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N: Beefs

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Eng: Complaint, dispute
Port: Queixa

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N: Bill

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Port: Projeto de Lei

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Adj: Jittery

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Eng: Edgy, nervy, high-strung
Port: Nervoso, ansioso

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Verb: Sway

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Eng: Rock-back, bend
_Persuade, influence
Port: Persuadir, influenciar

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Verb: Purport

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Eng: Claim, Allege, Proclaim, Pretend
Port: Pretender ser

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Verb: Shrink

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Eng: Contract, decrease, lessen, downsize, dwindle, wrinkle, wither
Port: reduzir, retroceder

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Verb: Gallop

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Eng: Boom, increase, expand
Port: Expandir demasiadamente

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Verb: Narrow

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Eng: Pin down, contract
Port: Reduzir-se, estreitar-se

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Verb: Lavish

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Eng: Excessive, exaggerated
Port: Abundante, generoso

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N: Omen

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Eng: Prognostication, portent
Port: Presságio do futuro

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N: Glimpse

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Eng: look, sighting, glance
Port: vislumbrar, vista momentânea

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N: Odds

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Eng 1: Probability, chances
Eng 2: At odds: Arguing, Quarrelling
Port 1: Probabilidade
Port 2: Em conflito

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V: Goad

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E: Provoke, cause
P: provocar, causar

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N: Riposte

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E: Counter attack, response in a hard way, reply, retort, counter
P: Resposta dura

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Adj: Torpor

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E: Lethargy, apathy, languor, inertia
P: Apatia

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V: Stunned

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E: Daze, overwhelm, stupefy, astounded, dumbdounded, flabbergasted
P: Impresionou

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V: Swell

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E: to increase, tumesce, tumefy, expand
P: crescer, inflar, aumentar

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Adj: Daringly

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P: Atrevidamente, ousadamente

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Adj: Unwavering

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E: Firm, steadfast, unbendable, stauch, undying
P: Firme, inquebrável

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V: Entreched

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E: Invulnerable, Established
P: Estabilizado, com raízes profundas

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N: Mindset

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E: Mentaly, outlook
P: Mentalidade, hábito de pensamento

22
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Adv: Half-heartedly

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E: lackadaisically
P: sem entusiasmo

23
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Adv: Stealthily

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P: Sigilosamente

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N: Gauge

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E: Standard
P: N => Medida
V => Estimar, julgar

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Adj: Sluggish

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E: Sulky, Slow, Lethargic
P: Lento, inativo, preguiçoso

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V: Go up (Quantity)

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E: Skyrocket, Soar, Go through the roof, Boom (Extreme)

Rise/Surgel/Increase/Wax/Grow/Expand/Swell/Boost/Climb

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V: Go down

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E:Down/Decrease/Wane/Shrink/Dwindle/Wither/Lower/Fall/Drop

Plummet/Plunge/Crash/Collapse/Nosedive/Debacle (Extreme)

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N: Scopes

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E: Areas, Spheres, Realms
P: Âmbitos, contextos

29
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Adj: Feasible

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E: Viable
P: Possível, viável

30
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Adv: Gamut

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E: Wide range of/ assortment of/ various
P: Diversos âmbitos

31
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Adv: Utmost

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E: Highly, level best, maximum, extreme
P: O mais alto, máximo

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V: Esteem

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E: Venerate, revere, regard
P: Reverenciar, venerar

33
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V: Breed

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E: Procreate, spark, trigger
P: Espalhar

OBS: Goading = Provoke

34
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V: Loathe

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E: Disdain, scorn, despise
P: Odiar, rejeitar

35
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V: Tinker

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E: Fiddle
P: Fuçar

36
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V: Sours

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E: Polls, Acerbic => Ex: He has a sour temper
P: Ácido, horrível

37
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N: Upheavel

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E: Mayhem, Turbulance, Chaos
P: Caos, turbulência

38
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V: Decamp

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E: Fleed, Quit, Depart
P: Ir embora de repente

39
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V: Smoother

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E: Suppress, hide, cover, conceal
P: Encobrir, esconder

40
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V: Recede

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E: Diminute
P: Diminuir, mover

41
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V: Ravage

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E: to destroy, to sack, scourge, menace, nuisance, plague
P: Destruir, saquear, pilhar

42
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V: Unleash

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E: Let go, relinquish, free, untie, unloose, unbridle
P: Desatar, soltar, desencadear

43
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Yield

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Eng:
1 - Give in/Concede
2 - Production/Output - Industrial
3 - Harvest - Agriculture
4 - Profit = Revenue - Costs
5 - Return = investments - costs
6 - Turnover/revenue = sales of products and services of the company
7 - Income, earnings = Individual
44
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V/N: Curb

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Eng: V = reduce, cut, diminish, curtail, shrink,

N = Corner edge (Meio fio)

45
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N: Broadsides

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Eng: diatribes, verbal attacks

46
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N: Pleas

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Eng: Solicitations, requests, appeals
Port: solicitação

47
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V: Rebuffed

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Eng: Negated, Rejected, spurned
Port: Rejeitada

48
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N: Auctions

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Port: Leilão

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V: Gathered

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Eng: Raised, Collected, amassed
Port: Juntado, colecionado

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