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1
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a herança

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heritage

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a bonança

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good times/prosperity

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precoce

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premature

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o solo

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ground/soil

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o salva-vidas

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lifequard

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esgotar

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to drain

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a horta

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vegetable garden

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amaldiçoar

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to curse

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a nuvem

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cloud

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o hino

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hymn

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11
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a punhal

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dagger

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12
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a rota

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route

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13
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o cacau

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cocoa

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os charutos

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cigars

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a colheita

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harvest

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a varinha

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wand

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o latifúndio

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agricultural estate

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18
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a façanha

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feat

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19
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o bucho

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belly

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o abutre

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vulture

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a ferrovia

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railroad

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aprimorar

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to improve/perfect

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23
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a comarca

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district

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cravar

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to drive/sink in

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25
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a vigência

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period of relevance

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o cárcere

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prison

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27
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caudaloso

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abundant

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o manancial/a nascente

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spring

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29
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estar convicto

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to be convinced

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30
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a engrenagem

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gear

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31
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alheio

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alien/foreign

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32
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de ponta-cabeça

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headfirst

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33
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a pampa

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grassland

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34
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a borracha

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rubber

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35
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a mata

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wood/forest

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36
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afogar

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to drown

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37
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insondável

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bottomless

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38
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o proxeneta

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pimp

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a mendicância

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beggary

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o mendigo

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begger

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a beira

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edge

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42
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restar/sobrar

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to be left over

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43
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a pílula

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pill

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44
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o mestre

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master

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45
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a natalidade

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birth-rate

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46
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a greve

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strike

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47
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a rapinagem

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plundering

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48
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a nau

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sailing ship

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49
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a casca

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tree bark

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50
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tenebroso

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vile

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51
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estar à espreita

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to be lurking

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52
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o gengibre

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ginger

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53
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a noz

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walnut

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54
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a canela

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cinnamon

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55
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cobiçar

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to covet

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56
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exaurir

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to exhaust

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57
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erguer

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to raise/erect

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58
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a rainha

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queen

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59
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abençoar

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to bless

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60
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a redenção

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redemption

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61
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entrementes

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meantime

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62
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a alvorada

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dawn

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63
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a brandura

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gentleness

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64
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ousar

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to dare/risk

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65
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a monte

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hill

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66
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manar

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to flow

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67
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degolar

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to decapitate

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68
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enforcar

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to strangle

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o presságio

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presentiment/sign/omen

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70
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a maré

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tide

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71
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a coroa

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crown

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72
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auferir

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to get

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73
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a povoação

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settlement

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74
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o leste

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East

75
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o berço

A

crib

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a praga

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plague

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acometer

A

to attack

78
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arrebatar

A

snatch

79
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trovejar

A

to thunder

80
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a inveja

A

envy

81
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o ímã

A

magnet

82
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a seda

A

silk

83
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o tecido

A

tissue/fabric

84
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a alcatifa

A

carpeta

85
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queixar-se

A

to complain

86
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a tourada

A

bullfight

87
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mastigar

A

to chew

88
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triturar

A

to crush

89
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senão

A

otherwise

90
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o flemengo

A

Flemish

91
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o esbanjamento

A

profiligacy

92
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inchar

A

to inflate

93
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o queixo

A

chin

94
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o herege

A

heretic

95
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aprofundar

A

to deepen

96
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arcaico

A

archaic

97
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esmagar

A

to squeeze

98
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verter

A

to pour/spill

99
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descarregar

A

to unload

100
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apossar-se

A

to take possession of

101
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a mercadoria

A

merchandise

102
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o chicote

A

whip

103
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repartir

A

to separate/divide

104
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o trigo

A

wheat

105
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fugir

A

to flee

106
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o fidalgo

A

nobleman/aristocrat

107
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vangloriar-se

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to brag

108
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os escombros

A

debris

109
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o retalho

A

scrap

110
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arranhar

A

to sratch

111
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o armazém

A

warehouse

112
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a bruxaria

A

witchcraft

113
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o sino

A

bell

114
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a sublevação

A

revolt

115
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a cúpula

A

dome

116
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ceifar

A

to reap

117
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a choça

A

shack

118
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a corte

A

court

119
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amparar

A

to support

120
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o frei

A

mpnk

121
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o gado

A

cattle

122
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despedaçar

A

to tear into pieces

123
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a rocha

A

rock

124
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o moço

A

youngster

125
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o pó

A

dust/powder

126
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o amo

A

master

127
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a capela

A

chapel

128
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egendrar

A

to come up with a plan

129
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o afã

A

dilligence

130
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vigente

A

in effect

131
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o sertão

A

backcountry

132
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eclodir

A

to emerge

133
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ocasionar

A

to cause

134
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o estaleiro

A

shipyard

135
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o charque

A

beef jerky

136
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o couro

A

leather

137
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assolar

A

to devastate

138
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a rapina

A

plunder

139
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o adubo

A

fertilizer

140
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suprir

A

to replace

141
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a safra

A

harvest

142
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o transtorno

A

disturbance

143
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a creche

A

daycare

144
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o internato

A

boarding school

145
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o orfanato

A

orphanage

146
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amontoar

A

to pile up

147
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a gaita

A

harmonica

148
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os ourives

A

goldsmiths

149
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a coleira

A

leash

150
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pavonear

A

to strut

151
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o melaço

A

molasses

152
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açoitar

A

to beat

153
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o amo

A

master

154
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a gravida

A

pregnant woman

155
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a farinha

A

flour

156
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manar

A

to flow

157
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o xelim

A

shilling

158
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desbancar

A

to surpass

159
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a bugiganga

A

junk

160
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pleitear

A

to plead/dispute

161
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desabar

A

to collapse

162
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o trigo

A

wheat

163
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a ribeira

A

riverbank

164
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a tumba

A

grave

165
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o jipe

A

jeep

166
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o balaço

A

gunshot

167
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a pechincha

A

bargain

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o sossego

A

tranquility

169
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salientar

A

to stress/emphasize

170
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o revanche

A

revenge

171
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açambarcar

A

to monopolize

172
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assinalar

A

to mark

173
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o prócer

A

magnate

174
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emudecer

A

to silence

175
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isento

A

exempt

176
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o cerco

A

siege

177
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a erva

A

herb

178
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jactar-se

A

to brag

179
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o desquite

A

divorce

180
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mimar

A

to spoil

181
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abalançar-se

A

to throw yourself

182
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abalançar

A

to balance

183
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tombar

A

to fall/knock down

184
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amiúde

A

often

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