Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a brush with death
Portuguese translation:
um encontro \"de raspão\" com a morte
English term
Brazil
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
a brush with death
Rip finds one of his uncle's journals detailing a failed trip to Tibet in search of the yeti, and he decides to lead the team to the Himalayas.
Despite Cyril collapsing from exhaustion and a brush with death from an avalanche, Rip refuses to give up.
Nov 16, 2011 20:24: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
United States
Spreading the Word in Three Languages
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
um encontro "de raspão" com a morte
Vamos aguardar outras sugestões, estou curiosa!
Abraço!
Portugal
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Um encontro com a morte.
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
quase morrer
passar rente com a morte
Rente: muito perto, cerce.
Spain
Committed and qualified
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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