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Question 1

Embeber, encharcar

Answer 1

Soak

Question 2

De cabeça pra baixo

Answer 2

Upside down

Question 3

Serrar

Answer 3

Saw

Question 4

Menial

Answer 4

Menos importante (menial work - trabalho braçal)

Question 5

To probe

Answer 5

Investigar, sondar

The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
Detectives questioned him for hours, probing for any inconsistencies in his story.

Question 6

Smother

Answer 6

Sufocar

Question 7

Vingativo

Answer 7

Revengeful, vindictive

Question 8

Foil (subs)

Answer 8

Papel aluminio

Question 9

Loose cannon

Answer 9

someone who behaves in an uncontrolled or unexpected way and is likely to cause problems for other people:

Bomba relogio, esquentado

Question 10

Parched

Answer 10

Ressecado

Question 11

Atropelar
Ser atropelado

Answer 11

Run over
To be run over

Question 12

Bland (adj)

Answer 12

Suave, brando, sem graça

not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy:
I find chicken a little bland.
Pop music these days is so bland

Question 13

Notwithstanding

Answer 13

Contudo, apesar de, não obstante

Notwithstanding some members’ objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan.

Question 14

Coleira

Answer 14

Leash

Question 15

Trem de carga

Answer 15

Freight train

Question 16

Feel like death warmed up

Answer 16

To look or feel very ill

Question 17

Breakthrough

Answer 17

Avanço, progresso

Question 18

Crocante

Answer 18

Crunchy, crispy

Question 19

get to the bottom of sth

Answer 19

find an explanation for (a mystery).
“he hopes to get to the bottom of the scam”

Question 20

Reino animal

Answer 20

Animal kingdom

Question 21

Wretch

Answer 21

Desgraçado, infeliz

The poor wretches had no chance to survive

Who trampled on my flowers? I bet it was those two little wretches who live next door

Question 22

Separado para reciclagem

Answer 22

Separated/sorted for recycling

Question 23

Nutrasweet

Answer 23

Aspartame

Question 24

Grueling

Answer 24

Esgotante, exaustivo

Runners are taking part in a grueling 100-mile race in the mountains above Los Angeles.

Question 25

Defacement

Answer 25

Desfiguracao, estrago

He was fined for defacing library books.

Question 26

Tote

Answer 26

Sacola

Question 27

Overly

Answer 27

Excessivamente

Question 28

Torneira

Answer 28

Faucet (us)
Tap (england)

Question 29

Pram

Answer 29

Carrinho de bebe

Tbm “stroller”

Question 30

Painstaking

Answer 30

Meticuloso, árduo, trabalhoso

extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort:

It took months of painstaking research to write the book.

Question 31

Fiscal (de prova)

Answer 31

Proctor

Question 32

Bloat

Answer 32

Inchar

Question 33

Bushed

Answer 33

Very tired

I mowed the lawn this morning, and now I’m bushed.

Question 34

Halt

Answer 34

Parar, deter

Question 35

Independentemente

Answer 35

Regardless

Question 36

Carnudo, carnoso

Answer 36

Meaty

Question 37

Entupido, congestionado (nariz)

Answer 37

Stuffed up

Question 38

Shattered

Answer 38

Despedacado

Shattered glass lay all over the road.

Question 39

Selvagem

Answer 39

Feral, wild

Question 40

Falta de ar

Answer 40

shortness of breath
to be short of breath

Question 41

To trample

Answer 41

Pisotear

to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury:
Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds!
Eight people were trampled to death (= killed) when the stadium collapsed and the crowd rushed out onto the football pitch