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English: bang on

Portuguese translation: keep insisting on the same subject



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English term or phrase:bang on
Portuguese translation:keep insisting on the same subject
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / technical
English term or phrase: bang on
bang on about (slang)
Christina Tigre
Brazil
keep insisting on the same subject
Explanation:
| Archive through March 16, 2004 | Typophile
... Sorry to bang on about it, but it IS important: ... Interestingly, I think he was elected because he campaigned with an "everyman" idiom.
www.typophile.com/node/3639

Team17 Forum - Ok, seriously.
... I'm not meaning to bang on about this, but...I almost hope I will. ... I'll put this down to English and its confusing use of idiom (which in this case ...
forum.team17.com/archive/index.php/t-21789.html
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airmailrpl
Brazil
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4keep insisting on the same subject
airmailrpl
4exactamente / apropriadoAntónio Ribeiro
4certinho
Susanne Rindlisbacher


  

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certinho

Explanation:
... sem mais contecto ...

Susanne Rindlisbacher
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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exactamente / apropriado

Explanation:
bang on = exactly correct or appropriate

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António Ribeiro
Australia
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 43
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
keep insisting on the same subject

Explanation:
| Archive through March 16, 2004 | Typophile
... Sorry to bang on about it, but it IS important: ... Interestingly, I think he was elected because he campaigned with an "everyman" idiom.
www.typophile.com/node/3639

Team17 Forum - Ok, seriously.
... I'm not meaning to bang on about this, but...I almost hope I will. ... I'll put this down to English and its confusing use of idiom (which in this case ...
forum.team17.com/archive/index.php/t-21789.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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