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to get hit on

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To be the object or target of someone’s clear sexual interest and advances.
- I’m so tired of getting hit on in bars by complete strangers!

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queda feia

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FALL DOWN.
nasty fall (tombaço, tremendo tombo)
bad fall (tombo feio)
terrible fall (tombo horrível)
- He took a very nasty fall while dancing

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you never know

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nunca se sabe

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hot minute

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An extremely short period of time; moment

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blow off

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1- Primeiramente, blow off no sentido de dar o cano, “furar” um compromisso:

  • Mr. Roberts has blown me off three times this week, and I’m starting to get mad.
  • Tim couldn’t believe that his girlfriend blew him off to go out with her friends.
  • Nancy was so tired that she blew off the lunch plans with her brother.

2- Blow off no sentido de procrastinar, ignorar:

  • Mrs. Gregory always lets me turn in my papers late, so I blew her off when she said I had to turn my project in on time.
  • Even though her presentation was tomorrow, Ximena blew off preparing until the last minute.
  • Marcy can’t afford to blow off the call with her advisor anymore because she needs to graduate on time.
    Mary não pode se dar ao luxo de ignorar uma ligação com seu orientador porque ela tem que se formar a tempo.
    (Can’t afford to é uma expressão que quer dizer “se dar ao luxo de”.)
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reward

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/rɪˈwɔːrd/
something given in exchange for good behavior or good work, etc.:
- There’s a reward for whoever finishes first.

an amount of money given to someone who helps the police or who helps to return stolen property to its owner:
- The police offered a reward for any information about the robbery.
- The company rewarded him for his years of service with a grand farewell party and several presents

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