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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
Wanderer, wayfarer
To create disaster, cause havoc, rage, rave
To squander, or dissipate, one’s fortune
Soon, presently, before long
Sooner or later, now or later on
To lose the game, return empty-handed
To retrace one’s steps, to turn back, go back
To fall back, retreat, withdraw
Peace has been restored
To start s.th. all over again
To regain consciousness, come to, examine o.s. introspectively, search one’s soul
He returned safe and sound
To retrace one’s steps, turn back
To bring about, entail s.th. for s.o., yield
He continued (after a pause in his speech)
The war broke out again, started all over again
The situation returned to normal
To retrace one’s steps, turn back
The cheeks
Mannequin
Long live the king!
To enjoy one’s life, make much of one’s life
Storm of applause, thundering applause
To be repetitious in one’s speech, use tautologisms, repeat o.s. in speaking
To lose patience
Living at the expense of, entirely
dependent on, being a burden on (s.o.)
To be on the verge of death, be dying
To land a stab on s.o., stab s.o.
The entire Islamic world
The world in itself, the world as such
Inhabitants of the world
The common people, the masses, the populace
With a full pocket
Obliged to s.o., committed to s.o.
Obsessed by, possessed by
Full of hope
To repay s.o. like for like, treat s.o. in like
Net profit, net gain
Burden of proof
To mobilise, call up an army
Consisting in, tantamount to, equivalent to, meaning
Sentence by sentence, word by word
In vain, futilely, to no avail, uselessly, fruitlessly
The crucial factor(s) is (are), decisive is (are) . . .
To give s.o. an angry look, scowl at s.o.
To cross the threshold of s.o.
Old-fashioned, outmoded
To raise, swirl up (the dust)
Most prodigious happening, wonder of wonders
How strange! How odd! How astonishing! How remarkable!
His obvious and hidden shortcomings, all his (its) faults
Steering wheel (of an automobile)
To try, test s.o., put s.o. to the test
To watch closely over s.o., keep a sharp eye on s.o., watch s.o.’s every move (lit. to count s.o.’s breaths)
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