voc-6 Flashcards by Barbara Unknown | Brainscape

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ascent

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ascensão

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pinnacle

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auge

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sputtering

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engasgando

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rampant

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desenfreado

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lauded

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elogiado

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buoyed (by)

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impulsionado

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stifle

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sufocar

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placate

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aplacar, apaziguar

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derogatory

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depreciativa

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reviled

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insultado

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fringes

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margens

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rollback

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reversão

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deferring

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adiando

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subsidize

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subsidiar

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coal plants

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usinas de carvão

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twist

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giro, reviravolta

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blurred

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borrado

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newly recast

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recém-formulado

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eager

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ansioso, ávido

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slums

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favelas

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exult

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exultar (expressar alegria)

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assault

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agredir

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escalation

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agravamento, aumento

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withstand

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suportar, resistir

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unravel

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desvendar

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exemption

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isenção

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curbs

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freios. freiar

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loophole

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brecha

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unenforceable

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inexequível

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looming

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iminente

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lame duck

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carta fora do baralho (fim de mandato)

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pile-ups

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amontoados

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bystander

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espectador

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fanciful

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extravagante

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tirades

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long speech of criticism

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constrain

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constranger, limitar, restringir

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glut

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excesso

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hold account

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assumir responsabilidade

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plug

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conectar

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set out

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estabelecer

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plainly

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claramente

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wreck havoc

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causar estrago

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stall

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estagnar

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leeway

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margem

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upbeat

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otimista

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wither

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murchar, definhar

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bared its fangs

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mostrou suas presas

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waging

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empreendendo