Vocabulary Flashcards

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Daunting

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Assustador

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Babbling

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Balbuciando

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Garbling

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Deturpando

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Cramming

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Amontoando

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Stemming from

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Decorrente de …

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Sweep

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Varrer

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To abide

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Aguentar

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Ebony

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Madeira escura

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Ivory

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Marfim

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Arbitrary

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Arbitrário: “que não é regulado por lei ou praxe” / aleatório.

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Scrutiny

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Investigação / observação.

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Uptick

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Aumento

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Plethora

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Abundância

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On purpose or in purpose?

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On purpose

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Faculty

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Corpo docente

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Alas

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Infelizmente

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Hence

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Portanto

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Realm

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Reino / domínio / campo

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Feasibility

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Factível

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Goods

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Objects for sale

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21
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Revenue

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Income

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Taken at face value

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Is accepted as true the way it appears to be

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Sloths

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Bicho preguiça

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Idle

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Ocioso

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Indolent
Preguiçoso
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Strenuous
Vigorosa / algo que te demanda energia
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To slurp
Sugar
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Smuggling rings
Áreas de contrabando
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Entrepreneurial
Empreendedora
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Drought
Seca
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Frenzy
Frenesi
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On a whim
Em um desejo / em um impulso
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To spur
Levar a...
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To smugle
Contrabandear
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To eschew
Evitar
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Drought
Seca
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Succed...
In
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Streetcars
Bonde
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Draughts
Poção
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Lorry
Caminhão
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Aftermath
Outcome
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Braking and shunts
Freada e desvios
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Whereas
While (but).
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Stop to...
Parar para alguma coisa.
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Stop + ing...
Parar de alguma coisa.
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Spare
O que está em excesso.
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Engulfed
Envolver / aderir.
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To fire =
To lay off.
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Appraisal
Avaliação.
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Relayed
Transmitia
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Installment
Parte
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Merely
Simply
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(UFRGS) The expression dusty northern town (l. 14) has the same combination of speech elements as (A) pretty old painting. (B) highly praised picture. (C) dirty cotton shirt. (D) lovely summer evening. (E) commonly stressed point.
A.
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Tending...
Cuidando.
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"She was tending her goats" dá ideia de...
Ação.
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O "including", sozinho e depois da vírgula, é uma...
Conjunção integrante (inclusive).
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Strives
Empenha-se.
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Ubiquitous...
Onipresente.
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Butcher.
Açougueiro.
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Whimsical.
Caprichosa (muitos desejos).
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Witty
Espirituoso (inteligente).
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Grin
Sorriso amarelo.
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Hitherto
Until now.
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Pouring.
Despejando / colocando.
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Reaping.
Colher.
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Swathe.
Pedaço de algo.
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Deceptive
Algo que engana.
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Firing off…
Sending quickly.
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Self - consciousness
Insegurança
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Crop
Plantação
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Stir
Mexer (receita)
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To still her
Acalmá-la
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Flagged
Dropped
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To dwell
Habitar
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To tidy
Arrumar
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Motto
Lema
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Bigot
Intolerante
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Slum
Favela
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Awe
Temor
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Offspring
Filhotes
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Fabric
Tecido
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Adept
Especialista
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Amass
Acumular
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Baton
Batuta (música) ou cacetete.
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Carton
Caixa de papelão
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Deception
Fraude, logro
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Defendant
Réu ou acusado
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Hazard
Risco
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Ingenuity
Engenhosidade
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Moisture
Umidade
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Port
Porto
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Plait
Trançar
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Dispersed
Scattered (espalhada)
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Resumed
Concluded, retomou
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Rarely equals…
Seldom
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Eventually
Finalmente
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Utility
Empresa de serviço
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Contempt
Tristeza / desprezo
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Squeamishness
Aversion
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Scribbled
Scrawled —> rabiscou.
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On site
Algo físico
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Simmer
Ferver
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Mince
Picar
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Season
Temperar
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Trim
Aparar
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Mow
Cortar
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Utter
Total
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Withdraw
Retirar
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Owe
Dever
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Tackle
Abordar
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Inofensivo
Anodyne or innocuous
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Jaunty
Alegre
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Vanity
Vaidade
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Enroll
Matricular-se
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Repentance
Arrependimento
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Sort
Classificar
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Weariness
Tristeza
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Aperture
Abertura
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Thwart
Frustrar
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Rebuff
Repelir
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Scorn
Desprezo
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Flout
Desrespeitar
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Bolster
Reforçar
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Spurn
Desprezar
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Relinquish
Renunciar
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Sigh
Suspiro
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Grassy
Verde / gramada
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Wanted wear
Carece de uso
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Inquired
Interrogar
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Hence, como advérbio, pode ser…
De agora em diante.
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Quando o should está inserido na if clause do tipo um (if + should + present), a possibilidade se torna…
Mais remota.
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“That”, como pronome relativo, pode ser substituído por _____, mas nunca por ____.
Which (retoma) / what (introduz ideia).
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Lack there of
Ausência daquilo que foi mencionado anteriormente
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Yield
Colheita
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Thrice
Three times
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Meagre
Escasso (exiguous).
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Draw me in
Envolve me
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Foibles
Fraquezas (idiosyncrasies).
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Splitting hairs
Debating about small and unimportant details.
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Subtlety.
Sutileza.
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Brush - off
Disregard
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Marbles
Bolinha de gude
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Unhewn
Rough
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Enticing
Algo tentador
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Tamed
Domesticar
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Instead of equivale a…
Rather than.
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Snub
Upturned
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Meager room
A very small room
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Give yellow a go…
Give it a try
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Wear and tear…
Desgastar
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Due tu é o sinônimo de…
Because of
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Não se começa uma oração, no inglês culto, com…
O because.
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Must e mustn’t têm sentidos…
Diferentes.
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Amid equivale a…
Among.
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So as to
Só that
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Lie no presente e no passado é…
Lies / lay.
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With whom pode ser substituído por…
Who with.
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Increase or decrease…
In.
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Fast pode ser…
Rapidamente (advérbio) ou rápido.
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Fiend
Cruel person
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To dwell
Remain
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To nab thugs
Prender criminosos
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To baffle
Confundir
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Rather dá sentido de…
Ênfase.
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Thus, hence e ergo indicam…
Resultado.
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Accordingly—>
Consequently.
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Score pode ser…
Pontuação, partitura, grupo de 20 pessoas ou coisas.
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Leader is a…
Noun (substantivo).
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Utter significa…
Dizer alguma coisa.
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Notwithstanding detona…
Contraste (in spite of).
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Thus equals…
Therefore.
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Nevertheless indicates…
Contrast (in spite of).
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Conversely indicates…
Contrast.
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Quais são os sufixo de plural?
i, ora, es, a, ae. —> Criteria, analyses, ellipses, genera, nuclei, etc.
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Awe
Temor / admiração
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Wavy
Sinuous
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Neat
Clean
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Unhealthily é…
Um advérbio.
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Despite
In spite of
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Regardless of
Contraste
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Albeit
Embora (although).