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22 Cards in this Set
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p43:...stand with your feet about a foot apart at the heels... |
1"Software requirements are the Achilles heel of any project" 2"Sandals are only permitted if they fit tightly on the heel, without high heels and if they have rubber(borracha) soles" 3"Therefore it is necessary to place the heel on the floor so that it can support the foot, while the front part of the shoe is placed on the pedal"
->calcanhar |
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p43:Clasp your hands behind your back... |
1"Complete your bracelet or necklace with a quality trigger clasp from R.G. Flair" 2"he takes a [...] moment to refasten the clasp of his Rolex watch as he waits for Jesus to pass by."
->fecho (subs) ->abraçar, apertar (verb) |
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p43:When you are depressed and forlorn |
1"May the door of my hermitage be, at last and as always, constantly open, with no perspectives of renovation, forlorn to the damage of time and to the moods of nature" 2"You are the Refuge of the forlorn"
-> desesperado, desiludido |
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p43:..at first it will seem mockery |
1"We support a multitude of countries that make a mockery of democracy and human rights." 2"I ask you, why is the EU letting Turkey make a mockery of our rules and regulations?" 3"I hope that the French Presidency will never accept such mockery of the Kyoto Protocol and negative discrimination"
->zombaria, ridicularização |
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p43:...it will chase away your gloom |
1"Besides of all this gloom, perhaps we can take comfort from one ray of hope" 2"Beyond the gloom and pessimism about Europe's future, last week's rebellion by our citizens could turn out to have some benefits" 3"as the sentence ended,-by a light, as it were, of security infused into my heart,-all the gloom of doubt vanished away"
->escuridão |
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p43:You can't think hatred |
1"There cannot be peace in the world when people have anger and hatred in their hearts" 2"They probably had many misunderstandings and sometimes even felt extreme hatred"
->ódio |
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p45:He had heard that Trammel Crow was a fitness buff |
1"You don't need to be a sailing buff to enjoy watching the Sydney to Hobart yacht race" 2"Uldarico is a digital-photography enthusiast and a film buff"
->fã
Ref. -> esfregar (verb) |
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p46:...rogue enzymes were attacking vital organs... |
1"Someone writing that the United States is a rogue state, an axis of evil that must be combated?" 2"The threat scenarios of international terrorism and rogue nuclear states have been used to extend the scope of intervention"
->nocivo
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p46:The cause was a bad gall bladder situation... |
1"I recently underwent surgery to remove my gall bladder" 2"Usually gall bladder removal takes 15 to 20 minutes, but in my case it took three hours because of complications"
->vesícula biliar |
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p46:They were skeptical, but... |
1"Therefore, they will be skeptical of doctors or pharmaceutical companies that tell them that they do not need treatment" 2"Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur"
->cético |
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p47:"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine"? |
->feliz, alegre |
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p47:...by the limp manner that they shake hands |
1"In striving too hard to reach a limp consensus, which in the end leads to nothing, we are only intensifying Eurosceptism" 2"One of the differences between businesses that boom and those that limp along or founder is good employees."
->flácido, sem firmeza, hesitante |
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p47...the listless way in which they walk |
1"What's special about Korean is that you need a lot of breath and it's not that the voice sounds strong but rather listless" 2"You are practising penance when you lovingly keep to your schedule of prayer, despite feeling down, listless or cold"
->apático, indiference |
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p47...the sourpuss countenance they maintain |
sourpuss-> ranzinza countenance -> semblante
Ref. countenance-> aprovar, tolerar (verb) |
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p47:...and the plaintive and whining way.. |
plaintive-> queixoso, melancólico
whining-> 1"Let us stop whining and blaming" 2"By the fifth application, my eyes and nerves were neurally whining" -> pedindo arrego, chorando, lamentando
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p47:I believe that they do more damage to the cause than all of the bootledgers, |
1"The rise of bootlegged alcohol in many Member States is also a factor" 2"across borders, sometimes by individuals or small crime gangs, is typically called small-scale bootlegging"
->contrabandista, falsificador |
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p47:whoremongers |
->devassos, que se prostituem |
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p47...one of the deacons was enmeshed in sin. |
1"The agricultural sector is enmeshed in a process that increases and spreads poverty" 2"Interests of states and companies based on other continents are closely enmeshed in such conflicts"
->enredado |
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p48:Will not the witness for God be hampered for years to come? |
1"Words whose meanings hamper the development of the world" 2"These rules obviously hamper what is a perfectly legitimate trade" 3"We know how those handicaps seriously hamper their development"
->impeder, dificultar |
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p48:Where was the answer to my despondency? |
1"We are not machines; we are human beings experiencing disappointment and despondency." 2"At present there is much despondency, even despair in certain areas of research"
->desânimo, prostração |
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p48:...I fastened my thoughts upon the.. |
1"Power supplies should be properly attached or fastened to an appropriate fixture such as a pallet for handling and storing" 2"The working table is driven by the turning device which has 6 T style slots to ensure the work piece is strictly fastened on the working table"
->fixado, travado, preso |
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p48:...and endeavored to act in a compatible manner |
1"Did you ever sincerely endeavor to talk with the spirit of your own soul?" 2"And God also said that those who do not unite their effort to this endeavor will all be cursed" 3"working together, the sum total reflects [...] the magnitude of the endeavor as an instrument for international good will and peace"
->esforçar-se
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