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término definición
abated
By any rational standard, modern States are the last and greatest remaining predators – and that the danger has not abated with the demise of communism and fascism.
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diminuído
abating
The unrest appears to be abating after a government crackdown.
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diminuir
abducting
... their saucers and occasionally abducting people for experiments their...
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Abduzindo
abettance
... with the aid and abettance of the Allies-- they've...
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abilidade
abetting
... your television back; it's abetting a crime.
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cumplicidade
abhor
I abhor the thug as much...
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vt odiar, detestar, abominar, sentir nojo, aversão ou terror.
abhorrent
... why governments are so abhorrent– and so checks and...
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abominável, odioso
abide
If they disagree about something, and are unable to resolve it between themselves, they submit their case to the DRO, and agree to abide by that DRO’s decision.
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obedecer a lei; tolerar
abided
... or even most— countries abided by the letter and...
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respeitados
abiding
America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them.
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permanência
abiogenesis
Abiogenesis-- the creation of life...
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abiogênese
abject
... to elevate themselves above abject poverty.
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adj. abjeto, ignóbil, desprezível
abode
Whether it's the abode of a spirit or...
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moradia
abrupt
... adopted it, dropt my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation,...
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repentino; brusco; interrompido; rude, grosseiro
absconded
... over the years she's absconded with about 12 scarves.
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oculto, esondido, foragido
abyss
I fell into an abyss all alone, not knowing...
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Abismo, precipício,
acai
... But things about dieting, acai berry diet, prescription weight...
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açaí
acceded
... States have ratified or acceded to the Convention on...
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aderido
accomplishment
Success is defined as the accomplishment of a
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realização; feito
accost
I can’t just go and accost people on the street.
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abordar, saudar
accountants
If that DRO, as it collapses, somehow transforms itself from a group of secretaries, statisticians, accountants and contract lawyers into a ruthless domestic militia and successfully takes over society – and how unlikely is that!
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Contador
accredit
The unusual success of these two men, success which they generously accredit to the principle described in the next chapter, more than justifies this personal reference as a means of emphasizing the far-flung power of this principle.
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acreditar, creditar, atribuir
accrete
Chemical evidence shows that platelets (minute flat portions) of ice form in the water and then accrete and stick to the bottom of the ice shelf to form a slush (partially melted snow).
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Acorde
accretion
... pattern and a glowing accretion disk that appeared above,...
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acreção crescimento desenvolvimento orgânico the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
accrue
First: accrue wealth, power, and prestige,...
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acumular
accrued
... and obligations that have accrued through the international human...
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crescem
acolytes
You can actually create a persona that’s totally false and have acolytes around you that are into it.
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acólitos
acquaintances
Once you really commit to the local language and make more local friends and professional acquaintances, the differences between people become less obvious than the similarities.
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familiaridade, conhecimento; relação
acquainted
As far as I know, I’m not personally acquainted with anyone who has stayed at an ice hotel.
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familiarizado
acquitted
Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.
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absolvido
acreage
It is projected that the remaining Ogallala water will, by the year 2030, support only 35 to 40 percent of the irrigated acreage in Texas that is supported in 1980.
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área cultivada
acrimony
But the relationship descended into acrimony almost immediately.
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aspereza
acumen
They`re able to model and reflect the acumen or the expertise of the business person at that very session.
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perspicácia
acute
Forecasters classified it a bomb cyclone for its acute drop in atmospheric pressure.
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agudo; aguçado
acutely
... and seldom listen as acutely, and they don't get...
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agudamente
adamant
... at least were fairly adamant about wanting to sound...
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*inflexível*, firme; duro
additive
... in the area of additive manufacturing, also known as 3...
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aditivo
addled
He looked like a sleep-addled wreck.
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podre
adeptly
... react to it, and adeptly make the decisions necessary
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habilmente
adhere
... the candle, try to adhere it to the wall.
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aderir
adhered
... Northamptonshire, Benjamin and Josiah adhered to them, and so...
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v. aderir; unir-se; juntar-se
adhesion
... it has expressed its adhesion.
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adesão
adhesive
... myself lingering in the adhesive section, eagerly reading the...
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adesivo
adjoining
If nature calls in the middle of the night, you can head to an adjoining heated building with conventional facilities.
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adj. adjacente, coníguo, limítrofe; anexo
adjourn
As we adjourn, let me once again...
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adiar
adobe
Straw will rot if exposed to moisture, so to keep it dry, both interior and exterior surfaces are sealed with plaster, stucco, or adobe.
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tijolo
adrift
05:28 I spent my first year away from home adrift with my younger sister, who had chosen to leave with me.
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boiando, sem direção, sem propósito;
adversarial
All English law consists of rules for resolving disputes between two sides – it is adversarial.
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contraditório
advisability
on the advisability of exercising it and...
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conveniência
aerial
“It’s a bit like kids in a candy shop,” Robert Bewley, an aerial archeologist at the University of Oxford, told me, a few days ago.
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aéreo
affluent
What I have in mind is how much worse things might’ve been if I weren’t affluent.
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rico
afford
With his characteristic sense of humour he told our Japanese hosts that when he was growing up his family was poor and had to survive on rabbit meat but at least they could afford a fork! Mr.
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proporcionar
afoot
For all the parents of teenagers who have wondered about their sons and daughters being cranky and moody, there may be a partial remedy afoot.
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em andamento
aforementioned
If the aforementioned group of homeowners is afraid of pollution, the first thing they will do is buy pollution insurance, which is a natural response to a situation where costs cannot be predicted but consequences are dire.
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adj. previamente mencionado
afresh
... the chance to start afresh.
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novamente, de novo, uma vez mais
aggrieved
... receives individual applications from aggrieved unions or individuals whose...
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ressentido; ofendido
ahold
So, all of that very complex ecosystem had to work together the last six months to release a patch and do so quietly, because no one wanted the criminals to get ahold of this before the patches were ready.
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controlar, segurar, influenciar
airform
... balloon” known as an airform is affixed to the...
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balão para fazer construções em forma de domo
airtight
The tip of the piston has a small indentation or hole, and just behind the tip is usually a gasket of some kind to ensure an airtight seal—perhaps a rubber O-ring or simply some waxed string.
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hermético
airwaves
... clean air, and clean airwaves; for older women, some...
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transmissões de rádio e televisão
airy
present moment is some airy, fairy meditative idea that I have a challenge
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aéreo; arejado; superficial;
aisle
We could use more players like you, though.” With the usher’s blessing, Dykstra helps himself to an unoccupied aisle seat.
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corredor
akin
... you grow up is akin to saying that you...
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relacionado, parecido, aparentado
alacrity
The book persuasively illustrates what an ineffectual congressman he was, apart from cozying up to the Koch brothers, Betsy DeVos and other rich Republican donors; the clumsiness and vanity of his one term as governor of Indiana, for which he did som
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diligência, vivacidade, entusiasmo
albeit
Water, Water Everywhere Almost two thousand years later, in 1896, San Francisco entrepreneur and mayor Adolph Sutro opened his own public baths, albeit on a much grander scale.
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apesar de
alderman
... Railway, and a Vancouver alderman, surveyed its first roads.
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vereador
algae
Fungi married algae... clinging to rock, and...
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alga
alibi
They’re in some ways using the Bush administration as an alibi.
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n. álibi; pretexto; desculpa v. inventar um álibi; inventar desculpas; arrumar pretexto
alimony
... and inexcusable default of alimony obligation and in the...
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pensão de alimentos
allegedly
On the other hand, they, too, are allegedly aphrodisiacs, and they certainly go much better with a glass of milk.
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supostamente
allegiance
... believe I had pledged allegiance to research, where our...
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fidelidade
allegiances
... no longer bound by allegiances.
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s. lealdade, fidelidade
alleviation
... economic development and poverty alleviation, they don't know how...
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alívio
alleys
Where a wide boulevard runs on the surface, a wide sewer tunnel (or two) runs beneath; smaller streets have smaller sewers, and even side streets and alleys are duplicated underground.
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alienígena, beco
allot
... fill the time you allot it.
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atribuir
allure
Todd: Ah, I did, actually, that was the big allure of the job, like I won’t say the name of the company, but I worked for a major, major fast food chain around the world, and I thought, oh, I can eat all the hamburgers I want.
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fascinação
almighty
... acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his...
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todo poderoso
aloe
The tissue was moistened with aloe and sold in packages of 500 individual sheets—each one with a watermark bearing Gayetty’s name.
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aloe vera, babosa
aloof
They said I was aloof, arrogant and dismissive.
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(adj) distante, afastado, não amigável; (adv) ao longe
alter
Trump has also issued secret waivers to ethics rules, so that political appointees can alter regulations that they previously lobbied to dismantle.
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alterar
amassing
Beyond amassing megabucks, the Webvan entrepreneurs seemed to do everything right.
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acumulando
amazingness
The amazingness, everything that’s amazing, is available to us right here in
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maravilha
ambassadorial
Rome developed ambassadorial missions with a system...
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Embaixador
ameliorate
... global society that can ameliorate poverty and persecution.
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melhorar
ameliorated
In the past, desired social behaviour was punished through ostracism, and risks ameliorated through voluntary ‘friendly societies'.
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melhorados
amenity
... verandahs, and every conceivable amenity.
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amenidade
amnesiac
... make sure they're really amnesiac.
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Amnésico
amounted
I found a book that amounted to a breakthrough.
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atingir
amped
And I was so amped about learning how to...
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empolgado
amped up
... to do with my amped- up immune system.
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amplificado
amtrak
You ever wonder?” Before boarding the train, he said, “I’m more of an Amtrak guy.” Yet his anonymity among the plebes seemed to bore him—the first line of his book is “Growing up, my biggest fear was being average”—and he began engaging with stranger
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a federal passenger railroad service in the US, operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. a federal passenger railroad service in the US, operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
anachronistic
Yes, I’m old enough to still read the print newspaper every day, which I know is hopelessly anachronistic, but that’s how I roll.
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anacrônico
anarchy
Homicide rates plunge whenever anarchy and the code of...
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anarquia
anathema
Compromise is anathema.
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anátema, excomunhão
ancillary
... with both primary and ancillary tax obligations arising from...
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auxiliar
and time and again
And time and again, our talk turns to...
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e outra vez
anew
working for you, that’s when you can release it and start anew and
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de uma forma nova, mais uma vez; de novo
angler
There’s an angler fish at the bottom of the ocean that has a rod sticking up from the top of its head with a lure to capture other fish – to fool them in thinking that this is something edible and then to themselves be devoured.
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pescador amador, peixe carnívoro
angling
... know that you've been angling to run for some...
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virando? mudando o ângulo?
angst
A lot of finger pointing, a lot of angst and anger.
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angústia
anguish
And we know of your anguish.
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angústia; aflição
anime
... Here's something called Anime Music Video, first example,...
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desenhos animados japoneses
announcers
I recorded this all and compared myself to the native speaker announcers.
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locutor
anodized
... instance— they have been anodized.
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anodizado
anodyne
Citi Field reminds him of Disneyland: anodyne, generic.
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anódino - not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
anointed
... Don't wait to be anointed."
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ungido
ante
... but he upped the ante.
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aposta
anterograde
... of patients who had anterograde amnesia.
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anterógrado
antics
00:47 In my home, life was framed as an epic spiritual battle between good and evil. The good was my church and its members, and the evil was everyone else. My church’s antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world, and that reinforced
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farsa; travessura; movimento engraçado, PALHAÇADAS
antsy
... kind of irritable and antsy and I find it's...
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inquieto, impaciente
aperture
... have to have an aperture that they're trying to...
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abertura, orifício, Fenda, buraco,
apes
Bands of apes ventured into the open.
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Macacos
apex
... that time, at its apex in power--"... so that...
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ápice
appalling
... terrorism is odious and appalling and needs to be...
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espantoso, pavoroso.
appease
Politicians hope carbon sequestration—of one kind or another—turns out to be a magic bullet that can appease consumers, energy companies, and environmentalists alike.
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acalmar, apaziguar
appendage
... and drop it from appendage to appendage.
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apêndice
appended
... of Rights that was appended to the Constitution of...
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anexada
appliance
It takes one second to unplug an appliance.
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utensílio
appliances
We’re getting new appliances this weekend.
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aparelhos domesticos
appointees
Trump has also issued secret waivers to ethics rules, so that political appointees can alter regulations that they previously lobbied to dismantle.
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nomeados
appraisal
Mr. Pompeo, who is responsible for hashing out the terms of a nuclear agreement with Pyongyang, struggled to square his boss's enthusiasm with the administration's more pessimistic appraisal.
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avaliação
apprehended
To prevent the apprehended effect of such an...
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apreendido
apron
Jill: So, I sort of understand that and so my mom this year did buy me... I wanted a food processor, actually, and an apron.
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s. avental;
apt
It’s not that fata morganas are inherently better than the others; the difference lies in the way each mirage is produced. Refract Up Although the word mirage is derived from the French verb se mirer, meaning “to be reflected,” a more apt desc
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capaz; competente; apropriado
aptly
As if this isn’t all enough, her very first book was officially released on February 17, 2015 — that’s yesterday for me – and it is aptly titled The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You.
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Apropriadamente;
arable
In addition, for a synthetic forest, you don’t have to build it on arable land, so there’s no competition with farmland or food, and there’s also no reason to have to cut down any real trees to do this.
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arável
a rare treat
a rare treat
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um deleite raro
archway
Control of the city has been handed back and forth and ISIS has destroyed, uhh, several of the ancient buildings in Palmyra, uhh, the Temple of Bel and also a Roman archway, and that’s really sad.
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arcada
ark
The most impressive use of the steadicam I’ve seen is the 2002 film Russian Ark, shot in the Hermitage, a former palace in St.
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Arca;
armband
... inadvertently stepped on an armband of Mao, and for...
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braçadeira
armoring
stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart.
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blindagem
arousal
... heart rate and sexual arousal.
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despertar; excitação
aroused
... when a man is aroused.
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despertado
array
... to explain a vast array of paranormal phenomena. Renowned...
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gama, variedade; coleção
arrow
... to imagine that blue arrow and that blue asterisk...
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flecha
arrows
arrows in order to highlight that each step is iterative.
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setas
arson
... of theft, murder and arson.
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incêndio culposo
artful
... is protection for our artful designs."
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ardiloso
arthritis
... got the beginnings of arthritis in both elbows.
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artrite
arugula
... the liberal list are arugula pasta, beets nutrition, beets...
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Rúcula
ascertain
walk through the business model hypotheses, box by box, and ascertain that there are factual,
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certificar, verificar, averiguar, apurar
ascertaining
Such models were essential for ascertaining usability, designing boxes, and helping the company’s executives to understand exactly what they were investing so much money in.
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averiguação
ascribe
How do you ascribe a cost to the...
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relacionar a; atribuir
ascribed
... man's father had been ascribed to the Panchen Lama.
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atribuída
ascribing
... had been under persecution, ascribing the Indian wars, and...
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atribuindo
ash
... became a house under ash, so they escapedin backpacks,...
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cinza
ashtrays
... with a couple of ashtrays, empty beer cans. Large...
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s. cinzeiro
asocial
... considered to be these asocial reclusive organisms.
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insociável
assert
You were able to assert yourself.
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afirmar
assortment
... should have a healthy assortment of potential concepts to...
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classificação; sortimento
assuredness
And with popish assuredness he set about trying...
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confiança
astonished
At the same time, it is ironic perhaps, I say ironic because in one sense, many Europeans are always astonished about the, and troubled by the religious overtone of some of our political discourse and how at times obsessed Americans seem to be with r
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surpreso, impressionado, estupefato
at any rate
So, at any rate, I mean it was...
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de qualquer modo, de qualquer maneira
at first blush
... same thing for English? At first blush, this seems like a...
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À primeira vista
at odds
... creator's interests are potentially at odds with the public good.
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em desacordo
atop
The camera itself (whether film or video) sits atop a postlike mounting assembly called a “sled,” which is attached to the end of the arm by a free-floating rotating joint known as a gimbal.
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no alto, em cima
at the drop of a dime
... to give morphine, Dilaudid at the drop of a dime.
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na queda de uma moeda de dez centavos
attire
A retired ballplayer, age fifty-five and dressed in golf attire (sneakers, khakis, cap), approaches the lower tier of seats at Citi Field and is rebuffed by an usher.
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vestuário
attuned
I know the value of it, and I think I’m so attuned to that value that it makes me want to do it.
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sintonizadas
audit
were required to audit his Customer Development class at U.C.
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auditoria
auditioned
... that Julie Andrews also auditioned for that role and...
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teste
audits
If I would have let those fears hold me back, I would still be working a job doing energy audits, is what I did before this, in houses, which is going and checking houses for energy efficiency, and it was just dreadful.
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auditoria
authoritative
... to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to...
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Autorizado, Confiável
avail
They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again--all to no avail.
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Aproveitar/ to avail: fazer uso
avaricious
... nor, on the contrary, avaricious; for whenever he knew...
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avaro
aver
I think the average time, they average it out, is actually it’s an hour and a half or an hour and fifteen minutes when they aver it out over all the people who do it.
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afirmar. declarar
averse
... debt, for the risk- averse.
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adj 1 oposto, adverso, avesso, contrário, inimigo, relutante.
avert
... think to do to avert this tragedy.
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evitar
avowed
Because even I, an avowed, self- declared feminist, who...
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declarado
awards
... award winners for different awards.
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premiar / prêmio
awe
He was pondering, with awe, over the whipping he had just taken.
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medo, pavor; temor respeitoso; intimidado
awe inspiring
... York City; it's really awe- inspiring.
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impressionante; imponente
awesomeness
awesome than this moment right now and can I find the awesomeness in
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grandiosidade
awfulizing
... great term for it: awfulizing.
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aterrorizante
awkwardly
But sometimes social convention awkwardly calls for shaking hands to signify the end of a meeting, even though no agreement has been reached or a state of conflict still exists.
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desastradamente, sem jeito
awning
Wow.” He stopped under an awning to light a cigarette, and finally seemed to realize that he was still carrying the cup.
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cobertura, toldo, teto
awry
... celebration of capitalism gone awry.
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torto, curvo; doente
ax
We talk about a “glancing blow.” In other words, if you’re swinging with an ax and you’re chopping wood and you miss the wood and it kind of goes off to the side it’s like a glancing blow.
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MACHADO
axe
James Altucher: I hope it doesn’t mean we’re going to axe though.
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Machado
axes
... had crampons and ice axes with us.
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Machados
axial
... have both a stable axial tilt and a slow...
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eixo
axis
This worked, but still somewhat awkwardly. Then Croiviser had the insight to flip the axis upside down, turning it into a spindle.
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eixo
aye
Mark: Oh yeah, Hondas go forever, aye?
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interjeição: sim
azure
... the loveliest tints of azure.
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azul celeste
backbreaking
backbreaking work?
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exaustivo
backburner
I find that many people start off with an idea that they’re really passionate about, but then that passion tends to get waylaid or put on the backburner or somehow superseded either by life or a steady diminishment of the passion that got them there
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Banho-maria
back burner
... the Russian on the back burner simmering there so you...
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banho-maria
backdrop
... pleasure craft against a backdrop of modern skyscrapers and...
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pano de fundo
backed off
backed off
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recuou
backed out
backed out
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desistiu
backfire
You must have some ideas that don’t go the way you want and they kind of backfire, or do you fail?
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produzir efeitos negativos
backgrounds
Some university computing departments may Download free eBooks at bookboon.com 8 LAW FOR COMPUTING STUDENTS IntroduCtIon still be teaching the subject in exclusively techie terms – the first generation of computing teachers tended to come from backgr
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antecedentes; origens
backhoes
... equipment like tractors and backhoes.
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retroescavadeiras
backing out
... when I felt like backing out.
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retirando/ desistir
backside
... administer kicks up the backside when indicated.
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nádegas
backsides
We are now a nation of property owners, a nation of shareholders, a proud nation of men and women who know how to get off their backsides and help themselves.
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backsides
backtrack
There were no trash cans nearby, and he appeared for a moment to consider dropping it on the ground, before deciding to backtrack half a block to a dumpster.
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retroceder
backwards
... sort of bend over backwards for people.
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recuar, para trás (atrasado)
backwoods
The last time he held a gun, he said, was in the late eighties, when his Mets teammate Kevin McReynolds took him hunting in the backwoods of Arkansas.
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sertão
backyard
And I think we might have been there on a Friday afternoon after Friday prayers and it seemed like the whole town was just there enjoying themselves, and not doing anything bad, but just, sort of, being amongst the ruins and really appreciating them,
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quintal

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