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Uphold

It’s a verb.

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Defender

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Western sanctions against Russia are comprehensive.

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As sanções ocidentais contra a Rússia são abrangentes.

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Investment surge

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Pico de investimento

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Power surge

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Pico de energia

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Translation of “swoop into”:

So they are all looking to swoop into new territory.

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Investir, atacar.

Está sendo usado no sentido figurado.

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Translation of “limber up” in this context:

And now all of them are limbering up for whatever comes next.

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Limber up is a phrasal verb que significa “alongar-se”. Nesse contexto, está sendo usado no sentido de ‘preparando-se’.

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Translation of “supersede”:

… that will supersede the smartphone.

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Superar

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Tradução das palavras em negrito:

… prompting international calls for an end to fighting in a region that has been a flashpoint for 30 years.

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… provocando apelos internacionais para o fim dos combates em uma região que tem sido um ponto de inflamação há 30 anos.

📍Definition of prompting: the act of trying to make someone say something

📍Definition of flashpoint: a place or stage at which violence might be expected to begin.

👉🏻 Related words: climax, breakthrough, defining moment, crunch.

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Tradução das palavras em negrito:

Russian peacekeepers were deployed to protect the remainder of the separatist-held territory.

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As forças de paz russas foram deslocadas para proteger o restante do território separatista.

📍Definition of deploy [v]: to move soldiers or equipment to a place where they can be used when they are needed.

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Tradução das palavras em negrito:

Both sides though accuse each other of breaches and in recent days violence has flared.

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Ambos os lados, porém, acusam um ao outro de violações e nos últimos dias a violência disparou.

📍Definition of flare [v]:

[I]

(also flare up)
When something bad such as violence, pain, or anger flares (up), it suddenly starts or gets much worse.

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Translation of ‘pre-emptively’: the temptation is for regulators to clamp down pre-emptively.

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Preventivamente

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Best translation for ‘use up’ in this context: use up lots of energy

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‘Use’ é usar, mas ‘use up’ dá um sentido de ‘gastar’.

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Translations of: And new rivals have emerged with unexpected speed…

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A tradução literal de ‘emerge’ é emergir, porém, essa palavra não é tão comum no português portanto, a melhor tradução no contexto acima seria surgiram.

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Translation of: Venture funding

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Capital de investimento

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Inglês

The underlined word has a meaning of “pouco” in this context:

(…) was thought to be an excellent time to conceive copious numbers of children.

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Item errado! ❌

👎🏼 it’s the opposite.

It means large in quantity or number. “Grande número”.

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Peasants

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Camponeses

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Translate the underlined word: such as avoiding physical contact or too much fidgeting.

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Inquietação

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Account

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Tradução: relato, narrativa.

Exemplo: One colonial account from Rio de Janeiro.

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What’s the translation of the underlined word below?

Marshalling a decisive response to the continent’s changing demography will not be easy.

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Encontrar uma resposta decisiva à mudança demográfica do continente não será fácil. *often British.

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China and Pakistan last month invested other countries to join projects related to their mammoth, multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative.

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Tradução livre: enorme, gigante, colossal.

Tradução na frase: A China e o Paquistão investiram no mês passado em outros países para participar de projetos relacionados à sua gigantesca iniciativa multibilionária China-Paquistão Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Definição: extremely large; very large (and often very difficult).

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Traduza:

Drawing a stern rebuke from India, which slammed the move as “illegal” and “unacceptable”.

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Atraindo uma severa repreensão da Índia, que classificou o movimento como “ilegal” e “inaceitável”.

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Traduza:

The initiative is a success story despite a lot of problems plaguing it.

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A iniciativa é uma história de sucesso, apesar de muitos problemas que a assolam.

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Traduza:

China has pumped billions of dollars into transport, energy and infrastructure schemes in the South Asian country.

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A China investiu bilhões de dólares em sistemas de transporte, energia e infraestrutura no país do sul da Ásia.

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Traduza: all-weather friends

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Amigos para qualquer hora; amigos de todos os tempos.

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Traduza:

China has been of one Pakistan’s major financial backers in recent years.

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A China tem sido um dos principais financiadores do Paquistão nos últimos anos.

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Contend

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Enfrentar

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Contentious

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Controverso

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Traduza: outstanding debt

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Dívida pendente

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Traduza:

Nevertheless

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No entanto, não obstante, contudo, todavia, mesmo assim.

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Traduza:

Any involvement of third parties would bolster the initiative’s legitimacy.

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Qualquer envolvimento de terceiros reforçaria/aumentaria a legitimidade da iniciativa.

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… an Afghanistan that is in poverty ….

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… um Afeganistão que está na pobreza ….

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…young Afghans clinging to airplanes…

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…jovens afegãos agarrados a aviões…

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It charts a way towards a better future.

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Traça um caminho para um futuro melhor.

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Coup

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Golpe de estado

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Leftist party

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Partido esquerdista/de esquerda

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Raid (v.)

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Invadir

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It was a raw display of judicial force that crowned a trend years in the making.

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Foi uma demonstração bruta de força judicial que coroou uma tendência de anos em formação.

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Counter

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Combater

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Emboldened

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Encorajado

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The power grab

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A tomada de poder

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Brazil’s Supreme Court has drastically expanded its power to counter the antidemocratic stances of Mr. Bolsonaro and his supporters.

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A Suprema Corte do Brasil expandiu drasticamente seu poder para combater as posições antidemocráticas do Sr. Bolsonaro e seus apoiadores.

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What’s the translation of the phrasal verb live off in the context below?

Changes to pensions are so unpopular in the south because whole families often live off them (…)

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As mudanças nas pensões são tão impopulares no sul porque famílias inteiras muitas vezes vivem delas (…)

no sentido de depender delas

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What’s the translation of the underlined word in the fragment below?

(…) But enacting and sustaining reforms has proved tricky.

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Mas promulgar e sustentar reformas provou ser complicado.

44
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What is the translation of the underlined word in the fragment below?

In 2000 the share of older people in the workforce was only slightly above that in Spain and Greece.

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Percentagem

45
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Translate the underlined word in the fragment below:

(… ) and a shortage of child care means many women never return to work after giving birth.

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Escassez

46
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Translate the underlined word in the fragment below:

Wage bargaining, regulation and so on need to converge to stop imbalances between countries building up.

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Desequilíbrios

47
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What is the translation for wage bargaining?

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Negociação salarial

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He was slippery and given to drama.

The underlined word is an adjective and can be correctly translated for escorregadio.

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Item certo! ✅

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and pledged to further support countries neighbouring Ukraine such as the Czech Republic, Moldova, Poland and Slovakia.

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e prometeu continuar a apoiar os países vizinhos da Ucrânia, como a República Checa, a Moldávia, a Polónia e a Eslováquia.

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The bloc has also rolled out 523 million euros in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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O bloco também lançou 523 milhões de euros em ajuda humanitária à Ucrânia.

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While we have not yet seen a huge number of people arriving from Ukraine with the onset of winter…

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Embora ainda não tenhamos visto um grande número de pessoas chegando da Ucrânia com o início do inverno…

52
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Tradução e definição de: avail yourself of sth (phrasal verb)

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Definição: to make use of something

Tradução livre: aproveitar-se de algo

*it’s formal.

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“We are working hard to hit Russia where it hurts, to blunt even further its capacity to wage war on Ukraine,” she said.

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“Estamos trabalhando duro para atingir a Rússia onde dói, para reduzir ainda mais sua capacidade de travar a guerra contra a Ucrânia”, disse ela.

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A day of widespread assaults that plunged Ukraine into darkness.

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Um dia de assaltos generalizados que mergulharam a Ucrânia na escuridão.

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Inglês

Tradução e definição de: soar (v.)

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Definição: to rise very quickly to a high level; to increase; to reach a great height.

Tradução livre: disparar, decolar, subir.

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… as inflation across the continent — with extortionate energy prices — soars.

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… à medida que a inflação em todo o continente — com preços de energia extorsivos — sobe.

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tradução de BESTOW

New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy.

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Nova Iorque concederá o dom/presente da solidão e dom/presente da privacidade.

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Today we are faced, not with a clash of interests, but with a fight between…

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Hoje somos confrontados, não com um choque de interesses, mas com uma luta entre…

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I like red and orange together, though lots of people think they clash.

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Eu gosto de vermelho e de laranja juntos, apesar de muitas pessoas acharem que eles não combinam.

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In recent days heatwaves have turned swathes of America and Europe into furnaces.

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Nos últimos dias, as ondas de calor transformaram áreas da América e da Europa em fornos.

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The havoc caused by extreme heat does not get the attention it merits for several reasons.

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O estrago causado pelo calor extremo não recebe a atenção que merece por várias razões.

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The task of translation here in Geneva, home to most UN organs, is thus decidedly simpler.

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A tarefa de tradução aqui em Genebra, lar da maioria dos órgãos da ONU, é assim decididamente mais simples.

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…under the banner of saving democracy.

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…sob a bandeira da salvação da democracia.

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Inglês — tradução:

His rivals are trying to rig the votes.

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Seus rivais estão tentando manipular a votação.

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Translation of quirky:

Although she rarely takes baths in the tub she’s eager to use it as a quirky storage spot. “If I were to have a party, I would fill it with ice and put drinks in there,” she said.

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Embora ela raramente tome banho na banheira, ela está ansiosa para usá-la como um local de armazenamento peculiar. “Se eu fizesse uma festa, eu a encheria com gelo e colocaria bebidas lá”, disse ela.

It’s an adjective which definition is: strikingly unconventional or unusual, especially in a way that draws attention or interest.

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Inglês — tradução:

Seamless

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sem emendas

67
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Translation:

setbacks

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reverses

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Translation of largess:

The Adams administration was formally expressing the grievance it has aired for months — that the city, having already opened 210 emergency sites and spent more than $2 billion, had reached the limit of its largess.

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A administração Adams estava expressando formalmente a queixa que exibiu há meses — que a cidade, já tendo aberto 210 locais de emergência e gastou mais de US$ 2 bilhões, havia atingido o limite de sua generosidade.

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Tradução:

It’s a precarious area to be in.

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É uma área precária para se estar.

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Inglês — Tradução

wistfully \ adverb

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melancólico / melancolicamente

Example: …some 40-year-olds I asked wistfully confirmed this for me.

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Translation of: limelight

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Holofote

Example: Mr. Letterman has been no stranger to the limelight since he stepped down from his late-night gig.

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Tradução e definição de:

Unions and other industrial groups have long argued that employees have the right to disconnect, but the issue gained salience during the pandemic, when a widespread shift to remote work led to the further blurring of boundaries between home life and work life.

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Tradução: Sindicatos e outros grupos industriais há muito tempo argumentam que os funcionários têm o direito de se desconectar, mas a questão ganhou destaque durante a pandemia, quando uma mudança generalizada para o trabalho remoto levou a um maior desfoque das fronteiras entre a vida doméstica e a vida profissional.

Definição: salience \ ˈseɪliəns \ noun
: the state of being significant, prominent or visible

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Tradução de: throng

As dawn broke in central Paris on Wednesday, a throng of 500 people…

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Multidão

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Tradução de: inconspicuous

Owls are hard to observe for some of the same reasons we love them. With their inconspicuous presence and almost soundless flight, they point to the value of not standing out in the world but fitting into it.

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Corujas são difíceis de observar por algumas das mesmas razões pelas quais as amamos. Com sua presença discreta e voo quase sem som, eles apontam para o valor de não se destacar no mundo, mas se encaixar nele.

inconspicuous \ ɪnkənˈspɪkjuɪs \ adjective

: not prominent or readily noticeable

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Tradução de: proviso

He also considers “all the things that guitar brought us” and offers to play his mother a request, but with one proviso: “If you’re looking for a sad song, well I ain’t gonna play it.”

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condição, ressalva

proviso \ prəˈvaɪzoʊ \ noun

: a condition that is part of an agreement

76
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Tradução de: tarnish

It fills us with sadness that such an unacceptable event is managing to tarnish the greatest sporting success of Spanish women’s football.”

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Manchar

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Tradução de: copycats galore

… a stretchy dress with shorts underneath that inspired copycats galore.

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… Um vestido elástico com shorts por baixo que inspirou imitadores em abundância.

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Tradução de: prowess

I have always admired Taylor Swift for her lyrical prowess, so I was thrilled by the title of her new album.

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Eu sempre admirei Taylor Swift por sua proeza lírica, então fiquei emocionado com o título de seu novo álbum.

prowess 'praz(w)as | noun

: a superior skill that can be learned by study, practice and observation

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Will Dasha be welcomed as a country artist or shunned like an interloper? The answer, when it arrives, might not surprise you.

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Dasha será recebido como um artista country ou evitado como um intruso? A resposta, quando chegar, pode não surpreendê-lo.

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Many controllers told The Times that, coupled with mandatory overtime, the schedule was exceptionally grueling.

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Muitos controladores disseram ao The Times que, juntamente com as horas extras obrigatórias, o cronograma era excepcionalmente cansativo.

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My photos tend to be more intimate and joyful because I do most weddings solo, and because I build rapport beforehand so we are not strangers that day. I’m good at getting people to be themselves.

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Minhas fotos tendem a ser mais íntimas e alegres porque eu faço a maioria dos casamentos sozinho, e porque eu construo afinidade de antemão para que não sejamos estranhos naquele dia. Eu sou bom em fazer com que as pessoas sejam elas mesmas.

Pode ser relacionamento também.

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tradução de: facade

This summer, he will appear in “Cuckoo,” a sci-fi horror mash-up set in the Alps, in which he plays a German scientist whose welcoming facade hides a fascination with a bizarre endangered species.

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fachada

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Tradução de: roughly

Three feet is roughly equal to one meter.

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aproximadamente

84
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Tradução de: elicit

An online form designed to elicit responses from certain people.

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Um formulário on-line projetado para obter respostas de certas pessoas.

Pode ser extrair também.

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Translation of surmise:

I surmised they were dating because they were spending too much time together.

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Eu supus que eles estavam namorando porque eles estavam passando muito tempo juntos.

Surmise (verb) = supor
Surmise (noun) = suposição

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Translation of: staggering

The company reported a staggering loss of $1 billion last quarter.

The view from the top of the mountain was absolutely staggering.

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A empresa relatou uma perda impressionante de 1 bilhão de dólares no último trimestre.

A vista do topo da montanha era absolutamente impressionante.

GPT: The word _staggering_ can be translated into Portuguese as impressionante or assombroso, depending on the context.

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Translation of purportedly

Before inducing her to move her money, the F.T.C. impersonator wanted to pass her on to the lead investigator on her case, who purportedly worked for the C.I.A.

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Antes de induzi-la a mover seu dinheiro, o imitador da F.T.C. queria passá-la para o investigador principal em seu caso, que supostamente trabalhava para a C.I.A.

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