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Summary

The Muslim league

Gross salary

Net wage

Eternal rest

The submit of the mountain

New year

Capital

Nuclear head

Head over heels, topsy-turvy, upside down

Glad to have saved one’s skin (lit. content with returning without booty)

To comply with the decision

To respect s.o.’s wishes, to have regard for s.o.’s feelings

To respect s.b.’s feelings

Eager to buy

To take pity on s.b.

To accompany s.o.

All the best

To bet that . . .

To gamble on one’s life

To bet on s.th.

Under the circumstances

The present

To come into being (see the light of day), come into the world, be born

To find out, or see, with one’s own eyes

To regard it as one’s duty to . . .

Public opinion

Content and form

I saw its true nature, as it really is

Fragrance

The head of the family

Many people say

The lady of the house

Gross profit

To win a lawsuit

To remain calm, composed, be undismayed, to keep one’s self-control

To fortify s.o., give s.o. patience

To silence s.o.

Tie, necktie

The Empty Quarter

The Arab Spring

The prime of his life

The monotony of daily life

To collect one’s thoughts

To be prepared for s.th. or to do s.th.

A military rank

To order one’s affairs

Of shabby appearance

Firemen, the fire department

Serfs, bondsmen

The clergy, the ministry

Many men

All men

To return empty-handed, to lose the game

To retrace one’s steps, turn back, to turn on one’s heels

To regain one’s reason, get back to one’s senses, become reasonable again

Echo, reverberation

To revert to its original state or origin

To come round

To return with empty hands, without having achieved one’s mission

To go back on a decision

To go back on his word

He recalled, remembered

They turned back

A distinguished, capable, successful man

Such a man, a man like this

A man of the Quraysh tribe

A man whose situation is this, man who can be described as, a man in this situation

A resourceful, ingenious man

Vastness of outer space

Hospitable reception, generous entertainment