In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UNTRANSLATABLY
Etymology
Adverb
untranslatably (comparative more untranslatably, superlative most untranslatably)
In a way that precludes translation.
The subject matter of the text is untranslatably bound up in the local culture.
Source: Wiktionary
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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