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loose ruck/.grass verge

Portuguese translation: formaram um círculo à sua volta/cercadura de relva (ou 'grama', em br)

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English term or phrase:loose ruck/.grass verge
Portuguese translation:formaram um círculo à sua volta/cercadura de relva (ou 'grama', em br)
Entered by: luzia fortes

00:02 Aug 13, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Romance
English term or phrase: loose ruck/.grass verge
Contexto: o personagem principal está prestes a levar uma surra. "They surrounded him, pushing and shoving. Then, they formed a loose ruck around him, dragging him to the grass verge and throwing him to the slushy ground".
Lois_1976
Local time: 12:21
formaram um círculo à sua volta/cercadura de relva ('grama')
Explanation:
'formaram um círculo à sua volta' ou, simplesmente 'rodearam-no'

literalmente, 'loose ruck' é um grupo pouco compacto, mas optaria por deixar cair o adjectivo, pois parece-me que fica demasiado explicativo em pt

ruck 1. A multitude; a throng.
2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.


grass verge - cercadura de relva ('grama', para br)
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luzia fortes
Local time: 16:21
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5 +1formando um círculo à sua volta/para fora da relva
Marta Marques
4formaram um círculo à sua volta/cercadura de relva ('grama')
luzia fortes


  

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formaram um círculo à sua volta/cercadura de relva ('grama')


Explanation:
'formaram um círculo à sua volta' ou, simplesmente 'rodearam-no'

literalmente, 'loose ruck' é um grupo pouco compacto, mas optaria por deixar cair o adjectivo, pois parece-me que fica demasiado explicativo em pt

ruck 1. A multitude; a throng.
2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.


grass verge - cercadura de relva ('grama', para br)

luzia fortes
Local time: 16:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Obrigada!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
formando um círculo à sua volta/para fora da relva


Explanation:
eu diria "para fora da relva" porque logo a seguir diz que o atiram para o chão lamacento(o que significa que já é fora do relvado).

Marta Marques
Local time: 16:21
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Alexandra Gouveia
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Alexandra.
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