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Computational Linguistics Group, 2008
University of Vigo

English-Portuguese CLUVI Dictionary

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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affair


- noun
- caso

EN 'Do you remember the affair of the Armstrong kidnapping, Mrs Hubbard?' he asked.
PT Lembra-se do caso do rapto Armstrong, Mrs. Hubbard? _ perguntou-lhe.
- Fonte: CRI (2307)
- assunto

EN As soon as the affair was over -- I am not a religious man and always feel a little impatient with the fuss that surrounds death -- Martins strode away on his long legs that always seemed likely to get entangled together, back to his taxi.
PT Assim que o assunto ficou arrumado - não sou religioso e fico um pouco incomodado com os rituais que envolvem a morte -, Martins afastou-se apressadamente, no alto das suas longas pernas, que pareciam sempre irem enredar-se uma na outra, e voltou para o táxi.
- Fonte: TRC (162)
- acontecimento

EN I have reconstructed the affair as best I can from my own files and from what Martins told me.
PT Fiz a reconstituição dos acontecimentos o melhor que pude, recorrendo aos meus ficheiros e ao que Martins me contou.
- Fonte: TRC (62)
- coisa

EN That, my friends, was how the affair was intended to appear to the outside world.
PT Era assim, meus amigos, que se pretendia que a coisa aparecesse ao mundo exterior.
- Fonte: CRI (5023)