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Portuguese term or phrase:
"Como ele não sabia a resposta, ele ficou enrolando"
English translation:
Since he didn't know the answer, he kept beating around the bush
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coolbrowne
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"Como ele não sabia a resposta, ele ficou enrolando"
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Boa tarde! Gostaria de saber como se traduz para o inglês a sentença: "Como ele não sabia a resposta, ele ficou enrolando"
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Dec 8, 2009 15:23: coolbrowne Created KOG entry
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coolbrowne
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Sinc he didn't know the answer, he kept beating around the bush
A expressão verbal coloquial "to beat around the bush" é muito comum e corresponde ao coloquial "enrolar".
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-11-24 19:05:40 GMT)
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Sorry, missed one letter: "Since", (not "Sinc")
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-11-24 19:05:40 GMT)
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Sorry, missed one letter: "Since", (not "Sinc")
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Nadja B Batdorf
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United States
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As he didnt know the answer, he kept jerking around
#Jerk sb around=Enrolar alguém...no sentido de demorar a fazer algo,pagar uma dívida,dar uma resposta.
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David Drysdale (X)
: I've never heard that one . . Of course, what do I know, I was grew up in Los Angeles!
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"He didn't know the answer, so he just used a lot of double-talk"
Dictionary.com: deliberately evasive or ambiguous language: When you try to get a straight answer, he gives you double-talk.
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Isabelle17
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"As he did not know the answer, he started stalling"
Stalling: divert
Definition: take attention away
Stalling: elude
Definition: avoid; escape
Synonym: give the runaround, give the slip, give wide berth to, hem and haw, not touch, outrun, outwit, pass the buck, pass up, puzzle, run around...
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/stalling?page=2&qsrc=1...
Definition: take attention away
Stalling: elude
Definition: avoid; escape
Synonym: give the runaround, give the slip, give wide berth to, hem and haw, not touch, outrun, outwit, pass the buck, pass up, puzzle, run around...
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/stalling?page=2&qsrc=1...
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