na base da "porrada"
English translation: through sheer brute force
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|  Selected response from: Paul Dixon Brazil Local time: 12:28 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | forced |
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| 3 +2 | through sheer brute force |
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| 5 -1 | comes like a blow |
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20 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| na base da porrada comes like a blow Explanation: "Learning sometimes comes like a blow" Variations: - blow in the face - blow in the head - blow to the gut The Royal Court Theatre / The Country And the last scene between husband and wife is an elaborate verbal dance in which a truth suddenly spoken comes like a blow in the face." http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/reviews/thecountry.html Scrunty Bastard » When Will I Be Loved (2004) For these early scenes, we’re jumping back and forth between two seemingly unconnected stories with such jarring that each one comes like a blow to the head ... http://www.scruntybastard.co.uk/2004/12/11/390 VtM - Fiction: The Monitor And the answer comes like a blow:. "I am the Monitor." Johann feels her presence acutely, now. She standing right outside the pub. He can feel anxiety, ... http://vampirerpg.free.fr/Characters/Monitor.html Jeffrey Overstreet's Film Report Card It comes like a blow to the gut, and I feel the use of the shot was entirely unjustified and gratuitous. 12/29/03 - To Be and to Have - B+ ... http://www.lookingcloser.org/movie reviews/moviejournal.htm |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| na base da porrada forced Explanation: a possibility, since it is about learning |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| na base da through sheer brute force Explanation: This could be a possible translation for this term. |
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