Non native English speaker

It’s more of a trend than an anomaly.

يُصادِقُ، يَمُدُّ يَدَ العَوْن

حصى

فارس السباق - يناور

Parents are the first, most influential teachers of their children.

After a heavy meal, you may want to go out for a stroll to help you work off some of the calories. نزهة

dried perfumed flowers, mix The chamber music program was an equally peculiar potpourri.

(لوحة (تذكارية او ديكور - مادّةٌ راسِبَه على الأسْنان dental plaque Their names are all inscribed on the plaque. A row of plaques decorates the outside of the building.

He must learn to curb that temper of his. You must curb your spending. يَكبَح، يَشكُم - كبح - قيد We'll have to put a curb on his enthusiasm. شَكيمَه، عِنان (American) a kerb. حافّة الرّصيف

يعدّل، يحسّن reform the government. The entire justice system needs to be reformed, in my opinion.

يطرد، يخرج , يخلع Egypt has been battling Islamist militants for years, with attacks escalating since the 2013 ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Things that are hectic tend to be happen quickly and all at once — that's why a hectic day makes people nervous.

You might have had a rough upbringing or a gentler one, but at least you made it this far. تربية - تنشئة

I live a pretty solitary life. She was a solitary person. مُنْعَزِل a solitary traveller. مُنْفَرِد He was sentenced to six months' solitary confinement. حَبْس إنْفِرادي

He likes solitude; He lives in solitude. عُزْلَه

زبيب

If you patronize a business, you shop there regularly. But if someone patronizes you, it's not so pleasant — they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent.

سلب- نهب

Investigators are probing whether that stranger was one of the men who ransacked the house. Washington Post (Feb 17, 2016)

rugged mountains. وَعِر، غَيْر مُسْتَوٍ a rugged character; He had rugged good looks; He is tall and rugged. قَوي وخَشِن، غَليظ القَسَمات

رث الثياب - مرهق worn out from stress or strain

a cheeky little rascal. نَذْل مشاغب

معد لفئة فليلية، مقتصر على فئة معينة- سري مفهوم لفئة قليلة She has published several books on pathworking and other esoteric subjects.

He conceded that he had been wrong. يُسلِّـم بِ، يُقـرُّ "At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat." يعترف بفشله، يعترف بهزيمته

To improvise means to make something up on the spot, or figure it out as you go

If someone tells you that your writing looks like "chicken scratch," it might not be legible, except to other chickens.

"tell the story of" or "add up again."

في ملعب الغولف (golf: sand trap) موقع رملي (underground shelter) ملجأ تحت الأرض

lower in rank, position, quality, status or ability. متدني المرتبة أو الشأن - برتبة أدنى - أقل جودة - anatomy: situated lower) أدنى، دونيّ In anatomy, below or toward the feet. As opposed to superior. The liver is inferior to the lungs.

حافر I don't want to make a decision on the hoof -- I need to give this some thought.

مرساة - يرسي او يربط السفينة او يثبت شئ او شخص Roots anchor the plant.. They have anchored (the boat) near the shore. Throw the anchor overboard. TV news anchor.

Wipe out يمحو Some paintings were made directly over others, obliterating them. The town was obliterated by the bombs. يُزيل، يَمْحَق، يُدَمِّر