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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. FIRST THINGS first. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2023?]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDoR. Acesso em: 22 dez. 2022.
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1. SISTEMA de pluralidade dos votos. In: Wikipédia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDoS. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2022.
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1. FIRST-STRING. In: The Britannica Dictionary. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2023. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDoU. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2022.
2. SHORT TAKES: Japanese Accuse Ringling Bros. of Big Fraud Under the Big Top. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 9 nov. 1989. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDoZ. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2022.
1. (lit.) iniciante, novato. (First-timer). ✰ "First timers will walk away with relatively milder penalties, unlike repeat offenders." (Newport). (Os novatos sairão com penalidades relativamente mais brandas, ao contrário dos infratores reincidentes.)
2. (fig.) marinheiro de primeira viagem. ✰ "I was a first timer and did lots of research on eyelash extensions." (Sara). (Eu era marinheira de primeira viagem e fiz muitas pesquisas sobre extensões de cílios.)
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1. FIRST-TIMER. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2023?]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDo1. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
2. NEWPORT Beach Theft Attorney. [S.l.]: CMC Defense, [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDo3. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2023.
3. SARA from West Linn. Testimonials. [S.l.]: Modern Glam, [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDo4. Acesso em: 25 dez. 2022.
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1. FIRSTHAND. Vocabulary in Context. Quizlet. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDo8. Acesso em: 11 dez. 2022.
1. (lit.) procurar por um tipo específico de peixe; pescar. ✰ Every weekend, my cousin goes to the lake to fish for tilapia, which are abundant in the region he lives in. (Todo fim de semana, meu primo vai ao lago para pescar tilápias, que são abundantes na região onde ele mora.)
2. tatear com as mãos em busca de algo; procurar. ✰ Christine fished for her keys in the depths of her bag, only to realize they were not there! (Christine procurou suas chaves no fundo da bolsa e percebeu que elas não estavam lá!)
3. buscar algo de maneira indireta ou sutil, muitas vezes com o objetivo de receber elogios, validação ou informações; "pescar". ✰ "Howard Stern was fishing for details, trying to find out if anything controversial took place between Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar." (The Things). (Howard Stern estava "pescando" detalhes, tentando descobrir se algo controverso aconteceu entre Taylor Swift e Kendrick Lamar.)
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1. FISH FOR (something). In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2024. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJT4. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2024.
2. The Things. Howard Stern was fishing for details, trying to find out if anything controversial took place... [S.l.], 20 dez. 2024. Facebook: The Things. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJUx. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2024.
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1. FISH IN troubled waters. In: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms and Quizzes: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uxf2z. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2023.
2. THE STAVISKY Scandal. The Atlantic, mar. 1934. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDyK. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2023.
Veja também: do or die.
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1. FISH OR CUT BAIT. In: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms and Quizzes: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uxf2z. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2023.
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1. AS FIT AS a fiddle. What is the translation of "as fit as a fiddle" in Portuguese? In: Bab.la, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3A5hMaE. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2022.
2. GRAHAM, Hannah; KINDRED, Alahna. Dog owners issue warning as beloved pet suddenly dies from 'mystery virus'. Mirror, [S.l.], 25 jan. 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3udGy8K. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2022.
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1. FIT LIKE a glove. In: Clothes Idioms and Quizzes: Clothes Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/t9qrpk. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2022.
2. ROMASHKA. Testimonials. Romashka Bridal. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDyX. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2022.
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