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es-soraa!
                 skin-diving ghōs

                 skinny rofīyaa awee      slowly berrāha

                 skirt gonilla            very slowly batee’ awee

                 sky sama               small soghīyar
              English ➜ Arabic

                 skyscraper nat-het sehāb  smell: it smells (smells bad)
                                         rehet-ha wehsha
                 sleep (verb) nām
                                        smile (verb) ebtasam
                   did you sleep well? (to man/
                  woman) nimt/nimtee    smoke (noun) dokhān
                  kwayis?
                                          do you mind if I smoke?
                 sleeper (whole train) atr en-nōm  momkin adakhan?

                 sleeping bag ‘sleeping bag’    I don’t smoke
                                         mabadakhansh
                 sleeping car aarabayyit nōm
                                          do you smoke? (to man/
             ABCDEFGHIJKLSk
                 sleeve komm             woman) betdakhan/
                                         betdakhanee?
                 slide (photographic) ‘slide’
                                        snack akla khafeefa
                 slow batee’
                                        snake teabān
                   slow down! (driving) haddee

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