أفعال مركّبيّة
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| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (revise knowledge of) | يراجع شيئًا |
| | If you're going to be that picky, I'd better bone up on basic grammar. |
| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (learn about) | يدرس شيئًا |
| | The students boned up on psychology terms before the exam. |
| brush up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (refresh knowledge of [sth]) | يصقل معلوماته في شيء |
| | Janice joined the course to brush up on her maths skills. |
| catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (compensate for time lost) | يعوّض عن التأخير في شيء |
| | Audrey sighed when she saw that she had to catch up on a huge pile of work. |
| catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (get up to date) | يطّلع على آخر... |
| | I phoned my brother to catch up on the latest news back home. |
| check up on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (observe progress) | يطمئن على شخص/شيء |
| | | يتحقَّق من شيء |
| | When it's very hot, remember to check up on your elderly neighbors every couple of hours. |
clue [sb] in on [sth],
also UK: clue [sb] up on [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (inform) | يُطلع شخصًا على شيء، يُعلِم شخصًا شيئًأ |
| | Can you clue me in on what's going on? |
| creep up on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (approach stealthily) | يتسلل نحو شخص/شيء، ينسلّ نحو شخص/شيء |
| | | يقترب بصمت من شخص |
| | She startled her sister by creeping up on her and shouting "Boo!" |
| creep up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (fact, situation: arrive unforeseen) | يباغت شخصًا، يداهم شخصًا |
| | You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you. |
| ease up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (treat less harshly) (يعامل شخصًا بصورة أقل قساوة) | - |
| | You may find if you ease up a bit on the child she will behave better. |
| | قد تجد الطفلة أفضل سلوكًا إذا ما عاملتها بصورة أقل قساوة. |
| follow up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (investigate) | يحقق في شيء، يتابع شيئًا |
| ملاحظة: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | The detective followed up on the lead. |
| gang up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (attack as group) | يتألبون على شخص، ينتقدون جميعًا شخصًا |
| | Every time the teacher makes a mistake, the students gang up on her to point it out. |
| gen up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (become informed about) | يصير واسع الاطلاع حول شيء |
| give up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: [sb]) | يتخلى عن شخص، ييأس من شخص |
| | Don't give up on me! I just need a little more encouragement. |
| give up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: a cause) | يتخلى عن شيء |
| | You should never give up on your dreams. |
| hang up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (end phone call) (يغلق خط التيلفون في وجه شخص) | قطع الاتصال مع شخص |
| | I was giving Alex a piece of my mind when he hung up on me! |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (detect) | يدرك، يعي |
| | | يَلْحَظ، يُلاحِظ |
| | I made an error in my calculations, but nobody picked up on it. |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (talk about: [sth] mentioned) | يعود إلى الحديث عن شيء |
| | Denise picked up on Laura's comment about working mothers. |
| read up on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (research) | يطالع عن شيء/شخص |
| | I like to read up on a subject before expressing an opinion. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (arrive unexpectedly) | يفاجئ حلوله شخصًا |
| | | يحلّ فجأة على شخص |
| | The deadline for the paper will sneak up on students who haven't read the syllabus. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be unexpectedly successful) | يفاجئ شخصًا بنجاحه |
| | That movie sneaked up on everyone; no one expected it to be so popular. |
| swot up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (study [sth] hard) | يدرس شيئًا بشكل جيد |
| | Ron needs to swot up on the Tudor period if he wants to do better in his next history test. |
صيغ مركبة:
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| beat up on yourself v expr | US, informal (feel guilty or bad) | يلوم نفسه، يحمّل نفسه الذنب |
| catch [sb] up on [sth] v expr | informal (update [sb] on [sth]) | يُطلع شخصًا على آخر مستجدات شيء |
| | Lisa's colleagues caught her up on the staff changes that had taken place while she was off sick. |
| choke up on [sth] v expr | (baseball bat: hold higher up) (على مضرب البيسبول) | يرفع يده على مقبض شيء |
| | The player claimed he had better control when he choked up on the bat. |
clued in on [sth],
also UK: clued up on [sth] expr | (well-informed about) | واسع الاطلاع حول شيء |
| end up on the scrap heap v expr | informal, figurative (be discarded) | يُلقى به في المزبلة |
| | | يُهمل |
| end up on the scrap heap of history v expr | informal, figurative (be forgotten) | يُلقى في مزبلة التاريخ |
| | His well-intentioned efforts have ended up on the scrap heap of history. |
| | انتهى المطاف بجهوده حسنة النية إلى أن تُلقى في مزبلة التاريخ. |
| gen [sb] up on [sth] v expr | UK, informal (brief [sb] about [sth]) | يُطلع شخصًا على شيء |
get out of bed on the wrong side,
get up on the wrong side of the bed v expr | figurative, informal (be irritable) | يكون مزاجه سيئًا |
| get up on [sth] vi + prep | (move onto [sth], as a stage) | يرتقي شيئًا، يصعد إلى/على شيء |
| | An audience member got up on the stage and grabbed the singer's microphone. |
| give up on doing [sth] v expr | (abandon: an effort) | يكفّ عن شيء، يتوقف عن شيء |
| | I gave up on trying to find a good example. |
| have a leg up on [sb] v expr | figurative, informal (have an advantage: over [sb]) | وضعه أفضل من شخص |
| | She's got a leg up on most of the kids in the team, as her dad's a professional player. |
| hung up on [sth] expr | figurative, slang (preoccupied) | يركز على شيء، يتوقف عند شيء |
| | There's no need to get hung up on details - I just want a general overview of the situation. |
| hung up on [sb] expr | figurative, slang (infatuated) | مفتون بشخص |
| | She's still hung up on him after all these years. |
| jacked up on v expr | (stimulated by) | يكون منبَّهًا، يكون منشَّطًا |
| | We were so jacked up on caffeine we had no trouble staying awake during the test. |
| let up on [sth] v expr | (stop doing [sth]) | يوقف شيئًا |
| | The strikers have stated that they will not be letting up on their campaign of action. |
| let up on [sb] v expr | (stop making difficulties for [sb]) | يرحم شخصًا، يخفف الضغط عن شخص |
| | The boss has just given Charlie another pile of work; she never lets up on him. |
| mug up on [sth] v expr | UK, informal (study) | يدرس شيئًا بسرعة، يراجع شيئًا |
on the up and up,
on the up adv | UK, informal (increasingly successful) | في تحسُّن مستمرّ، في نجاح متواصل |
| on the up and up adv | US, informal (legitimate, not illegal) | نزيه |
be one up on [sb],
be one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (have an advantage over [sb]) | يكون متفوّقًا على شخص، يكون متقدّمًا على شخص |
get one up on [sb],
get one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (obtain an advantage over [sb]) | يتفوّق على شخص، يتقدّم على شخص |
pull [sb] up on [sth],
pull [sb] up for [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand for [sth]) | يوبّخ شخصًا على شيء، يؤنّب شخصًا على شيء |
| | Ruth pulled her son up on his bad language. |
put on makeup,
put on make-up v expr | (apply cosmetics) | يتبرّج، يضع المكياج |
| | While driving is not a good time to put on makeup. |
| sneak up on [sb/sth] v expr | (approach stealthily) | يتسلل إلى شيء |
| | | يتسلل خلف شخص، يقترب من شخص خفيةً |
| stock up on [sth] v expr | (buy a lot of) | يخزّن كمية كبيرة من شيء |
| take [sb] up on [sth] v expr | (accept offer of) | يوافق على عرض شخص، يقبل بعرض شخص |
| | You'll do the work for just £20? Great - I'll take you up on that offer! |