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Dec 12, 2008 13:49
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

se debruçar sobre

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Sentence in full:
A Comissão teve oportunidade de se debruçar sobre o sector petrolífero, e, em particular, sobre as actividades de refinação em várias decisões.

I would be grateful for any help in this particular context!

Proposed translations

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to debate issues pertaining

The Commission had the opportunity to debate issues pertaining to the petroleum industry, and, in particular issues relating to the etc, etc

This is how I'd put it.
Hope this helps
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Perfect - and nicely phrased!"
+2
1 min

analyze / think about / consider

this is how I read it within the context
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria José Tavares (X) : analyze
3 mins
Thanks again Mary-Jo :))
agree Amy Duncan (X)
56 mins
Thanks Amy!
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6 mins

ponder over

The commission had the opportunity to ponder over the...

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+3
8 mins

mull over

1. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

(reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate")
Peer comment(s):

agree rhandler
3 mins
agree Amy Duncan (X)
49 mins
agree Fernando Domeniconi
1 hr
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+1
42 mins

pore over

A suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Luiz Vasconcelos
1 hr
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2 hrs

discuss in depth

This is another option, all the others are also correct in my opinion.
Example sentence:

In this fun and engaging session, we'll discuss in depth one of the most powerful command-line tools built into Windows, wmic, and how it can greatly ...

The Agriculture Department welcomes the extension of beef talks with Japan as an opportunity to discuss in depth U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease

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3 hrs

to focus attention on

My suggestion
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