grow
 transitive or intransitive verb
 PAST: grew. PART: grown |
 crescer
EN 'My God, he's grown another twenty inches.
PT - Caramba! Cresceste mais vinte centímetros.
 Fonte: AGU (5964)
aumentar
EN And his habit of talking aloud, or saying poetry aloud, was growing on him, she was afraid; for sometimes it was awkward _ Best and brightest, come away! poor Miss Giddings, when he shouted that at her, almost jumped out of her skin.
PT E o hábito que tinha de falar em voz alta, ou de dizer poesia em voz alta, ia nele aumentando, o que assustava Mrs Ramsay; porque, às vezes, embaraçava as pessoas...Ó vós sem medo nem mácula, vinde comigo! Pobre Miss Giddings, quando Mr Ramsay lhe gritou isto na cara, ia dando um salto na cadeira.
Fonte: RUM (1014)
tornar-se
EN For some reason Harry Lime had grown careless: he may have realised that we suspected him and got rattled.
PT Por alguma razão, Harry Lime tornara-se descuidado: percebera, talvez, que desconfiávamos dele e ficou assustado.
Fonte: TRC (1581)
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