voc-6 Flashcards by Barbara Unknown

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ascent

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ascensão

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pinnacle

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auge

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sputtering

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engasgando

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rampant

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desenfreado

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lauded

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elogiado

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buoyed (by)

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impulsionado

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stifle

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sufocar

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placate

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aplacar, apaziguar

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derogatory

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depreciativa

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reviled

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insultado

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fringes

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margens

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rollback

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reversão

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deferring

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adiando

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subsidize

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subsidiar

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coal plants

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usinas de carvão

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twist

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giro, reviravolta

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blurred

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borrado

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newly recast

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recém-formulado

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eager

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ansioso, ávido

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slums

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favelas

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exult

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exultar (expressar alegria)

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assault

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agredir

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escalation

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agravamento, aumento

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withstand

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suportar, resistir

unravel

desvendar

exemption

isenção

curbs

freios. freiar

loophole

brecha

unenforceable

inexequível

looming

iminente

lame duck

carta fora do baralho (fim de mandato)

pile-ups

amontoados

bystander

espectador

fanciful

extravagante

tirades

long speech of criticism

constrain

constranger, limitar, restringir

glut

excesso

hold account

assumir responsabilidade

plug

conectar

set out

estabelecer

plainly

claramente

wreck havoc

causar estrago

stall

estagnar

leeway

margem

upbeat

otimista

wither

murchar, definhar

bared its fangs

mostrou suas presas

waging

empreendendo