Glossary: الأنقليزية

The verb + -ing, used after like, enjoy and hate: reading, swimming.

A word that says how often: always, usually, sometimes, never.

To have the same idea as another person.

What we breathe.

In every country.

Without other people.

Every time (100%).

A big round open building with seats all around, like the Roman one in El Jem.

The small words a, an and the that go before a noun.

The season after summer: September, October and November.

Not good for: Sugar is bad for your teeth.

A person who makes bread and cakes.

The place with sand next to the sea.

A word that gives the reason; it answers the question why.

In the middle of two things or places.

A box for rubbish.

The big board in the classroom where we write with chalk.

A smart jacket, often worn at school or at work.

Big strong shoes that cover your feet and legs.

How you feel when you have nothing interesting to do.

Not interesting; it makes you feel bored.

A person who builds houses, schools and walls.

Past of build: made with stones, bricks or metal.

An insect with big colourful wings.

To get something and pay money for it. Past: bought.

A piece of land that goes into the sea, like Cap Bon.

A person who makes doors, tables and chairs with wood.

It does not cost a lot of money.

The soft part of the face under the eye.

A board game for two players with black and white pieces.

A special day for children; in Tunisia, on 11th January.

To take one thing from many. Past: chose.

A very big town, like Tunis or Sfax.

A list of rules that all the pupils of a class promise to follow.

To make a place clean and tidy.

With no clouds.

The things we wear: shirts, coats, shoes…

With a lot of clouds in the sky.

A funny person with a red nose and big shoes who makes people laugh.

A small illness: you sneeze and your nose runs.

To pick up things and put them together.

To meet in the same place to do something.

An adjective + -er than to compare two things: colder than.

A drawing on a map that shows north, south, east and west.

A game or a test where people try to win.

A noun we can count: one egg, two eggs. Ask How many?

A land with its own people, flag and government, like Tunisia or Spain.

Paper tubes that go bang when you pull them; a small hat or toy comes out.

A soft bread for breakfast, shaped like a moon.

To go from one side of the road to the other.

Something people in a country usually do.

A person who buys things in a shop.

Small and nice to look at.

A person who dances.

A day when you go to a place for fun, like the zoo or the park.

A doctor who looks after teeth.

A very dry place with a lot of sand.

Did not: the negative of the simple past.

The money of Tunisia; 1 dinar = 1000 millimes.

Not clean.

We say it to tell someone: there is no problem.

A round sweet cake cooked in oil.

Making pictures with a pencil or crayons.

One person to the other and the other way round: we help each other.

The direction where the sun rises.

Learning at school.

Food from a hen; good for breakfast.

Moving stairs that take you up or down.

Very happy because something good is coming.

Known by many people.

A person who loves and supports a team or a player.

At a long distance; the opposite of near.

A person who grows fruit and vegetables or keeps animals on a farm.

Moving quickly. Opposite: slow.

The oily part of some food: chips have a lot of fat. Never use it to make fun of people.

A boat that takes people and cars across a short piece of sea.

A special day or week with music, dances and shows.

When your body is very hot because you are ill.

To see or get what you are looking for. Past: found.

Catching fish with a rod, for fun or for food.

Strong and healthy because you move a lot.

A small room in a shop where you try on clothes.

A sweet drink with bubbles and a lot of sugar.

A piece of cloth with colours and shapes that stands for a country.

The part of a room you walk on.

With fog: you can’t see far.

The time when you don’t work or study.

Clean, cool air, like in a forest.

Sweet food that grows on trees or plants: apples, grapes, oranges.

Growing and looking after flowers, fruit and vegetables.

A present.

Warm clothes for your hands.

The player who stops the ball in front of the goal.

A yellow, very expensive metal.

It helps: Milk is good for your bones.

Something you do again and again: Walking to school is a good habit.

A small bag for keys, a phone and money.

A pain in your head.

Being well and not sick.

Good for your body.

To do something for someone to make things easier for him or her.

A game: one child closes his or her eyes and the others hide.

To touch someone or an animal hard to hurt it. Never hit an animal!

An activity you like doing often in your free time.

Used to make a suggestion, followed by a verb with -ing.

The question we ask to know the price of one thing.

The form of a verb for instructions: Give, Clean, Feed. Don’t + verb says what not to do.

A thing you play to make music: guitar, violin, drum.

A verb that does not take -ed in the past: go, went.

Land with water all around it, like Djerba.

Rings, necklaces and bracelets, often made of gold or silver.

The work a person does to earn money.

To become part of a group, a club or a race.

To stay strong and healthy with sport and good food.

Children.

A light toy on a long string that flies in the wind.

Something you do for fun in your free time.

Let us: used to make a suggestion, followed by a verb without -ing.

Being alive.

A word that joins two ideas: and, but, because.

A lot of; many or much.

Tricks that look impossible, like a rabbit coming out of a hat.

A person who does magic tricks in a show.

A very big building with a lot of shops and cafés.

A place with many stalls where people buy food and other things.

Food we eat at one time: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Food from animals, like beef or lamb.

Something that helps you get better. Take it only from a parent or a doctor.

A list of the food for a meal or a day.

Twelve o’clock at night.

One of the twelve parts of the year, like January or May.

A famous old building or statue.

To clean the floor with water and a mop.

A building where you can see old, rare or beautiful things.

A word for a strong rule: You must brush your teeth.

Must not: don’t do it. You mustn’t eat sweets in bed.

A piece of jewellery that we wear around the neck.

A person who lives next to you or near you.

The streets and houses around your home.

Not one time (0%).

Coming after this one: next week, next spring.

Very near, at the side of something.

The direction at the top of a map.

Giving something or an idea to someone politely: Would you like some juice?

A liquid for cooking, like olive oil. It is uncountable.

The time when families pick olives from the trees, in autumn.

Not at school or at work, free to rest and have fun.

On the other side of the street.

Making pictures with paint and a brush.

A colourful bird that can repeat words.

To take part in something.

Food made from flour and water, like spaghetti.

A red, green or yellow vegetable; red peppers are used to make harissa.

A liquid with a nice smell that people put on their skin.

An animal that lives with a family: a cat, a dog, a rabbit…

A meal that you eat outside, often on the grass.

A machine with wings that flies in the sky.

With very little money.

A word that says who has something: my, your, his, her, our, their.

The money of Britain.

To like one thing more than another: I prefer kites to dolls.

A thing you give to someone, for example for a birthday.

Something you get when you win.

A big stone building with a square base and a point at the top, like in Giza.

A competition to see who is the fastest.

With a lot of rain.

A verb that takes -ed in the past: play, played.

A long thin piece of coloured material for decorating.

Something that every person must have or can do, like education or health.

A small round piece of jewellery you wear on your finger.

A lot of water that moves across the land to the sea.

A game: you jump over a rope again and again.

Not happy.

A time when shops sell things at lower prices.

A small castle that children build with sand.

A tool to cut paper.

Fish, prawns and other food from the sea.

One of the four parts of the year: winter, spring, summer or autumn.

To give something and get money for it. Past: sold.

To give part of what you have to other people.

A big boat that travels on the sea.

Going to shops to buy things.

Short trousers for hot days.

A word to give good advice: You should drink water.

Should not: it is not a good idea. You shouldn’t eat sweets every day.

Something people watch for fun, like a play or a magic act.

Ill; not well.

A letter we write but don’t say: k in know, w in write.

A grey-white metal used for jewellery and coins.

The tense for finished actions: I played, she went.

Sliding on ice with special shoes.

Sliding on snow with two long skis.

The space above us where we see the sun and the clouds.

Not moving quickly. Opposite: fast.

Small things to eat: popcorn, nuts, biscuits.

A figure of a man made of snow.

With snow falling or on the ground.

Clothes you wear on your feet, inside your shoes.

Some of the time, not always (about 50%).

The direction at the bottom of a map, opposite of north.

The season of flowers: March, April and May.

A pain in your stomach.

An idea that you give to someone: Let’s go to the park!

To look nice on someone: blue suits you.

The hot season: June, July and August.

Dark glasses that protect your eyes from the sun.

With a lot of sun.

The form of an adjective for number one in a group: the oldest, the cleanest.

Something nice that someone does not expect.

Feeling something you did not expect.

A warm top, often made of wool.

To clean the floor with a broom.

Small sweet things made of sugar.

Clothes you wear to swim.

To look after someone or something: give food, love and help.

A group of players who play together.

The plural of tooth. We use them to eat.

In order; to put things in their place.

To put things back in their places.

A long piece of cloth worn around the neck with a shirt.

Needing rest or sleep.

To get to a place at the end of a trip.

To fill a balloon with air. Past: blew up.

To bend your body forward to say hello or show respect.

To take something that is moving.

To do something special and happy for an important day.

To take things and keep them together.

To make a place beautiful with balloons, ribbons or pictures.

To like something a lot. It is followed by a verb with -ing.

Not to remember. Past: forgot.

To prepare yourself and your things before you go.

To put something in someone’s hands as a present. Past: gave.

To return to a place: we go back to school in September.

To sleep outside in a tent for one night or more.

To say hello to someone or welcome them.

To not like something at all.

To put your arms around someone. Past: hugged.

To hit something with your foot.

To touch someone with your lips to show love or say hello.

Not to win a game or a match. Past: lost.

To see and be with someone.

To feel sad because someone is not with you.

To like one thing more than another.

To wear clothes. Past: put on.

To hold someone’s hand and move it up and down to say hello.

To stay somewhere for some time, or to use money.

To send something through the air with your hand.

To put your hand or a part of your body on something.

To go from one place to another, often far away.

To stay until something happens or someone comes.

To move your hand to say hello or goodbye.

To be the best in a game or a match. Past: won.

A pain in a tooth.

A tall, narrow building, like the Eiffel Tower.

A thing children play with: doll, kite, robot, puzzle.

A long vehicle that goes on rails.

To put on clothes in a shop to see if they are good for you.

An animal with a hard shell that walks very slowly.

Two times.

A noun we can’t count: water, rice, oil. Ask How much?

Not fit: you get tired quickly because you don’t move a lot.

Not happy; un- means not.

Not good for your body if you eat or do it a lot.

Most of the time (about 80%).

Plants we eat: carrots, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli.

A light top without sleeves worn under a shirt.

A doctor for animals.

A very small town in the country.

A little hot, nice and pleasant.

To clean the plates, cups and glasses after a meal.

How it is outside: sunny, rainy, cold, hot…

The end of the week, when there is no school or work.

The direction where the sun sets.

A question to ask what is wrong.

A word we put before a verb to talk about the future.

Words we use with a verb to talk about the future or to make promises.

To be first in a race or a game. Past: won.

With a lot of wind.

The cold season: December, January and February.

Something you want to happen in the future.

The short form of will not.

The Earth and all the countries on it.

A polite way to say want: I’d like two croissants, please.

A polite question to offer something; answer Yes, please or No, thank you.

A period of twelve months.

A soft white food made from milk.

A place where people can see wild animals like lions and giraffes.