fazer o jogo do contente

English translation: play \"The Glad Game\"

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Portuguese term or phrase:fazer o jogo do contente
English translation:play \"The Glad Game\"
Entered by: Bett

12:12 Apr 30, 2015
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Portuguese term or phrase: fazer o jogo do contente
temos que fazer o jogo do contente e fingir que não ter tudo é bom....Pois assim criamos algo novo.
Bett
Local time: 02:38
play "The Glad Game"
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna

Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game," an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna

Poliana, uma menina de onze anos, após a morte de seu pai, um missionário pobre, se muda de cidade para ir morar com uma tia rica e severa que não conhecia anteriormente. No seu novo lar, passa a ensinar, às pessoas, o "jogo do contente" que havia aprendido de seu pai. O jogo consiste em procurar extrair algo de bom e positivo em tudo, mesmo nas coisas aparentemente mais desagradáveis.
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:38
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thank you !
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4 +7play "The Glad Game"
Gilmar Fernandes
4look on the bright side
John Copestake (X)
3look for the silver lining
Aaron Kircher


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
play "The Glad Game"


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna

Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game," an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna

Poliana, uma menina de onze anos, após a morte de seu pai, um missionário pobre, se muda de cidade para ir morar com uma tia rica e severa que não conhecia anteriormente. No seu novo lar, passa a ensinar, às pessoas, o "jogo do contente" que havia aprendido de seu pai. O jogo consiste em procurar extrair algo de bom e positivo em tudo, mesmo nas coisas aparentemente mais desagradáveis.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
thank you !

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
look for the silver lining


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_lining_(idiom)

Example sentence(s):
  • Every cloud has a silver lining.
Aaron Kircher
United States
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
look on the bright side


Explanation:
If it´s a general idiom you´re looking for this one is common in the UK.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/look+on+the+bright+side
John Copestake (X)
Brazil
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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