Como dizer "Alguém entrou em meu caminho" em inglês
"Alguém entrou em meu caminho".
Como ficaria a frase em inglês?
Como ficaria a frase em inglês?
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Past Simple Tense
Someone got in my way
Someone stood in my way
Present Perfect Tense
Someone has gotten in my way
Someone has stood in my way
I strongly recommend you pay attention to the post:
(1) Get into x Come into: Qual a diferença
(2) /in-x-into-x-on-x-onto/
To get in the way [of someone] / To get in one's way
- to prevent someone to do something.
To stand in the way [of someone] / To stand in one's way
Literal meaning: To be stand in front of someone / To be stand opposite someone. [estar posicionado na frente / oposto a alguém].
Figurative meaning: To get in someone's way / To be in someone's way. [incomodar / atrapalhar / deter alguém]
EXAMPLES:
Am I in the way? = Eu incomodo? / Estou atrapalhando?
You can watch but don't get in the way. = Pode assistir, mas não atrapalhe.
Now no-one stands in our way. = Nobody is in our way now. = Não há ninguém em nosso caminho.
Corrupt politicians stands in the way of Brazil's progress. = Os políticos corruptos atrapalham o progresso do Brasil.
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To come someone's way
If something comes our way, it happens to us, or it becomes available.
EXAMPLE:
Several chances came our way but we missed them.
Diversas chances surgiram em nosso caminho, mas nós as perdemos.
REFERENCES:
(1) MacMillan Online Dictionary.
(2) Collins Online Dictionary.
(3) KERNERMAN, Lionel. Password - English Dictionary for Speakers of Portuguese based on Semi-bilingual approach to lexicograph for foreign language learners. Password Publishers Ltd. 1998.
Someone got in my way
Someone stood in my way
Present Perfect Tense
Someone has gotten in my way
Someone has stood in my way
I strongly recommend you pay attention to the post:
(1) Get into x Come into: Qual a diferença
(2) /in-x-into-x-on-x-onto/
To get in the way [of someone] / To get in one's way
- to prevent someone to do something.
To stand in the way [of someone] / To stand in one's way
Literal meaning: To be stand in front of someone / To be stand opposite someone. [estar posicionado na frente / oposto a alguém].
Figurative meaning: To get in someone's way / To be in someone's way. [incomodar / atrapalhar / deter alguém]
EXAMPLES:
Am I in the way? = Eu incomodo? / Estou atrapalhando?
You can watch but don't get in the way. = Pode assistir, mas não atrapalhe.
Now no-one stands in our way. = Nobody is in our way now. = Não há ninguém em nosso caminho.
Corrupt politicians stands in the way of Brazil's progress. = Os políticos corruptos atrapalham o progresso do Brasil.
_____________
To come someone's way
If something comes our way, it happens to us, or it becomes available.
EXAMPLE:
Several chances came our way but we missed them.
Diversas chances surgiram em nosso caminho, mas nós as perdemos.
REFERENCES:
(1) MacMillan Online Dictionary.
(2) Collins Online Dictionary.
(3) KERNERMAN, Lionel. Password - English Dictionary for Speakers of Portuguese based on Semi-bilingual approach to lexicograph for foreign language learners. Password Publishers Ltd. 1998.
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