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Question 1

Pensao alimenticia

Answer 1

Alimony

Question 2

Confab

Answer 2

Papo, chat

Question 3

Maioridade penal

Answer 3

Legal responsability

Question 4

Cranky

Answer 4

Mal-humorado, irritado

a cranky baby
He’s been cranky all day.

Question 5

na ponta do pé

Answer 5

on tiptoe

Question 6

tiptoe around sth/sb

Answer 6

ser cauteloso, evitar confrontar algo

Question 7

sequestrado

Answer 7

abducted, kidnapped
Hijacked (veiculo)

Question 8

cloak

Answer 8

capa, manto

Question 9

to prod

Answer 9

incitar, cutucar

He gets things done, but only after I’ve prodded him into doing them.

Question 10

Paralelepípedo

Answer 10

Cobblestone

Question 11

to burden

Answer 11

sobrecarregar

He doesn’t want to burden anybody with his troubles.

Question 12

grapple

Answer 12

lutar, combater

Question 13

to call it quits

Answer 13

decidir parar o que estava fazendo

Let’s call it quits for today and get together first thing tomorrow.

Question 14

Nudge

Answer 14

Cutucar, acotovelar (para chamar atencao), dar um empurrao (incentivo)

Question 15

reformatório (febem)

Answer 15

juvie

Question 16

hinder (rínder)

Answer 16

dificultar

Question 17

Flippant

Answer 17

Irreverente, que não possui respeito

a flippant remark/attitude

Question 18

Dead in the water

Answer 18

If something is dead in the water, it has failed and it seems impossible that it will be successful in the future:

So how does a government revive an economy that is dead in the water?

Por água abaixo

Question 19

To falter

Answer 19

to lose strength or purpose and stop, or almost stop
enfraquecer
The dinner party conversation faltered for a moment.
Nickie’s voice faltered and he stopped speaking.

to move awkwardly as if you might fall
vacilar
The nurse saw him falter and made him lean on her

Question 20

Subproduto

Answer 20

Byproduct

Question 21

To conceal

Answer 21

Ocultar, omitir, acobertar

I tried to conceal my surprise when she told me her age.
It was said that the police concealed vital evidence.

Question 22

Com exceçao de

Answer 22

Except for

Question 23

Repeal (subs)

Answer 23

Anulação, revogação

the legislation was repealed five months later

Question 24

Fortnight

Answer 24

2 weeks

Question 25

To Fine-tune

Answer 25

to make small changes to something in order to make it as good as possible (aperfeiçoar)
The training program helped him fine-tune his skill set.
The company’s aim is to fine-tune its manufacturing system.

Question 26

Undermine

Answer 26

to gradually weaken or destroy someone or something:

She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.

Prejudicar, comprometer, minar (consumir pouco a pouco)

Question 27

To go great lenghts

Answer 27

to use a lot of effort to get or achieve something:
We went to great lengths to make sure the votes were counted correctly.

Question 28

to be rocked

Answer 28

(ser abalado)
If a person or place is rocked by something such as an explosion, the force of it makes the person or place shake:

The explosion, which rocked the city, killed 300

Question 29

to escalate

Answer 29

to become or make something become greater or more serious (INTENSIFICAR)
“The escalating rate of inflation will almost certainly bring escalating prices.”

(in business) to involve someone more important or higher in rank in a situation or problem:
“You might need to escalate the issue to the next highest level management team.”

Question 30

cripple

Answer 30

aleijar, aleijado

to make something much less effective; damage:

Economic sanctions have crippled the country’s economy.

Question 31

in defiance

Answer 31

em resistencia, em provocação

behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something:

In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.

Question 32

to waiver

Answer 32

renunciar, abrir mao de (algum direito)

an agreement that you do not have to pay or obey something:

We had to sign a waiver, giving up any rights to the land in the futur

Question 33

uphill

Answer 33

difícil, needing a large amount of effort:

It’ll be an uphill struggle/battle/fight to get the new proposals accepted.

Question 34

entail

Answer 34

to make something necessary, or to involve something:

Such a large investment inevitably entails some risk.

Question 35

blimp

Answer 35

dirigivel (balão)