| صيغ مركبة |
| against the clock adv | (under pressure of time) | تحت ضغط الوقت |
| | It's seems as though I am always working against the clock! These deadlines are ridiculous. |
| alarm clock n | (clock that sounds an alert) | ساعة تنبيه |
| | My alarm clock sounds every morning at 6 AM. |
| | My power went out last night, so my alarm clock didn't go off. |
| around the clock adv | (all the time, day and night) | على مدار الساعة |
| | The engineers are working around the clock to get the project finished on time. |
| around-the-clock adv | (constant) | متواصل |
| | The journalist had to work around-the-clock to meet his deadline. |
| at seven o'clock adv | (at seven a.m., at 0700 hours) | في السابعة صباحاً |
| | I met her under the bridge at seven o'clock on Tuesday. |
| at seven o'clock adv | (at seven p.m., at 1900 hours) | عند السابعة مساءاً |
| atomic clock n | (highly accurate electronic clock) | ساعة ذرية |
| | Atomic clocks are the most accurate type of clock. |
| biological clock n | (regulation of bodily processes) | الساعة البيولوجية |
| biological clock n | figurative (maturation and decline of fertility) | النضج ونقص الإخصاب |
| | Older women may race against their biological clock when thinking about having children. |
| clock in vi | (start work) | يسجل بدء العمل |
| | Steven clocks in at 7 every morning. |
| clock out vi | (finish or leave work) | يسجل انتهاء العمل |
| clock-making, clock making, clockmaking n | (horology, act of creating clocks) | صناعة الساعات |
| | | ساعاتي |
| ملاحظة: hyphen may be omitted when term is a noun |
| clock-radio n | (radio and alarm clock combined) | راديو مع ساعة |
| | The clock-radio is difficult to set, and often wakes guests up during the night. |
| digital clock n | (clock displaying time digitally) | ساعة حائط رقمية |
| eight o'clock | (8 a.m., 8 in the morning, 0800 hours) | الثامنة صباحاً |
| | I always get up around 8 o'clock, whether I'm working or not. |
| eight o'clock | (8 p.m., 8 in the evening, 2000 hours) | الثامنة مساءاً |
| five-o'clock shadow n | (stubble on a man's chin) | دقن خشنة |
| | My beard grows so quickly that I always have a five o'clock shadow by lunchtime. |
| o'clock adv | (on the hour, of the clock) | في كل ساعة بالضبط |
| o'clock adv | (on the clock) حسب الوقت | الساعة |
| round the clock adv | (throughout the day and night) | على مدار الساعة |
| | The suspected terrorist's house was under surveillance round the clock. |
| six o'clock n | (6 P.M., 1800 hours) | السادسة مساءاً |
| | I should be leaving work around six o'clock tonight. |
| six o'clock n | (6 A.M., 0600 hours) | السادية صباحاً |
| | It's still dark when I get up at six o'clock. |
| stop the clock v | (finish timing sth) | يوقف التوقيت |
| | The timers stopped the clock when the last participant crossed the finish line. |
| ten o'clock n | (10 A.M., 1100 hours) | العاشرة صباحاً |
| | At weekends, I rarely get up before ten o'clock. |
| ten o'clock n | (10 P.M., 2200 hours) | العاشرة مساءاً |
| | There's not much to do in this town after ten o'clock. |
| turn back the clock v | figurative (restore youth) | يستعيد شبابه |
| | When she reached the age of 80 she became desperate to turn back the clock. |
| | Nora hoped that plastic surgery would turn back the clock for her. |
| turn back the clock v | figurative (revert to a past state) | يعود إلى وضعه السابق |
| | The restore function in my computer turns back the clock to reset the software. |
| twelve o'clock n | (12 noon, 1200 hours, midday) | الثانية عشرة منتصف النهار |
| twelve o'clock n | (12 midnight, 0000 hours) | الثانية عشرة منتصف الليل |
| two o'clock n | (2 P.M., 1400 hours, 2 in the afternoon) | الثانية بعد الظهر |
| | Each day at about two o'clock I get sleepy. |
| two o'clock n | (2 A.M., 0200 hours, 2 in the morning) | الثانية صباحاً |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | ساعة حائط |
| | This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
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