| صيغ مركبة: |
| الإنجليزية | العربية |
| guarded secret n | ([sth] kept confidential) | سر دفين |
| The plans for Mr. Jackson's new show were a closely guarded secret, known only to his closest associates. |
| in secret adv | (without others knowing) | سراً |
| The spies met in secret. May I tell you something in secret? |
| open secret n | (official secret known to many) | سر مكشوف، سر شائع |
| It´s an open secret that she was pregnant when she got married. |
| إنه لسر مكشوف أنها كانت حاملاً عندما تزوجت. |
| secret agent n | (spy) | عميل سرّي |
| secret ballot n | (anonymous voting) | اقتراع سريّ |
| secret code n | (encryption) | رمز سرّي، شيفرة سرية |
| secret identity n | (who a person really is) (ما الشخص عليه فعلاً) | الشخصية السريّة |
| secret ingredient n | (undisclosed element of a recipe) (جزء لا يُكشف عنه في وصفة) | المكوِّن السريّ |
| secret ingredient n | figurative (undisclosed factor that makes [sth] successful) (ما يسهم في نجاح شيء ولا يُكشف) | السرّ |
| secret negotiations npl | (clandestine talks) | مفاوضات سرية |
| After months of secret negotiations, Hitler and Stalin shocked the world when they announced a peace treaty between their two nations. |
| secret passage n | (concealed tunnel) | ممر سرّي |
| They escaped the fire through the secret passage which led to the stables. |
| secret place n | (place where [sth] is hidden) | مكان سري |
secret police,
security police n | (covert police force) | بوليس سري |
| secret police n | historical (Nazi Germany: Gestapo) (في ألمانيا النازية) | بوليس سري، غستابو |
| Secret Santa n | (anonymous Christmas gift exchange) (في عيد الميلاد/الكريسماس) | تبادل الهدايا السريّ |
| secret service n | (government intelligence agency) | الاستخبارات، المخابرات |
| secret society n | (clandestine group) | جمعية سرية |
| secret thoughts npl | ([sth] one thinks privately) | أفكار خاصة |
| He decided to get professional help when he began having secret thoughts of suicide. |
tell [sb] a secret,
tell a secret to [sb] v expr | (confide [sth] private to [sb]) | يخبر شخصًا سرًّا، يطلع شخصًا على سرّ |
| Once she told me her great secret, I wished I had never heard it. My neighbour likes to gossip - if you tell her a secret, the whole village knows by the end of the day! |
top secret,
top-secret adj | (highly confidential, restricted) | سري للغاية |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| The CIA has many top secret operations. |
| This is a top secret mission, so stay quiet. |
| trade secret n | figurative, informal (helpful hint) | معلومة |
| trade secret n | (inside information) | سر المهنة |
| Most companies refuse to reveal their trade secrets. |
