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Question 1

jittery

Answer 1

Nervous:
He felt all jittery before the interview.

shaking and slightly uncontrolled:
I get really jittery if I drink too much coffee.

Question 2

hump day

Answer 2

Quarta-feira

Question 3

to rant

Answer 3

reclamar, fazer um discurso

to speak, write or shout in a loud, uncontrolled, or angry way, often saying confused or silly things:

He’s always ranting (on) about the government.
I get fed up with my mother ranting and raving (about my clothes) all the time.

Question 4

To stifle

Answer 4

Controlar, impedir:

She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.
I don’t know how I managed to stifle my anger.
We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.

Sufocar:
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

Question 5

set up shop

Answer 5

to start your own business:
She set up shop back in 1965 with a very small restaurant in the Kings Road.

Question 6

to weed out

Answer 6

Eliminar

to get rid of people or things that are not wanted:
The administration plans to weed out failed programs.

Question 7

outcry (substantivo)

Answer 7

a strong expression of anger and disapproval about something, made by a group of people or by the public:
The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.

protesto, escândalo

Question 8

gizmo

Answer 8

any small device with a particular purpose:
electronic gizmos

aparelho

Question 9

Fickle (adj)

Answer 9

Inconstante, instavel:

She’s so fickle - she’s never been interested in the same man for more than a week!

Question 10

Distate (subs)

Answer 10

Aversão

a dislike of something that you find unpleasant or unacceptable:

His distaste for publicity of any sort is well known.
She looked at the advertisement with distaste before walking quickly on.

Question 11

Shortsighted

Answer 11

Miope

Ou

not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future:
It’s very short-sighted of the government not to invest in technological research.

Question 12

Águas passadas

problems that someone has had in the past that they do not worry about because they happened a long time ago and cannot now be changed:

Answer 12

Yes, we did have our disagreements but that’s water under the bridge now.

Question 13

to put things in or on a vehicle
carregar o carro

Answer 13

Let’s load up the car and then we can go

Load up

Question 14

Smoking gun

Answer 14

information that proves who committed a crime:
The tape recordings provided prosecutors with the smoking gun they needed to prove he’d been involved in the conspiracy.

Question 15

Unbecoming

Answer 15

Improprio

Unbecoming clothes do not look attractive on a particular person.

Unbecoming behaviour is not correct or not acceptable:
He was charged with conduct unbecoming (to) an officer.

Question 16

Straightforward

Answer 16

Simples, claro

easy to understand or simple:
Just follow the signs to Bradford - it’s very straightforward.

Question 17

Kid yourself

Answer 17

to make yourself believe something that is not true
Consumers may be kidding themselves about how much they’ll spend.

Don’t kid yourself = não se iluda

Question 18

Era de se imaginar

Answer 18

It figures

Question 19

To cave

Answer 19

Ceder

to agree to something that you would not agree to before, after someone has persuaded you or threatened you:

After protests from customers, the company caved and removed the item

Question 20

relish

Answer 20

to like or enjoy something:

I always relish a challenge.

I don’t relish telling her that her son has been arrested.

Question 21

untoward

Answer 21

Desagradável

Unless anything untoward happens we should arrive just before midday.

I hope you’re not suggesting anything untoward

Question 22

to welch

Answer 22

to avoid doing something you have promised to do, especially not to pay a debt:
He’s never welched on a debt - he always pays up.

welcher = sem palavra

Question 23

To grovel

Answer 23

Rastejar:
I was grovelling under the sofa, trying to find my contact lens.

Question 24

To shaft

Answer 24

Enganar, trair

She was shafted by her agent over the film rights to her book.

Question 25

Jump in

Answer 25

to interrupt when someone else is speaking:

I wish you’d stop jumping in and finishing my sentences for me all the time.

Question 26

Endearing

Answer 26

Cativante

making someone like you:

She laughs at herself a lot, which is always endearing.

Question 27

Rundown (noun)

Answer 27

Resumo, sumário, lista

The following is a rundown of our most recent deals.
He gave us a run-down of the company’s financial situation

Question 28

Underhanded

Answer 28

done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage:
What really made her mad was the dirty, underhanded way they had tricked her.

Disfarçado, desonesto

Question 29

Aptly

Answer 29

Apropriadamente

in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation:

We spent a week at the aptly named Grand View Hotel.
“Perseverance” aptly describes his hard work to complete the project.

Question 30

Fleeting (adj)

Answer 30

short or quick:

This is just a fleeting visit.

Question 31

See someone off

Answer 31

To say goodbye

To go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them

My parents saw me off at the airport.

Question 32

Girar em torno de algo

Answer 32

To revolve around something

The earth revolves atound the sun

Question 33

Conceited

Answer 33

too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities:
Without wishing to sound conceited, I am the best salesperson in the company.

Convencido

Question 34

Train wreck

Answer 34

Horrível, um fracasso

something that fails completely or goes extremely badly:

The movie was a train wreck.

After last year’s train wreck of a season, we have to do better.

Question 35

To be compounded

Answer 35

Ser agravado

To compound: to make a problem or difficult situation worse

His financial problems were compounded when he unexpextedly lost his job.

Question 36

Shakedown

Answer 36

the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them

Chantagem

Question 37

To quash (2)

Answer 37

Reprimir, parar:
The company moved quickly to quash rumours/speculation that it is losing money.

Anular uma decisão:
His conviction was quashed after his counsel argued that the police evidence was all lies.

Question 38

Mind-boggling

Answer 38

extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine:
She was paid the mind-boggling sum of ten million dollars for that film.

Question 39

Otter

Answer 39

Lontra

Question 40

To badger

Answer 40

Atormentar/importurnar alguém falando pra fazer alguma coisa:

Stop badgering me - I’ll do it when I’m ready.
She’s been badgering me into doing some exercise.
Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets.

Question 41

Stickler

Answer 41

Defensor

a person who thinks that a particular type of behaviour is very important, and always follows it or tries to make other people follow it:

He’s a stickler for detail/accuracy/efficiency.

Question 42

Pistache

Answer 42

Pistachio

Question 43

Fortitude

Answer 43

courage over a long period:

Coragem, resiliência

I thought she showed remarkable fortitude during that period.

Question 44

Rebuff

Answer 44

to refuse to accept a helpful suggestion or offer from someone, often by answering in an unfriendly way:

She rebuffed all suggestions that she should resign.