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makeshift

Arabic translation: بديل مؤقت


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English term or phrase:makeshift
Arabic translation:بديل مؤقت
Entered by: ahmadwadan.com
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13:03 Feb 22, 2007
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: makeshift
Living in two makeshift camps, the Palestinians at the border have been receiving some assistance with water and sanitation
sithanem
Local time: 08:53
بديل مؤقت
Explanation:
HTH

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ahmadwadan.com
Kuwait
Local time: 15:53
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4 +7بديل مؤقت
ahmadwadan.com
5مؤقت(مؤقتة )Mohamed-hassan


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
بديل مؤقت


Explanation:
HTH

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-02-22 13:10:45 GMT)
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معضلة كاتش 22

ahmadwadan.com
Kuwait
Local time: 15:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shazly: مستخدمة كبديل مؤقت
7 mins

agree  Abdallah Ali: بديل مؤقت لتمشية الحال يعني أي كلام
39 mins

agree  Zeinab Asfour
1 hr

agree  sabrygameel
3 hrs

agree  sandouk
20 hrs

agree  Mohamed Elsayed
21 hrs

agree  jawhar: There is an element of improvisation ( ارتجال) with 'makeshift'
1 day6 hrs
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3 days4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
مؤقت(مؤقتة )


Explanation:
المخيمات المؤقتة تكون للأشخاص الذين يتركون ديارهم بصفة مؤقتة.

Example sentence(s):
  • ولم تلق المخيمات المؤقتة سوى إقبالا محدودا من الأشخاص الذين يستطيعون ترك ديارهم بصفة مؤقتة.
  • A makeshift camp at Amisi providing temporary shelter for Rwandan refugees in Zaire.

    Reference: http://www.philippinestoday.net/ofwcorner/ofw8_3.htm
    Reference: http://www.impacs.org/files/MediaPrograms/lifelinemedia.pdf
Mohamed-hassan
Local time: 14:53
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Feb 22, 2007 - Changes made by Luisa Moura Almeida:
Language pairArabic to English => English to Arabic


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