Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
سرعان ما انهار
English translation:
but suddenly they collapsed
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سرعان ما انهار
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world cup
i know what the terms mean but can't make sense of this sentence (referring to the world cup game between tunisia and spain):
وبعد أن صمدوا لمدة 72 دقيقة سرعان ما انهار زملاء جوهر المناري صاحب الهدف اليتيم للفريق التونسي
وبعد أن صمدوا لمدة 72 دقيقة سرعان ما انهار زملاء جوهر المناري صاحب الهدف اليتيم للفريق التونسي
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | but suddenly they collapsed |
ahmadwadan.com
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| 5 +3 | soon broke down |
Sam Berner
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| 4 | it was not long until . .they fell down |
Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
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| 3 | But in no time, they collapsed! |
Zeinab Asfour
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but suddenly they collapsed
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I think the key word here is سرعان
هل معنى سرعان هنا أنهم سقطوا بسرعة خلال وقت قصير بعد بداية المباراة...أم المقصود أنهم سقطوا فجأة أو دون توقع أن يحدث ذلك بعد أن صمدوا لفترة طويلة هي 72 دقيقة من عمر المباراة...هذا متروك لرأي الزملاء.
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I think the key word here is سرعان
هل معنى سرعان هنا أنهم سقطوا بسرعة خلال وقت قصير بعد بداية المباراة...أم المقصود أنهم سقطوا فجأة أو دون توقع أن يحدث ذلك بعد أن صمدوا لفترة طويلة هي 72 دقيقة من عمر المباراة...هذا متروك لرأي الزملاء.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mahammad Kalfat (X)
: totally agree. سرعان here is used improperly, the writer means "suddenly" or "all at once". that's why Dana didn't make sense of it, i think.
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| agree |
Randa El Nomeir
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Comment: "cheers!"
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But in no time, they collapsed!
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or they soo collapsed!
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soon*
sorry typo
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or they soo collapsed!
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soon*
sorry typo
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Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
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it was not long until . .they fell down
Very Simply " They fell down very soon"
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ahmadwadan.com
: 72 min out of 90 is supposed to be long period, but after this long period they fell down. But I like your phrase structure very much.
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Thanks for compliment :) > I agree with you that 72 min out of 90 is supposed to be long time . I think the oreginal context is unclear
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soon broke down
I am assuming we are talking about their defence.
"The colleagues of Morocco's single goal maker, Gohar Al-Manari, broke down soon after the 72 minutes of holding it out."
"The colleagues of Morocco's single goal maker, Gohar Al-Manari, broke down soon after the 72 minutes of holding it out."
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Mayssa Allaf
: Tunisia's single goal maker
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| agree |
Ala Rabie
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| agree |
Maryse Trevithick
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