الرحلة الدامية
English translation: accursed/lousy/revolting/unhappy
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|  Selected response from: Mona Helal Local time: 02:27 | ||||||
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the exhausting journey / the life threatening journey Explanation: Those are my suggestions. In the following link you can find a similar article in English. http://www.thebestfriend.org/cont/migrant.htm |
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peer agreement (net): +1the doomed/ill-fated journey Explanation: |
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accursed/lousy/revolting Explanation: http://thesaurus.com/browse/bloody Main Entry: damned Part of Speech: adjective Definition: hateful, unwelcome Synonyms: accursed, all-fired, anathematized, bad, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed*, bloody*, blooming, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, dang, darn, darned, despicable, detestable, doggone, done for, doomed, dratted, execrable, gone to blazes, infamous, infernal, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, voodooed |
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Bloody Journey (horrible/disgusting) Explanation: In here it doesn't have to refer to something full of blood or gore. "Bloody journey" is quite valid. The term 'bloody' is quite often used in common speech/conversation and usually refers to horrible/disgusting etc |
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circuitious journey Explanation: I think that "bloody" makes little sense here. A calque on a British oath seems far fetched. Wehr gives the meaning of "move in a circle, turn, spin and revolve, for /DWM/ form II, which seems to fit the context. I can find no support for a adjectival form - checked Dozy and Hinds & Badawi. No trace in Kitab al-Ayn. Example sentence(s):
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