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English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / adult romance novel | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Marilia Sette Câmara France Local time: 00:11 | ||||||
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o cano de uma arma surgiu no batente da porta... Explanation: :) Uma solução híbrida, acho melhor |
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Um cano da arma passou por cima da moldura da porta Explanation: |
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avançou lentamente pelo Explanation: Sugiro: "O cano de uma arma avançou lentamente pelo batente da porta..." Fontes de apoio: "edge, inch (advance slowly, as if by inches) 'He edged towards the car'" http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INCH "edge vtr (move gradually) 'He edged closer to her on the bench'" http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/edge Reference: http://citrat.fflch.usp.br/node/101 |
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avançou/deslizou cautelosamente - furtivamente - de forma furtiva - com cautela Explanation: "O cano de uma arma avançou cautelosamente pelo batente da porta..." edge 2 with adverbial of direction Move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction. no object ‘she tried to edge away from him’ with object ‘Hazel quietly edged him away from the others’ Synonyms creep, inch, inch one's way, worm, worm one's way, work, work one's way, pick one's way, nose, nose one's way, ease, ease oneself, ease one's way, advance slowly https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/edge I think the "furtive" nuance needs to be clearly expressed in Portuguese... |
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despontou pelo/do batente Explanation: Dic. Houaiss: Despontar: 3 começar a aparecer, a revelar-se; surgir, nascer, brotar |
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superou Explanation: sugestão |
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