Useful expressions · set 020

Twenty bilingual expressions from the lessons and conversations for review and use.

Read each expression and its translation, then follow the link to its context. These sets reorganise course language for review; they are not additional independent texts. Adapt the details for your own use.

Practical examples

My colleague is collecting photographs of the workplace.

يجمع زميلي صورًا لمكان العمل.

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We are discussing which instructions need more examples.

نناقش التعليمات التي تحتاج إلى مزيد من الأمثلة.

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Our manager is reading the first version today.

يقرأ مديرنا النسخة الأولى اليوم.

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We are making changes before the new employees arrive.

نجري تعديلات قبل وصول الموظفين الجدد.

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I am calling my sister, but she is not answering.

أتصل بأختي، لكنها لا تجيب.

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She is cooking dinner in the kitchen.

تطهو العشاء في المطبخ.

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Her phone is charging in another room.

يُشحن هاتفها في غرفة أخرى.

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Her husband is not watching television tonight.

زوجها لا يشاهد التلفاز هذه الليلة.

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He is helping their neighbour carry some boxes.

يساعد جارهما على حمل بعض الصناديق.

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I am sending a message so she can call me later.

أرسل رسالة لكي تتصل بي لاحقًا.

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We are going to move to a smaller flat next month.

سننتقل إلى شقة أصغر الشهر القادم.

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I am going to pack the books this weekend.

سأحزم الكتب في نهاية هذا الأسبوع.

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My brother is going to help us carry the boxes.

سيساعدنا أخي على حمل الصناديق.

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We are not going to buy new furniture yet.

لن نشتري أثاثًا جديدًا الآن.

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We are going to measure the rooms first.

سنقيس الغرف أولًا.

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Then we are going to decide what we need.

ثم سنقرر ما نحتاج إليه.

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I am going to improve my English this year.

سأحسن لغتي الإنجليزية هذا العام.

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I am going to study for twenty minutes every evening.

سأدرس عشرين دقيقة كل مساء.

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On Mondays, I am going to practise listening.

سأتدرب على الاستماع أيام الاثنين.

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My friend is going to practise short conversations with me.

سيتدرب صديقي معي على محادثات قصيرة.

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Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: My colleague is collecting photographs of the workplace.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: سيتدرب صديقي معي على محادثات قصيرة.