
73- sight
Silas had bad sight . بصر
He fell in love with her at first sight . النظرة
It is a beautiful sight . منظر
After a long journey, he sighted the land . يبصر
74- sin
The suspect tried to hide his sin . خطيئة
The thief sinned and confessed . يذنب
75- since
Where have they been since I met them? منذ
Since you cannot work hard, you must postpone the examination . بما أن
76- smoke
I never smoke a pipe . يدخن
The smoke is passing up the chimney . دخان
You must give up smoking . التدخين
77- snow
It does not snow in the equator. يسقط الثلج
This mountain is covered with snow . ثلج
78- spring
He used to spring out of bed . يقفز
That mountain is full of springs . عيون ماء
Spring is a fine season . الربيع
He bought a new spring for his watch . زنبرك ، وقاص
79- still
Jack is still in bed . لا يزال
Everything is still in the desert. ساكن
80- struggle
He struggled to climb the mountain . ناضل ، كافح
The thief struggled but in vain . قاوم
The noise of the struggle awoke me . الصراع
81- subject
They are loyal subjects of the government . رعايا
That booklet contains five subjects . مواضيع
In questions, put the verb before the subject . الفاعل
She is subject to illness . معرضة
82- tender
He has a tender feeling . رقيق
It is tender meat . طرى
They accepted the lowest tender . مناقصة
83- thought
I thought that he was ill . أعتقد
It is a noble thought to help the poor. فكرة
84- train
The train from London to Manchester
leaves at eight o’clock . القطار
Nurses are trained in hospitals . يدرب
I saw a train of camels in the desert . قافلة
85- turn
The earth turns round the sun . تدور
He turned the water into ice . يحول
Turn to the right . استدر
There is a turn in the road . استدارة
It is your turn to play now . دور
Take your salary by turns . بالدور
86- utter
He uttered a cry of pain . يلفظ
She stayed in utter darkness last night . كامل
87- watch
I have lost my watch . ساعة يد
The tourist is watching the show now. يشاهد
Three men were on the watch . نظارة ، خفارة ، مناوبة

88- well
She speaks French well . بصورة جيدة
There is little water in the well . بئر
My father speaks English and French as well . أيضاً
He speaks English as well as French . وكذلك
89- wonder
I wonder whether he will pass the test or not. يتساءل
I was filled with wonder when I heard the news . ذهول
90- wound
The snake wound itself round his neck . يلتف
He has a knife wound in his leg . جرح
The passengers were badly wounded . مجروح
The wounded were taken to hospital . الجرحى