أفعال مركّبيّة
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| break back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (sports: return to original position) | يرتدّ إلى شخص |
| | The goalkeeper saved the shot, but the ball broke back to Smith, who scored. |
| | استطاع حارس المرمى ردّ الكرة، لكنها ارتدّت إلى سميث الذي سجّل هدفًا. |
| come back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (return to memory) | يتذكر |
| | | يخطر على بال شخص |
| | The name of the film suddenly came back to me. |
| date back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (exist since) | يرجع إلى شيء |
| | The fossils dated back to the Precambrian eon. |
| echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (computing: relay or send to) (في الحوسبة) | يُصدي إلى شيء |
| echo back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (recall, bring to mind) | يذكّر بشيء |
| | The band's latest album echoes back to the cheerful uptempo music of their first album twenty years ago. |
| feed back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (report back to) | يُبلّغ شخصًا بالمعلومات |
| ملاحظة: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| | Jamie always feeds back to his line manager in a timely manner. |
feed back into [sth],
feed back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (affect in turn) | يؤثر في/على شيء |
| | The results of the student survey feed back into future teaching practices. |
| flash back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (show scene from past) | يرجع إلى الماضي بعرض شيء |
| | Suddenly the film flashed back to a scene from the main character's childhood. |
| get back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (resume) | يعود إلى شيء، يرجع إلى شيء، يستأنف شيئًا |
| | I'd love to talk more but I have to get back to my work now. |
| get back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (return) | يعود إلى شيء، يرجع إلى شيء |
| | It would be nice to get back to my hometown one day. |
give [sth] back,
give [sth] back to [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (return: [sth] to [sb]) | يعيد شيئًا لشخص، يُرجِع شيئًا لشخص |
| | Did you give me back the pen I lent you? You took my sweater? Give it back! |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (return to: a place) | يعود إلى شيء، يرجع إلى شيء |
| | I'd like to go back to Paris one day. |
| go back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (return: to partner) | يعود إلى شخص، يرجع إلى شخص |
| | Gina has decided to go back to her husband and try to make their relationship work. |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (revert) | يعود إلى شيء، يرجع إلى شيء |
| | Ted seems to have gone back to his bad habits of drinking and gambling. |
| go back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be in the past) | يرجع إلى شيء، يعود إلى شيء |
| | That song goes back to the Second World War. |
| | ترجع تلك الأغنية إلى الحرب العالمية الثانية. |
| hark back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (recall the past) | يعود بالذكرى إلى شيء |
| | James is always harking back to what he calls "the good old days". |
| hark back to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be like [sth] from the past) (في الماضي) | يذكّر بشيء |
| | (في الماضي) | يشبه شيئًا |
| | The story harks back to the ancient epics. |
| report back to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (give an account of [sth]) | يعود ويبلِّغ شخصًا |
| | Go see what's happening over there, and report back to me. |
| roll back to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (revert) (مجازي) | يعود لـ، يرجع لـ |
| | (مصطلح) | يسترجع |
| | I rolled back to the previous version of the software and it worked fine. |
صيغ مركبة:
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| back to front adv | (clothing: wrong way around) (ثياب) | الخلف إلى الأمام، بالعكس |
| back to front adv | figurative (completely, thoroughly) | بالكامل، من أوله إلى آخره |
| | I've read this book so many times that I know it back to front. |
| back to normal adv | (reverting to usual state) | يعود لطبيعته |
| | In television, at the end of an episode usually everything goes back to normal. |
| back to school expr | (return to school after vacation) | العودة إلى المدرسة |
| | The sign above the supermarket shelf laden with books and stationery read "Back to school". |
| | مكتوب على اللافتة فوق الرف في السوبرماركت حيث الكتب والقرطاسية: "العودة إلى المدرسة". |
| back-to-school adj | (relating to return to school) | خاصّ بالعودة إلى المدرسة |
| ملاحظة: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective. |
| | We like to buy our children's clothes at back-to-school sales, when the prices are low. |
| back to the drawing board adv | figurative, informal (starting over) | عودة لنقطة البداية |
| bring [sb] back to life v expr | (resuscitate) | يُنعش شخصًا، يصحِّي شخصًا |
| bring [sth] back to life v expr | figurative (reintroduce) (مجازي) | يعيد إحياء شيء |
| | | يعيد طرح شيء |
| | The idea, once rejected, has been brought back to life by proponents. |
| cast your mind back to [sth] v expr | (recall the past) | يرجع بالذاكرة إلى شيء |
| come back to do [sth] v expr | (return in order to do [sth]) | يعود لشيء، يرجع لشيء |
| | Ava left home at 18, but came back ten years later to care for her mother. |
| come back to bite you v expr | figurative, informal (cause problems later) (لاحقًا، في المستقبل) | يرتدّ عليه سلبًا |
| come back to haunt you v expr | figurative, informal (cause regret later) | يسبب مشاكل للشخص في المستقبل، يجعله يندم لاحقُا |
echo back [sth] to [sb],
echo [sth] back to [sb] v expr | figurative (repeat [sb]'s opinion words back to) | يكرّر شيئًا لشخص |
| | You will not receive a good grade if you simply echo back the author's words to the teacher. |
be fed up to the back teeth of doing [sth],
be sick to the back teeth of doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated by [sth] repeated) | طفح به الكيل من شيء، ضاق صدره من شيء |
| ملاحظة: also "with doing sth" |
| | She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker. |
| feed [sth] back to [sb] v expr | (relay [sth] back to) | يُطلع شخصًا على شيء، يزوّد شخصًا بشيء |
| | Karen appreciates her staff feeding back intormation to her on a regular basis. |
| go back to doing [sth] v expr | (revert to doing [sth]) | يعود إلى شيء، يعاود شيئًا |
| | Sheila went back to using drugs. |
| go back to bed v expr | (return to bed) | يعود إلى فراشه |
| | When I saw it was raining outside I decided to go back to bed. |
| go to hell and back v expr | informal, figurative (experience great difficulties, worry) | يعاني الأمرَّين، يواجه مشقَّات كثيرة |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) | يكون في مأزق، يكون في ورطة، يكون في وضع حرج |
it's back to the drawing board,
it's back to the drawing board for [sb] expr | figurative, informal (need to start over) | يعود إلى نقطة البداية، يبدأ من الصفر، يبدأ من جديد |
| | Well, my boss vetoed my proposal - I guess it's back to the drawing board. |
| stretch back to [sth] v expr | (time: go back as far as) | يعود في الزمن إلى شيء |
| | The history of this song stretches back to the 13th century. |
swing back,
swing back to [sth] v expr | figurative (return to previous belief) | يعود إلى شيء |
| | Some people think North Korea is swinging back to the ways of its most reclusive era. |
| trace [sth] back to [sth/sb] v expr | often passive (identify origin, owner) | يُرجع أصل شيء إلى شيء/شخص |
| | The origins of Halloween can be traced back to the Celts. |
write back to [sb],
write [sb] back v expr | US (send a written reply to [sb]) | يردّ على شخص برسالة |