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164 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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164 months ago

   wrote:

The clown slipped into the wings, sneaking away from innumerable admirerers who ...

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164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

crossed the backstage area in a flash

My comment:

atravessou os bastidores num raspão => crossed the backstage area in a flash

My references:

raspar

vt (limpar, tocar) to scrape , (alisar) to file, (tocar de raspão) to graze, (arranhar) to scratch, (pêlos, cabeça) to shave, (apagar) to rub out
vi
raspar em to scrape
passar raspando (num exame) to scrape through (an exam)

raspão ( -ões pl )
m scratch, graze
tocar de raspão to graze
http://dictionary.reverso.net/portuguese-english/raspar

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

snuck off through the backstage or crossed the backstage area stealthily

My comment:

literally: to go through "obliquely", not cross something straight

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

Scc

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164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

Scc ???

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

Sorry, Barbara! Something must have happened because this was not my answer!! :( I wrote: Scooting the backstage, the clown dodged the countless fans... Oxford dictionary: scoot■ verb informal go or leave somewhere quickly. ▶move or cause to move with a rapid, darting motion.