English: at loggerheads as they vie Portuguese translation: estão em desacordo enquanto disputam 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | at loggerheads as they vie | | Portuguese translation: | estão em desacordo enquanto disputam | | Entered by: | VagnerB |
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Social Sciences - Philosophy / theology; metaphysics | | English term or phrase: at loggerheads as they vie | | By separating God from the world, the infinite from the finite, and placing them dualistically side by side, it turns the two into competing powers that are continually at loggerheads as they vie for sovereignty. |
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| | estão em desacordo enquanto disputam | Explanation:
be at loggerheads – estar em desacordo com / em conflito com
to vie – competir / rivalizar
estão sempre em desacordo/conflito enquanto disputam a soberania / na disputa pela soberania
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-05 16:45:23 GMT)
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loggerheads plural noun
be at loggerheads (with sb) to strongly disagree (with someone):
The Chancellor is at loggerheads with the Prime Minister over public spending.
vie verb [I] vying, vied, vied
to compete with other people to achieve or obtain something:
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
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| estão em desacordo enquanto disputam
Explanation:
be at loggerheads – estar em desacordo com / em conflito com
to vie – competir / rivalizar
estão sempre em desacordo/conflito enquanto disputam a soberania / na disputa pela soberania
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-09-05 16:45:23 GMT)
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loggerheads plural noun
be at loggerheads (with sb) to strongly disagree (with someone):
The Chancellor is at loggerheads with the Prime Minister over public spending.
vie verb [I] vying, vied, vied
to compete with other people to achieve or obtain something:
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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