May 2024 Flashcards
To hightail
to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry:
- usually used with it
As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there.
Interfone
Intercom
Lozenge
Losango, pastilha de dor de garganta
Get bent out of shape
Transtornado
to become very angry or upset:
There is no reason to get so bent out of shape. I didn’t mean any harm.
To peddle
Vender
try to sell (something, especially small items) by going from house to house or place to place.
He peddled art and printing materials around the country
Flat out (adv)
A toda velocidade
at the maximum speed, level, rate, etc. that is possible:
We’ve been working flat out to get this done.
To bum
to ask someone for something, such as money or cigarettes, without intending to pay for them:
Hey, could I bum a cigarette?
Say a mouthful
used to say that what someone said was entirely correct and was worth saying.
You said a mouthful! (Agora você disse tudo!)
Bedridden
Acamado
He had to spend two years bedridden with an injury
Get hooked
enjoying something so much that you are unable to stop having it, watching it, doing it, etc.:
I was hooked after two episodes
A case in point
Um exemplo disso
a good example of something:
Supermarkets often charge too much for goods. Bananas are a case in point.
Palmilha
Insole
Run out on someone
Abandonar
to leave someone you are having a relationship with or something you are responsible for, without warning and usually causing problems:
She ran out on him two months ago, leaving him to take care of their two children.
sardas
freckles
shank
the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates
tender (arm, a part of the body, etc)
painful, sore, or uncomfortable when touched:
My arm was very tender after the injection.
on the fritz
quebrado, com defeito
The fridge is on the fritz again.
regar as plantas
water the plants
glom onto something/someone
to become very interested in something such as a new idea or fashion or in someone:
Retailers are glomming onto a new fashion among teens for outsize clothes.
This guy glommed onto me at Tasha’s party and wouldn’t take no for an answer.
sticky fingers
mao leve
a tendency to steal things
wiener dog
cão salsicha
tbm dachshund
lenço umedecido
wet wipe
mushy (adj)
meloso (excessively sentimental)
7 Mushy Moves Guys Actually Love
chaperone
an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior
responsável, supervisor
to yank
puxar, arrancar, retirar
to suddenly remove someone or something:
I was yanked out of school and forced to go to work.
a quick forceful pull of something:
Give the door a yank and it should open.
it dawned on him
to become known or obvious to someone, often suddenly:
It finally dawned on him that she’d been joking.
It was beginning to dawn on her that she had been fooled
brinco de argola
hoop earring
estrela cadente
shooting star
to shed
perder pelos/folhas, derramar lágrimas
He didn’t shed one tear when his old car was stolen.
My cat shed all over the couch.
By November, the trees had shed their leaves.
rerfri sem gás
flat soda
go all out
dar o máximo, fazer de tudo
The team went all out for a win.
He went all out to pass the exam.
spring to mind
vir a mente
to come quickly into your mind:
Say the word “Australia” and a vision of beaches and blue seas immediately springs to mind.
to do something with flying colors
If you do something such as pass an exam with flying colors, you do it very successfully.
Your sister has graduated with flying colors!
She passed the exam with flying colors.
com grande sucesso, brilhantemente, com mérito
ppk sem pelo, lisinha
smooth
canoa
canoe
“caniu”
palheta de guitar
guitar pick
you are in for a treat!
você vai adorar!
Is this your first time seeing this movie? Gosh, you’re in for a treat!
“I’ve never listened to this song.” “Then you’re in for a treat!”
roer as unhas
bite your nails
schmuck
babaca, imbecil
to be over the hump
to be past the most difficult or dangerous part of an activity or period of time:
It’s been hard work but I think we’re over the hump now.
“o pior já passou”
mum’s the word
used to say that some information is being kept secret or should be kept secret
We want her birthday party to be a surprise, so mum’s the word.
to do something under the wire
If someone does something under the wire, they do it at the last possible moment
I submitted my application at 11:59 PM on deadline day—just under the wire!
Work was completed just under the wire.
to split hairs
to argue about small details that are not important
aid and abet someone
to help someone to do something illegal or wrong:
Three auditors were accused of aiding and abetting the men charged with fraud.
They were taken to jail and charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
tall order
tarefa difícil
something that is very difficult to do.
*Getting the project done on schedule is going to be a tall order. *
umpire
árbrito
linho
linen
“linen”
estande
a small temporary tent or structure at a market, fair, or exhibition, used for selling goods, providing information, or staging shows.
booth
saunter
passeio, passear
to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction:
He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.
broad (subs)
Word for a woman. Less respectable than lady but much more respectable than bitch
to be raring
ansioso, entusiasmado
very enthusiastic and eager to do something.
She was raring to get back to her work
viajar de classe econômica = fly …
fly coach
come/get (down) off your high horse
to stop talking as if you were better or more clever than other people:
Sam is never going to make friends here until he gets off his high horse and stops acting like he knows more than all of us.
to go cold turkey on something
If someone goes cold turkey, they completely and suddenly stop taking a drug or other substance that they depend on. :
Going cold turkey may cause serious withdrawal symptoms.
I’ve decided to go cold turkey on the cigarettes again.
to build bridges between …
to improve relationships between people who are very different or do not like each other:
Peter needs to try and build bridges with Lizzie.
pigs in blankets
enroladinho de salsicha
to quench
to satisfy a need to drink by drinking liquid, or to stop fire from burning:
We quenched our thirst at a mountain spring.
Heavy rains quenched the fire.
saciar/matar a sede, apagar o fogo
kennel
canil ou casa de cachorro (tb doghouse)
salt of the earth
a very good and honest person or group of people.
These folks are the salt of the earth.
go berserk
perder as estreibeiras
to become very angry, crazy, and violent.
A worker went berserk and killed his boss.
to prattle
tagarelare
to talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important:
She’d have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if I’d let her.
to see eye to eye
concordar
I don’t see eye to eye with him
to shack up
to live together (with someone) as sexual partners without being married.
I hear he’s shacked up with some woman.
treat something with kid gloves
to treat with extreme tact or gentleness:
He’s upset, so handle him with kid gloves today.
ergo
logo
a Latin word meaning “therefore”:
He was never proven guilty, ergo he was innocent.
bib
babadouro
a piece of cloth or plastic which is worn by very young children to protect their clothes while they are eating
bend over backwards
to try extremely hard to help or to please someone:
She bent over backwards to help him.
scope something/someone out
to look carefully to see if something or someone is interesting or attractive:
We scoped out the local area to see if it would be a good place to rent a flat.
rap sheet
ficha criminal
tb criminal record
to be on a roll
to be having a successful or lucky period:
Pippa won five games in a row and it was obvious she was on a roll.
eat your heart out!
morra de inveja
Eat your heart out—I got tickets to the concert and you didn’t!
blow the whistle on someone
denunciar, delatar
If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening.
canivete
pocketknife
mãezona do grupo
a person who assumes an overly protective maternal attitude
mother hen of the group
rip-off (2)
roubo / something that costs too much money:
The drinks here are a complete rip-off.
**imitação **/ an inferior imitation of something.
“rip-offs of all the latest styles”
ter boas intenções
to mean well
sought-after
desejado, cobiçado, procurado
Something that is sought-after is in great demand, usually because it is rare or of very good quality.
A gold medal is the most sought-after prize in world sport
sought: past simple and past participle of seek
hold something over someone
usar contra
If you hold something over someone, you use it in order to threaten them or make them do what you want.
Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity
pode-se dizer que …
it can be said that
one can/could/might say that
to swing something
to make something happen.
*I hope I can swing a deal that will make us all a lot of money. *
título provisório
working title
puff (de sentar)
beanbag chair
to talk smack
falar mal
to make critical or insulting comments to someone, especially an opponent:
We argue and fight and talk smack to each other.
dente do siso
Wisdom tooth
to nibble
mordiscar, beliscar
to eat or chew in small bits
Do you have some peanuts for us to nibble while the party warms up?
Just take/have a nibble to see if you like the taste.
leech
sanguessuga
chumbo
lead
it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum)
tripé
tripod
splint
tala
material or a device used to protect and immobilize a body part
to seethe
to feel very angry:
She was still seething, remembering how rudely she was treated.
de cabeça erguida
with your head held high
to conk out
of a machine : to stop working properly
My car’s engine conked out this morning.
to fall asleep
I conked out on the sofa last night.
canção de ninar
lullaby
dullard
a stupid person
Uva passa
Raisin
Arremeter, arremetida
Go-around
Terçol
Stye
“Stai”
Burro
Donkey
Drift off
fall asleep.
I was lying down to rest for a moment and I must have drifted off
Lentes de contato
Veneers
