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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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independent  Speak Example sentences
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[في الهواء الطلق] out of houses; out of doors
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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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[الكيروسين] flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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[إذن] consent; approval to do something
jury  Speak Example sentences
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[التفسير] explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
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[تلوث] contamination; undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated
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[هيئة المحلفين] a committee appointed to judge a case
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[سباك] the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
justice  Speak Example sentences
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[المهاجرين] habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
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[يتقن] skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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[الرصيف] dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
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[العدالة] quality of being just; practical conformity to human or divine law; equity; uprightness
leadership  Speak Example sentences
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[نشوة] state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
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[القيادة] guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
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[سباك] the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
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[الرصيف] dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
maturity  Speak Example sentences
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[معجزة] astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe
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[الكيروسين] flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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[في الهواء الطلق] out of houses; out of doors
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[فراش] state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; the arrival of the time fixed for payment
mechanics  Speak Example sentences
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[ميكانيكا] branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
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[حبوب منع الحمل] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet; something that is unpleasant or offensive
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[الحشرات] persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
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[بيك] pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
milestone  Speak Example sentences
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[حيوية] busy; energetic; vigorous
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[تحرير] set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release
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[معلم] landmark; significant development
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[جثم] a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat
mysterious  Speak Example sentences
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[ميكانيكا] branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
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[سياسة] profession devoted to governing and political affairs; study of government of states and other political units
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[إذن] consent; approval to do something
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[غامض] beyond ordinary understanding
noisy  Speak Example sentences
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[صاخبة] full of loud and nonmusical sounds; clamorous
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[طري الخروف] sheep; flesh of a sheep;  loose woman; prostitute
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[إلى حد كبير] in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
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[حبوب منع الحمل] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet; something that is unpleasant or offensive
omission  Speak Example sentences
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[نشوة] state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy; violent taking and carrying away; seizure; forcible removal
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[إغفال] act of omitting; neglect, or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
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[متفائلة] hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways
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[طري الخروف] sheep; flesh of a sheep;  loose woman; prostitute