What?

Not one moment

Not one moment

I don’t care! I don’t mind!

How handsome he is!

How good he is! How handsome he is!

How much he stands in need of . . .! How urgently he needs . . .!

Oh, how sweet is . . ., oh, how sweet he is!

Oh, how sweet is . . ., oh, how sweet he is!

What a light burden it is!

Before long I saw him, it did not take very long before

I saw him

I can’t do that

He didn’t bat an eye

To be of no use, be of no avail to s.o.

How excellent Omar is!

To find no sleep

What’s to be done?

What’s to be done now? What can you do?

Not (negation)

No sooner had he . . . than, he had hardly . . . when

What’s that to you? What has that to do with you? What do you know about that?

Futile, vain, preposterous (lit. God has given it no power)

I shall never forget

How small, how worthless it is!

There is not a soul in the house

How about you? What do you think?

Why is it that he . . .?

He is still rich

He is still in

The essentials

I can do nothing, I can get nowhere

Mesopotamia

What . . . are before us or present themselves to us

What it contains, comprises, its contents

Their hearts

Overnight, all of a sudden

To admit of no doubt

He was not out to insult her, he had no intention of offending her

What people say, what is generally rumoured

He couldn’t help (doing s.th.), he couldn’t refrain from

What the night brought, what happened in the night

The crime that he has committed

What’s it all about?

What’s happened to you? What’s the trouble? What’s the matter with you?

What concern of his is . . .? What has he to do with . . .?

Except, with the exception

As long as I live

To have no objections

The books that I have seen

Whatever books I have seen

What made things even worse . . .

To be unchanged, be as always

There is still time

You are still the same!

What have you got to do with this?

What business of yours is this?

What’s the matter with you? What do you want?

What has he got to do with the matter?

What have I got to do with that?

What business of mine is that?

Just now, right now

To die of shame

To die of grief

Chest complaint, bottom of the heart, secret thoughts

Once, one time, one day

To assume the defence of s.o.

To defend one’s country

To become famous

Collective memory

Famous, celebrated, well-known

To defend the faith

To pull the wool over s.b.’s eyes, to deceive s.b. with a smokescreen

The armed wing

A grain of sand

To shed tears

Orgasm

Strong fear

Artificial intelligence

A keen intellect

To quote s.th. as an example

To remind s.b. of s.th.

To mention s.b. favourably

To retain a good impression of s.o., to speak well of s.o.

Centenary

That is his habit

That is of considerable importance

He is innocent of . . .

There and back, back and forth, up and down

To be in vain

To go one’s own way, to go one’s way

To go far away, go to distant lands

To ruin, thwart s.th., to scatter s.th. in all directions

To be in vain, be of no avail, pass uselessly

To pace the floor, walk up and down

To be in vain, futile, useless

To die unheard

To fall victim to, become a victim of s.th. or s.o.

Their days of glory are past

He attended to a task, he went to do s.th.

He passed away

To go up in smoke, fall through, come to nought, dissolve into nothing

To melt away uselessly, futilely, be spent in vain, be wasted

To be scattered in all directions, they were scattered to the four winds

Coming and going

Liege lord, feudal lord

The responsible man, the man in charge, the man directly concerned with the matter

Pensioner

Influential

Courageous, brave, intrepid

Significant, important

Three-dimensional

Double-edged

Of noble descent

Endowed with

Dangerous, perilous, important

Wealthy

Significant, important

Rough, rugged, adverse, inconvenient, bad, poor

Intelligent

Connected with, related to

Valuable

Deceitful, double-tongued, insincere, two-faced

Wealthy, rich

Significant, meaningful, telling

Significant

Considerable, notable

Enough to shake the thirst

To have a good taste

Dubious persons, people of ill repute

People of distinction, important people

The influential people, the competent people, those concerned with the matter

To be agreeable, be good, to please, be to s.o.’s liking

Good night, may your night be pleasant

He was gay, cheerful, in good spirits, he felt happy

He had a liking for it, it was to his taste

Fingerprint

To snatch away, carry away, carry off

To let one’s imagination wander to

To make s.o. unconscious

To drive s.o. out of his mind

To be angry, blow one’s top

To lose one’s mind, go crazy

To be beside o.s. with joy, be overjoyed

His mind became confused, he became all mixed up, bewildered or perplexed

His fame spread among people, he became well known

To exchange questions with s.o.

To chat with s.o.

To converse with s.o., have a conversation with s.o.

To be on the wrong track, bark up the wrong tree, fail, be unsuccessful

To lose one’s head

To miss the mark, target

Aged, old, advanced in years

The bubonic plague

He had a sudden impulse or urge

Tragedy befell him, he met with a harsh fate

Sooner or later, before long

It took him a long time before he . . .

To last, or have lasted, a long time

To ask the Chair for permission to speak, ask for the floor

Pupil, student

Of flawless character, irreproachable

Upright, righteous

Innocent, blameless

Reconnaissance plane

Willingly or unwillingly, whether I (you, etc.) will it or not

Mighty, powerful, forceful

The nature of things, state of affairs

To be innate, inherent in s.o., be native, natural to s.o.

By nature, by natural disposition, naturally! Of course! Certainly!

To place, set, or leave one’s stamp, mark, or impress on s.o., impart one’s own character on s.o. or s.th.

His (its) fame spread throughout the world

According to, corresponding to

According to schedule, as planned

Handed down from father to son, as s.th. inherited from Forefathers

Vanities, falsehoods

Before she could say a word, he exclaimed …

To degrade o.s., demean o.s.

To rob, fleece s.o., to lift money out of people's pocket, relieve people of their money

Forced smile

To try to ingratiate s.o.

To strive for God's grace

Forever and ever

To express one's opinion about

To express a wish or desire

To display a hostile, threatening attitude

To clear o.s. from guilt, exonerate

The most outstanding or conspicuous phenomenon

Tardier than Noah's raven, i.e. slower than a ten-year itch

To escape, run away (abscond)

Maintenance of the status quo

To recover from an illness

To report s.th. to the police

He did his utmost, but without success

Human being, lit. son of Adam

A man of the world, a sophisticated man, product of his time

Native

Vagabond, tramp, wayfarer, traveller

He knows the job from the ground up, inside out, he is the right man for it

A famous, well-known man, a celebrity

Our countryman, our fellow tribesman

Illegitimate son

Legitimate son, decent fellow

His own son, his offspring

Short lived, ephemeral

Moustached, sporting moustache

Responsible for, answerable for …

Hunchback

The parents, father and mother

He insisted on doing it

God willed that …

To enjoy an excellent reputation, stand in good repute

To walk slowly, unhurriedly

In observance of, according to

To pursue a policy

To follow a school of Islamic law

To keep to the right

Unanimity, uniting of views

Concord, agreement, harmony

To take the necessary measures

To mistake cause and effect

To act in a suitable or appropriate manner

To take up new positions (troops)

To take a decisive step

To take a form or shape

To pass or adopt a resolution

To take s.o. as an example, model s.o. after s.o.

To regard s.th. as an expedient for

To take an attitude, assume a position

Vagueness of expression

The rent is beyond repair

To get in touch with s.o. by telephone

To catch fire

To trouble, worry, bother, harass s.o.

To burn with zeal (energy) for

So as to complete the number, in order to round off the amount

To do s.th. unheard of, do an unprecedented thing

To bear fruit

To bring, produce, advance

Sunlit

Cheerful, gay, sunny

To go up in smoke, fall through

Not to be up to s.th., be unable to do or accomplish s.th., not be able to stand or bear s.th., be fed up with, be tired of, feel uneasy about, be oppressed by

To be unable to stand s.b. or s.th.

To be annoyed, angry

To be at a loss, be at one’s wit’s end

He was at his wit’s end, to be at loss, be at the end of one’s tether

Life depressed her, she had a bad time, she was bad off

To be incapable of, to be too poor to

Goal of persistent search, object of a long-cherished wish

Straitened circumstances

Self-control, self-command

To determine precisely the spelling and pronunciation of a word, vowelise a word

To grin from ear to ear

To show a toothy smile, to grin from ear to ear

To laugh in s.o.’s face

Forced or embarrassed laugh

Forced laugh

To sacrifice life and property (lit. the soul and that which is precious)

To sacrifice o.s.

To kill two birds with one stone

To rack one’s brain in search of a way out, to daydream

To rack one’s brain in search of a way out, to daydream

To settle down, take up permanent residence in a place

To take root, prevail (at a place)

To impart words of wisdom, point out morals

To knock on the door

To ring the bell

To break a record

To give a military salute

Shooting, firing, shelling, gunning, bombardment

To blush

To become established, take root

To let one’s head sink to the chest

To take an active part in

To participate in, share s.th.

To turn one’s glance to

To throw s.o. or s.th. to the ground

To not give a hoot for s.th., to disdain, despise, reject s.th., to throw s.th. overboard

To boomerang, fall back on the originator

To paint, or daub s.th.

To separate people

Fate separated me from him, drew us apart

To administer a syringe, give an injection

To draw a line

To pitch a tent

To meet with grave misfortune, be stricken by disaster

To impose a tax on s.o.

To make brick

To multiply a number by another

It is too late

It is (too) late

He missed the opportunity

Stimulating the appetite, appetising

He missed the train

It escaped him that, he omitted, failed or forgot to, he failed to see that, he overlooked the fact that . . .

He was reputed to be a holy man

Pitch black, jet-black

There he beheld before him, there stood before him . . .

A master of, excelling or outstanding in

Tall and slender

Interval (time)

To give up the ghost

To give up the ghost, die

To die

To compare two things in order to determine which deserves preference

To expire, die, give up the ghost

This amount was many times as much as his salary

Unmannered, uneducated

Unconscious, insensible, senseless

Unscrupulous

Dumbfounded speech

In that case it’s all right

To weaken s.o.

To weaken s.o., sap s.o.’s strength, discourage, enervate s.o.

Maiden, virgin

Opening of a credit

To tell fortunes

To stimulate the appetite

(S.th.) got under way, was begun

To open negotiations

To open up a new way, a new possibility

To open one’s eyes wide, stare wide-eyed

To open one’s mouth in order to say s.th., prepare to say s.th.

Interim period, interim stage, stage of transition

Morning rush hour

To make s.o. see his way clear, cause s.o. to see things in their true light

A ruse came to his mind

To cut off, destroy, wipe out, eradicate, to decimate, thin the ranks of (esp. said of a disease)

To straddle

He was stricken by the death of his son

And that’s all, and no more, only

Singly, one by one, one after the other

For a short time, briefly

To force one’s will on s.o.

To impose a blockade

To assume for the sake of argument, propose as a basis for discussion, assume hypothetically

He missed the thing, lost it

To collect one’s thoughts

Divide and conquer!

To fabricate, or invent, a lie

Unique of its kind

To open or pave the way for s.o. or s.th.

To make room for s.o. or s.th., give s.o. or s.th. free play or free scope, to open up an opportunity for s.o.

The end of the matter, the final issue, the upshot of it

Outside

Outside of, apart from

Supernatural

Extraordinary

The specific and the general, high and low, all people, everybody

The upper class

The most select elite

High and low, all men, all, everybody

Especially for that reason

To rush into battle

To delve into exegesis

To address s.o. on an intimate first-name basis

To call s.o. up

To risk one’s life

To fear s.o., be afraid of s.o.

To lower one›s voice

To lower one’s voice

East and West

Devoid of

Unoccupied, uninhabited

Unemployed

Useless

To be uppermost in s.o.’s heart

To glance furtively at s.o.

To befall, attack s.o. (pain, etc.)

Unrestrained, uninhibited, debauchee

Empty-handed

Vacant, free, empty-handed

To break a contract, a trust

He didn’t have enough money, his pocket had a hole in it

To deceive one’s wife

To break a contract, a trust

Success eluded him

Completely devastated

Empty-handed, without a catch

Alarmed by, apprehensive of

To sink in sand

That which is hidden in the earth, natural resources

To stamp the ground (of animals)

To knock on the door

He struck out blindly at them (with a cane)

God made him impervious (to guidance)

To damage s.o.’s reputation

To mislead, dupe s.o.

To till or cultivate the soil

To be at s.o.’s beck and call

To serve s.o.’s interest

For the sake of truth, in the interest of truth

He rendered him many services

Turn to the right!

He prostrated himself before him

He fell at his feet

To fall to the ground

To come up to s.o. with, confront s.o. with

To be an exception to (a principle)

To be derailed, run off the track

To lose one’s self-control

To get out of a tight spot

To be put out of service or commission

To overcome s.th. successfully

To recover nicely from s.th.

The crowd went forth as one man

To go beyond what is ordinary or customary

Stupidity

Eye of a needle

Violation of a rule

Abnormality, irregularity

To drive, ram s.th. to the ground

To make s.o. subservient to one’s will (lit. insert the nose ring for the bridle)

A humiliating defeat

God made him sink into the ground, God made the ground swallow him up

Beat it! Scram!

To lower one’s eyes

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

Crammed, overflowing

To make things worse, aggravate or complicate the situation

His prestige has risen

To make a thing worse

To increase one’s knowledge

To make things worse, aggravate or complicate the situation

To visit s.o. at intervals

To combine two jobs

An acute angle

He was thrown into prison

To get o.s. embroiled in an issue

To scold s.o.

To discourage, to restrain s.o. from s.th.

To force s.o. out of their position

The vanities of this world

Flowers of speech, rhetorical flourishes

To be full of, to teem with, to burst with

Florid speech

Ecological farming

Organic farming

Heart transplantation

To put a smile on his face

To sow fear

To sow seeds of discord

Agriculture and stock farming

In groups and alone

To give s.o. a black eye

Political leadership

To destabilise the country

To claim for o.s.

The party leader

Religious leader

He conveyed the good news to

The wind whistled

The chirping of birds

Obligatory alms at the end of the month of Ramadan

To pay alms

Sweet-smelling

The earth convulsed

Reins of power

Primeval times, pre-Adamic period

Fellow student, classmate

Co-worker

A lawful marriage

A storm in a teacup

Stepmother

Provide intelligence with information

To supply them with food

Civilian clothes

A uniform

An increase in production

A slight increase

A substantial increase

State visit, official visit

Playboy, womaniser

To embellish s.th.

Make-up

To have a low opinion of s.o., think ill of s.o.

He fell on evil days, he met with evil fortune

Lost in thought

Premature

Formerly, previously

Previously – later on, at first – subsequently

To draw s.o. into a conversation, have a talk with s.o.

Battlefield

To wander aimlessly

To walk, or follow, in s.o.’s footsteps

He walked about the room

Distracted, absent-minded

To steal a glance at s.o., glance furtively at s.o.

To take a short nap

To whisper in s.o.’s ear

In force, effective, valid

Twenty to two (time)

A quarter to two (time)

His right hand, he is indispensable to him

Deceased person (lit. inhabitant of paradise)

His mouth watered for . . .

To implore, adjure s.o. that he . . .

To ask s.o.’s opinion, consult s.o.

To ask s.o. a question

To enquire of s.o. about s.o. else

To humiliate, degrade s.o.

Arms race

Regatta, boat race

Main reason

Compelling reason

Cause and effect

Sound reason

To praise, glorify God, by saying (‘praise the Lord!’)

To sing s.o.’s praise

The sublimity, or the august splendour, of God’s countenance

God is far above, God is beyond . . .

To fertilise the land

To probe the depth of s.th., get to the bottom of s.th., study s.th. thoroughly

Liberal, open-handed, generous

Premeditation, wilfulness (jur.)

He had been previously sentenced to . . .

One has to accept the accomplished fact, there is (was) nothing we can (could) do about it, it was already too late (lit. the sword anticipated censure)

We have previously (already) said that . . .

He had already done it

He had already met him before

It happened to me before, I experienced before that

Slip of the pen, lapsus calami

To surpass, beat s.o.

To burst out impulsively (with an utterance)

Accuracy, precision

To keep up appearances

To score s.th. (e.g. a hit)

To go on record for (doing or being s.th.)

To inscribe s.th. with golden letters

To record s.th., to capture

In the course of four centuries

All day long

To extend the applicability of s.th. to

It rained cats and dogs

Away with him! To hell with him!

Oh what a pity! It’s too bad! Alas!

To make a firm resolution on, intend firmly (to do s.th.)

It is your duty

Front line

One by one, single, one after another

Each of them

One by one, single, one after another

What a pity! Too bad!

I mention, among them, especially

To bury s.o.

Imports and exports

Widespread

Abounding in mercy (in justice)

Patient, forbearing, generous, magnanimous

Comprehensive, extensive, far-reaching, large-scale

Very well-off!

To work by day and night

To make untiring efforts for

Self-evident, self-explanatory

Occupier

His fate overtook him

Reality, the real, material world

Factual findings, facts

Let alone that, not to mention that, to say nothing of . . .

Under these circumstances, such being the case, things being as they are

One may say, it must be admitted, it’s only fair to say, say what you will . . .

In short, briefly

And vice versa

And the rule is, as a rule . . .

By God!

Obviously, evidently . . .

In the following, the reader will find what . . .

The matter is, as follows

And why shouldn’t he?

(with على to express regret) Too bad for . . .!

With him

And everything else that belongs to it

Official documents

To make smooth (s.th. esp. the bed)

To have self-confidence

It is his duty to, he is duty bound to, he has to, he must

He became distracted from it in

Toothache

That much, at least, can be said that . . .

In short, to sum up, briefly stated . . .

In short, to sum up, briefly stated . . .

Oppressors of all kinds

The literal meaning of an expression

It seems, it appears that . . .

Externally, seemingly, outwardly, presumably, ostensibly

Adverb of place (gram.)

Extenuating circumstances

Extenuating circumstances

Aggravating circumstances

He remained silent, persisted in his silence

To persist in a standpoint or attitude

He remained as he had always been, as everybody used to know him

He continued to live in the house

Unjustly, wrongfully

To think ill of s.o., have a low opinion of s.o.

To suspect s.o. of stupidity

He considered him capable of . . .

Since he believed that . . .

To think s.o. capable of doing s.th., believe of s.o. that he would do s.th.

To turn up, appear on the scene

From the ground up, radically, entirely, completely

Upside down, topsy-turvy

Biological phenomena