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saturnine  Speak Example sentences
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رصاصي gloomy; marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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الموضوع quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
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هجاء form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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الفورية existing, happening, or done at the same time
scale  Speak Example sentences
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الطمي mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
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تصفه one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
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افتراء speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
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نطاق climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
scholarly  Speak Example sentences
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منوم sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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العلماء academic; scientific; characteristic of scholars or scholarship
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الموضوع quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
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رديئة avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
seashore  Speak Example sentences
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منبه the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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شاطئ البحر coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
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ركود condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from a static balance
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سلسلة sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
serrated  Speak Example sentences
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المغمورة dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
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سوندر separate; break or wrench apart
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قيد الحياة continue to live; endure or last
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مسننة saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
simultaneous  Speak Example sentences
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شاطئ البحر coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
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الفورية existing, happening, or done at the same time
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المنحدر be at an angle; incline
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بخيل stinging; able to sting; giving or spending reluctantly
solecism  Speak Example sentences
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سيم line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar
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مخططة having parallel lines or grooves on surface
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البارزة prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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الهفوه error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
somnambulist  Speak Example sentences
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سائر في نومه sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
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منبه the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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الموضوع quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
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سلسلة sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
soporific  Speak Example sentences
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فصل isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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سوندر separate; break or wrench apart
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البارزة prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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منوم sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
spartan  Speak Example sentences
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العلماء academic; scientific; characteristic of scholars or scholarship
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بالبساطة avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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رمح axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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الهفوه error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society