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latent

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Creative genius is latent within many of us. كامن

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unhinged

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mentally unhinged مشوش/عالق

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ingrained

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strongly ingrained are our habits راسخ/متأصل

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well-trodden

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find ourselves walking along the same well trodden pathsمداس

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immovable

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their actions and behaviour are set in immovable blocks راسخ/صامد/جامد/ثابت

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clogged

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their minds clogged with the cholesterol of habitual actionsانسداد / سد/أثقل / أعاق

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stifling

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and thereby stifling creation خنق

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tyranny

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survival has become a tyranny استبداد

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panoply/circumscribed

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social customs and the panoply of rules and regulations by which the human mind is now circumscribed غطاء واق/مقيدة

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imposing

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imposing a continuous process of restrictionsفرض

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exponentially

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increasing exponentially أضعافا مضاعفة

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erected

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it is trapped in the prison that we have erected نصبت/أقيمت

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laid

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the foundations for creativity are being laid الموضوعة/

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unfettered

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creative mind is totally free and unfettered محررة/بلا قيود

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erect

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one strategy is to erect artificial barriers شيد/أقام/بنى

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hurdles

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one strategy is to erect artificial barriers or hurdles in solving problems العقبات/الوثب فوق الحاجز

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obliged/ territory

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in this way they are obliged to explore unfamiliar territory ملزم.مكره/منطقة.اقليم

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startling

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مذهل/مروع may lead to some startling discoveries.

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shrouded

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shrouded as it is in so much myth محاط/محاط بالسرية

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subliminal/deviating

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however subliminal as deviating from safety of one’s own دون الوعي.مموهة/ الانحراف

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akin

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قريب/متماثل patterns is very much akin to madness

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unfolds

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تتكشف/تطور/يتجلى whole new world unfolds before your eyes.

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collide

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تتصادم /control ideas rather than letting them collide at random

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parameters

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/المعايير/ parameters act as containers for ideas

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fleeting

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once the idea has been formed it needs to be contained or it will fly away, so fleeting is its passage عابر/لحظة عابرة/زائرة

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fruition

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إثمار/ when the mind has brought the idea to fruition… تؤتي ثمارها

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crave

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we crave security حن/يسعون إليه/يلتمس

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virtues

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we crave security for all its positive virtues مزايا/الفضائل

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evocation

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its evocation of the safety home استغاثة/استعادة ذكريات/استحضارها

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invasion

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غزو/الاجتياح protect individuals and property from invasion

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ostensibly

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ظاهريا / protect individuals and property from invasion by outsiders ostensibly malicious and intent

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intent

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نية / قصد protect individuals and property from invasion by outsiders ostensibly malicious and intent

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malicious

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خبيث/كيدي protect individuals and property from invasion by outsiders ostensibly malicious and intent

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wilful

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wilful damage متعمد

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situated

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يقع increasingly because they are situated in urban areas

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escalating

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تصاعد escalating crimes

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manned

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مأهولة manned by security staff

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bar/unappealing

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/حظر .منع /غير جذاب /to bar entry to the plain unappealing

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uninitiated/hinder/circulation

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مبتدئين/ these devices bar entry to the uninitiated hinder (تعوق/منع) circulation انتشار/تداول

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compartmentalized

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مجزأة/ working space becomes compartmentalized

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combat

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مكافحة/قاوم / to combat the consequent difficulty to access to people…

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destined

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معد/متجهة/موجهة /messages destined for others

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blurring/exploited/scrupulous

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ضبابية/عدم وضوح / which the blurring of public and private can be exploited(استغلال/مستغل) by the less scrupulous (دقيق/مدقق/صارم)

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lease

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عقد الإيجار those they lease long-term and those they rent short-term

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hearth

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موقد electronic hearth

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nomenclatures

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التسميات/جدوله/مصطلحات the nomenclature itself creates illusion of a geographical entity

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captivating/alluring

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آسر/الجذابة most captivating and alluring(فاتن) landscape

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trickles/bogs/heather

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يتقطر/خيوط السيل/دفعات صغيرة جداً trickles through heather(خليج نبات) bogs(مستنقعات)

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leaping

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قفز/وثب a dog leaping into the river

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stag

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ظبي chasing a stag

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lingering / brooding

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دائم/العالقة /المتبقية lingering in brooding(المكتئب/إطالة التفكير) pools of dark cool water

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weirs

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السدود/مياه والسدود/السدود الصغيرة forming weirs and leads for water mills(المطاحن/طواحين) now long gone

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tuned

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لحن

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tramp

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متشرد written to tune once played by a tramp in the street.

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forlorn/basalt/outcrop

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one comes upon the forlorn( بائس/المهجورة) but imposing ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance the turbulent.

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imposing

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one comes upon the forlorn but imposing(فرض) ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance the turbulent.

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basalt

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بازلت حجر بركاني one comes upon the forlorn but imposing ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance the turbulent.

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defiance

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one comes upon the forlorn but imposing ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance(تحد/مواجهة بائس/) the turbulent.

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turbulent

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one comes upon the forlorn but imposing ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance the turbulent (مضطرب) lashing(انتقدت/جلد/سوط) it on all sides.

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lashing

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one comes upon the forlorn but imposing ruin of Dunluce castle which stands on a soft basalt(بازلت حجر بركاني) outcrop(بروز/ظهور) in defiance the turbulent (مضطرب) lashing(انتقدت/جلد/سوط) it on all sides.

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