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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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layout  Speak Example sentences
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[ينظرون] become aware of through the senses; detect
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[أوديسي] long, eventful journey; extended adventurous voyage or trip
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[اندفاع] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
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[النسق] the overall design of a page; plan or design of something that is laid out
mantle  Speak Example sentences
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[عباءة] a loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelope
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[قرصة] clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
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[يعرج] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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[وحدة] standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
martyr  Speak Example sentences
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[راعي] benefactor; regular customer
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[تستحوذ] preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
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[شهيد] one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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[العديد] many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
merit  Speak Example sentences
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[عرضة] inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
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[القمر] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[الاستحقاق] virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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[ينتقدون] any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
module  Speak Example sentences
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[الاسطوانة] paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation
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[معلقة] continuing to exist or develop; existing
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[ينظرون] become aware of through the senses; detect
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[وحدة] standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
mushroom  Speak Example sentences
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[معلقة] continuing to exist or develop; existing
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[شهيد] one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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[فطر] multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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[عرضة] inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
myth  Speak Example sentences
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[أعمالنا] portable case to hold loose papers; materials in such case; office or post of minister of state; a group of investments
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[استعارة] implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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[الأسطورة] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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[دائم] everlasting; continuing without interruption
norm  Speak Example sentences
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[الكمية المحجر] victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
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[المراعي] field covered with grass; meadow
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[معيار] convention; standard; rule
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[الطنانة] intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
paragraph  Speak Example sentences
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[فقرة] the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line
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[الرهن العقاري] transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
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[كزة] push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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[راعي] benefactor; regular customer
patio  Speak Example sentences
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[وحدة] standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
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[يعرج] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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[الاسطوانة] paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation
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[قرصة] clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges