what does لولا mean ?
Hi,
how can i translate the word لولا in a sentence like this : !كاد يتقدم لولا أن ساق أبي دفعته وأنهار عليه بجملة شتائم...
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what does لولا mean ?
Hi,
how can i translate the word لولا  in a sentence like this : !كاد يتقدم لولا أن ساق أبي دفعته وأنهار عليه بجملة شتائم...
Thank you !

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لولا: has many meanings, but in this context it means: except for.
!كاد يتقدم لولا أن ساق أبي دفعته وأنهار عليه بجملة شتائم...: He was going forward, except for dad's leg that pushed him and then curses flowed on him like a river!

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If not : used to say what the situation will be if something does not happen.

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he was about to get through but for the fact that my father leage pumped into him

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if not