TUDO Flashcards
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Rehearsal
Ensaio (de teatro, peça…)
They didn’t have time for rehearsal before the performance
He’s a producer with 3 plays in rehearsal
The play is current in rehearsal
Spring
Mola, saltar, pular
I sprang out of the bed to answer the door
The organization is ready to spring INTO action
I noticed the way you sprang TO his defense when Caroline started joking about his clothes
Void
Vazio, sem reconhecimento legal, falta de…
She stood at the edge of the chasm and stared into the void
The lawyer declared the contract void
I’ll just void the check and pay in cash
He’s completely void OF charm
Chasm
Abismo (espaço físico ou espaço entre opiniões ou pessoas)
They learned over the rails and peered down into de dizzying chasm bellow
There is still a vast economic chasm between developed and developing countries
Abyss
Abismo ou situação que traz problema ou destruição
The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness
She found herself on the edge of an abyss
Idly
To sit/stand idly by
Sem propósito, fazendo nada, ociosamente, preguiçosamente
(Ficar de braços cruzados)
I was just glancing idly through a magazine
She lay idly on the grass
We cannot STAND idly BY while the people suffer
I can’t idly by while he takes our son
Bleak
Sombrio, sem esperança de futuro, desolador, sem vida
It was a bleak, unpleasant house
With no job, the future looked bleak
I’m an optimist, but everything seemed so bleak
Enact
Decretar, ordenar, legalizar, atuar (história ou teatro)
The government is to enact a law aimed at improving safety on construction sites
The stories are enacted using music and dance
Prank
Pegadinha, fazer Uma pegadinha (verbo)
I’ve had enough of your childish pranks
When I was at school we were always PLAYING pranks ON our teachers
He finally realized he’d beed pranked
Stunt
Cena perigosa, habilidade publicitaria, impedir o crescimento
Tom Cruise has performed his own stunts for Mission Impossible 2
Their marriage was just a cheap publicity stunt
Drought has stunted this year’s cereal crop
Hoax
Farsa (verbo enganar maldosamente)
It is a true hoax to encourage people to think they have a real chance to win the lottery
A fake website was set up and a number of people were hoaxed
Amenable
Receptivo
He was amenable to suggestion, and really worked hard to improve himself
Placate
Apaziguar, conciliar
Outraged minority groups will not be placated By promises of future improvements
Poised
Adj, verb TO // FOR
Parado (posicionado pronto para), pronto para, calmo e confiante
My pencil was poised over the page, ready to take down her words
The military forces are poised FOR attack
The company is poised TO launch its new advertising campaign
She is a polite, poised young woman
Reverse
Reverter, inverso, contrário, avesso, revés, mover para o lado oposto
The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company’s fortunes
Now that you have a job and I don’t, our situations are reversed
The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment
Averted
Evitado, desviar o olhar, prevenido, impedido
(Evitar)
I averted my glaze/eyes while he dressed
We tried to avert out thoughts FROM our massive financial problems
The shy man was standing before me, his eyes averted
Shuffle
Embaralhar, misturar, caminhar arrastando os pés lentamente, mudar as coisas de posição
I love shuffling through the fallen leaves
He shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his walking stick
She shuffled her papers nervously on her desk
It’s your turn to shuffle the cards
Many prisoners have to be shuffled AROUND the police stations because of prison overcrowding
Baffled
Baffling
Perplexo, confuso, ficar incapaz de entender e explicar (desconcertante)
She was completely baffled BY his strange behaviour
A baffling mistery
Raffled
Sorteado, sortear, rifar, sorteio
A raffle ticket/prize
I have never won anything in a raffle
We are going to raffle OFF a car for the hospital appeal
I have no objection to helping in raffles and making contibution
Muffled
Abafado, agasalhado
I could hear muffled voices next door
The house has doubled-glazed windows to muffle the noise of aircraft
Dingy
Escuro e sujo, sombrio, surrado
The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim (escuro) and their ceiling too low
Edgy
Nervoso, irritado, inquieto
He paced the hallway looking edgy and impatient
Stilted
Forçado, artificial, não natural
He writes in a formal and somewhat stilted style
The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian
Legal language tends to be very stilted
Barge
Entrar ou correr por um ambiente sem pedir licença, de modo rude, barca de transporte de carga pesada
They barged through the crowds
When the doors opened she barged her way to the front of the queue
The man barged INTO her and ran on without stopping
The fuel was transported by barge
You ought to knock instead of barging into my office