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21 January
- Portuguese (Brazil)
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English (US)
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What does She turned the key and the engine purred to ""life"" mean?
What does She turned the key and the engine purred to ""life"" mean?
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- English (US)
A purr is an animal sound (a cat). It's saying the engine turned on with a rumbling of a cat sound.
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- English (US)
She turned the key, and the sound of the engine starting could be heard.
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- Portuguese (Brazil)
@MJC3569 @bmmaynard87 I still didn't get it, What does "to life" mean?
- English (US)
life means vida in Portuguese I believe. So it became alive. Before the car was "dead" or "off" but it's now "on" or "alive." She turned it on and it made the sound as it became alive.
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- English (US)
When something comes "to life", it means it becomes alive.
"Hopefully the live events industry will come back to life after the pandemic."
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- Portuguese (Brazil)
@bmmaynard87 @MJC3569 Now I got it, Thank you so much!!!!!
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