Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
أعرفه عن بُعد
English translation:
He was a casual acquaintance
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Mar 7, 2017 12:02
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Arabic term
أعرفه عن بُعد
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
novel
لم أتردد كثيراً في قبول العرض، لكن هذا العرض أيضاً لم يستمر، وتعرقل في الاجراءات، في نفس الأثناء كان سليمان يلح عليّ بأن فرصة التغيير إلى الخارج أفضل بكثير، وأن الموضوع بسيط، فكل ما أحتاجه هو تقديم طلب إلى الموارد البشرية، وبالفعل توجهت إلى الموارد البشرية، بالضبط إلى شخصٍ أعرفه عن بُعد، كان يتابع شعري ويتابع برامجي الإذاعية التي كنت أقدمها هوايةً، رحّب بي وقال ماذا تأمرنا:
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | He was a casual acquaintance | Oz Hamdoun (X) |
4 +2 | I barely know | Menna Ebied |
5 | I am remotely acquainted with him | Ludina Sallam |
3 | a person I know remotely | Alexander Yeltsov |
Proposed translations
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Selected
He was a casual acquaintance
Casual acquaintance
Nodding acquaintance
Passion acquaintance
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Nodding acquaintance
Passion acquaintance
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
2 mins
I barely know
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Chakib Roula
: Good English wording.
33 mins
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شكرا جزيلا
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agree |
Linda Al-Bairmani
4 hrs
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شكرا جزيلا
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17 hrs
I am remotely acquainted with him
example sentence shows it used in context
Example sentence:
specifically to a person that I was remotely acquinted with = بالضبط إلى شخص أعرفه عن بُعد
22 hrs
a person I know remotely
a person I know remotely
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