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mucky-muck

Portuguese translation: manda-chuva; figurona


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English term or phrase:mucky-muck
Portuguese translation:manda-chuva; figurona
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03:00 Sep 21, 2011
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English term or phrase: mucky-muck
There’s no wounds, no visible cause of death.

And he came all the way from Queens because the Thunderbird's cheaper up here in Harlem?

Hey, you're the guys with the big ideas. His wife's a union “mucky-muck”?

V-P, Municipal Service Employees.
Lilian Magalhães
Local time: 14:38
manda-chuva
Explanation:
Creio que com este termo manterá a informalidade da frase.
Boa sorte!
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Ines Cunha Jorge
Portugal
Local time: 18:38
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5manda-chuva
Ines Cunha Jorge
5pessoa importante e normalmente arrogante
Andre Damasceno


  

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pessoa importante e normalmente arrogante


Explanation:
pessoa importante e normalmente arrogante



Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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manda-chuva


Explanation:
Creio que com este termo manterá a informalidade da frase.
Boa sorte!

Ines Cunha Jorge
Portugal
Local time: 18:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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