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...No one challenged their progress.

Portuguese translation: ninguém lhes impediu o caminho.


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English term or phrase:...No one challenged their progress.
Portuguese translation:ninguém lhes impediu o caminho.
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / ficção
English term or phrase: ...No one challenged their progress.
Two or three times she caught sight of men locked in swaying combat. They seemed like warring gods at the end of the world.
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 23:17
ninguém lhes impediu o caminho.
Explanation:
That is to say that no one impeded them to continue in their way or weren't confronted by anyone.

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Note added at 1 dia5 horas (2009-11-05 03:11:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Beth!
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manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 12:47
Grading comment
4
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Ninguém ficava em seu caminho (no caminho deles)
Lucas M Peixoto
4ninguém lhes impediu o caminho.
manuel seixo
4ninguém afrontava/desafiava seus/suas avanços/conquistas
Marisa Colb(BR)
4..ninguém desafio o seu avanço...
Marlene Curtis


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
...no one challenged their progress.
Ninguém ficava em seu caminho (no caminho deles)


Explanation:
sug.

Lucas M Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 00:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  delveneto: Parece-me uma interpretação sensata, considerando o contexto reduzido.
1 hr
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agree  Adriana Maciel
2 hrs
  -> obrigado : )
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...no one challenged their progress.
ninguém afrontava/desafiava seus/suas avanços/conquistas


Explanation:
Em se tratando de combate...

Marisa Colb(BR)
United States
Local time: 20:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...no one challenged their progress.
..ninguém desafio o seu avanço...


Explanation:
Com este contexto extra posso dizer que "progress" significa o "avanço" da jornada.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 21:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 738
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...no one challenged their progress.
ninguém lhes impediu o caminho.


Explanation:
That is to say that no one impeded them to continue in their way or weren't confronted by anyone.

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Note added at 1 dia5 horas (2009-11-05 03:11:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Beth!

Example sentence(s):
  • No one challenged their progress as they walked the street
  • Caminhando na rua ninguém lhes impedíu o caminho
manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 12:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
4
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