Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"the sting drawn, the fires banked"
Portuguese translation:
o ferrão, recolhido; o fogo, arrefecido.
Added to glossary by
Alvaro Neder, Ph.D.
Feb 25, 2007 17:55
17 yrs ago
English term
Portugal
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese
"the sting drawn, the fires banked"
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
idiom
"Ah, but he was a reformed character. Tamed by narrative. The sting drawn; the fires banked. He had revised his opinion of women"
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 +1 | o ferrão, recolhido; o fogo, arrefecido. |
Alvaro Neder, Ph.D.
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| 5 | o ferrão retraido..o fogo baixo |
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Proposed translations
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Alvaro Neder, Ph.D.
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
PhD Literature, technical experience
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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English term (edited):
sting drawn; the fires banked
Selected
o ferrão, recolhido; o fogo, arrefecido.
para manter a sintaxe literária do original, esta seria minha opção
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4 mins
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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78
o ferrão retraido..o fogo baixo
o ferrão retraido..o fogo baixo
to bank a fire - definition by dict.die.net[Obs.] --Shak. To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive. ...
dict.die.net/to%20bank%20a%20fire/
to bank a fire - definition by dict.die.net[Obs.] --Shak. To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive. ...
dict.die.net/to%20bank%20a%20fire/
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