A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
آيل āyil: آيل للسقوط ripe for a fall, about to collapse, ramshackle (house)
Root: ء-و-ل
Page: 45*
Example: “الحَياةُ الَّتي بَذَلتُ كُلَّ غالٍ وَنَفيسٍ مِن أَجلِ بِناءِها هِيَ الآنَ آيِلةٌ للسُّقوط”
Translation: “the life that I gave everything to build is now about to come crashing down”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 
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