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10:24 Jan 3, 2010 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Newspaper article | |||||||
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see below... Explanation: Since the time of the Great Navigations [of the sixteenth-century?] this "[vast] "area" was a very important warehouse (I'm not sure that's the word, though I would say in French "entrepôt") in providing contact with new worlds... |
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...especially as it had been an indispensable trading post since the Age of Discovery/Exploration Explanation: ...especially as it had been an indispensable/essential trading post since the Age of Discovery/Exploration ...all the more as it had been...since the Age of Discovery... ou não fosse = tanto mais que, ainda mais que especially as... since, all the more since 1 Sep 2009 ... The invitation to visit Chanel's secret ceramic chamber was much awaited especially as it had been guarded like a fortress since its ... www.europastar.com/.../article_display.jsp?vnu 16 Jul 2008 ... Leon actually had quite a lot to recommend it as a city, especially as it had been quite a while since I´d hung out in a larger city ... www.travelblog.org (especially as it had not been redecorated since it was built more than 25 years ago). This work was beyond the financial ... www.davidsinclairmc.com/cat.../CAT Report for 1999 v4.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-03 14:25:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "ou não fosse" em filosofia não há conclusões nem certezas, e acredita ele sabe o que diz, ou não fosse a Filosofia a área dele. ... www.forumlusitana.org/...f6/ser-ou-nao-ser-arte-t151.htm Veja outros exemplos de "ou não fosse" com o mesmo sentido: já que, especialmente porque; tanto mais que, ainda mais que". Para mim é uma locução justificativa. O apoio está mais do que garantido, ou não fosse a África do Sul um dos países que mais imigrantes portugueses acolhe. E, estes, nunca regatearam apoio à ... www.fintaeremata.com › Opinião |
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