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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. COLOCAR contra a parede. In: Dicionário Criativo. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/7liyq. Acesso em: 28 jul. 2023.
2. UP AGAINST the wall. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/gelrh. Acesso em: 28 jul. 2023.
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1. PUT SOMEONE IN HIS/HER PLACE. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8nj6b. Acesso em: 15 ago. 2023.
Veja também: be kept on hold for a long time.
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1. PUT (SOMEONE) ON HOLD. In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: Business Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2023.
2. PUT ON HOLD. In: Dicionário Inglês-Português. Vienna, Virgínia (EUA): WordReference.com LLC, (data da publ.). Disponível em: https://rb.gy/ctlu5. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2023.
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1. PUT (SOMETHING) DOWN in black and white. In: Color Idioms and Quizzes: Color Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/p2ou3. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
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1. PUT (SOMETHING) IN MOTHBALLS. In: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms and Quizzes: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uxf2z. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
2. THREAD: Captain Sim B-52. SOH Combat Flight Center. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/gvv9d. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
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1. PUT (SOMETHING) ON HOLD. In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: BusinessBusiness Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2023.
2. SIKORA, Lacey. Vintage Home Show makes its debut online. Oak Park, 30 mar. 2021. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/jljng. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2023.
Veja também: make a noose for (one's) neck.
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1. MELAMED, Victor. Trump's America. The Fight Mag. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3CqrPrL. Acessoem: 20 set. 2021.
2. PUT ONE'S HEAD IN A NOOSE. In: Head Idioms and Quizzes: HeadIdioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tpYavz. Acesso em: 20 set. 2021.
1. dar uma dica ou fazer uma advertência a alguém. ✰ I decided to put a bug in my classmate's ear about the upcoming job opportunity, hoping she'd consider applying for it. (Decidi dar uma dica à minha colega de classe sobre a próxima oportunidade de emprego, esperando que ela considerasse se candidatar.)
2. inculcar uma ideia a alguém. (Inculcar). ✰ "He's probably trying to put a bug in her ear that everyone is against them and that his ex is totally hitting him up when it's the opposite." (/SNOW/). (Ele provavelmente está tentando inculcar-lhe a ideia de que todos estão contra eles e que a sua ex está dando em cima dele quando é o contrário.)
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1. /SNOW/ - flakes & mistakes. lolcow.farm. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/38PlYPY. Acesso em: 8 set. 2021.
2. INCULCAR. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2WUR8Dz. Acesso em: 7 set. 2021.
3. PUT A BUG in (someone's) ear. In: Ear Idioms and Quizzes: Ear Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3A5JWmp. Acesso em: 7 set. 2021.
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