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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[متاجر التجزئة] a company which sells goods
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[التماس] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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[فيستا] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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[صفارات الإنذار] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
rite  Speak Example sentences
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[طقوس] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[القنوات الفضائية] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[خيوط] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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[خيوط] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[جزاء] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[بمنأى] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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[غريب] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
scaffold  Speak Example sentences
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[أعقاب] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[سقالة] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[فضاء] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[صفارات الإنذار] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[التماس] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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[أعقاب] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[عبودية] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[الخردة] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
skyscraper  Speak Example sentences
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[التطور] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[القنوات الفضائية] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[صفارات الإنذار] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[ناطحة سحاب] a very tall building with many stories
snare  Speak Example sentences
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[الغواصة] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[بقايا] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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[صب] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[متعجرف كمين] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
stately  Speak Example sentences
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[بدائية] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[فيستا] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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[فخم] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
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[أعقاب] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
tack  Speak Example sentences
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[تك] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[الهمس] speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
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[طقوس] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[بالموجات فوق الصوتية] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[في جميع أنحاء العالم] global; universal; throughout the world
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[صب] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[الإقامة] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop