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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
Crammed, overflowing
To make things worse, aggravate or complicate the situation
His prestige has risen
To make a thing worse
To increase one’s knowledge
To make things worse, aggravate or complicate the situation
To visit s.o. at intervals
To combine two jobs
An acute angle
He was thrown into prison
To get o.s. embroiled in an issue
To scold s.o.
To discourage, to restrain s.o. from s.th.
To force s.o. out of their position
The vanities of this world
Flowers of speech, rhetorical flourishes
To be full of, to teem with, to burst with
Florid speech
Ecological farming
Organic farming
Heart transplantation
To put a smile on his face
To sow fear
To sow seeds of discord
Agriculture and stock farming
In groups and alone
To give s.o. a black eye
Political leadership
To destabilise the country
To claim for o.s.
The party leader
Religious leader
He conveyed the good news to
The wind whistled
The chirping of birds
Obligatory alms at the end of the month of Ramadan
To pay alms
Sweet-smelling
The earth convulsed
Reins of power
Primeval times, pre-Adamic period
Fellow student, classmate
Co-worker
A lawful marriage
A storm in a teacup
Stepmother
Provide intelligence with information
To supply them with food
Civilian clothes
A uniform
An increase in production
A slight increase
A substantial increase
State visit, official visit
Playboy, womaniser
To embellish s.th.
Make-up
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