Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
score empires
Portuguese translation:
grandes impérios
English term
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score empires
| 3 +5 | grandes impérios |
Elisabete Coutinho
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| 4 | dúzias/dezenas de impérios |
John Milan
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| 4 | (few score empires) alguns impérios/poucos impérios |
Martim
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| 3 | impérios vencedores |
Clauwolf
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Jun 1, 2007 14:26: Elisabete Coutinho changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/83285">Lilian Magalhães's</a> old entry - "score empires"" to ""grandes impérios""
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grandes impérios
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Note added at 19 horas (2007-06-01 14:25:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Já tinha encontrado esta expressão em vários textos. Investiguei os diferentes contextos e o enquadramento histórico são estes grandes impérios a que me refiro.
No transcorrer da Idade Média a península não escaparia da dinâmica da queda e ascensão de grandes impérios.
impérios vencedores
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dúzias/dezenas de impérios
Por exemplo, o discurso do Lincoln, que inicia com: "Four score and seven years ago" ou seja, "87 anos atrás".
Talvez...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-31 20:12:11 GMT)
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Desculpem os erros de ortografia! Esqueci de mudar a configuração do meu teclado... :)
(few score empires) alguns impérios/poucos impérios
Sony’s original 1990 album was one of the few score albums to reach gold status
Certainly this holds true for the few score centuries of which we have authentic descriptions of war and of. soldiers.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-31 21:01:33 GMT)
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Se bem que a primeira frase - da Sony - na verdade eu acho que se refer a um "score album", disco de trilha sonora, portanto não serve como referência.
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