pulled in so many different directions

Arabic translation: مشتتين / في حالة صراع التناقضات / في وضع صعب

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English term or phrase:pulled in so many different directions
Arabic translation:مشتتين / في حالة صراع التناقضات / في وضع صعب
Entered by: S.J

01:14 Nov 17, 2019
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English term or phrase: pulled in so many different directions
Will we be constantly battling where Scott's left out? I felt like it was being pulled in so many different directions, and it worries me that
that's what our future will be like.
S.J
Canada
Local time: 12:11
مشتتين / في حالة صراع التناقضات / في وضع صعب
Explanation:
1 : to have different or opposite purposes that cannot be achieved together

Many of us see science and the arts as pulling in different directions.

Synonyms and related words
To disagree with someone or something:disagree, oppose, reject...

2: be pulled in different/opposite directions to be in a situation in which you feel loyalty to opposing aims or people

Synonyms and related words
To be in, or to get into a difficult situation:run out of road, suffer, undergo...
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felt like it was being pulled in so many different directions, and it worries me that
that's what our future will be like.
شعرت و كأننا مشتتين , و يقلقني أنا هذا ما سيكون عليه مستقبلنا
شعرت و كأننا حالة صراع التناقضات , و يقلقني أنا هذا ما سيكون عليه مستقبلنا
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Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Local time: 17:11
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4مشتتين / في حالة صراع التناقضات / في وضع صعب
Ebrahim Mohammed
4أننا مشتتون في عدة اتجاهات / أننا متفرقون عن بعضنا بعضا/ أنه كان يوجد عدم توافق في الرؤى
Gouda Moustafa


  

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مشتتين / في حالة صراع التناقضات / في وضع صعب


Explanation:
1 : to have different or opposite purposes that cannot be achieved together

Many of us see science and the arts as pulling in different directions.

Synonyms and related words
To disagree with someone or something:disagree, oppose, reject...

2: be pulled in different/opposite directions to be in a situation in which you feel loyalty to opposing aims or people

Synonyms and related words
To be in, or to get into a difficult situation:run out of road, suffer, undergo...
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/pull-...



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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-11-17 09:52:51 GMT)
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felt like it was being pulled in so many different directions, and it worries me that
that's what our future will be like.
شعرت و كأننا مشتتين , و يقلقني أنا هذا ما سيكون عليه مستقبلنا
شعرت و كأننا حالة صراع التناقضات , و يقلقني أنا هذا ما سيكون عليه مستقبلنا


Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Local time: 17:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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أننا مشتتون في عدة اتجاهات / أننا متفرقون عن بعضنا بعضا/ أنه كان يوجد عدم توافق في الرؤى


Explanation:
Definitions:

1. to have different or opposite purposes that cannot be achieved together
Many of us see science and the arts as pulling in different directions.


2. be pulled in different/opposite directions to be in a situation in which you feel loyalty to opposing aims or people

Gouda Moustafa
Egypt
Local time: 18:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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