Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
deu uma guinada
English translation:
turned his/her life around
Portuguese term
Brazil
Specialist in farming and environment
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
deu uma guinada
Jul 21, 2007 00:18: Katarina Peters Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
turned his life around
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Mellodyz
: that's the expression we use most in the UK
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Thanks, Melody, same in Canada
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Paul Dixon
: Yes, indeed - my suggestion too.
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Thanks, Paul!
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Denise Miranda
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Thanks, Denise!
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Neil Stewart
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Thanks, Neil!
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radical change / changed radically
it means it was very different than before, so surprising is not exactly the most precise
Really devoted and persistent
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese to French, and 5 more.
changed his way of life
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veratek
: nos respondemos varias vezes na mesma hora! :-)
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é verdade, é sinal que pensamos à mesma velocidade...
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Brazil
fast, accurate, reliable, professional
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
performed an about turn/about face
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Amy Duncan (X)
: I like "did an about face"
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right, Amy, it's just that I tend to use British English
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Brazil
Professional, Competent and Committed
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to French, and 7 more.
"came up in the world"
"My old school friend has bought an apartment overlooking Central Park. She has certainly come up in the world!"
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/s...
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come/go up in the world (British, Australian, American, American & Australian)
come/go down in the world - to have less money and a worse social position than you had before. Peter and Ann have gone up in the world - they only ever travel first class these days.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go up in the world
Tonbridge has come up in the world since my schooldays. It has sold off some of its shabbier possessions and tidied up itself up a bit. ...
wairarapa.co.nz/anticlock/tonbridge.html
Portugal
EN,FR,ES>PT Translation & subtitling
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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