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n. الهزل teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


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n. باليه a sort of theatrical representation by dancers


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a. شوكة الباروك complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape


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v. زعق cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout


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n. الطوبى blessedness; state of extreme happiness


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v. [___] wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places


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n. بيفر biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year


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n. الحموله huge creature; something enormous in size or power


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n. زوايا a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely


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a. سنتين every two years; lasting or living for two years


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