Questão 761052

Read the text and answer question 40.

Finding a taste of Japan in São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood

1 Home of the largest Japanese community outside of

Japan, São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood is a city within a

city, with many specialty shops for Japanese food and home

products.

5 Since most of the products are imported directly from

Japan, and many do not contain a Portuguese ingredient

version, shop owners and employees are always at hand for a

quick translation.

Fonte: The Rio Times/Brazil News

The words “at hand”, underlined in the text, mean _____.