الفصل األول

الفصل األول

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A. Merriam Webster,Webster New Collegiate Dictionary,

Merriam Webster Inc., Springfield, U.S.A.

Della Summers & others, Longman Dictionary of

Contemporary English, Essex, England.

A.S. Hornby, Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of

Current English, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

New Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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funny money

a one man band

Mortgage intermediaries are supposed to work under the

supervision of the financial services authority, and insurers

are supposed to do the same as well.

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adapt – adopt

adapt ––

adopt–––

all rightallright

amicable – amiable

amiable ––

amicable––

assign – abandon

abandon

assign

between – among

between

among

anti – ante

ante

antebellum

anti ––

antihistaminic

apt – likely – liable

apt –

likely

liable ……

beside – besides

beside

besides

biannual – biennial

biannual –

biennial

compared to – compared with

compared to

compared with

continual – continuous

continual

continuous

customer – client

customer

client

…

custom – habit :

custom

habit

discrete – discreet

discrete ––

discreet ––

disinterested – uninterested

disinterested –

uninterested ––

do – make

do

I’ll do my best.

make …

He made a chair.

make a mistake – make a promise – make noise

healthy – healthful

healthy

healthful

interfere with – interfere in

interfere with

interfere in

later – latter

later

She always comes later than her brother.

latter

Turkish coffee and tea are good, but I prefer the latter.

pasture – rangeland

pasture

rangeland

respectful – respectable

respectable

respectful–

steal – rob

steal

The thief stole my wallet.

rob

They robbed the bank in five minutes.

3- Roger Hartman, Thesaurus of English Synonyms and

Antonyms, D.B. Taraporevala Sons and Co. Private Ltd.,

1995.

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Don’t say : Say : Arabic meaning :

absorbed at absorbed in –

accuse for accuse of

accustomed with accustomed to

afraid from afraid of

aim on aim at

Don’t say : Say : Arabic meaning :

angry against (a

person)

angry with (a person)

angry against (a

thing)

angry at (a person)

arrive to arrive at …

as usually as usual

ashamed from ashamed of …

in the end at the end

benefit from benefit by …

bring an example give an example

complain for complain of …

composed from composed of …

confidence to confidence in …

conform with conform to (the rules)

congratulate on congratulate for …

covered by covered with …

depend from depend on / upon –

deprive from deprive of …

die from (an illness) die of (an illness)

disappointed from disappointed in …

do a mistake make a mistake

don’t have haven’t

follow a game watch/see a game

guilty for guilty of …

He has much work. He is very busy.

in my opinion according to my

opinion

independent from independent of –

indifferent for indifferent to …

interested for interested in …

jealous from jealous of …

Don’t say : Say : Arabic meaning :

knock the door knock at the door

learn from out learn by heart

leave to leave for …

live from live on …

make a lecture give/deliver a lecture

make a question ask a question

make exercise take exercise

make miracles works miracles

need an hour take an hour

opposite from opposite to …

pass from… (a place) pass by … (a place ) …

pay … pay for … …

play a film show a film

put a mark give a mark

put my watch by … set my watch by … …

put weight put on weight –

rejoice for rejoice at ……

related with related to …

repent from repent of

satisfied from satisfied with ……

say the truth tell the truth

see a dream have a dream

sleep early go to bed early

succeed at succeed in

surprise for surprise at …

suspect for suspect of …

take a shower have a shower –

take from take by …

the reason is because the reason is that …

tie … on … tie … to … ……

Don’t say : Say : Arabic meaning :

tired from tired of …

today morning this morning

translate to translate into …

tremble from cold tremble with cold

under the rain in the rain

warn about danger warn of danger

with the feet on foot

write with ink write in ink

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