Her eyes fluttered closed, and the world upended. ...

Portuguese translation: seus olhos trêmulos se fecharam, e o mundo virou de cabeça para baixo

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English term or phrase:Her eyes fluttered closed, and the world upended. ...
Portuguese translation:seus olhos trêmulos se fecharam, e o mundo virou de cabeça para baixo
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

20:08 Sep 19, 2013
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English term or phrase: Her eyes fluttered closed, and the world upended. ...
...´I ´m cold´, she said, a shiver racking her.
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seus olhos trêmulos se fecharam, e o mundo virou de cabeça para baixo
Explanation:
to upend
verb
[with object]
set or turn (something) on its end or upside down:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/upend
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Marlene Curtis
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Local time: 00:54
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4 +1seus olhos trêmulos se fecharam, e o mundo virou de cabeça para baixo
Marlene Curtis
3os olhos dela fecharam estremecidos, e o mundo caiu...
Clauwolf


  

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her eyes fluttered closed, and the world upended. ...
seus olhos trêmulos se fecharam, e o mundo virou de cabeça para baixo


Explanation:
to upend
verb
[with object]
set or turn (something) on its end or upside down:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/upend

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 2943
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her eyes fluttered closed, and the world upended. ...
os olhos dela fecharam estremecidos, e o mundo caiu...


Explanation:
:) Aproveitando a inspiração

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-09-19 21:10:03 GMT)
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"se meu mundo caiu, eu que aprenda a levantar" (Maysa)

Clauwolf
Local time: 01:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 855
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