A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. تغطرس في مشيته (mišyatihī) to display a haughty bearing, swagger, strut Root: غ-ط-ر-س Page: 792* Example: “فَمُنْذُ ذلِكَ اليَوْم، صارَ يَتَغَطْرَسُ في مِشْيَتِهِ وَكَأَنَّهُ مَشْهورٌ مِن مَشاهيرِ البَلَد” Translation: “ever since that day, he began strutting and swaggering as though he were one…
قُرّ root: ق-ر-ر / noun / definition: cold, coolness I’ve been napping a lot lately. Sometimes two or three times a day. My body feels heavy with a fatigue that pulls down my eyelids and drags my centre of gravity to the nearest flat surface to search for rest in the land of nod. But…
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