aly went down before the sword of ahmed

Arabic translation: خرّ/ هوى أمام سيفه

23:35 Jul 3, 2004
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English term or phrase: aly went down before the sword of ahmed
what does that mean please?
sab3awy
Arabic translation:خرّ/ هوى أمام سيفه
Explanation:
I'd rather use these terms which are as ambiguis as the original which doesn't clairfy wether he fell dead, or lost the battle or simply surrendered. The Eng. sentence could actually mean any of these.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4خرّ/ هوى أمام سيفه
umsarah
5 +1As follows:
AhmedAMS
1 +2انهزم أمام سيفه - سلّم في حضرة سيفه
Randa Farhat


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
انهزم أمام سيفه - سلّم في حضرة سيفه


Explanation:


could you add more info?

Randa Farhat
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agree  samehme
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agree  Abdelazim Abdelazim
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خرّ/ هوى أمام سيفه


Explanation:
I'd rather use these terms which are as ambiguis as the original which doesn't clairfy wether he fell dead, or lost the battle or simply surrendered. The Eng. sentence could actually mean any of these.

umsarah
Local time: 03:03
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
57 mins

agree  ahmed ismaiel owieda
4 hrs

agree  Abdelazim Abdelazim
7 hrs

agree  Alaa AHMED
1 day 2 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
As follows:


Explanation:
It could be any one of the following:

انهزم "علي" أمام سيف "أحمد"
سقط "علي" أمام سيف "أحمد"
لم يستطع "علي" منازلة سيف "أحمد"
أجهز سيف "أحمد" على "علي"


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Note added at 2004-07-04 05:50:57 (GMT)
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Please note that the system MISPLACED the inverted commas. They are supposed to go with the names only.

انهزم \"علي\" أمام سيف \"أحمد\" أو
سقط \"علي\" أمام سيف \"أحمد\" أو
لم يستطع \"علي\" منازلة سيف \"أحمد\" أو
أجهز سيف \"أحمد\" على \"علي\" ـ


AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
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agree  Abdelazim Abdelazim
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