Arcane - Ep. 8

Question 1

Lâmina, espada n.

Answer 1

Blade n.

Question 2

The effects and results of something bad or important n.

Answer 2

The aftermath n.

Ex.: The storm and its aftermath.
Ex.2: How would they cope with the aftermath of the war?

Question 3

(Formal) recuperar, reaver, pegar algo de volta, trazer algo de volta v.

Answer 3

Retrieve v.

Question 4

Skill in managing state and political affairs; política, democracia, governo, etc n.

Answer 4

Statecraft n. /ˈsteɪtkræft/

Ex.: He had little real experience of statecraft.

Question 5

To persuade someone to let you do or avoid something i.

Answer 5

Talk your way into​/​out of something i.

Ex.: She eventually talked her way into a part in a film.

Question 6

Informal

1. To believe that you are very attractive, clever, or good at something in a way that is annoying v.
2. To believe, usually wrongly, that you have the qualities or abilities of a particular person or type of person v.

Answer 6

Fancy yourself v.

1. You lot really fancy yourselves, don’t you.
2. She fancies herself as another Madonna.

Question 7

(Old-fashioned) used for telling someone to listen carefully to what you are saying, especially because you will be proved right in the future i.

Answer 7

Mark my words, mark me i.

Ex.: He’ll be back, mark my words.

Question 8

Someone who governs a country in the place of a king or queen who is ill, young, or not available to govern, regente n.

Answer 8

Regent n. /ˈriːdʒ(ə)nt/

Question 9

To deliberately make someone like you so that they do what you want them to do v.

Answer 9

Charm v.

Ex.: He was able to charm my mother into helping him financially.

Question 10

1. Able to bend or change shape easily without breaking, able to be bent, stretched or pressed, flexible a.
2. Easy to persuade or influence a.

Answer 10

Pliable a.

1. The plant has long pliable stems.
2. She has to be pliable, so we can mold her.
   Ex.2: He’d always thought of her as pliable.

Question 11

To take something away using force or authority v.

Answer 11

Strip of v.

Ex.: They stripped the prisoners of weapons and cash.

Question 12

Misericordioso, piedoso a.

Answer 12

Merciful a.

Question 13

A person or thing that is not in the right place or is separated from others of the same kind n.

Answer 13

Stray n.

Question 14

Órgão, entidade, organização, instituição n.

Answer 14

Body n.

Question 15

The most important person in a group or organization n.

Answer 15

Kingpin n. /ˈkɪŋˌpɪn/

Question 16

Used for saying that someone or something needs a particular thing very much i.

Answer 16

Could use something i.

Ex.: You both look as if you could use a drink.

Question 17

Exigente, rigoroso, difícil, complexo a.

Answer 17

Demanding a.

Question 18

Misericórdia, piedade, graça, benção n.

Answer 18

Mercy n.

Question 19

Talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor i.

Answer 19

Bend someone’s ear i.

Ex.: She regularly bent Michael’s ear with her problems.

Question 20

To be currently doing or involved in something i.

Answer 20

Be up to something i.

Ex.: What’s he up to?

Question 21

(Am., informal) a person who behaves in a stupid way, idiota n.

Answer 21

Knucklehead n. /ˈnʌklhed/

Ex.: Anybody but a complete knucklehead could do the job.

Question 22

To organize something in a very efficient way, controlling other people very closely i.

Answer 22

Run a tight ship i.

Question 23

To make something, especially somebody’s confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective; prejudicar, enfraquecer v.

Answer 23

Undermine something/somebody v.

Ex.: Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats.
Ex.2: This crisis has undermined his position.
Ex.3: Recent changes have undermined teachers’ morale.
Ex.4: The director saw this move as an attempt to undermine his authority.
Ex.5: It’s all a plot to undermine me.

Question 24

Done without care or effort, not well planned, stupid / “meia boca” a.

Answer 24

Half-assed a. /ˈhæf æst/
Half-arsed a. /ˌhæf ˈɑːrst/

Question 25

(Informal) used to say that somebody deserves praise for something i.

Answer 25

Have (got) to hand it to somebody i.
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Ex.: You’ve got to hand it to her—she’s a great cook.

Question 26

To behave in a worse way than ever before i.

Answer 26

Sink/Stoop to a new/an all-time low i.

Ex.: The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy.
Ex.2: Reality TV has sunk to new lows.

Question 27

Easy to see or understand, clear a.

Answer 27

Plain a.

Ex.: He made it plain that we should leave.
Ex.2: She made her annoyance plain.
Ex.3: The facts were plain to see.
Ex.4: It is all very plain to me that she wanted to leave.
Ex.5: What is quite plain from the evidence before me is (that) the figures are false.

Question 28

Deslizar, descuidar-se, falhar, decair, cometer um lapso v.

Answer 28

Slip v.

Question 29

To give a duty, responsibility, power, etc. to somebody who has less authority than you v.

Answer 29

Devolve something to/on/upon somebody v.

Ex.: The central government devolved most tax-raising powers to the regional authorities.
Ex.2: The city is devolving to chaos.

Question 30

To manage finances so that the money spent is equal to the money received, to show this in the accounts, to have an equal amount of money spent and money received v.

Answer 30

Balance v.

Ex.: In order to balance the budget severe spending cuts had to be made.
Ex.2: The law requires the council to balance its books each year.
Ex.3: I tried to work out why the books wouldn’t balance.

Question 31

Planilha, ficha, folha de cálculo n.

Answer 31

Worksheet n.

Question 32

A sudden wish to do or have something, especially when it is something unusual or unnecessary, capricho, vontade n.

Answer 32

Whim n.

Ex.: He was forced to pander to her every whim.
Ex.2: The whims of fashion.
Ex.3: We bought the house on a whim.
Ex.4: My duties seem to change daily at the whim of the boss.
Ex.5: She hires and fires people at whim.

Question 33

Meaning that you are hesitant to take a strong stance, particularly against someone intimidating, to suddenly feel weak because you are frightened, nervous, or ill (2) i.

Answer 33

To have jelly for spines / Turn to jelly i.

Ex.: As she knocked on the director’s door, her legs turned to jelly.

Question 34

A person that you send to do all of your dirty work, or someone that takes responsibility for whatever mess you’ve gotten yourself into n.

Answer 34

Shit shovel n.

Question 35

Insatisfeita a.

Answer 35

Dissatisfied a.

Question 36

To travel to the country that you are in, for example in order to visit you v.

Answer 36

Come out v.

Ex.: My parents are coming out for Christmas.

Question 37

To try a small amount of a particular food to see what it is like; to experience something for a short time to see what it is like v.

Answer 37

Sample v. /ˈsæmpl/

Ex.: I sampled the delights of Greek cooking for the first time.
Ex.2: He put his head out of the window and sampled the morning air.
Ex.3: We simply had to stop and sample some road-side cuisine.

Question 38

To watch somebody/something and make sure that a job or an activity is done correctly, supervise v.

Answer 38

Oversee v.

Ex.: United Nations observers oversaw the elections.