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Pacify |
to cause someone who is angry or upset to be calm and satisfied to bring peace to a place or end war in a place: |
He pacified his crying child with a bottle.It was difficult for the police to pacify the angry crowd. A UN force has been sent in to try and pacify the area worst affected by the civil war |
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painstaking effort, painstaking care |
مثابره حثيثه |
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Pallid adj |
extremely pale Pallid face |
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Paradox n |
مفارقه |
situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics: |
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Paramount adj |
more important than anything else اساسي مهم |
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parody self-parody |
محاكاه ساخره |
He was an 18th-century author who wrote parodies of other people's works. |
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partisan n,adj |
strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter very carefully: مناصر بشده |
The audience was very partisan, and refused to listen to her speech.partisan politics |
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pathos |
sadness or pity |
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patron |
a person who supports a group, activity or organization by donating money to them; a benefactor 2. a regular or frequent customer |
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pensive adj pensively adv |
متأمل contemplative |
She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone. pensive mood |
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pertinent adj |
وثيق الصله |
she asked me a lot of very pertinent questions |
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piety n |
تقوي |
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pinnacle |
the most successful or admired part of a system or achievement قمه أو ذروة |
By the age of 32 she had reached the pinnacle of her career. |
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pivotal adj |
محوري أو حيوي |
pivotal rule |
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placid |
quiet, peaceful, calm, tranquil, serene, placid |
having a calm appearance or characteristics: |
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platitude |
a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and has no meaning because it has been said so many times before: مبتذل او تافه |
she began uttering liberal platitudes |
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pliable |
Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they’re heated. pliable person is easily influenced and controlled by other people مرن او سهل الأنقياد |
Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they’re heated. He wanted a sweet, pliable, obedient wife |
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plummet v,n |
يهوي بسرعه |
Temperatures plummeted to minus 20. |
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posterity |
الأجيال القادمه |
... preserved for posterity. |
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posthumous adj |
بعد الوفاه |
a posthumous award |
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potent |
قوي او فعال very powerful, forceful, or effective: |
potent weapon potent drug |
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precarious adj |
غير مستقر A precarious situation is likely to get worse: |
Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position |
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precedent adj |
سابقه |
a precedent case |
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precipitate |
يسرع من أو يعجل من يترسب |
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prerogative |
أمتاز حق |
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pretentious adj |
trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are,especially in matters of art and literature |
a pretentious art critic The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious. |
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pretext |
a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason ذريعه |
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prodigious adj |
أستثنائي remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree |
She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels.She was a prodigious musician. |
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profuse adj ---ly |
غزير |
She apologized/thanked us profusely.He was bleeding/sweating profusely. |
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prospect n,v ---ive adj |
نجاح احتمال او توقع ينقب عن |
The course will improve his career prospects. prospecting for gold |
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provocative |
مستفز |
a provocative question/remark |
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prudent adj ---ly prudence n |
حذر او متعقل wise and careful |
I think it would be prudent to leave now before it starts raining. |
