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سقف ج سقوف/ سقق saqf suquuf suquf
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Roof ceiling. Can mean 'under the umbrella.' When you're a teenager; you have to sneak up on the roof to 'saqf' someone and you think it would be 'suquuf' if you're parents would be 'suquuf' so cool if your parents would leave you alone. 'Suquf' so cool if that would happen. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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حل، يحل، الحل Hal-la yaHul-l alHal-l
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To solve befall happen occur. When I was in high school I thoughtLindsay 'Hal-la' was the solution to my problems with Robin and I wanted to be like'yaHul-l' you haul yourself over here and 'alHal-l' the Hall you can be my girlfriend but tragedy befell that idea because it hadn't occurred to me that I was nerd. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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مقدماً له muqaddimaan la
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Can also mean to put before in this context it's like presented him with or put before him. The cow wife found under wear in her bed that told her her husband had cheated. She put the underwear before him to let him know she 'muqaddima' moo caught him in a 'la' lie. See: مقدمة ج ات muqaddima muqaddimaat Introduction. In high school I was a 'muq'mooq and I was 'ddima' dim so I only read the introduction of books I looked 'aat' at. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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تَعْزِيَة ج تَعازٍٍ
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Condolence. The Spanish noble gave his condelences to the family of the Spanish soldier who lost their son 'ta'aziya' to a Z as in Zorro killed him. Zorro knew about this and sure to the nobility I am hated but 't'aziin' zine like internet magazine I'm a pop culture icon and a hero. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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نجل ج أنجال najl anjaal
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Son progeny issue. A father was about to shave when he realized he had 'najl' no gel because his son was now old enough to shave. He thought 'oh my little 'anjaal' angel is old enough to need shaving gel. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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ارتقى يرتقي الإرتقى artaqaa yartaqiy al-irtaqaa
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To ascend rise advance date back to. The Catholic mother reminds her kids not to say bad stuff because 'artaqaa' our talk ascends rises advances up to God. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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عدوان '
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udwaan 'idwaan;Enmity hostility aggression military aggression. The Israeli army said 'this land was ' 'ud' owed to us and we 'waan' won it with military aggression. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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متصاعد mutaSaa'
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d;Rising ascending. The German 'Muta' mother in German was 'Saa'd' when she saw Hitler rising and ascending and she realized her boy would have to go to war. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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ضفة ج ضفاف diffa daffa difaaf
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Bank shore coast. King Hussein of JOrdan used to hope there would be no 'diffa' between the West and East Bank but it would have made a huge 'difaaf' difference if that had happened. 16 9 Oct 08 Vocab
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