| صيغ مركبة |
| at death's door adv | (very ill, about to die) | على حافة الموت |
| bored to death adj | figurative, slang (very weary and lack stimulation) | ضجر، منهك من الملل |
| | Sitting in class he was bored to death with the teacher's lecture. |
| | She was bored to death waiting for her friend to arrive. |
| cheat death v | (escape sth life-threatening) | يفر من الموت |
| | The dog cheated death in running across the busy street. |
| crib death n | US (SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome, cot death) | الموت المفاجئ عند الأطفال |
| | Crib death is a tragic situation, of which little is known |
| death certificate n | (official record of sb's death) | شهادة وفاة |
| | I received my father's death certificate in the mail about a month after he passed. |
| death chamber n | (gas chamber) | غرفة الإعدام بالغاز |
| death knell n | figurative (sign of imminent demise) | ناقوس الموت |
| | The CD format sounded the death knell for cassettes. |
| death penalty n | (capital punishment) | عقوبة الإعدام |
| | His sentence was the death penalty. |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | نسبة الوفيات |
| | A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| death row n | (cellblock for prisoners sentenced to death) | زنزانة أو قسم السجناء المحكومين بالإعدام |
| | Some of the most violent criminals of our time are sitting on death row. |
| death tax n | (duty payable on sb's death) | ضريبة الموت |
| | | ضريبة الإرث |
| | He thought he would get a big inheritance from his father, but after the death tax it wasn't even enough to buy a car. |
| death throes npl | literal (final pangs, convulsions) | سكرات الموت |
| death throes npl | figurative (business: final stages before dissolution) | فترة ما قبل الإفلاس |
| death toll n | (total number of deaths) | عدد الوفيات |
| | The death toll from the earthquake is rising rapidly as more and more bodies are discovered amidst the collapsed buildings. |
| death wish n | figurative, informal (extreme recklessness) | لا مبالاة |
| | Riding his bike drunk...you'd think he has a death wish. |
| death wish n | literal (psychology: desire to die) | تمني الموت |
| die a natural death v | (die of natural causes) | يموت موتاً طبيعياً |
| do sth to death vi | informal (overdo sth, do sth too often) | يفرط في عمل شيء |
| early death n | (death before reaching old age) | موت في سن مبكرة |
| | His smoking habit led to an early death. |
| freeze to death vi | (die of extreme cold) | يموت من البرد |
| | It's so cold out here I think I'm going to freeze to death. |
| have a death wish vi | informal (behave in a reckless way) | يتصرف بتهور |
| | He drives that car as though he has a death wish. |
| have a death wish vi | (psychiatry: a wish for death of self or another) | يتمنى الموت |
| | The prisoner was observed round the clock in case he had a death wish. |
| in the face of death adv | (when confronted with the possibility of death) | عند مواجهة الموت |
| | A bullfighter stands in the face of death every time he goes into the ring. |
| jaws of death npl | figurative (mortal danger) | براثن الموت |
| | In every James Bond movie the hero manages to snatch the heroine from the jaws of death just in time. |
| kiss of death n | figurative (sth with a destructive effect) | قبلة الموت: أمر محتوم بالفشل |
| living death n | (joyless existence or experience) | حياة أشبه بالموت |
| | Sitting in history class was living death. |
| matter of life and death n | (issue of vital importance) | قضية حياة أو موت، مسألة حيوية جداً |
| | Getting out of a burning house fast is a matter of life and death. |
| natural death n | (death resulting from natural causes) | موت طبيعي |
| | My grandfather was killed in an accident, but my grandmother died a natural death. |
| put to death vtr | (execute) | يعدم |
| | In the past, criminals were often put to death in the most brutal manner. |
| scared to death adj | informal, figurative (terrified) | مذعور، مرتعب |
| | | ميت خوفاً |
| | When I was a child I was scared to death of werewolves. |
| sentence of death n | (being condemned to execution) | محكوم بالإعدام |
| | When he was found guilty, the murderer was charged with the sentence of death. |
| sudden infant death syndrome n | (SIDS: cot death) | متلازمة موت الرضع المفاجيء |
| violent death n | (loss of life due to accident or attack) | وفاة نتيجة عنف |
| | He suffered a violent death at the hands of an unknown attacker. |
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