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سباحة (sibāḥ swimming (noun)

خلد الماء يسبح
ḫaldu al-māʾi yasbaḥ
swimming platypus

سباق السباحة
sibāqu al-sibāḥah
swimming race

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خبيث (ḫabīṯ) sly (adjective)

ثعلب ماكر
ṯaʿlabun mākir
sly fox

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رواية (riwāyah) novel (noun)

أحب روايات الإثارة
ʾuḥibbu riwāyāt al-ʿiṯārah
I like suspense novels.

رواية رومانسية
riwāyah rūmānsyyah
romance novel

رواية كلاسيكية
riwāyah klāsīkiyyah
classic novel

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إملاء (ʾimlā̵ dictation (noun)

امتحن في إملاء اختزالي في كل شيء قاله المدرس في الحصة
ʾimtuḥina fī ʾimlāʾin ʾiḫtizāliyy fī kulli šayʾin qālahu al-mudarrisu fī al-ḥiṣṣah
He took shorthand dictation of everything the teacher said in class.

إملاء اختزالي
ʾimlāʾin ʾiḫtizāyyi
shorthand dictation

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كرسي (kursī) chair (noun)

من الأسهل للدراسة أن تَجلس في كرسي مريح.
min al-ʾashalu lid-dirāsah ʾan taǧlisa fī kursiuyin murīḥ
It is easier to study when you are sitting in a comfortable chair.

كرسي من الجلد البني
kursiyy min aǧ-ǧild il-bunnī
brown leather chair

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حقيبة سفر (ḥaqība: safar) suitcase (noun)

لا تترك الأشياء الثمينة في حقيبة سفرك
lā tatruk al-ʾašiyāʾa al-ṯamīnaẗa fī ḥaqībaẗi safarik
Do not leave valuables in your suitcase.

حقيبة سفر قابلة للجر
ḥaqībaẗu safar qābilah lilǧar
suitcase with wheels

رتب حقيبة سفر
rattaba ḥaqībaẗa safar
pack a suitcase

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فستان (fustān) dress (noun)

الفستان في العرض
al-fustān fil-ʿarḍ
The dress is on display.

فستان صيفي
fustān ṣaīfī
sun dress

فستان عرس
fustān ʿurs
wedding dress

فستان بنفسجي
fustān banafsaǧiī
purple dress

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الأرجنتين (ʾlʾarǧantīn) Argentina (noun)

23 محافظة في الأرجنتين
23 muḥāfaẓah fī al-ʾarǧntīn
twenty-three provinces of Argentina

خريطة الأرجنتين
ḫarīṭaẗu al-ʾarǧantīn
map of Argentina

شخصية كرتونية
cartoon character

شخصية كرتونية
cartoon character

شخصية كرتونية
cartoon character

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بطاقة السحب (biṭāqaẗ as-saḥb) debit card (noun)

بطاقات السحب تقوم بسحب المال مباشرة من رصيد حاملها
biṭāqāt us-saḥbi taqūmu bisaḥbi al-māli mubāšaraẗan min raṣīdi ḥāmilihā
Debit cards directly withdraw funds from the holder’s account.

المرأة تدفع باستخدام بطاقة السحب
al-marʾaẗu tadfaʿu bistiḫdāmi biṭāqaẗ is-saḥb
The woman is paying by debit card.

دفع باستخدام بطاقة السحب
dafʿ bistiḫdāmi biṭāqaẗ is-saḥb
pay by debit card

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