Arabic vocabulary: Tools & building – 21 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

هَزَّ حَسَنٌ رَأْسَهُ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْقُفْلِ.

Hassan nodded, then looked at the lock.

كَانَتْ تَحْلُمُ بِالْفَوْزِ، لِأَنَّ الْجَائِزَةَ سَتُسَاعِدُ أُسْرَتَهَا عَلَى إِصْلَاحِ مَطْعَمِهَا الصَّغِيرِ.

She dreamed of winning because the prize would help her family repair their small restaurant.

هذا صندوق أدواته، ما فتحتوش من بعد ما مشى...

This is his toolbox, I haven't opened it since he left...

قَالَتْ: «أَنْزِلْنِي، وَسَأَقْطَعُ الْحَبْلَ.

She said, “Let me down, and I’ll cut the rope.

مسكناهن كلهن ثلاثة، وفي معدات قطع وشاحنة صغيرة.

We caught them all, all three, and there are cutting tools and a small truck.

هَلْ هُنَاكَ عُطْلٌ فِي الْكَهْرَبَاءِ؟ تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ الْأَذَانِ يَرْتَفِعُ مِنَ الْمِنَارَةِ الْقَرِيبَةِ.

Is there a power failure? She hears the sound of the Adhan (call to prayer) rising from the nearby minaret.

طيب ماشي بس أنا رح أوقف تعبئة الخزان من عندي لحد ما نعرف الحقيقة!!

Alright okay, but I'm going to stop filling the tank from my side until we know the truth!!

ممكن يكون الهوا بس بيعدي في الأنبوب القديم؟؟

It could be just the air passing through the old pipe??

بكرة الصبح بفحص المواسير، ممكن في تسريب

Tomorrow morning I will check the pipes, maybe there's a leak

هاي الرسالة الثانية، بالحرف: "توقفي عن الحفر بموضوع أموال الإعمار.

This is the second message, word for word (literally): "Stop digging into the issue of the reconstruction funds.

يَضَعُ الرَّجُلُ الْفَأْسَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَيَبْتَسِمُ.

The man puts the axe on the ground and smiles.

بكرة بصلح الماسورة على حسابي وبعبي الخزان مرتين إضافي كتعويض

Tomorrow I will fix the pipe at my expense and I'll fill the tank twice more as compensation

بس لاحظت وتر الجواب مقطوع من الجذر، يحتاج تبديل مو ترقيع.

But I noticed the treble string is cut from the root, it needs replacement, not a patch-up.

أَصْلَحْتُهُ لِأُخْتِي.»

I repaired it for my sister.”

بدو يبني فلل ومسبح عالتلة

He wants to build villas and a pool on the hill

من زمان لما جددوا درج البرج، لقيت أنا وزوجي — الله يرحمه — صندوق صغير من الصفيح تحت الدرج

A long time ago when they renovated the tower stairs, I and my husband found — God have mercy on him — a small tin box under the stairs

وأنت جيتي باش تهدمها فليلة وحدة.

And you came to tear it down in one night.

مزح مزح، بساعد بالتقطيع

Just joking, I'm helping with the cutting

لِأَنَّ مُشْتَرِيًا كَانَ يَنْتَظِرُ رَدَّهَا فِي الْمَسَاءِ دَخَلَتِ السُّوقَ مِنَ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ وَإِذَا بِهَا تَقِفُ فَجْأَةً وَسَطَ عَالَمٍ آخَرَ كَانَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ تَتَدَاخَلُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ بَاعَةٌ يُنَادُونَ عَلَى الْحَلَوِيَّاتِ وَحَرَفِيُّونَ يَطْرُقُونَ النُّحَاسَ وَرَائِحَةُ الصَّابُونِ بِزَيْتِ الْغَارِ تَمْلَأُ الْهَوَاءَ لَكِنَّ مَا شَدَّ انْتِبَاهَهَا حَقًّا كَانَ السَّقْفُ الْمَعْدِنِيُّ الْعَالِي الْمَثْقُوبُ بِآلَافِ الثُّقُوبِ الصَّغِيرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَرِّبُ خُيُوطًا رَفِيعَةً مِنَ الضَّوْءِ

because a buyer was waiting for her response in the evening She entered the market through the large gate and suddenly she found herself standing in the middle of another world The sounds were overlapping from every direction sellers calling out their sweets and craftsmen hammering copper and the smell of soap made with laurel oil filling the air but what really caught her attention was the high metal ceiling pierced with thousands of small holes which were leaking thin threads of light

لَدَيْنَا أَرْبَعُونَ دَقِيقَةً فَقَطْ لِنَصِلَ إِلَى الشِّعَابِ الْمَرْجَانِيَّةِ الْعَمِيقَةِ وَنَعُودَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَشْتَدَّ الرِّيَاحُ، قَالَتْ لَيْلَى وَهِيَ تَضْبِطُ حِزَامَ الْأُكْسِجِينِ بِإِحْكَامٍ.

We have only forty minutes to reach the deep coral reefs and return before the winds strengthen, Layla said as she tightly adjusted her oxygen belt.

سَمِعَ يُوسُفُ مِنْ جِيرَانِهِ أَنَّ السُّدُودَ فِي الشَّمَالِ فَتَحَتْ أَبْوَابَهَا بِسَبَبِ الْأَمْطَارِ الْغَزِيرَةِ، وَأَنَّ مَوْجَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الْمَاءِ قَادِمَةٌ نَحْوَ الْأَهْوَارِ.

Yusuf heard from his neighbors that the dams in the north had opened their gates because of the heavy rains, and that a large wave of water was coming toward the marshes.