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1
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If you’re going past the supermarket, can you buy some bread?

A

Se você estiver passando pelo supermercado, pode comprar pão?

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Get off my back

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Leave me alone, stop harassing or bothering me!

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David has been using a dummy cigarette to try to wean himself off real ones

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David tem usado um cigarro falso para tentar se livrar dos verdadeiros

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What sports are you into?

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De que esportes você gosta?

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Sleeps up to eight in three bedroom

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Acomoda até oito pessoas em três quartos

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6
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Greg dared me

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Greg me desafiou

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If we all stand together, there is every chance that we can achieve the goals we have been set

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Se ficarmos juntos, há todas as chances de alcançarmos os objetivos que estabelecemos

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I hear you on that

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I agree

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9
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Come along to the gigs

A

Venha para os shows

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He’s let me down twice before

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Ele me decepcionou duas vezes antes

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I thought I could do is run through my presentation for you

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Eu pensei se poderia mostrar e discutir minha apresentação com você

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You shouldn’t say it quite like that

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Você não deveria dizer isso desta forma

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13
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He will only ask

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Ele vai pedir/perguntar

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14
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Give me a few pointers

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Give me a few tips

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15
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Do you fancy coming to a party next Saturday?

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Você gostaria de ir a uma festa no próximo sábado?

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Wouldn’t you rather give up?

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Você quer/deseja desistir?

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17
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I put it down to my age

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I blamed my age

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18
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It’s high time you stopped smoking for good

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You should have stopped smoking by now

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19
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We’re not going to take it anymore

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Não vamos aguentar mais

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20
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It’s chewing gum for the eyes

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It’s just something to watch for entertainment

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21
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Time was ticking away

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Time was running out

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22
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What a cheek!

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How rude!

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23
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Skidded off the track

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Derrapar pra fora da pista

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We’re pretty sure the fire was caused by faulty electrics

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Temos certeza que o incêndio foi causado por falha no sistema elétrico

25
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I dare say

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I expect that…, it’s likely that…

26
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I’ll be bound

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I’m sure

27
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For what it’s worth

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In my humble opinion… / “For what it’s worth, I don’t resent that”

28
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That makes two of us

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I am of the same opinion.

29
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Two can play (at) that game

A

I can treat that person the same way they treated me.

30
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He doesn’t mince his words

A

Ele não mede as palavras

31
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He was certainly bending the rules

A

Certamente ele estava quebrando as regras

32
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Only too well

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Unfortunately, I know that very well.

33
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I think she’s hooked

A

Ela está viciada

34
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She said that our flat could do with tidying up a bit

A

Ela disse que nosso apartamento precisava de uma arrumação

35
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I’m sorry to go on at you

A

I’m sorry that I keep complaining to you

36
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It dawned on me

A

Me ocorreu

37
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Isn’t it just?

A

That’s exactly right.

38
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It’s no wonder…

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There is no surprise…

39
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It’s well worth doing

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Doing this is highly recommended.

40
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The tide is turning

A

The trend is changing

41
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We’d better get a move on

A

We should hurry up

42
Q

We could do with a new sofa

A

A new sofa would be very beneficial for us

43
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It’s high time we treated ourselves to a cruise

A

Já é hora de fazermos um cruzeiro

44
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We all went out for a meal and who should be in the restaurant but Tony Smith, the actor

A

Nós fomos comer e quem estava no restaurante? Tony Smith, o ator

45
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I’m sorry to have kept you

A

I apologise for making you wait

46
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We got married fifity years ago today

A

Get + adjective = Means “become”

47
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My baby is getting heavier

A

Get + comparative adjective = Means “become”, but the structure is used too to describe the change from one state to another

48
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You need to get packing

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Get + verb + ing = Means “to start doing something immediately, in an intensive, serious way”

49
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You need to get them working as a team / I have to get the car working by tomorrow

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Get + someone/something + verb + ing = Means to do whatever is necessary, so that people or things can do something you want them to do

50
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I got my father to pick the kids up from school / We need to get someone to fix the car

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Get + someone + to + infinitive = Means asking, persuading or paying people to do things for us

51
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Kelly go to see Bon Jovi concert when she was in the US / My nephew will get to be the mascot of his favorite football team soon

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Get + to + infinitive = Means have the opportunity to do something that you dream or have high expectations of doing

52
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I’ve been reading up on it

A

Tenho lido sobre isso

53
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All but two of the residents attended the meeting

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All the residents attended the meeting, except two.

54
Q

That’s just it

A

You are right to say that

55
Q

The jury’s still out

A

A clear opinion (about that) has not been formed yet.

56
Q

You are preaching

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You’re telling me what to do or the way things should be

57
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There’s just one piece of bad news

A

Só há uma má notícia

58
Q

Please let the purchasing officer know by this Friday at the latest

A

Avise o gerente de compras até esta sexta-feira no mais tardar

English Carol - Advanced 4 (3 decks)

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