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blunt the bite

Portuguese translation: atenua/atenuam

14:43 Jan 31, 2014
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: blunt the bite
Vejam as frases abaixo para contexto:
"Federal law requires billionaires such as Adelson who want to leave fortunes to their children to pay estate or gift taxes of 40 percent on those assets. Adelson has blunted that bite by exploiting a loophole that Congress unintentionally created and that the Internal Revenue Service unsuccessfully challenged"

"She reached out her power, and lightly touched the minds of the peoples of the material world. She blunted the bite of the painful memories, and kept them from overwhelming the mortal minds"

"This new arrangement is supposed to make the IOC more representative of “the Olympic Movement” while not allowing any one constituency—a region or a sport—to wield undue influence. Yet grandfather clauses blunted the bite of the reforms; more than two-thirds of the current members can stay until they turn 80 and don’t have to submit to a reelection vote until 2007"
Cristina Lestayo
Brazil
Local time: 19:59
Portuguese translation:atenua/atenuam
Explanation:
:) Conforme o contexto
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Clauwolf
Local time: 19:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2atenua/atenuam
Clauwolf
4amenizou o problema
Arthur Godinho
4contornou o problema
Leonor Machado


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
amenizou o problema


Explanation:
amaciou a mordida (do leão)

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 18:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
atenua/atenuam


Explanation:
:) Conforme o contexto

Clauwolf
Local time: 19:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 83
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agree  Marlene Curtis
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agree  Spiridon: yes
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
contornou o problema


Explanation:
Diria assim

Leonor Machado
Local time: 23:59
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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