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shemb· vt 1 to cause [ ] to crumple to the ground, knock [ ] down; demolish 2 to bruise 3 to hurt [ ] badly 4 [Fig Colloq] to stuff [ ] full • shemb· malet "knock down the mountains" to be strong enough to move mountains • [ ] shemb· me katra "fill [ ] full of fours" to give [ ] many failing grades • [ ] shemb· me [ ] [Pej] to give [ ] an abundance of [ ], smother [ ] with [ ] she'mb·et vpr 1 to fall to the ground, fall down, collapse; crumble to the ground 2 (of ground) to sink/slide down; subside 3 [Fig] to die/fade out, disappear 4 to get badly hurt (but not cut) 5 [Colloq] to get a hernia/rupture = rrënxo'·het 6 [Colloq] to miscarry, have a miscarriage • shemb·et me katra [Colloq] to get a lot of failing grades • shemb·et me [ ] [Colloq] to stuff oneself with [ ] • shemb·et në punë to smother oneself in work • shemb·et qielli "the sky falls down" it starts to rain in buckets, it is raining cats and dogs she'mbë nf 1 = shembëti'rë 2 utter ruin