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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
1. ✰ "5 signs your car is on its last legs." (5 Signs). (5 sinais de que o seu carro está pifando.)
2. ✰ "The bull run may be on its last legs." (Financial). (O mercado em alta pode estar nas últimas.)
3. ✰ "My current car is in its last legs and I'm not sure how I'll be able to keep working when it dies." (Buckles). (Meu carro já deu o que tinha que dar e eu não tenho certeza de como poderei continuar trabalhando quando ele pifar.)
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1. 5 SIGNS your car is on its last legs. Exposed Magazine, 24 jun. 2019. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3BkNhP1. Acesso em: 6 out. 2021.
2. BUCKLES, Lilah. My current car is in its last legs and I'm not sure how... [S.l.], [s.d.]. Twitter: Lilah Buckles. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/8Q6e. Acesso em: 6 out. 2021.
3. FINANCIAL Times Service. The bull run may be on its last legs. Irish Times, Irlanda, 12 jul. 1996. Business. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3FoTNGD. Acesso em: 6 out. 2021.
4. ON (SOMEONE'S) LAST legs. In: Leg Idioms and Quizzes: Leg Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3iESSIv. Acesso em: 6 out. 2021.
5. ÚLTIMAS. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/304SJHZ. Acesso em: 6 out. 2021.
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1. ALEXANDER, Carol J. How to Build a Storm Shelter. TheOldHouse.com. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/al1mis. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2024.
2. ON (THE) ALERT (for something/somebody). In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/asmxw. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2024.
1. ✰ "Inflation impacts Southern Nevada families with back-to-school spending on a budget." (Martinez, 2022). (A inflação afeta as famílias do sul de Nevada com gastos de volta às aulas dentro do orçamento.)
2. ✰ "I was traveling on a budget so I bought a bus pass good for six months of travel in a circular route around the eastern half of the country." (Jacobson, 1990). (Eu estava viajando com o dinheiro contado, então comprei um passe de ônibus válido para seis meses de viagem em uma rota circular pela metade leste do país.)
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1. JACOBSON, Nora. Roaming Australia On a Bus Pass. The New York Times, Nova York, 16 set. 1990. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/1Sn2. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2023.
2. MARTINEZ, Lauren. Inflation impacts Southern Nevada families with back-to-school spending on a budget. Fox 5 Vegas, 8 ago. 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/tSvz. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2023.
3. ON A BUDGET. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/as9xv. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2023.
1. ✰ The sports car has incredible handling; it can turn on a dime, even at high speeds. (O carro esportivo tem um manuseio incrível; ele pode mudar de direção em uma pequena área, mesmo em altas velocidades.)
2. ✰ "Motorists also need to remember that school buses cannot maneuver on a dime as most regular vehicles can." (Turnbull, 2022). (Os motoristas também precisam se lembrar de que os ônibus escolares não conseguem manobrar rapidamente, como a maioria dos veículos comuns.)
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1. ON A DIME. In: Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/7SWd. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2023.
2. TURNBULL, Doug. Gridlock Guy: Driving on eggshells around buses and in school zones. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7 ago. 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/sSQl. Acesso em: 13 jan. 2023.
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1. FIRST COME, first served. In: Glosbe English-Portuguese Dictionary. [S.l.]: Glosbe, [s.d.]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/33wfQgu. Acesso em: 17 jan. 2022.
2. ON A FIRST-COME, first-served basis. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3GBzQgg. Acesso em: 17 jan. 2022.
3. WILSON, Corinne. A Limited Number of New Tickets Are Available for MEA’s Holiday Party! MEA, 8 dez. 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/Pc3T. Acesso em: 17 jan. 2022.
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1. MARKMAN, Art. What to Do If Your Employees Keep Getting Poached. Harvard Business Review, 24 mar. 2022. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/adGd. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
2. ON A PAR with (someone). In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
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1. ACTIVE duty. 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: 3 set. 2023.
2. MYFUTURE. Types of Military Service. myfuture.com. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/6im54. Acesso em: 15 nov. 2023.
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1. ON ALL FOURS. In: Number Idioms and Quizzes: Number Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/dcrje. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2023.
2. SJØGREN, Kristian. Mystery solved: why a Turkish family walks on all fours. Science Nordic, 15 jun. 2014. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/sMOy. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2023.
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1. ON AN EVEN KEEL. In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
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