Glossary entry

عربي term or phrase:

له بالمرصاد

أنجليزي translation:

had been on the alert/ attentive/ watchful

Added to glossary by Ahmed Ghaly (X)
Feb 20, 2014 12:09
11 yrs ago
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عربي term

له بالمرصاد

عربي إلى أنجليزي أخرى حكومي \علم السياسة
تم القاء القبض عليه وحاول صديقه افتكاكه بالقوة ولكن رجال الأمن كانوا له بالمرصاد

thnx for help
Change log

Feb 21, 2014 15:39: Ahmed Ghaly (X) Created KOG entry

Feb 21, 2014 15:39: Ahmed Ghaly (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1821203">Ahmed Ghaly (X)'s</a> old entry - "له بالمرصاد"" to ""had been on the alert/ attentive/ watchful""

Feb 21, 2014 15:46: Ahmed Ghaly (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1821203">Ahmed Ghaly (X)'s</a> old entry - "له بالمرصاد"" to ""had been on the alert/ attentive/ watchful""

Proposed translations

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had been on the alert/ attentive/ watchful

To be on the alert/ attentive/watchful
Peer comment(s):

agree ghassan al-Alem : were on the alert
6 ساعات
Thanks a lot
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watching like a hawk

watching like a hawk
Peer comment(s):

neutral ghassan al-Alem : Hello!
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but the police was in the lookout for him

or
he was carefully monitored by the police
Peer comment(s):

agree sabbar : "were" on the lookout for him (police is a mass plural)
5 أيام
that is true, thank you Sabbar
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do not give a chance

Rather than translating word by word, I would write it in the simplest way possible:

But security officers did not give him a chance
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9 ساعات
عربي term (edited): رجال الأمن كانوا له بالمرصاد

security stood to him vigilantly.

He was arrested, when his accomplice tried to extract him, but security stood to him.
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the police was waiting for him

the police was waiting for him
Example sentence:

dfsd

sdfsd

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no match for them

This would require a bit of restructuring; I'd translate it like this basically:

He was arrested, and his friend tried to break him free, but he was no match for the police.
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