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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. COME FACE TO FACE WITH (someone or something). In: Face Idioms and Quizzes: Face Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tC71KE. Acesso em: 14 set. 2021.
2. FALK-ALLEN, Francine. I Used a Scooter to Hike Yosemite—and Came Face to Face With a Bear. The Daily Beast, 6 jul. 2021. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tDDCQz. Acesso em: 14 set. 2021.
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1. COME IN A CLOSE SECOND. In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 8 mar. 2022.
2. CURIOSITY of the Mundane: Brief Q & A with Artist & Recent Grad Michael Kwan. University of Minnesota, 7 jul. 2020. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/whvv5. Acesso em: 8 mar. 2022.
1. ser útil em determinada situação (Come in handy); ter serventia, vir a calhar. ✰ The jumper cable came in handy when I needed it to restart the car. (O cabo de bateria veio a calhar quando precisei dele para reiniciar o carro.)
2. (BR) proporcionar uma ajuda oportuna, providencial; ser uma mão na roda. (Catelam, 2010). ✰ "That experience came in handy after college as she joined Team Nigeria while also accepting a position at Ford Motor Company—letting her new employer know right away about her Olympic aspirations." (Krakower e Gilpin, 2021). (Essa experiência foi uma mão na roda após a faculdade quando ela ingressou na seleção da Nigéria e também aceitou um cargo na empresa automobilística Ford – comunicando imediatamente ao seu novo empregador suas aspirações olímpicas.)
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1. COME IN HANDY. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2024?]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/efbkt. Acesso em: 11 nov. 2024.
2. KRAKOWER, Annie; GILPIN, Matt. Terps Take Tokyo. Maryland Today, [S.l.], 21 jul. 2021. Athletics. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ll2rz. Acesso em: 16 set. 2023.
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1. ALEXANDER, Lissa. Nanoose Bay fire hall bids came in high. QPB News, 15 jul. 2011. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/x5bsq. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. COME IN HIGH. 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. COME IN LOW. 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. HELLER, Matthew. GE Beats Estimates in ‘Strong Start’ to 2017. CFO, 23 abr. 2017. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/z4ceq. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
1. ✰ "I came in, in the middle of a project, and to be honest with you – fell in love with [the architects]." (Doiron). (Peguei o bonde andando, no meio de um projeto, e para ser honesta com vocês, me apaixonei pelos [arquitetos].)
2. ✰ "On Ghost Protocol I came in on the middle of the shoot to do a rewrite of the screenplay, though they had already started the movie." (McQuarrie apud Knight, 2018). (Em Ghost Protocol eu cheguei no meio da filmagem para fazer uma reescrita do roteiro, embora eles já tivessem começado o filme.)
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1. "'Come in, in the middle of (something)' refers to a situation where someone joins an ongoing activity..." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 25 fev. 2023.
2. DOIRON, Tommy. "I came in, in the middle of a project, and to be honest with you..." RHH Architects. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/tdy01. Acesso em: 25 fev. 2023.
3. KNIGHT, Jacob. Brad Bird Animates Ethan Hunt In 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'. Slash Film, 26 jul. 2018. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/e0qm8. Acesso em: 25 fev. 2023.
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1. COME INTO FASHION. In: Clothes Idioms and Quizzes: Clothes Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/t9qrpk. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022.
2. PROHIBITION Sparked a Women’s Fashion Revolution. Prohibition: An Interactive History. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/dysev. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022.
Veja também: bring (something) into force.
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1. BEST, Jo. China to register all mobile users. ZD Net, 5 dez. 2005. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/awu5o. Acesso em: 1 ago. 2023.
2. COME INTO FORCE/bring something into force. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/hriru. Acesso em: 1 ago. 2023.
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1. "'Come not to counsel uncalled' is a proverbial phrase meaning that one should not offer advice or opinions unless specifically invited to do so." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2025.
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1. COME OFF STH. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3HiRi9B. Acesso em: 1 fev. 2022.
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