I understand not a word
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explica-te melhor, que não comprehendo nem uma palavra do que dizes...
'explain yourself better, for I do not understand a single word of what you say...'
The feigned bewilderment completes the pose: he demands she 'explain better,' knowing exactly what she means. Playing dumb is his oldest weapon — it forces the wronged party to keep speaking, to overexplain, and so to seem the unreasonable one.
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