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Session |
Formal meeting or series of meetings of an organization such as a parliament or a law court. |
جلسة |
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Yield |
To produce a result, answer, or piece of information. |
أثمر، أنتج |
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Acronym |
Word formed from the first letters of the words that make up the name of sth, for example ‘AIDS’. |
اختصار مكون من أوائل الحروف |
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Cartwheel |
▪ I. A circular movement in which you throw yourself sideways with your hands on the floor, swing your legs over your head, and then come back with your feet on the floor. ▪ II. a large wooden wheel from a cart |
شقلبة، دولاب العجلة |
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Hose |
a flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting. |
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Patent |
a government licence to an individual or body conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention. |
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Pimp |
a man who controls prostitutes and lives on the money that they earn |
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Acquaintance |
A person that you have met but do not know well can be described as an acquaintance |
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Entrepreneur |
a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. |
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Lice |
a small wingless parasitic insect which infests human skin and hair. |
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residue |
a substance that remains on a surface, in a container etc and cannot be removed easily, or that remains after a chemical process |
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paradigm |
a typical example or model of something |
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stewardess |
a woman whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane or ship |
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scion |
a young member of a family, especially a famous or important one |
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Sundial |
an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun on to a plate marked in hours. |
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insurmountable |
an insurmountable difficulty or problem is too large or difficult to deal with: |
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Convoke |
call together (an assembly or meeting). |
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Intimate |
closely acquainted; familiar |
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Brevity |
concise and exact use of words |
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assertive |
describes someone who behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe |
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Excruciating |
extremely painful. |
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attenuate |
formal to make something weaker or less |
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Put Aside |
If you put something aside, you keep it to be dealt with or used at a later time. |
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Irrefutable |
impossible to prove wrong |
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Coke |
informal cocaine |
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Mutiny |
insurrection = insurgence |
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Verdict |
judgment made by a jury, sentence; decision |
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Alleviate |
make (pain or difficulty) less severe. |
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Survival Of The Fittest |
natural selection, theory that species that can overcome difficulties will survive |
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Equivocal |
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. Questionable or uncertain: |
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Interfere |
prevent from continuing or being carried out properly. |
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Invoke |
requests help or protection (from a deity) |
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Assiduous |
showing great care and perseverance. |
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Confetti |
Small pieces of coloured paper which you throw at a celebration, especially over two people who have just been married |
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Intimidate |
terrify, frighten |
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Panel |
* a small group of people chosen to give advice, make a decision, or publicly discuss their opinions as entertainment
* a flat, usually rectangular part, or piece of wood, metal, cloth, etc., that fits into or onto something larger |
لوحة، لجنة، رعيل |
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Barb |
a sharp point that sticks out and backward from the point of an arrow, a fishhook, etc. |
نصل, شوكة |
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Barbed Wire |
thick wire with a lot of sharp points sticking out of it, used for making fences |
سلك شائك |
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Ubiquitous |
seeming to be everywhere – sometimes used humorously |
واسِعُ الانْتِشار |
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amphitheatre |
a large circular building without a roof and with rows of seats that slope up and away from a central area, used for entertainments such as sports competitions or plays |
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maid |
a female servant |
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soak |
ينقع |
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choir |
جوقة |
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flimsy |
واه، رقيق |
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atone |
يكفر |
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pineapple |
أناناس |
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pine |
الصنوبر |
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coconut |
جوز الهند |
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annihilate |
أباد |
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deter |
يردع |
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peculiar |
خاص, مميز, غريب |
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mishap |
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results: |
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repatriate |
to send or bring someone, or sometimes money or other property, back to their own country |
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staying put |
remain in one place ثبت في مكانه |
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whistleblower |
a person who informs people in authority or the public that the company they work for is doing sth wrong or illegal. (used especially in newspapers) |
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high wire |
a long rope stretched tightly high above the ground that a performer in a circus balances on |
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Frotteurism |
The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage) |
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hypotenuse |
وتر |
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index |
لها معاني كثيرة |
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incendiary |
designed to cause fires
يحرق |
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wag |
1- يحرك ذيله يميناأو يسارا |
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discrepancy |
اختلاف |
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tweezers |
a tool that you use for picking up or removing very small objects. It consists of two narrow pieces of metal joined at one end |
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delineate |
to describe, draw or explain sth in detail
خطط, رسم الخطوط, صور بدقة, صف |
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ostracize |
if a group of people ______ someone, they refuse to accept them as a member of the group. |
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