Phrases With Meanings Flashcards

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Sturdy

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Phisically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt

Robusto.

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Let bygones be bygones

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Deixar o passado no passado

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Drift apart

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If two people drift apart, they gradually become less friendly and their relationship ends

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Gramps

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Grandpa

Vovô

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Fishy

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Seeming dishonet or false

Duvidoso

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Tattered

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In bad condition

Esfarrapado

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Soothe

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To make someone feel calm or less worried

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Wager

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An amount of money that you risk in the hope of winning more

Aposta

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Hasty

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Hasty action are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought

Basically, precipitate

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Fathom

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Other synonyms:

Understand
Comprehend
Grasp

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To Bow

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To bend your head or body foward in order to show respect or to thank and audience

Reverência

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Withstand

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To be strong enough, or not be changed by something

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A Flaw

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A thing thats not perfect

Defeito

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Lousy

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And adjective that means Very Bad

Nojento, horrível

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Negligible

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Too slight or small in amount to be of importance

Insignificante, desprezível

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Bluntly

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If you speak bluntly, you speak without trying to be polite or considering other people feelings.

Sem rodeios

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Drawback

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A disadvantage or the negative part of a situation

Um ponto negativo

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To Wield

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To hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it

Manejar

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Bold

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Not frightened of danger

Audacioso

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The Outskirts

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The areas that form the edge of a town or a city

Arredores

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Headquarters

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The main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a buziness company

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Fairly

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More than average, but less than very

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Speak ill

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To ease

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To make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful etc

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Underwent
To experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change Ex: She underwent an operation
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Unrelenting / relentless
Implacável
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Wary
Not completely trusting or certain about something or someone Also: cautious, prudent
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Boast
to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own gabar-se
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Sprawled
Esparramado
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Molten
Melted or made liquid by being heated to very high temperatures
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Dire
Very bad Dire straits = dificuldades terriveis
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Qualm
An uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing (duvida, escrúpulos)
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Uptight
Worried or nervous and not able to relax
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Slip up (phrasal verb)
To make a mistake
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Sibling
Someone's sister or brother
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Pull yourself together
To become calm and behave normally again after being angry or upset
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Weed out
To get rid of unwanted things or people from a group
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Maiden
A girl or young woman Donzela
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To Yearn
To want something very much with a feeling of sadness
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Nimble
Able to move quickly and easily Ágil
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To smother
To kill someone by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe
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Silk and silky
Seda e sedoso
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Aloof
Not friendly or willing to take part in things Same as indifferent
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Indelible
Indelible memories or actions are impossible to forget Indelével