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1
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Concise

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Conciso

Resumido

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Datum

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A small piece of information (“dado”)

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3
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Meleca (Melecas)

Tirar meleca

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Meleca - booger (Melecas - boogers/boogies), snot

Tirar meleca - nose picking, take a snot out

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Unremarkable

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Ordinary and not interesting
(Banal, comum)
Ex.: An unremarkable town

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Scholarship

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Bolsa de estudos

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Outdoor/indoor sports

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Outdoor sport - ao ar livre

Indoor sport - não ao ar livre

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Composto (químico, por exemplo)

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Compound

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Sobrenome

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Surname

Last name

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suitable

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Acceptable or right for someone or something (“adequado”)
Ex.: This movie is suitable for children.
What is a suitable time to call?

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likely

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Expected (“provável”)

Ex.: I am likely to forget it if you don’t remind me.

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sum

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1) soma (cálculo matemático de somar)

2) an amount of money (“quantia”, “quantidade”)
Ex.: He sold the jewelry for a large sum of money.

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12
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income

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renda

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esquema

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scheme

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Premises

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thelandandbuildingsownedby someone, especially by a companyor organization.
(“local”, “instalações”).

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Cheerful

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Animado, alegre

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16
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it “flew past”

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passou voando

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17
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comprimidos

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pills

tablets

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invoice

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alistthatshowsyou how much you have topayfor work someone has done or for things someone has given you.
(“fatura”)

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19
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slushy

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partly melted

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mist

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smalldropsofwaterin theairthat make itdifficult tosee objectsthat are not near.
(“nevoeiro”, “cerração”)

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21
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beam

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feixe de luz, raio

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misfortune

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somethingbadthathappensto you

“infelicidade”, “desgraça”, “infortúnio”

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faulty

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not working correctly

“defeituoso”, “com defeito”, “quebrado”, “falho”

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waterlogged

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fullofwaterandalmostcoveredby alayerof it

“encharcado”, “alagado”

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25
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jogging

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theactivityofrunningslowlyforexercise

“cooper”

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instance

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anexampleof aparticulartypeofevent,situation, or behaviour.
(“caso”, “ocorrência”)
Ex.: There have been severalinstances of violence in theschool.

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27
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slope

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encosta

declive

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28
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stretch X sketch

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stretch - alongar, esticar

sketch - rascunho

29
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grid pattern

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horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to form squares

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lucro
prejuízo
orçamento
despesa

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profit
loss
budget
expense/expenditure

31
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extrovertido

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outgoing

extrovert

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outspoken

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expressingstrongopinionsvery directly without worryingif otherpeopleareoffended.
Ex.: Outspokencomments.
Mr Masack is an outspokencriticof the present government.

33
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outpatient X inpatient

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paciente ambulatorial X paciente intrahospitalar

34
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exhausting X exhaustive

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“cansativo” (making youfeelverytired) X “exaustivo” (completeandincludingeverything)
Ex.: What an exhausting day!
This book is realy exhaustive for this subject.

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bureau

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anorganizationor abusinessthatcollectsor provides information.
(“departamento”, “seção”, “agência”)

in the US, agovernmentorganization
(“agência federal”)

36
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pacote de férias

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package holiday

37
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voo programado X voo fretado

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scheduled flight X charter flight

38
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meia pensão X pensão completa

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half-board X full-board

39
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departure time

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theactionof someone or somethingleaving aplace

“partida”, “saída”

40
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timetable

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alistofdatesandtimesthatshowswhen things will happen

“horário”

41
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arrangements

arrangement

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plansfor how something willhappen
(“preparativos”, “planos”)
Ex.: Imade arrangementsto meether onSaturday.

anagreementbetween twopeopleorgroups
(“arranjo”, “acordo”)
Ex.: We have an arrangement that hecleansthe house and I do thecooking.

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insurance (insurance policy)

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seguro (apólice do seguro)

43
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self-catering apartment

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havingcookingfacilitiesavaiableso that you can cookmealsfor yourselfratherthan having them provided for you
(“sem serviço incluído”)
Ex.: Wedecidedto go for self-catering ratherthan stay in ahotel.

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poça de água

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puddle of water

45
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salgado
doce
azedo
amargo
cremoso
A 
salty
sweet
tart/sour
bitter
creamy
46
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seda

A

silk

atypeofcloththat islightandsmooth

47
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macio X duro

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soft/smooth X hard/tough

48
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liso X áspero

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straight/smooth X coarse/rough

49
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posh

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expensiveand forrichpeople
(“chique”, “luxuoso”)
Ex.: a poshhotel

from a highsocial class
(“rico”)

Rafael said that posh meant something more “nariz em pé”, olhando os outros como inferiores

50
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chefe de família

A

breadwinner

householder

51
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mimado

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spoiled

mollycoddled

52
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tarefas domésticas

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household chores

housework

53
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crammed

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veryfullofpeopleor things
(“cheio”)
Ex.: A crammedtrain/room
My pockets were crammed with money

54
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narrow

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being only asmalldistancefrom onesideto the other
(“estreito”)
Ex.: A narrowstreet
Narrowshoulders

55
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narrowly

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only by asmallamount
(“por pouco”)
Ex.: Anapplefellfrom thetree, narrowly missing my head.

56
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past of strike e o significado

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struck
to strike -> tohitsomeone or something
(“golpear”, “atingir”)
Ex.: Twoclimberswere struck byfallingrocks.

57
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vestibular

A

entrance examination

58
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calouro

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freshman/freshwoman

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sophomore

A

astudentin his or her secondyearof high schoolor college in the US
(“estudante de segundo ano de faculdade”)

60
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diretor

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headmaster/headmistress
principal
director

61
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provided

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only if
(“contanto que”, “desde que”)
Ex.: He’swelcometo come,provided that he behaves himself.

62
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tycoon

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very powerful business man (“magnata”)

A personwho has succeededin businessor industry and has becomeveryrichandpowerful.

63
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remetente X destinatário

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sender X addressee

64
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composite

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“composto”, something made of various different parts

65
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find something “by chance”

A

“por acaso”

66
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untidy

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desarrumado
(not neat or well arranged)
Ex.: an untidyroom
She’s really untidy athome.

67
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neat

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arrumado
(well arranged and clean)
Ex.: He alwayslooksveryneat andtidy.

68
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ensaio (preparatório para jogos ou performances)

A

rehearsal

69
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remo

A

paddle

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