April 2025 Flashcards
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alicerçar-se em
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to be based on / grounded in
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gritante
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glaring / blatant
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vereador
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councillor
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osga
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gecko
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cegonha
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stork
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swan
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cisne
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esconderijo
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hideout / hiding place
8
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jogar à apanhada
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to play tag
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fardo de palha
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haybale
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cigarra
A
cicada
11
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grilho
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cricket
12
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ficar pedra sobre pedra
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de lés-a-lés
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the length and breadth
14
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danças de salão
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ballroom dancing
15
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espetar
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to skewer / stab
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arreliar
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to tease / plague
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espernear
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to go kicking and screaming
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despiste de automóvel
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car crash / accident
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pesado de mercadorias
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HGV
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desencarcer
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to extricate
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embrulhada
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mess / muddle
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emboscada
A
ambush / trap
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enviesado
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skewed / biased
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aliciar
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to attract / allure
25
somas avultadas
vast sums
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avultado
sizeable
27
roupagens
guise / incarnation / clothes
28
gabar-se de
to boast of
29
praças financeiras
financial markets
30
taxas alfandegárias
customs duties
31
banda de negociação
trading band / range
32
incutir
instill / impart
33
ramo de atividade
line of business
34
pela rama
superficial / on the surface
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pela módica quantia de
for the modest sum of
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soturno
sullen
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sina
fate / destiny / plight
38
trocadilho
pun
39
verba
amount / sum
40
grassar
to rage / spread
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afrontoso
derogatory
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apodar
to call sth / nickname
43
oco / oca
hollow / empty
44
apanágio
sole preserve / hallmark
45
a bola
football
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inquinar
to poison / taint
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sem pejo
unashamedly / without scruples
48
crédito mal parado
bad debt / non-performing loans
49
cartola
top hat
50
calções de ganga
denim shorts
51
cangalheiro
funeral director
52
fraque
morning suit / tailcoat
53
culturista
bodybuilder
54
arremedar
to mimic / imitate
55
arremedo
imitation / semblance
56
no caso vertente
in the present case
57
lugar-comum
commonplace / stock phrase
58
fazer tábua rasa
to wipe out / erase
59
contrafazer
to counterfeit / forge
60
cercear
to curtail / restrain
61
fogo-fátuo
flash in the pan
62
fátuo
fleeting / foolish
63
derradeiro
last / ultimate
64
nevoeiro
fog
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nefando
nefarious / terrible
66
em toda a linha
across the board
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soez
lowly / coarse
68
fito
fixed / target
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de fito feito
intentionally
70
pedra de toque
touchstone / cornerstone
71
a fundo perdido
outright grant
72
pugnar por
to strive for
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coartar / coarctar
to restrict / curtail
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pulular
to abound / be plentiful
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rolo compressor
steamroller / juggernaut
76
infindável
interminable
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folha de pagamentos
payroll
78
destacamento
secondment
79
retaguarda
rear / back
80
descambar
to fall / degenerate / go downhill
81
zombeteiro
mocking / irreverent
82
gracejo
joke / quip
83
mordaz
scathing
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escarnecer
to mock / sneer / deride
85
atoleimado
silly / idiotic
86
maninelo
fool / silly
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truão
jester / fool
88
graçola
joke
89
chocarrice
rude joke
90
chocarreiro
joker
91
desconversar
to evade the question / change the subject
92
fazer troça de
to mock
93
vislumbrar
to glimpse
94
potenciador
enabler / driver
95
novilíngua
'Newspeak'
96
arregimentar
to enlist / recruit
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gaguejar
to stutter
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entoar
to chant / hum
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cantiga
song
100
auferir
to earn
101
ternura
affection / tenderness
102
mortiço
dull / pale / muted
103
sagaz
smart / savvy / shrewd
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melro
blackbird
105
vala
ditch
106
iludir-se
to deceive oneself
107
égua
mare
108
tomar a nuvem por Juno
to deceive oneself / have head in the clouds
109
locução
phrase / expression
110
desgarrar
to lead astray
111
desgarrar-se
to go astray / tear self apart
112
porquanto
since / because
113
à revelia de
against / despite
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quinzenalmente
every fortnight
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escalpelizar
to slice up / go through
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apetrechado
equipped
117
discentes
learners / students
118
sub-repticiamente
surreptitiously
119
demolidor
devastating / damning
120
esboroar
to crumble
121
alteridade
otherness
122
adubar
to fertilize (land)
123
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o crisma
Confirmation
125
dar azo a
to give rise to
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mordaça
gag
127
perecer
to perish
128
imiscuir-se em
to meddle / get involved in
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especiarias
spices
131
desanuviamento
easing of tension
132
a breve trecho
shortly / soon
133
amestrar
to train / instruct
134
desaguar
to empty into / result in
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enxugar
to wipe / dry
136
charneira
hinge
137
tempo de charneira
critical time
138
boato
rumour
139
dia dos tolos / das petas / da mentira / da gafe / dos bobos
April fool's day
140
pregar
to preach
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pregar partidas a
to trick s.o.
142
mentira piedosa
white lie
143
canhoto
left-handed
144
destro
right-handed
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desgrenhado
tousled / shaggy
146
áspero
rough / rugged
147
inverosímil
unlikely / far-fetched
148
mirabolante
showy / exaggerated / incredible
149
regente
queen consort
150
apagão
power cut / blackout
151
do pé para a mão
at the drop of a hat / straight away
152
a pleno vapor
at full blast / in full swing
153
de forma cabal
fully
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caiu em saco roto
to fall on deaf ears
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alastrar
to spread
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lastrear
to support / back / ballast
157
entregues a si próprios
left to their own devices
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levantamento de falhas
catalog of errors
159
levantamento
uprising / survey
160
utentes
users
161
prateleiras
shelves
162
retalho
retail
163
fogareiro
camping stove
164
fogão / fogões
stove
165
aleijado
maimed / cripple
166
farda
uniform
