...receber o cetro de quem. Ninguém ocupa o lugar de ninguém.

English translation: .....is taking somebody else\'s place. Nobody can take anybody else\'s place

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Portuguese term or phrase:...receber o cetro de quem. Ninguém ocupa o lugar de ninguém.
English translation:.....is taking somebody else\'s place. Nobody can take anybody else\'s place
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

20:38 May 13, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / minibiografias e correlat
Portuguese term or phrase: ...receber o cetro de quem. Ninguém ocupa o lugar de ninguém.
Sempre se quer saber quem* vai ...

(que ator vai)
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.....is taking somebody else's place. Nobody can take anybody else's place
Explanation:


HIH
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:27
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4 +1He/she always want to know who will receive the scepter from whom. Nobody takes the place of anyone.
Scott Bowman
5.....is taking somebody else's place. Nobody can take anybody else's place
Marlene Curtis
3People will always want to know who will supercede whom.
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He/she always want to know who will receive the scepter from whom. Nobody takes the place of anyone.


Explanation:
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Scott Bowman
Local time: 00:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Verginia Ophof: ..take over/inherit ?
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.....is taking somebody else's place. Nobody can take anybody else's place


Explanation:


HIH

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 269
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
People will always want to know who will supercede whom.


Explanation:
I think this has the meaning of 'who will be the next big thing'. But everybody is unique

Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: English
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