Group 411 Vocabulary - Day 05

Question 1

facetious (adjective)

Answer 1

brincadeira deliberada sobre assuntos sérios

Question 2

to resign from

Answer 2

demitir-se

Question 3

readily

Answer 3

prontamente

Question 4

to tiptoe

Answer 4

andar cuidadosamente e silenciosamente

Question 5

intersectionality

Answer 5

intersetorialidade

Question 6

consciousness raising

Answer 6

conscientização

Question 7

overwhelmed

Answer 7

sobrecarregado

Question 8

to come back down to earth

Answer 8

voltar à realidade

Question 9

to well with tears

Answer 9

encher de lágrimas

Question 10

lofty

Answer 10

nobre

Question 11

intractable

Answer 11

intratável

Question 12

board meeting

Answer 12

reunião de diretoria

Question 13

to found (an organization)

Answer 13

fundar (uma organização)

Question 14

soothing

Answer 14

calmante

Question 15

to loom over

Answer 15

assombrar (parecer maior que) algo/alguém

Question 16

fishnet stockings

Answer 16

meia arrastão

Question 17

swish (of a skirt)

Answer 17

ruge-ruge (de saia)

Question 18

to sober up (literally)

Answer 18

ficar sóbrio

Question 19

wealth disparity

Answer 19

disparidade de riqueza

Question 20

pay equity

Answer 20

igualdade salarial

Question 21

cachet

Answer 21

prestígio

Question 22

to be fulfilled

Answer 22

sentir realizado

Question 23

strike

Answer 23

greve

Question 24

demonstration

Answer 24

manifestação

Question 25

to protest

Answer 25

protestar

Question 26

to march

Answer 26

fazer passeata

Question 27

to reclaim

Answer 27

tomar de volta

Question 28

promptly

Answer 28

de imediato

Question 29

to be indebted to

Answer 29

estar endividado a

Question 30

shoulder pads

Answer 30

ombreiras

Question 31

merchandise

Answer 31

mercadoria

Question 32

to stumble upon

Answer 32

descobrir acidentalmente

Question 33

to stumble

Answer 33

tropeçar

Question 34

trafficking of women

Answer 34

tráfico de mulheres

Question 35

whiplash

Answer 35

movimento semelhante a chicotada

Question 36

caseworker

Answer 36

assistente social

Question 37

welfare system

Answer 37

sistema de bem-estar

Question 38

to suck your thumb

Answer 38

chupar seu dedo polegar

Question 39

carpool

Answer 39

sistema de carona organizado

Question 40

to look far afield

Answer 40

procurar em lugar distante

Question 41

to sober up (figuratively - to a situation)

Answer 41

chegar a perceber a realidade ou gravidade de uma situação