صيغ مركبة:
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| at the very least expr | (emphatic: and no less) | على الأقلّ |
| | I would offer to pay half the cost, at the very least. |
| at the very least expr | (emphatic: as the minimum) | على الأقل، على أقل تقدير |
| | At the very least you need to call her and say thank you. |
be the soul of [sth],
be the very soul of [sth] v expr | (personify or exemplify [sth]) | يجسِّد شيئًا، يمثِّل شيئًا |
| | Mother Teresa was the very soul of Christian charity. |
| | كانت الأم تيريزا تجسِّد روح الإحسان المسيحي. |
before your eyes,
right before your eyes,
before your very eyes adv | (right in front of you) | على مرأى منه، أمام ناظرَيه، أمام عينَيه |
| | His father was murdered right before his eyes. |
| | قُتل والده أمام عينَيه. |
| do very little business v expr | (have few commercial dealings) | لا يقوم بأعمال تجارية كثيرة |
from under [sb]'s nose,
right from under [sb]'s nose,
from under [sb]'s very nose expr | figurative (in full view of [sb]) | أمام شخص، على مرأى من شخص |
| | (في بعض المناطق) | قدّام عيني شخص |
the image,
the very image,
the very image of [sth/sb] n | (copy) | نسخة مطابقة من شيء/شخص |
| | This painting is the very image of the original. |
| | هذه اللوحة هي نسخة مطابقة من الأصلية. |
the image,
the very image of [sth] n | figurative (embodiment) | مثال، نموذج، مجسَّم |
| | He was the image of male aggressiveness. |
| | كان مثال العدائية الذكورية. |
| in a very real sense adv | (genuinely or literally) | بكل معنى الكلمة |
| | Our family was puritan in a very real sense: never smoked, swore, drank, or even danced. |
| in the very act adv | (committing this crime) | متلبِّسًا |
| | I caught my dog in the very act of eating the steak I had bought for dinner. |
| not very adv | (hardly, only a little) | نادراً |
| | That's not very nice of you. |
| | I'm not very interested in football. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (all the way through) | حتى النهاية |
| | She performed flawlessly right to the end. |
right to the end,
to the end,
to the very end expr | (to the moment of death) | حتى النهاية، حتى الموت |
| | I promise never to leave you: I'll stand by you right to the end. |
| | He suffered a lot, but he was in good spirits right to the end. |
| | أعد بألا أتركك أبداً، سأظل بجانبك حتى الموت. // تألم كثيرًا، لكنه حافظ على معنويات عالية حتى النهاية. |
| speak very highly of [sb] v expr | (say good things about [sb]) | يمدح في شخص، يثني على شخص |
| | My son's teacher speaks very highly of him; she says he's a great student. |
| thank you very much interj | (many thanks) | شكرًا جزيلاً |
| | Thank you very much; you've been very helpful. |
that's all very well,
but expr | informal (nevertheless, even so) | على الرغم من ذلك |
| | That's all very well, but it still doesn't explain why you didn't finish the work. |
| the very thing n | (precisely what is required or specified) | الشيء الأنسب |
| this very minute adv | (immediately, without delay) | فورًا، في هذه اللحظة |
| | I need an answer this very minute! |
| very bad adj | (awful, terrible) | شنيع، مرعب |
| | She is in bed with a very bad case of the flu. |
| | Trixie, you are being a very bad dog. |
| very beginning n | (first word: of a text) | أول الكلام |
| | The very beginning of the Bible is one of its best-known passages. |
| very beginning n | (first moment, starting point) | من البداية |
| | Let's make the rules clear from the very beginning. |
| very best n | (utmost) | الأفضل |
| | | قصارى جهده |
| | The doctors tried their very best, but they were unable to save the patient. |
| very few adj | (not many) | قليل جدًأ |
| | There are very few pills left in the bottle; I need to call the doctor to get a new prescription. |
| very few adj | (rare) | نادر |
| very good adj | (excellent) | جيد جدًّا، ممتاز |
| | I don't understand; he used to make very good grades. |
| very good interj | formal (very well, certainly) | ممتاز |
| | Very good then, I'll see you in the morning. |
| | ممتاز، سأراك في الصباح إذًا. |
| very light adj | (highly illuminated) | مضاء بقوة |
| | The room was very light; I was dazzled as I walked in. |
| very light adj | (extremely lightweight) | خفيف جدًّا |
| | A feather is very light object. |
| very like prep | (almost identical to) | شديد الشبه |
| | One sparrow is very like another to human eyes. |
| very likely adj | (highly probable) | متوقع جدًّا |
| | I think it very likely that we will get some rain tonight. |
| very little adv | (hardly anything) | قليلاً جدًّا |
| | When Lynn got sick, she asked her parents for help, but they did very little. |
| very little adj | (not much) | قليل جداً |
| | The news report provided very little useful information. |
| very little n | (a small quantity) | كمية صغيرة |
| very many adj | (a large number of) | كثير، عدد كبير |
| very many adj | (large in number) | كثير، عدد كبير |
| very much adv | (greatly) | كثيرًا جدًّا |
| | I like him very much. |
| very much n | (large amount) | كثير |
| ملاحظة: Often used in negative sentences. |
| | I would share my candy with you but I don't have very much. |
| very much like adj | (similar to) | شبيه بـ، مشابه لـ، مثل |
| very often adv | (frequently) | غالبًا، في كثير من الأحيان |
| | Hoverflies are very often mistaken for wasps, but they do not sting. |
| very pale adj | (complexion: white) | شديد البياض |
| | | شاحب جدًّا |
| | Due to his very pale complexion he had to protect himself from the sun. |
| very pale adj | (faded, light) | باهت جدًّا |
| | They painted their shutters a very pale shade of green that looked almost yellow. |
| Very Reverend adj | (title: church minister) (لقب كنسيّ) | الموقّر جدًّا |
| | The Very Reverend Rudy Johnson will speak at the dinner tonight. |
| very same adj | (exact or identical) | نفس |
| | At 15 Jacques enrolled at the very same school that his late father had attended. |
| very short adj | (extremely brief) | قصير جدًّا |
| | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. |
| very short adj | (not tall) | قصير جدًّا |
| | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. |
| very short adv | (abrupt, rude) | فظّ جدًّا |
| | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |
| very soon adv | (in a short while from now) | قريبًا جدًّا |
| | We will be leaving very soon. |
| very soon adv | (rapidly) | بسرعة، على وجه السرعة |
| very well adv | (successfully) | بإتقان شديد، بمهارة |
| | He patched the hole in the wall very well: you'd never know it was there. |
| very well interj | (expressing consent) | حسنًا |
| | Very well, then: you may go out tonight, but you must be home by midnight. |
| VLF n | initialism (very low frequency) | تردُّد منخفض جدًّا |
| VLF n as adj | initialism (very low frequency) | بتردُّد منخفض جدًّا |
| | (مضاف إليه) | التردُّدِ المنخفض جدًّا |