Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

shot out

Portuguese translation:

se estendeu/ se estenderam (pl)

Added to glossary by Marcella S.
Mar 19, 2017 20:55
7 yrs ago
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English term

shot out

Non-PRO English to Portuguese Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I am trying to find a word to translate "shot out", in this context, a few examples below.

Thanks again in adavance


Finally I lay down, curling my warm tail over my nose. I lay there for three ... My limbs shot out, long, and my heart pounded within great broad ribs. My muzzle ...
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=ceItBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT161&lp...


I knew him from ... from my previous life, from The Facility. Delissio. ... My leg shot out as I sailed skywards, launched into the air off Crixus's fastmoving thigh.
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=wEmtH-dZx_MC&pg=PT129&lp...

I bowed to her and made two slow passes with my hand next to the wood, making sure my fingers were ... My shoulder opened up slightly as my leg shot out.
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=WOJ_D4TBVPYC&pg=PA320&lp...
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se estendeu/ se estenderam (pl)

"Nada falou, nenhum resmungo; a não ser o que por desventura se zumbiu, ... De andas, sobre palanque, estendeu muito suas pernas no chão,..."
João Guimarães Rosa- Ave Palavra
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8520936679
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esticar, esticou, esticaram

esticar, esticou, esticaram
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