A man only had so much emotional currency...

Portuguese translation: Um homem só possui uma reserva limitada de força/poder emocional...

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English term or phrase:A man only had so much emotional currency...
Portuguese translation:Um homem só possui uma reserva limitada de força/poder emocional...
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

20:38 Sep 25, 2013
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English term or phrase: A man only had so much emotional currency...
...and his had been spent the day his parents died. He´d forfeited it. To better make amends.
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Um homem só possui uma reserva limitada de força/poder emocional...
Explanation:
... e a dele tinha sido usada/gasta no dia em que seus pais faleceram.
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Marlene Curtis
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Local time: 00:05
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4 +2Um homem só possui uma reserva limitada de força/poder emocional...
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a man only had so much emotional currency...
Um homem só possui uma reserva limitada de força/poder emocional...


Explanation:
... e a dele tinha sido usada/gasta no dia em que seus pais faleceram.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 2943
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Asker: 4


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
1 hr
  -> Thank you!

agree  Nicole L. R.: Eu tiraria o "só uma". Um homem possui uma reserva limitada de força emocional...
12 hrs
  -> Thanks! "So much"? The use of "só uma" is rethorical...
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