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19.7 Lição Dezenove - Expressões Comuns
Lesson Nineteen - Common Expressions
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Language - Portuguese
Undergraduate 1
05/28/2012
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Aliás
 Definition
By the way, as a matter of fact
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Aos punhados
 Definition
Hand over fist
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Chamada de emergência
 Definition
A distress call
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Conseguir vantagem
 Definition
To gain the upper hand
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Dar um tempo para cheirar as flores
 Definition
Take the time to smell the roses
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Dizer a verdade doa a quem doer
 Definition
To call a spade a spade
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Em vez de
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Instead of
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Estar de acordo
 Definition
To agree
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Faltar aula
 Definition
To skip class
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Fixar com firmeza
 Definition
To anchor
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Fixar preço
 Definition
To set a price
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Legar em testamento
 Definition
To hand down
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Mano a mano
 Definition
Hand to hand
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Parar de fazer
 Definition
To call it a day, call it quits
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Procurar conseguir
 Definition
To try
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Sem dúvida
 Definition
Without a doubt
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Ter a vantagem
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To have the upper hand
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Tudo a seu tempo
 Definition
All in good time
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Uma vez
 Definition
Once
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De braços dados
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Arm in arm
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Ter pé-frio
 Definition
To have cold feet
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Com toda probabilidade
 Definition
In all probability
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Como o diabo foge da cruz
 Definition
Like a bat out of hell
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Fazer finca-pé
 Definition
To put your foot down
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Ter a cabeça no lugar
 Definition
To have your head screwed on right
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Reter as lágrimas
 Definition
Choke back tears
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Beber de uma golada
 Definition
To throw back (drinks)
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Pra lá e pra cá
 Definition
Back and forth
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Em quase todos os lugares
 Definition
Almost everywhere
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Nem ferrando
 Definition
No way
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De modo algum
 Definition
Not in the least
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Dividir a diferença
 Definition
Split the difference
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Estar descabelado
 Definition
To have your hair in a mess
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Em termos amplos
 Definition
In broad terms
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Chova ou faça sol
 Definition
Rain or shine
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Faça o que você quiser
 Definition
Do what you like
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às furtadelas
 Definition
Like a thief in the night
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Ser sincero
 Definition
Tell it like is is
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Pisar em ovos
 Definition
To walk on thin ice
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Claro como o dia
 Definition
Clear as day
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Sair para a luz
 Definition
To see the light of day
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Fazer uma aposta
 Definition
To make a bet
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Pagar mico
 Definition
To make a fool of oneself
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Fazer uma prática de
 Definition
To make a practice of
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Contentar-se com o que tem
 Definition
To make do
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Em primeiro lugar
 Definition
First and foremost, in the first place
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Colocar debaixo da asa
 Definition
To take under your wing
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Ao acaso
 Definition
Hit or miss
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Achar a chave de
 Definition
To find the key to
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