English Vocabulary

Question 1

“For some reason or another you decided he was making d__________ r_____ about you or your group” the judge said.

comentários depreciativos

Answer 1

disparaging remarks

/ disp’erigring/

Question 2

…appeared for sentence after p_______ ______ to injuring with intend to injure and theft…

se declarar culpado

Answer 2

pleading guilty

/ ‘pli:ding/

Question 3

n. roubo

n. ladrao

Answer 3

n. theft /0’eft/

n. thief /0i:f/ or burglar /’b3: gui la/

Question 4

v. vazar

n. goteira

Answer 4

leak

/li:k/

Question 5

n. bica, calha, goteira

v. jorrar

Answer 5

spout / spaut/

Question 6

n. calha, goteira

v. escavar, gotejar

Answer 6

gutter /’ga:ta/

Question 7

fossa

Answer 7

septic tank

Question 8

They are taking samples from

riachos que alimentam as lagoas…

Answer 8

creeks feeding into the lagoons

Question 9

v. disparage

/ di’sp’eridz/

Answer 9

v. denegrir/ rebaixar

Question 10

…septic tanks are the main c____.

culpado (responsible for)

Answer 10

n. culprit /’k^olprit/

Question 11

They get worn out over time and need to be repaired.

worn out

Answer 11

desgastado

Question 12

v. pleitear, alegar, declarar-se

note: law

Answer 12

v. plead /pli:d/

Question 13

n. desgaste, uso, roupa

v. usar, vestir, desgastar (present, past and pp)

Answer 13

n. wear

v. wear, wore, worn /wo:n/

Question 14

this project will be in the *back burner

Answer 14

segundo plano

Question 15

A decision may be right when judged against the objectives of an enterprise, but wrong when judged against social objectives or desires.

Answer 15

Uma decisão pode ser direita quando em função dos objectivos de uma empresa, mas errado quando em função de objectivos ou desejos sociais.

Question 16

purported to set on

Judged against the objectives Vladimir Putin purported to set on inheriting Russia’s presidency 15 years ago—prosperity, the rule of law, westward integration—regarding him as a success might seem bleakly comical.

Answer 16

pretendia definir

Question 17

brittle /ˈbritl/

He has a throttlehold on Ukraine, a grip this week’s brittle agreement in Minsk has not eased.

Answer 17

fragil

Question 18

bribery /ˈbrīb(ə)rē (braibery)/

Domesticating Ukraine through his routine tactics of threats and bribery was his first preference, but the invasion has had side benefits.

Answer 18

suborno

Question 19

ameacas e suborno

Answer 19

threats and bribery /ˈbrīb(ə)rē (braibery)/

Question 20

sown

Best of all, it has sown discord among Mr Putin’s adversaries: among Europeans, and between them and America.

Answer 20

plantado, semeado

Question 21

stall and warp

which he can use to stall and warp Ukraine’s development.

Answer 21

parar e deformar

Question 22

parar e deformar

Answer 22

stall and warp /stôl and wôrp/

Question 23

Sooner or later it may “encompass” the Baltic states

Answer 23

abranger

Question 24

abranger

Answer 24

encompass

Question 25

Tilt …Remember that the crisis began with the Ukrainian’ desire to tilt towards the EU

Answer 25

inclinar, empinar

Question 26

Covet …a way of life that people covet

Answer 26

Cobicar, ambiciar, desejar