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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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roar  Speak Example sentences
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[التقرير السنوي] bellow; rumble; make a loud noise
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[بركان] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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[القذف] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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[دوامة] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[انتزاع] grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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[سرج] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[لمح البصر] open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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[التيار] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
shiver  Speak Example sentences
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[الرعشة] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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[الموقع] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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[السمفونية] large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
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[العطش] the sensation of dryness in the throat
slope  Speak Example sentences
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[حزام] belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
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[المنحدر] be at an angle; incline
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[تحطيم] break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush
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[مؤثر] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
snatch  Speak Example sentences
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[انتزاع] grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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[صمام] device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
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[مشرط] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[فيا] by the way of
sow  Speak Example sentences
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[العطش] the sensation of dryness in the throat
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[سرج] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[صو] plant; place seeds in or on
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[الزواحف] cold-blooded vertebrate, including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles
swift  Speak Example sentences
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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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[لمح البصر] open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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[سويفت] quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
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[سرج] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
symptom  Speak Example sentences
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[سوى عرض] sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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[مؤثر] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[تجول] wander; ramble; stroll
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[سرج] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
thigh  Speak Example sentences
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[مرتبة] being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
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[الندم] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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[الفخد] part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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[المجدي] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
thirst  Speak Example sentences
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[تحطيم] break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush
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[حيث] while;  at the same time
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[العطش] the sensation of dryness in the throat
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[رمح] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow