Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

first things first

Arabic translation:

لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

Added to glossary by Hassan Lotfy
Sep 9, 2011 09:12
12 yrs ago
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English term

first things first

English to Arabic Other Journalism
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 ??
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Sep 14, 2011 13:11: Hassan Lotfy Created KOG entry

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لنبدأ بالأهم فالمهم

prioritizing his points
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agree Mohamed Mahmoud
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agree Nadia Ayoub
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agree Ziad Alghamdi
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agree hassan zekry
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agree Mohsin Alabdali
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قبل كل شيء/في بادئ الأمر/بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ

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
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agree Heba Abed
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قبل كل شيء شكرًا :-)
agree dimamarcel
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قبل كل شيء شكرًا :-)
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الاولويات اولا

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:

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

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