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Portuguese translation: estava voltando vazio


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English term or phrase:dead-heading
Portuguese translation:estava voltando vazio
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00:50 Sep 27, 2011
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / giria de trabalho
English term or phrase: dead-heading
Does this train come through here every night?

: Twice a week. We're lucky tonight it was dead-heading.
Normally it’s carrying a load of chlorine gas.

Believe it or not, it could've been worse.
Lilian Magalhães
Local time: 14:39
estava a regressar vazio
Explanation:
Estamos com sorte porque hoje está a regressar vazio.
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Vera Rocha
Local time: 18:39
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5estava a regressar vazio
Vera Rocha


  

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estava a regressar vazio


Explanation:
Estamos com sorte porque hoje está a regressar vazio.


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead-head?show=1&t...
Vera Rocha
Local time: 18:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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