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Task

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Tarefa

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Trend

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Tendência

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Spoting trends

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Identificando tendências

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Hipster

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A person who follows the latest trends

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to spot

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Identify something

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Hang out

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Spend time with others having fun

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Lag behind

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Move more slowly than other preson

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By then

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Então

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Tasked with something

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To be responsable for something

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Trendsetter

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Person who starts trends or who influences others people

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Sensitive

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Confidential

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To sort

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Separar, ordenar

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Through

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Atravės

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Intern

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Estagiário

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Unless

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A não ser que

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Pile

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Pilha, stack

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to purge

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Limpar, remover

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Outdated

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Desatualizado

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Either

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The one or the other. Ex.: you need either stay or run.

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And then what?

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E então? E em seguida?

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Further

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To continue do something

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Shredder

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Máquina de picotar panel

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to shred

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Rasgar em tiras. To cut or tear something into long, thin pieces.

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Safeguard

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To protect something

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Bonfire

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Fogueira

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Wildfire

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Incêndio florestal

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to defy, defied

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desafiar. to resufe to do something

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keep watch

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observe something, monitor something

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as well as

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assim com

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sit still

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stay where you are

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to attempt, attempted

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to try do something. Tentar

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means

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method to approach to do something

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enter the fray

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Entrar na briga. became involved in a fight or disagreement.

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whatever means necessary

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do anything what is necessary

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thought this through

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think carefully about something. really understand what are doing

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get the lay of the land

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where everything is. know how a business is organized. understand the way thinks of an

organize

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work out

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going to be ok, going to be successful

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to stick my neck out

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to take a risk. colocar o meu pescoço a risco

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twisting your arm

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persuade someone to do something that he or she not want to do

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squeal on

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someone bad behavoir

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to rely, relied

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to have confidence based on experience.
to be dependent.
contar, confiar, depender

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to rely, relied

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to have confidence based on experience.
to be dependent.
contar, confiar, depender

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against my better judgment

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you don’t agree what other person will do but you will do

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Figure out

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Discover. Descobrir

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to fill out

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To complete. Completar

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Mortgage

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A legal agreement in which a person borrows money to buy property, such a house, and pays back the money over a period of years. Hipoteca

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Loan

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An amount of money that is given to someone for period of time with a promise that it will be paid back. Empréstimo.

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Fixed-rate

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Taxa fixa

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Adjustable-rate

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Taxa variável

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to lock in

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fixed. no subject to adjustment.

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Principal

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Valor principal

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Interest

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Juro

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Mishaps

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A small mistake or amount of bad luck. Contratempo, acidente

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to steal, stole, stolen

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To take something that doesn’t belong to you in a way that is wrong or illegal. Roubar

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Losses

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The experience of having something taken or destroyed. Perda

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to guess, guessed

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to suppose or think. Supor, achar

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Even

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Mesmo

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to evacuate, evacuated

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To remove someone from a dangerous place

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Injury

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Harm or damage. Ferimento, dano, prejuízo

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Go terribly wrong

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Very wrong, something very bad happens. Dar terrivelmente errado

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Disable

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Having a physical or mental disability. Inválido, incapaz

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Accidental death

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Morte acidental

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Remains

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A dead body. What left from your body. Restos mortais.

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Ease

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Comfort of body or mind. Sossego, tranquilidade.

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to put your mind at ease

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Make you feel calm and not worried

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Foolproof

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Done, made or planed so well that nothing can go wrong. Infalível

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Staying put

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Not move, not go anywhere. Não sair do lugar

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Asylum

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Protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed. Asilo

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to harm, harmed

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Physical or mental damage or injury. Dano

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Out to get me

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Someone is trying to create problems or difficulties to you

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to persecute, persecuted

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To treat someone cruelly or unfairly especially because of race, religious or political beliefs. Perseguir, importunar.

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Unfairly

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Injustamente

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Refugee

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Refugiado

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to urge, urged

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To ask people to do or support something in a way that shows that you believe it is very important. Encorajar, insistir, estimular

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Resettlement

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Reestabelecimento, recolocação

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to meet a quota

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Atingir a meta

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Renounce

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To say especially in formal or official way that you no longer have or accept something. Renunciar

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Citizenship

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Cidadania

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Steam

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Vapor

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Letting off steam

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To do or say something that helps you to get ride off strong feelings or energy. Extravasar

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Follow-through

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The act of complete a action or process. Complete the action that you started

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Courage of your convictions

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Your beliefs

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Man up

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Brave, to be courageous, to take resposibilities

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Bachelor

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Solteirão. A man who is not married, especially a man who has never been married.

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Match

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Combinar

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Matchmaker

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Casamenteiro. A person who arranges relationships and marriages between others.

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Confirmed bachelor

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Solteirão convicto

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to mean, meant, meant

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To want or intend to express a particular idea. Querer dizer

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Spinster

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Solteirona, que ficou pra titia

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Shy

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Feeling nervous and uncomfortable about meeting and talking to people. Tímido.

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to prod, prodded

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Estimular. To persuade or try persuade someone to do something

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Prodding

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Estímulo

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Commitment

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Compromisso. A promise to do or to give something

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to meddle, meddled

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Intrometer-se. To become involved in the activities and concerns of other people when your involvement is not wanted

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Prowl

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Perambular. To move through a place or area especially while searching for something often in a quiet or secret way.

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Assumption

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Suposição, hipótese. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen without proof

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Whether

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Se. Expressing doubt or choice between alternatives

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Idyllic

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Extreme happy, peaceful or picturesque. Pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity. Perfect, very happy, enjoyable.

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Eligible bachelor

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A man who is not married and is desirable man, with a good look or money

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to set someone up

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to arrange to someone a date with a potential romantic partner

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on the prowl

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Looking for something, looking for a sexual partner. A caça.

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Don’t know the first thing about

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don’t be complete familiar with someone or something.

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Thriller

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A novel, movie, etc, that is very exciting. Suspense.

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Definitely

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Definitivamente

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Brainless

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Very stupid or silly. Not very intelligent. Insensato.

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Silly

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Bobo

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On the edge of your seat

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There’s a lot of suspense. Let you excited

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Chase

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The act of pursuining someone or something. Perseguição.

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Car chase

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Perseguição de carros

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Life-threatening

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Grave, serious, dangerous. Com risco de vida

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Evil

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Bad. Mal.

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To pursue, pursued

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Perseguir

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Sounds like

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Soa como

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Seems like

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Parece com, parece que

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Run-of-the-mill

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Ordinary. Not very interesting. Ordinário, comum, medíocre.

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Stunts

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An action displaying spectacular skill an daring.

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Stunt person

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Dublê

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Straddle

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To be on both sides of something. To have parts that are in differents places, regions, etc.

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Straddles the line

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Having characteristics of two different things

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Once

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Uma vez

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to grow, grew, grown

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Crescer, aumentar. to become larger. to increase in size, amount, etc.

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Emerging markets

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Mercados emergentes

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Make sense

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Is logical. Faz sentido.

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Within

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Dentro. Inside

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Cliff

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Penhasco. A high, steep sufarce of rock, earth or ice.

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Get a foothold

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Se estabelecer, “fincar estacas”. A place where your foot may be placed when you are climbing a cliff, a mountain. Stablish position in a place.

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Sustainable

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Sustentável. Able to be used without being completely used or destroyed. To continue for a long period of time.

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Gamble

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Jogar, apostar. To bet money or other valuable things. Reforce a risk.

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By the time

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Quando chegar a hora. Before. No later than the time.

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Shake out

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Reforce something that not is complete. Not is resulted

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Missed the boat

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“Perder o bonde”. Missed the opportunity.

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Invest in

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To put money into

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Hedge

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Cerca, barreira, divisão. Something that provides protection or defense.

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Hedge our bets

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Dividir as apostas. Split the bet. Not put all of our money in one bet.

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Several

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Vários. More than two but not very many

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Willing

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Disposto. Not refused to do something

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Work up

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Prepare

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Proposal

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Proposta, sugestão. To plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward to consideration or discussion by others.

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Receptive

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Willing to listen to or accept ideas, suggestions, etc

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Keep an open mind

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To consider new ideas

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Short and sweet

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“Direto ao ponto”, “de forma reta e direta”. Direct, to the point.

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Impressive

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Impressionante. Very good.

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Eye-opening

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Something that shows or teaches you something in a surprising way. Provides you surprise information.

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There yet

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Is not developed yet

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Routine

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Rotina

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Hazard

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Perigo. A source of danger.

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Hazardous

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Perigoso. Involving risk or damage

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Alongside

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Ao lado de. At the side. Close by. Next you.

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Take it

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Accept it

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Get in the way

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Ficar no caminho

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Tricky

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Complicado, difícil. Using or likely to use dishonest tricks. Requiring skill or caution

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Riot

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Motim. A situation in which a group of people behave in a violent or uncontrolled way.

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On our hands

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Is your responsability and we need to take care of it

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Object to

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Contestar, desaprovar. To disagree with something or oppose something. Disagree with something.

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Indispensable

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Indispensável. Extreme important or necessary

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Typewriter

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Máquina de escrever

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asset

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Ativo. A useful or valuable thing, or quality

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Selling up

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Sell al of one’s properties, possessions, or asserts

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Though

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Very difficult to do or deal thing

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Stick out for

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Persist in demand. Continue to do something even though it is difficult

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Count on

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Rely on. To depend of something

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To pick up

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Become better, improve, increase

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Worthless

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Sem valor. Having no real value or use

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Inventory

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A quantity of goods held in stock. All of things or goods that a company have in a stock

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Valuation

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Avaliação. How much something worth

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In line with

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Alinhado. Alignment or accordance with.

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Inducement

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A thing that persuades or influences someone to do something

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Sweeten the pot

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Valorizar, aumentar o valor. Add an inducement, typically in the form of money or concession. Make something more attractive.

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Consulting

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Consultoria. Give advice

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Go over the books

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To review the accounting records and financial statements. Accounting information.

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Jump-start

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“Dar um empurrão”. To cause something to start quickly

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Non-compete clause

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Denoting or relating to a clause, provision or agreement by which parties are bound to compete.

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Proceeds

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The total amount of money or profit that is made

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Try my hand at

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Attempt to do something for the first time, typically in order to find out one is good at it.

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