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questão		resposta
bitter stand-off começar a aprender		angry or unhappy situation where two groups of people cannot agree
the middle or centre of começar a aprender		the heart of
very successful começar a aprender		thriving
not affected or harmed by something começar a aprender		resistant
a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections começar a aprender		antibiotics
(here) a group of closely related plants or animals começar a aprender		strain
a type of bacteria that cannot be treated using antibiotics começar a aprender		superbug
terrible começar a aprender		nightmare
resistant to drugs começar a aprender		drug-proof
In a list começar a aprender		Also, as well as
In a sequence of actions começar a aprender		then, after
When giving more information começar a aprender		Furthermore, in addition, moreover
When summarising começar a aprender		To conclude, to sum up, as I've said
very unhappy about something começar a aprender		sick to death
feeling slightly ill começar a aprender		off colour
feeling that you might be sick começar a aprender		queasy
nasty or unkind joke começar a aprender		sick joke
I don't like it anymore começar a aprender		I'm sick of this
very ill começar a aprender		as sick as a dog
very disappointed or unhappy começar a aprender		as sick as a parrot
heads começar a aprender		the side of a coin with a head or face on it
tails começar a aprender		the other side of a coin
contamination começar a aprender		the process of making something less pure or poisonous
reactor começar a aprender		(short for nuclear reactor) a machine which produces nuclear energy
radioactive começar a aprender		containing harmful energy produced during nuclear reactions
swathe começar a aprender		large area of land
vigils começar a aprender		acts of staying awake at night in order to pray, protest or give support to something
fallout começar a aprender		dangerous, radioactive dust in the air after a nuclear explosion
meltdown começar a aprender		a situation when fuel in a nuclear power station becomes very hot and melts through its container
on começar a aprender		(here) later, after
catastrophically começar a aprender		disastrously; dangerously
fall silent começar a aprender		stop making any sound
scaffolding começar a aprender		metal poles and wooden planks erected outside of a building for people to stand on when they are working on the building
glimpse começar a aprender		brief view or look
delivery começar a aprender		(here) process of giving birth
spick and span começar a aprender		very clean and tidy
personal hygiene começar a aprender		ability to keep yourself clean
as clean as a whistle começar a aprender		very clean
spotless começar a aprender		very clean
you could eat your dinner off that começar a aprender		it's very clean
a clean bill of health começar a aprender		official statement that something is in good condition
clean your act up começar a aprender		start improving your behaviour
a clean slate começar a aprender		forget the past and make a new start
a weight in boxing, typically the heaviest category começar a aprender		heavyweight
(here) the act of choosing someone as a candidate to receive an award começar a aprender		nomination
people who help to carry the coffin at a funeral começar a aprender		pallbearers
an event to honour or remember a person who has died also an object começar a aprender		memorial
film about the life of a real person começar a aprender		a biopic
a book about a person's life, written by that person começar a aprender		an autobiography
contest começar a aprender		[here] attempt to win
victimised começar a aprender		deliberately treated unfairly
swells começar a aprender		up and down movement of the waves
old not modern or fashionable começar a aprender		fashioned
down with the kids começar a aprender		behaving and thinking as a young person would
all the rage começar a aprender		very popular
after a fashion começar a aprender		only to some extent
old hat começar a aprender		not modern; boring
a fashion statement começar a aprender		something you wear to show others you know a lot about fashion
a fashion victim começar a aprender		a person who wears fashionable clothes even if they don't suit them
a fashion faux pas começar a aprender		a mistake related to wearing clothes that look stupid or silly
vigils começar a aprender		periods of time, usually at night, during which people stay in a place to show support for something
to honour começar a aprender		to praise someone in public
tributes começar a aprender		public acts which show respect to someone
gather começar a aprender		to come together in a group
a gathering começar a aprender		a group of people / an informal occasion
moving começar a aprender		causing strong emotions / feelings of sadness or sympathy
vigils começar a aprender		periods of time, usually at night, during which people stay in a place to show support for something
to honour começar a aprender		to praise someone in public
tributes começar a aprender		public acts which show respect to someone
gather começar a aprender		to come together in a group
a gathering começar a aprender		a group of people / an informal occasion
moving começar a aprender		causing strong emotions / feelings of sadness or sympathy
on high alert começar a aprender		prepared for a likely bad event
paddling começar a aprender		walking or playing in shallow water
range começar a aprender		a group of things which are similar
empathy começar a aprender		being able to understand how someone else feels because you can imagine being in their situation
to be in someone else's shoes começar a aprender		to experience something from someone else's point of view
from where I'm standing começar a aprender		from my point of view; in my opinion
I hear you começar a aprender		I can hear what you're saying
spare me a thought começar a aprender		think about me as well
I see where you're coming from começar a aprender		I understand your situation
take pity on him começar a aprender		feel sorry for him
arsenal começar a aprender		collection of weapons
upgrade começar a aprender		improve the quality of something
deterrent começar a aprender		something that prevents people doing something
phase out começar a aprender		stop doing something gradually
nukes começar a aprender		slang word for nuclear weapons
ancient The culture of which ancient civilization seems to be the most interesting for you? começar a aprender		very old (humorous) The culture of which ________ civilization seems to be the most interesting for you?
cracks down começar a aprender		starts to deal with a situation in a more severe way
merciless começar a aprender		unforgiving / very hard
infrastructure começar a aprender		system that enables something to run smoothly
think tank começar a aprender		group of experts who together develop ideas on a certain subject
pulled out all the stops começar a aprender		made a special effort
ahead of the game começar a aprender		in an advantageous position
up for grabs começar a aprender		available
blow the competition away começar a aprender		surprise the other competitors
in competition with começar a aprender		trying hard to beat someone / other people
may the best man win! começar a aprender		hope that the person who deserves to win does win
you win some, you lose some começar a aprender		bad luck; too bad
face What happened to your face, mate? começar a aprender		(here) deal with What happened to your boat, mate?
triggers começar a aprender		starts a process
mechanism começar a aprender		(here) way of doing something; process
rule out começar a aprender		to say something is not possible
divorce começar a aprender		legal ending of a marriage – here used metaphorically to mean the end of a relationship/legal arrangement
unleash começar a aprender		release strong, negative forces
propaganda começar a aprender		information, often false, designed to promote a particular point of view
urged começar a aprender		strongly advised
distinguished começar a aprender		respected, admired and successful
last hope começar a aprender		final chance (to do something)
don't get your hopes up começar a aprender		what you expect to happen probably won't
pin your hopes on it começar a aprender		expect or hope it will happen
not a hope in hell! começar a aprender		absolutely no chance of succeeding

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