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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>Thank
you, Margarita,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=750344415-12072004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=750344415-12072004>Here are
Brazilian Portuguese equivalents which I just collected from a Brazilian
(written in Caps),</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=750344415-12072004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>Fritz Goerling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>These are possible translations in European
Portuguese:<BR><BR>big baby - bebé grande<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> - BEBE GRANDE </FONT></SPAN><BR>big boy
(a grown-up man who behaves like a big boy) - ?<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>
MENINAO </FONT></SPAN><BR>big man (in politics) - grande homem<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> - GRANDE
HOMEM </FONT></SPAN><BR>big idea - grande ideia<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> - GRANDE
IDEIA </FONT></SPAN><BR>big deal (used sarcastically) - grande
coisa! <SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - GRANDE COISA! </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>small house -
casa pequena<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - CASA PEQUENA </FONT></SPAN><BR>small business
- pequeno negócio<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> PEQUENO NEGOCIO </FONT></SPAN><BR>small minded -
cabeçudo, picuinhas, de ideias fixas<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> - MENTE LIMITADA </FONT></SPAN><BR>small
change - pequena mudança<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - TROCADO </FONT></SPAN><BR>small beer (a
trivial matter) - ? (We may of course express this idea<BR>but I can't find a
fixed<BR>expression)<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> COISA PEQUENA </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>cool drink
- bebida fresca<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - BEBIDA GELADA </FONT></SPAN><BR>cool
reception - fria recepção<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - RECEPCAO FRIA </FONT></SPAN><BR>cool idea - grande
/ boa ideia<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - GRANDE / BOA IDEIA </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>hot drink
- bebida quente<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> - BEBIDA QUENTE </FONT></SPAN><BR>hot day - dia
quente<SPAN class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> -
DIA QUENTE </FONT></SPAN><BR>hot pepper - pimenta forte<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> - PIMENTA
FORTE</FONT></SPAN><BR>hot reception - recepção calorosa<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> - RECEPCAO
CALOROSA </FONT></SPAN><BR>hot favourite - (principal) favorito<SPAN
class=750344415-12072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> - GRANDE
FAVOROITO </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR>Margarita
Correia<BR><BR></TT><BR>
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