C1
Expression
Formal
Meaning
Using someone or something as a means to achieve an end.
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Cultural Background
In corporate Brazil, using this phrase in an email to a superior shows respect for the hierarchy.
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Use for impact
Use this when you want to sound authoritative in a report.
Meaning
Using someone or something as a means to achieve an end.
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Use for impact
Use this when you want to sound authoritative in a report.
Test Yourself
Complete the sentence with the correct form.
A decisão foi tomada ___ diretoria.
✓ Correct!
✗ Not quite. Correct answer: por intermédio da
Diretoria is feminine, so 'da' is required.
🎉 Score: /1
Visual Learning Aids
Practice Bank
1 exercises
Complete the sentence with the correct form.
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C1
A decisão foi tomada ___ diretoria.
✓ Correct!
✗ Not quite. Correct answer: por intermédio da
Diretoria is feminine, so 'da' is required.
🎉 Score: /1
Frequently Asked Questions
1 questionsOnly if it's a formal work text.
Related Phrases
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Por meio de
synonymBy means of
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