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عمل يتكسب منه

English translation: Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)

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Arabic term or phrase:عمل يتكسب منه
English translation:Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)
Entered by: Ghada Samir

12:10 Feb 12, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Business/Commerce (general)
Arabic term or phrase: عمل يتكسب منه
أن يقوم الشخص الطبيعي بمزاولة عمل يتكسب منه مالاً.
manakrih
Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)
Explanation:
Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)
ex: - her dream was to earn a living as an artist
- he makes a good living as a builder

source: "Oxford Collocations"
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Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 18:11
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)
Ghada Samir
4 +3income-generating work
Nesrin
4 +2a job for living
Abby Gomaa
5to do a work earning from it
Saleh Dardeer
5to be gainfully employed
Noha Kamal, PhD.
5works for a living
Steve Booth
4work that brings money
Alexander Yeltsov
4To do something for living
Neamaat Shehatah
3in paid employment
Maureen Millington-Brodie


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to do a work earning from it


Explanation:
HTH

Saleh Dardeer
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)


Explanation:
Earn a living/make a living ( ex:as a builder..)
ex: - her dream was to earn a living as an artist
- he makes a good living as a builder

source: "Oxford Collocations"

Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 18:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AhmedAMS
1 min
  -> Thank you Mr. Ahmed!
agree  Aljobury
17 mins
  -> Thank you Mr. Aljobury!
agree  Steve Booth
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  Assem Mazloum:
4 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Mr. Mohsin!
agree  Amira Mansour
9 hrs
  -> Thank you dear Amira!
agree  Noha Mostafa: agree
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Thanks you Nonya!
agree  Neamaat Shehatah
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thank you Hervana!
agree  ALI HASAN: Ali Hasan
5 days
  -> Thanks a lot Mr. Ali!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
income-generating work


Explanation:
One possibility.

Women have to juggle their time to carry out all the domestic and income-generating work that they are responsible for. C ...
www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/the_need/206.asp

As part of its work to estimate the net cash requirement, Finance estimate how much cash is likely to be collected in year from income generating work. ...
www.nao.org.uk/manuals/finmanual/j2.htm

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sktrans
3 hrs
agree  Amira Mansour
9 hrs
agree  Neamaat Shehatah
1 day 9 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to be gainfully employed


Explanation:
http://www.bartleby.com/68/81/2681.html

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 18:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a job for living


Explanation:
A normal person would have a job for living

Abby Gomaa
Local time: 11:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasser El Helw: a job to earn a living
1 hr
agree  Abdul Aziz Dammad
1 day 8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
works for a living


Explanation:
another option as ghada said we work to 'earn or living' or we 'work for a living' both are in common use

Steve Booth
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
work that brings money


Explanation:
Internet Man and Internet Woman
... last version of that stupid proposal. Our legal firm in which I. am a secretary, doesn’t do much work now. I mean the work that brings money. All day ...
http://www.ed.sc.edu/mwp/pdf/teacher_writings/2004/Internetm...


    Reference: http://www.ed.sc.edu/mwp/pdf/teacher_writings/2004/Internetm...
Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 19:11
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in paid employment


Explanation:
this is the officialese version

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
To do something for living


Explanation:
To mean having any kind of work, job or career.

Example sentence(s):
  • A: What do you do for living? B: I'm a teacher.
Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Local time: 18:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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