Ela deveria ter um ou mais títulos dos livros que...

English translation: She must have had one or more of those books that...

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Portuguese term or phrase:Ela deveria ter um ou mais títulos dos livros que...
English translation:She must have had one or more of those books that...
Entered by: edecastroalves

14:31 Jul 12, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Teatro.
Portuguese term or phrase: Ela deveria ter um ou mais títulos dos livros que...
...nunca saem do lado de nossas cabeceiras e dificilmente voltam para a biblioteca.
edecastroalves
She must have had one or more of those books that...
Explanation:
... never leave our bedside tables and hardly go back to the library.
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Marilia Bittencourt
Local time: 04:30
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4
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3 +1She must have written one or more of those books that
Marian Vieyra
4She must have had one or more of those books that...
Marilia Bittencourt


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
She must have written one or more of those books that


Explanation:
never leave our bedside tables and rarely gets returned to the library.

Without context this is my interpretation of the sentence. It could, of course, be translated literally. Also 'headboards' makes no sense in English.

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She must have had one or more of those books that...


Explanation:
... never leave our bedside tables and hardly go back to the library.

Marilia Bittencourt
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4
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