Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
engessados
English translation:
our hands are tied
Portuguese term
Brazil
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engessados
Many Cheers :)
É muito importante pois é o que faz atingirmos mais rapidamente níveis de excelência operacional. - - Hoje estamos muito "engessados" principalmente no que se refere a contratação de pessoas para equipes operacionais.
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our hands are tied
I think this is a good equivalent expression.
HTH
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Spreading the Word in Three Languages
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(more) experienced.
The text was, obviously, poorly written. Some try to "embelish" what just needs to be plain and simple.
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coolbrowne
: Sorry. It is't experienced, but constrained.
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On a second look, yes, you are correct. Does not detract to the fact that it was poorly written. Thank you for your input, nonetheless!
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Marlene Curtis
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immobilized
Others become immobilized, unable to make the simplest decisions, lest they turn out to be the wrong ones. ... We're likely to live longer through a life-threatening disease if we do. .... Then I can hire some worms to build soil, then I can grow food. ... Excellent LIFE GUIDE for anyone in any time or any economy! ...
www.peakoilblues.com/blog/?p=181
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David Drysdale (X)
: Maybe too ambiguous!
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Native in: English , Portuguese
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(too) constrained
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Beta Cummins
: Adding to it the slang form in which their constraint was expressed.
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Thanks. It's not really slang but figurative language (the image of a cast for whatever constraints they are subject to).
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Bentevi
: I think "rather" would work better than "too" in this context.
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Thank you. Yes, "rather" or "quite" are other possibilities
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limited
But agriculture, as I’ve just said, has changed so dramatically that today we are very limited in terms of what we can do for some of our core customers — the small, young, beginning farmers, and the part-time farmers who have significant off-farm inc
United Kingdom
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Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
bound by red tape
Very Restricted
Additional Information on the Restricted Hiring Procedure
Agencies may continue to request “restricted” hiring freeze waivers for critical job vacancies
http://college.lattc.edu/payroll/files/2009/05/restricted-hiring-procedure-2.doc
http://www.budget.state.ny.us/guide/bprm/bulletins/b-1165.html
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