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... que está "preso" em causa por causa de um tiroteio.

English translation: (a couple) who is "stuck at home" due to a shooting

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Portuguese term or phrase:... que está "preso" em causa por causa de um tiroteio.
English translation:(a couple) who is "stuck at home" due to a shooting
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

12:27 May 16, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / minibiografias e atividad
Portuguese term or phrase: ... que está "preso" em causa por causa de um tiroteio.
O texto conta a história de um casal ...
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(a couple) who is "stuck at home" due to a shooting
Explanation:

HIH

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Note added at 12 minutos (2013-05-16 12:39:57 GMT)
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OR

IS CONFINED TO HIS HOME because of a shooting...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:41
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4who can't leave/get out of their home because of a gunfight
Joao Marcelo Trovao
4 +1(a couple) who is "stuck at home" due to a shooting
Marlene Curtis


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
who can't leave/get out of their home because of a gunfight


Explanation:
Acredito que o primeiro "causa" é "casa", e não usaria a palavra preso neste sentido (arrested/trapped/stuck/whatever)

Joao Marcelo Trovao
Brazil
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 min
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
4 mins
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
6 hrs
agree  Marian Vieyra
19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(a couple) who is "stuck at home" due to a shooting


Explanation:

HIH

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Note added at 12 minutos (2013-05-16 12:39:57 GMT)
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OR

IS CONFINED TO HIS HOME because of a shooting...


Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 269
Notes to answerer
Asker: 4


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marilia Bittencourt
21 hrs
  -> Grata!
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