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لولا هذا الكتاب ماكنت لاتحدث الانجليزية بهذه الطلاقة

English translation: were it not for this book, I would not have spoken English so fluently

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Arabic term or phrase:	لولا هذا الكتاب ماكنت لاتحدث الانجليزية بهذه الطلاقة
English translation:	were it not for this book, I would not have spoken English so fluently
Entered by:	Nadia Ayoub

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20:31 Sep 11, 2009

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Advertising / Public Relations

Arabic term or phrase: لولا هذا الكتاب ماكنت لاتحدث الانجليزية بهذه الطلاقة

لولا هذا الكتاب ماكنت لاتحدث الانجليزية بهذه الطلاقة

nileraptor_51 KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 1 Egypt
Local time: 23:39

were it not for this book, I would not have spoken English so fluently

Explanation:
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 23:39

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

were it not for this book, I would not have spoken English so fluently

Nadia Ayoub

4 +2

But for this book, I wouldn't speak fluent English .

Mohamed Sherekha

If it weren't for this book, I wouldn't be speaking English as fluently as I do

mbrodie

had it not been for this book, I wouldn't have been able to speak English that fluently

Mona Helal

If it wasn't for this book, I wouldn't be speaking English as fluent

WalidmUK

Were it not for this book, I would not speak English this fluently

AmyLahb

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

were it not for this book, I would not have spoken English so fluently

Explanation:
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 23:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

But for this book, I wouldn't speak fluent English .

Explanation:
But for this = لولا هذا

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-09-11 20:50:35 GMT)
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a fluent speaker of English

Mohamed Sherekha
Egypt
Local time: 23:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

20 mins confidence:

If it wasn't for this book, I wouldn't be speaking English as fluent

Explanation:
Hadn't been for this book, I wouldn't be as fulent in English as I am now

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-09-11 20:56:40 GMT)
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Sorry I meant:
Had it not been for this book, I wouldn't be as fulent in English as I am now.

WalidmUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39
Native speaker of:

Arabic

1 day3 hrs confidence:

Were it not for this book, I would not speak English this fluently

Explanation:
"Were it not for this book, I would not speak English this fluently"

It is a present action, hence the use of present tense and "this".

I hope it helps!

AmyLahb
United States
Local time: 16:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

2 days15 hrs confidence:

had it not been for this book, I wouldn't have been able to speak English that fluently

Explanation:
Had it not been for this book, I wouldn't have been able to speak English this fluently

or

If it were not for this book, I would not be speaking English this fluently

Mona Helal
Australia
Local time: 08:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English

3 days21 hrs confidence:

If it weren't for this book, I wouldn't be speaking English as fluently as I do

Explanation:
Ahhh, the conditional, always a tricky number!

mbrodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39
Native speaker of:

English