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Vocabulary 6 Flashcards

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N: Fallout

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Eng: Side effect, secondary effect
Port: Efeito colateral

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V: Overthrow

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Eng: Remove someone from power and take place
Port: Golpe de Estado

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V: Oust

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Eng: Remove someone from power but do not take place
Port: Golpe de Estado

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Adj: Fleeting

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Eng: Momentaneous, momentary, transitory
Port: Passageiro, transitório

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Adj: Bust

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Eng: Fizzle, flop, inoperative, complete failure
Port: Fracasso

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Adj: Smug

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Eng: Arrogant, complaicement
Port: Arrogante,

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N: Payrool

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Eng: People you have to pay (number)
Port: Folha de pagamento

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N: Wage

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Eng: Salary paid by hours
Port: Salário

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N: Salary

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Eng: Salary (Paid by month)
Port: salário

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V: Laid off

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Eng: Fired (You did something wrong); Laid off (Financial problemas, lacking of money)
Port: Despedido

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N: Trickster

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Eng: Con, con artist, swindler, scoundrel, shark, charlatan
Port: Malandro

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Adj: Cunning

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Eng: Sly, clever, shrewd, craft, bold, audacious
Port: Astucioso

PS: N: Slyness, cleverness, craftness, boldness, audaciousness/audacity, craftiness, [cunning]

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N: Folklore

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Eng: Legend, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, tradition

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N: Humbleness

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Eng: Humility
Port: Humildade

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V: Hoover up

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Eng: Gathering togheter, assemblage
Port: Reunindo-se todos

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V: Lurched

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Eng: Pitching, abrupt up-and-down, moving sunddenly
Port: Sacudida, tombos, movimentos abruptos

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V: Faltering

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E: Hesitating
Port: Hesitar

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V: Floundering

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E: Falter, struggle, stall, slow down, run into trouble, financial difficult

P: Dificuldade financeira

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V: Stalled

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Eng: Halted, frozen’
Port: Estagnar

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V: Hinder

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Eng: impede, obstruct, block
Port: Obstruir, impedir

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N: Bet

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Eng: Gamble
Port: Aposta

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N: Wager

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E: big risk
P: Grande risco

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N: Windfall

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E: Benefits, bonus
P: Benefício

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Feckless

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E: Inept, irresponsible, incapable, spineless
P: Inepto

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V: Overreaching

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E: Overstretching, excessive
P: Ir muito longe

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Adj: feeble

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E: Week, lame
P: Falho, fraco

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V: Oustmarting

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E: Trick, deceive, outwit
P: Enganar

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Adj: Naive

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E: Green, immature, innocent
P: Imaturo, inocente

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Adj: Adroit

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E: dexterous, skilful, akilled, expert
P: Hábil

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Adj: Clumsy

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E: Inept, cumbersome, awkward
P: Estabanado, difícil de lidar

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V: Appeasing

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E: Opening relations
P: Estabelecer relações

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N: Fruitless

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E: unproductive
P: Improdutivo

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N: Former

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E: Previous (any past)
P: Anteriores

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N: Prior

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E: Previous (the last one, immediate past)
P: Anterior, último

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N: Misstep

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E: inaccuracy, pase, mistake, blunder, failure
P: Erro

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Adj Listlessly

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E: Boring
P: Chato

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V: Pledged

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E: Vowed, commited
P: Comprometer-se

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N: Oath

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E: curse, swearing, cuss
promise, bond, vow, compact
P: Maldição/Pacto, promessa

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N: promptness

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E: Readiness
P: pessoa preparada

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N: Qualms

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E: doubts/misgiving; scruples

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N: Tenure

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P: Mandato

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N: Mandate

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P: Decreto

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N: Martinets

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E: Disciplinarian
P: Disciplinadores

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V: Grasp

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E: Grip, hold, catch, grab, seize
Comprehend, follow, undestand
P: Apegar-se a um ponto de vista firmemente

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V: Severed

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E: Cut off, slash
P: Separar

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V: Tackle

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E: resolving the problem, to handle
P: Resolver algo

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V: ties up

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E: Create a barrier
P: Levantar uma barreira

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