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mastigar, gargelar

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/tʃuː/, /tʃoʊk/

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butter up

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Bajular, puxar saco

  • He tried to butter up his boss in hopes of getting an extra day off.
    Ele tentou bajular seu chefe esperando receber um dia de folga extra.
  • I tried buttering my tutor up but she still wouldn’t let me hand it in late.
    Eu tentei puxar o saco da minha professora, mas ela ainda assim não me deixou entregar atrasado.
    (No caso acima, perceba que o phrasal verb está separado pelo objeto da frase, mas que esse objeto – my tutor – não é um pronome. Neste caso, você pode optar por separar ou não o phrasal verb.)
  • The magazine tried to get her to write an article by buttering her up.
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hives

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/hɑɪvz/

a condition in which a person’s skin develops swollen red areas, often suddenly, esp. as a reaction to something the person has eaten:
- Eating shellfish makes me break out in hives.

/haɪv/
colmeia

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hacking

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/ˈhækɪŋ/
the activity of using a computer to access information stored on another computer system without permission, or to spread a computer virus:
- Hacking is now much more sophisticated and harder to detect than a few years ago.

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stick in

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/ˈprep.i/

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/ˈprep.i/
‘‘patricinha’’

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how did the tryouts go

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to hurl

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/hɝːl/
to throw something with a lot of force, usually in an angry or violent way:
- In a fit of temper he hurled the book across the room.
-Teenagers hurled stones at the soldiers.

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not after your lips have been on it

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interest

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neglect

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/nɪˈɡlekt/
to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility:
- She’s been neglecting her studies this semester.
- i think have neglected my english studies a little, i though i deserved that break
- He neglects that poor dog

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pull out of school

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