كرت السبحة/المسبحة
English translation: one thing led to another
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| 06:48 Aug 20, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: Nesrin United Kingdom Local time: 15:36 | ||||
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| 3 +1 | Broken the chain |
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| 3 +1 | one thing led to another and ... |
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| 4 | things went on... |
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| 4 | the clicking of worry beads |
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10 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| كرت السبحة/المسبحة Broken the chain Explanation: In other words, this means: Interrupted the opposition and agreement … All the best Saleh |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| كرت السبحة/المسبحة one thing led to another and ... Explanation: I must admit I wasn't familiar with the expression, but I read a few examples on the internet, and I think that's what it means: like there was one event after the other. |
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5 hrs confidence:
| كرت السبحة/المسبحة things went on... Explanation: Based on Nesrin's explanation....وتوالى الأمر the conference/meeting/lecture went on... |
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6 hrs confidence:
| كرت السبحة/المسبحة the clicking of worry beads Explanation: then the clicking of worry beads and the mumblings of opposition and agreement that ended in resounding laughter convinced me that... Or: the scratching of worry beads -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs 8 mins (2004-08-20 15:57:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- make that \"scratchings\"; maybe even \"slapping\"; I\'m not sure of the connotations of \"kart\". Relying on the Badawi-Hinds dictionary of Egyptian colloquial for the sense of \" كرت \", and reading it as the verbal noun, i.e. \"kart\" |
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