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Question 1

make a point of doing sth

Answer 1

to always do something or to take particular care to do something:
She makes a point of keeping all her shopping receipts.

Question 2

By no stretch

Answer 2

used to describe things that are definitely not possible or correct:

By no stretch of the imagination could he be seriously described as an artist.

This could not by any stretch be seen as a victory.

Question 3

Naysayer

Answer 3

Pessimista

someone who says something is not possible, is not good, or will fail:
He ignored the naysayers and persevered.

Question 4

Deluded

Answer 4

believing things that are not real or true:
Poor deluded girl, she thinks he’s going to marry her.

Iludido

Question 5

Ser expulso da escola

Answer 5

To be kicked/thrown out from school
To be expelled

Question 6

Represália, retaliação

Answer 6

Reprisal

Question 7

Baseado em fatos reais

Answer 7

Based on real/true events

Question 8

Ele me pagou $50 para não contar

Answer 8

He paid me 50 not to tell

Question 9

Queda livre

Answer 9

Nosedive

a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down:
The plane roared overhead and went into a nosedive.

a sudden fast fall in prices, value, etc.:
There was alarm in the markets when the dollar took a nosedive

Question 10

Energy-guzzling

Answer 10

Devorador de energia

Question 11

give someone a piece of your mind

Answer 11

to tell someone why you are angry with that person:
I’d like to give her a piece of my mind.

Question 12

Clara de ovo

Answer 12

Egg white

Question 13

quick-tempered

Answer 13

likely to become angry very easily:
She was a quick-tempered woman.
He could be quick-tempered with those who opposed him.

Question 14

jogar lixo na rua

Answer 14

throw garbage on the street

Question 15

com qual animal você se parece mais?

Answer 15

What animal are you (the) most like?

Question 16

ocupar espaço

Answer 16

take up space

Question 17

marmita

Answer 17

packed lunch
marmiteira -> lunchbox

Question 18

temperos perdem seu sabor com o tempo

Answer 18

Spices lose their flavor over time

Question 19

se desfazer de algo

Answer 19

to get rid of sth

Question 20

ficar mexendo no cabelo

Answer 20

to keep touching my hair, or playing my hair

Question 21

quebra de cabelo

Answer 21

hair breakage

Question 22

Shore something up

Answer 22

to make something stronger by supporting it:
The plan will enable his company to shore up its financial position.
After the earthquake we had to shore up ceilings and walls.

Question 23

Blue-collar

Answer 23

Blue-collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work.

Operário

Question 24

Cut-throat

Answer 24

competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others:
a cut-throat business/market/world
Scrapping of price fixing legislation led to a cut-throat battle for supermarket customers.
Many firms have fallen victim to cut-throat competition.

Question 25

To be snowed under

Answer 25

to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all:
I’m absolutely snowed under with work at the moment.

Question 26

Shackled

Answer 26

If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do:
The country is shackled by its own debts.

Algemado, acorrentado

Question 27

Gloomy

Answer 27

Sombrio, triste, escuro

The cemetery is a gloomy place.

a gloomy economic forecast

We waited in a gloomy waiting room.

Question 28

Deadlock

Answer 28

Impasse

There was deadlock between the directors and the negotiating committee.

Question 29

Purported

Answer 29

Suposto

that has been stated to be true or to have happened, although this may not be the case:

A recent study into the purported health benefits of the drink was not conclusive.

Question 30

To surmise

Answer 30

Supor

to guess something, without having much or any proof:

The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.

Question 31

Strewn

Answer 31

Espalhado

To Strew: to spread things in an untidy way over a surface, or to be spread in an untidy way over a surface:

They marked the end of the war by strewing flowers over the graves of 18,000 soldiers.

Wine bottles and dirty dishes were strewn across the lawn..

Question 32

Animal terrestre

Answer 32

Land animal

Question 33

To glean

Answer 33

Obter, adquirir

to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty:

From what I was able to glean, the news isn’t good.

.Ratios gleaned

Question 34

Despedaçar (3)
t…
s…
s…

Answer 34

Tear apart
Shatter
Shred

Question 35

Quatro elevado a 2 (4^2)

Answer 35

Four squared

Question 36

5^3

Answer 36

Five cubed

Question 37

10^10

Answer 37

Ten to the power of ten