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English term
Palestine
Native in: Arabic 
Clawed
English to Arabic
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
. 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.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 4 +4 | شق |
hassan zekry
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| 4 | عاد بشق الأنفس، عاد بجهد جهيد، عاد زحفاً |
Fuad Yahya
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| 3 | ناضل للعودة |
Mai Saleh
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Apr 27, 2020 11:08: hassan zekry Created KOG entry
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hassan zekry
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شق طريقه
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ناضل للعودة
Clawed back to get something again that you had lost such as power, especially gradually and with difficulty
شق طريق عودته
شق طريق عودته
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English term (edited):
clawed his way back
عاد بشق الأنفس، عاد بجهد جهيد، عاد زحفاً
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
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
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