Culture, religion and society 2 Flashcards

Question

مُتَزَمّتٌ (مُتَزمّتونَ)

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narrow-minded, intolerant; grave, stern

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to be a freethinker; to be an atheist

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disbelief, atheism

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freethinker; atheist; unbelievable

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to fornicate, to commit adultery

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adultery, fornication

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to abstain from or renounce; to forsake; to lead a pious, ascetic life

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to induce to withdraw; to spoil someone’s pleasure in (sth)

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to practise asceticism, to withdraw from the world

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to deem little, insignificant or trifling

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indifference; renunciation, abstinence

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little, low, insignificant

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asceticism

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ascetic; abstinent (adj) (also a boy’s name in the singular)

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to bow down or prostrate oneself; to worship (God)

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prostration in prayer

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prostration; adoration, worship

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carpet; prayer rug

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the Holy Mosque in Mecca

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the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

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the Holy Mosque in Mecca

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to bewitch, charm, enchant or fascinate

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to bewitch, charm, enchant or fascinate

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to have a light meal (before daybreak)

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magic, enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft

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early morning, dawn (also a girl’s name in the singular)

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meal taken at night before the start of a fast

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sorcerer, magician, wizard

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witch, sorceress

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to be safe and sound, to be unharmed; to be certain or established

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to surrender, capitulate, submit or succumb

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peace, safety, security, well-being; a greeting

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submission

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the Muslim League

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surrender, capitulation, submission; resignation

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to sharpen, whet or hone; to introduce or establish (laws, customs)

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to sharpen, whet or hone; to grow teeth (of a baby)

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to teethe or grow teeth; to age or grow old

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to take or follow (a way); to establish or enact (law, custom)

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introduction; enactment (law, custom)

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a tooth or tusk; age

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retirement age

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custom, tradition, norm, practice

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Prophet’s Sunna, teaching of the Prophet Muhammad

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prescribed as Sunna; sanctioned by law and custom; sharpened

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old-aged, advanced in years

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to enclose, fence in or surround

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to leap, assail, attack or assault

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to scale (a wall or cliff)

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wall, enclosure, fence

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sura, chapter of the Quran

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phantom, ghost, apparition; an indistinct shape

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to want or wish

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thing, something

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a little, a bit (commonly used in the dialects)

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wish, volition, will, desire

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by God’s will

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to behave like a devil

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Devil, Satan

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devilish, demonic

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devilry, villainy

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to spread out or diffuse; to become known or public

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to spread, divulge, publish or make known

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followers, disciples; sect

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followers, disciples; sect

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the Shiites

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spread or circulation (of news)

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common, popular, widespread, general

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the public domain; widespread

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to be patient; to bind or tie

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to ask someone to be patient; to console or comfort

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to bear stoutly

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to be patient or to persevere

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patience, endurance, hardiness; self-control

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severe cold

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patient, enduring, steadfast

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patient, long-suffering, steadfast

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to crucify

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to crucify; to make the sign of the cross; to fold (arms)

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crucifixion

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crucifix, cross

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the Crusades

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the Crusaders

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to pray or worship

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salat, Islamic prayer; blessing, grace, benediction

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the Lord’s Prayer

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prayer place

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wool, woollen; Sufi, Islamic mystic

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Sufism, mysticism

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to fast; to abstain from food, drink and sexual intercourse

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fasting; abstinence

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fasting (noun); fast

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fasting (adj); one who fasts

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to appear or become visible

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to sacrifice or offer up

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to begin, start or commence

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over night, from one day to the next

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forenoon; sacrifice, slaughter, blood sacrifice, victim

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the big Eid, Eid al-Adha (Eid of Sacrifice after Hajj)

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vicinity; suburb, outskirts

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to be clean or pure

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to clean, cleanse, disinfect or sterilise; to circumcise

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to circumcise

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to clean oneself; to do one’s ablutions

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cleanliness, purity

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cleanliness; sanctity; circumcision

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cleansing, cleaning, purification

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ethnic cleansing

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clean, pure

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antiseptic

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a person who performs circumcision

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to circle, go about, wander, rove or tour; to overflow

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to circle, go about or walk around; also going around the Kaaba in Mecca

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to roam, wander or walk (around Kaaba)

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round, circuit, circumambulation (of the Kaaba)

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circumambulation around the Kaaba

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itinerant, migrant, wandering

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flood, inundation, deluge

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itinerant, migrant, roving

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factional, sectarian; confessional

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faction, sect, party, group, troop; part; number

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minority faction

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sectarianism

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sectarian rivalries

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to worship; to serve; to adore or idolise

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to enslave or subjugate

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to devote oneself to God

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to enslave or subjugate

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slave, servant

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worship, adoration; pl: acts of worship

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cult of personality

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slavery, servitude; worship

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place of worship

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enslavement, subjugation

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worship, devotion

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enslavement, subjugation

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sexual slavery

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worshipper

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worshipped, adored; an idol

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pious, devout

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to excuse or forgive

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to be difficult or impossible

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to excuse oneself or apologise

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to excuse oneself or apologise

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the Holy Virgin Mary

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an excuse, a pardon

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difficulty, impossibility

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apology, excuse

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excused, justified

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difficult, impracticable, impossible

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to behave like a demon

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demon, devil; sly, cunning,

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devilry, villainy; a dirty trick

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to refrain or abstain; to be chaste or virtuous

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to refrain or abstain; to be chaste or virtuous; to be shy

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abstinence; virtue, decency, chastity

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modest, chaste, virtuous, pure

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chastity (also a girl’s name)

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abstinence, restraint; chastity, modesty

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chaste, modest, decent, honest

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to be high or elevated; to rise or ascend

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to raise, lift or elevate

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to raise, lift or elevate

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to rise or become high

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to rise or ascend; to be high or exalted

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to rise or ascend; to be high or exalted

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to rise; to take possession or master; to become haughty

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height, elevation, altitude; greatness

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upper; heavenly, celestial; Alawi; pl: Alawites

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(prep) on, above, over

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high, tall, elevated (also a boy’s name)

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high rank, nobility (also a boy’s name)

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elevation, raising; enhancement

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ascension, promotion to an office or station

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superiority

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to grab by the neck or collar

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to embrace or hug; to associate closely

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to embrace each other

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to adopt or embrace (a religion/person); to be converted

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neck, nape

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an embrace or hug

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adoption (of a religion, doctrine)

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to celebrate, to observe a feast; to wish a merry feast

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to felicitate on the occasion of a feast, to wish a merry feast

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festival, feast, celebratory day

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gift presented on a feast day

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happy birthday

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many happy returns of the day (birthdays, religious festivals)

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national holidays

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Mother’s Day

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Father’s Day

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Valentine’s Day

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Independence Day

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Labour Day

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the small Eid, Eid al-Fitr (at the end of Ramadan)

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Blessed Eid, Blessed festival1

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Muslim festivals

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Christian festivals

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Jesus’s birthday

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Merry Christmas

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Thanksgiving day

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Yom Kippur

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to forgive or pardon

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to forgive or grant pardon

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to ask someone’s pardon or forgiveness

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very forgiving

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very forgiving (one of Allah’s names)

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very forgiving

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very forgiving (one of Allah’s names)

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forgiveness, pardon (also a girl’s name)

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Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur

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I ask for God’s forgiveness, forgive me; Heaven forbid

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asking for forgiveness (from God), repentance

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pardon, forgiveness

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the deceased, the late

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to seduce, tempt or entice; to torture or torment; to denounce

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sedition; temptation

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to be monstrous or behave atrociously; to exceed accepted bounds; to be shameless

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to use obscene language; to commit atrocities

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to be monstrous or behave atrociously; to exceed accepted bounds; to use obscene language

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indecency, obscenity

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monstrosity, abomination, atrocity; fornication

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monstrous, immoderate, excessive, obscene

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sin, abomination, atrocity; fornication

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to be or become rotten; to be wicked or corrupt

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to spoil, ruin, corrupt or degrade

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to spoil, ruin, destroy or corrupt; to undermine

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decay, decomposition; corruption, depravity, immorality

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cause of evil; scandalous deed

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the devil makes work for idle hands

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bad, rotten, spoiled, decayed, corrupt

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corrupt practices

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to celebrate Easter; to celebrate Passover

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Passover, Easter

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Easter Sunday

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to break the fast, to have breakfast; to split or cleave

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to break the fast, to have breakfast

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to be split, cleft or broken

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a crack or rupture

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fast breaking

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mushrooms, fungi

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nature, disposition, constitution

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breaking the fast during Ramadan

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breakfast outside of Ramadan

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the Creator (one of Allah’s names)

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to decree or ordain (of God); to decide; to be able or to possess strength

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to determine or decree; to value or assess

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to be appointed or assigned; to be determined

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to ask (God) for strength

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fate, destination, divine decree; rank; value; extent, scope

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Lailat al-Qadr2

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God forbid

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fate and pre-destiny

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cooking pot

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