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هذا ما عهدناه دوما

English translation: this is what we've always been used to

10:59 Apr 20, 2013
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: هذا ما عهدناه دوما
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"هذا ما عدناه دوما"
Shatha Saleh
Local time: 01:41
English translation:this is what we've always been used to
Explanation:
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Ayman Hemeida
United States
Local time: 17:41
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2this is what we've always been used to
Ayman Hemeida
4 +2as we've always seen/known/expected
Abdallah Ali
5 +1as always
Liliane Hatem
4 +1what we are always accustomed to
Mohamed Rehan
4as we are always used to
einass kandil
4the usual
Omnia Abdelgani


Discussion entries: 3





  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
as we've always seen/known/expected


Explanation:
This is as/what we've always seen/known/expected

Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamis Maalouf: Right, we can put many other synonyms, "accustomed to/used to" are some of them :)
2 hrs
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agree  Randa Farhat: here's one more per given context: as we have always trusted ;)
7 days
  -> Thank you very much
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what we are always accustomed to


Explanation:
what we are always accustomed to

Mohamed Rehan
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Awad Balaish
9 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as always


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-20 12:02:54 GMT)
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or as usual

Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mustapha MAY: this sounds better
53 mins
  -> Thank you Mustapha :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as we are always used to


Explanation:
as we are always used to

einass kandil
Egypt
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
this is what we've always been used to


Explanation:
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Ayman Hemeida
United States
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maryam H
2 mins
  -> Thank You
agree  Samaa Zeitoun
51 mins
  -> Thank You
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9 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the usual


Explanation:
or as it has always been

Omnia Abdelgani
Local time: 01:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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