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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
All the people came
All the people came
The discussion turned to him, people started to talk about him
He came closely after him
He arrived just at the right time
He came closely after him
He came closely after him
He has come from Baghdad
He came of his own accord
He arrived at sunset
He came alone
It was his turn
He himself came to me, he came personally to see me
He laid his hands on, he committed defalcations of
To sacrifice o.s., to give up the ghost
Heavens granted rain
Tears welled from his eyes
To talk, converse, have a conversation
To vie with s.o., to be able to compete with, s.o. be a match for s.o.
He engaged him in conversation, involved him in a discussion
He engaged him in conversation, involved him in a discussion
The way led him astray, he got off the wrong path
He fell for the trick, the trick worked with him
To risk one’s life
To plunge s.o. into (some adventure)
His eyes swam in tears
To run through or go on in s.o.’s mind, to preoccupy s.o.
To run through or go on in s.o.’s mind, to preoccupy s.o.
The corners of the mouth
A great deal of, a large portion of
A certain degree of, a good deal of
To fight for s.th.
To wage jihad
He is past thirty, he is thirty plus
All of them came
Taking huge strides
Of strong determination
To console, comfort, oblige s.o.
To be born for, be naturally disposed to, have a propensity for
To weigh heavily on s.o.’s soul (problem, difficulty)
To live in seclusion, stay in one’s four walls
To be ungrateful to s.o.
Ancestor
He strode quickly on his way
He strode quickly on his way, strained forward in a hurry
Very, much
Advantage, gain for s.o.
Agenda
Day and night
Worth mentioning
To bring s.o. under one’s influence
To secure advantages for o.s., feather one’s nest
To commit an outrage, a crime against
To drag one’s feet, have a dragging gait
To be in shackles, go shackled
To gather experience
To try one’s hand at
Things took a normal course, developed as scheduled
To be customary, usual, common or current, be the vogue, be a common phenomenon, have become common practice
That was their habit, that’s what they used to do
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