Inglês - Vocabulário

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Scanty

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Escasso

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Spate

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outpouring, flood

a larger number of events than usual, especially unpleasant ones, happening at about the same time:Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

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Gilded

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Dourado, de aparência valiosa

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Amass

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Reunir

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Conspicuous

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Conspícuo, notável

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Swarm

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Grupo, bando, especialmente em movimento

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Spawn

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Dar nascimento a, produzir em grande número

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Weave

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entrelaçar, combinar

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Thread

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fibra, fio

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Vim

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Vigor, vitalidade

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Undergo

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Submeter-se

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Robber Baron

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Empresário pouco ético do séc. XIX

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Tackle

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Lidar, Enfrentar (também isca)

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Sluggish

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Preguiçoso, lento

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Largesse

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Generosidade, abundância

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Siphoned

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“Sifonado”, canalizado, afunilado em direção a

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Cronyism

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Nepotismo

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Vested

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Investido, transferido

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Pace

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Andamento, passo, marcha

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Rife

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Frequente, numeroso

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Enforcement

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Performance, execução, coação

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Overhaul

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Reformular, reformar, restaurar

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Inchoate

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Nascente, incompleto, incipiente.

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Educe

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Inferir (infer)

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Pitch

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Erigir, to set up.

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Mint

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Fazer, fabricar; transformar metal em moedas;

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Tout

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Pedir importunadamente, propagandear

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Copper

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Cobre

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Stint

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Restringir, viver com recursos escassos

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Wellspring

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Fonte inesgotável

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Hub

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Pólo, centro

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Dissemble

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Dissimular

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Fully-Fledge

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Tendo completado as qualificações necessárias

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Thrust

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Forçar

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Spur

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Incitar

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Reckon

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Contar, calcular, considerar, ver como

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Stifle

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Sufocar, estrangular

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Wend

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Proceed, pursue

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Axe

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Cortar, restringir, despedir

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Turf

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expelido, removido de um cargo

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Hefty

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Grande, forte, vigoroso

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Untrammeled

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Unimpeded, desembaraçado

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Faltering

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Hesitante, vacilante (flickering, vacillating)

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Grapple

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Agarrar

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Dwelling

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Lar

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Deceive

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Enganar, delude

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Buoyant

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Vívido, fluente

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Shone

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Past perfect/participle de shine

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Epitomize

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epitomizar (compêndio, resumo, exemplo).

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Entrenched

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entrincheirado, estabilizado solidamente.

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Laudable

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Louvável

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Squalid

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Moralmente repulsivo, sórdido, esquálido

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Bout

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Ataque

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Blood-letting

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Derramamento de sangue

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Amid

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Entre, no meio de, cercado por

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Paddy

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Arroz, campo de arroz

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Pinnacle

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Ápice, auge, pináculo

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Scion

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Rebento

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Heir-apparent

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parece ser o sucessor de tal posição (heir, inheritor, heritor)

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Foregone

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Passado, prévio, inevitável, determinado

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Rubber-stamp

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pessoa, agência, que faz o papel de aprovar

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Limelight

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Spotlight – Holofotes

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Suffused

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Inundada, impregnada

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Fad

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Mania, novidade

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Endeavour

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Esforço, empenho, tentativa

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Crow

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Exultar, vangloriar-se, cantar

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Scrap

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Demolir, jogar fora, rejeitar

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Albeit

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Embora

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Bulwark

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Baluarte, bastião

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Gauge

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Aferir, medir

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Strenuos

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Tenaz, vigososo, estrênuo

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Grievances

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Queixas

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Stemming

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Decorrentes (stem)

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Tide

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Maré

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Blunt

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Embotar, atenuar

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Beef

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Reforçar

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Clamp

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Apertar

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Besiege/beleaguer

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Sitiar, cercar militarmente; cercado por problemas

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Upheavel

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Sublevação, perturbação

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Moorings

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Amarras

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Stake

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Estaca, parada

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Looming

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Iminente, ameaçadora

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Propel

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Propelir, impulsionar

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Whims

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Caprichos

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Fret

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Preocupar-se

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Theoretician

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Teórico

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Convene/convoke

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Convocar

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Divine

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Adivinhar

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Soft spot

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Ponto fraco

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Cronyism

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Nepotismo

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Deceive

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Enganar, delude

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Buoyant

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Vívido, fluente

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Soft spot

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Ponto fraco

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Wary

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Cauteloso

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Beleaguer

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Sitiar, cercar militarmente; cercado por problemas

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Midst

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Núcleo, base

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High-handed

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Condescending, presumptuous, overbearing (overbore)

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Reckon

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Considerar, avaliar, estimar

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Vilified

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Vilipendiado (vil), desprezado, desdenhado

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Nugatory

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Sem valor, inútil

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Paltry

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Insignificante

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Unrelenting

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Inflexível, inexorável

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Slighted

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Menosprezado

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Yielding

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Complacente, condescendente

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Meek

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dócil

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Scarcity

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Escassez

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Let alone

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Muito menos

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Summit

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Cúpula

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Sough to

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Procurou

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Realm

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Domínio, esfera

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Plummet

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Despencar

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Depletion

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Esgotamento

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Decouple

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Dissociar

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Overriding

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Primordial, obrigatório

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Leastway/ leastwise

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Pelo menos

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Kernel

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Centro, núcleo

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Foul

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Imundo, desagradável

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Beguiling

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Sedutor

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Notwithstanding

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Não obstante, contudo

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Litmus teste

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Prova de fogo

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Heed

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Atenção

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Overweening

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Presunçoso

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Milestone

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Marco

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Oath

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Juramento

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Output

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Production

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Hemmed in

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Encurralado, confinado

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Ludicrous

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Ridículo

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Misfired

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Falhar

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Thrive

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Prosperar, desenvolver-se vigorosamente

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Apalling

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Horrorizante

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Dire

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Terrível, amedrontador, causador de sofrimento

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Truce

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Armistício

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Kindle

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Iniciar, por fogo

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Contempt

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Desprezo

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Shoddy

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Tosco, pobre

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Serviceable

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Usável, útil, durável

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Override

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Suplantar

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Quarrel/ Squabble

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Disputa

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Scoff (at)

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Zombar

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Deploy

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Implementar

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Intertwined

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Entrelaçado

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Toe the line

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Conform a rule or a standard

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Cumbersome

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Trabalhosas, pesadas

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Skirmishes

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A minor or preliminary conflict or dispute

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Manifold

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Variado, Diverso

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Whilst

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While

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Sustaining

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Durável

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Burst

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Irromper

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Abranger

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Include, Embrace

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Feasible

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Factível, praticável, viável

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Perk

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Propina, gorjeta

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Alongamento

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Elongation

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Desestimular

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discourage

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To eulogize

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elogiar, especialmente após morte (fazer elegias a)

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Eeerily

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estranhamente

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Arqui-inimigo

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arch-nemesis/archenemy

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Escrow

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depósito de garantia, caução

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Drudgery

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labuta; trabalho estafante, fatigante;

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Proclivity

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inclinação

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Exhilarating

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estimulante, entusiasmante

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Bamboozle

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- To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone

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Edict

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- édito

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Zealot

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- a person who has very strong feelings about something (such as religion or politics) and who wants other people to have those feelings : a zealous person; fanático

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Gaudy

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extravagante, berrante

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wrought[rawt]

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- Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.adjective2.worked.3.elaborated; embellished.4.not rough or crude.5.produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles.

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cloak[klohk]

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- a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.2.something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense:He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.verb (used with object)3.to cover with or as if with a cloak:She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.4.to hide; conceal

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Supply

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abastecimento

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Litany

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ladainha, sequência de coisas desagradáveis (The manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers.)

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Hitherto

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Até o momento

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Encroach

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encurralar, tomar o lugar

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Proeminência

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Preeminence

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Dire

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negativo, complicado (ex: dire predictions)

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Tilt

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empurrar, tirar do equilíbrio

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Out of kilter

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- 1. Lit. out of balance; crooked or tilted. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; knock something ~.) John, your tie is sort of off-kilter. Let me fix it. Please straighten the picture on the wall. It's out of kilter. 2. Fig. malfunctioning; on the fritz. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) My furnace is out of kilter. I have to call someone to fix it. This computer is out of kilter. It doesn't let me log on. 3. not working well or not in good condition out of whack Going just one night without sleep throws me out of kilter for a couple of days afterward. She wasn't behaving normally - her sense of humor was out of kilter.

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Never before has a species so deeply affected the planet

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x

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Hayday - the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity (ex: hayday of capitalism

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ápice) / apogee

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Festering

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em processo de infecção, apodrecendo (ex: festering social ills)

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Relinquish

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- forfait, abrir mão

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Avowedly

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declaradamente, alegadamente, francamente

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This/that podem ser ambos usados para resumir o que foi dito

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x

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Credence

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crédito

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Bracket

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soporte m (plural: soportes m)The rack is held in place with a steel bracket. El estante se mantiene en su lugar con un soporte de acero.grupo m (plural: grupos m)This book is intended for a particular age bracket. Este libro está dirigido a un grupo de edad determinado.corchete m (plural: corchetes m)Brackets are punctuation marks used to add information.

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Pit against

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criar embate;pit someone/something against someone/something to make someone compete or fight against someone or something else

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Coach Fox finds his team pitted against a team coached by his longtime friend and mentor.

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x

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Advérbios com verbos de ação devem preceder o verbo (ex: quickly withdraw) / Com tempo composto (locução verbal

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ex: past perfect): entre auxiliar e principal (ex: has quickly withdrawn)

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Change course

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boa expressão para usar em política

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Stumble

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tropeçar

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Perk

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vantagem (an advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job: A company car and a mobile phone are some of the perks that come with the job).

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Cause uproar

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tumulto, balbúrdia, reações apaixonadas

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Rather

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Em vez disso

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Forsake

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abandonar, desistir, deixar desprotegido, desertar

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Quadro negro

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White board

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Wring their hands

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(autores) pesam a mão, forçam argumentos

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Reduce

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- diminish = decrease = lessen

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Revelar

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- Bring to light, bring into view, crack wide open, bring to the fore

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Analisar com base em

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analyse in the light of; through

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TRADUÇÃO: Ápice

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pinacle

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Peripatetic

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itinerante, viajante

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Harbinger

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prenúncio, perspectiva [forerunner (antecessor), foretell]

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Paraíso fiscal

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tax haven

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Ballot

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voto, cédula, eleição (ballot for the election of the President) (x Bailout = pagar a fiança, salvar empresa da falência)

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Hasty

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apressado, precipitado (ex: hasty abandonment of South Vietnam)

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Callous

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duro, insensível

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Patrimônio

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patrimony

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Desafortunados

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less fortunate, underprivileged

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Partes que constituem

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- parts which make up the; constituent parts; parts that constitute/ parts that comprise

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In effect

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- in effect: na prática / in fact: na realidade

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Assured

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preciso, certo, garantido

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Não poupam

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Do not spare (anyone)

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Engaging

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- engaging: interessante, envolvente (ex: engaging studies) / Engagement: engajamento (commitment)

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Quando é complicado traduzir expressão de sentido conotativo, usar denotativo

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ex: optimists were in short supply  havia poucos otimistas

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Teve início

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began (não initiated)

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Road map

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mapa do caminho

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Desligado de (ex: República desligada da comédia...)

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Detached from, stripped from

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Especially

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especially: sobretudo, principalmente (o + usado) x specially: especificamente

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Desinformation x misinformation

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- desinformation = false information that is given deliberataly/ misinform: give false information

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Part with

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abrir mão (ex: I could never part with my books)

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Fundir-se

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meld, merge (into a larger national state)

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Towering genious

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towering = acima dos outros, excepcional

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Stock (answer, recipe)

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padrão, tradicional

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Indomável

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Indomitable

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Estimulado

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instigated

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Deputy

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vice (ex: Deputy Researcher)

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Sangue derramado

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shed blood, blood that was shed, bloodshed

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Faríamos qualquer coisa

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We would do anything

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Atos inconscientes

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Unconscious acts

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Manter-se distante

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stand aloof

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Quixotesco

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quixotic

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Liderado por

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Led by (parade led by a general)

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Raid

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incursão, ataque, pilhagem

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Médico

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Physician, doctor

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Canto do cisne

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Swan song

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Conflitos resolvidos

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Conflicts were settled

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Entrenched interests

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interesses arraigados

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Não é visível

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is invisible (evitar “is not...”)

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Insight

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observação (x provids fascinating insights...)

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Distorce

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Distort

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Ao som de

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to the sound of

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Archduke

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x

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Is emblematic of

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x

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German leaders, who sought to unify their country, assigned historians the task of creating a coherent national past, so as to strenghten their projects.

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x

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Ensure

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- ensure: garantir que algo vai acontecer (I ensure that everything will be ok) x assure: garantir algo a alguém (I assure you that I will go) x insure (seguro)

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Neither...nor

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x

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Por meio de

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by means of

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No que diz respeito a

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As for

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Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

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Avaliado

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judged, evaluated

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Ingenuidade

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Naivety

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Marcial (ex: oratory)

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aguerrido

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Manichaenism

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maniqueísmo

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If at all

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quando muito; no máximo

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Herdeiro de

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heir of

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Berço

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the cradle/ birthplace of the modern world

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Squarely

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diretamente

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Inchoate

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incipient

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Sanguine

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otimista

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Conspiração

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conspiracy

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Simplificar demais

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oversimplificate

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Posições (políticas)

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political instances

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Can’t help but (makes one think / thinking of you)

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Leva-nos inevitavelmente a pensar; não posso evitar pensar em você

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Ingenuity

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inventividade

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Byword

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sinônimo, ditado (Mom's favorite byword is “You can get more flies with honey than with vinegar”; nationally, Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive has become a byword for luxury retailing)