Definition 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Flashcards
On a par with
At the same level
Definition of “sums”:
And vast sums are being spent on designing specialized chips…
An amount of money.
Definition of « hectic »:
The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.:
It’s an adjective.
… albeit in lesser known journals…
conjunction
1. although; even if:
a peaceful, albeit brief retirement.
hazard
danger
Eventually
in the end
E.g.: Eventually, after midnight, I arrived at the hotel.
What does GDP mean?
Gross domestic product = produto interno bruto
Account
Definition: an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.
Exemplo: One colonial account from Rio de Janeiro.
In the fragment “I can cite the original document almost verbatim” (line 16), the underlined word means “word for word”.
Item certo ✅
Definição: word for word; using exactly the same words as were originally used.
Tradução: na íntegra, literalmente.
In the fragment “He was dreading writing the chapter on sleep” (line 12), the underlined word means “fear”.
folha 2 curso de aprofundamento
Item certo! ✅
One of the definitions of “to dread” is “to fear; to be in apprehension of”; in this case, Ekirch feared writing the chapter because he did not think “he’d find anything new” (line 13).
In the fragment “squinted out into the moody evening shadows” (line 2), the underlined expression indicates a way of walking.
Item errado ❌
significa “forçar a vista”.
Definição: to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly. It’s a way of looking and not of walking.
Call a halt to something:
to prevent something from continuing:
How many more people will have to die before they call a halt to the fighting?
Definição e tradução de: STERN (adj.)
Definição: severe, or showing disapproval; strict or serious.
Tradução livre: severo, austero.
Definição e tradução de: PLAGUE (v.)
Definição: to annoy or pester continually or frequently.
Tradução livre: incomodar, assolar.
Definição e tradução de: BACKER (n.)
Definição: someone who gives financial support to something; a person who supports someone or something, especially with money.
Tradução livre: patrocinador(a), apoiador(a), financiador(a).
Definição e tradução de: BOLSTER (often with up) (v.)
Definição: to prop up
Tradução livre: aumentar
Definição e tradução:
And one of the key hurdles you will need to overcome is the English section of both the first and second phases of the CACD exam.
Definição: a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress; a problem or challenge to overcome.
Tradução: E um dos principais obstáculos que você precisará superar é a seção de inglês da primeira e segunda fases do exame CACD.
Definição e tradução:
tycoon
Definição: a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very rich and powerful.
Tradução: magnata
What’s the definition of the underlined word in the sentence below?
(…) wants the union to discuss tackling the effects of demographic decline.
To undertake to handle, master, solve etc.
What is the definition of the underlined word in the fragment below?
Poland and Hungary offer financial incentives for child-bearing.
the process or fact of having babies.
Tradução: gravidez
What’s a ‘think-tank’?
a research institute or organization employed to solve complex problems or predict or plan future developments, as in military, political, or social areas.
[grupo de reflexão]
What’s the definition of the underlined word in the fragment below?
Strikes in France against a pensions overhaul are in their second month.
The definition of overhaul is examination and repair, analysis and
adjustment, that is, analyzing something and changing it as necessary.
Inglês
What’s the definition of plunged in the fragment below?
In the center and east of Europe, the population has plunged due to emigration.
to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down, or into something. Synonym for falling fast.
