أفعال مركّبيّة
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clean [sth] up,
clean up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (rid of undesirable things) (مجازي) | ينظف |
| | The governor vowed to clean up the state and put an end to the trafficking rings. |
| clear [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (make tidy) | يرتّب شيئًا |
| | Maria told the children to clear their toys up when they'd finished playing with them. |
| clear [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (clarify) | يوضّح شيئًا |
| | I was hoping that you could clear something up for me. |
| clear up vi phrasal | (ailment: get better) | يختفي تمامًا، يتلاشى تمامًا |
| | The doctor told me the rash would clear up in about six weeks. |
| clear up vi phrasal | (weather: improve) | يصفو |
| | The weather soon cleared up and the sun came out. |
clock up [sth],
clock [sth] up vtr phrasal insep | mainly UK (get to a large number of) (مجازي) | يجمع شيئًا، يحصد شيئًا |
| | Since he took up running three years ago, Brett has clocked up five marathons. |
clog [sth] up,
clog up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (block) | يسدّ شيئًا |
| | Pouring melted fat down the drain will clog up the pipes. |
| | The rush hour clogs up the freeway. |
| clog up vi phrasal | (become blocked) | ينسدّ، يصبح مسدودًا |
| | If you put the cooking grease down the drain, the pipe will clog up. |
| close up vi phrasal | (shop: shut) | يغلق متجره |
| | He closed up and counted the day's takings. |
| close up vi phrasal | (wound: heal) | يلتئم |
| | The wound will gradually close up over time. |
close [sth] up,
close up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shut) | يغلق شيئًا |
| | Nina closed up the shop and went home. |
clue [sb] in,
also UK: clue [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (inform) | يُطلع شخصًا، يُعلِم شخصًا |
| | Eleanor had no idea why everyone in the office was cheering, so she asked Jane to clue her in. |
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? |
clutter [sth] up,
clutter up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (fill untidily) | يبعثر، يراكم |
| | Please take your belongings with you. You don't need to clutter up my car. |
cock [sth] up,
cock up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | vulgar, informal, UK (botch [sth]) | يُفسد شيئًا |
| | When he tried to fix the leaking tap, Simon cocked up the repair and had to call in a plumber. |
| cock up vi phrasal | UK, slang (fail, botch [sth]) | يُفسد شيئًا |
| collect [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (objects: pick up) | يجمع شيئًا، يلتقط شيئًا |
| | She collected up the toys that the children had left scattered around the room. |
| come up vi phrasal | figurative (topic: be raised, mentioned) | يُطرح، يُثار |
| | The senator knew that questions about his campaign would come up. |
| come up vi phrasal | figurative (problem: occur, appear) | ينشأ |
| | I'm afraid a problem has come up, so I won't be at the meeting this afternoon. |
| come up vi phrasal | (rise) (الشمس) | تشرق |
| | We sat on the beach and watched the sun come up over the water. |
| come up vi phrasal | (rise in the hierarchy) | يرتقي سلّم الهرمية |
| | He started in the mail room but he came up through the ranks to become the CEO of the company. |
| come up vi phrasal | (approach [sb]) | يقترب، يدنو |
| | She came up and introduced herself to me. |
| come up to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (approach [sb]) | يقترب من شخص، يدنو من شخص |
| | He came up to me in the street and tried to bum a dollar. |
| come up against [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (encounter: opposition, obstacle) | يواجه شيءٌ، يعترض شيءٌ |
| | | يتواجه مع شخص |
| | The work is behind schedule because we came up against some unexpected problems. |
| come up against [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (compete with [sb]) | ينافس شخصًا |
| | Davies will come up against last year's champion in the semi-final of the competition. |
| come up short vi phrasal + adj | informal (disappoint) | يحبط، يخيب أمل |
| | Ari had hoped to raise $1000 for charity, but his efforts came up short by $200. |
| come up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (reach as high as) | يصل إلى مستوى شيء |
| | Don't worry if you can't swim; the water will only come up to your knees. |
| come up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (meet: standards, expectations) (توقعات، طموحات) | يبلغ مستوى شيء |
| | No matter what he did, he wasn't able to come up to his father's expectations. |
| come up with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (devise, invent) | يخرج بشيء |
| | I'll have to come up with a plan. |
| come up with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (deliver, produce) | يجلب شيئًا، يدبّر شيئًا |
| | Will you be able to come up with the cash by the end of the month? |
conjure [sth/sb] up,
conjure up [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (magic: make appear) (بالسحر) | يُخرج شيئًا/شخصًا |
| | | يستحضر شيئًا/شخصًا |
| | The audience yawned as the magician conjured up yet another rabbit from the hat. |
conjure [sth] up,
conjure up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (evoke) | يثير |
| | The movie conjures up the excitement of being a teenager in 1960s London. |
conjure [sth] up,
conjure up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (produce) | يحقق شيئًا |
| | (أهدافًا) | يسجّل |
| | Despite being outplayed in every way, the team still managed to conjure up enough goals to win the match. |
conjure [sth] up,
conjure up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (invent) | يختلق شيئًا |
| | She conjured up several excuses, but none of them was credible. |
connect up [sth],
connect [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (link or join together) | يوصّل، يقوم بتوصيل |
| | I'm having trouble connecting up my new speakers. |
| connect up vi phrasal | (meet, make contact) | يلتقي |
| | Let's connect up for lunch someday. |
| cook [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (devise, invent) | يدبّر شيئًا، يضع شيئًا |
| | | يلفّق شيئًا |
| | Let's cook up a plan. |
| cook [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (cook in improvised way) | يطبخ شيئًا بشكل سريع |
| | Come on over, I'll cook up some fried rice. |
| coop [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (confine) | يحبس شخصًا، يحتجز شخصًا |
| | | يمنع شخصًا من الخروج |
| | Mary's parents coop her up in the house too much. |
| cough up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (pay debt) | يسدّد دَينًا |
| | We had a bet and you lost - so cough up! |
cough [sth] up,
cough up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (pay: debt) | يسدّد شيئًا |
| | Stan finally coughed up the money he owed us. |
| cough [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (expel from throat) | يقذف شيئًا بالسعال |
| | She coughed up the fish bone which she had swallowed by accident. |
| cover [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (put a covering over) | يغطي شيئًا |
| | Please cover up the leftover food so we can eat it later. |
| | She tried to cover up her bruise with make-up. |
| cover up vi phrasal | figurative (hide the truth) | يغطّي على شيء، يستّر على شيء |
| | Although Sheila refused to help Gary commit the robbery, she did help him cover up afterwards. |
| cover [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (truth: hide) | يخفي شيئًا، يستّر على شيء، يطمس شيئًا |
| | The candidate tried to cover up his affair with a woman. |
| cover up for [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (hide [sb]'s guilt) | يغطّي على شخص/شيء |
| | Her co-workers tried to cover up for her many mistakes. |
| cover up vi phrasal | (wear full clothing) | يكون بكل ملابسه |
| | Visitors must cover up if they want to enter the church. |
cozy up (US),
cosy up (UK) vi phrasal | informal (get comfortable) | يأخذ راحته، يستريح |
| | | يستلقي، يمدّ/يمدّد رجليه |
| | They cosied up on the sofa to watch a movie. |
cozy up with [sb] (US),
cosy up with [sb] (UK) vtr phrasal insep | informal (snuggle) | يستكنّ |
| | (في بعض المناطق) | يغلّ |
cozy up to [sb] (US),
cosy up to [sb] (UK) vtr phrasal insep | figurative, informal (ingratiate yourself) | يتزلف شخصًا، يتملق شخصًا |
| | He's trying to get a promotion and has been cosying up to the boss. |
cozy up (US),
cosy up (UK) vi phrasal | figurative, informal (get intimate) | يتآلف |
| | | يتقرّب الواحد من الآخر |
| | It looks like Mike and Susan have really been cosying up lately! |
| crack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (laugh) | يَضحك، ينفجر ضاحكًا |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen or single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | It was so funny I cracked up. |
| crack [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative, slang (make laugh) | يُضحك |
| | The joke he told really cracked me up. |
| crack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (have mental breakdown) | ينهار، يصاب بانهيار عصبي |
| | I haven't slept for days, I'm close to cracking up. |
crank [sth] up,
crank up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (start by turning a handle) | يدير شيئًا بالكرنك، يدير شيئًا بذراع التدوير |
| | Can you believe people once had to crank up cars before they would start? |
crank [sth] up,
crank up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (intensify, increase) | يكثف، يزيد |
| | They will never win the match if their offense doesn't crank up the pressure a bit. |
| creep up vi phrasal | (approach stealthily) | يقترب خلسة |
| | When Gary crept up and tapped me on the shoulder, I jumped. |
| creep up vi phrasal | informal, figurative (increase gradually) | يرتفع تدريجيًّا |
| | House prices have crept up by several thousand since we bought our home. |
| 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. |
| crop up vi phrasal | informal (appear suddenly) | يظهر فجاة |
| ملاحظة: often used in the continuous after "keep", "start" |
| | Problems started cropping up when we installed the new software. |
crumble [sth] up,
crumble up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (break into tiny pieces) | يفتِّت شيئًا |
| cuddle up vi phrasal | informal (snuggle near, nestle) | يلتزّ |
| | Timmy cuddled up next to his father while they watched television. |
| | My kitten likes to cuddle up on my lap. |
| cuddle up with [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (snuggle next to) | يعانق، يحضن، يضم |
| | Nancy cuddled up with her favorite doll and fell asleep. |
| cue [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (stage lights, music: prepare) | يجهز |
| curl up vi phrasal | (make yourself cozy) | يستريح، يسترخي |
| | On a winter's evening, I like to curl up in front of the fire with a good book. |
صيغ مركبة:
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| clean up your act v expr | informal (behave properly) | يحسّن سلوكه، يغيّر أداءه |
| cleaning-up n | (act of clearing a mess) | تنظيف |
cleanup,
clean-up n | (getting rid of dirt, mess) | تنظيف |
| | The kids' clean-up of the room left a lot to be desired. |
cleanup,
clean-up n as adj | (to get rid of dirt, mess) | تنظيف |
| | After the festival, the cleanup operation took two days. |
| climb up [sth] vi + prep | (scale, ascend) | يتسلق، يصعد |
| | The cat climbed up the tree. |
| climb up vi + adv | (ascend, rise) | يتصاعد |
| | Smoke from the chimney climbed up into the sky. |
clogged up,
clogged-up adj | (nose: congested) (أنف) | محتقن، مسدود |
clogged up,
clogged-up adj | (pipe: blocked) (أنبوب) | مسدود |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
close-up,
also US: closeup n | (film shot: up close) | لقطة قريبة، صورة مقرّبة |
| | The actress said that she was ready for her close-up. |
close-up,
close shot,
also US: closeup n | (photo: taken up close) | صورة مقربة |
| | In the closeup, she is smiling self-consciously at the photographer. |
close-up,
also US: closeup adj | (intimate, detailed) | حميمي، شخصي |
| | | دقيق، مفصّل |
| | The book provides a close-up insight into the film star's life. |
close-up,
also US: closeup adj | (very near) | قريب جدًّا |
| | The photographer is taking some close-up shots of the fashion model. |
close up,
close-up,
up close adv | (from very near) | يقترب جدًّا |
| | Matt moved close up so he could get a better view of the painting. |
| close-up view n | ([sth] seen from very near) | لقطة قريبة، لقطة عن قرب |
clued in,
clued-in,
also UK: clued up,
clued-up adj | (well-informed) | واسع الاطلاع، حسن الاطلاع |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
clued in on [sth],
also UK: clued up on [sth] expr | (well-informed about) | واسع الاطلاع حول شيء |
cockup,
cock-up n | UK, slang (mess, failure) | خطأ |
| | | شيء فاشل |
| come up for air v expr | (rise to water's surface) | يصعد إلى سطح الماء للتنفس |
| | He had to come up for air after being underwater for two minutes. |
| come up for air v expr | figurative (take a break) (مجازي) | يتنفّس |
| | We worked straight through for 24 hours without even a break to come up for air. |
| | عملنا بشكلٍ مستمر لأربع وعشرين ساعة دون أي استراحةٍ حتى للتنفّس. |
| come up trumps v expr | UK, informal (succeed, do well) | ينجح، يحقق النجاح |
| Coming right up! interj | (agreeing to bring [sb] [sth]) (للموافقة على إحضار شيء لشخص) | على الفور، بكل سرور |
| | "I'll have the salad." "Coming right up!" |
| | "سأطلب السلطة". "على الفور!" |
| coming up adj | (TV show, item: on next) | البرنامج التالي |
| | | بعد الفاصل |
| | Coming up: the news and weather in your area. |
count [sth] up,
count up [sth] vi + adv | (add, total) | يعدّ، يحصي |
| | The teacher counted up the scripts she had collected at the end of the exam. |
| | أحصت المعلمة أوراق الامتحانات التي جمعتها في آخر الامتحان. |
count [sb] up,
count up [sb] vi + adv | (add, total) | يحصي، يعدّ |
| | The tour guide counted up the tourists as they got back on the bus. |
| | أخذ الدليل السياحي يحصي عدد السياح وهم يعودون إلى الحافلة. |
count up to [sth],
count to [sth] v expr | (recite numbers) | يعدّ حتى شيء |
| | I can count up to ten in Chinese. |
coverup (US),
cover-up (UK) n | figurative, informal (attempt to hide [sth]) | تغطية، طمس للحقيقة |
| | Taylor criticized the government report for being a cover-up. |
coverup (US),
cover-up (UK) n | (clothing: loose outer garment) | لباس للتغطية |
| | Women must wear a cover-up over their swimsuits. |
coverup (US),
cover-up (UK) n as adj | (that conceals) (شيء يغطي) | تغطية |
crackup,
crack-up n | figurative, slang (mental breakdown) | انهيار عصبي |
| | Robert hasn't worked since his crackup two years ago. |
be all it's cracked up to be,
be what it's cracked up to be v expr | (be as good as claimed) | جيّد كما يُزعم، بالروعة التي يُحكى عنها |
| ملاحظة: Often used in the negative. |
| | That film's not all it's cracked up to be; I didn't enjoy it at all! |
| | ليس الفيلم بالروعة التي يُحكى عنها، فأنا لم أستمتع بمشاهدته. |
crackup,
crack-up n | US (collision, crash) | تحطُّم |
| | | حادث سير |
crackup,
crack-up n | (alliance, agreement: breakdown) | انهيار، فشل |
| crease up vi | UK, informal (laugh) | يضحك كثيرًا |
| crease [sb] up⇒ vtr | UK, informal (make [sb] laugh) | يُضحك شخصًا كثيرًا |