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Autor:  Terezinha
E-mail:  tere@wgo.com.br
Data:  26/MAI/2004 11:39 PM
Assunto:  Re: Engolir sapo ??
 
Mensagem:  A good expression is "bite the bullet". The expression comes from the battlefield practice, in the days before anesthetics, of having a wounded soldier bite on a soft-lead bullet in order to endure surgery without screaming. Today it means bravely making a difficult or painful decision.


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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Engolir sapo ??  –  Pepe  17/MAI/2004, 7:37 PM
Re: Engolir sapo ??  –  helcio  18/MAI/2004, 10:16 AM
Re: Engolir sapo ??  –  ana  18/MAI/2004, 6:24 PM
Re: Engolir sapo ??  –  Sapiente  18/MAI/2004, 6:48 PM
to take crap (Re: Engolir sapo ??)  –  T.M.  20/MAI/2004, 12:40 PM
 Re: Engolir sapo ??  –  Terezinha  26/MAI/2004, 11:39 PM
Re: Engolir sapo ??  –  Johannes  27/MAI/2004, 9:51 AM
Re: Donde vem o sapo ??  –  Johannes  27/MAI/2004, 9:54 AM
Re: Donde vem o sapo ??  –  Juliana  20/OUT/2005, 10:31 PM
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