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| Autor: | PPAULO |
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| Data: | 14/OUT/2012 4:49 AM |
| Assunto: | Hard-nosed market... |
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/hard-nosed hard-nosed You use hard-nosed to describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who takes decisions on practical grounds rather than emotional ones. INFORMAL adj usu ADJ n (=unsentimental) If nothing else, Doug is a hard-nosed businessman. hard-nosed businesslike, down-to-earth, hard-headed, hardline, practical, pragmatic, realistic, shrewd, tough, uncompromising, unsentimental. //////////////////////////////////////// In a quick search Google (and online dictionaries ) told me that hard-nose could be: - Focused, unbending, stubborn. - Guided by practical experience and observation rather by theory. - Unsentimentally practical. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Hard-nosed market – Maria Madalena ( Madá) 13/OUT/2012, 7:43 PM hard-nosed market – Dale-USA 
14/OUT/2012, 12:14 AM 
Hard-nosed market... – PPAULO 14/OUT/2012, 4:49 AM Hard-nosed market... – CRS 14/OUT/2012, 2:43 PM Hard-nosed market... – Renan 14/OUT/2012, 4:23 PM Hard-nosed market... – Maria Madalena ( Madá) 14/OUT/2012, 5:49 PM Hard-nosed market... – PPAULO 14/OUT/2012, 6:05 PM Hard-nosed market... – PPAULO 14/OUT/2012, 8:53 PM Hard-nosed market... – Renan 15/OUT/2012, 1:58 PM Hard-nosed market... – Osorio_ 15/OUT/2012, 7:50 AM Hard-nosed market... – PPAULO 15/OUT/2012, 4:21 PM