...fight free of the fever´s leeching grasp.

Portuguese translation: ...Livrar-se da febre debilitante.

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English term or phrase:...fight free of the fever´s leeching grasp.
Portuguese translation:...Livrar-se da febre debilitante.
Entered by: Beth Guimaraes

14:36 Oct 16, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / ficção
English term or phrase: ...fight free of the fever´s leeching grasp.
She couldn´t do much for him beyond waiting to see whether his body was strong enough to ...
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 21:58
...Livrar-se da febre debilitante.
Explanation:
Sugg.
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Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 20:58
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Summary of answers provided
4...Livrar-se da febre debilitante.
Arthur Godinho
4...(para) se libertar da febre persistente
Elisabete Cunha
4(para) se desembaraçar da inoportuna febre
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4...libertar-se das garras parasitárias da febre
Marlene Curtis
4para lutar contra a febre que o acometia
Tatiana Perry
4...se liberar da febre que lhe devorava o sangue...
axies


  

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...Livrar-se da febre debilitante.


Explanation:
Sugg.

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...(para) se libertar da febre persistente


Explanation:
Outra opção.

Elisabete Cunha
Portugal
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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(para) se desembaraçar da inoportuna febre


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 262
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...fight free of the feverâ´s leeching grasp.
...libertar-se das garras parasitárias da febre


Explanation:
Diria assim ... num texto literário.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1973
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para lutar contra a febre que o acometia


Explanation:
acho que poderia ser assim

Tatiana Perry
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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...se liberar da febre que lhe devorava o sangue...


Explanation:
como se a febre fosse uma sanguessuga... etc.
Leech=>sanguessuga to leech (one's) blood=>sacar/ roubar o sangue (a alguém)
Some refernce:

Leech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some leeches have haemoglobin dissolved in the blood, although they have no blood ... The crop allows a leech to store blood up to five times its body size; ...
Anatomy - Systematics and taxonomy - Reproduction - Nutrition
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech - Cached - Similar

axies
Australia
Local time: 10:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
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