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...in straits, in expanse, in form.

Portuguese translation: [em / nos] [percalços / apuros], na vastidão, na [imagem / forma / aparência / aspecto]


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English term or phrase:...in straits, in expanse, in form.
Portuguese translation:[em / nos] [percalços / apuros], na vastidão, na [imagem / forma / aparência / aspecto]
Entered by: Beth Guimaraes
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / ficção
English term or phrase: ...in straits, in expanse, in form.
We are young, we are old, In heaven, in earth, at the end...
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 16:40
[em / nos] [percalços / apuros], na vastidão, na [imagem / forma / aparência / aspecto]
Explanation:
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

straits: a very difficult situation (especially because of lack of money)

soa um pouco como as palavras proferidas no casamento Cristão; "na alegria e na tristeza, na saúde e na doença", etc.
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Lucas M Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 17:40
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4 +1[em / nos] [percalços / apuros], na vastidão, na [imagem / forma / aparência / aspecto]
Lucas M Peixoto
3no estreito, na vastidão, na...jorges


  

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no estreito, na vastidão, na...


Explanation:
...essência.

jorges
Portugal
Local time: 19:40
PRO pts in category: 8
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[em / nos] [percalços / apuros], na vastidão, na [imagem / forma / aparência / aspecto]


Explanation:
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

straits: a very difficult situation (especially because of lack of money)

soa um pouco como as palavras proferidas no casamento Cristão; "na alegria e na tristeza, na saúde e na doença", etc.


Lucas M Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 17:40
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
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agree  manuel seixo: straights short for: to be in dire-straits= numa situação má/ desesperada/ com precalços.
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