The Tale of Two Bad Mice — Page 2

Vocabulary

رسم

rasm — Drawing, sketch, or diagram

توضيحي

tawḍīḥī — Illustrative, explanatory, serving to clarify

بعد

baʿda — After, following a period of time

دقيقةٍ

daqīqatin — A minute, a short unit of time

أطلّت

aṭallat — She peeked out, looked out cautiously

زوجته

zawjatuh — His wife, his female spouse

برأسها

biraʾsihā — With her head, sticking her head out

الأخرى

al-ukhrā — The other one (feminine form)

وحين

wa-ḥīna — And when, at the moment that

رأت

raʾat — She saw, she observed something

أنه

annahu — That he, introducing a subordinate clause

أحد

aḥad — Anyone, someone, a single person

حجرة

ḥujra — Room, chamber inside a house

الأطفال

al-aṭfāl — The children, young kids

تجرّأت

tajarra'at — She dared, she mustered courage to act

الخروج

al-khurūj — Going out, the act of exiting

قماش

qumāsh — Fabric, cloth, textile material

الزيت

al-zayt — Oil, also used for oilcloth covering

تحت

taḥta — Under, beneath something

صندوق

ṣundūq — Box, chest, container

الفحم

al-faḥm — Coal, charcoal used as fuel

بيت

bayt — House, home, dwelling place

الدمى

al-dumā — The dolls, toy figurines

يقف

yaqifu — He stands, is positioned upright

الجانب

al-jānib — The side, the flank of something

الآخر

al-ākhir — The other, the opposite side

المدفأة

al-madfa'a — The fireplace, heating stove

مشى

mashā — He walked, moved on foot

بحذرٍ

biḥadharin — Carefully, with caution and care

عبر

ʿabara — He crossed, passed over something

سجادة

sajjāda — Rug, carpet laid on the floor

الموقد

al-mawqid — The hearth, fireplace area

دفعا

dafaʿā — They pushed (dual), applied force to open

الباب

al-bāb — The door, entrance to a room

الأمامي

al-amāmī — The front one, facing forward

مغلقاً

mughlaqan — Closed, shut, not open

بإحكام

bi-iḥkām — Tightly, firmly, securely fastened

صعد

ṣaʿada — He climbed, went upstairs

الطابق

al-ṭābiq — The floor, a story of a building

العلوي

al-ʿulwī — The upper one, located above

وألقيا

wa-alqayā — And they cast (dual), took a quick look

نظرةً

naẓratan — A glance, a single look at something

خاطفةً

khāṭifatan — Quick, fleeting, very brief

غرفة

ghurfa — Room, an enclosed interior space

الطعام

al-ṭaʿām — The food, meal, nourishment

ثم

thumma — Then, afterwards, subsequently

صاحا

ṣāḥā — They exclaimed (dual), cried out loudly

بصوتٍ

biṣawtin — With a voice, in a certain tone

حادٍّ

ḥāddin — Sharp, shrill, piercing sound

الفرح

al-faraḥ — Joy, happiness, delight

كانت

kānat — There was (feminine), it existed

عشاءً

ʿashāʾan — A dinner, an evening meal

رائعاً

rāʾiʿan — Wonderful, magnificent, splendid

رُتِّب

rutttiba — Was arranged, set up in order

الطاولة

al-ṭāwila — The table, flat surface for dining

ملاعق

malāʿiq — Spoons, utensils for eating

صفيح

ṣafīḥ — Tin, sheet metal material

وسكاكين

wa-sakākīn — And knives, cutting utensils

وشوك

wa-shawk — And forks, pronged eating utensils

رصاص

ruṣāṣ — Lead, a heavy grey metal

وكرسيّان

wa-kursiyyān — And two chairs (dual form)

الملاءمة

al-mulāʾama — Suitability, appropriateness, perfect fit

شرع

sharaʿa — He began, started to do something

الحال

al-ḥāl — Immediately, right away, at once

بتقطيع

bitaqṭīʿ — By cutting up, slicing into pieces

لحم

laḥm — Meat, animal flesh as food

الخنزير

al-khinzīr — The pig, pork meat

أصفر

aṣfar — Yellow, a bright warm color

لامعاً

lāmiʿan — Shiny, glistening, glossy surface

جميلاً

jamīlan — Beautiful, lovely, attractive

تخترقه

takhtariquhu — Passing through it, penetrating across it

خطوطٌ

khuṭūṭun — Lines, streaks running through something

حمراء

ḥamrāʾ — Red (feminine), crimson colored

انثنت

inthana — It bent, it curved under pressure

السكين

al-sikkīn — The knife, a cutting blade

وجرحته

wa-jaraḥathu — And it wounded him, caused a cut

فوضع

fa-waḍaʿa — So he placed, he put something somewhere

إصبعه

iṣbaʿahu — His finger, a digit of the hand

فمه

famahu — His mouth, the oral opening

يُسلَق

yuslaqu — Is boiled, cooked in boiling water

جيداً

jayyidan — Well, properly, in a good manner

إنه

innahu — Indeed it is, emphasizing a statement

صلب

ṣulb — Hard, tough, difficult to cut

جرّبي

jarrribī — Try it (feminine imperative), give it a go

أنتِ

anti — You (feminine singular pronoun)

وقفت

waqafat — She stood up, rose from her place

كرسيها

kursiyyihā — Her chair, her seat

وقطّعت

wa-qaṭṭaʿat — And she cut up, sliced repeatedly

بسكينٍ

bisikkīnin — With a knife, using a blade

رصاصيةٍ

ruṣāṣiyyatin — Made of lead, a lead-made item

صلبٌ

ṣulbun — It is tough, hard, resistant texture

كلحوم

ka-luḥūm — Like meat, resembling meat texture

عند

ʿinda — At, with, near someone's place

بائع

bāʾiʿ — Seller, vendor, merchant selling goods

الجبن

al-jubn — The cheese, dairy food product

قالت

qālat — She said, she spoke a statement

انفصل

infaṣala — It separated, detached from something

الطبق

al-ṭabaq — The plate, dish for serving food

فجأةً

fajʾatan — Suddenly, all at once unexpectedly

وتدحرج

wa-tadaḥraja — And it rolled, tumbled across a surface

اتركيه

utrukīhi — Leave it (feminine imperative), let it be

قال

qāla — He said, he uttered a statement

أعطيني

aʿṭīnī — Give me (feminine imperative), hand over

بعض

baʿḍ — Some, a portion of something

السمك

al-samak — The fish, aquatic animal as food

جرّبت

jarrabat — She tried, she tested something

ملعقة

milʿaqa — A spoon, utensil for scooping food

واحدةً

wāḥidatan — One (feminine), a single unit

تلو

tilwa — After, one after another successively

ملصقاً

mulṣaqan — Stuck, adhered, clinging to something

بالطبق

bil-ṭabaq — To the plate, attached to the dish

عندئذٍ

ʿindaʾidhin — At that moment, then at that point

فقد

faqad — He lost, he was deprived of something

أعصابه

aʿṣābahu — His nerves, his emotional composure