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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | Dale-USA |
E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
Data: | 14/OUT/2011 1:28 PM |
Assunto: | Pass |
Mensagem: |
I need to pick up a few things on the way back to the hotel . Feel like stopping at cosmetics store ? We could get some makeup . I need to buy/obtain/get a few things on the way back to the hotel. (Please pick up some milk when you go to the supermarket.) (I picked up some Carioca slang last summer while I was in Rio. [to pick up = to learn without formal study]) (She picked up a cold while on vacation.) (Where did he pick up that strange accent?) Feel like = Do you feel like (informal) (Do you) want to go now? (informal) (Do you) love me? (informal) (Does he) care for more coffee? (informal) I'd like to, but I think I'll pass .I don't have much time today . I'd like to, but I think I will decline (not do it, accept the offer). ("To pass" is a poker term. It means "to take no action, not to make a bet, not to do anything.) . John: Would you like more coffee? Jake: I'll pass. (No, thank you.) From
this context I draw the conclusion that is something like " vou deixar
para a próxima vez " but I'm not sure since I didn't find this meaning
at something written . I agree with your translation. another question : Why in the sentence Feel like ... there is no auxiliary verb ? Informal English. See above. |