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Vocabulary Reference
Makeover
to recognise
ምልላይ
hairstyle
ኣመሻሽጣ ጸጉሪ
make-up
ኵሕላ
fresh
ሓድሽ
appearance
ትርኢት
living room
መቐበል-ኣጋይሽ
furniture
ኣቝሑት-ገዛ
Out of the picture
photographer
ሰኣላይ
girlfriend
መሓዛ
flatmate
መዳቕስቲ
divorce
ፍትሕ
hamster
ሃምስተር
snaps
ቃዕታታት (ስእልታት)
Treading on eggshells
groceries
ኣሽባሾ
eggs
እንቋቝሖ
eggshells
ቅራፍ-እንቋቍሖ
cake
ምቁር ሕብስቲ
shopkeeper
ብዓል-ድኳን
upset
ምሕራቕ
sensitive
ተኣፋፊ
awkward
ጋሕማጥ
offend
ምቕያም
To see red
a post box
ሳጹን-ጶስጣ
a telephone box
ናይ ተሌፎን-ጋርዛ (ካቢና)
iconic
ትእምርታዊ
a bus
ኣውቶቡስ
angry
ቍጡዕ
crowded
ጽዑቕ/ ጽቕጥቅጥ
a picnic
ሽርሽር
To put all your eggs in one basket
eggs
እንቋቝሖ
a basket
ዘንቢል
to borrow
ምልቃሕ (ካብ ሰብ ምልቃሕ)
to lend
ምልቃሕ (ንሰብ ምልቃሕ)
a company
ኩባንያ
to invest
ኣውፈረ
to rely
ምምርኳስ
a chicken
ደርሆ
A can of worms
an earthworm/ a worm
ሓደ ጎንደራ
soil
መሬት
a can
ሓንቲ ታኒካ
to survive
ምንባር
to deal with
ምእላይ / ምትሕሓዝ
Pull the plug
plug
ተሰኳዒ
headache
ሕማም-ርእሲ
inspired
ብሉጽ / ተሰውጦኣዊ
gadgets
መሰርሒታት
to switch off
ምጥፋእ
electricity
ኤሌትሪክ
Beat around the bush
outdoors
ግዳም
camping
ንበረኻ ምኻድ / ንምዝንጋዕ ንበረኻ ምውፋር
an adventure
ዕንደራ / ገድሊ ዝመልኦ መገሻ
a tent
ቴንዳ
an ant nest
ሰፈር ጻጸ
a bush
ቈጥቋጥ
a bear
ድቢ
Go the extra mile
to get a lift
ተማላእተኛ ምዃን (ምምላእ ... ሰብ ብመኪና ክማላኣካ)
a mechanic
መካኒክ
to save money
ገንዘብ ምዉህላል
a mile
ማይል
to break down
ምስባር / ምብልሻው
To brush over
a ladder
መሳልል / ኣስካላ
decorating
ምስላም / ምቕባእ
scruffy
ረሳሕ / ወዛል
to paint
ምቕባእ
paint
ቀለም
permission
ፍቓድ
On the tip of my tongue
the weekend
ቀዳመ-ሰንበት
a girlfriend
ኣፍቃሪት/ሕጽይቲ
IT
ኣይ.ቲ. (ሓበሬታ ተክኖሎጂ)
to get married
ምምርዓው
a quiz
ፈተና
an actor
ተዋሳኣይ
Cold feet
Recognition
ተፈላጥነት ምርካብ
Fortune
ሃብቲ
Pay rise
ወሰኽ ደሞዝ
Tough
ሓያል
Confidence
ርእሰ-ተኣማንነት
To downsize
employee
ሰራሕተኛ
redundant
ካብ ስራሕ ዝተጸልጸለ
company
ኩባንያ
a downturn
ምንቍልቋል
to be short of money
ሕጽረተ-ገንዘብ
retail
ዕድጊ
Full-on
colloquial
ወግኣዊ ዘይኰነ ኣዘራርባ
launch party
መኽፈት በዓል
clubbing
ናብ ናይ ሳዕስዒት ዘሎዎ ቦታ ምኻድ
intense
ጽንኩር
recover
ዳግም ምምላስ
Game changer
unlike
ዘይመሳሰል
rules
ሕግታት
a new direction
ሓደ ሓድሽ ኣንፈት
transform
ምቕያር
innovation
ሕደሳ
Out for the count
boxing
ጉስጢ
unconscious
ሃለዋት ምጥፋእ
tired
ድኻም
hiking
ናህራዊ ጉዕዞ
zoo
መካነ-እንስሳ
jogging
ዘብ ዘብ
Mind-blowing
Travelling
ምጉዓዝ
Temples
ቤት ምቕደሳት
Amazing
ኣገራሚ
Overwhelmed
ተመሰጠ
Unexplored
ዘይተበጸሐ
The universe
ኣድማስ
A sticky situation
lend
ምልቃሕ
damage
ዕንወት
upset
ቁጠዐ (ሕርቃን)
disappoint
ዘይሕጉስ፡ ደስ ዘይምባል
awkward
ዘይምቹእ፡ ስግንጢር
sensitive
ተነቃፊ
bakery
ፎርኖ
cake
ኬክ
In black and white
news
ዜና
pay rise
ወሰኽ ደሞዝ
leaflet
በራሪ ጽሑፍ
printed
ዝተሓትመ
ink
ቀለም
paper
ወረቐት
Take a back seat
seat
መንበር
responsibility
ሓላፍነት
take turns
በብተራ
in charge
ተቆጻጻሪ
trust
እምነት