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drew little more than polite smiles

Arabic translation: قوبل باللامبالاة

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English term or phrase:	drew little more than polite smiles
Arabic translation:	قوبل باللامبالاة
Entered by:	Iman Khaireddine

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19:00 Jan 20, 2007

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English term or phrase: drew little more than polite smiles

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• Research by civil society identifying billions of rand lost to corruption under apartheid drew little more than polite smiles from the Executive in the past year.

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Local time: 21:24

قوبل باللامبالاة

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Iman Khaireddine
Local time: 20:24

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3 +3

قوبل باللامبالاة

Iman Khaireddine

تسبب في رد فعل قوي

zax

2 +1

لم يلق البحث رد فعل من قبل المدير أو الرئيس حسب السياق والله أعلم

Waleed Mohamed

لم يثمر أكثر من بسمة خجولة

duraid

1 +1

لم يلق اهتماماً يذكر

Shazly

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8 mins confidence:

لم يثمر أكثر من بسمة خجولة

Explanation:
لم يثمر أكثر من بسمة خجولة

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-01-20 19:09:19 GMT)
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أو بسمة متواضعة

duraid
Australia
Local time: 05:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

تسبب في رد فعل قوي

Explanation:
حرفيا: تسبب في اكثر من ابتسامات مؤدبه

zax
Local time: 15:24
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

لم يلق البحث رد فعل من قبل المدير أو الرئيس حسب السياق والله أعلم

Explanation:
لم يلق البحث رد فعل من قبل المدير أو الرئيس حسب السياق
والله أعلم

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-20 19:10:34 GMT)
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أو لم يحظ البحث بالاستجابة المطلوبة أو بالاهتمام المطلوب من قبل ..

Waleed Mohamed
Egypt
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

قوبل باللامبالاة

Explanation:
Another way to put it

Iman Khaireddine
Local time: 20:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

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3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

لم يلق اهتماماً يذكر

Explanation:
لم يعره الشخص المسئول اهتماماً يذكر

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 6

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