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stam in English:

1. stem stem


Those flowers have very short stems.
He dropped his wineglass and broke its stem.
A rose has thorns on its stem.
Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.
He stemmed me from saying that. This problem stems from your lack of trust.
The plant has an underground stem.
decimating to stem this contusion
You should always hold the wine glass by the stem.
Unless the spread of the disease is stemmed thousands may die.
a stem is the long thin part of a plant that a flower grows on. If something stems from something else, it has that other thing as its origin
Cut a centimetre off the bottom of the stems before you put roses in water.
The wine glass broke at the stem.
A stem of this flower is very poisonous. My dog ate it year ago and died after thirty minutes.
Remove all the stems before you eat the fruit.
Which schools stem from Buddhist thought?

2. tribe tribe


That tribe worships its ancestors.
These men are the wisest people of the tribe.
A common misconception about Christopher Columbus is that he once impressed a tribe of natives by predicting the lunar eclipse. The truth of the matter is that he CAUSED it.
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.
The dictator forced the tribe to agree on the terms of surrender.
Europeans tried to civilize the tribe.
Ewondo is the language spoken by the Ewondo tribe of Cameroon.
He killed our tribes
In primitive human societies, it was normal for the young to look up to the most successful members of the tribe and to use them as role models.
In those days, tribes were constantly at war with each other
A tribe is a social group of people who live and work together. (Plemię jest społeczną grupą ludzi, którzy żyją i pracują razem.)
A ‘tribe’ of young people share ideas.
One of the most famous tribes is the Masai of Kenya.
He hit upon the idea of his excellent shoes when he was observing an African tribe.
A tribe of natives once honored Christopher Columbus with an all-he-could-eat feast. Years of famine followed.