Mahfouz - Neighbourhood Stories Flashcards

Question

مُعَبَق

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Overflowing, full

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Dianthus caryophyllus, carnation, clove pink

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Mumble, mutter, stutter

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Imp, goblin, demon

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Fluent, eloquent

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Massage, rubdown

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Good, Allah, our lord

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Okra(vegetable)

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Uncovered, exposed,

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Return, pass back

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Hang on, means here: insist on staying

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Go further, go too far

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Humor, joking

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Funny, likes joking

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Funny, likes joking

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Gleeful, Jaunty

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Means here: never done a bad thing or major sin

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Addict, addicted to

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That's a singer's name

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Sighs, moans

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Takes care of you, Watching over you

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Heals, cures you

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gets thinner, becomes very slim

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Astonishing, staggering, startling

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to be or become flabby

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Folds, the folds of, layers

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Group of rituals used to expel demons, exorcism

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Anticipated

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Overcrowds

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Overflowing

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Overflowing

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Chorus- means here: group

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They seem mysterious

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Bobble, decorated

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Hanging, dangling, flowing

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Hanging, dangling, flowing

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Grapes, Clusters

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Soaked, saturated

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Receptacle, container, can,

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Tambourines

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Means here: filled

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Rose(past)

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Has no match in English, but we use this word to refer to a sound Arabian women make with their tongues in happy occasions

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send off, see off, say goodbye

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Swings(verb), shakes

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Glimpses me, sees me, sights me

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Our grandmother

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Idiom that means ; very far land or country

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to be full of to be redolent of to be fragrant

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privily - personally or privately

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bonhomie - bluff, hearty pleasantness of manner; good nature; geniality - the state or quality of being smooth - smoothness; tenderness - delicacy,slenderness - softness; fineness; mellowness.

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drink - take a liquid into the mouth and swallow - drink in one or more small amounts or by spoonfuls

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- coax or humour (a person) in a friendly way; chaff; banter - speak playfully or jokingly . - to gently touch someone showing love or to dandle - to dandle or baby (a child ) - to pamper (a child) - be friendly to - to flirt with - jest with ; joke with . - make fun with ; trifle with . - play with, joke with - play with or trifle with .

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drink - take a liquid into the mouth and swallow - drink in one or more small amounts or by spoonfuls

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Fondle pat

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shoulder - the part of the body at which the arm is attached

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- feeling of fondness; love; tenderness; warmth; attachment - attachment; fondness; kindness; tenderness; warmth - bending - act of consideration or looking after someone - mercy ; mildness(of temper or weather) - state of expressing or feeling pity(for) - pity,feeling for the suffeing of others,prompting one to give help - sympathy,emotion

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Overlooked , Turned a blind eye

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absurd - completely stupid and unreasonable; ridiculous

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- to rebuke;speak angrily to - discourage;hinder - express sharp or severe disapproval to somebody - rebuke somebody (for a fault, etc) - criticize somebody or oneself, especially for failing to do something - blame or rbuke somebody; censure - severe scold or reprimand . - chide or reproach (a person)

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- blustering talk and behaviour; noisy threats - threat;menace;the threatening of divine vengeance - danger; threat - a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. - making a threat or threats against

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The Syrian

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advantage - benefit; profit; gain - use; profit; help - the state of being feasible - the act of gaining or increase in wealth; porfit; advantage or increase in amount or power - benefit; usefulness; profit - goodness or fitness - benefit or gain or returns - using or being used or value or advantage; usefulness - the state of being useful

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animus - will or intention - the consciousness within oneself of the choice one ought to make between right and wrong - purpose, aim - intent, purpose - things that one intends to do - inward thoughts; inner most feelings - the exercise of the will or the power of willing

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walk , stroke

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challenger - someone who gives,sends,is a challenge to - being a challenge - a person who express opposition to something - objecting or protester - protesting or challenging - rejecting, resisting; unwilling; disagreeing - person who objects, rejects, disagrees, etc - one who protests against something - one who opposes to something - opposing to something; protesting - protester; remonstrator; demurrer

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wax - pass into a specified state or mood

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Knock Ring

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adumbrate - indicate or suggest faintly, in outline or in advance; foreshadow - advertise, announce or point to something - to mean:to be a sign of something :indicate - mark or point out clearly:give a name or title to - use gestures instead of or in addition to speech - use gesture to convey feeling or as a rhetorical device - give a brief look at - see faintly or partly - convey indirectly; hint - point out to - point out to - make reference to - indicate; point to - to refer to

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Sofa terrace - a flat roof used as an outdoor living area. - long seat of wood or stone; work-table at which a shoemaker, etc works - a bench outside a house used to sit on, etc - seat with a back and four legs - plain overcoat or long padded couch with sides and a back - bed; long-bedlike seat for sitting on or lying on during the day - a large sofa esp. one that can be made into a bed - long bench-like seats

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He says Basmalah (In the name of God the Merciful )

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buoyancy - lightness of spirits; power to recuperate - cheerfulness; happiness - state of gladness or cry or shout of joy or encouragement - happiness;content - merry;joyful - enjoyment:entertainment - intense feeling of happiness and pleasant excitement - rejoicing or exultation - the extroversion of the character in psychology - state of being extrovert - joy; gaiety; glee - great happiness or joy

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acceleration - increase in speed - great speed - speed or organized journey with a particular aim - the state of being quickly - noun gerund of verb to hasten - hastiness or rashness - irritability or testiness - impetuousness or rashness - quikness or fastness or hurry

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dodger - an artful or cunning person who dodges - containing false information; dishonest; uncertain - someone who escapes something or someone - dodger, evasive - a person who keeps away from someone or something - intention of avoiding capture or direct answers - one who shrikes - evasive; elusive; dodgy

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to be shackled, fettered, (en)chained, (hand)cuffed, manacled, bound, tied be bridled - be shackled - be fettered

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glue Agglutinate (stick together, clump together)

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brad - thin, flat nail with no head or a very small head - short piece of wood or metal - a small, sharpened metal spike with a boardened flat head, deriven in with a hammer to join things together nail , pin,tack

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call for help evocation

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Venesection lobe Segment

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deliquesce - to become liquid (for a substance) - to make something solid become part of a liquid - to become liquid or make something become liquid - vanis; disappear - liquefy; dissolve; melt. - discolour or partly disintegrate by exposure to air; be discoloured or worn in this way

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to tangle , to snarl , to mesh , to knit , to interweave , to intertwist

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thorny - (of a subject) hard to handle without offence ; problematic .

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flow - a corpious outpouring ; a stream - flowing with a large quantity - a fllowing of - uncotrolled expression of strong feelings - outpouring, streaming, gushing - the noun gerund of verb to flow - a prosses of flowing or flowing out - noun gerund of verb (to gush) - example of gas, etc leaking, or the amount of gas, etc that has leaked - streaming or flowing - an outward flow or the amount that flows out - flow; effusion - outflowing; effluent; torrential - noun gerund of verb to stream

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Archly , shrewdly , slyly , wilily

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heart, innermost, core, essence, pith, middle, center, bottom heart - the central or innermost part of something - middle part or point or place of great activity people seek - central or most important part of anything - of solid or compact structure - profoundity, deepness - restless, or resisting control - firm and stable in shape

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diving, dive, plunging, plunge dipping - plunging;steeping,sinking;dropping - a jump into the water with your head and arms first - jumping into the water with your head and arms first - plunging movement

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aspire to: (aim or strive to) aim high : literal (try to hit a high target)

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cheerful - bringing or suggesting happiness or happy - lively;cheerful - cheerful; lively - very pleasant,sweet and cheerful - in high spirits - very happy and proud - brings happiness - feeling happyness and thinking about nothing else - exulting; triumphant - strikingly apt; pleasanttly ingenious - happy and full of fun; light-hearted; cheerful - pleased; willing or marked by, filled with, or expressing, joy - delightful; cheerful; pleasant; joyful

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Astraddle Astride (gap, chasm: wide)

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jilbab ( a long , flowing garment) Night – shirt

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Name of a man

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shining - shine; dazzling; radiance - shining; radiant; bright; shining; radiant; brilliant

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egregious - extremely bad and noticeable - dressed with no veil; unveiled

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Pant , expel , erupt , whiff

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charm - attractiveness or pleasing quality or something believed to have magic power,good or bad - the beautiful qualities someone or something has - prettiness; grace - excellence, goodness,beauty - elegance, stylishness - physical attractiveness or alluring and exciting beauty or charm - pleasantness; agreeability; agreeableness - the state of being gorgeous - attractiveness or an attractive feature or courteous good will - the state of being graceful - beauty ; state of being beautiful or delightful

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fresh atmosphere - lucid, obvious, pure, or innocent - made of, like, or clear as crystal - obvious to the heart or mind;clear - not mixed with any other substance or without harmful effect or sin - immaculate, pure - (for air) pure, untainted, refreshing, invigorating - bright and clear with sunshine ; free from rain

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Name of a man

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amazement - feeling of great surprise - complete surprise; amazement; awe; bewilderment; wonder - state of being bewildered - disorder,being confused - abstractedness;stupor;absence of mind - wildness or confusion of mind - a state of perplexity - a feeling of being confused - an emotion excited by what is unexpected, unfamiliar, etc; surprise mingled with admiration or curiosity, etc - surprise, awe

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average - standard or level regarded as usual - middle part or point or place of great activity people seek - commonplace - affecting all or most people, places, things or not limited to one part of a person or thing or showing the chief aspects of something or normal - not very good - not extreme; limited - conforming to a standard; regular, usual, typical - normal; usual - ordinary; undistinguished - of the ordinary or usual standard - (of a region or climate) characterized by mild temperatures. medial , median , average

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hard - unkind; showing no feelings or sympathy - not gentle or calm; moving or acting violently - (of a person) rough; harsh - of or like a boor; rough and ill-nannered - (of speech or behaviour) rough and abrupt; offhand in manner or speech - surly;mean;impolite - rude;rough - (of material) not fine;rough or loose in texture or grain,(of food) common;inferior,or (of persons)vulgar;rude - hardly polite - impolite;not showing respect for other people - slow to understand;stupid;tedious; boring - barbarous, uncouth - (of a person, manners, morals) noticeably coarse, unrefined, or disgusting - (of voice) low and harsh, (of person) having gruffvoice - severe; cruel ; rough

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to address - to speak to, talk to - to converse with, discourse with

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badinage - playful teasing; banter . - playful, good-humoured teasing - attractiveness or pleasing quality or something believed to have magic power,good or bad - state of being quick-thinking; sharp-witted - trifling behaviour:flirting for amusement - lively and wit - cheerful play; a prank; a merry party; an outburst of gaiety; merriment - (a source of) lively or playful amusement - joking; merrymaking - joke or funny story - joking; making jests; fooling about; playing or acting trifingly; person doing so - joking; merry-making - state of being jocular - state of being jocund - noun gerund of verb (to joke) - the act of joking

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affected - influenced; moved and touched - influenced by a certain effect - affected, influenced - affected ; moved ; impressed or palpable .

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uncertain - obscure; ambiguous - difficult to understand - having more than one possible meaning; uncertain in meaning or intention; equivocal - covered with clouds or being not very clear - difficult to understand or explain;made of different connected parts - made up of many parts;difficult to do or understand - secret; with ahidden meaning, or a meaning not easily seen - with no or very little light or hidden and mysterious - obscure,vague,ambiguous - as if happening in a dream; unreal - rather mysterious or difficult to understand - ambiguous,mysterious and difficult to understand - not precise, ambiguous - that can not be understood - obscure, ambiguous

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Words has no meaning

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promising well - showing signs of future success; favourable; promising; prosperous; of good omen - fortelling of coming good - preacher of the Gospel - a sign of something to come - a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another - an official messenger bringing news - an occurrence or object regarded as portending good or evil - a sign of warning - sermonizer or admonisher - sign or omen that something will happen - bringer of good or bad news - bringer of good news

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bourgeon - young shoots or bud of plants - leaf, flower or branch, at the beginning of its growth; partly opened flower - a bud or young shoot - a shoot of a plant - young branch or the new growth of a plant - a bud or small unopened mushroom

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amazement - feeling of great surprise - so surprising that is hard to believe or extremely good in a surprising and unexpected way - most wonderful thing; most marvellous - very good;of very high quality - beyond what is ordinary - extravagantly fanciful ; capricious , eccentric - excellent ; of a notable merit - richly coloured, sumptuous, magnificent

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germ - portion of a living organism capable of becoming a new organism or micro-organism, especially one capable of causing disease - a small seed - flowering plant's unit of reproduction - seeding; strewing - a specialized reproductive cell - the horny central part of various fruits, containing the seeds

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crop - to reap (produce) or plant (land) with a crop - to repare land for crops by ploughing, etc; help crops to grow - transplant or graft - plant, culture - put plants or seeds in the ground - put seeds in the earth - sow; plant; raise or rise - sow; plant; raise

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accompaniment - presence, occurrence, attachment with - occuring, going , being with; escorting; attaching - action of associating or being associated; being in somebody's company; friendship; alliance; partnership; union; combination; bond; correlation - state of being secondary or subordinate - associates - good fellowship;friendship - being together with another or others,persons with whom one spends one's time,group of persons or guests,or number of persons united for business - together with another or others - friendship and loyalty among people who work together - coexistence or accompaniment - a person associated with another ; a comrade - companionship, friendliness

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wife, spouse

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authorized - empowered; enabled; entitled; given authority; or allowed; approved; sanctioned; licensed; warranted; permitted; confirmed - ordered;instructed - authorized or empowerd by a commission or ordered (to do something) - person appointed by a commission to perform a specific task or member of a government commission or representative of authority in a district,etc - (of a crime) performed or restricted (by financial obligation) or entrusted to - authorized to be a represantitive - empowered:authorized - a person to whom work or authority is deputed:in some couintries a member of the legislative assembly - given more control over his affairs - charged with - invested with power

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rain heavily - glide along as a stream - be poured out - to fall down in great amount

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bondage - slavery; servitude - taking as slaves - slavery; servitude - the slavery or subjection - the condition ofa slave - the state of being a slave ; slavery . - sway, dominion or servitude, especially when oppressive

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to be free from contamination - (of water, eyes, etc) to be clear; transparent - be or become unmixed

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forenoon - the part of the day before noon - a thing offered to a divine being or the presentation of bread to God in the Eucharist

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to flood, overflow, inundate, deluge, drown - to engulf, gulf, overwhelm, whelm - to cover, overspread, spread over, suffuse, fill, fill up, pervade

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chin - part of the face below the mouth

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tattoo - a picture or message that is permanently marked on your skin with a needle and ink - a mark or figure which is tattooed on someone's skin - the noun gerund of verb to tattoo

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Countrywoman(female who lives in countryside)

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be or become (super)plentiful - more than enough; abundant; plentiful - plentiful, abundant; producing much - overflowing with happiness and excitement - streaming, gushing - more than enough - giving or ready to give feerly or free from meanness or prejudice - of a size, amount, extent, or intensity considerably above the normal or average; big - of considerable magnitude; wide in range or capacity, comprehensive - much; numerous - great in number; consisting in many - in excessive quantity - to be sufficient more than one needs - ample; abundant

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fresh atmosphere - lucid, obvious, pure, or innocent - made of, like, or clear as crystal - obvious to the heart or mind;clear - not mixed with any other substance or without harmful effect or sin - immaculate, pure - (for air) pure, untainted, refreshing, invigorating - bright and clear with sunshine ; free from rain

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to welcome

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absurd - completely stupid and unreasonable; ridiculous

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loose - slack, relaxed, not tense or tight - ( of material etc.) pliant ; malleable . - faint; dim; subdued - adaptable and flexible - hanging down ; limp ; flaccid - hanging losse or wrinkled ; limp, flabby - able to be bend with out breaking - supple ; mobile - full of juice; succulent - flexible; supple - not firm or strong - lithe, supple;(of the body) thin and graceful - supple, flexible - strong in growth, lush, abundant

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Extremities , Limb , Parts of the body

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warmth, warmness - heat, hotness temperature - a body temperature above the normal - the condition of being hot - the state of having high temperature - state of being warm - the act of warming; the state of being warmed; the warmth of the atmosphere, etc - earnestness or fervour in advancing a cause or rendering service; hearty and persistent endeavour - glowing condition ; intense heat

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affecting; influencing - moving and touching; romantic - producing the intended results - producing the intended results - producing the desired result - able to work well - tasting or smelling like fruit; of full rich quality - powerful, efficacious - in operation; having effect - whoever does something or performs an action; effective and active - applied and used

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walk(ing), march(ing) - motion, movement, moving

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fix - mend , repair - control the affairs, manage; put into operation, apply - manage and handle affairs - arrange something in an attractive way, or put soldiers in position ready for battle - arrange in sorts or suit and harmonize with - to place in a category - arrange ;set in a particular place or place togehter - to arrange with others - to do something accurately - do something accurately and well - do something perfectly - make firm or stable; fasten, secure - arrange; put in order

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disheveled - disordered;untidy;ruffled - hairy; rough-haired - having a rumpled hair . - uncombed, dishevelled - matted; disheveled; tousled

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He says Basmalah (In the name of God the Merciful )

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be or become hidden - to hide oneself - be or become hidden (far from sight);be veiled - to hide oneself - be or become concealed - to become impossible to see or find;to stop existing;to go missing (for a person) - to change one's appearance - to wear a disguise and change your appearance - be concealed - put or keep out of sight - conceal oneself - be or become hidden or unseen - take cover; cover oneself - be or become protected - move stealthily

Answer 135

Sofa terrace - a flat roof used as an outdoor living area. - long seat of wood or stone; work-table at which a shoemaker, etc works - a bench outside a house used to sit on, etc - seat with a back and four legs - plain overcoat or long padded couch with sides and a back - bed; long-bedlike seat for sitting on or lying on during the day - a large sofa esp. one that can be made into a bed - long bench-like seats

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bull - uncastrated male of any animal of the ox family; male of large animals - a bovine animal; especially a large horned domesticated species of cattle - bull; ox

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fixative - fixer - stabilizer - fastener, fastening

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rapier - light thin double-edged sword - sandy; arenaceous - a weapon of metal with a long blade

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to intersect, cut, cut across, cross

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Kind of Food ground - milled; crushed - smashed; ground; bruised - ground grain - coarsely ground grain, especially hominy - sruck; beaten; hit - a mixture of crushed substance - to be pounded - to be crushed or beaten - mass of fine dry particles - to be crushed or soft - hammered; struk; knocked - mashed; crushed - powdered ; ground . - milled; crushed

Answer 141

furcate - form a fork; divide - ( of roads, rivers, boughs of trees, etc) divide into two branches, etc; fork - be bifurcate(d) - be or become bifurcate(d) - send out, divide into branches - (of a car, road, train, etc) leave a main route and take a minor one - (of a person, business, firm, etc) expand in a new direction, open new departments or lines of activities - be or become branched - be branching - diverge,branch,separate widely - proceed in a different direction from the point;take a different course;depart from a set of course - separate;split or break up;cause disagreement - ramify; branch - be branching - be or become divided into branches

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gaseous - of or like gas - of or like gas - filled with air

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dangling - a thing swinged or hanged loosely - drooping; dejected,gloomy - hung or suspended - dangling; suspended - suspended; pendent - hung(down)loosly - hanging from something - hanging down loosely - let down

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adieu - say goodbye - goodbye; farewell; so long - goodbye - goodbye - expressing good wishes on parting, ending a telephone conversation, etc - expressing good wishes on parting, etc - farewell or valediction

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promising - showing signs of being successful in the future

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a mat made of straw - straw mat - matt

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chanting - state of singing (especially an often-repeated tune to which psalms and canticles are fitted) - praising or celebrating in hymns - slow recitation - hymining or modulation - slow recitation

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Quranic verses , clear evidences , signs of God

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hash - whip; scourge - a whip for driving horses - hit with a whip; the flexible end of a whip - untannedleather;whip - a whip or lash - a lash attached to a stick for urging on animals or punishing, etc; a blow with a whip - whip for flogging people

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to be cross-legged in his legged

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future - time to come; what will happen in the future; the future condition of a person, country, etc; a prospect of success, etc; the future tense - future time, events, or condition; existence after death - the future

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dismounting - noun gerund of verb to dismount - condition of being disengaged.For two armies to stop fighting - release;disengagement;untying - the action of taking a machine apart - the noun gerund of verb ( to free ) - noun gerund of verb (to unbind) - noun gerund of verb (to undo) - noun gerund of verb (to unravel) - noun gerund of verb (to unscrew) - noun gerund of verb (to untie) - noun gerund of verb (unwind) - to untie someone or something - unrave or be unraveled

Answer 153

bundle, bale, packet, pack, package, parcel bale - large bundle of paper, straw, goods, etc pressed together and tied with rope or wire ready to be moved, sold, etc - number of articles fastened, tied, or wrapped together - a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as full - a bundle, bunch - a bunch of flowers, especially a sweet-scented posy - bundle of things - small package - things wrapped up for carrying or sending by postparcel - small bunch of flowers

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grade - reduce (a road etc) to easy gradients - unfold; unroll; outstretched - to make a relationship firm and strong - to(cause to) go round continuously;move from place to place freely or to circularize;send circulars to - spread out; cause something to be greater in size, number, or importance - make flat ;even smooth ; unbroken ; with out projection or indentation - make or become flat - to make or become longer - to make level, even, uniform - to make level, even, uniform - spread out; fully extended or expanded - spread through every part - flatten (eg a surface ) by ramming

Answer 155

halawatahiniya , ( sweet made of sesame oil and sugar )

Answer 156

lane, alley, alleyway – corridor alley - narrow passage between or behind buildings, usually for pedestrians only, or path bordered by trees or hedges in a garden or park - narrow passage between buildings - long narrow path - long narrow passage from which doors open into rooms - narrow road usually between streets or passage made between rows of persons or marked out for runners in race, etc

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the cemetery - (usually plural) area of passages and rooms below the ground where dead people are buried - place of land,not the a churchyard,used for burials - a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial or the place where someone is buried - a burial-ground, especially by a church - sepulcher ; grave .

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- to be unable to stand or bear or -put up with - to be unable or powerless to do or accomplish - to be be tired of - to be have no patience with - to be be tired of - to be be fed up with

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reside in - to live in a particular place - reside in - populate, dwell in - to have your home in a particular place - to reside in - stay in or reisde in - live in or house in - live in; reside in - reside in

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courtyard – backyard surrounded space; yard - the whole area behind and belonging to a house, including the lawn, garden, etc - court; unroofed area enclosed by walls or buildings

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Sneak , infiltrate , steal out , penetrate

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meeting, coming together - conjunction, concurrence gathering - congregation; assemblage; meeting; clustering - gather, assemble - formal interview with a ruler or an important person

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administration - management of public or business affairs - organizing things so that an event, meeting, etc can happen, or something organized and agreed on; organization; preparation; agreement - act of putting a plan or making a map of - planning;arranging;devising (by two or more) - act of inventing(an excuse,astory,a plot for a novel,etc) - invention; capacity to invent or deceitful practice - inventing;find a way of doing something

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white - innocent; untainted; transparent - naïve; artless - of or like an angel;sweet and innocent-looking - innocent, naive, artless - simple, naive - pure; morally perfect - inoccent; simple; artless; unaffected; straight forward - easily deceived; inexperienced

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to make an appointment (a date, a rendezvous)

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entry - an entrance,a passage or a small room - the part of a door frame that you step across when you go through a doorway - a step just outside a door to a house or building - opening,gate,door,passage,etc by which one enters something - a passage or small roomyou go through to enter a place - way in and out that can be closed by a gate or gates - doorstep; doorsill; threshold - threshold; doorsill - the entrance to a room or building or the area of floor at the entrance .; doorstep

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ghost - spirit of a dead person appearing to somebody who is still living - of or relating to ghost - ghost; spirit; phantom - a ghost, phantom - ghosty; eerie - an elf, fairy, or goblin - a ghost or apparition; the spectral appearance of a living person supposed to protend that person's death - ghost or specter

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to surround, encompass, encircle, enclose, environ, beset, hem in beset - close in on all sides; have on all sides; hem in; assail; encompass - to surround someone or something completely - to surround with a wall or a fence - to include a wide range of ideas,subjects,etc - to engulf,encircle or surround something - come or be all round; encircle

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taboo - too holy or evil to be touched - offence for which there is severe punishment by law; such offences - a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done - condition or fact of having done wrong or blame or reponsibility for wronging - evil-doing; crime - a wrong or illegal action - iniquity; offense; guilt; fault - evil or unprincipled conduct, criminal or immoral behaviour, eg gambling, drug-trafficking, etc

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entry - an entrance,a passage or a small room - the part of a door frame that you step across when you go through a doorway - a step just outside a door to a house or building - opening,gate,door,passage,etc by which one enters something - a passage or small roomyou go through to enter a place - way in and out that can be closed by a gate or gates - doorstep; doorsill; threshold - threshold; doorsill - the entrance to a room or building or the area of floor at the entrance .; doorstep

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Vitrification , budge , Shift

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be plentiful, abundant - flow over; overfill - (of a container or its contents) overflow

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buoyancy - lightness of spirits; power to recuperate - cheerfulness; happiness - state of gladness or cry or shout of joy or encouragement - happiness;content - merry;joyful - enjoyment:entertainment - intense feeling of happiness and pleasant excitement - rejoicing or exultation - the extroversion of the character in psychology - state of being extrovert - joy; gaiety; glee - great happiness or joy

Answer 174

buoyancy - lightness of spirits; power to recuperate - cheerfulness; happiness - state of gladness or cry or shout of joy or encouragement - happiness;content - merry;joyful - enjoyment:entertainment - intense feeling of happiness and pleasant excitement - rejoicing or exultation - the extroversion of the character in psychology - state of being extrovert - joy; gaiety; glee - great happiness or joy

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chin - part of the face below the mouth

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passionate, fervent, fiery love - emotional, ardent love

Answer 177

dissolution, solution, melting, deliquescense, liquefaction, thaw(ing) degradation - reducing in rank:to be less - the state of becoming liquid ( by absorbing moisture) - the condition of being frail - act of making somethng a liquid or of becoming a liquid - dissolution; dissolving; melting

Answer 178

Vigil,attend, look after, watch, stay up, wake

Answer 179

grade - reduce (a road etc) to easy gradients - unfold; unroll; outstretched - to make a relationship firm and strong - to(cause to) go round continuously;move from place to place freely or to circularize;send circulars to - spread out; cause something to be greater in size, number, or importance - make flat ;even smooth ; unbroken ; with out projection or indentation - make or become flat - to make or become longer - to make level, even, uniform - to make level, even, uniform - spread out; fully extended or expanded - spread through every part - flatten (eg a surface ) by ramming

Answer 180

a mat made of straw - straw mat - matt

Answer 181

- to receive light from - to gain ( enlightenment or insight by ) in - to be lit or illuminated by

Answer 182

to entertain, amuse, divert, keep amused, cheer up, put in good humor or mood, put at ease, make feel at ease, create a friendly atmosphere to - to be friendly to, nice to

Answer 183

to entertain, amuse, divert, keep amused, cheer up, put in good humor or mood, put at ease, make feel at ease, create a friendly atmosphere to - to be friendly to, nice to

Answer 184

Croak(noise of a frog)

Answer 185

(passionate) love, passion - fondness - strong enthusiasm - interest fantasy - a whimsical speculation - affection; devotion - feeling of fondness; love; tenderness; warmth; attachment - strong feeling of interest in something - a thing favoured, be fond of - admiration, good impression - what one likes or fondness; taste or fancy - intense feeling of of caring about someone or affection or fondness for a person or thing; great liking - an individual taste or inclination

Answer 186

(passionate) love, passion - fondness - strong enthusiasm - interest fantasy - a whimsical speculation - affection; devotion - feeling of fondness; love; tenderness; warmth; attachment - strong feeling of interest in something - a thing favoured, be fond of - admiration, good impression - what one likes or fondness; taste or fancy - intense feeling of of caring about someone or affection or fondness for a person or thing; great liking - an individual taste or inclination

Answer 187

complexion - natural color,appearance,etc of the skin,especially of the face - outer layer of hardened skin - the outerside layer of the skin - the flexible conntinous covering of a human or other animal body

Answer 188

glee - a song for three or more - state of singing or often-repeated tune to which psalms and canticles are fitted - state of singing (especially an often-repeated tune to which psalms and canticles are fitted) - delight; pleasyre; exultation - a musical composition comprising a short poem or other set of words

Answer 189

To obtain , to procure , to gain , to get , acquire

Answer 190

talent, gift, knack, aptitude, bent, (natural) endowment, (special) ability ability - gifted or gained talent - special talent - a quality that someone has naturally - skill at performing some special task - a special aptitude or faculty - a quality or ability that someone has naturally - natural talent or ability - high mental ability

Answer 191

beauty - combination of qualities that give pleasure to the senses or intellect; person, thing or characteristic that is beautiful or particularly good - attractiveness or pleasing quality or something believed to have magic power,good or bad - the beautiful qualities someone or something has - prettiness; grace - beauty and grace - excellence, goodness,beauty - elegance, stylishness - physical attractiveness or alluring and exciting beauty or charm - pleasantness; agreeability; agreeableness - the state of being gorgeous - attractiveness or an attractive feature or courteous good will - the state of being graceful

Answer 192

to mean:to be a sign of something :indicate - aim at - mark or point out clearly:give a name or title to - purpose, mean - be wishing , intending (to) ; be desiring or ready to

Answer 193

Brat , yob , evil-doer

Answer 194

Want , Would , be passionately fascinated and enchanted by - to feel love or fondness for; admire; like very much; be inclined to - fall (be) in love with - to be fond of (a person) - become fond of

Answer 195

the Most Kind, God

Answer 196

gather - acquire by gradually collecting a mass or pick a quantity of something or collect (grain, etc) - to obtain after fulfilling the required conditions - brought upon oneself - get money by working - obtain, win (especially something wanted or needed) or benefit, profit from something or from doing something

Answer 197

lap - front part of body from waist to knees of seated person, considered with dress as place on which child is nursed

Answer 198

endure - to contiue in existance - to go farther; go on (being or doing); stay or remain at or in - continue; persevere - continue; last - to remain alive, etc or for a specified or considerable time; suffice; continue for a specified time - stay beyond the limit of (one's welcome, invitation, etc) - be over lasting and continous - continue trying in something - continue to do something

Answer 199

fraction - a very small part, piece, or amount - small piece cut or broken off(from wood,stpne,glass,etc) or strip cut from an apple,apotato,etc - thick solid slice of piece of something firmor hard - a piece cut off - a part broken off; a detached piece - mass, block - a lump of gold, platinum; a lump of anything compared to this - piece of something - any of the parts of something - fragment, fraction - a cut - a thin broad piece of meat, cake, etc - fragment; shatter

Answer 200

mumble - speak or utter indistinctly - utter words in a low voice - speak, say (something), in a low voice not meant to be heard - say in a rapid way - recite under one's breath

Answer 201

neighbors - persons are living next door to or near or nearest another

Answer 202

agreeable - pleasing and giving pleasure - very pleasing or attractive - delicious for food - courteous - excellent ; of a notable merit - handsome; attractive - beautiful; courteous; elegant - pleasant, agreeable, kind, fine - giving pleasure to the mind

Answer 203

heart, innermost, core, essence, pith, middle, center, bottom heart - the central or innermost part of something - middle part or point or place of great activity people seek - central or most important part of anything - of solid or compact structure - profoundity, deepness - restless, or resisting control - firm and stable in shape

Answer 204

cab - vehicle;(formerly)horse-drown carriage;(now)taxi - horse-drown carriage - a low light four-wheeled carriage with a collapsible top, seats for two passengers, and raised driver's seat - vehicle pulled by horses that was used like a taxi in former times or wheeled vehicle for passengers

Answer 205

affray - scare or frighten somebody - fill somebody with horror or dismay; shock deeply - fill with fear,worry and discouragement - feel fear about or toward - to fill with fright or terror; alarm suddenly - arouse horror in; shock - terrify, frighten - frighten; intimidate; horrify - frighten; scare; panic; horrify; fill with terror. - fill with terrorl; use terorrism against.

Answer 206

coppersmith ,brazier - person who works in copper - worker in brass

Answer 207

taste, flavor, savor, relish flavor - distinctive mingled sensation of smell and taste - great enjoyment of food, etc zest - taste or flavour - the special feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth

Answer 208

anguish - severe physical or mental suffering caused by extreme pain or worry - feeling of being very worried, or something that makes you worry; uneasiness; concern, or solicitous desire, or neurotic fear - condition of being sad, melancholy - state of being depressed:low in spirit:sadness - low spirit;afeeling of boredom or depression - grief; sorrow - mental anguish or grief - a feeling of pressure there, caused by emotion - the state of being solicious - sadness, grief ,melancholy - sadness; grief; sorrow - anxiety , worry

Answer 209

free - not busy - nothing is found inside

Answer 210

the cemetery - (usually plural) area of passages and rooms below the ground where dead people are buried - place of land,not the a churchyard,used for burials - a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial or the place where someone is buried - a burial-ground, especially by a church - sepulcher ; grave .

Answer 211

happier - comparative degree of happy - happier

Answer 212

cheerful - bringing or suggesting happiness or happy - lively;cheerful - cheerful; lively - very pleasant,sweet and cheerful - in high spirits - very happy and proud - brings happiness - feeling happyness and thinking about nothing else - exulting; triumphant - strikingly apt; pleasanttly ingenious - happy and full of fun; light-hearted; cheerful - pleased; willing or marked by, filled with, or expressing, joy - delightful; cheerful; pleasant; joyful

Answer 213

dinner - the main meal of the day eaten in the middle of a day or the evening - an evening meal

Answer 214

candy, confectionery, confetti, pastry, dessert, confections

Answer 215

dates - small,brown,sweet fruit of the date-palm or the date-palms

Answer 216

frond - a large usually divided foliage leaf in various flowerless plants, especially ferns and palms; the leaflikethallus of some algae - large usually divided foliage leaves in various flowerless plants, especially ferns and palms; the leaflikethallus of some algae - leaves of the palm tree - leaves of the palm tree

Answer 217

basil - sweet-smelling herb used in cooking

Answer 218

line, queue, file, row, rank, column column - arrangement of persons or things in successive line - a line or sequence of persons, vehicles, etc, awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed - a long line of people, vehicles - row of persons or things; direction as indicated by them

Answer 219

courtyard-backyard surrounded space; yard - the whole area behind and belonging to a house, including the lawn, garden, etc - court; unroofed area enclosed by walls or buildings

Answer 220

yank -a sudden hard pull charm - to attract; give pleasure to - attract; bring to someone or something;take in - sink by or as if by gravity - use force in something in order to move it - pull ; drag or tow .

Answer 221

grave, sedate, staid, solemn, sober, sober-minded, sobersided - dignified - venerable sober - sobersided; self-possessed - of, like, suitable for matrons - calm and dignified - sober; self-possessed - of quiet or steady character - entitled to veneration on account of character, age, association, etc

Answer 222

isolated, solitary, recluse, secluded, retired – separate solitary - retired; secluded; remote - secluded, lonely - secluding oneself - secluded, withdrawn - unhappy because of being alone; isolated; solitary - person who lives alone and avoids other people - isolated; separated

Answer 223

It means here: small humble rural place that serves food to poor people

Answer 224

Cause, Causing, rise, rising

Answer 225

Cause, Causing, rise, rising

Answer 226

Nostalgia, hankering

Answer 227

Nostalgia, hankering

Answer 228

Sulky, grouchy

Answer 229

Sulky, grouchy

Answer 230

Isolation, solitude,desolation

Answer 231

Isolation, solitude,desolation

Answer 232

Isolation, solitude,desolation,loneliness

Answer 233

Isolation, solitude,desolation,loneliness

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