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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retailer  Speak Example sentences
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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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[الجوفية] hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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[متاجر التجزئة] a company which sells goods
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[كفن] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
scourge  Speak Example sentences
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[جانبية] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[البلاء] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[الخردة] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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[القيامة] rising again; resumption of vigor; the act of rising from the dead or returning to life
scrap  Speak Example sentences
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[تأخر] late; delayed; moving slowly
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[الخجل] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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[الخردة] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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[المرابح] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
scrape  Speak Example sentences
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[كشط] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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[مؤقتا] for a limited time only
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[تبلد] sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
sensual  Speak Example sentences
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[مرونة] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[الحسية] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[طعنة] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[جورب التماس] act of soliciting; inciting of another to commit a crime; temptation; allurement; petition; proposal
sentry  Speak Example sentences
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[حراسة] the soldier placed on guard; guard
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[المرابح] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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[ماء الشمع] any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
shove  Speak Example sentences
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[يشق] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[المضاربة] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
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[مؤقتا] for a limited time only
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[الصوفية] made or consisting of wool
shroud  Speak Example sentences
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[إناء] instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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[مؤقتا] for a limited time only
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[كفن] hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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[بالموجات فوق الصوتية] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
sublime  Speak Example sentences
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[يشق] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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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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[سامية] of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
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[حيوية] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
subsist  Speak Example sentences
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[العيش] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[الهدوء] a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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[عبودية] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[الروتاري] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis