لوكان الأمر فقط مجرد حبات بطاطس لما غادرت العاصمة بيساو

English translation: If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau

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Arabic term or phrase:لوكان الأمر فقط مجرد حبات بطاطس لما غادرت العاصمة بيساو
English translation:If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau
Entered by: hassan zekry

12:23 Apr 17, 2019
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Arabic term or phrase: لوكان الأمر فقط مجرد حبات بطاطس لما غادرت العاصمة بيساو
لم تتوقف واكملت: (اذا اخذتم منه المفتاح سابلغ عنكم الشرطة الايطالية عندما نصل اوربا وستحرمون من دخول الاتحاد الاوربي إلي الأبد, عليكم اللعنة يا اصحاب السراويل القصيرة)
تراجع المحتجون عن مطالبهم ,نزلوا إلى الاسفل وانسحبوا في هدؤ ..
جلس سايمون منهارا وهو يقول : ( يا للغباء ... لوكان الأمر فقط مجرد حبات بطاطس لما غادرت العاصمة بيساو)
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If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau
Explanation:
a couple of potatoes or potatoes chips
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hassan zekry
Local time: 06:48
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5If it had only been for just potato chips, I wouldn't have departed Bissau.
Mahmoud Afandy
4If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau
hassan zekry


  

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If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau


Explanation:
a couple of potatoes or potatoes chips

hassan zekry
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
If it had only been for just potato chips, I wouldn't have departed Bissau.


Explanation:
If it had only been for just potato chips, I wouldn't have departed Bissau.

We use the third conditional case of if for the Arabic لو كذا ...لما

Mahmoud Afandy
Egypt
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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