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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
1. tentar (algo). ✰ Sixteen-year-old Maximilian had a shot at driving his uncle's motorboat. (O Maximiliano, de 16 anos, tentou dirigir o barco a motor do seu tio.)
2. ter uma chance (de conseguir algo). ✰ When I was in Vegas, I had a shot at one of the casinos. (Quando estive em Las Vegas, tive uma chance em um dos cassinos.)
3. (AUS) criticar algo ou alguém. ✰ "I had a shot at him this morning, so he already knows I'm unhappy with his proposal." (Ibidem). (Fiz-lhe uma crítica hoje de manhã, portanto ele já sabe que estou insatisfeito com a sua proposta.)
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1. HAVE A SHOT AT. In: Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/cbiaf. Acesso em: 8 mar. 2023.
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1. (not) HAVE A SNOWBALL's chance in hell. In: Religion Idioms and Quizzes: Religion Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/j02fo. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2022.
2. O'DONNELL, Mike. This Board Game Pits You Against the Ad Industry's Wrath. WNW, 28 ago. 2018. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lIA3. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2023.
1. ✰ Thomasina has a soft spot for stray animals and can't resist adopting any she comes across. (Thomasina gosta de animais vira-latas pra valer e não resiste a adotar qualquer um que encontra.)
2. ✰ Even though they hadn't seen each other in years, he still had a soft spot for his childhood friend. (Mesmo que eles não se vissem há anos, ele ainda tem uma queda pela sua amiga de infância.)
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1. HAVE A SOFT SPOT for someone. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/zrlak. Acesso em: 10 ago. 2023.
Veja também: have a soft spot for (someone).
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1. HAVE A SOFT SPOT in one's heart. 10 Heart Idioms Explained to ESL Students. Owlcation.com, 25 out. 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/6wf96. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2024.
2. NASHEF, Raghad. My Two Halves, [S.l.]: Partridge Publishing, 2019. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3CEj9OG. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2024.
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1. HAVE A STAKE in (something). In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: Business Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2023.
Atenção: O termo derrame cerebral é inadequado para designar o acidente vascular cerebral (AVC), caracterizado por uma interrupção repentina na circulação sanguínea do cérebro, resultando em consequências neurológicas como paralisia, afasia, entre outras, que podem ser reversíveis ou permanentes. (Derrame).
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1. CDC. Recovering From Stroke. Center for Diseases Control and Prevention. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3C1Z9oM. Acesso em: 13 set. 2021.
2. DERRAME. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3hvsK26. Acesso em: 13 set. 2021.
3. HAVE A STROKE. In: Brain Idioms and Quizzes: Brain Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2XcYB0S. Acesso em: 13 set. 2021.
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1. SWEET TOOTH. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3odFb5Y. Acesso em: 31 jan. 2022.
Veja também: acquire a taste for (something).
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1. HAVE A TASTE for (something). In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 22 dez. 2022.
Veja também: have a crush on (someone) e have a soft spot for (someone).
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1. BHAGCHANDANI, Umesh Bhagchandani. 10 much younger women Leonardo DiCaprio has dated or been romantically linked to... Style, 30 jan. 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3AHT1mk. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2024.
2. HAVE A THING for (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: Acesso em: 16 fev. 2024.
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1. HAVE A THING GOING with (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. PARKYN, John. Star Says 'Sin' Wasn't for Real. Orlando Sentinel, Orlando (Flórida), 3 dez. 2000. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3IOpD0x. Acesso em: 3 dez. 2021.
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