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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. ALLAN, Nina. The Trouble with Horror. The Spider's House, 16 nov. 2012. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAYO. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. DRIVE AT (something). 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. FAST AND FURIOUS. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/m3vym. Acesso em: 14 ago. 2023.
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1. DRIVE PAST. What's the meaning of "drive past"? iTalki, 2 out. 2019. Dispnível em: https://n9.cl/4blfv. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2023.
Vídeo (abaixo): o Picapau em "O Fila-Boia".
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1. DRONE. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/6g9lk. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2022.
2. CHUPIM. In: Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa: Priberam S.A., 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3IfszmF. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2022.
3. FILA-BOIA. In: Wikcionário. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3Admrsr. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2022.
4. O FILA-BÓIA. In: CHAMBERLAIN, Bobby J.; HARMON, Ronald M. A dictionary of informal Brazilian Portuguese with English index. Georgetown: Georgetown University Press, 1983. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJ5t. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2022.
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SPONGE. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAYU. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2022.
Veja também: break up with (someone).
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1. DROP (someone or something) like a hot potato. In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 16 dez. 2022.
2. KAREENA Kapoor should marry Shahid Kapoor, not Saif Ali Khan. Celebrity News, 22 mar. 2012. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/tov81. Acesso em: 16 dez. 2022.
3. SVAYAMVARA. In: Wikipedia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAYX. Acesso em: 16 dez. 2022.
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1. DROP (SOMETHING) in (someone's) lap. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3xupLMK. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2021.
1. (lit.) morrer subitamente. ✰ "In the past several weeks I've noted a long list of athletes, actors, people in the news who have suddenly dropped dead at a young age." (Paulides, 2022). (Nas últimas semanas, observei uma longa lista de atletas, atores e noticiaristas que morreram de repente em tenra idade.)
2. (fig., reg. falado) expressão indelicada para dizer a uma pessoa que você está extremamente zangado com ela. ✰ Drop dead! I don't wanna talk to you right now. (Dê o fora! Eu não quero falar com você agora.)
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1. DROP DEAD. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAYZ. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
2. PAULIDES, Davi. In the past several weeks I’ve noted a long list of athletes, actors... [S.l.], 15 dez. 2022. Twitter: David Paulides (@canammissing). Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAY1. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
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1. DROP OUT of school. In: Education and School Idioms and Quizzes: Education and School Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3sefDak. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
2. McMORRIS-SANTORO, Evan. Thousands of students have dropped out of school... CNN, 8 mar. 2021. Disponível em: cnn.it/3s8fTHO. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
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1. DROP THE BALL. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2022. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAY2. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2022.
2. VASWANI, Karishma. Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation. BBC, 11 set. 2020. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAY3. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2022.
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1. "'Drop the hammer' is more commonly linked to quickly accelerating or going full throttle, which could imply high-speed driving." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 30 nov. 2024.
2. FLICKER404. Fast and the Furious 3. FanFiction. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAY4. Acesso em: 14 fev. 2023.
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