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Question 1

diretriz

Answer 1

guideline

Question 2

entupir

Answer 2

clog

Question 3

ela tem preconceito com (isso)

Answer 3

she is prejudiced against

Question 4

presumably

Answer 4

presumivelmente, provavelmente

Presumably he just forgot to send the letter.

Question 5

serendipitously

Answer 5

acidentalmente, por acaso

A team of researchers has made a serendipitous discovery that could help in the struggle to cure obesity.

Question 6

palestrante
orador

Answer 6

lecturer
speaker

Question 7

semente de milho

Answer 7

corn kernel

Question 8

flyover

Answer 8

viaduto

Question 9

bondinho

Answer 9

cablecar

Question 10

para que isso serve?

Answer 10

what is this for?

Question 11

tram (subs)

Answer 11

onibus eletrico

Question 12

desagradavel, nojento

Answer 12

nasty

Question 13

rodízio de carro

Answer 13

vehicle restriction

Question 14

De certo modo

Answer 14

in a sense
In a way
somehow

Thus, in a sense… the astronaut will be recycled.

Question 15

iluminismo

Answer 15

the age/period of Enlightenment

Question 16

raspar

to remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough

Answer 16

scrape

Scrape your boots clean before you come in

Question 17

scratch

Answer 17

riscar, score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object

coçar a pele

Question 18

trocar de lugar

Answer 18

swap/switch place

Question 19

to be mugged

Answer 19

ser assaltado

Question 20

resort to

Answer 20

to do something that you do not want to do because you cannot find any other way of achieving something:

I had to resort to violence/threats to get my money.
[ + -ing verb ] When she didn’t answer the phone, I resorted to calling up to her from the street.

Question 21

eu tiro o chapéu para…

Answer 21

i tip my hat to ….

Question 22

to come off

Answer 22

to succeed

I tried telling a few jokes but they didn’t come off (= no one laughed).

Question 23

ser contra / a favor

Answer 23

to be for / against something

Question 24

metro quadrado

Answer 24

square meter

Question 25

rampage

Answer 25

to go through an area making a lot of noise and causing damage: 2. violent and usually wild behaviour:

alvoroço, fúria

The demonstrators rampaged through the town, smashing windows and setting fire to cars.

Question 26

goof off

Answer 26

relaxar, ficar a toa, vadiar

The teacher told them to stop goofing off and get back to work.

Question 27

derogatory

Answer 27

depreciativo

Question 28

to rove

Answer 28

vaguear, perambular

a roving band (na série que assisti, referindo aos mulequinhos)

Question 29

to put a pin on (a story, a report)

Answer 29

to report information in a way that makes their interpretation of it more acceptable