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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. GIVE AWAY the farm. In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. WONG, Ling. Don’t Be Afraid of “Giving Away the Farm” In Your Content Marketing. Medium.comn, 14 mar. 2017. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lFQN. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2022.
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1. DHARNI, Aishwarya. Woman Gives Birth To Twins 15 Minutes Apart, But In Different Years. India Times, 3 jan. 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3gfhV3c. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2022.
2. GIVE BIRTH. In: Medical and Health Idioms and Quizzes: Medical and Health Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/33V6MlT. Acesso em: 31 jan. 2022.
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1. GIVE (FULL/FREE) REIN to something. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lFQO. Acesso em: 24 dez. 2022.
1. (lit.) recuar no terreno, cedendo espaço; ceder. ✰ The floodwaters began to rise, and the soil started to give ground, making the foundation of the house unstable. (As águas da enchente começaram a subir e o solo começou a ceder, tornando a fundação da casa instável.)
2. (por ext.) recuar de uma ideia ou afirmação feita; ceder. ✰ During the negotiations, one of the negotiators refused to give ground on his initial demands, standing firm on the terms he proposed. (Durante as negociações, um dos negociadores se recusou a ceder em suas exigências iniciais, mantendo-se firme nos termos que propôs.)
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1. GIVE GROUND. In: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.. [S.l.]: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002. . Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lFQR. Acesso em: 4 out. 2021.
1. ✰ “Her mother, who had not much to do in London, gave in to her husband Leo, who couldn’t find anything worth doing, and they went to Palestine also.” (Berlin). (Sua mãe, que não tinha muito o que fazer em Londres, cedeu ao marido Leo, que não encontrou nada que valesse a pena fazer, e eles também foram para a Palestina.)
2. ✰ Despite her initial reluctance, Seanna eventually gave in to the peer pressure and agreed to try the daredevil stunt with her friends. (Apesar da sua relutância inicial, Seanna finalmente cedeu à pressão dos colegas e concordou em tentar a façanha ousada com seus amigos.)
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1. BERLIN, Marie. Marie Berlin’s Autobiographical Notes. The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lF1r. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2022.
2. GIVE IN to (someone). In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. GIVE IT one's best shot. In: Wikipedia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/foyls. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2023.
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1. GIVE IT TIME. In: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.. [S.l.]: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lF1t. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2023.
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1. GIVE (SOMEONE) A BREAK. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3KWLSmM. Acesso em: 29 jan. 2022.
Atenção: Mano é a forma abreviada de hermano ("irmão" em espanhol) e bro é a forma truncada de brother ("irmão" em inglês).
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1. GIVE ME FIVE. In: Number Idioms and Quizzes: Number Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/dcrje. Acesso em: 14 fev. 2023.
2. RUSSIA Sunflower. Dude, We Got a Question. In: Ask Hetalia Cardverse!! Wattpad. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lP6v. Acesso em: 9 jan. 2025.
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