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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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independent  Speak Example sentences
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[تلوث] contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated
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[السجن] confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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[مستقلة إلى أجل غير مسمى] not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
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[القيادة] guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
institution  Speak Example sentences
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[الأفضل] favored; better; more desirable or worthy than another; preferred
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[مؤسسة] institute; organization; introducing something new
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[الخشب] move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of
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[حصاة] small smooth rounded rock
interfere  Speak Example sentences
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[التدخل] disrupt; hinder; be or create a hindrance or obstacle
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[حزمة] pact or bundle made up and prepared to be carried; some similar things; a full set of playing cards
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[حصاة] small smooth rounded rock
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[مقروءة] mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
isolation  Speak Example sentences
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[مؤسسة] institute; organization; introducing something new
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[مستقلة إلى أجل غير مسمى] not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
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[عزلة] separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
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[الاستفزاز] unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
lengthen  Speak Example sentences
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[طويلة] extend; make or become longer
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[إطالة ليوبارد] large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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[سيما] especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly
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[حفظ] conservation; the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from being damaged
malice  Speak Example sentences
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[حصاة] small smooth rounded rock
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[الدرجة] hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows
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[الخبث] the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
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[عزلة] separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
microscope  Speak Example sentences
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[الركوع] bend the knee; fall or rest on the knees
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[المجهر] the magnifier of the image of small objects
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[الدرجة] hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows
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[الرصيف] dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
monastery  Speak Example sentences
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[الموقع] scene; site; place where something is or could be located
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[دير] house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
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[هلام] a substance having the consistency of semi-solid foods
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[الإسقاط] plan for an anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
nonsense  Speak Example sentences
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[استعلام] inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
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[هراء] silliness; words or signs having no intelligible meaning
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[المعلقة] distinguished from others in excellence
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[هيئة المحلفين] a committee appointed to judge a case
pebble  Speak Example sentences
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[يذكر] speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
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[طويلة] extend; make or become longer
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[حصاة] small smooth rounded rock
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[عزلة] separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated