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sardonic  Speak Example sentences
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ينكمش become smaller or draw together; compress
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التخزين المؤقت something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder
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باسي disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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مماثلة denote; mean; indicate
satanic  Speak Example sentences
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رديئة made of or containing inferior material; not genuine; of low rank; poor quality or craft
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منوم sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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شبرد a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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شيطانية profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal
screwdriver  Speak Example sentences
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مفك a hand tool for driving screws
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المحتال cheat; one who defrauds or does a practice of defrauding others
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التخزين المؤقت something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder
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باذخ magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
segregate  Speak Example sentences
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فصل isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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الكسلان lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
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ينكمش become smaller or draw together; compress
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باسي disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
shrink  Speak Example sentences
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ينكمش become smaller or draw together; compress
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كلام معسول game; play; curling-match; talk
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شبرد a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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جناح apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms; a matching set of furniture
skeptic  Speak Example sentences
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المشككين doubter; a person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
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ضئيلة scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough
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شجيرة a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk
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فصل isolate; separate; divide from the main body
slope  Speak Example sentences
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المنحدر be at an angle; incline
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عبودية forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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الثبات firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
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مفك a hand tool for driving screws
snicker  Speak Example sentences
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حمحم laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
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رديئة made of or containing inferior material; not genuine; of low rank; poor quality or craft
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شحيح one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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انفصال act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union
somber  Speak Example sentences
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غروب الشمس daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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حزينة gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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هجا make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
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غن music performed in the open air at nights; complimentary performance given to honor or express love for someone
soporific  Speak Example sentences
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متفرق occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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منوم sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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البداية cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
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حمحم laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh