62 Flashcards

1
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Revolving

A

Renovável, giratorio

a revolving bookcase

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2
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O aviao caiu

A

The plane crashed

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3
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Pilotar o aviao

A

Fly the plane

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4
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Neblina

A

Fog

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5
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Horario de funcionamento

A

Business hours

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6
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Devorar

A

Devour

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7
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Ata de reuniao dos socios

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Board meeting minutes

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8
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droopy

A

caído
“It turns out droopy eyelids are a common sign of aging”

Sem força, sem ânimo
“the girls looked rather droopy

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9
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Lanterna

A

Flashlight

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10
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Bocejar

A

Yawn

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11
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Daltonico

A

Color-blind

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12
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Tédio

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Boredom

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13
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To forgo

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Abrir mão, renunciar, abster-se de

I shall have to forgo the pleasure of seeing you this week.

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

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14
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Categories (pronunciation)

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CÁ te GÓ ris

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15
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Ficar na sua (not talk to other people very much)

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To keep to yourself

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16
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Sheer number

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Grande numero

17
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Frenético
Wild or distraugh with fear, anxiety or other emotion

A

frantic

18
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Sócio (clube)

A

Member

19
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Isso varia entre..

A

It ranges from…. to …

20
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Cliente de muito tempo

A

A longtime client

21
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To get hitched

A

Casar

22
Q

Conjuge

A

Spouse

“Spáus”

23
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Seja (isso ou aquilo)

A

Wheter

24
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Infatuation

A

Paixão

strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction:

It’s just an infatuation. She’ll get over it.
No one expected their infatuation with each other to last.

25
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to account for sth

A

to form the total of something (compreende):
Students account for the vast majority of our customers.

to explain the reason for something or the cause of something:
Periodic calibration is necessary to account for changes in the environment.

26
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que assim seja

A

so be it

27
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by all means

A

com certeza, sem dúvidas

“Can you come to dinner tomorrow?” “By all means. I’d love to”

28
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stow away

A

viajar clandestinamente
“He stowed away on a ship bound for South Africa”

Guardar, to put something in a safe place so that it can be used in the future:
“I think I’ll stow the camping equipment away in the loft until next summer”

29
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to supersede

A

substitutuir

Phones using 2.5G technology were superseded by third-generation (3G) phones.

30
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to uphold

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defender, apoiar

“As a police officer you are expected to uphold the law whether you agree with it or not.”

31
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pelo qual, através do qual

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whereby

“a system whereby people could vote by telephone”

32
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descrito acima (sem ser described)

A

outlined above

33
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be/keep on an even keel

A

Manter em equilíbrio

to be, keep or remain in a calm and untroubled state

The new manager succeeded in putting the business back on an even keel

34
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to be the …. on the cake

“fechar com a chave de ouro”
“cereja do bolo”

A

icing

“I was just content to see my daughter in such a stable relationship but a grandchild, that really was the icing on the cake.”

35
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soften up

A

amolecer

She tried to soften me up by saying nice things about me, and then asked for the week off.