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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. DUMB DOWN. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAZm. Acesso em: 19 fev. 2023.
2. ROBERTS, Peter. Pedagogy, Politics and Intellectual Life: Freire in the age of the market. Policy Futures in Education. Vol. 3, Num. 4. [S.l.]: University of Auckland, 2005. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAZo. Acesso em: 19 fev. 2023.
Veja também: drop (someone or something) like a hot potato.
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1. DUMP (someone). In: Love and Relationship Idioms and Quizzes: Love and Relationship Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3jfm2OF. Acesso em: 3 dez. 2021.
2. TRAN, Cindy. 'She kept it secret for nine months': 'Heartbroken' boyfriend dumps his girlfriend after finding out that she was born male - so is he in the wrong? Daily Mail, [S.l.], 29 jul. 2019. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3u8Nzrg. 3 dez. 2021.
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1. CÍCERO. In: Wikipédia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lMRQ. Acesso em: 11 fev. 2023.
2. LATIN proverbs. In: Wikiquote. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/mw87uc. Acesso em: 11 fev. 2023.
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1. DUTCH TREAT. In: Money Idioms and Quizzes: Money Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ibcprf. Acesso em: 7 fev. 2023.
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1. STANDING on the shoulders of giants. In: Wikipedia. São Francisco, Califórnia: Wikimedia Foundation. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lH83. Acesso em: 17 dez. 2024.
1. ✰ "Let's not dwell on this topic too long; we have a lot to cover today." (Ibidem). (Não vamos nos aprofundar muito neste assunto; temos muito o que abordar hoje.)
2. ✰ Don’t dwell on the details of the project; focus on the big picture and how to execute it successfully. (Não se concentre nos detalhes do projeto; concentre-se no panorama geral e em como executá-lo com sucesso.)
3. ✰ It's better to live in the present than to dwell on the past. (É melhor viver o presente do que ficar remoendo o passado.)
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1. DWELL ON. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. 1191 p. DOI 0-395-72774-X. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBDX. Acesso em: 10 jan. 2025.
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1. DYED-IN-THE-WOOL. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAZq. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.

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1. BOMBÁSTICO. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3KiZ997. Acesso em: 19 jan. 2022.
2. DYNAMITE. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lAZr. Acesso em: 19 jan. 2022.
Veja também: different strokes for different folks.
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1. EACH TO HIS/their own. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBu2. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2022.
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1. EAGER beaver. 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. GROSSMAN, Annabel. Are you an eager beaver, a chancer or a drama queen? Daily Mail, [S.l.], 6 ago. 2015. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3onbYG9. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
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