sentence

English translation: we never had any student that lost an entire school year

17:31 Apr 1, 2004

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: sentence

From the Angolan interview:
e nunca ficamos sem nenhum aluno pra perder o ano lectivo.

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Local time: 02:02

English translation:we never had any student that lost an entire school year

Explanation:
sounds like it could mean that

Selected response from:

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

we never had any student that lost an entire school year

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

4 +2

and we never found ourselves with no students to lose the school year

Marian Greenfield

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

we never had any student that lost an entire school year

Explanation:
sounds like it could mean that

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

and we never found ourselves with no students to lose the school year

Explanation:
a bit out of context to do a better job..

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 14

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