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Question 1

Ploy

Answer 1

Manobra

He only said he had a meeting as a ploy to get her to leave.

Question 2

I’m at my wit’s

Answer 2

Estou no meu limite (paciência)

Question 3

ensnare

Answer 3

to capture in, or involve as in, a snare (armadilha)

Question 4

To soar

Answer 4

To rise quicky

Voar, planar

All night long fireworks soared into the sky.
Temperatures will soar over the weekend, say the weather forecasters.
House prices soared a further 20 percent.

Question 5

teimosamente

Answer 5

Stubbornly

Question 6

Churn

Answer 6

to move something, especially a liquid, with great force

to mix milk until it becomes butter
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If your stomach is churning, you feel ill, usually because you are nervous

Question 7

to be cast out

Answer 7

ser banido, expulso

Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

Question 8

To cope

Answer 8

lidar

to deal successfully with a difficult situation:
It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.

Question 9

vespa

Answer 9

wasp or hornet (a kind of wasp)

Question 10

Siphon off

Answer 10

• extrair, drenar, sugar:
Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung

• Desviar (recursos):
Over the years, she siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars from various accounts.

Question 11

to hobnob

Answer 11

to spend time being friendly with someone who is important or famous

She often has her picture in the papers, hobnobbing with the rich and famous

Question 12

outrageously

Answer 12

absurdamente

outrageously high prices

Question 13

Já estava na hora

Answer 13

It’s about time

Question 14

To cow

Answer 14

Intimidar

to frighten someone into doing something, using threats or violence

The dictator has succeeded in cowing his public opponents into near silence

Question 15

bury the hatchet

Answer 15

fazer as pazes

Question 16

stack up (mais de um significado)

Answer 16

se comparam: How do the population numbers stack up?

acumular: Traffic stacked up behind the bus.

empilhar: The books had been stacked up in neat piles.

Question 17

Como foi (tal coisa)?

Answer 17

How did it go?

Question 18

pump up

Answer 18

“encher” de ar ou “bombear” um certo objeto: This tire needs pumping up

“exercitar” os músculos, ou seja, “fazer musculação”

“aumentar” o volume (de uma música, geralmente) ou de uma história, fato ou narrativa, para causar comoção: The media was pumping it up a fair bit.

“aumentar” uma certa qualidade ou quantidade de algo: The US was able to pump up exports.

Question 19

Chama

Labareda

Answer 19

Flame

Blaze

Question 20

money paid as a reward

Answer 20

Bounty

Question 21

To urge

Answer 21

Estimular, incitar, tentar persuadir

Party leaders urged her to run for Congress

Question 22

batten down the hatches

Answer 22

to prepare for a difficult situation

Question 23

catchphrase

Answer 23

bordão

Question 24

latch on

Answer 24

Os cinco sentidos de latch on são, resumidamente: 1) “agarrar-se a” ou “segurar-se em” algo; 2) “adquirir” algo; 3) “apegar-se a” algo; 4) “seguir” ou “encontrar” alguém; 5) “entender” algo.

The wire was latched on to the car handle.
I have to latch onto a hundred bucks by Friday night.
He latched onto music as a way to relax.
Two boys tried to latch onto us as we were leaving.
Sue doesn’t quite latch onto the proper stance in golf.’

Question 25

Trapdoor

Answer 25

a hinged or removable panel in a floor, ceiling, or roof.

Question 26

Keetle

Answer 26

chaleira

Question 27

reason out

Answer 27

eliminar, dar cabo de um problema ou questão, usando o raciocínio.

Question 28

keel over

Answer 28

desmaiar
derrubar, cair
tombar, virar

After running the marathon, Jasper keeled over with exhaustion.

Question 29

maçaneta

Answer 29

handle

Question 30

Pegar (alguém) de surpresa

Answer 30

Take one by surprise

Question 31

hubris

Answer 31

a way of talking or behaving that is too proud; arrogancia

He was punished for his hubris.

“Riubrãs”

Question 32

stance

Answer 32

the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in baseball, golf, and other sports); a person’s posture.

Question 33

hinge on

Answer 33

“depender de”, ou “estar centrado/dependente em
This plan hinges on her approval.

to depend on (something) The outcome of the election hinges on how the candidates perform in the debate.

Question 34

plough through

Answer 34

plough: arar

“enfrentar” ou “encarar”: Do you waste too much time ploughing through paperwork?

“abrir caminho por entre”: I managed to plough through the crowds and get to the information desk.

“colidir com”: The plane ploughed through the trees.

Question 35

Fasten

Answer 35

to (cause something to) become firmly fixed together, or in position, or closed:

Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened.

APERTAR

Question 36

Swindle (subs)

Answer 36

Fraude

to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them

Fraud squad officers are investigating a £5.6 million swindle.

Question 37

To stick out

Answer 37

to be very noticeable because of being different.

Sobressair-se, chamar a atenção

Dye your hair orange and you’ll really stick out in a small town like this.

Question 38

Latch on to

Latch (subs)

Answer 38

1- to begin to understand something:
It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about.

2 - attach oneself to (someone) as a constant and usually unwelcome companion (Grudar)
Soon after she got to the party, some strange man latched on to her and wouldn’t go away.

Trinco

Question 39

Scavenge

Answer 39

to look for or get food or other objects in other people’s rubbish

If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead decaying animal

Question 40

to carouse

Answer 40

Farrear

to enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly in a group of people

They were out carousing till dawn.

Question 41

fend for

Answer 41

defender ou cuidar

fend for oneself: cuidar de si mesmo

Question 42

to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

Answer 42

make do

Question 43

Skittish

Answer 43

ˈ(of people and animals) nervous or easily frightened:
My horse is very skittish.

Investors are skittish about the impact of an economic downturn..

Question 44

teller

Answer 44

a person employed in a bank to receive and pay out money

Question 45

xadrez (tecido)

Answer 45

plaid (xadrez)

Question 46

nata do leite

Answer 46

cream of milk

Question 47

Queimadura por frio

Answer 47

Frostbite

“Fróstbite”