Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 18, 2009 07:17
15 yrs ago
Arabic term
جر رجل
Arabic to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
عصاب المؤلفين الستة الذين تنافست رواياتهم على الفوز بالجائزة، وأعصاب الصحفيين الذين جاؤوا لتغطية الحدث، والذين حاول بعضهم التكهن بل ومحاولة "جر رجل" أعضاء لجنة التحكيم بأساليب مختلفة للبوح باسم الفائز ولو بشكل غير مباشر، دون جدوى.
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+5
17 mins
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trick
trying to trick them into revealing the name...
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Comment: "شكرا"
+1
2 mins
Noha Kamal, PhD.
Native in Arabic
Quality stands out...
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
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lead them to let the cat out of the bag
one cute option, among others of course :)
20 mins
Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United Arab Emirates
It's not just a job...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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20
con into
con them into...
22 mins
to spill the beans/to open secret
to spill the beans/to open secret
+3
56 mins
Abdelmonem Samir
Native in Arabic
your Arabic language partner
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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10
To pull their leg, by different means, into
6 hrs
Sajjad Hamadani
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
United States
Command several languages simultaneously
Native in: Urdu , Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English to Urdu, and 7 more.
To drag someone into something
To drag someone into something
10 hrs
Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
High quality translation of user manuals
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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12
wangle
wangle
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