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set us apart
1 – Set apart como destacar, diferenciar, distinguir. Lembre-se de que o phrasal verb em todas as frases será separado pelo objeto:
- Graf’s natural athleticism set her apart from other tennis players.
- what set you apart from your classmates?
- what sets our company apart?
2 – Set apart no sentido de separar, reservar:
- Rather than being set apart and isolated, we expect our people to play a full part in the local community
- Ideally a quiet space should be set apart for Buddhists to meet together for meditation and prayer
- set apart a place to study
Lembre-se também que esse phrasal verb, quando usado como diferenciar-se, sempre é separado pelo objeto da frase.
distal ideas
to bridge the gap
to undermine
/ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn/
to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually:
- The president has accused two cabinet members of working secretly to undermine his position/him.
- Criticism just undermines their confidence.
- if you keep thinking about what people will think, that will only undermine your confidence
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/sɔːr/= increase, grow….
to rise very quickly to a high level, to increase or go up quickly to a high level:
- My spirits soared when I heard the good news.
- All night long fireworks soared into the sky.
- Temperatures will soar over the weekend, say the weather forecasters.
- House prices soared a further 20 percent.
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