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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2025

El Mustapha Lahlali
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Tajul Islam
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
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Summary

To fail

To fail

Front door

The door is wide open

You are as dear to me as my own father and mother

It is now as good as certain

It has become a sure thing, is now certain

In unison, with combined efforts

Unanimously

In its entirety, to its full extent

In a few words, briefly, in short

To accost s.o., speak first to s.o.

To do s.th. promptly, hasten to do s.th.

To set out to fulfil a promise

A good or generous impulse

To fall upon s.o. with, assail, surprise s.o. with s.th.

To snap rudely at s.o.

To show open hostility

The person or thing mentioned at the outset, the first mentioned

Right from the outset

God willing

With your permission

The girl could not get a husband (remained a spinster)

God bless you!

Continually, constantly

Mockingly, derisively

To be born and grow up in a place, to establish itself and spread (plague)

Falsely, in vain

To sell at a loss

With respect to, with regard to, in consideration of, considering, in view of (s.th.)

Considering (the fact) that, with regard to the fact that, in view of the fact that, provided that, with the proviso that . . .,

As, in terms of, in the capacity of

To stare wide-eyed

To prevent s.o. from attaining s.th.

Very loud, at the top of one’s voice

As soon as possible, in the shortest time possible

Entirely, wholly

Early fruit

Unanimously

On the whole, in general

With reference to

Accurately, precisely, exactly

In a few words, briefly, in short

Jointly, in concurrence, together

Spontaneously, of one’s own accord, personally

In comparison with, in relation to, with respect to, regarding, in addition to, beside

Moreover, furthermore, besides

By force

In short, concisely

With might and main

Spontaneously

Most certainly!

Then, later, consequently

Successively

Subsequently, therefore

In detail

In detail, in portions

In detail, in portions

In detail, elaborately

Successively, one after another, in rotation

To order, on commission

In a friendly manner, amicably, with kindness

In the act, red-handed, flagrante delicto

Wholly, on the whole

Insistently, earnestly, urgently

Verbatim

Verbatim

Be fair means, in a friendly manner

Strictly speaking

Truly, actually

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A Dictionary of Arabic Idioms and Expressions
Arabic-English Translation
, pp. 54 - 74
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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