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Não incluir ou mencionar algo ou alguém, deixar algo ou alguém de fora
Ex.: Can you check the guest list for me? I don't want to leave anyone out.
She left out the 'm' in his name. |
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Decepcionar alguém
Ex.: He won't let you down.
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Cuidar de si mesmo, de alguém ou de algo
Ex.: Can you look after my baby while I go to the corner store?
Don't worry about me - I can look after myself. |
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Desprezar algo ou alguém
Ex.: She looks down on people who haven't been to college. |
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Estar ansioso por algo que está para acontecer.
Ex.: I'm looking forward to the next costume party. |
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Examinar, investigar
The police looked into the disturbance.
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Checar algo
Ex.: We looked the house over once again before we decided we would rent it.
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Procurar algo (num dicionário, livro, etc.)
Ex.: I looked the word up in the dictionary but I couldn't find it. |
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Examinar, ler algo rapidamente
Ex.: She looked through her notes before the exam.
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Criar (música, história, etc.); inventar (história, desculpa); mentir algo
Maquiar;
Fazer as pazes
Ex.: Richard was late for class so he made up an excuse. |
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Vadiar, ficar à toa, ficar sem fazer nada
Ex.: Will you stop messing around and get on with some work? / We spent the day messing around on the river. |
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Confundir algo ou alguém
Ex.: I think you must be mixing up with someone else. |
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Mudar-se para nova casa ou apartamento
Ex.: Our neighbors moved in yesterday. |
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Admitir, confessar
Ex.: Don't be afraid to own up yor mistakes. |
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Guardar suas coisas
Ex.: We arrived just as the musicians were packing up their instruments.
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Falecer
Ex.:My grandfather passed away last year. |
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Desmaiar
Ex.: It was so hot in the church that an elderly lady passed out. |
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Recusar (geralmente algo muito bom)
I pased the job up because I don't like changes. |
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Devolver o dinheiro emprestado
Ex.: I'll pay you back next week. |
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