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English translation: silence
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| 13:58 Sep 27, 2023 |
| Arabic to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Lamine Boukabour Algeria Local time: 04:40 | ||||||
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8 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1remain silent / keeping quiet Explanation: عقال الصمت = التزام الصمت |
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10 mins confidence:
absolute silence Explanation: absolute silence -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2023-09-27 14:35:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- which means a complete lack of noise or sound. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2023-09-27 14:39:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- as people broke out the absolute silence |
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1 hr confidence:
| كلّما انطلق الناس من عقال الصمت whenever people break the silence Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-09-27 15:43:50 GMT) --------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-09-27 15:44:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://kenanaonline.com/users/khfajy/posts/576173 |
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6 hrs confidence:
Silence keeper Explanation: "Silence keeper" is someone who doesn't say anything either because this person doesn't want to or because he/she was forced to keep silence. عقال is a word that has the same root as اعْتُقِلَ, we can also say اعْتُقِلَ لسانُه which means: his knotted tongue. So the best expression in my opinion to translate that is : Whenever silence keepers start singing ... |
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15 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1every time people break the silence Explanation: The next sentence shows that they start singing and chanting, which means they broke the silence. |
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