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armrest — Everyday, meaning 1: An armrest is the part of a chair, sofa, or seat in a car, bus or plane where you rest your arm.↗ Example: He rested his elbow on the armrest.↗ · The cinema seat had a cup holder in the armrest.↗ · On the plane, I shared the armrest with my sister.↗ · Lift the armrest so you can slide out of the seat.↗ · The cat likes to sleep on the armrest of the sofa.↗ · The car's armrest opens to make a little box.↗ · Each seat has two armrests.↗

arms — Everyday, meaning 1: The two body parts from your shoulders to your hands (plural of arm).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The side parts of a chair or sofa (plural).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Weapons: guns and other weapons (formal: «arms»).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In phrases: a coat of arms — a family or town's special picture or badge.↗ Example: Stretch your arms up high.↗ · She carried the baby in her arms.↗ · An octopus has eight arms.↗ · Fold your arms and listen.↗ · Keep your arms inside the car window.↗ · They welcomed us with open arms.↗ · Parents were up in arms about the new car park.↗ · Our school badge is a coat of arms.↗ · They flew into each other's arms.↗ · The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'↗ (Torah DEU.33.27, JPS 1917)↗ · But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel, (Torah GEN.49.24, JPS 1917)↗ · These diverge to all eternity, and an as the arms of the universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.↗ (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917)↗ · She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.↗ (Writings PRO.31.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.↗ (Writings JOB.22.9, JPS 1917)↗

army — Everyday, meaning 1: An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An army is a very large group of people or animals doing something together, like an army of ants.↗ Example: The Roman army built long straight roads.↗ · My uncle joined the army after school.↗ · An army of ants marched across the path.↗ · The army helped people after the flood.↗ · An army of volunteers cleaned up the beach.↗ · The castle was attacked by a huge army.↗ · I saw the army being reviewed.↗ · And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.↗ (Torah EXO.14.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Three Fathers and their generations, Seven conquerors and their armies, and Twelve bounds of the Universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who inhabiteth eternity.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Is there any number of His armies?↗ (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.↗ (Writings NEH.2.9, JPS 1917)↗

arnica — Everyday, meaning 1: Arnica is a yellow flower that grows in mountains, related to daisies.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Arnica is a cream or gel made from this plant that some people put on bruises and sore muscles.↗ Example: Mum put arnica cream on my bruised knee.↗ · Arnica grows on sunny mountain slopes.↗ · Jake came home covered in bruises, and his nan reached for the arnica.↗ · Never eat arnica; it can make you very ill.↗ · The football coach keeps arnica gel in his bag.↗ · Some people say arnica helps bruises; scientists are still not sure how much.↗

around — Everyday, meaning 1: Around means on every side of something, or in a circle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Around means about, not exact: «around 30 people».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Around means in different places nearby: «walk around the town».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Around means turning to face the other way: «turn around».↗ Example: A fence goes around a yard 10 m by 6 m.↗ · She ran around the track 4 times.↗ · There are around 30 people.↗ · How much ribbon goes around the box?↗ · The Earth goes around the Sun.↗ · Turn around and look behind you.↗ · The shop is just around the corner.↗ · We looked around the museum.↗ · I'll see you around 5 o'clock.↗ · The moon goes around the Earth in about a month.↗ · Great white ice-bergs came drifting around them.↗ · Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

arousal — Everyday, meaning 1: Arousal is the state of being awake, alert or excited, when the body and mind are ready for action.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Arousal is when the brain and body become active, for example when the heart beats faster with fear or excitement.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adult) Grown-ups also use it in a sense that is not for school.↗ Example: Fear causes arousal: your heart beats faster and you breathe quickly.↗ · Loud noise woke the sleeper into arousal.↗ · Athletes try to control their arousal before a race.↗ · Too much arousal can make a player nervous and clumsy.↗ · Coffee increases arousal and keeps people awake.↗ · Scientists measured the animals' arousal by their heart rate.↗

arouse — Everyday, meaning 1: To arouse a feeling is to cause it, like interest, curiosity, anger or suspicion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literary) To arouse someone is to wake them up.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adult) Grown-ups also use it in a sense that is not for school.↗ Example: The strange noise aroused our curiosity.↗ · His nervous face aroused the detective's suspicion.↗ · The new library aroused a lot of interest.↗ · The unfair rule aroused anger among the pupils.↗ · She was aroused from sleep by the barking dog.↗ · The trailer aroused excitement for the film.↗ · Still the king's curiosity was so aroused that he would not give way.↗ · Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.↗ (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused out of His holy habitation.↗ (Prophets ZEC.2.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors.↗ (Writings PSA.59.6, JPS 1917)↗

arrange — Everyday, meaning 1: To arrange things is to put them in a neat or useful order or position.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To arrange something is to plan it and make it happen, like a meeting or a party.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To arrange music is to change a piece so it can be played by different instruments or voices.↗ Example: Arrange the numbers from smallest to largest.↗ · She arranged the flowers in a vase.↗ · Mum arranged a playdate with my friend.↗ · We arranged the chairs in a circle.↗ · 12 counters can be arranged in 3 rows of 4.↗ · Let's arrange to meet by the gate if we get separated.↗ · The books are arranged in alphabetical order.↗ · I can arrange my pieces just as I please.↗ · And like what did He arrange them?↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

arranged — Everyday, meaning 1: Arranged means put in a certain order or pattern, such as in rows, by size or by colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Arranged also means planned or organised, like an arranged meeting or trip.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A piece of music arranged for a band has been changed so those instruments can play it.↗ Example: The chairs are arranged in 6 rows of 8.↗ · She arranged 24 flowers in 4 vases equally.↗ · The books are arranged by size.↗ · In how many ways can 3 children be arranged in a line?↗ · The numbers are arranged from smallest to largest.↗ · Mum arranged a play date with my friend.↗ · The words are arranged in alphabetical order.↗ · We arranged the shells in a spiral pattern.↗ · The teacher arranged a visit to the fire station.↗ · Fido and I have arranged everything.↗ · 32) According to the opinion of the author, it may be arranged as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He made these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · These twenty-two letters, the foundations, He arranged as on a sphere, with two hundred and thirty-one modes of entrance.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

arrangement — Everyday, meaning 1: A plan made in advance for something to happen (travel arrangements).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An agreement between people (we have an arrangement to share the car).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The way things are put in order or in a pattern (an arrangement of chairs, a flower arrangement).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) One possible order of a set of things.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (music) A version of a piece of music written for certain instruments or voices.↗ Example: We made arrangements to meet at the park.↗ · Mum and Mrs Brown have an arrangement to share the school run.↗ · The chairs were in an arrangement of 5 rows of 6.↗ · How many arrangements of the letters C, A, T are there?↗ · She made a lovely flower arrangement.↗ · The band played a new arrangement of the song.↗ · Visits are by arrangement only.↗ · But for each guest the neatest and pleasantest arrangement had been made.↗ · But this arrangement is undoubtedly an interpolation of a later time, as the author of the book "Yezirah" lived many years before Ptolemy.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · of an infinity of combinations and arrangements, sufficient to (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

array — Everyday, meaning 1: An array is a set of things put in equal rows and columns.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An array is a large, mixed group of things: «an array of colors».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In computing, an array is a list of values in order.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old-fashioned) Array can mean fine or splendid clothes worn for a special occasion.↗ Example: The chairs are in an array of 5 rows of 8.↗ · Draw an array to show 3 × 4.↗ · The stamps form an array with 6 rows.↗ · An array has 24 dots in 4 rows.↗ · An egg carton is an array of 2 rows of 6.↗ · The shop had a wide array of toys.↗ · The solar panels sit in a big array.↗ · Turn the array to show that 3 × 4 = 4 × 3.↗ · A chocolate bar is an array of squares.↗ · The program stores the scores in an array.↗ · The strange lady came again, in grander array than before.↗ · And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.↗ (Torah GEN.41.42, JPS 1917)↗ · Tiii) vowels and consonants were made in the form of a "state and arranged like an army in battle array."↗ Isaac Taylor '*i says: "Like soldiers on parade the characters in the alphabetic line have been dressed."↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Arameans set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.10.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.↗ (Writings JOB.40.10, JPS 1917)↗

arrears — Everyday, meaning 1: Money that is owed and should have been paid already: rent arrears.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In arrears: late with payments that are owed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Paid in arrears: paid at the end of a period of work, not at the start.↗ Example: The family fell into arrears with the rent.↗ · (formal) The club is two months in arrears with its payments.↗ · He paid off all his arrears by the summer.↗ · Workers are paid monthly in arrears, at the end of each month.↗ · If the rent is 500 dollars a month and two months are unpaid, the arrears are 1,000 dollars.↗ · The letter said the electricity bill was in arrears.↗

arrest — Everyday, meaning 1: To arrest someone is for the police to take them away because they may have broken the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An arrest is when the police do this.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To arrest can mean to stop something, like arresting the spread of a disease.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops pumping properly.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To arrest someone's attention is to catch it and hold it.↗ Example: The police arrested the thief.↗ · «You're under arrest!» said the officer.↗ · The police made two arrests after the robbery.↗ · The man was arrested for stealing a car.↗ · Doctors tried to arrest the spread of the disease.↗ · Cardiac arrest means the heart has stopped beating properly.↗ · In the story, the detective arrested the butler.↗ · Being arrested does not always mean someone is guilty.↗ · What arrested him was this reflection:↗

arrival — Everyday, meaning 1: Arrival is the act of reaching a place, coming to where you were going.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An arrival is a person or thing that has just come, such as a new baby or a new pupil.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Arrivals is the part of an airport where people come in after landing.↗ Example: Our arrival at the hotel was late at night.↗ · The board shows the arrival time of the next train.↗ · We waited for Grandpa in the arrivals hall.↗ · The new arrival in our class is called Sam.↗ · On arrival, please go to the office.↗ · The arrival of spring brings flowers.↗ · The bus left at 9:10 and its arrival was at 9:45, so the trip took 35 minutes.↗ · Our family has a new arrival: a baby girl!↗ · You have not been out of doors since my arrival.↗