He had to resign himself
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Mas forçoso lhe foi resignar-se.
But he was forced to resign himself.
There was no fighting it. 'Forçoso lhe foi resignar-se' — resignation was compelled, not chosen. The powerless man's only freedom is the bitter one of bending to what he cannot change, and biding his time.
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