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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
1. no volume mais alto; a todo volume: ✰ "The fanfare featured the trumpets at full blast" (Ibidem). (A fanfarra contou com as trombetas a todo volume.)
2. com grande energia; a todo vapor: ✰ "With conference season approaching, our marketing team is working at full blast to plan logistics, demos and travel details." (Meyer, 2014). (Com a temporada das conferências se aproximando, nossa equipe de marketing está trabalhando a todo vapor para planejar a logística, demonstrações e detalhes da viagem.)
3. na capacidade ou potência máxima: ✰ "Switching to just one zone at full blast would boost battery life to about three hours." (O'Hop, 2022). (Mudar para apenas uma zona na capacidade máxima aumentaria a vida da bateria em aproximadamente três horas.)
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1. FULL BLAST. In: AMMER, Christine. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5. ed. [S.l.]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2016. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/pjsy9. Acesso em: 23 mar. 2022.
2. MEYER, Bjoern. Conference Season 2014 is Fast Approaching. Text Control, 29 jan. 2014. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/j9nw8x. Acesso em: 23 mar. 2022.
3. O'HOP, Hank. Reviews: Beat the Deep Freeze With Milwaukee's ToughShell Heated Jacket. The Drive, 16 mar. 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/xrt8w. Acesso em: 23 mar. 2022.
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1. AT HAND. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/156itp. Acesso em: 22 fev. 2022.
2. DUNNING, Jennifer. Cunningham in Dance and Drawing. New York Times, Nova York, 9 mar. 1984. Arts. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/opn9p. Acesso em: 22 fev. 2022.
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1. AT ITS BEST. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/rq3xr. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2023.
2. SINGH, Vishal. This Italian firm supplied the world with critical collection and transport systems needed for COVID testing; announces major rebranding. Silicon Canals, 28 jun. 2021. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ncalk. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2023.
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1. AT ONE SITTING. In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 9 abr. 2022.
2. DOTD. Course Announcement - NHI Course No. 134006 - Utility Coordination for Highway Projects (January 23-24, 2019). Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development, 9 jan. 2019. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/hptqm. Acesso em: 9 abr. 2022.
1. ✰ "At one time, I was middle class, and now I feel like I’m at the poverty line." (Estrela apud Stout e Gardizy, 2022). (Houve uma época em que eu era classe média e agora sinto que estou na linha da pobreza.)
2. ✰ At one time, vinyl records were the dominant format for music, but with technological advancements, digital formats have become more prevalent. (Antigamente os discos de vinil eram o formato dominante para música, mas com os avanços tecnológicos, os formatos digitais tornaram-se mais predominantes.)
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1. AT ONE TIME. In: Number Idioms and Quizzes: Number Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/dcrje. Acesso em: 13 fev. 2023.
2. STOUT, Matt; GARDIZY, Anissa. ‘I was middle class, and now I feel like I’m at the poverty line.’ Inflation is hitting Mass. residents painfully hard, despite rosy big-picture stats. Boston Globe, Boston, 17 mai. 2022, https://n9.cl/hw0zo. Acesso em: 13 fev. 2023.
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1. AT ONE'S FINGERTIPS. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 4 out. 2021.
2. BEYEA, Suzanne C. Safety resources for perioperative clinicians. NLM, abr. 2004. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/nrryn. Acesso em: 4 out. 2021.
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1. AT ONE'S WIT'S END. In: SPEARS, Richard A. NTC's American Idioms Dictionary. 3 ed. [S.l.]: NTC Publishing Group, 2000. 641 p. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3CKvDV3. Acesso em: 24 set. 2021.
1. (lit.) a bordo de um navio; no mar. ✰ When the storm hit, the sailors found themselves at sea, battling strong winds and rough waves. (Quando bateu a tempestade, os marinheiros se achavam no mar, lutando contra ventos e ondas fortes.)
2. (fig.) confuso, perdido, perplexo ou aturdido; "boiando". Também: all at sea. ✰ After missing the last few classes, John felt completely at sea when the professor started discussing advanced topics. (Depois de faltar às últimas aulas, o John se sentiu completamente "boiando" quando o professor começou a discutir tópicos avançados.)
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1. AT SEA. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. 2. ed. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/g9uo9. Acesso em: 12 dez. 2023.
1. ✰ The strikers were at sixes and sevens after the company announced some firings. (Os grevistas estavam em polvorosa depois que a empresa anunciou algumas demissões.)
2. ✰ Quite often her bedroom was at sixes and sevens with piles of clothes scattered all over the floor, food leftovers on the nightstand, and a nauseating smell of pot. (Muitas vezes, seu quarto estava uma zorra com pilhas de roupas espalhadas pelo chão, restos de comida na mesinha de cabeceira e um cheiro nauseante de maconha.)
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1. AT SIXES and sevens. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uouxbx. Acesso em: 13 fev. 2023.
1. ✰ "With the fate of a species at stake, coordination is vital." (Steiner, 2019). (Com o destino de uma espécie em perigo, a coordenação é vital.)
2. ✰ "At stake was the graduation of over 14,971 RN students from public and private nursing programs." (Ziehm). (Em pauta estava a graduação de mais de 14.971 estudantes de enfermagem de cursos públicos e privados.)
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1. AT STAKE. In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2022.
2. STEINER, Jessica. A primer on Species Survival Plans – who, what, why? Wildlife Preservation Canada, 3 jul. 2019. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/6vkav. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2022.
3. ZIEHM, Scott R. et al. Building coalitions: A statewide nursing organization's role in changing nursing education regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic. PubMed. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/1cxbh. https://n9.cl/6vkav. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2022.
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