Palavras 3 Flashcards
Is Aimed
Disinformation being spread is usually aimed at creating outright hatred and hostility.
The new strategy is aimed precisely at reducing today’s unacceptable level of work accidents
Destinado, Dirigido, Orientado
Lisbon aimed not only at more jobs (Lisbon visava não somente mais empregos)
Outright
The certificate of death was an outright forgery.
sometimes the content is outright racist.
it is condemned outright by European farmers
Abertamente, Totalmente, Imediato, S/ Rodeios, Definitivo
it is condemned outright by European farmers (Isto foi condenado sem rodeios pelos…)
Outright racist –> abertamente racista
Loved ones
Entes queridos
Conned (con)
But Jennings never knew he was being conned.
The king was not conned.
It’s the guy who conned us.
He conned them into believing he was ill.
to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in order to get money from them
Enganado, trapaceado, burlado
Con
I’m not playing a con.
The lawyer was a con named Wes Herman.
They just used them for their con
Golpe, Trapaça, Condenado, Trapaceiro, Preso
I’m not playing a CON (Não estou dando um GOLPE)
More often than not
More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided.
Sticking to your principles will more often than not take all your courage
Na Maioria das vezes; Much of the time, on most occasions
Pretending
Stop pretending you’re innocent.
No, I was just pretending.
Fingir
Outcome
Such a serious outcome requires further study.
The outcome of the Second World War appeared to be no longer in doubt.
Resultado, Êxito
Laser Beam
He likes to kill people with his laser beam eye
Raio Laser
Sieve
Peneira
Pond
Empty the pond to get the fish.
Lagoa, Lago
Lined up
I’ve got a real challenge lined up for him
I got guys lined up around the block
Alinhado, enfileirado, preparado, marcado
Came Across
I came across Rich Reynolds when he was about 10 years old.
I came across your liquor factory on the way.
Encontrei, me deparei com, cruzar com
Corner Stone
The corner stone to fighting all evil is the good book.
Pilar, pedra angular
Hire
You mean hire a good-looking male model.
Apparently, you insisted she hire Roger.
Have you hired aperson for his ability to Google information?
Alugar, contratar, empregar
