Unit 1 Meeting colleagues

Word Definition Translation

12-hour clock (n) a way of telling the time ١٢ ‫ﻋﺮض اﻟﺴﺎﻋﺔ ﺑﺼﻴﻐﺔ‬
using 12 hours from ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺔ‬
midnight to midday and 12
hours from midday to
midnight

24-hour clock (n) a way of telling the time ٢٤ ‫ﻋﺮض اﻟﺴﺎﻋﺔ ﺑﺼﻴﻐﺔ‬
using the 24 hours in the ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺔ‬
day

advance (n) before something happens ‫ﻣﺴﺒﻘًﺎ‬

or is expected to happen

afternoon (n) the hours after midday ‫اﻟﻈﻬﻴﺮة‬

gency nurse (n) a nurse who works for a ‫ﻣﻤﺮﺿﺔ اﻟﻮآﺎﻟﺔ‬

business that provides
nursing services for people
or organisations

agree (v) to make a decision with ‫ﻳﺘﻔﻖ‬

someone after a discussion
with them

angiogram (n) used to look inside the ‫ﺻﻮرة وﻋﺎﺋﻴﺔ‬

coronary arteries to
determine if a heart
condition is present

appointment (n) an arrangement for a ‫ﻣﻮﻋﺪ‬

meeting at an agreed time
and place, for a particular
purpose

aunt (n) the sister of your father or ‫زوﺟﺔ‬/‫اﻟﺨﺎﻟﺔ‬/‫اﻟﻌﻤﺔ‬

‫زوﺟﺔ اﻟﺨﺎل‬/‫اﻟﻌﻢ‬

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mother, or the wife of your
father's or mother's brother

bank (n) a business that keeps and ‫ﺑﻨﻚ‬

lends money and provides
other financial services

beverage (n) a hot or cold drink ‫ﻣﺸﺮوب‬

blanket (n) a cover for a bed, usually ‫ﺑﻄﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬

made of wool

book (n) a set of printed pages held ‫آﺘﺎب‬

together in a cover so you
can read them

bracelet (n) a band or chain that you ‫ﺳﻮار‬

wear around your wrist

breakfast (n) the meal you have in the ‫إﻓﻄﺎر‬

morning

brother (n) a male who has the same ‫أخ‬

parents as you

car park (n) an area where people can ‫ﻣﻮﻗﻒ ﺳﻴﺎرات‬

park their cars

catheter (n) a thin tube that is put into ‫ﻗﺴﻄﺮة‬

your body to remove liquids

charge nurse (n) a nurse who is responsible ‫اﻟﻤﻤﺮﺿﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﺆوﻟﺔ‬

for the work done in one part
of a hospital

chart (n) information that is arranged ‫ﻣﺨﻄﻂ‬

clearly in the form of a set of
figures, graph or a piece of
paper with information on it

child (n) someone who is not yet an ‫ﻃﻔﻞ‬

adult

class (n) a group of students who are ‫ﻓﺼﻞ دراﺳﻲ‬

taught together

clock in (v) register your arrival time at ‫ﻳُﺴﺠﻞ ﺑﺪء اﻟﻌﻤﻞ‬

work

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clock out (v) register your departure time ‫ﻳُﺴﺠﻞ اﻧﺘﻬﺎء اﻟﻌﻤﻞ‬
at work

code (n) a set of numbers, letters or ‫آﻮد‬

symbols that shows what
something is or gives
information about it

cold (adj) something that is cold has a ‫ﺑﺎرد‬

low temperature

cold (n) a common illness that ‫زآﺎم‬

makes it difficult to breathe
through your nose and often
makes your throat hurt

cousin (n) the child of your uncle or ‫اﻟﺨﺎل أو‬/‫اﺑﻦ اﻟﻌﻢ‬

aunt ‫اﻟﺨﺎﻟﺔ‬/‫اﻟﻌﻤﺔ‬

CT scanner (n) (= computerised tomography ‫ﺟﻬﺎز اﻟﺘﺼﻮﻳﺮ ﺑﺎﻷﺷﻌﺔ‬

scanner) an X-ray machine ‫اﻟﻤﻘﻄﻌﻴﺔ‬
that takes multiple pictures
of structures within the body
and turns them into pictures
on a computer screen

dept. (abbr) (= department) one of the ‫ﻗﺴﻢ‬

groups of people who work
together in a particular part
of a large organisation, e.g.
a hospital

diarrhoea (n) an illness in which waste ‫إﺳﻬﺎل‬

from the bowels is watery
and comes out often

dinner (n) the main meal of the day ‫ﻋﺸﺎء‬

disturb (v) to interrupt someone so that ‫ﻳﺰﻋﺞ‬

they cannot continue what
they are doing

document (n) a piece of paper that has ‫ﻣﺴﺘﻨﺪ‬

official information on it

drip (n) a piece of equipment used in ‫ﻗﻄﺮة‬/‫ﺗﺴﻴﻴﻞ‬

hospitals for putting liquids

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directly into your blood

drop (v) to stop holding or carrying ‫ﻳُﺴﻘِﻂ‬

something so that it falls

during (prep) from the beginning to the ‫ﺧﻼل‬

end of a period of time

ECG (n) (= electrocardiograph) a ‫ﻣﺨﻄﻂ اﻟﻘﻠﺐ اﻟﻜﻬﺮﺑﺎﺋﻲ‬

piece of equipment that
records the electrical activity
of the heart

employee (n) someone who is paid to ‫ﻣﻮﻇﻒ‬

work for someone else

enter (v) to go or come into a place ‫ﻳﺪﺧﻞ‬

equipment (n) the tools, machines, clothes, ‫ﻣﻌﺪات‬
etc. that you need to do a
particular job or activity

escort (v) to take someone ‫ﻳﺮاﻓﻖ‬/‫ﻳﺤﺮس‬

somewhere, especially when
you are protecting or
guarding them

evening (n) the early part of the night, ‫اﻟﻤﺴﺎء‬

between the end of the day
and the time you go to bed

extinguish (v) to make a fire or light stop ‫ﻳﻄﻔﺊ‬

burning

facilities (n pl) rooms, equipment or ‫ﻣﺮاﻓﻖ‬

services that are provided
for a particular purpose

family tree (n) a drawing that gives the ‫ﺷﺠﺮة اﻟﻌﺎﺋﻠﺔ‬

names of all the members of
a family over a long period
of time, and shows how they
are related to each other

father (n) a male parent ‫اﻷب‬

father-in-law (n) the father of your husband ‫اﻟﺤﻤﻮ‬

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or wife

flower (n) a coloured or white part that ‫زهﺮة‬

a plant or tree produces
before fruit or seeds

flu (n) a common illness that gives ‫إﻧﻔﻠﻮاﻧﺰا‬

you a sore throat and makes
you cough and have to clear
your nose a lot

full name (n) the first name, any middle ‫اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻜﺎﻣﻞ‬
names and the surname of a
person

granddaughter (n) the daughter of your son or ‫ﺣﻔﻴﺪة‬

daughter

grandfather (n) the father of your father or ‫ﺟﺪ‬

mother

grandmother (n) the mother of your mother or ‫ﺟﺪة‬

father

grandson (n) the son of your son or ‫ﺣﻔﻴﺪ‬

daughter

healthcare assistant (n) a support worker in a clinical ‫ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪ اﻟﺮﻋﺎﻳﺔ اﻟﺼﺤﻴﺔ‬

area who works under the
supervision of a registered
practitioner

help (n) things you do to make it ‫ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪة‬

easier or possible for
someone to do something

husband (n) the man that a woman is ‫زوج‬

married to

identity bracelet (n) a band that you wear around ‫ﺳﻮار اﻟﻬﻮﻳﺔ‬
your wrist with your name
and other details about you

job title (n) a brief description of a ‫اﻟﻤﺴﻤﻰ اﻟﻮﻇﻴﻔﻲ‬

position held by an
employee

leave (v) to go away from a place ‫ﻳﻐﺎدر‬

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litter (v) waste paper, cans, etc. that ‫ﻧﻔﺎﻳﺎت‬
people have thrown away
and left on the ground in a
public place

machine (n) a piece of equipment with ‫ﻣﺎآﻴﻨﺔ‬

moving parts that uses
power such as electricity to
do a particular job

mammogram (n) an X-ray picture of a ‫ﺻﻮرة اﻟﺜﺪي اﻟﺸﻌﺎﻋﻴﺔ‬

woman's breasts used to
check for signs of cancer

manager (n) someone whose job is to ‫ﻣﺪﻳﺮ‬

manage part or all of a
company or other
organisation

mealtime (n) a time during the day when ‫وﻗﺖ ﺗﻨﺎول اﻟﻮﺟﺒﺔ‬
you have a meal

medical (adj) relating to medicine and the ‫ﻃﺒﻲ‬

treatment of disease or
injury

meet (v) to see and talk to someone ‫ﻳﻘﺎﺑﻞ‬

for the first time, or be
introduced to them

member (n) a person who belongs to a ‫ﻋﻀﻮ‬

group or organisation

midday (n) the middle of the day; 12 ‫ﻣﻨﺘﺼﻒ اﻟﻴﻮم‬

o'clock

midnight (n) 12 o'clock at night ‫ﻣﻨﺘﺼﻒ اﻟﻠﻴﻞ‬

mobile phone (n) a telephone that you can ‫اﻟﻬﺎﺗﻒ اﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮل‬

carry with you and use in
any place

morning (n) the hours before midday ‫اﻟﺼﺒﺎح‬

mother (n) a female parent ‫اﻷم‬

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mother-in-law (n) the mother of your wife or ‫اﻟﺤﻤﺎة‬
husband

MRI scanner (n) (= magnetic resonance ‫ﺟﻬﺎز اﻟﺘﺼﻮﻳﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﺮﻧﻴﻦ‬

imaging scanner) a special ‫اﻟﻤﻐﻨﺎﻃﻴﺴﻲ‬
test that uses magnetic
waves to create pictures of
an area of the body,
including bones, muscles
and tendons

need (v) to have to have something ‫ﻳﺤﺘﺎج إﻟﻰ‬

or someone

night (n) during the dark part of each ‫ﻟﻴﻠﺔ‬

24-hour period when the sun
cannot be seen and when
most people sleep

night shift (n) a period of time at night ‫ﻧﻮﺑﺔ ﻟﻴﻠﻴﺔ‬

when people regularly work

notice board (n) a surface intended for the ‫ﻟﻮﺣﺔ إﻋﻼﻧﺎت‬

posting of public messages

opening hours (n pl) the hours when a shop, ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻌﻤﻞ‬

bank, bar, etc. is open to the
public

ordinal number (n) one of the numbers, e.g. ‫ﻋﺪد ﺗﺮﺗﻴﺒﻲ‬

first, second, third which
show the order of things

patient (n) someone who is receiving ‫ﻣﺮﻳﺾ‬

medical treatment from a
doctor or in a hospital

radiology (n) the study and medical use of ‫اﻟﺘﺼﻮﻳﺮ ﺑﺎﻷﺷﻌﺔ‬

radiation

schedule (n) a plan of what someone is ‫ﺟﺪول‬

going to do and when they
are going to do it

shift (n) if workers work shifts they ‫ﻧﻮﺑﺔ‬

work for a particular period
of time during the day or
night and are then replaced

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by others so that there are
always people working

sister (n) a girl or woman who has the ‫أﺧﺖ‬

same parents as you

son (n) someone's male child ‫اﺑﻦ‬

staff (n) the people who work for an ‫اﻟﻤﻮﻇﻔﻮن‬

organisation

staff nurse (n) British English a British ‫ﻣﻤﺮﺿﺔ ﻣﺴﺆوﻟﺔ‬

hospital nurse whose rank is
just below a sister

student nurse (n) a nurse in training ‫ﻣﻤﺮﺿﺔ ﻣﺘﺪرﺑﺔ‬

suffer (v) to experience physical or ‫ﻳﻌﺎﻧﻲ‬
mental pain

swipe (v) to pass an information ‫ﺗﻤﺮﻳﺮ ﻟﻘﺮاءة اﻟﺒﻴﺎﻧﺎت‬

scanner over digital ‫اﻟﺮﻗﻤﻴﺔ‬
information so that it can
read the electronic
information

tea (n) British English a small meal ‫ﺷﺎي‬

eaten in the afternoon

team (n) a group of people who have ‫ﻓﺮﻳﻖ ﻋﻤﻞ‬

been chosen to work
together to do a particular
job

test (n) a medical examination on a ‫اﺧﺘﺒﺎر‬

part of your body to check
your health or to discover
what is wrong with you

time sheet (n) a piece of paper on which ‫ﺳﺠﻞ اﻟﻮﻗﺖ‬

the hours you have worked
are written or printed

tired (adj) feeling that you want to ‫ﻣﺘﻌﺐ‬

sleep or rest

touch (v) to put your hand, finger, etc. ‫ﻳﻠﻤﺲ‬

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on someone or something

trolley (n) a temporary bed on wheels ‫ﻋﺮﺑﺔ‬

used to transport patients

turn off (phr v) to do something to an object ‫إﻳﻘﺎف ﺗﺸﻐﻴﻞ‬

so that it is not working or
operating

visiting hours (n pl) the time period when ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﺰﻳﺎرة‬

someone is allowed to visit a
place or a person

visitor (n) someone who comes to visit ‫زاﺋﺮ‬

a place or a person

visitorÊs code (n) a set of rules, laws or ‫ﻗﻮاﻋﺪ اﻟﺴﻠﻮك اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ‬

principles that tell visitors ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺰوار‬
how to behave

vomiting (n) when food or other ‫ﻗﻴﺊ‬

substances that come up
from your stomach and
through your mouth

walking stick (n) a stick that is used to ‫ﻋﺼﺎ اﻟﺴﻴﺮ‬

support someone while they
walk

ward (n) a large room in a hospital ‫ﻋﻨﺒﺮ‬

where people who need
medical treatment stay

ward sister (n) a nurse in charge of a large ‫ﻣﻤﺮﺿﺔ اﻟﻌﻨﺒﺮ‬

room in a hospital where
people who need medical
treatment stay

wash (v) to clean something using ‫ﻳﻐﺴﻞ‬

water and a type of soap

weak (adj) not physically strong ‫ﺿﻌﻴﻒ‬

wheelchair (n) a chair with wheels; used by ‫آﺮﺳﻲ ﻣﺘﺤﺮك‬

people who cannot walk or
have difficulty walking

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wife (n) the woman that a man is ‫زوﺟﺔ‬
married to

wound (n) an injury to your body ‫ﺟﺮح‬

X-ray (n) a beam of radiation that is ‫أﺷﻌﺔ إآﺲ‬

used for photographing the
inside of the body

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