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to become the plot

Portuguese translation: me tornar um protagonista desta história

17:31 Dec 8, 2011
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: to become the plot
Talking about participating in a Triathlon Ironman race

“I needed this, I needed to become the plot.” To reach this point, she’d paid the $650 registration fee plus a hefty scrip in tears—a job quit, a 401(k) depleted, a marriage strained—all for the chance to cover 140.6 miles over 10, 12, maybe 17 hours and end just a few yards from where she’d started, back on Alii Drive, just past the big banyan tree.
RoBelinky
Brazil
Local time: 13:57
Portuguese translation:me tornar um protagonista desta história
Explanation:
Sem mais contexto, pensei nesta possibilidade menos literal ou até o "me tornar o protagonista de minha própria história".
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Paula Borges
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:57
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4me tornar um protagonista desta história
Paula Borges
4 +1me tornar o enredo
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
me tornar o enredo


Explanation:
to become the plot => me tornar o enredo

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spiridon: sim
3 days 11 hrs
  -> agradeço
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
me tornar um protagonista desta história


Explanation:
Sem mais contexto, pensei nesta possibilidade menos literal ou até o "me tornar o protagonista de minha própria história".


Paula Borges
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: o protagonista
12 hrs
  -> obrigada!
agree  oxygen4u: :)
13 hrs
  -> obrigada!
agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
17 hrs
  -> obrigada!
agree  Nick Taylor: o protagonista
1 day 17 hrs
  -> obrigada Nick!
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