Vocabulary Flashcards

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Rain unexpected

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Flash flood

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Vegan

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More than vegetarian

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Package

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A bundle of something

A container, a box or case, in which something is or may be packed.

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Utopia

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Good place or no place

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Turkey

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It can be turkey!
Peru
Stop being such a turkey!
= goof=cometer gafe= doing funny things.

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Pinta ou topeira

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Mole

Spot: maiores

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Estrias

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Stretch marks

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Celulites

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Dimples

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Bowl

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Package, a container, …

Snow in the mountains

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Arrego!

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Uncle!!

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Pester

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Implicante
To make angry 
-Stop pestering me!
-Don’t pester me with your trivial problems.
-Quit/Stop pestering me!

Bug: The bug bugs you

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Light bulb

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Lâmpada

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Dash

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-

Underscore: _

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Underscore

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kezia _cordeiro

Dash: -

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Dwellers

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Moradores
//duelers//
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Whereas

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-Whereas girls enjoy reading about fiction, boys prefer non-fiction.

Enquanto que

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Daunt

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To overcome with fear, intimidate, to lessen the courage of, dishearten.

  • To daunt one’s adversaries.
  • Don’t be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
  • Daunting prospect: hard prospect
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Whatsoever

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An intensive form of whatever.

- Whatsover it be, in any place whatsover.

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To print

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  • Please print your name
  • Fotocopiar
  • Xerocar
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Propaganda

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Advertisements

  • Interrupting tv programs
  • (Brands)
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Marca

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Brand
Fama
Ex: Ford Model

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Consumer goods

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Stuff
Things
Anything you buy

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Virtually

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Almost not

- Virtually no competition

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Crucial

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  • A crucial element
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Market share
- This company has a big market share | - Dos produtos divididos pelas empresas ela tem a maior quantidade.
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Product line
Ford focus
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Lots of different products
Diverse product mix
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Retail outlets
Store Retailer Outlets: the building too
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Merchandise
The manufactured goods bought and sold in any business
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Succeeding
Subsequent, | -Laws to benefit succeeding generations.
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Lacked talent
Faltava talento
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Produce section
``` The produce section is where you find your vegetables. //próruce// ```
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``` Forms of exertion //fórmes ove egzãrchan// ```
To make an effort//éfort// | - Exertion: esforço
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Curling
Cuãralin// | Canadian sport
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Energy as a key of life
Virtual to survive
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FANBOYS
``` Coordinating conjunctions: For And Nor But Or Yet So ```
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Good
``` Positive -The positive sight / point is... -advantage Value SKILLED WRITER: Picoult is a skilled writer* Qualified Worthwhile: que vale a pena ```
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Party
Partido
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Education
Student union, computer, black board, materials, literature, subjects, break time, PhD, Master program, master degree, requirements, mult tasking, focus, thesis, IT laboratory, group work, colleague, opportunity, intelligence, reading, writing, departments, ugrades, knowledge, exams, essays, specialization, research, schedules, desk, team work, paper, classes, notebook, technology, kindergarten, primary, secondary, high school, higher education(após high school), further education(um a mais),vocational training, oral presentation, stationary (office supply), backpack, lunchbox, prom, gap year, tuition, fees, scholarship, grands, loans, agenda, labs, refreshment, assignment, upgrade, rubric, samples, due dates, slides, mentor, government investment, headhunter, work force, home education, language courses, exchange programs, internship, family background, books, globalization, philosophy, informal/formal education, professor, campus, Diploma, correspondence course (by far);
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Sarcasm
Sarcasmo
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Acquired
You acquire Knowledge! (Not achieve).
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Day release
Day off Prisional system Year off/year gap
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State education system
National State Municipal
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Correspondence course
``` By far (Letters, e-mail, internet) ```
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Workingman
Trabalhador=esforçado
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Womanizer
Mulherengo
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Snapshot
An informal photograph, That was the snapshot. Informa: a brief appraisal.
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Callous
``` //calessãs// Calo nas mãos ou nos pés de trabalho pesado. ```
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ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Drugs Ritalin - The mouth dries, fell lazy, exhausted, depressive,.. - The drugs are overused - to deal in the natural way
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To bite your nails
Roer as unhas
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Floss
Fio dental - I gotta floss my teeth - proper dental hygiene
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Newlyweds
The first year of marriage
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Bad breath
Mal hálito
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Senior citizen
Senhor de idade | -Seniors, senior citizens, elders;
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First Nations
Natives
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Freezing
Congelante | - It’s too cold! Dress warm!!
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Perversion
- The act to perverting | - any of various means of obtaining sexual gratification that are generally regarded as being abnormal.
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Agony
-intense physical or mental suffering
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Felt smoky
Clod
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Incapable
Incapaz
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Elderly woman
Senior citizens
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Politely
Elegant kind
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My birthday boy/girl
Aniversariante
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Upside down
Lado avesso | -right-side up
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Instinct
Instinto
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Surprisingly
Surpreendentemente
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Gets old
Ficar mais velho | - No matter how old he gets
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Magnificent
Magnifique
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Empty
Vide
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Thoughtfully
Showing consideration for others
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Unless
A não ser que
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Unlikely
Not likely to be or occur, improbable;
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Interrupt
Interromper
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Grossly fat woman
Obesa
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Wiseacre
A person who possesses or affects to posses great wisdom
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Wildly
Selvagemente | Extremamente
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Worthless
Without worth, of no use , importance, or value
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Suppose
Supor
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To Ruin
Arruinar | -ruin their sons
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Assume
Assumir
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Commodity
Comodidade
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Freedom
Liberdade
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Tragedy
Tragedia
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Unnoticed
An announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day’s notice.
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Arteries
Artérias
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Attack
Violent, hostile or aggressive way
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Amarrar o sapato
His mother is at his feet, tying his shoes.
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Endireitar a gravata
His father is at the mirror, fixing his tie.
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Smile
The man smiled
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Random
-That there are no random acts. | Aleatório
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Stupid
It was my stupidity
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Ain’t
It ain’t fair
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Feelings
Nervousness | Loneliness
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Waste
- No life is a waste - The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone. - Desperdício
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Silenciosamente
Silently
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Impotente
-fell into impotent posture
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Como se
It was as if... | Eddie stands as if being led to his execution
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Para com isso!
Knock it off, before I slap both of ya’s!!!
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Para frente e para trás
Stepping back and forth | Dance: They join hands and move, swooping up and down in exaggerated circles.
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Zona rural
Countryside
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Gliding
Deslizando | The plane is gliding
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To join
I joined a research club in work psychology at university of Brazil
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Exhibition
Collection (artsy (informal word) | Related to art
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The concerts catering for a variety of music tastes
Catering: food supply
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Homegrown talent
People who grow born in somewhere and become a talent
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“He is already taller than his mother by a good six inches, yet she twirls him with easy”.
He's already outgrown his mother by a bit more than half a foot, but somehow she still spins him around easily
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Putting on
Pulling your leg: telling a jockey or lie - He had to put the brakes on sharply to stop in time - He’s an excellent student. I’d put money on him getting a first.
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Stereotypes
Estereótipos | - The education gender gap
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Paralisado
...paralyzed by a feeling that it’s...
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Buraco
Hole, gap
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Outgrow
Outgrown your family | Too many people living in the same house
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Outlive
Time to say bye bye | Old
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Outperform
You are outperformed if you get more score than you need
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To outstay your welcome
Stayed longer
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Outmanoeuvre
President/ political enemies
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Outweigh
Prevalecer | Disadvantages
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Outnumber
Female graduates
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Abstinence
Abstinência | Absenteeism Means being absent from school or work when you should be there.
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Double
Means to increase by twice as much 3: treble 4: quadruple 5: 5 times...
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Rain forest
``` Humidity The //longs//of the earth Seaweed: algas To mine( mineração) Layers of a rain forest : Camadas Deterioration Musgos: mosses Regenerate: grow again ``` FOREST INDUSTRY : they cut trees to have money
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Clinging
to cling on for dear life -Clinging to life Holding strong Agarrar
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Harming
Damaging | Human activity is harming epiphytes.
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Coal
Carvão
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Fazer a compra
To make the purchase
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Enigma
Conundrum
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Dilema
Dilemma
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Limberness
The limberness was gone! No more childish rubbery sensation. Every muscle he had was as tight as piano wire.
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Fraqueza
Weakness
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Multidão
Crowd
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Amargura
Bitterness
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Tiroteio
Shooting
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Mais apertado | Mais próximo
Tighter | - His eyes bringing the scene into tighter focus.
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Repelir
To repel | —Like a magnet it could repel them.
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Honesto
To be honest,...
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Onda devastadora de desespero
Sickening wave of despair
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alistou-se
“Who had been a chunky kid when he enlisted”
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Amplamente
Widely | - Information on famous people is widely available on the internet
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Garbage
Rubbish
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Dummies
Stupid Somebody how doesn’t know about something - Books for dummies
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Gênero de livro
Genres: Crime/Whodunnit, romance, drama, science, cooking, lyrics, action, bibliography, geography, biographies, history, science fiction(science-fi), novels, poems, poetry, mystery, self help, test books, text books, non-fiction, fiction, songbooks, art, coffee table books, animated, dictionary, children’s books, theater, horror, scientific-science, travel-guide, legal books, legal books, photography, reference books, thrillers(suspense), how to book, religion, magazines, suspense, detective, autobiography, gothic, crime/WHODUNNIT, true crime, textbooks, western, bible, how to, fable, fairy tale, books for DUMMIES.
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Esporte com prancha
Tobogganing “Pulling behind the car”
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Tv commercial
Advertisement
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To clean the snow
Snow shovel
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Your job Vocabulary
Jargon
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Segregation in prison
Solitary confinement
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Euthanasia
Euthanasia consists in killing a human being to save him from suffering.
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The opposite of innocent
Guilty | Convicted : verdict to go to jail!
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Grinding
Your teeth while you sleep | The grains
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Business and industry
Automation(robot),unemployment, inflation, balance of payments, taxation, GNP, interest rates, primary industries, secondary industries, service industries, nationalised industries, monopoly, output, income tax, VAT, deficit, key industries, unskilled labourers, employers/workers/staff, credit, exports, loss, demand for, bust/recession, shop floor, state-owned industries, private, expenditure, lending, net, take on, retail, white-collar.
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Average
Média
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Drawer
Gaveta
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Inflation
A state of economy where prices and wages are rising to keep pace with each other.
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Balance of payments
The difference in value between a country’s imports and exports. -The government is trying to reduce the balance of payments deficit.
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Taxation
The action of imposing taxes.
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GNP
The value of goods and services paid for in a country, including income earned in other countries. - Last year’s GNP was close to £25billion. - Gross net product
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Interest rates
The percentage charged for borrowing money. | -The Bank of England has raised interest rates.
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Primary industries and secondary industries
Industries involved in the production of raw(vegetables, wood)materials. -Coal mining is an important primary industry. Industries involved in the manufacture of goods (secondary industries). - Secondary industries rely on the ready supply of raw materials.
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Service industries
Industries which do not make products but offer a service such a banking.
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Income tax
The money that the government takes from your earnings at your job. Tax: money that the government takes.
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Key industry
The most important industries in an country.
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Unskilled labourers
Non formal training for career McDonald’s workers - opposite: skilled workers.
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Staff
Employees, workers, labourers
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Demand for
Can replace in the sentence: | A lot of people have benefited from the recent BOOM in the electrical industry.
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Bust/ recession
Opposite: boom | Just for industries
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VAT
A tax imposed as a percent of the invoice value of goods or services. In England GST: Goods and services taxes. (Chocolate, chips,... apples doesn’t have gps).
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Interest rates
Interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets.
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Property taxes
You pay every year | -GST just when you buy a house.
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Shop floor
Opposite meaning of - A fight broke out in the BOARDROOM over terms and conditions of employment. Boardroom: where the managers and directors have meetings.
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State-owned industries
Opposite of private
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Expenditure
Can replace: Overall REVENUE is down by almost 15%.
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Lending
Opposite of borrowing.
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Net
Can replace: -Our GROSS profits are up by almost 150% on last year. Net: after taxes Gross: before taxes The value of your income without the government taxes is the gross.
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Take on
The opposite of : lay off -If this continues, we will have to LAY OFF members of staff.
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Retail
Can replace : The WHOLESALE market has experienced a downtown since the recession began. Wholesale: atacado Retail: varejo
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White-collar
Opposite of blue-collar //calar// - Blue-collar workers across the country are demanding improved working conditions.
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Recollection
Ré// This is my last recollection. Recordação
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Redeeming
This is for you to redeem yourself.
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Handful
He grabbed a handful of chips and ate them all. He is going to be a handful (kid who you have to take care all the time)
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Blame
Accuse | Accusing
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Owl
An owl is a kind of bird that sleeps in the day and hunts at night. //áuol//
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Plow
Pláu// | The farmer will plow his field before planting the crop.
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Cow
Cáu// A cow is a female animal kept for its milk.
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Yawn
Most people yawn when they’re tired. Ión//
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Oar
The oar to the boat is broken
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Cheer
We heard the people cheer when the goal was scored Chie(ä)r//
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Tear
The sad movie brought a tear to my eye. Tier//
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Elbow
I hurt my elbow when I fell. Cotovelo
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Rib
John has one broken rib. Costela
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Rob
To rob his body.
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Toe
Tol// A toe is part of the foot
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Dive
Dáive// John will dive into the water carefully.
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Bark
Bark at them
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Dig
You can dig a hole with this shovel | On the sand
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Sore
Cory’s shoulder is sore.
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Mask
Mésk// A mask is a covering for the face. Masks (plural)
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...sooner rather than later..
Melhor tarde do que nunca
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Hey!! I yelled at the top of my lungs.
Gritei com toda a força
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Overweight
45% of the American population is overweight
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Endangered languages
Línguas ameaçadas de extinção
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Knee
I hurt my knee when I fell. Nii//
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Roll
Please roll the ball to me. Roæol//
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Ankle
Tornozelo
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Collision
Two cars were involved in the collision with the bus. Côlígion// Lí: stressed
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Needle
Agulha
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To screw up
In the last time I was here I screwed everything up
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Mourning
For somebody who died
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Accurate
It’s just not very accurate
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Beyond
Beyond our imagination
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Surreal
Surreal feeling
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Exhilarating
It’s quite exhilarating definitely Empolgante, emocionante
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To have pity on somebody
May the Almighty God to have pity on you
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Parir
Sophie had borne her first son
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Perambulando
Unlike Long years of my ancestors in their wanderings
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Pecuária
Livestock
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Herança
Inheritance
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Colo
Lap
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frogs, gnats , locusts
Sapos, mosquitos, gafanhotos
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Stubborn
Teimoso
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Trovão e granizo
Thunder and hail
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Tolos
Fools | I made fools of the Egyptians when I performed the miracles
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East
Passover It is the sacrifice of Passover to honor the Lord. He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. He killed the Egyptians, but spared us.
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Ser despertado
They were awakened during the nights
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To make sure someone or something has the most recent information
Update
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Collect
Pick up
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Prepare yourself
Get ready
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The work involved in taking care of a home such as cleaning and washing clothes
Housework
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Work that involves documents, letters, filing, etc.
Paperwork
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A work of art that is a solid figure or object
Sculpture
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An event which shows works of art to the public
Exhibition
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A usual day like any other
A typical day
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The journey that parents make to take their children to school or to bring them home again
The school run
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A device to operate a machine from a distance
A remote control
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The amount of information which can be kept on a computer
The storage capacity
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A plan of a journey including the routes and places to visit
A travel itinerary
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A system which activates a device from the sound of your voice
A speech recognition system
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To win something in a good position
Triumphantly
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Faz tudo valer a pena
That makes everything worthwhile!
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To Thrill
He trills me when he gives me flower
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Eureka moment
- I had an Eureka moment yesterday! | - The Eureka rebellion is remembered as a great democratic moment in Australia.