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Flashcards by Luiz Pinto, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Luiz Pinto
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| ask ... out | convidar para sair. Ex. Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie. |
| ask around | Fazer a mesma pergunta para várias pessoas. Ex. I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet. |
| add up to... | Ser igual a Ex. Your purchases add up to $205.32. |
| back ... up | Reverter Ex. You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. |
| back ... up | Apoiar Ex. My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. |
| blow up | Explodir Ex. The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. |
| blow ... up | Soprar Ex. We have to blow 50 ballons up for the party. |
| Break down | Parar de funcionar (veículo ou máquina). Ex. Our car broke down ar the side of the highway in the snowstorm. |
| Break down | Ficar chateado ou com raiva Ex. The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died. |
| Break ... down | Dividir em partes menores. Ex. Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. |
| Break in | Forçar a entrada em algum local. Ex. Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. |
| break into ... | Entrar à força. Ex. The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. |
| break ... in | Vestir/ calçar algo, algumas vezes, para que não pareça novo. Ex. I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. |
| break in | Interromper Ex. The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death. |
| Break up | Terminar um relacionamento Ex. My broyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. |
| Break up | Começar a rir (informal) Ex. The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. |
| Break out | Escapar Ex. The prisioners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking. |
| Break out in ... | Desenvolver uma doença de pele Ex. I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. |
| bring ... down | Deixar triste Ex. This sad music is bringing me down. |
| bring ... up | Educar uma criança. Ex. My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. |
| bring ... up | Começar a falar sobre determinado assunto Ex. My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports. |
| bring ... up | Vomitar Ex. He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. |
| call around | Ligar para muitas pessoas/ lugares diferentes. Ex. We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we need. |
| call ... back | Retornar uma ligação (ligar de volta). Ex. I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend. |
| call ... off | Cancelar. Ex. Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé. |
| call on ... | Pedir uma resposta ou opinião. Ex. The professor called on me for question 1. |
| call ... up | Telefonar Ex. Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. |
| calm down | Relaxar, depois de estar bravo. Ex. You are still mad. You nedd to calm down before you drive the car. |
| not care for ... | Não gostar de (formal) Ex. I don't care for his behaviour. |
| catch up | chegar ao mesmo ponto que alguém Ex. You'll have to ru faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. |
| check in | Chegar e se registrar em um hotel ou aeroporto. Ex. We will get the hotel keys when we check in. |
| check out | Sair de um hotel. Ex. You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. |
| check ... out | Olhar com atenção, investigar. Ex. The company checks out all new employees. |
| check out ... | Olhar para (informal). Ex. Check out the crazy hair on that guy! |
| cheer up | Ficar mais feliz. Ex. She cheered up when she heard the good news. |
| cheer ... up | Deixar alguém feliz. Ex. I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. |
| chip in | ajudar. Ex. If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon. |
| clean ... up | Arrumar, limpar. Ex. Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. |
| come across ... | Encontrar inesperadamente. Ex. I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet. |
| come apart | separar. Ex. The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. |
| come down with ... | Ficar doente. Ex. My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. |
| come forward | ser voluntário para alguma tarefa ou prestar depoimento. Ex. The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints. |
| come from somewhere | Ser originário de Ex. The art of origami comes from Asia. |
| count on someone/something | Confiar. Ex. I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. |
| cross something out | Desenhar uma linha (no sentido de riscar). Ex. Please cross out your old address and write your new one. |
| cut back on something | Consumir menos Ex. My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods. |
| cut something down | Fazer algo cair no chão Ex. We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm. |
| cut in | interromper. Ex. Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. |
| cut in | Se manter na frente de outro veículo Ex. The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. |
| cut in | Começar a funcionar (um motor ou dispositivo elétrico Ex. The air conditioner cuts in the temperature gets to 22°C. |
| cut something off | Deixar de fornecer. Ex. The phone comaony cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill. |
| cut someone off | Remover do testamento. Ex. My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried. |
| cut something out | Remover parte de algo (geralmente usado para tesoura e papel). Ex. I cut this ad out of the newspaper. |
| Do someone/ something over. | Bater, saquear (inglês britanico informal). Ex. He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang. |
| Do something over | Fazer novamente ( inglês americano). Ex. My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic. |
| do away with something | Descartar Ex. It's time to do away with all of these old tax records. |
| do something up | Prender, fechar. Ex. Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing! |
| dress up | vestir roupas legais. Ex. It's fancy restaurant so we have to dress up. |
| drop back | voltar para uma posição/ grupo. Ex. Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike. |
| drop in/ by/ over | Aparecer sem hora marcada. Ex. I might drop in/ by/ over for tea sometime this week. |
| Drop someone/ something off | Levar alguém ou alguma coisa a algum lugar e deixar lá. Ex. I have to drop my soster off at work before I come over. |
| drop out | Sair de uma sala, escola, etc. I dropped out of Science because it was too dificult. |
| eat out | Comer em um restaurante. Ex. I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's eat out. |
| end up | Decidir fazer algo de última hora. Ex. We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre. |
| fall apart | Quebrar em pedaços. Ex. My new dress fell apart in the washing machine. |
| fall down | Cair no chão. Ex. The picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning. |
| fall out | Cair fora. Ex. The money must have fallen out of my pocket. |
| fall out | Começae a cair (dentes e cabelos). Ex. His hair started to fall out when he was only 35. |
| figure something out | Entender, encontrar a resposta. Ex. I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room. |
| fill something in | Preencher informações nos espaços em branco. ( inglês britanico ). Ex. Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number. |
| fill something out | preencher informações nos espaços em branco (norte americano). Ex. The form must be filled out in capital letters. |
| fill something up | preencher até o topo. Ex. I always fill the water jug up when it is empty. |
| find out | Descobrir. Ex. We don't know where he lives. How can we find out? |
| find something out | Descobrir. Ex. We tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha found it out. |
| get something across/ over | Comunicar, se fazer entender. Ex. I tried to get my point across/ over to the judge but the she wouldn't listen. |
| get along/ on | Gostar um do outro. Ex. I was surprised how well new girlfriend and sister got along/ on. |
| get around | Ter mobilidade Ex. My grandfather can get around fine in his new wheelchair. |
| get away | Sair de férias. Ex. We worked so hard this year that we had to get away for a week. |
| get away with something | Fazer algo sem ser punido. Ex. Jason always gets away with cheating in his maths tests. |
| get back | Retornar. Ex. We got back from our vacation last week. |
| get something back | Receber de volta algo que é seu. Ex. Liz finally got her Science notes back from my room-mate. |
| get back at someone | retaliar, se vingar. Ex. My sister got back at me for stealing her shoes. She stole my favourite hat. |
| get back into something | Ficar interessado em algo novamente. Ex. I finally got back into my novel and finished it. |
| get on something | Embarcar em algum veículo. Ex. We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get on the bus. |
| get over something. | Se recuperar de uma doença, perda ou dificuldade. Ex. I just got over the flu and now my sister has it. |
| get over something | Superar um problema. Ex. The company will have to close if it can't get over the new regulations. |
| get round to something | Finalmente encontrar tempo para fazer algo (norte americano get around to) Ex. I don't know when I am going to get round to writing the thank you cards. |
| get together | encontrar (geralmente em ocasiões sociais). Ex. Let's get together for a BBQ this weekend. |
| get up | sair da cama. Ex. I got up early today to study for my exam. |
| get up | levantar-se. Ex. You should get up and give the elderly man your seat. |
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