Learn With Harry - News Flashcards

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To blight

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To spoil, damage, ruin

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To trouble

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Incomodar, dar trabalho, importunar, causar transtorno/problemas

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Crop

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V: cut (something, especially a person’s hair) very short. Cortar

(of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants). Comer

harvest (plants or their produce) from a particular area. Colher, semear

N: Colheita, safra, cabelo curto, rendimento

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To Bite off

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Remove by biting or try something too much

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To plunge

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To decrease rapidly or significantly

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The share price

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O preço da acção

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To be rattled

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To be disturbed, upset or unsettled by sth

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Unsettled

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Perturbado e incerto

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Flawed

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With a mistake, faulty in some way

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Faulty

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Defeituosa, imperfeito

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To prompt

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To stimulate action/response, remind someone to do or say something

Adverb: em ponto, exato

Nome: limite, prazo. An act of assisting or encouraging a hesitating speaker.

Adj: para entega imediata, expedito, deligente, sem demora, imediato, rápido, pronto

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Prompter

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Instigador, incentivador

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To point out

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To indicate. Mostrar, demonstrar, indicar

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Thorough

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Rigorous

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Launch

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Lançar, iniciar, empreender

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To undergo

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Submeter-se a, passar por

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A wider release to the public

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Make sth available to a broader audience beyond a limited group

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Broader

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Mais amplo
Broad - amplo

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Fail to reassure

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Unable to provide the necessary comfort or confidence to someone

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To reassure

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Tranquilizar

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Breach

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an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct: violação, quebra, infração

a gap in a wall, barrier, or defense, especially one made by an attacking army: Fenda, abertura

make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defense): romper, quebrar, abrir brecha

(of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water: saltar

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Key backer

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Someone who provides a significant support, influence or funding to a particular project

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Funding

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Financiamento

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Secure

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Assegurar, obter, prender

Seguro

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Sharehold and shareholder

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Participação acionária e acionista

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Scope

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Escopo, alcance, extensão

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Widespread

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Muito difundido, generalizado

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To compose

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To create or produce something

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Skeptics

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Céticos