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نقابة نقابات
niqaaba niqabaat, |
Union, cooperative society, guild. This guy here from the union, cooperative society, guild says he’s going to break your niqaab (knee cap) if you don’t get your dues and pay aat (at). 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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شرطة مكافحة الشغب
SHartat makaafahatal SHagb |
Riot police
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شغب
SHagab |
Riot unrest, trouble. Enough of SHagab/SHagb (your gab) it’s time to start a riot, some trouble, unrest. 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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إعتصام
i’tiSaam |
Clinging, maintenance, preservation, strike, occupation (especially of a university or factory). When Jesse’s Mom sees her son, she’s like i’tiSaam (it’s Sam) and she clinging, maintaining, working for his preservation, but the other kids find it upsetting and take on a strike, occupation. 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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مَسافة ج مَسافات مَساوِف
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Distance interval, stretch. -- me safer the more distance interval stretch I am from Stephanie. I'm -- more safe at distances. I -- must whiff the air in the distances between us every morning. 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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مشتق ج مشتقات
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muSHtaqq muSHtaqqaat ,Derivative. You get this -- mush take it and make another you have a derivative 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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تعبيئة
ta’bi’a |
Filling, drawing off, bottling loading, mobilization, drafting, conscription, alerting of forces. The -- tab he is a thing you need to insert to fill the battery. 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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تقاعد
taqaa’ud |
Retirement, reserve, aloofness, restraint, reticence. تقاعد
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تقاعد يتقاعد, التقاعد
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To retire withdraw, stay away (عن) from. You start to taqaa’ad (talk odd) when you retire, stay away from work ‘ an (on) strange topic. 161 23 Oct 10 Vocab
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عائد ج عائدون
'aa’id ‘ aa’iduun |
Returning, belonging
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شعور
SHu’uur |
Feeling, knowledge, mood
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شعر يشعر, الشعور, الشعر
SHa'ara yaSH'uru, al-SHu'uur, al-Shi'r |
To learn notice, feel, be aware (ب something أن that)
A young Scareface told his parents he wanted to learn notice, be aware of his feelings. They said SHa'ara bi (you are a bi) or a girl like an (ann). YaSHu'ur (you sure) you're normal. Because you SHu'uur (sure) seem strange to me. You seem like the Shia, because Shi'r (Shia are) weird like you! 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab |
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متسوق ج متسوقون
mutasawwiq mutasawwiquun, |
Shopper
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تسوق يتسوق, التسوق
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To shop trade
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محل ج محلات محال
mahal-laat, mahaal-l, |
Place, spot, locale, business.
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أمتلأ يمتلئ, الإمتلاء
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To be fill, be filled (ب with)
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يافطة ج يافطات
yaafTa yafTaat |
The purpose of the sign, plate, label at the store is to let you know yaafTa (you have to) do stuff at the store. Only word in root 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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بري
barri |
Pertaining to land, rural, wild (plants and animals) بري
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إستولى يستولي, الاستيلاء
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To seize, take, appropriate, take over. In the young guys fantasy, he is nominated Waly of the towels and is given the privilege to walk in and seize, take, appropriate the towels. "Istawalaa" (it's the Waly), girls would scream as they handed him their towels. "istiyalaa'" (it' the hurry up) he would reply. 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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إقالة
iqaala |
Cancellation, repeal, dismissal. Iqaala (I call) the doctor or dentist’s office to let them know if I need a cancellation, repeal, s that they don’t want my dismissal as a client. 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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إلى حين
ilaa Hiin |
Until a time إلى حين
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حين ج أحيان أحايين
Hiin aHyaan, aHaayiin |
good time, opportunity. There was a time when teachers would smack kids on the Hiin (like behind), thinking any time they messed up was an opportunity to lay aHyaan (a hand) on them. The kids would occasionally throw aHaayin (a Hey! In). 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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إستعادة
ista'aada |
To recover, regain. You have to finally reach a point where you say, "ista'aada" (it's AIDS) that I'm dying from and I'm not going to regain, recover my health. 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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تفاأل يتفاأل, التفاؤل
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To be optimistic, regard as a good omen. Don’t convince yourself you’re going tafaa’ala (to fail). Be optimistic! 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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ركد يركد, الركود
rakada yarkud, al-rakuud, |
To be motionless, still, stagnant. A lot of older guys rakada (rocked) in their day, but now they need to remain motionless, still stagnant and relax a bit. Yarkud (you could) hurt yourself if you don’t. They say “ I rakuud (rocked) in the past. 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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محلي ج محليات محليون
maHally maHalliyatt, maHaliyuun, |
Local, local news, local page of newspaper, locals. If you were local in Monterey you would know the spot in the "mahal" (mall) they think is hol"-l-y" (holy). Monterey sucks. 162 26 Oct 10 Vocab
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خزن يخزن, التخزين
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To store, store up, stock, dam. The rich are actually KHazzana (causing a) economic problem because they store, stock up their wealth and keep it out of the economy! They taKHziin (takes in) more than they spend! 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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عرف يعرف, التعريف
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To announce, inform, advise, introduce, define, determine, explain. People liked Einstein (ع) because he wasn't always announcing, he knows (عرف I) everything, or explaining stuff to everyone like they're dumb. He would have been a real ta'riif (terror if) he had walked around like that. 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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معيار ج معايير
mi'yaar ma'aayiir |
Measure, standard. When you shop in a suq, you're like "what measure, standard did you use there?" Mi'yaar (me eye her, as in I eyed it), with ma'aayiir (my eye here). 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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معايير
ma'aayiir |
Plural measure, standard
معيار ج معايير mi'yaar ma'aayiir Measure standard. When you shop in a suq, you're like "what measure, standard did you use there?" Mi'yaar (me eye her, as in I eyed it), with ma'aayiir (my eye here). 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab |
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مخول ب
muKHawwal |
Authorized
Authorized (to ب). When Batman got really old he said to Robin “ here is muKHawwal (my cowl) you are now authorized to bi (be) Batman. 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab |
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أصالة
aSaala |
Authenticity, originality, genuineness, uniqueness. To test the authentic, originality, geniuses, uniqueness of a human, as opposed to a Cylon, the humans developed a machine that could test for aSaala (a soul). 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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سرية
sirriya |
Secrecy, confidentiality
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ثالوث
THaaluuTH |
Trinity, triad, triplet
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مساءلة
musaa’ala |
Accountability, questioning, interrogation. All people have accountability in their deaths when they mus (must) answer the questioning, interrogation of aa’ala (Allah). 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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بطاقة ائتمان
bitaaqah itimaan |
Credit card
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إتمان
itimaan |
Credit. When you're in the mob and you give credit you're like, itimaan (it's a man) now, but if it doesn't pay, it will be a woman. 165 7 Nov 10 Vocab
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تباحث يتباحث التباحث مع في
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To have a discussion with so about. Jude and I have to have a conversation about -- to bathe him. 168 9 May 12 Vocab
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توصل يتوصل إلى التوصل
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To gain access to to attain reach. He pretends to want to wrestle to gain access reach attain to her. 168 9 May 12 Vocab
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