as war combined with natural disaster to exact a terrible toll

Portuguese translation: já que a guerra, associada aos desastres naturais, exigiu terríveis perdas de vidas.

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English term or phrase:as war combined with natural disaster to exact a terrible toll
Portuguese translation:já que a guerra, associada aos desastres naturais, exigiu terríveis perdas de vidas.
Entered by: Always Learning

00:25 Jun 11, 2008
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History / História da França de Luís XIV
English term or phrase: as war combined with natural disaster to exact a terrible toll
A frase é: "Over a million had starved during the terrible famine and nearly as many would perish as war combined with natural disaster to exact a terrible toll".
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já que a guerra, associada aos desastres naturais, exigiu terríveis perdas de vidas.
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toll=casualties=número de baixas
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marco lessa (X)
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Local time: 08:57
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5 +2já que a guerra, associada aos desastres naturais, exigiu terríveis perdas de vidas.
marco lessa (X)
4 +1"... ja que a guerra combinada com desastres naturais para exigir um tributo pesado ..."
Flavio Steffen
4 +1à medida que a guerra somava-se a [ao] desastre natural para demandar um terrível tributo
Edimilson Ferreira
4já que guerra e desastre natural combinados causam muitas mortes
Heloísa Ferdinandt


  

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"... ja que a guerra combinada com desastres naturais para exigir um tributo pesado ..."


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Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Paulo Horsky
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já que a guerra, associada aos desastres naturais, exigiu terríveis perdas de vidas.


Explanation:
toll=casualties=número de baixas

marco lessa (X)
Brazil
Local time: 08:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcela Mendes: já que a guerra, combinada a desastres naturais, levou á terríveis baixas.
32 mins

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: concordo
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à medida que a guerra somava-se a [ao] desastre natural para demandar um terrível tributo


Explanation:
as war combined with natural disaster to exact a terrible toll".

"à medida que a guerra somava-se a [ao] desastre natural para demandar um terrível tributo"

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  rhandler
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já que guerra e desastre natural combinados causam muitas mortes


Explanation:
já que guerra e desastre natural juntos causam muitas mortes


Heloísa Ferdinandt
United States
Local time: 04:57
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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