Vocabulário - Textos e Provas Flashcards
TO LOOM
To appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon.
Ex.: There was a crisis looming.
Aparecer gradualmente.
PINCH
An act of squeezing a part of sb’s skin tightly between your thumb and finger, especially in order to hurt them.
Ex.: She gave him a pinch on the arm to wake him up.
Beliscão.
SPRAWLING
Spreading in an untidy way.
Ex.: A modern sprawling town.
TO SPRAWL = espalhar
LOAN
Money that an organization such as a bank lends and sb borrows.
1) to take out a loan (= to borrow money), to repay a loan (= pay it back);
2) Bank loans with low interest rates.
Empréstimo.
OUTSTANDING
Not yet paid, done, solved, etc.
1) She has outstanding debts of over $500;
2) A lot of work is still outstanding;
3) The negotiations failed to solve outstanding issues.
Pendente.
NARROW
Measuring a short distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to length.
1) narrow streets;
2) a narrow bed/doorway/shelf;
3) narrow shoulders/hips.
Estreito.
STRAITS
A very difficult situation especially because of lack of money.
1) The factory is in dire straits;
2) She found herself in desperate financial straits.
Dificuldades.
SURPLUS
1) an amount that is extra or more than you need;
2) the amount by which the amount of money received is greater than the amount of money spent.
Ex.:1) a trade surplus of $400 million; 2) The balance of payments was in surplus last year (= the value of exports was greater than value of imports).
Excedente, superávit.
TO YAWN
(of a large or an empty space) To be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across.
1) There’s a yawning gap between rich and poor;
2) yawning deficits = deficits gigantescos.
TO WEATHER
Sth to come safely through a difficult period or experience.
Ex.: The company just managed to weather the recession (= enfrentar).
to weather a crisis = to survive a crisis
RESORT TO STH
To make use of sth, especially sth bad, as a means of achieving sth, often because there is no other possible solution.
1) They felt obliged to resort to violence;
2) resorting to fiscal gimmicks (= recorrendo a truques fiscais).
GIMMICK
An unusual trick or unnecessary device that is intended to attract attention or to persuade people to buy sth (= truque, artifício).
GAP
Lacuna, intervalo, abertura, hiato, brecha, fenda, separação.
Ex.: budget gap (= “rombo” orçamentário).
BONDS
Títulos.
1) government bonds;
2) That would mean selling bonds to cover day-to-day expenses (= Isso significaria vender títulos para cobrir as despesas do dia-a-dia).
TO ACKNOWLEDGE
Reconhecer.
TO PLEAD
To ask sb for sth in a very strong and serious way.
1) She pleaded with him not to go;
2) I was forced to pleaded for my child’s life.
BOND-RATING AGENCIES
Agências de classificação de títulos.
INTEREST PAYMENTS
Pagamento de juros.
TOUGH
Resistente, difícil.
STRETCH
A continuous period of time.
Trecho, extensão, esticamento.
ROLE
Função, papel, cargo.
LONG-LASTING ASSETS
Ativos duradouros (de longa duração).
RAILROAD
Ferrovia.
UNAWARE
Inconsciente.
BLIZZARD
Nevasca, grande quantidade de algo.
A blizzard of documents.
CORE
Parte principal.
TO ENCOMPASS
Cercar, redear, envolver, conter,
GUIDELINE
Instrução, diretriz.
INTEREST RATE
taxa de juros
TRADE
Comércio, negócio, intercâmbio.
TO TRADE = barganhar
WAGE
Salário, recompensa.
TO WAGE = empreender, apostar, promover.
RETAIL
Varejo
MORTGAGE
Hipoteca
SPENDING IN CHECK
Gastos sob controle.
That will be possible only if interest rates fall and the government can keep spending in check.
TURMOIL
Instabilidade
RELIABILITY
Confiabilidade, segurança.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)
Receita Federal dos EUA
INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)
Receita Federal da Inglaterra
INCOME TAX RETURN
declaração de imposto de renda
INCOME TAX REFUND
restituição de imposto de renda
FURTHER
mais
ACTUALLY
Na realidade, efetivamente.
HEADQUARTER
sede
COMPELLING
atraente
