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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. COME ON STRONG. In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: Business Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
2. PEGAR PESADO. In: Dictionário inFormal. [S.l.]: Marcelo Muniz Informática Ltda. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/sj62h. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
4. WAYNE, Corey. Blown Off For Coming On Too Strong. Understanding Relatioships, 4 jan. 2021. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/tdjyx. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
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1. 50 YEARS Of Harry Nilsson’s The Point. Aquarium Drunkard. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/yqssq. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
2. OUT OF LEFT FIELD. In: Wikipedia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/0zgyz5. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
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1. "'Come out swinging' is an idiomatic expression that means to respond to a challenge, criticism, or difficult situation with immediate and aggressive action or determination." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2025.
1. ✰ When addressing the issue, the manager chose to come right out and express her concerns, fostering open communication in the team. (Ao abordar o assunto, a gerente optou por ser direta e expressar suas preocupações, promovendo a comunicação aberta na equipe.)
2. ✰ "When I mentioned that I was interested in gluten-free options the chef came right out to tell me that he could make me pizza or pasta... gluten-free." (ALSPB23). (Quando mencionei que estava interessada em opções sem glúten, o chefe veio de cara me dizendo que poderia me fazer pizza ou macarrão... sem glúten.)
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1. ALSPB23. “FABULOUS and gluten free friendly!” Trip Advisor, 12 abr. 2011. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/kdq7n. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2023.
2. COME RIGHT OUT with something/come right out and say something. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/mguh1. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2023.
1. sofrer (ger. algo negativo). ✰ After the market crash, many investors came to significant financial losses, leading to a challenging period of economic recovery. (Após a quebra do mercado, muitos investidores sofreram perdas financeiras significativas, levando a um período desafiador de recuperação econômica.)
2. ocorrer (uma ideia ou lembrança). ✰ "This compact little notebook can go with you everywhere you go so that it's always right there when a brilliant idea come to you." (Metaphysics, 2020). (Este caderninho compacto pode acompanhá-lo aonde quer que você vá, para que esteja sempre à mão quando uma ideia brilhante surgir.)
3. recuperar a consciência após um desmaio; voltar a si. ✰ "I came to in a corner of the room." (Come to). (Voltei a mim em um canto da sala.)
4. chegar a (um ponto específico, ger. negativo). ✰ "On a more personal level, they were hoping it would not come to that." (Overton, 2016). (Em um nível mais pessoal, eles esperavam que não chegasse a isso.)
5. (de uma conta) perfazer, totalizar. ✰ "The check came to around six dollars." (Beck e Maloney, 1935). (A conta totalizou cerca de seis dólares.)
6. (de um navio) parar. ✰ "There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails, and the ship came to." (Come to). (Havia um grande número de rachaduras das velas soltas e o navio parou.)
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1. BECK, Curt; MALONEY, Russell. Lunch. The New Yorker, Nova York, 18 out. 1935. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/pajrc. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
2. COME TO. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
3. METAPHYSICS Mama. Epiphany Log: One organized place to jot down your blog post, newsletter and podcast ideas... Amazon, 22 jun. 2020. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/y7i9f. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
4. OVERTON, Max. Maelstrom, A Novel of Nazi Germany. [S.l.]: Writers Exchange E-Publishing, 2016. Dispnível em: https://n9.cl/0ry3o. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
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1. COME TO MIND. In: Mind Idioms and Quizzes: Mind Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3E50du9. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
2. COOK, Kevin J. Wildlife Window: Spring one day, winter the next, welcome to sprinter. Reporter Herald, 17 mar. 2021. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2W2VxDS. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
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1. COME TO NOTHING. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/3sx8n. Acesso em: 14 dez. 2023.
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1. COME TO TERMS. In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 15 fev. 2022.
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