as if they had been cut from a cardboard stencil

Arabic translation: وكأنها قطعت من لوح كرتون الستينسيل

21:49 Jan 9, 2008
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English term or phrase: as if they had been cut from a cardboard stencil
Several brick laden pillars stood beneath each side of the structure as if they had been cut from a cardboard stencil and the windows were merely square cavities devoid of any style.
Albara Hafiz
Arabic translation:وكأنها قطعت من لوح كرتون الستينسيل
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4وكأنها قطعت من لوح كرتون الستينسيل
kifahl
3كما لو أنهم قد حُفروا/أوفُرغوا على الإسْتَنْسِل المصنوع من الورق المقوى
Neamaat Shehatah


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كما لو أنهم قد حُفروا/أوفُرغوا على الإسْتَنْسِل المصنوع من الورق المقوى


Explanation:
أو على ورق الإستنسيل المقوى
الإسْتَنْسِل هي صفيحة رقيقة من معدن أو ورق أو مشمّع مخرَّقة على صورة حروف أو رسوم




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Neamaat Shehatah
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وكأنها قطعت من لوح كرتون الستينسيل


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