vocab Flashcards

(74 cards)

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kitschy

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tacky vulgar

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sheer

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puro

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sinews

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tendões força

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zeitgeist

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mentalidade espirito da epoca

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5
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fanciful ideas

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fantasioso extravagante

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6
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seeped

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penetrar infiltrar

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7
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cursory

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rapido superficial

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lurched from crisis to crisis /l left in the lurch

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movimento abrupto, guinada, solvanco, cambalear / abandonado (deixar em dificuldade)

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skin-deep

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superficial

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10
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deep seated belief / deep seated policy change

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arraigado / profundo

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11
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posit

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postular

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12
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pales in comparison

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não são nada

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13
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abetted a criminal

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instigar encorajar dar suporte

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14
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utter

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total

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15
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patina

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camada

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16
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churlish tone in her voice

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impertinente

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17
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trope

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tema

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18
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utterance

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declaração

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19
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staunch deffender supporter

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leal

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20
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part and parcel

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parte integrante

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21
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injurious

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nocivo prejudicial

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22
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mongrel

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mestiça hibrido

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23
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piercing criticism

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contundente

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gain steam

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ganhar força

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dog whistle politics
mensagem politica codificada
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insidious disease
traiçoeiro, que induz em erro, pérfido
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shorthand
abreviação
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fringe
margem
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candor
franqueza
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fess up
admitir confessar
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crippling effect
devastador
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by and large
no geral
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portend bigger challenges
pressagio prenuncia representa
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waiver disclaimer
isenção de responsabilidade
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despondent
desanimador
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fillibuster
obstrução
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daunting
intimidante
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flesh out the commitment, the plan
dar consistencia concretizar
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cognate
correlacionado
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dearth of funding, of labour
escassez
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delved into
analisar examinar
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black swan events
inesperados
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hyperbolic policies
exagerado
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carrots and sticks
recompensas e puniçoes
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foolhardy
imprudente
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self-defeating
contraproducente
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allayed doubts concerns
afastado dissipado
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dismissed
ignorado dispensado
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glossed over
passar por alto
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suboptimal
abaixo do ideal insuficiente
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alas
lamentavelmente
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stress-test
teste de resistencia
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wary
reticente
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yield
render
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enlightenment
esclarecimento
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purposive
elementares
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entropy
desordem
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protean capabilities
multifacetados
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buttress the theoretical paradigms
reforçar apoiar
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analyses
plural analysis
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at the outset
inicio partida
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skewed in ways that could bias
distorcido
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sidestep
contornar evitar
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eliding
omitir
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variegated
diversificado
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leeway
espaço de manobra
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cohort
coorte grupo de individuos
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floundering project/market, a floundering company
se debatendo,se afundando, em dificuldades
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albeit
apesar de, ainda que
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hitherto
ate o momento ate agora
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railroaded through the Congress, into a decision
algo feito rapidamente sob pressão ou de maneira injusta (feito às pressas)
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shrug off decisions, responsibilities / shrug off criticism
eximir-se, livrar-se, ignorar / afastar-se
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jumpstart
impulsionar
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bid for health
tentativa de alcançar