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Question 1

itching to do something

Answer 1

wanting to do something very much:
The kids are itching to go out and play.

Question 2

to divine

Answer 2

adivinhar

Question 3

entrou em recessão

Answer 3

went into recession

Question 4

mira (da arma)

Answer 4

crosshair

Question 5

quadro econômico

Answer 5

economic scenario, picture

Question 6

chance maior (além de higher)

Answer 6

Greater/better chance

Question 7

helpless to do sth

Answer 7

incapaz de …

Question 8

to unpack (além de desembrulhar, desfazer as malas, etc)

Answer 8

to explain or examine something in order to make its meaning clearer:
He read the agreed statement to the group and then began to unpack it for them.

Question 9

ingenuity

Answer 9

someone’s ability to think of clever new ways of doing something:
I was impressed by the ingenuity and energy of the contestants.
It took some time and a little ingenuity, but we were able to rescue the animals

engenhosidade, criatividade

Question 10

grisly

Answer 10

extremely unpleasant, especially because death or blood is involved:
The 55-year-old Canadian had suffered a grisly death.
a grisly murder

Question 11

unabashedly

Answer 11

descadaramente

Question 12

to eclipse sth/someone

Answer 12

to make another person or thing seem much less important, good, or famous:
The economy has eclipsed all other issues during this election campaign.

Question 13

vereador

Answer 13

councilman, coucilor

Question 14

divisive

Answer 14

polêmico, que causa divisão

It’s a divisive issue, even within our own party.

Question 15

to seize up

Answer 15

to stop being able to move or work in the normal way:
The washing machine totally seized up on Thursday.
The traffic had seized up for miles because of the roadworks.

Question 16

to seize

Answer 16

to take something quickly and hold it:
He seized her arm to lead her through the crowd.

Seize can also mean to take by force:
Rebel forces seized control of six towns.

If police or other officials seize something, they take possession of it by legal authority:
The goods that were seized had been hidden in a shipment of paint.

tomar, apreender

Question 17

educação a distancia

Answer 17

distance learning
distance education
online learning

Question 18

carga tributária

Answer 18

tax burden

Question 19

ajar

Answer 19

If a door is ajar, it is slightly open:
We left the door ajar so that we could hear what they were saying

Question 20

puzzling

Answer 20

difficult to explain or understand:
It’s a rather puzzling film.
a puzzling situation

intrigante

Question 21

Impudence

Answer 21

the quality of being rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone who is older or in a more important position:
With a hint of impudence she told him not to talk.
The memoir describes his life with honesty and impudence.

Insolência, irreverência, desaforo

Question 22

To flog

Answer 22

to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick, as a punishment:
Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience.

Açoitar, chicotear

Question 23

to warp

Answer 23

deformar

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight:
Water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring.

warp verb (MAKE WRONG)
to cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right:
Prison warps people. Had it warped Kelley enough that he would kill a stranger?

Question 24

bugbear

Answer 24

bicho-papao, pesadelo

tbm boogeyman

Question 25

mais afetados (2)

Answer 25

most affected
worst affected

Question 26

White House bid

Answer 26

candidatura à presidência

Question 27

Imã

Answer 27

Magnet

Question 28

Slender

Answer 28

thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive:
He put his hands around her slender waist.

Esbelto, fino, insuficiente

small in amount or degree:

a man of slender means (= without much money)
The chances of settling this dispute through talks seem increasingly slender.

Question 29

To trip sth up

Answer 29

to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake:

The exam went quite well, until I tripped up on the last question.
In the interview, they kept trying to trip me up.

Question 30

To be pilloried

Answer 30

Ser ridicularizado, denunciado

To pillory: to severely criticize someone, especially in a public way
“Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effective politician”

Question 31

Come on stream

Answer 31

Entrar em funcionamento

to start to work or be effective

The new power station will come on stream next month

Question 32

To pivot

Answer 32

to change your opinions, statements, decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before:

He has pivoted to bring himself in line with the rest of the candidates.
It was harder for Bush to pivot to the positive when so much of his campaign revolved around taking down Kerry.

Girar, mudar de direção

Question 33

Alga marinha

Answer 33

Seaweed

Question 34

Seven-course meal

Answer 34

Refeição de sete pratos

Question 35

Consignment

Answer 35

an amount of goods that is sent somewhere:
The most recent consignment of cloth was faulty.

Remessa

Question 36

Against a backdrop

Answer 36

Em um cenário
Em um contexto

Question 37

Wake-up call

Answer 37

Alerta

Question 38

To stoke

Answer 38

Atiçar, alimentar

to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people
He’s been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region.

to add fuel to a large enclosed fire and move the fuel around so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat:
Returning to the camp, he stoked the fire.

Alimentar

Question 39

Frothy market

Answer 39

Froth refers to a market condition where an asset’s price begins to increase beyond its intrinsic value

Question 40

To expedite

Answer 40

to make something happen more quickly:
Something needs to be done to expedite the process.

Acelerar

Question 41

Rife

Answer 41

(of something unpleasant) very common or frequent:
Graft and corruption were rife in city government.

If a place is rife with something unpleasant, it is full of it:
The office is rife with rumors that many of us will be fired.

Question 42

To scale back

Answer 42

to reduce something in size, amount, or production:
Sid will have to scale back his plans.

Question 43

Chasm

Answer 43

Abismo

They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.

a very large difference between two opinions or groups of people:

There is a vast economic chasm between developed and developing countries.

Question 44

To spurn

Answer 44

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having:
She spurned my offers of help.
Ellis plays the part of the young lover spurned by his mistress.

Question 45

Yawning (adjetivo)

Answer 45

used to describe a difference or amount that is extremely large and difficult to reduce:
There exists nowadays a yawning gap between rich and poor.

A yawning space or hole is very wide:
a yawning crevasse

Enorme

Question 46

Antes do previsto

Answer 46

Ahead of schedule
earlier than expected

Question 47

Cara séria

Answer 47

Straight face