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plow into – to collide with something

يصطدم بشيء أو بشخص

• The lady plowed into the orange juice vendor's stand with her cart because she was distracted by her baby crying.

soak up – to absorb something

يمتص السائل أو الرطوبة

• I quickly grabbed a towel because I spilled grape juice on the rug and I needed something to soak it up.

soak in 1 – to be submerged in liquid

ينغمس في السائل

• Let your sore feet soak in the foot bath solution for 20 minutes so they feel better.

soak in 2 – to be absorbed

يمتص، يتغلغل

• Don't forget to apply sunblock, and let it soak in for 20 minutes before you go to the beach.

crack up 1 – to laugh or be amused

ينفجر من الضحك

• That comedian is so funny, his jokes always crack me up.

crack up 2 – to have a mental breakdown

ينهار نفسياً

• After he lost his job and his wife divorced him, he completely cracked up.

crack down – to deal with a situation more severely

يتعامل بحزم ويطبق القانون بصرامة

• The school is cracking down on student athletes who aren't taking their studies seriously and banning them from sports if they fail any of their classes.

stir up 1 – to blend ingredients while cooking or baking

يخلط أو يحرك لدمج المكونات

• Stir up the salad dressing before pouring onto the salad so everything is mixed well.

stir up 2 – to provoke someone or cause trouble

يثير المشاكل أو الفتن

• Every time my aunt visits my mother, she stirs up a commotion by gossiping and then my mother gets upset.

speak up 1 – to talk at a louder volume

ارفع صوتك

• Please speak up. I can't hear what you're saying in this noisy restaurant.

speak up 2 – to communicate an opinion

يعبر عن رأيه

• She spoke up when the office manager asked her to work on Saturday, because she felt she already put in enough hours at her job.

speak up for – to defend or represent someone

يدافع عن شخص أو يمثل شخصاً آخر

• The man spoke up for his elderly neighbors, requesting the police patrol their neighborhood more often because recent burglaries have made the residents feel unsafe.

think up – to produce or create something

يبتكر أو يخترع

• I need to think up a theme for my son's birthday party.

peel off – to remove something

يقشر أو يزيل

• The monkey enjoyed peeling off the skins from the bananas even if he wasn't going to eat them.

delve into – to thoroughly examine something

يتعمق في دراسة أو فحص شيء

• The professor will delve into the topic of fair trade agreements next semester.

flip out – to become angry

يغضب بشدة

• Our father is going to flip out when he finds out we broke the window.

heat up 1 – to warm something

يسخن أو يدفئ

• I'll heat up the leftover pizza for dinner.
• I built a fire in the fireplace to heat up the room.

heat up 2 – to become more lively

يصبح أكثر نشاطاً أو حيوية

• Things are really heating up in this little town since the movie theater opened up.

act up – to behave badly

يتصرف بشكل سيء أو غير لائق

• The kids act up with the babysitter when the parents go out for the evening.

act out – to behave badly

يسيء التصرف

• The troubled boy acts out in class in order to get attention.

scrape by – to barely support oneself financially

يكاد يكفيه المال للمعيشة

• I'm just scraping by even though I'm working two jobs.

iron out – to solve a problem or conflict

يحسم أو يحل مشكلة أو خلاف

• She ironed things out with her best friend about the misunderstanding they had earlier that day.

veg out – to relax

يسترخي أو يستجم

• I don't feel like doing school work. I'd rather veg out in front of the TV and watch a movie.

mull over – to consider something

يفكر ملياً في أمر ما

• Let me mull over the idea of selling my farm to the developers.

own up (to) – to admit something

يعترف بفعل شيء

• I wish you'd own up to stealing the money from the teacher so the entire class doesn't get punished.

rope in – to persuade someone to do something

يقنع شخصاً للقيام بشيء

• I don't have time to spare, but I still got roped in to helping him with his work.

jump at – to enthusiastically agree to something

يقبل بشغف أو حماس

• I jumped at the chance to go to the concert when my friend said he had an extra ticket.

sink in – to be clearly understood

يتضح أو يستوعب تدريجياً

• As she watched her son drive away, the reality of her and her husband living alone in the big house began to sink in.

trail off – to become gradually more quiet

يتلاشى الصوت تدريجياً

• Her voice trailed off as she walked away from me.