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Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / aligeirar | |||||
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5 -1 | hastening |
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4 | accelarating, expediting, speeding up the |
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4 -1 | rushing |
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3 | downplaying / diminishing |
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hastening Explanation: "Ligeira" means quick. The 'a' prefix is like in English, giving a quality. the -mento is the adverbial suffix. The big Michaelis dictionary gives hasten, lighten, mitigate, and moderate - in that order. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2013-04-09 21:17:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The hastening of the drying process was disastrous. His tutor provided ample hastening of his readiness for the test. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2013-04-09 21:24:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Supplemental pedagogy: meeting the educational necessities or accelerating course completion?" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2013-04-09 21:25:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (sorry, I kept getting called away) Example sentence(s):
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rushing Explanation: Aligeirar = apressar -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2013-04-09 21:53:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Pedagogical complementation: fulfilling educational needs or rushing through teacher training?" If you don't want it to be too wordy, you can go for "Complementary pedagogy:..." |
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accelarating, expediting, speeding up the Explanation: teaching training accelerating, speeding up, expediting http://www.infopedia.pt/portugues-ingles/aligeiramento |
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downplaying / diminishing Explanation: another way of seeing it http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_portuguese/other/125663... http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_portuguese/psychology/4... |
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