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30 Cards in this Set
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inventar algo |
making something up |
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dar o recado/ passar o recado |
pass it on
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dar o troco/ vingar-se/ descontar algo |
pay back |
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pegar
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pick up |
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guarde isso |
pass it away |
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adiar/ guardar para um futuro próximo |
put off |
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aturar/ aguentar |
put up with |
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"tô de saco cheio"/ "estou por aqui"/ farto |
Fed up with |
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estamos em campo |
we pitch in |
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fazer cópias |
run off |
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acabou o papel |
the paper ran out/ we ran out the paper |
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parar de enrolar/ pare de fazer cera |
stop fooling around |
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distribuiram |
handed out |
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quando se faz algo (ou não se faz) que se pretendia fazer há muito tempo e não conseguia por falta de tempo |
get around to it... |
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pare com isso! |
knock it off! (informal) |
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delatar/ "entregar" alguém no sentido de revelar sem querer |
give me away (give somebody away) ex. "this voice seems quite calm but his trembling hands give him away. |
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entrar para a história |
go down in history ex. "Pedro Alvares Cabral went down in history for discovering Brasil" |
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dar uma bronca em alguém |
chew someone out/ give someone a chewing out ex. "the boss is always chewing out somebody" |
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levar uma bronca de alguém |
get chewed out/ get a chewing out ex. "the teacher gave me a chewing out for not doing my homework" |
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vou ficar de olho |
I´ll keep my eyes peeled |
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cortar na comida (comer menos)/ reduzir o quanto se gasta |
cut down on (something) |
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dormir tarde |
stay up late |
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limpar/ remover/ tirar/ esfregar |
to wipe up ex. "my mother says we have to wipe up the dishes or else" "the floor was stcky so I wipe it up" |
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dormir/ cochilar/ tirar uma soneca |
to doze off exs. -"the student dozed off during the lecture - "if I doze off give me a nudge, please" - "on sundays, it´s normal to doze off after lunch" |
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brincar/ fuçar/ mexer com alguma coisa |
to monkey around with exs. -"if you monkey around with that generator again it will break down" -"I love to monkey around with my collection of vintage car" |
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amarelar/ ficar com medo/ tremer |
to chicken out exs. -"when it came to his turn to parachute out the plan, he chicken out and wouldn´t jump" -"I chicken out of the bungee jumping when i saw how high it was" |
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se intrometer/ entrar sem ser chamado/ dar opinião sem ser solicitado |
to butt in exs. -"every time we have a conversation my brother in law butts in to make a comment" -"the boss is fed up with you butting into his office without knocking" |
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acalmar-se/ aquietar-se/ estabelecer-se/ fixar-se |
to settle down exs. -"why are you so nervous?just settle down, you´ll be just fine" -"after an adventurous life in the army, he decided to settle down in the country" -"we´ll go into town when thigs settle down after recent riots" (revoltas) |
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consumir/ comer tudo e não deixar nada |
to eat up exs. -"they ate up their dinner in total silence" -"this car just eats up the miles at full speed" |
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selecionar/ escolher/ identificar. |
to pick out exs. -"pick out the books you want to read and take them with you" -"they picked him out from the photo the police showed them" |