03:49 Feb 15, 2001 |
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O resultado de um exame de seleção me trouxe por acaso a essa cidade. Explanation: Placement examination (for work): the exam a company apllies to select future employees |
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Quis o acaso que um exame de selecção me conduzisse a esta cidade. Explanation: É uma das possibilidades se o texto tiver um cariz mais literário. |
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Os resultados de um exame de colocação trouxeram-me, por casualidade, a esta cidade Explanation: I do not believe it needs any further explanation; the Portuguese sentence is clear as water. After all, I have been speaking Portuguese now for 70 years. Anyhow, this is what placement means in this context(Random Webster): place·ment n. 1. the act of placing. 2. the state of being placed. 3. the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position. And this is the meaning of colocação (Priberam): colocação do Lat. collocatione s. m., acção de colocar; emprego; situação; posição. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Priberam Dicion�rio Portugu�s On-Line |
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