إبِل root: ء-ب-ل / collective noun / definition: camels I learnt a new phrase this weekend, from an Arabic-speaking guy who drove three hours to an underwhelming event and told us: أَكَلْنا خازوق. Basically, as my husband put it, it means he took an L. In other words, “we’ve been done”. Or, in ever-so-slightly-less colloquial…
A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. هفت نفسه إلى (nafsuhū) he yearned for…; Root: ه-ف-ف Page: 1207* Example: “هَفَّتْ نَفسُها إلى أَيّامِ الطُّفولةِ البَسيطةِ الحِلْوة” Translation: “she yearned for those sweet, simple childhood days” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet: * The Hans Wehr…
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