run point
Portuguese translation: tomar a iniciativa/liderança
| 20:31 Mar 28, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Edgar Potter United States Local time: 09:04 | ||||||
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| 5 | tomar a iniciativa/liderança |
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| 3 | determinar / escolher / estipular os pontos de (ou para) codificação |
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1 hr confidence: 
determinar / escolher / estipular os pontos de (ou para) codificação Explanation: parece-me que o "point" está associado ao "coding" e não ao "run" |
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tomar a iniciativa/liderança Explanation: "run point" deve vir do contexto de caça (ou operações militares) em que a pessoa que vai à frente está "on the point" ou é o "point man"... "to run point" quer dizer tomar a liderança, como nestes dois exemplos da política americana: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/193.html http://www.independentconservative.com/2006/02/18/demo_port_... |
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