Usage examples of "sem um tostão" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Quem rouba um tostão rouba um milhão He who will steal a calf will steal a cow
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Ela passou dez dias sem um banheiro ou um banho. She spent ten days without a toilet or shower.
Consigo passar meses sem uma bebida alcoólica, mas nem mesmo uma hora sem um cigarro. I can go months without an alcoholic drink, but not even one hour without a cigarette.
A compreensão do presente torna-se impossível sem um bom entendimento do passado. The understanding of the present is impossible without a good understanding of the past.
Meu avô não consegue andar sem a sua bengala. My grandfather can't walk without his cane.
Posso fazer isso sem a ajuda dela. I can do it without her help.
Não há rosa sem espinhos. There is no rose without a thorn.
Ele me deu chá sem açúcar. He gave me tea without sugar.
Minha vida é vazia sem ele. My life is hollow without him.
Eu acho vergonhoso que alguns professores de língua estrangeira tenham conseguido se formar na faculdade sem nunca terem estudado com um falante nativo. I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.
Eu corrigi a frase depois de quase um mês sem resposta. I corrected the sentence after almost one month without response.
Nunca te vejo sem pensar na minha mãe. I never see you without thinking of my mother.
O ladrão fugiu sem deixar nenhum rastro. The thief fled without leaving any traces.
Os governos, a fim de ensinar como desfrutar dos celulares sem ser controlado por eles, estabeleceram regras de comportamento que limitam seu uso em lugares públicos, como igrejas, escolas ou durante testes. Governments, in order to teach how to enjoy cell phones without being controlled by them, have established behavior rules that limit their use in public places, such as in churches, in schools, or during tests.
Não se casa com aquele com quem se pode viver - casa-se com a pessoa sem a qual não se pode viver. You don't marry someone you can live with — you marry the person whom you cannot live without.
Sem saber que Nancy o deixara, falei o que não devia ao perguntar a Paulo como ela estava. Not knowing that Nancy had left him, I put my foot in my mouth when I asked Paul how she was.
Sem a sua ajuda, eu não teria dado a volta por cima daquela crise. Without your help, I couldn't have ridden out that crisis.
Eu não seria o mesmo sem você. I would not be the same without you.
Não há vida sem água. There is no life without water.
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