bull
 noun
 macho
EN Besides, it was not the life of the herd, or of the young bulls, that was threatened.
GL Ademais, non era a vida da manada ou a dos machos máis novos a que estaba ameazada.
 Fonte: CHA (1565)
touro
EN At the mere sight of a bull in a field she would throw up her arms and fly screaming, which was the very thing to enrage a bull of course.
GL Nada máis ver un touro no campo levantaba os brazos e botaba a correr berrando, que é a mellor maneira de encirrar un touro, abofé que si.
Fonte: CAR (1082)
..... to shoot the bull
falar
EN I kept wishing I could go home and shoot the bull for a while with old Phoebe.
GL O que quería era ir a casa e falar con Phoebe un pouco.
Fonte: VIX (2649)
..... to take the bull by the horns
coller o touro polos cornos
EN In the late 1980s, we took the bull by the horns and started a "Strategic Initiatives" dialogue during which we engaged with many different communities in the country by asking how the university could accommodate their concerns and play a role in the transition from apartheid to democracy.
GL A fins dos anos oitenta, collémo-lo touro polos cornos e establecemos un diálogo sobre "iniciativas estratéxicas" para interrogarnos a diversas comunidades do país sobre o xeito en que a universidade podía responde-las súas inquedanzas e cumprir un papel decisivo na transición do apartheid á democracia.
Fonte: C25 (581)
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