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i was thrilled for having this conversasion with you

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entusiasmado
/θrɪld/
extremely happy about something:
- I was thrilled that so many people turned up to the party
- i wasn´t quite psched abou the party, but when i saw all those people arriving i got thrilled
- My parents weren’t too thrilled when they found out

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complemento

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/ˈkɑːm.plə.ment/ don´t forget the K

useful or attractive
to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it:
- Strawberries and cream complement each other perfectly.
- The music complements her voice perfectly.

  • My family and my job both play an important part in my life, fulfilling separate but complementary needs.
  • complementary colours/flavours/skills
  • well you are a very skilled person but i don´t think your skills will complement our team
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the outcasts

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/ˈaʊt.kæst/
a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them:
- She has spent her life trying to help the homeless and other social outcasts.
- She was a political outcast after the Party expelled her in 1982.
- when i was in that classroom i felt like an outcast

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that´s mind blowing

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he springs

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/sprɪŋ/
to move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place:

  • I sprang out of bed to answer the door.
  • The organization is ready to spring into action (= start taking action) the moment it receives its funding.
  • He always springs to his feet when she walks in the room.

figurative - I noticed the way you sprang to his defence when Caroline started joking about his clothes.

a piece of curved or bent metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but then returns to its usual shape:

  • The children have jumped on the couch so much that they’ve ruined the springs.
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stick around

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to stay somewhere for a period of time:
- You go - I’ll stick around here a bitlonger.
- they left earlier but i stuck around abit longer

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he comes out of hiding

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at the head of the table

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Hold a position

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ocupar um cargo
- What are the reasons why women hold important positions in companies?
- they are looking for someone who is competent, level headed to hold the position on area 5

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