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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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defend  Speak Example sentences
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[الدفاع] make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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[حظا] lucky; bringing something good and unforeseen
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[الميناء] provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
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[حي] grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder
determine  Speak Example sentences
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[تحديد] fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
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[متنوعة] point or respect in which things differ; the difference
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[الدبلوماسية] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[بالحنين إلى الوطن] unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
eager  Speak Example sentences
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[خزف] wanting very much to do or have something
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[تنسحب] condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
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[صبغ] a substance used to color materials
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[انتهاء] wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
earthquake  Speak Example sentences
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[الأدلة] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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[حريصة زلزال] quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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[مضياف] disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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[التبخر] process of extracting moisture
eccentricity  Speak Example sentences
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[شركة] hard; solid; resolute; determined
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[مركزية] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
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[استبعاد] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[بالتأكيد] clearly; without question and beyond doubt
effectiveness  Speak Example sentences
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[بيتي] of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished
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[فعالية] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[تحرير] free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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[بالحنين إلى الوطن] unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
eventful  Speak Example sentences
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[حافلة بالأحداث] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
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[التنوب] any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
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[التجانس القرن] one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
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[انتهاء] wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
exclusion  Speak Example sentences
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[استبعاد] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[بالتأكيد] clearly; without question and beyond doubt
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[يعوق] put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
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[بالضبط] precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
firm  Speak Example sentences
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[متنوعة] point or respect in which things differ; the difference
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[شركة] hard; solid; resolute; determined
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[الدبلوماسية] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[يسكن] live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
forefather  Speak Example sentences
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[الدبلوماسية] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[الميناء] provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
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[بالتأكيد] clearly; without question and beyond doubt
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[السلف] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people