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Clawed

Arabic translation: شق

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English term or phrase:Clawed
Arabic translation:شق
Entered by: hassan zekry

15:12 Apr 13, 2020
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: Clawed
. In 2003-2006 he had clawed his way back from the political wilderness and as finance minister, implemented a radical neoliberal agenda of brutal social safety-net cuts and rampant privatization.
Haneen Salameh
Palestine
شق
Explanation:
شق طريقه
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hassan zekry
Local time: 17:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4شق
hassan zekry
4عاد بشق الأنفس، عاد بجهد جهيد، عاد زحفاً
Fuad Yahya
3ناضل للعودة
Mai Saleh


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
clawed
شق


Explanation:
شق طريقه

hassan zekry
Local time: 17:10
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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agree  Ebrahim Mohammed
18 mins
agree  adel almergawy
57 mins
agree  Ramadan Ibrahim
3 hrs
agree  Khalid Idris
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ناضل للعودة


Explanation:
Clawed back to get something again that you had lost such as power, especially gradually and with difficulty
شق طريق عودته

Mai Saleh
Syria
Local time: 18:10
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clawed his way back
عاد بشق الأنفس، عاد بجهد جهيد، عاد زحفاً


Explanation:
The expression "clawed his way back" is one unit. You can't translate one word without the others.

The expression means: returned with great effort against great odds, as if one inch at a time.

Both suggestions of Hassan and Mai above are great. They convey the effort involved in the return. I would like to suggest other ways (not necessarily better) to express the same thing:

عاد بشق الأنفس
عاد بجهد جهيد
عاد زحفاً

". . . he had clawed his way back from the political wilderness . . ."
كان قد عاد من غيبته السـياسـية بجهد جهيد
كان قد عاد زحفاً من غيابه السـياسـي
كان قد عاد بشق الأنفس من الغيهب السـياسـي

Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 180
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