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Arabic translation: لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

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English term or phrase:	first things first
Arabic translation:	لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم
Entered by:	HassanLotfy

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09:12 Sep 9, 2011

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Journalism

English term or phrase: first things first

First things first: I was favorably surprised by the new Obama jobs plan, which is significantly bolder and better than I expected....

how about: بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ ??

GilleR

لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

Explanation:
prioritizing his points

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HassanLotfy
Egypt
Local time: 21:27

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4 +5

لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

HassanLotfy

4 +2

قبل كل شيء/في بادئ الأمر/بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ

TargamaT

الاولويات اولا

drmutaier

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26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

قبل كل شيء/في بادئ الأمر/بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ

Explanation:
جيل ، بالرجوع إلى المقال
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/opinion/setting-their-hair...

والسياق كله رأيت أن الأهم قبل المهم ليست المقصودة فعذرًا

TargamaT
Syria
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in category: 60

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

Explanation:
prioritizing his points

HassanLotfy
Egypt
Local time: 21:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 day12 hrs confidence:

الاولويات اولا

Explanation:
This is a title of a book published in 1994 on time management calling for doing the most urgent things first and accordingly it means that priorities come first which is literally الاولويات اولا in Arabic.

Example sentence(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Things_First_(book)

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Things_First_(book)

drmutaier
Local time: 22:27
Specializes in field
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Sep 14, 2011 - Changes made by HassanLotfy:
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