September 2025 Flashcards

(92 cards)

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dobradiça

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hinge

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charneira

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hinge

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pelouro

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portfolio / area of responsibility

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com o pelouro de

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in charge of

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5
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abafar

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to stifle / suppress

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ter cadastro

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to be registered / have a criminal record

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réu

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defendant

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8
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ocioso

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idle / lazy

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despacha-te

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hurry up

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10
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estar a ferro e fogo

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to be in flames

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11
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extraviado

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lost / off-course

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12
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não passou de…

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was only…

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à mão de semear

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close at hand
ripe of the taking
within arm’s reach

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credito mal parado

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non-performing loan

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15
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ilibado

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acquitted

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16
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lucros retidos

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retained earnings

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17
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enfermagem

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nursing

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18
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tutelar

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to protect / safeguard

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aventar

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to suggest / propose

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20
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um desmentido

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a denial

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21
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cântaro

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pitcher / vase / jug

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22
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beliscar

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to pinch / nibble

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apetrechado

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equipped

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fuga para a frente

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headlong rush / to forge ahead

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faisão
pheasant
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diospiro
persimmon
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mola
spring
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cremalheira
rack
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por tempo indeterminável
until further notice
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distúrbios
unrest
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rolamentos
bearings
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de uma penada
in one fell swoop
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insosso / insonso
tasteless / bland
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arauto
herald
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acicatar
to fuel
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comensais
diners / guests
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opíparo
plentiful / abundant / sumptuous
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todas as formas e feitios
all shapes and sizes
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galhofeiro
playful
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tensão arterial
blood pressure
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manancial
plethora / wealth
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pulga
flea
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biscates
side jobs / odd jobs
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Não admira que
no wonder
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por capricho
on a whim
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meixão
elvers (baby eels)
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apreensão
seizure
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ainda há poucos meses
only a few months ago
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translúcido
translucent / transparent
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estapafúrdio
preposterous / bizarre
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iguaria
delicacy
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pitéu
delicacy
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placa giratória
hub
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lufada de ar fresco
breath of fresh air
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afetos
emotions / affections / warmth
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desabrido
rampant / unbridled
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avesso
averse / reluctant
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cabaz energético
energy mix
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debruçar-se sobre
to consider / examine
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lastimável
regrettable / deplorable / unfortunate
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piscar
to flicker / blink
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boato
rumour / gossip
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iate
yacht
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leilão
auction
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orçar
to budget / estimate
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charuto
cigar
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arrecadar
to levy / raise funds
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à terceira é de vez
third time's the charm
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de vez
for good / once and for all
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três é a conta que Deus fez
good things come in threes
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podre
rotten
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tufão
typhoon
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política do poder
power politics / power plays
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cultuar
to worship
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cercear
to curb / curtail / retstrain
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indiciado
indicted
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condenado
convicted
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tutela
guardianship
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mazelas
evils / ills
80
vacilar
to falter / hesitate
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geléia
jam / jelly
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guardanapo
napkin
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golpe de misericórdia
coup de grâce
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trecho
excerpt / passage
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anão
dwarf
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dragas
dredgers
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garimpo (BR)
(small-scale) mining
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mineração
mining
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encolher-se
retreat / cringe / wince
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recatado
shy / coy / discreet
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fralda
nappy