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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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- dominant, door, double, dramatic, dreadful, dream, dress, drink, driver, driving, drop, drunk, dry, dry, dual, due, dull, dutch, dying


driving


- adjective
- impetuoso

EN They knew that the time a man could cling to a slippery rock in the face of that driving current was a matter of minutes, and they ran as fast as they could up the bank to a point far above where Thornton was hanging on.
PT Sabendo não passar de uns escassos minutos o tempo que um homem pode permanecer agarrado a uma rocha escorregadia e face àquela impetuosa corrente, Hans e Pete correram margem acima, e tão depressa quanto puderam, para um ponto mais afastado do local em que se encontrava Thornton.
- Fonte: SEL (1276)
- que caía

EN Driving snow, a wind that cut like a white-hot knife, and darkness had forced them to grope for a camping place.
PT A neve que caía, um vento que cortava como punhal em brasa e a escuridão tinham-nos obrigado a procurar, às apalpadelas, um local para acampar.
- Fonte: SEL (377)