engelska-portugisiska översättning av lifeboat

barco salva-vidasTrês trabalhadores temporários morreram quando estavam a testar um barco salva-vidas, e 16 ficaram feridos. Three temporary workers died while testing a lifeboat, and 16 workers were injured. Cobrar a taxa de juros que nos foi imposta equivale a atar uma pedra ao pescoço de um indivíduo que se está a afogar enquanto o barco salva-vidas vai a caminho. Charging an interest rate like the one we are being charged is akin to tying a millstone around the neck of a drowning man while you are sending out the lifeboat to save him.

A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship
To rescue; to carry to safety

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