take up the slack

Portuguese translation: fornecer o que falta

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English term or phrase:	take up the slack
Portuguese translation:	fornecer o que falta
Entered by:	Cristina Spohr

13:56 Feb 12, 2009

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: take up the slack

Qual é a tradução de "take up the slack", como no texto abaixo?

That there is a break down of order as fuel supplies run out in the next 30 days. There could be incidents and then Gorbachev can actually use the troops in which case we will have to do something other than consult with our allies which is a pretty week position. TOM FOREMAN Mr. Hyland is a viable option for the United States to try to supply natural gas and crude oil to Lithuania, to step in there and take up the slack? SCOTT SIMON, HOST I don't see how you could physically get anything in to Lithuania that the Russians don't want you to get. There is a border with Latvia, there is a border with Poland and there is a seaport which is under Russian Control.

Cristina Spohr Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 115 (none open) Answers: 0 Brazil
Local time: 23:25

fornecer o que falta

Explanation:
suprir o que falta. provide what's lacking.

Selected response from:

Adriana Baldino
Brazil

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

ocupar o lugar/preencher a lacuna

Diana Tarré

4 +2

colmatar a lacuna

Catarina Gouveia

3 +2

fornecer o que falta

Adriana Baldino

assumir o lugar

Floriana Leary

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

fornecer o que falta

Explanation:
suprir o que falta. provide what's lacking.

Adriana Baldino
Brazil
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

ocupar o lugar/preencher a lacuna

Explanation:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=74269&dict=CA...

pick up/take up the slack
"to do the work which someone else has stopped doing but which still needs to be done"

Diana Tarré
Portugal
Local time: 03:25
Native speaker of: Portuguese

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

colmatar a lacuna

Explanation:
:)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slack

Idiom
take up the slack, a. to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.: Take up the slack before releasing the kite.
b. to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete: New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo.

Catarina Gouveia
Local time: 03:25
Native speaker of: Portuguese

17 mins confidence:

assumir o lugar

Explanation:
my suggestion

Floriana Leary
United States
Local time: 22:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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