English (17) Flashcards

1
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To stoop

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Curvar-se ou inclinar-se

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2
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Stateside

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Referente aos EUA

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3
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Adrift

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À deriva

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4
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To shackle

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Acorrentar (agrilhoar) ou restringir

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5
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Unmoored

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Não atracado

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6
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Winding

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Tortuoso ou sinuoso

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7
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Undoing

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Ruína ou desgraça

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8
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To stun

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Aturdir, atordoar, chocar ou estontear

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9
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Pockmarked

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Com marcas de varíola

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10
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Newfound

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Recém-descoberto

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11
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Hairpin

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Prendedor de cabelo ou curva fechada

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12
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Watertight

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Impermeável a água ou estanque

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13
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Gawp

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Olhar boquiaberto / embasbacado (de um jeito estúpido ou rude)

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14
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Earnestly

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Seriamente ou sinceramente

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15
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Blind alley

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Beco sem saída

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16
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Steer clear of

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Evitar

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17
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Barnstorm

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Fazer campanha política ou por alguma organização/ideia

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18
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Streak

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Risca / Mecha / Listra / Faixa
Sequência

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19
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Time-server

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Alguém que muda de opinião para agradar aos outros (oportunista)
Alguém que trabalha pouco aguardando a aposentadoria ou mudança de trabalho

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20
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Layabout

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Vadio / Vadia ou Vagabundo

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21
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Bone idle

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Extremamente preguiçoso

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22
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Riveting

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Cativante, extremamente interessante (fascinante)

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23
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To corral

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Encurralar ou cercar

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24
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Backwoods

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Campo (sertão) ou floresta do interior

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25
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Flossing

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Passar fio dental

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26
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Puke

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Vomitar

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27
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To slur

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Arrastar a voz ou Caluniar

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28
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Overtone

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Conotação

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29
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To Laud

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Elogiar

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30
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Deli (Delicatessen)

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Loja que vende queijos, frios e outras comidas

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31
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Interloper

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Intruso(a)

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32
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To tingle

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Formigar (sentir um formigamento) ou Vibrar

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33
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Apron

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Avental

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34
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Weevil

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Gorgulho/Caruncho (praga de plantações)

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35
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Eye-opening

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Revelador

36
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Grudge

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Rancor

37
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Cold sores

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Herpes

38
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Hubris

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Soberba ou arrogância

39
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Qualm

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Escrúpulo

40
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Conceited

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Convencido/Esnobe

41
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Curmudgeonly

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Rabugento

42
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Date back

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Remonta

43
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Hidebound

A

Ter opiniões fixas e relutar para ser influenciado

44
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To Cave

A

Ceder ou Render-se

45
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Wall-eyed ou Cross-eyed

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Estrábico ou vesgo

46
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Glazed

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Vidrado (olhar vidrado)
Envernizado

47
Q

Keep afloat

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Em dia ou sem dívidas
Manter flutuando

48
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Deferment

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Adiamento

49
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Butler

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Mordomo

50
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To Leverage

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Aproveitar
Influência (substantivo)

51
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To Careen

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Sair em carreira / Sair disparado

52
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Bereft

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Desamparado ou privado (ex: bereft of speech)

53
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Petty

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Insignificante/Pequeno ou Mesquinho

54
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Mainstay

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Esteio (a parte mais importante na sustentação de algo)

55
Q

Brush up

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Relembrar um conhecimento

56
Q

Arraignment

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Acusação (legalmente)

57
Q

Broom

A

Vassoura

58
Q

Rap sheet

A

Ficha criminal

59
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To baffle

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Desorientar ou Desnortear

60
Q

To chuck

A

Jogar algo sem cuidado ou Dispensar/Largar alguém

61
Q

To club

A

Bater com um cacetete

62
Q

Cop out

A

Desculpa insatisfatória por algo que não foi feito devido ao medo, vergonha ou por pensar que era muito difícil

63
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Curb

A

Meio-fio

64
Q

Stork

A

Cegonha

65
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Tyke

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Criança ou Criança levada

66
Q

Smugness

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Presunção

67
Q

To smite

A

Castigar, punir, desbaratar ou golpear

68
Q

Glib

A

Com lábia (palavras loquazes mas insiceras)

69
Q

Triteness

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Trivialidade

70
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Enthralling

A

Fascinante

71
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Drawer

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Gaveta

72
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Refectory

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Refeitório

73
Q

Limber

A

Ágil ou flexível

74
Q

Juggling

A

Malabarismo

75
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Whole shebang

A

O negócio todo

76
Q

STAT

A

Imediatamente ou urgente

77
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Pesky

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Irritante ou Incômodo

78
Q

Dole

A

Seguro-desemprego

79
Q

To stymie

A

Entravar

80
Q

To strut

A

Andar com orgulho

81
Q

Trail off

A

Deixar a voz suspensa no ar (reduzir em volume)

82
Q

To poach

A

Escaldar

83
Q

Runner-up

A

Segundo colocado

84
Q

Pageant

A

Concurso de beleza

85
Q

Schmooze

A

Conversar informalmente