بشكل كرات

English translation: they (formed) shaped them into balls

14:14 May 21, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany
Arabic term or phrase: بشكل كرات
وكانوا يخلطون مطحون البن الأخضر بالزبد الحيواني ،بشكل كرات يتناولونها قبل الدخول في المعارك والأعمال الشاقة
Aadil Zargam
India
Local time: 04:40
English translation:they (formed) shaped them into balls
Explanation:
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ghia
Lebanon
Local time: 02:10
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4they (formed) shaped them into balls
ghia
5Ball or Round Shape
Shabbir Limbada
5forming ruond shapes
emanelseify
5shaped them into spheres
Nadia Ayoub
4 +1in the shape of balls
Mohsin Alabdali
3and shaped it into cakes
Bubo Coroman (X)


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
they (formed) shaped them into balls


Explanation:
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ghia
Lebanon
Local time: 02:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aljobury
14 mins
  -> thanks

agree  zkt
27 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Akram Darwish: http://www.foodonthefood.com/food_on_the_food/2007/12/cookbo... http://saladwithsteve.com/2004/10/mmm-ground-spiced-chickpea...
12 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  abdurrahman
22 hrs
  -> thanks
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and shaped it into cakes


Explanation:
small cakes, like the rice cakes pictured here (please scroll down):



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Note added at 24 mins (2008-05-21 14:38:28 GMT)
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I'm sorry, the link doesn't work, here it is again:
http://jewbiquitous.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-birthday-baby...


    Reference: http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://bp0.blogger.com...
Bubo Coroman (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Ball or Round Shape


Language variant: spherical shape.

Explanation:
So they were like meatballs, except that the ingredients were different!!

Shabbir Limbada
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:10
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
forming ruond shapes


Explanation:
this means that the mixture the are making takes the form and the seize of a small roumd matter

emanelseify
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
shaped them into spheres


Explanation:
also.

Example sentence(s):
  • Cut the dough into 3 – 4 pieces and shape them into spheres, then press them down with the palm of your hand to become disks.
  • Shape them into spheres with your hands, being careful not to handle them too much lest they melt.

    Reference: http://www.gourmed.gr/greek-recipes/1/17/747/The-Greek-Chees...
    Reference: http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/21/the-passion-of-the-t...
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 72
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in the shape of balls


Language variant: sphrically shaped

Explanation:
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Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 02:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noha Mostafa
19 hrs
  -> Many thanks.
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