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1
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• Go ballistic

A

Get Angry

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• Fly off the handle

A

Get Angry

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3
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• Go bananas

A

Get Angry

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• Go round the bend

A

Get Angry

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5
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• Go through the roof

A

Get Angry

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6
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• Lost the rag

A

Get Angry

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7
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• Lost the temper

A

Get Angry

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8
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• Pulling the hair out

A

Get Angry

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9
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• Picking the nose

A

Tirar caca do nariz

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10
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• Bring up

A

To raise a child/children

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11
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• Give the sack

A

Ser demitido

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12
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• Fed up of

A

Farto, de saco cheio de algo

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13
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• Make him tick

A

What motivates or drives somebody

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14
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• Made mincemeat of them

A

beat comprehensively

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15
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• Made a clean sweep of

A

Win everything possible

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16
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• Make an entrance

A

Attract a lot of attention upon your arrival

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17
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• Go through Money

A

Gastar dinheiro

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18
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• All hours

A

At any time, qualquer hora

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19
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• Snap out of it

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Sai dessa

20
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• Two-time somebody

A

Trair alguém (no sentido de relacionamento amoroso), chifrar

21
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• Branch out

A

Expand (in new areas)

22
Q

• Point out

A

Salientar

23
Q

• Ruled out

A

Descartar

24
Q

• Sorted out

A

Resolver, organizar

25
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• Wear out

A

No longer function due to use

26
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• Wipe out

A

Eliminar

27
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• Work out

A

Discover by logical reasoning

28
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• Find out

A

Discover by investigation

29
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• Drop out

A

Desistir, cair fora

30
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• Branch out

A

Ramificar

31
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• Setting up

A

Criando, configurando

32
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• Women’s lib

A

Libertação feminina

33
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• Gets me going

A

me excita, me motiva (a causa pode ser boa ou ruim)

34
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• On behalf of

A

Em nome de

35
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• Lose face

A

ficar desmoralizado

36
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• Racking my brains

A

quebrar a cabeça, trying hard to remember

37
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• Pick your brain

A

tap into somebody’s expertise

38
Q

• Steer clear

A

fique longe

39
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• Kick up a fuss

A

criar um rebuliço

40
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• Rub someone up the wrong way

A

Ofender ou aborrecer alguém por fata de tato

41
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• Top brass

A

pessoas mais importantes de uma organização

42
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• Fait accompli

A

something that has already been decided

43
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• Carte blanch

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a free hand to do what you see fit (uma mão livre para vc fazer o que achar melhor), “carta branca”

44
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• Je ne sais quoi

A

an indescribable element or ingredient that makes somenthing really good

45
Q

• Get down to brass tacks

A

ir ao que interessa

46
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• Piece of resistance

A

something which is great, the best

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