help
noun
ajuda
EN He rose nimbly and went towards the door, set it ajar and said: -- A draught is said to be a help in these matters.
PT Levantou-se com desenvoltura, dirigiu-se para a porta, entrabriu-a e continuou: _ Parece que a corrente de ar é de grande ajuda nesta matéria.
Fonte: JOV (3618)
transitive verb
PAST: helped. PART: helped |
ajudar
EN Now I was on the way to the bathroom to get a good shot of bourbon or something to steady my nerves and help me really go into action.
PT E agora ali estava eu, a tentar alcançar a casa de banho para beber um trago de whisky que me ajudasse a reagir.
Fonte: AGU (3456)
servir
EN She had a sense of being past everything, through everything, out of everything, as she helped the soup, as if there was an eddy _ there _ and one could be in it, or one could be out of it, and she was out of it.
PT Tinha a sensação de ter passado por tudo, de ter atravessado tudo, de ter sido deixada à margem de tudo, enquanto servia a sopa, como se houvesse um remoinho - ali -, e se pudesse estar dentro dele, ou se pudesse estar fora dele, e ela se achasse de fora.
Fonte: RUM (1221)
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