Jun 9, 2008 23:58
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English term

on the strength of often trumped-up charges

English to Portuguese Other History História da Revolução Francesa
A frase é: "Thousands of nobles, clergymen, merchants, as well as numbers of peasants and workers, were executed in 1793 on the strength of often trumped-up charges".

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Fiona Stephenson Jun 10, 2008:
it just means "based on false/exaggerated charges" - since I'm not a native Portuguese speaker, I'll leave you to put it in Portuguese.

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por acusações frequentemente forjadas

espero que ajude:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti : como sempre, ótimas sugestões... o q seria do site sem vc... rs
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Claudio, obrigada
agree marinagil
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Margili, obrigada
agree marco lessa (X) : A1+2+...+n!
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Marco, obrigada
agree Maria Meneses
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Maria, obrigada
agree Isabel Maria Almeida : concordo
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Isabel, obrigada
agree Iara Fino Silva
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Iara, obrigada
neutral Dra. Teresa Bernardes : sinceramente não gosto da expressão acusações forjadas
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Theresa, obrigada
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Concordo com o Claudio Mazotti! Mais uma vez, muito obrigada pelas ótimas explicações! Um beijinho! :-)"
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muitas vezes evocando acusações fabricadas/inventadas

Pois!!!!!!!
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