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English term or phrase:	do worse than
Portuguese translation:	não seria o pior --- veja explicação
Entered by:	VagnerB

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15:33 Jan 6, 2009

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion

English term or phrase: do worse than

We in the Reformed tradition could do worse than become familiar with the Church fathers

VagnerB KudoZ activity Questions: 497 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 14:57

não seria o pior --- veja explicação

Explanation:
O sentido da expressão em Inglês é mais ou menos isso:

Conhecer melhor os Pais da Igreja não seria a pior atitude a ser tomada por nós que somos da tradição Reformada.

---pior rumo a tomar ---, ---pior coisa a nos acontecer--- São algumas das outras variações sobre o tema

Selected response from:

Edgar Potter
Local time: 17:57

Grading comment

Obrigado, Edgar.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

fazer/conseguir pior do que

Mariana Moreira

não seria o pior --- veja explicação

Edgar Potter

deveríamos/não seria má idéia

Maria Eugenia Farre

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

fazer/conseguir pior do que

Explanation:
Espero que ajude :)

Mariana Moreira
Brazil
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Notes to answerer

Asker: Mariana, eu traduzi exatamente igual a você, mas não fez sentido para mim. O autor pretende estimular a leitura dos escritos dos pais da igreja e diz que podemos fazer pior do criar familiaridade com eles? Estou me perdendo em algum lugar, mas onde?

22 mins confidence:

deveríamos/não seria má idéia

Explanation:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/worse_1
5
somebody could do worse than do something
spoken used to say that you think that someone should do something:
[Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM] He could do worse than marry Eleanor.

Explicação da expressão
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic24532.html
comparando-a com "Nicht schlecht" ("Not bad").

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=61882

Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

não seria o pior --- veja explicação

Edgar Potter
Local time: 17:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Obrigado, Edgar.

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