Usage examples of "pôr no prego" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Rasguei meu casaco num prego. I tore my jacket on a nail.
Limpe a prateleira e você poderá pôr os livros lá. Clear off the shelf, and you can put your books there.
Para um homem com um martelo, tudo se parece com um prego. To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Tom ameaçou pôr fogo na casa de Mary. Tom threatened to burn Mary's house down.
Para o homem que só tem um martelo na sua caixa de ferramentas, todo problema parece um prego. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
A União Europeia foi criada com o objetivo de pôr termo às frequentes guerras sangrentas entre países vizinhos, que culminaram na Segunda Guerra Mundial. The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War.
Um prego empurra outro One nail drives out another
Posso pôr a mesa? May I set the table?
Ao responder a esta pergunta, algumas pessoas podem pôr em evidência este tipo de exemplo: "Os chineses são muito hospitaleiros, enquanto que os ingleses são mais reservados." When answering this question, some people might put forward this kind of example: "Chinese people are very hospitable, whilst English people are more reserved."
A conversa diplomática ajudou a pôr fim ao conflito. Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.
Será que podemos pôr a mesa ali? I wonder if we could have the table over there.
Vamos pôr todas as cartas na mesa. Let's put all the cards on the table.
Eu vou pôr essa máquina à prova hoje. I am going to put this machine to the test today.
Não quero pôr a sua teoria em dúvida. I don't mean to challenge your theory.
Pôr lenha na fogueira To add fuel to the fire
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