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Question 1

Recife

Answer 1

Reef

Question 2

Inflável

Answer 2

Inflatable

Question 3

Disparate

Answer 3

different in every way:
The two cultures were so utterly disparate that she found it hard to adapt from one to the other.

Question 4

Interplay

Answer 4

the effect that two or more things have on each other:
Our personalities result from the complex interplay between our genes and our environment.

Interação

Question 5

Unseat

Answer 5

Destituir

to remove someone from power, especially as a result of an election:
The opposition candidate failed by only 39 votes to unseat the cabinet minister.

Question 6

To underscore

Answer 6

to emphasize the importance something:
The need for fire detectors in cargo bays was underscored by some accidents in the 1980s.

Question 7

Strain (2)

Answer 7

Pressão, força

The hurricane put such a strain on the bridge that it collapsed.

a particular type or quality:
A strain of puritanism runs through all her work.

Question 8

Particula

Answer 8

Particle

Question 9

To be flanked

Answer 9

to be at the side of someone or something:
The president was flanked by senior advisors.

Question 10

Unappealing

Answer 10

Not attractive or interesting

Question 11

Arrears

Answer 11

money that is owed and should already have been paid:
He ran into difficulties with his mortgage, building up more than £18,000 arrears.
The government is committed to the full and timely payment of its public debt and arrears

In arrears: em atraso

Question 12

Volte logo

Answer 12

Come right back

Question 13

Whammy

Answer 13

Whammy is used in expressions such as double whammy and triple whammy to indicate that two or three unpleasant or difficult situations occur at the same time, or occur one after the other.
[mainly journalism]
This is a double whammy for public sector workers. [+ for]
We’re suffering a triple whammy at the moment

Question 14

To puff

Answer 14

to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising:
He came puffing up the stairs.
[ + speech ] “I ran all the way home,” she puffed (= said while puffing)

Bufar

Fumar

Question 15

Abreast (adv)

Answer 15

used to say that two or more people are next to each other and moving in the same direction:
We were running/swimming two abreast.
The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her.

keep abreast of sth
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to make sure you know all the most recent facts about a subject or situation:
I try to keep abreast of any developments.

Question 16

Maestria

Answer 16

Mastery

Question 17

Double-edge

Answer 17

Dúbio

having two possible and different meanings or effects:
Climate changes are potentially double-edged in their consequences.
Wealth and fame can be a double-edged sword (= a situation with both positive and negative effects).

Question 18

De qualquer natureza

Answer 18

Of any kind
Of all kinds

Question 19

Overage

Answer 19

an amount of something that is more than the amount wanted or needed:
We have at least 1,000 unsold units and insufficient warehouse facilities to store the overage.
The fund showed an overage of several thousand pounds at the end of the quarter

Excedente

Question 20

A desvantagem é que …

Not disadvantage

Answer 20

The downside is

Question 21

To be floored

Answer 21

to surprise or confuse someone so much that they are unable to think what to say or do next:
I didn’t know what to say - I was completely floored.

to hit someone and cause them to fall:
He was floored with a single punch to the head.

Question 22

maverick

Answer 22

a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way:
a political maverick
He was considered as something of a maverick in the publishing world.

dissidente, rebelde

Question 23

observações finais

Answer 23

closing remarks

Question 24

Moeda fiduciária (qualquer título não-conversível, ou seja, não é lastreado a nenhum metal e não tem nenhum valor intrínseco)

Answer 24

fiat money

Question 25

Sr. Safra deixa sua esposa, quatro filhos e 14 netos

Answer 25

Mr Safra is survived by his wife, four children and 14 grandchildren

Question 26

conundrum

Answer 26

a problem that is difficult to deal with:
Arranging childcare over the school holidays can be a real conundrum for working parents.

Enigma, dilema

Question 27

to trundle

Answer 27

to push something on wheels, or to cause something to roll along:
She trundled the wheelbarrow down the road.

rodar, rolar

Question 28

scion

Answer 28

a young member of a rich and famous family:
He’s the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family.

descendente, membro

Question 29

to topple

Answer 29

derrubar, tombar:

The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds.

The tree toppled and fell.

Question 30

close-knit

Answer 30

unido

If a group of people are close-knit, they all help and support each other:
a close-knit family/community

Question 31

to undercut

Answer 31

to weaken, damage, or cause the failure of something; undermine:
He’s got a plan, so I don’t want to undercut the effort that he has underway.

To undercut is also to charge less than a competitor:
Large supermarkets can undercut their smaller rivals.

Prejudicar, baixar os preços

Question 32

dado como morto

Answer 32

presumed dead
given up for dead

Question 33

imensidade

Answer 33

immensity

Question 34

to whiter (away)

Answer 34

(to cause) to become weak and dry and decay:
Grass had withered in the fields.

[ I ]
to slowly disappear, lose importance, or become weaker:
This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away.

Question 35

to curtail

Answer 35

to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:
to curtail your holiday/spending
With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely curtailed

Encurtar, reduzir

Question 36

pegada

Answer 36

footprint

Question 37

não estou no animo

Answer 37

i’m not in the mood

Question 38

to condone

Answer 38

tolerar

Question 39

whiplash

Answer 39

the lash of a whip

a neck injury caused by a sudden forward movement of the upper body, especially in a car accident:
a whiplash injury

torcicolo, chicotada

Question 40

To sprinkle

Answer 40

borrifar, salpicar

to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface:
Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza./Sprinkle the pizza with a few herbs.
figurative The speech was liberally sprinkled with (= contained many) jokes about the incident.

Question 41

distintictive

Answer 41

Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from other things:
a distinctive smell/taste
She’s got a very distinctive voice.

característico, distinto

Question 42

to sidestep

Answer 42

Contornar, evitar, esquivar

to step to the side in order to avoid something, especially being hit:
He sidestepped the blow/the tackle.

to avoid talking about a subject, especially by starting to talk about something else:
The speaker sidestepped the question by saying that it would take him too long to answer it.

Question 43

seres vivos

Answer 43

living beings

Question 44

to usher in (a period, an era)

Answer 44

inaugurar

to be at the start of a new period, especially when important changes or new things happen, or to cause important changes to start happening:
These changes could usher in a period of dramatic economic growth.
His inventions helped usher in the era of skyscrapers.l

Question 45

luta de classes

Answer 45

class struggle, class warfare, class conflict

Question 46

conquest

Answer 46

the act of conquering a country, area, or situation

tomada, conquista, invasão