في تِلْكَ اللَيْلَةِ ‎[CA] in the very same night
‏بِذاتِهِ ‎[CA] himself
‏هُوَ بِذاتِهِ = هُوَ ذَاتُهُ (he) himself
‏ذات الشَيْءِ ‎[CA] the same thing
‏ذات الأَشْيَاءِ ‎[CA] the same things
‏السَنَة ذاتها ‎[CA] the same year
‏في ذاتِ الوَقْتِ ‎[CA] simultaneously, at the same time
‏لم أكن أتوقع منك أنت بالذات ان تعاملني بهذه الطريقة ‎[CA] I was not expecting from you that you in particular would treat me this way
‏تتعرض الأشجار في لبنان لأخطار كبيرة، وأشجار الأرز بالذات مهدَّدة بهذه الأخطار ‎[CA] The trees in in Lebanon are exposed to major threats, and the cedar trees in particular are threatened by these dangers
‏احساس بالذات = مغرور ‎[CA] conceited
‏لِغَرَضٍ ما بِالذَّات ‎[CA] for a some reason, for a particular reason, ad hoc;
‏هو بالذاتِ ‎[CA] he of all people
‏بالذاتِ ‎[CA] above all
‏في حَدِّ ذاتِهِ = في ذاتِهِ ‎[CA] as such, in (and of) itself
‏يُعْتَبَرُ بِحَدِّ ذاتِهِ أَمْراً مُمْتازاً ‎[CA] in itself, it is considered an excellent thing
‏غايةٌ بِذاتِها = غايةٌ في ذاتِها ‎[CA] a goal in itself
‏في ذاتِ الوَقْتِ ‎[CA] simultaneously
‏من ذاتِ نَفْسِهِ ‎[CA] spontaneously

هُمْ زُهاءُ أَلْفٍ ‎[CA] there's about a thousand of them
‏تَجَمَّعَ هُنا زُهاءُ عَشَرةِ آلافِ لاجِئٍ ‎[CA] approximately ten thousand refugees gathered here
‏عاشَ في لُبْنانَ زُهاءَ ثَلاثينَ عاماً ‎[CA] he lived in Lebanon for nearly thirty years

مَقَرّ السِفارةِ ‎[CA] embassy compound, embassy premises
‏دار السِفارةِ ‎[CA] embassy
‏السِفارة الإِيْرانِيَّةِ في لُبْنَانٍ ‎[CA] the Iranian embassy in Lebanon
‏عَمِلَ في السِفارةِ ‎[CA] to work at the embassy

لا سيَّما ‎[CA] especially, in particular because, mainly since
‏لا سِيَّمَا وَأَنَّ = لا سِيَّمَا أَنَّ ‎[CA] especially for the reason that…, particularly because…
‏البُلْدان العَرَبيّة وَلا سيَّما لُبْنان ‎[CA] the Arab countries, and especially Lebanon

مُتَعَدِّد الخَلَايَا ‎[CA] multicellular (biology)
‏مُتَعَدِّد النَوَاحِي ‎[CA] multifarious, variegated, varied, multilateral
‏مُتَعَدِّد الأَطْرَافِ ‎[CA] multilateral
‏مُتَعَدِّد اللُغَاتِ ‎[CA] either 1. multilingual (adjective), or 2. polyglot (noun)
‏مُتَعَدِّد الأَلْوَاْنِ ‎[CA] multicolored, polychromatic
‏مُتَعَدِّد التَخَصُّصَاتِ ‎[CA] multidisciplinary (note that this is also used as interdisciplinary, but متداخل التخصصات is the proper translation for interdisciplinary);
‏بَحَث مُتَعَدِّد التَخَصُّصَاتِ ‎[CA] multidisciplinary research;
‏مُتَعَدِّد الأَوْسَاطِ ‎[CA] of various means;
‏وَسائِط مُتَعَدِّدة ‎[CA] multimedia
‏احْتِمالات مُتَعَدِّدة ‎[CA] various possibilities
‏مُتَعَدِّد الأَشْكالِ ‎[CA] multiform, polymorphous
‏اخْتِيارات مُتَعَدِّدة ‎[CA] various choices, many options, multiple-choice
‏مُتَعَدِّد اللُغاتِ ‎[CA] multilingual
‏لُبْنَان بَلَدٌ مُتَعَدِّدُ اللُغاتِ ‎[CA] Lebanon is a multilingual country
‏مُجْتَمَع مُتَعَدِّد الثَقافاتِ ‎[CA] a multicultural society
‏قُوّات مُتَعَدِّدة الجِنْسيّاتِ ‎[CA] multinational forces
‏في أَماكِنَ مُتَعَدِّدةٍ ‎[CA] in various places

لِغَايَة + إضافة ‎[CA] either 1. as far as, up to, to the extent of, or 2. until, till
‏لِلْغَاْيَةِ ‎[CA] extremely, very (much)
‏كان غايَةً في الجَمَالِ ‎[CA] to be of extraordinary beauty
‏بَقِيَ في لُبنانٍ لِغايةِ عامِ ‎[CA] he stayed in Lebanon until the year...
‏إلى غايةِ تَحْقيقِهِ لِأَهْدافِهِ ‎[CA] until he has realized his goals

فِيمَا مَضَى = فِيمَا مَضَى مِن الزَمَانِ ‎[CA] either 1. in the past, or 2. formerly, before
‏فِيْمَا يَلِي ‎[CA] in the following, in what follows, below
‏ فيما بَعْدُ ‎[CA] in the following, in what follows, hereafter, after that, afterwords
‏ويكيليكس، لم تأتِ بشيء جديد على الأقل فيما نُشِرَ حتى الآن ‎[CA] Wikileaks has not come with anything new at least in what has been published until now
‏فيما بذلت من تضحيات ‎[CA] in what was expended in terms of sacrifices
‏في ما (فيما) بينهم ‎[CA] among themselves
‏للبنانيون مختلفون فيما بينهم على الوجود السوري في لبنان ‎[CA] the Lebanese differ amongst themselves over the syrian presence in Lebanon
‏فيما أَعْرِفُ ‎[CA] as far as I know
‏فيما أَعْتَقِدُ ‎[CA] in my opinion
‏ما حَدَثَ فيما بَعْدُ كانَ أَسْوَأَ ‎[CA] what happened after that was worse
‏نَظَرَ فيما حَوْلَهُ ‎[CA] to look around
‏قالَ فيما قالَ ‎[CA] he said among other things
‏فيما إذا ‎[CA] in case that…, if
‏فيما لو ‎[CA] in case that…, if

المَبْنى قُبالةَ الجامِعةِ ‎[CA] the building is opposite the university
‏قُبالةَ شَواطِئِ جَنوبِ لُبْنانَ ‎[CA] off the coast of South Lebanon
‏العَشَراتُ يَعْتَصِمونَ قُبالةَ السِفارةِ ‎[CA] dozens are demonstrating in front of the embassy

جَبَل لُبْنان ‎[CA] Mount Lebanon

تَلَقَّى أَمْرًا ‎[CA] to receive an order, have orders (soldier)
‏تَلَقَّى الأَوَامِرَ ‎[CA] to take orders (commercial, and the like)
‏تَلَقَّاهُ بالتَسْلِيمِ والقُبُولِ ‎[CA] to agree wholeheartedly to s.th., submit willingly to s.th.
‏ولم يتلقَ الفلسطينيون اي شيء مقابل هذا التنازل ‎[CA] the palestinians got nothing in exchange for this concession
‏تلقى دراساته في لبنان ‎[CA] he got his education in Lebanon
‏يتلَّقى رِعاية ‎[CA] to receive protection (also يَلْقَى رِعاية, but form 5 seems more common)
‏تَلَقّى رِسالةً ‎[CA] to receive a letter
‏تَلَقّى واجِباً ‎[CA] to receive an assignment
‏تَلَقّى نَقْداً ‎[CA] to receive criticism
‏تَلَقّى شُكْراً ‎[CA] to receive thanks
‏تَلَقّى تَرْحيباً ‎[CA] to win support
‏تَلَقّى هَديّةً من فُلَاْنٍ ‎[CA] to receive a gift from s.o.

لَوْ....الماضي + لَ... الماضي ‎[CA] if... then... (introducing two verbal clauses)
‏يا تُرى لو بقي في لبنان هل ...؟ ‎[CA] I wonder if he had stayed in Lebanon would...? Note that the يا ترى allows one to break the لو structure
‏لَوْ كانَ بِيَدي لَفَدَيْتُكَ بِعُمْري ‎[CA] if it were in my hands, I would give my life for you
‏وَدِدْتُ لَوْ لم يَتَغَيَّرْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ ‎[CA] I wished nothing had changed
‏لو لم ... لَما + الماضي ‎[CA] if not, then not..., note that lam is never used as the negation in the then clause, mainly for aesthetic reasons
‏لَو أَنَّ + جُمْلَة اسميّة ‎[CA] if (for nominal clauses)
‏لَو لا ‎[CA] if not
‏لَو لا + اسم / ضمير ‎[CA] if it weren’t for (him, us, etc.), if not for (him, etc.)
‏لَولانا ‎[CA] if it weren’t (hadn't been) for us
‏لولاه ‎[CA] if not for him
‏لَوْلا مُرْقُص، لَما انْهَيْنا العَمَلَ ‎[CA] if it hadn't been for Marcus, we wouldn't have finished the work
‏لَوْلاهُ لَمُتْنا ‎[CA] if it hadn't been for him, we would have died
‏فِيْمَا لَو ‎[CA] in case that
‏وَلَو ‎[CA] either 1. although, though, or 2. even if, or 3. if only…!, would that…!, I wish…! (as an optative particle)
‏لَو يَعْلَم ‎[CA] I wish he knew! if he only knew!
‏لو لا + مبتدأ / اسم + لـ + الماضي ‎[CA] if not for, then
‏فيما لو ‎[CA] if, in case that
‏لو + الماضي + فسوف ‎[CA] used to refer to a real situation (considered blasphemy to some language experts)
‏كما لو كان ‎[CA] as if it were, as though
‏تُخاطِبُني كَما لَوْ كُنْتَ … ‎[CA] you talk to me as if you were …
‏وَلَو ‎[CA] if only, even if only, even though, although, albeit (also with أَنَّ to introduce a nominal clause)
‏وَلَوْ صَغيراً ‎[CA] even if he's young
‏اُطْلُب العِلْمَ وَلَوْ في الصينِ ‎[CA] search for knowledge even as far as China
‏وَنَحْنُ نَسْتَفيدُ أَيْضاً، وَلَوْ بِصورةٍ أَقَلَّ ‎[CA] we profit as well, albeit to a lesser degree

تَوْطِيْد سِعْر الفْرَنْكِ ‎[CA] stabilization of the franc
‏تَوْطيد العَلاقاتِ بين لُبْنَانِ وَسُورِيَا ‎[CA] consolidation of the relations between Lebanon and Syria

حُكُومَة وَظِيفِيَّة ‎[CA] client government (i.e. client state, I think equivalent to دولة عميلة based on the following example) (in one instance this was used as a working government or functioning government, but that usage was likely an error)
‏ثم ظهر أن الهدف الحقيقي كان هو فرض حكومة وظيفية عميلة في لبنان تحت حماية إسرائيل ‎[CA] Then, the true objective became apparent, which was to impose a client state in Lebanon under the protection of Israel (from إسرائيل، المستوطن الصهيوني، للدكتور عبد الوهاب المسيري ).

مِيْن َخَدِ السَلِّة ‎[P] who took the basket; {mīn aḵadᴵ-s-salle}
‏مِيْن مَاخِدِ الجَرِيْدِة ‎[P] who's taken the newspaper; {mīn māḵedᴵ-l-jarīde}
‏لَقَيْتُو مَاخِدِ المُفتَاح ‎[P] I found he'd taken the key; {laqēto māḵedᴵ-l-muftāḥ}
‏بتِقدَر تَوْخُدِ النُصّ ‎[P] you can take half; {btiqdɑr tōḵodᴵ-n-nuṣṣ}
‏أَخَد عَلَ خَاطرُو ‎[P] he took offense (literally: he took it upon his mood); { ʔaḵad ʕala ḵᾱṭro}
‏قَالُوْلَوْ كَسلَان، كْتِيْر أَخَد عَلَى خَاطرُو ‎[P] they told him (he is) lazy and he really took offense; {qālūlō kaslān، kºtīr ʔaḵad ʕala ḵᾱṭro}
‏أَخَد بِخاطرُو / أَخَدِ بخَاطرُو ‎[P] to offer someone condolences (literally: he took part in his "bad" mood); {ʔaḵad biḵᾱṭro / ʔaḵadᵉ bḵᾱṭro}
‏لَازِمِ نْرُوْح نَوْخُدِ بْخَاطِرهُم ‎[P] we must go and offer them our condolences; {lāzemᵉ nºrūḥ nōḵodᵉ bºḵᾱṭerhom}
‏مَع الأَسَف، في كْتِير عالَم آخْدِة فِكْرة غَلَط عَن لِبْنان ‎[L] unfortunately, there is much of the world having the wrong impression of Lebanon;
‏هِيِّ أَخَدِت المِفْتاح ‎[L] she took the key;
‏أَخَد وعَطَى ‎[S] to discuss, have back and forth dialogue, give and take, as in:
‏بِدْنا ناخُد ونُعْطِي بْاُمُور الحارة ‎[S] we want to discuss matters of the neighborhood;
‏ما بِدِّي اخُد وعَطِي مَعَك ‎[S] I don't want to go back and forth with with you.

فِيْه أَرزِ كْتِيْر في لُبنَان ‎[P] In Lebanon there are a lot of cedars; {fīᴴ ʔarzᵉ kºtīr fy lubnān}

أَصلِ المُشكِلِة ‎[P] the source of the problem; { ʔɑṣlᴵ-l-muškile}
‏منَيْن أَصلِ الحَمُوْلِة ‎[P] where dose the (extended) family originate from? {mnēn ʔɑṣlᴵ-l-ḥamūle}
‏منَيْن أَصلَك ‎[P] where do you come from originally? (literally: where is your origin from); {mnēn ʔɑṣlak}
‏ أَصِلنَا مِن لُبنَان ‎[P] our origin is from Lebanon, we are originally from Lebanon; { ʔɑṣᵉlna min lubnān}
‏أَصْلَهْا حَلَبِي ‎[V] she is of Aleppine descent;
‏أَهْلَو أَصْلَو مِن كَاْلِيْفَوْرْنْيَا ‎[S] His parents hail from California.
‏أَنَا أَصْلِي مِن كَالِيْفَوْرْنْيَا ‎[S] My home is in California
‏هُوِّ صُوْرَة طِبْقِ الأَصِل عَن أَبُوْه ‎[S] He's the living image of his father,
‏أَصْلَو أَرْمَنِي ‎[S] His of Armenian origin
‏أَصِل هالصُّوْرَة مَا عاد مَوْجُوْد ‎[S] The original of this picture doesn't exist any more
‏بِالأَصِل = أَصْلًا ‎[S] originally
‏شُو أَصِل كِلْمِة إِنْسَاْن ‎[S] What's the origin of the word إنسان (origin in this case could also refer to the root of the word)
‏المَصَارِي أَصِل كِلِّ الشّْرُوْر ‎[S] Money is the root of all evil
‏قَرَيْتِ كْتَاب أَصْلِ الأَنْوَاع ‎[S] Have you read The Origin of Species
‏بِالأَصِل ‎[S] in the first place
‏مِين هللي بَلَّش كِلّْ هالوَجَعِ الرَّاس بِالأَصِل ‎[S] Who started all that trouble in the first place?
‏أَصْلًا ‎[V] either 1. originally, or 2. basically;
‏بِالأَصِل = أَصْلًا ‎[S] originally
‏بِنْتِ الأَصِل بِتْخَلِّي كُوخْهَا قَصِر (كَصِر) ‎[J] A good woman makes (even) her hut into a palace. (meaning that marrying a good woman, even if she is poor or all you have is a hut to live it, makes like a palace.) (proverb)

جْبَالِ الأَطْلَسِ الزّْغِيْر ‎[S] Anti-Atlas
‏جْبَال لِبْنَانِ الشَرْقِيِّة ‎[S] Anti-Lebanon
‏جَبَل طارِق ‎[S] Gibraltar
‏الطَقْس مِسْقِع بِالشِتِي بِبَيْرُوت وْبْتِتْلُج بِالجَبَل ‎[L] the weather is cold in winter and snows in the mountain(s);
‏رَح تُطْلَعُوا عَ الجَبَل ‎[L] will you go up to the mountain(s)?
‏جَبَلِ الشَيْخ ‎[P] Mount Hermon (in Arabic the name means Old Man's Mountain, because of the snow which is seen on its summit almost year round); {jabalᴵ-š-šēḵ}
‏جْبَال عَاليِة ‎[P] high mountains; {jºbāl ʕālye}
‏عَلَى الجَبَل / عَ الجَبَل ‎[P] on the top of the hill / mountain; {ʕala-l-jabal / ʕa-j-jabal}
‏قَدَّيْش عِلُوّ هَالجَّبَل ‎[S] How high is that mountain?

وَلَا يْهِمَّك. إذا واحِد جَرَّب (گَرَّب) بْيَعْدِي نُصّ لِبْنَان. ‎[L] So what? If one guy is sick, he infects half of Lebanon!

في جَنُوْب لُبنَان ‎[P] in the south of Lebanon; {fy janūb lubnān}
‏ الهَوَا جَاي مِنِ الجَنُوْب ‎[P] the wind is coming from the south; {'il-hawa jāy minᴵ-l-janūb}
‏الهَوَا جايِ مْنِ الجَّنُوْب ‎[S] The wind is coming from the south
‏السَّهِم بِيْدِلّْ ناحِ الجَّنُوْب ‎[S] The arrow points south.
‏بِدِّي اْرُوْح عَ الجَّنُوْب مِدِّةِ الشِّتِة ‎[S] I want to go south for the winter.
‏بْجَنُوْب ‎[S] south of
‏سَاكِنِ بْجَنُوْب هَوْن ‎[S] He lives south of here
‏جَنُوْب أَفْرِيْقْيَا ‎[S] South Africa
‏جَنُوْب أَمْرِيْكَا ‎[S] South America
‏جَنُوْب شَرِق ‎[S] southeast (of)
‏جَنُوْب شَرْقِي ‎[S] either 1. southeastern, or 2. southeast
‏الضَّيْعَة واقْعَة حَوَالِي عِشْرِين كِيْلَومِتِر جَنُوْب شَرْقِ الشَّام ‎[S] The village is some 20 km southeast of Damascus
‏الجَّنُوْبِ الشَّرْقِي أَكْتَرَو صَحْرَا ‎[S] The southeast is mostly desert.
‏جَنُوْب شَرْق آسْيَا ‎[S] Southeast Asia
‏جَنُوْب غَرْب ‎[S] either 1. southwest (of) or 2. the southwest of
‏جَنُوْب غَرْبِي ‎[S] either 1. southwestern, or 2. southeast
‏قَطَنَا وَاقْعَة جَنُوْب غَرْبِ الشَّام ‎[S] Qatana is located southwest of Damascus
‏الجّْنُوْبِ الغَرْبِي أَكْتَرَو جْبَال ‎[S] The southwest is mostly mountains

منِيْحِ اْلّي جِيْت ‎[P] it's good you came; {mnīḥᴵ 'ºlly jīt}
‏ أَيْمتَا جِيْتي ‎[P] when did you come?; { ʔēmta jīty}
‏مَرَتُو أَجَت قَبلُو ‎[P] his wife came before him; {mɑrɑto ʔajat qablo}
‏بِدّكُم تِيْجُوا مَعنَا ‎[P] do you want to come with us?; {biddkom tīju maʕna}
‏بِدَّك آجي بَكِّيْر ‎[P] do you want me to get there early?; {biddak ʔājy bakkīr}
‏مِن وَيْن جَاي ‎[P] where are you coming from (also used as where have you been)?; {min wēn jāy}
‏ أَنَا جَاي مِن عِندُو ‎[P] I've just come from his place; { ʔana jāy min ʕindo}
‏هَيّني / هَيَّاني جَاي ‎[P] Here I come! I'm just coming!; {hayyny / hayyāny jāy}
‏لَمَّا بتِيْجي لَحَالَك ‎[P] whenever you come on your own...; {lamma btījy laḥālak}
‏هالتِّفَّاح ما بْيِجِي أَكْبَر مِن هَيْك ‎[S] These apples don't come any larger
‏بِيْجي لَعِندنَا كُلّ يَوْم ‎[P] he comes to our house every day; {bījy laʕindna kull yōm}
‏وَيْنِ بتِيْجي أَبُ غَوْش ‎[P] where exactly is Abu Ghosh {wēnᵉ btījy ʔabu ġōš}
‏هَلَّق بِجِي / هلَّق عَم بِجِي ‎[L] I'm coming now (also said when someone is leaving with the intent of coming back shortly);
‏هاي أَوَّل مَرَّة بْتِجِي عَ لِبْنان ‎[L] is this is the first time that you come to Lebanon?
‏لا تِجِي اليَوم ولا تِجِي بُكْرا ‎[L] don't come today or tomorrow (a Fairuz song);
‏تَعَى ولا تِِجِي ‎[L] come but don't come (a Fairuz song);
‏لِسَّا مَا جَاش ‎[P] he still has not arrived; {lissa ma jāš}
‏ أَنَا جَاي مَعَك ‎[P] I'll come with you; { ʔana jāy maʕak}
‏كِلِّ النّْهَار، بَوِّس بَوِّس بَوِّس، المَفْرُوض يِيجي، خَلَص تَعَا! ‎[L] All day long, kiss, kiss, kiss. You should come already, come on, come! (here, come is meant in the sexual sense)

عَلَى حْدُوْد لُبنَان ‎[P] on the Lebanese border; {ʕala ḥºdūd lubnān}
‏أَيْمْتَى لَحَ نِصَل عَ الِحْدُوْد ‎[S] When do we reach the border?
‏سُوْرِيَّة بِحِدَّهْا مْنِ الجَّنُوبِ الإِرْدُن ‎[S] Syria borders on Jordan in the south

الكَامَيْرَا آلِة كْتِير حَسَّاسِة ‎[S] A camera is a very delicate instrument
‏هَادَا مَوضُوْع حَسَّاس ‎[P] that's a sensitive subject; {hāda mɑwḍūʕ ḥassās}
‏نُقطَة حَسَّاسِة ‎[P] a sensitive spot; {nuqṭɑ ḥassāse}
‏تَوَازُن حَسَّاَس في لُبنَان ‎[P] a delicate balance (of power) in Lebanon; {tawāzon ḥassāas fy lubnān}
‏أَنَا حَسَّاسِ كْتِير لِلْبَرِد = بِتْأَثَّر قَوَام بِالبَرِد = أَنَا بَرِّيْدِ كْتِير ‎[S] I’m very sensitive to cold
‏مْنِسْتَعْمِل آلَاتِ كْتِير حَسَّاسِة بْشِغِلْنَا ‎[S] We use highly sensitive instruments in our work.
‏هَايّْ نِقْطَة حَسَّاسِة فِيه ‎[S] That's a soft spot with him
‏اِنْتِا دَقَرِت نِقْطَة حَسَّاسِة ‎[S] You’ve touched a sore spot
‏هَايِّة مَسْأَلِة حَسَّاسِة ‎[S] That's a ticklish question

كْفَر حَوْرَا ‎[L] Kafr Hawra village in زْغَرْتا in northern Lebanon, meaning white village
‏عين حَوْرَا ‎[L] location in عالية in جبل لبنان , meaning white (i.e. pure) spring

خَارطِةِ القُدس ‎[P] a map of Jerusalem; {ḵᾱrṭeᴵ-l-quds}
‏خارْطَة لِلطِّرُق ‎[V] a road map (ق = ء);
‏خارْطِة طِرُق ‎[V] a road map (ق = ء);
‏بِدِّي خَارْطَة لَآسْيَا ‎[S] I want a map of Asia
‏ما عَنْدَك خَارْطَة أَكْبَر مِن هَايّْ لِلْبَلَد ‎[S] Don't you have a bigger map of the town?
‏وَيْن بْلَاقِي خَارْطَة لَطِرُق لِبْنَان ‎[S] Where can I get a road map of Lebanon?

لَهجِتنَا بْتِختْلِف عَن لَهجِة لُبنَان ‎[P] our dialect is different from that of Lebanon; {lahjetna bºtiḵtºlef ʕan lahje lubnān}
‏اْختَلَفنَا وِتطَلَّقنَا ‎[P] we became different from one another / we disagreed (All the time) and so we got divorced; {'ºḵtalafna wetṭɑllɑqna}
‏الأَسْعَار بْتِخْتِلِف بَيْنِ المَحَلّ وِالتَّانِي ‎[S] The prices vary from place to place
‏اللَوْن بْيِخْتِلِف شْوَيِّة عَن لَوْنِ السَّيَّارَة هَللي كانِت عَنْدْنَا (عَنَّا) مِن قَبِل ‎[S] The color varies slightly from that of the car we had before
‏فِي مَرَاجِع مِتْعَدِّدِة بْتِخْتِلِف على هَالمَوْضُوع ‎[S] Various authorities differ on this subject,
‏هِنِّة إِخْوَاْت بِسّ هَيْئِتُهْن بْتِخْتِلِفِ كْتِير ‎[S] They're brothers, but their appearances differ a great deal
‏الآرَاء مِخْتِلْفِة هَون = الآراء مِتْشَعّْبِة هَون ‎[S] Opinions differ here
‏بْتِسْمَحْ لِي اِخْتِلِف مَعَك ‎[S] beg to differ with you
‏هالصُّوَر بْتِخْتِلِفِ كْتِير عَن بَعْضَهْا ‎[S] These photographs are very different from each other,
‏الإِخْتَيْن بْيِخْتِلْفُوا عَن بَعْضُهْن كِلِّ الاِخْتِلَاف ‎[S] two sisters are as different as they can be.

الأَحدَاثِ الدَامِيِّة في لُبنَان ‎[P] the bloody events in Lebanon; {'il-ʔaḥdāθᴵ-d-dāmiyye fy lubnān}

عَاصمِة لُبنَان; ‎[P] the capital of Lebanon; {ʕᾱṣme lubnān;}
‏في العَوَاصِمِ الأَجنَبِيِّة ‎[P] in foreign capitals; {fy-l-ʕɑwᾱṣemᴵ-l-ʔajnabiyye}
‏زِرْتِ بْحَيَاتَك شِي العاصْمِة ‎[S] Have you ever been in the capital?

حَكَيْت لِك عَنُّو ‎[P] I told you about him; {ḥakēt lek ʕanno}
‏مَع الأَسَف، في كْتِير عالَم آخْدِة فِكْرة غَلَط عَن لِبْنان ‎[L] unfortunately, there is much of the world having the wrong impression of Lebanon;
‏كانُوا عم يِحْكُوا عَن اِلحَرِب ‎[S] They were talking about the war
‏أَيْ، المَكْتُوب عَن اِلمَصَارِي يِللي بِدِّي ياهُن مِنَّو ‎[S] Oh, the letter is about the money he owes me
‏الِكْتَاب عَنِ السِّيَاسِة ‎[S] The book is about politics
‏هُوِّ كْتَاب عَنِ الحَيْوَانَات ‎[S] It's a book on animals,

فَوْق رَاسُو ‎[P] above / over his head; {fōq rᾱso}
‏هُوِّ سَاكِن فَوْقنَا ‎[P] he lives above us; {huwwe sāken fōqna}
‏بِنَايِة بِيْضَا وْعَلَم لِبْنان فَوْقَهْا ‎[L] a white building with the Lebanese flag above it;
‏كِلّْ شِي إِجَا فَوق بَعْضَو ‎[S] Everything came one on top of the other (i.e. all at once)
‏لَا تِسْحَبِ الغَطَا فَو رَاسَك ‎[S] Don’t pull the cover over your head.
‏أُوْضْتِي فَوقِ المَطْبَخ ‎[S] My room is over the kitchen
‏الطَّيَّارَة مَرْقِت مِن فَوق رُوْسِ الشَّجَر ‎[S] The plane passed over the tree tops
‏لَيْش ما بِتْنِطّ مِن فَوقِ الخَنْدَق ‎[S] Why don't you jump over the ditch?
‏الطَّيَارة طارِتْ عالِي فَوْق اِلغَيْم ‎[S] The plane flew high above the clouds
‏النّْسُوْرَة كانِتْ حايْمِة فَوْق بِالسَّمَا ‎[S] The vultures were circling above in the sky

عَلَيْه إِقْبَال ‎[S] desired, sought after
‏الحَرِيْرِ الأَصْلِي مَطْلُوبِ كْتِير = الحَرِيرِ الأَصْلِي عَلَيْه إِقْبَالِ كْتِير ‎[S] Pure silk is very much in demand
‏نَظَرًا لِلإِقْبالِ الشَّدِيد لَحَ يِتْمَدَّدِ الفِلِم ‎[S] The film will be held over on demand,
‏في لِبْنَان كْتِير في إقبال على هاذا السَّايْت ‎[L] in Lebanon there is a big interest in this website

صَار لَو (صَر لَو) مِسْتْقِلِّ بْحَالَو مِن وَقِت كَان عِمْرَو سِتَّعْش ‎[S] He’s been on his own ever since he was sixteen
‏لِبْنَاْن دَوْلِة مِسْتَقِلِّة ‎[S] Lebanon is an independent state
‏هِيِّة مِسْتْقِلِّة تَمَام عَن أَهْلَهْا ‎[S] She’s completely independent of her family,
‏دَولِة مُستَقِلِّة ‎[P] an independent state; {dawle mustaqille}
‏ الشَبّ مِستْقِلّ عَن أَهلُو ‎[P] the young man is independent of his family; {'iš-šabb mistºqell ʕan ʔahlo}

لازِم نِدْفَع گِمْرُك على هالشِّي ‎[S] Do we have to pay customs on this?
‏تَفْتِيْش گِمِرْكِي، ج تَفْتِيْش گَمَارِك ‎[S] customs inspection
‏قَدَّيْشِ الگِمْرُك على هالدِّخَّان ‎[S] How much duty is there on this tobacco?
‏خالِص مْنِ الگِمْرُك ‎[S] duty free
‏التِّفَّاحِ المِسْتَوْرَد مِن لِبْنان خالِص مْنِ الگِمْرُك ‎[S] Apples imported from Lebanon are duty free

اللَهجِة المَصرِيِّة ‎[P] the Egyptian dialect (note this may also be اللهجة المصري , but I'm not sure of the specifics in the Palestinian dialect. See Brustad's “The Syntax of Spoken Arabic” for more details); {'il-lahje-l-mɑṣriyye}
‏ءَنَا عْرِفتُو مِن لَهِجتُو ‎[P] I recognized him by his accent; {ʔana ʕºrefto min lahᵉjto}
‏لَهجِتنَا بْتِختْلِف عَن لَهجِة لُبنَان ‎[P] our dialect is different from the dialect of Lebanon; {lahjetna bºtiḵtºlef ʕan lahje lubnān}

فَقَد تَوَازْنُو ‎[P] he lost his balance; {fɑʠɑd tawāzºno}
‏ التَوَازُنِ الحَسَّاس في لُبنَان ‎[P] the delicate equilibrium in Lebanon; {'it-tawāzonᴵ-l-ḥassās fy lubnān}
‏اِفحَص تَوَازُنِ الأَعجَال ‎[P] check that the wheels are balanced; {'ifḥɑṣ tawāzonᴵ-l-ʔaʕjāl}
‏تَوَازُنِ القُوَّات ‎[P] the balance of (military) forces; {tawāzonᴵ-l-ʠuwwāt}
‏ضَوَّعِت تَوَازْنِي ‎[S] I lost my balance

عِنْدِي قَاع (گَاع) في لَبْنَان ‎[E.G.] I own a piece of land in Lebanon
‏قَاس (گَاس) القاع (گَاع) ‎[E.G.] He measured the land

يْرُوح لَبْنَان كَلّ سَنَة ‎[E.G.] He goes to Lebanon every year

بِيْرُوْت! زُوْرْت لِبْنَان مَرَّتِيْن. ‎[G-Hijazi] Beirut! I've visited Lebanon twice.

بِإِمْكَان + ضمير ‎[G] he / she / it can...
‏بِإِمْكَانهُم يِنْتَقْدُوْن (يِنْتَغْدُوْن) الحُكُوْمَة ‎[K] they can criticize the government
‏إِمْكَان + ضمير ‎[E.G.] (he/she/I/etc.) has the power to do, can do
‏مُوب إِمْكَانِي أَسَافِر لَبْنَان ‎[E.G.] I am not able to go to Lebanon
‏بْإِمْكَانَك تْخَلِّص الشُّغُل اليَوم ‎[E.G.] Can you finish the work today?
‏حَسْبِ الإِمْكَان ‎[E.G.] as much as possible.

اعْتَمْدُوا عَلَيه واجِد (وايِد) ‎[K] they depended on it a lot
‏النَّفْط واجِد (وايِد) مُهِمّ ‎[G] oil is very important
‏واجِد (وايِد) رِحْنَا مِن هالأَمَاكِن ‎[K] we went to a lot of these places
‏لو مَثَلًا الواحَد يَدْرِس مُحَامَاة في لِبْنان، أَسْهَل بْوَاجِد (بْوايِد) إِنَّ ‎[B] if someone studies law in Lebanon, for instance, it is much easier than...
‏واجِد أَزْيَد ‎[B] much more
‏عِنْدِي واجِد (واگِد) أَكْلَات مُفَضَّلَة ‎[G] I have a lot of favorite foods (note that the pronunciation of waagid is common in Oman and South Yemen and doesn't occur much in other Gulf dialects)
‏واجِد (وايِد) زَين ‎[E.G.] very good.
‏كَلَيت واجِد (وايِد) ‎[E.G.] I ate a lot
‏في أَسْرَى واجِد (وايِد) ‎[G] There are many captives
‏يَاكِل واجِد (وَايِد) ‎[G] he eats a lot
‏هاذا مَكَان صَغِير واجِد (وايِد) ‎[G] this is a very small space

لَبْنَان وِنْسَة ‎[G] Lebanon is fun
‏حَرَّم على نَفْسَه الوِنْسَة ‎[G] he denied himself from having a good time.
‏عُقُب (عُگُب) ما طِلَع مِنِ المُسْتَشْفَى، سافَر أَمْرِيْكَا لِلوِنْسَة ‎[G] After he was discharged from the hospital, he went to America to have fun

رَح نِتْزَحْلَق (نِتْزَحْلَگ) هالشِّتْوِيَّة بْجِبَال لِبْنَان ‎[I] We're going to ski this winter in the mountains of Lebanon.

زِرْنَا لُبْنَان زِيَارَة قْصَيّْرَة (گْصَيّْرَة) الصَّيفِ لْ فات ‎[I] We paid a short visit to Lebanon last summer.
‏رَحَ ازُورِ المُدِيرِ بْبَيتَه ‎[I] I will call on the director at his home,
‏زِرْنَا العَتَبَاتِ المُقَدَّسَة ‎[I] We visited the holy places
‏رَحِ تْزُور هالسَّنَة ‎[I] Are you going to the holy places this year

يْبَايِن عَلَيك سَمْنَاْن مِن هَوَا لَبْنَان ‎[I] You look sleek from the Lebanese climate,
‏سَمْنَان مِن كُثْرَةِ الأَكِل وِالرَّاحَة ‎[I] You've gained weight from eating a lot and doing nothing.

هَوَا لُبْنَان شَافَاك ‎[I] The Lebanese air cured you.
‏ الله يْشَاْفِيَه ‎[I] may God heal him.

لَو ساحْقَه (ساحْگَه) القِطَار كان (چان) صِرِت مَسْؤُوْل ‎[I] If the train had run over him, you'd have been responsible
‏أَشُوف لَو تَاخُذ وِيَّاك أَكِل، أَصْرَف لَك ‎[I] It seems to me that it would be cheaper for you if you take some food with you
‏يا مْعَوَّد! لَو قايِل (گايِل) لَه لِأَنْ ما يِدْرِي ‎[I] Good Lord! If only you'd told him, because he doesn't know
‏لَيْش دِفَعْتَه؟ لَو واقِع (وَاْگِع) ‎[I] Why did you push him? What if he'd fallen?
‏لَو ما ‎[I] if it weren't for..., except for the fact that...
‏لَو ما القاط غالي، كان (چان) اشْتِرَيْتَه ‎[I] If the suit weren't so expensive, I'd have bought it
‏لَو ما المُعَلِّم أَخُوه، ما كان (چان) يِنْجَح ‎[I] If the teacher weren't his brother, he wouldn't have passed,
‏لو ما جاي، كان (چان) تْرَزَّلِت ‎[I] If you hadn't come, I'd have been in a mess
‏مِنُو الأُقدم، العُراق لَو لبنان ‎[I] which is older, Iraq or Lebanon;

مِنُو أقدم العِراق لَو لبنان ‎[I] which is older, Iraq or Lebanon;

وَرِّدَتِ خْدُودْهَا مِن هَوَا لَبْنَان ‎[I] Her cheeks grew rosy from the Lebanese climate.

يْبَيِّن هَوَا لُبَنَان وَافَقَه ‎[I] It seems that the Lebanese weather agrees with him.