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Spending his own money Explanation: Ex 1: abrir os cordões à bolsa • [Informal] Gastar dinheiro. Example sentence(s):
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abrir os cordões à própria bolsa (to) pay out of one's own pocket Explanation: Outra possibilidade seria "(to) spend out of one's own pocket". Exemplo: "The businessman acquired the company without paying out of his own pocket". Referências: "Out of one's own pocket": using one's own money. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out of one's own ... "Abrir os cordões à bolsa": gastar dinheiro. https://dicionario.priberam.org/cordão |
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(without having) to dig into his pocket Explanation: Num sentido mais figurado e menos formal, como o texto original. |
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sheeling out Explanation: Tradução possível -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-05-02 19:57:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- typo: shelling out |
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without recourse to his own funds Explanation: without recourse to his own funds -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2020-05-03 10:27:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or without recourse to his own capital |
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