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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[ثابت] having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
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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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[الموارد] materials; abilities; available source
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[الاستراتيجية] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
rumour  Speak Example sentences
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[يشاع] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[ممتاز] soak; make thoroughly wet
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[لمح البصر] open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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[يضم مكاتب ومساكن] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
salute  Speak Example sentences
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[نحيي] give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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[التيار] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
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[تشريب] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[المنحدر] be at an angle; incline
scatter  Speak Example sentences
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[الانتقال] going from one state of action to another
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[قاطرة] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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[اختر] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
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[مبعثر] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
sensible  Speak Example sentences
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[الحساسة] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[التيار] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
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[الانتقال] going from one state of action to another
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[تحجيم] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
sequence  Speak Example sentences
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[الحساسة] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[تسلسل] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
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[وحيث] while on the contrary; while at the same time
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[الابره] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
slate  Speak Example sentences
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[قاطرة] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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[دوامة] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[يضم مكاتب ومساكن] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[حجر] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
sponsor  Speak Example sentences
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[مفضلات] one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
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[ممتاز] soak; make thoroughly wet
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[ثابت] having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
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[تشريب] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
steep  Speak Example sentences
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[وحيث] while on the contrary; while at the same time
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[كبيرة] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
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[ممتاز] soak; make thoroughly wet
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[نحيي] give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
stumble  Speak Example sentences
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[الاستراتيجية] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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[مما لا شك فيه] unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
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[شفافة] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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[تتعثر] miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily