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n. الهزل teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


Spelling Word: badinage
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n. المزاح poet, especially lyric poet


Spelling Word: bard
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v. باتي let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate


Spelling Word: bate
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a. مرتبك confused; lost in thought; preoccupied


Spelling Word: bemused
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n. الرصيف space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job


Spelling Word: berth
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v. بلانش cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach


Spelling Word: blanch
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v. قاتمة a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear


Spelling Word: blench
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n. كوخ في الريف shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb


Spelling Word: bower
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n. براون solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs


Spelling Word: brawn
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ad. ببراعة brightly; very well, in a way that shows great intelligence or skill or great success


Spelling Word: brilliantly