V&O VI Flashcards
Proveito, uso, vantagem + o phrasal verb (“utilizar-se de”)
- We tried to persuade her not to resign, but to no [] (= did not succeed).
- My attempts to improve the situation were of little/no [].
- So far, it has been to no [].
- they hurriedly barricaded themselves in the largest, strongest building in town, the massive granary—but to no [] (granary - celeiro)
avail
- We tried to persuade her not to resign, but to no avail (= did not succeed).
- My attempts to improve the situation were of little/no avail.
- So far, it has been to no avail.
- they hurriedly barricaded themselves in the largest, strongest building in town, the massive granary—but to no avail (granary - celeiro)
> avail yourself of something (formal)
“utilizar-se de” o que vem depois do “of”
- (CIJ:) But it will be used here to mean that if the Organization is recognized as having that personality, it is an entity capable of availing itself of obligations incumbent upon its Members.
- Voters should avail themselves of all the tools available to get information about the candidates.
- Employees should avail themselves of the opportunity to buy cheap shares in the company.
Lodge
> lodge a claim, complaint, protest, etc. - to make an official complaint about something
- Between 2016 and 2019, nationals from Central America and Venezuela lodged 1.6 million asylum applications across the continent. (google: apresentar)
- The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters. (google: apresentar)
- Lawyers said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.
> to pay rent to stay somewhere
- She lodged with Mrs Higgins when she first came to Cambridge. (google: hospedar-se)
> to (cause to) become stuck in a place or position
- A fish bone had lodged in her throat.
> [formal UK] to put something in a safe place
- You should lodge a copy of the letter with your solicitor.
> (NOUN) a small house in the country, used especially by people on holiday or taking part in sports, or one on land belonging to a large house - (alojamento)
- a ski/hunting lodge
daunt; daunting
Daunt
> to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something
> assustar, intimidar
- She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
- Teachers were daunted by the idea of singing, especially if unsure of their own voice and their ability to stay in tune.
- His energy was remarkable and little daunted him.
- …it catalogues so many things that can go wrong that an actor could feel daunted.
Daunting
> making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something
> difícil, assustador, intimidador
- The country was faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division. (google: assustadora)
- Cigarette smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States, but quitting can be daunting.
- A disorientating ritual of daunting scope and size, but one whose distinctive point of view and unapologetic delivery are hard to gainsay. (unapologetic - sem remorso; gainsay - contestar (formal))
oft-
often (formal e antigo) (Kenneth Waltz usou)
(parece vir junto a particípio para caracterizar um noun)
- that oft-repeated cliché, “time heals a broken heart”
- Another oft-touted worry is that if… (touted - ~preconizado~, ~apregoado~)
Divulgar, publicizar
- The company has [] profits of over £200 million.
- [+ that ] The police have [] that two officers are under internal investigation. (police - plural)
- The journalist refused to [] her sources.
disclose
- The company has disclosed profits of over £200 million.
- [+ that ] The police have disclosed that two officers are under internal investigation.
- The journalist refused to disclose her sources.
- She refused to disclose any details of the plan.
- He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn’t pay the money.
- This information cannot be disclosed without authorization from a minister.
- They made an agreement not to disclose any details.
Screening + screen (verbo)
Screen
(além de “tela” e “biombo”!!)
> testar, examinar
- Women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer.
- Completely unsuitable candidates were screened out (= tested and refused) at the first interview.
- ….limiting access to guns and lethal drugs, screening patients for suicidal thoughts, treating underlying mental conditions and ensuring access to therapy
> to protect or hide (como faz um biombo!: ~~”“biombar””~~)
- She raised her hand to screen her eyes from the bright light.
> to show or broadcast a film or television programme
- he programme was not screened on British television
Screening
> teste, triagem (mas “triage” e “sorting” tbm são aceitos)
- Employment screening does not always extend to temporary staff.
- regular screening(s) for cervical cancer
> a showing of a film
- There will be three screenings of the film - at 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m.
> mesada, pensão, subsídio
a quantidade permitida/disponível/necessária de algo
permissão, possibilidade
make [] for : preparar-se para a possibilidade
make []s for: ter empatia e não julgar
allowance
- The perks of the job include a company pension and a generous travel allowance.
- I couldn’t have managed at college if I hadn’t had an allowance from my parents.
- Paul has to use his car a lot in his new job but he gets a good mileage allowance. (google: “subsídio”; mileage - quilometragem)
- Gary’s been exploiting the system, getting both a student allowance and unemployment benefit.
- The baggage/luggage allowance for most flights is 20 kilos.
- What is the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A? (google: dose)
- Baggage allowance is 2 free bags per passenger, and $80 per additional bag.
- In Europe nearly all of the valuable emission allowances - permits that each allow one ton of emissions - were given away to power companies.
- The more predictable and mechanistic, the better - with allowances for elegant variation, as we shall see.
- Here, the only bias is the allowance for the possibility of hierarchical structure implicit in the choice of context-free grammars.
- These expressions contain allowance for two effects not normally included in investigations of the average stress in a suspension. (google: tolerância)
- We should make allowance for bad weather and have plenty of umbrellas available.
- But allowance has to be made for a certain amount of settling old scores.
- You should make allowances [“S”!] for him - he’s been quite ill recently.
to demand that something happens
call for (C2, mas phrasal verb)
- Members have called for his resignation.
- (New START) The treaty calls for halving the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers
- Mark Esper called for increased basing in the Pacific (mais bases no Pacífico)
bent on + [verb ing]
> to be very determined to do something
- the historical record indicates that a country bent on acquiring nuclear weapons can rarely be dissuaded from doing so.
- The Belgian people were incensed at this behavior and surrounded the embassy, bent on capturing Waddington. (incensed - furioso)
- He was bent on quitting his job even though he was making a lot of money.
inexoravelmente
> inexorably (formal) - pode ser usado como necessariamente
- Punishing a state through economic sanctions does not inexorably derail its nuclear program (derail - descarrilhar, inviabilizar) (“derail” sem “s” por causa do “does”)
- The bacteria spread inexorably through many insect populations.
- These events led inexorably to war.
Edge
(2: uso comum + C2)
> an advantage over other people
- In terms of experience, she definitely had the edge over the other people that we interviewed.
> borda, beira + lâmina de algo cortante
- Careful with that open can - it’s got a very sharp edge.
- Keep away from the edge of the cliff - you might fall. (cliff - penhasco)
- The alligators build their nests out of grass near the water’s edge (google: beira)
- They built the church on the edge of the village.
- A man was standing at the water’s edge with a small boy.
- I caught (= hit) my leg on the edge of the table as I walked past.
- Shred the lettuce and arrange it around the edge of the dish.
- I’d frayed the edges of my jeans as that was the fashion in those days. (fray - desgastar, desfiar)
- The company is on the edge of collapse. (à beira)
- The government had brought the country to the edge of a catastrophe. (à beira)
> a small but noticeable amount of anger in someone’s voice
- There’s a definite edge to/in her voice when she talks to her husband
> to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you
mimar
- Although Iran’s leaders indulge in inflammatory and hateful rhetoric, they show no propensity for self-destruction
- we indulged in some hot fudge sundaes
indulge
- Although Iran’s leaders indulge in inflammatory and hateful rhetoric, they show no propensity for self-destruction
- When I get my first paycheck I’m going to indulge in a shopping spree. (spree - farra)
- we indulged in some hot fudge sundaes
- The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs. (google: entregaram-se a seu patriotismo)
- I love champagne but I don’t often indulge myself. (google: me dou ao luxo)
- We took a deliberate decision to indulge in a little nostalgia.(google: entregar-se a)
- My aunt indulges the children dreadfully. (mima)
grave (adj.)
grave (=)
(msm grafia de “túmulo”)
- (Kenneth Waltz:) It would be a grave error for policymakers in the United States and Israel to assume otherwise.
- a grave situation
- It was the gravest political crisis of his career.
- A far graver question vibrates in the balance, that of the artistic future, of the richest and largest city in the world.
tout (verb)
> to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something; divulgar, apregoar, preconizar
- As Washington falters, Beijing is moving quickly and adeptly to take advantage of the opening created by U.S. mistakes, filling the vacuum to position itself as the global leader in pandemic response. It is working to tout its own system, provide material assistance to other countries, and… (falter - vacilar, hesitar, esmorecer; adeptly - habilmente (adept-entendido,perito).
- The minister has been touting these ideas for some time. (g:divulgando)
- He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party. (g:elogiado como o próximo…)
- A local car dealership was touting its services/wares on the radio. (g:divulgando)
- Various studies have been published touting the benefits of pre-kindergarten programs.
Limiar, soleira (fig. tbm) (ortografia)
threshold
- I have a low/high boredom threshold (= I do/don’t feel bored easily). (g:limite)
- He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax. (g:limite)
- a low threshold for pain (g:limiar)
- We are on the threshold of a new era. (g:limiar)