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1
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I beg your pardon

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Perdão

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God willing

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Se Deus quiser

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Make up to

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Compensate somebody for some suffering / “Sorry I crashed your car, Mum. I’ll make it up to you”

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Make for

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Move straight in the direction of a place / “As soon as it stopped raining, we made for the beach”

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Make of

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Have an opinion about somebody or something / “I don’t know what to make of our new boss”

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Make off with

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Escape with something

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Make out

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See or hear something which is not very clear; try to convince somebody of something that isn’t true / “If you listen closely you can make out the sound of birdsong”

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Make up

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Invent, create

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Make up for

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Compensate somebody for a mistake or bad treatment / “They gave us a bottle of champagne to make up for losing our reservation”

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Make up with

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Make peace with somebody after an argument or fight

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Put the pedal to the medal

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Accelerate a vehicle or a plan or project in an emphatic way

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Make snap decisions

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Decide something without hesitation

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Get our skates on

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Try to do something much more quickly than before

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By leaps and bounds

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Aos trancos e barrancos

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Living in an ivory tower

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Selfishly live your own life, ignoring the fact that other people are suffering

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Make ends meet

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Cover all one’s living expenses with one’s income

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Keep up with the Joneses

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Compete or compare yourself with others by buying similar or better things than they have

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18
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A new lease of life

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A new, improved lifestyle made possible by some kind of change

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Spare the time/money

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Have more than enough money or time so that one is able to give some to others, or lose some

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Beat around the bush

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Say things which are not exactly what you mean, avoid saying something directly

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21
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Each and every

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Absolutely everyone

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22
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Bend the truth

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Mascarar a verdade

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23
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Shape up ou Shape out

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Either improve your performance or leave

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24
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For the time being

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Now and temporarily

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25
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Good riddance!

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I’m glad somebody has gone away

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26
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In hindsight…

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Looking back on it

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27
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On spec

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Taking a chance without knowing what to expect

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28
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I take pot luck

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I choose randomly

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29
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The characters jump off the page

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The characters are so realistic that they seem to be alive

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30
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Walked out on

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Abandonou

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31
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Fell out

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Stop speaking to somebody because of a disagreement

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32
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Hold (something) against (somebody)

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Blame somebody for something

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33
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Miss out on

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Not use an opportunity to enjoy or take part in something

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34
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Stand up

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Refuse to accept a situation, fight against something

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35
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Jot (something) down

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Make a few quick notes

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36
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Butt in

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Interrupt, often rudely / Se intrometer aqui

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37
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Show a breakdown of the main points

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Show a detailed demonstration of something (like costs or price), in the form of a list of components

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38
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Speak up

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Falar mais alto

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39
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Jog (somebody’s) memory

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Make or help somebody remember something

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40
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Brush up on

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To refresh

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41
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Beef up

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Make something more substantial by adding more details or information

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42
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Cross out

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Eliminate a word or number by drawing a line through it

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43
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Liven up

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Animate something, like a party

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44
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Mix up

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Confuse something or someone with another

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Pay off

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Finish paying a loan, clear a debt

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46
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Suck up to

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Praise excessively or try to help constantly

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47
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Come and go

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Commute to and from a place

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Save up

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Save money over a period of time, for a specific purpose

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State aid

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Money given by the government to help people do something

50
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Weigh up

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See if there are more advantages or disadvantages

51
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May as well

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Be advisable or easier or better to do

52
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Wear off

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Lose the effect of something like medicine

53
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Withdrawal symptom

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Feelings and effects which appear when someone stops taking a particular drug, abstinência

54
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Double entendre

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Duplo sentido

55
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Laugh (one’s) head off

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Laugh hard, very loudly, for a long time (it may sound as if the person laughing may be unable to breathe)

56
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Have a ball

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Have a great time

57
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In (one’s) element

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Be in a situation in which you can really enjoy yourself

58
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Jabber away

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Talk quickly and without any real point

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Let (one’s) hair down

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Relax in a social situation after a period of hard work

60
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Pain in the neck

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Annoying, irritating

61
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Car allowance

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Subsídio de carro

62
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Step up for (somebody)

A

A move up to the next level of something

63
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Hand in

A

Entregar

64
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Get on with

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Se dar bem com

65
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Read up on (something)

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Read about a subject in order to become informed about it

66
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Be around

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Be present, be near someone

67
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Be over the moon

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Be extremely happy

68
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Be in seventh heaven

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Be extremely happy

69
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Break (something) off

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End a relationship

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Foul temper

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Terrible temper

71
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Put (somebody) up

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Give someone temporary accommodation

72
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Cheese (somebody) off

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Make somebody annoyed or frustrated

73
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In the doghouse

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Being punished by being ignored or criticised

74
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Be up to (something)

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Be doing something naughty, be behaving badly

75
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Hell freezes over

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It will never happen

76
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Fair crack of the whip

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Fair treatment; fair chance to do something

77
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Out of

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Because of

78
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Out of spite

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Because one wanted to be cruel

79
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Out of hand

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Out of control, unable to be controlled

80
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Stray dog

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Cachorro vira-lata

81
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Clip round the ear

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Hit someone on the ear with the palm of the hand as a punishment

82
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Out of greed

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Because someone was greedy, wanted to have more than he / she should

83
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Live up to my expectations

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Be as good as someone had hoped, corresponder às expectativas

84
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You have to put up with

A

Você tem que aturar

85
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Right away

A

Agora mesmo, imediatamente

86
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Take (something) up with (something)

A

Complain about something to someone, often in a more senior position of responsibility

87
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered

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Finalised, with all formalities completed

88
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Put pen to paper

A

Sign a contract

89
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In black and white

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In written form, such as in a contract

90
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Done deal

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An agreement which has been finalised

91
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Dot the Is and cross the Ts

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Work on the details of something to finalise it

92
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Sign on the dotted line

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Sign a contract

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Clinch a deal

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Close a deal or agreement

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Raw deal

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An unfair agreement

95
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Square deal

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A fair agreement

96
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Same old

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O mesmo de sempre

97
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To a great extent

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Mostly

98
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To a certain extent

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In part, in some way(s)

99
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As far as he concerned

A

Na minha opinião dele, No que me diz respeito a ele, Até onde ele sabe

100
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Split hairs

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Focus on very small and seemingly insignificant details

101
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By and large

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In general

102
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Up to a point

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Até certo ponto

103
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Dangle a carrot

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Tempt or encourage someone to do something with the promise of a reward

104
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Eat out of (somebody’s) hand

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Do everything someone says because you believe or trust them completely

105
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Stick up for (somebody/something)

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Defend, provide moral support for someone or something

106
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Catch on

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Become popular because lots of people start doing something

107
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Make up my mind

A

Tenho que me decidir

108
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Sleep on it

A

Make a decision the next day

109
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Hedging his bets

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Show favour to two opposing sides in an argument

110
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Chop and change

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Continually change plans or opinions

111
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Drag (one’s) feet

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Delay because one has difficulty deciding on something

112
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Be on the wagon

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Refraining from drinking because you want to give up

113
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Hair of the dog

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A drink of the same thing you drank the night before to try to cure your hangover

114
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Pub crawl

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A tour of different bars, stopping to have one drink in each, before moving on to the next.

115
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Show off

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Doing things to impress people

116
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In earnest

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In a serious way, a sério

117
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Run smoothly

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Operate without trouble

118
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Bring Foward

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Do something at a time or date which is earlier than was originally planned

119
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Prior to

A

Antes de

120
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Burn the candle at both ends

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Work or study very hard, for very long hours, like from very early in the morning until very late at night

121
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Clear the balance

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Pay the full debit balance on your credit card so that you owe nothing

English Carol - Advanced 4 (3 decks)

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