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April 2024 Flashcards

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outdo

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to do more or be better than someone else:

He always tries to outdo his teammates.

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give the cold shoulder

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tratar (alguém) com indiferença / tratar (alguém) com desprezo / desprezar (alguém) / dar um gelo (em alguém)

She was so upset that she gave him the cold shoulder for the whole weekend.

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to mar

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estragar

That billboard mars the view.

The holiday was marred by bad weather.

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Isso não te faz menos homem

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It doesn’t make you less of a man

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flair

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dom, talento

the ability to do something well:
Alan has a flair for public speaking.

a situation in which something is done in an exciting and interesting way:
He played with great imagination and flair.

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pithy (adj)

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conciso, suscinto

(of speech or writing) brief and full of meaning:
pithy comments

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tattered

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esfarrapado, rasgado

old and torn:
a man in a tattered shirt

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meia arrastão

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Fishnet

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binky

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a pacifier

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goody two-shoes

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Certinho

(informal, disapproving) a person who always behaves well, and perhaps has a disapproving attitude to people who do not.

Everyone always thinks of me as such a goody two-shoes.

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give someone the business

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tratar mal

To subject someone to harsh treatment, teasing, mockery, or verbal harassment.
The older players on the team are always giving younger players the business.

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se segurar (para não falar algo)

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bite your tongue

to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say:

I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue.

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pick yourself up

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to stand up again after falling.
*I fell to the ground but picked myself up and continued running. *

to recover from a difficult situation.
After his divorce, he picked himself up and started looking for love again.

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yuk it up

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To clown around : to behave clownishly ; to joke idly .

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dote on someone

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mimar

to give a lot of love or attention to (someone or something)

She doted on her new grandchild.

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get the boot

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If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with.

ser despedido

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in no time at all

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Almost instantly, immediately
The train will be here in no time at all

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gravitas

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seriedade

seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust in others:
I want someone with a little bit of gravitas.

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in tandem

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at the same time:
The heart and lungs will be transplanted in tandem.

If two pieces of equipment, people, etc. are working in tandem, they are working together, especially well or closely:
I want these two groups to work/operate in tandem on this project.

em conjunto, em paralelo

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to balloon

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to quickly increase in size or importance:

The decline in sales to America caused the goods trade deficit to balloon to a record £4 billion.

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chuck it all

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to give up doing what one has been doing : quit
He decided to chuck it all and move to Tahiti to paint.

largar tudo

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have your heart set on something

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If you have set your heart on something, you want it very much or want to do it very much.

He had always set his heart on a career in the fine arts.

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ennui

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tédio, emborrecimento

The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.

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(hard) on the heels of something

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logo após

close behind or soon after something:

A second mistake followed hard on the heels of the first one.

25
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rift

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ruptura, rixa

a serious disagreement that separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing:
The marriage caused a rift between the brothers and they didn’t speak to each other for ten years.

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to make waves

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criar confusão

to shock or upset people with something new or different:

When I started the job, a friend told me not to make waves because the managers didn’t like people to disagree with them.

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have (half) a mind to

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estar pensando em

to feel (slightly) inclined to (do something):
I’ve half a mind to take my holidays in winter this year.

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smug (adj)

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convencido, presunçoso

She deserved her promotion, but I wish she wasn’t so smug about it.

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isso é de outro mundo (muito bom, inacreditável, etc)

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It is out of this world

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to come by something

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conseguir

to get something, using effort, by chance or in a way that has not been explained:
Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by.

I’d like to know how she came by that black eye.

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cinch

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moleza

something that is very easy and is therefore certain to be a success:
The exam was a cinch.

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keep (one’s) side of the bargain

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fazer o que prometeu ou o que foi acordado

OK, I’ve delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to keep your side of the bargain!

33
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to stamp out

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acabar com, eliminar

to get rid of something that is wrong or harmful:
The new legislation is intended to stamp out child prostitution.

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to be all talk

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“Só conversa”

used to describe someone who talks about doing something but never does it:
The town’s last mayor was all talk (and no action)

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valsa

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waltz

36
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fishy

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duvidoso

seeming dishonest or false:
There’s something fishy going on here

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dowry

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dote

A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

38
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cut it close

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To do or complete something very near to its limit, especially of time.
We’ll be cutting it close, but we should get there just before the movie starts.

Por pouco, em cima da hora

39
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starstruck

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impressionado por celebridades (não tem tradução)

If you describe someone as starstruck, you mean that they are very interested in and impressed by famous performers, or that they want to be a performer themselves.

At first I was a bit starstruck but then I realised they were just doing their job, same as me.

40
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runner-up

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vice campeão

a person who comes second in a race or competition

41
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sequel

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continuação

a book, film, or play that continues the story of a previous book, etc.:
I’m reading the sequel to “Gone with the Wind”.

42
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perky (adj)

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happy and full of energy:
You look very perky this morning.

43
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trote (de faculdade)

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hazing

44
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ticked (adj)

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bravo, irritado

45
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dalmata

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dalmatian

“dalMEItiãn”

46
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estou trancada para fora do meu apartamento

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I’m locked out of my apartment

47
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botar fogo, colocar fogo em algo

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set fire to something
set something on fire

48
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moronic

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imbecil

49
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bosom

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the chest or breast of a person, esp the female breasts

50
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to guzzle

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If you guzzle something, you drink it or eat it quickly and greedily. [informal]

He guzzled his beer and ordered another.

51
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drill bolt

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broca

52
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runt

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derogatory. an undersized or inferior person

nanico

53
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to ralph

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vomitar

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to cop out

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dar para trás

to avoid doing something that you should do or that you have promised to do because you are frightened, shy, or you think it is too difficult:

She copped out of the parachute jump at the last minute with some feeble excuse.

Cop-out: desculpa
“Just leaving a note to say he wasn’t coming – what a cop-out!”

55
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camisa de força

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straitjacket

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