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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. BRING UP. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2024. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lLNx. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
1. atirar com uma arma de fogo em alguém; passar fogo. ✰ "I assume you just go with it as opposed to trying to bring the hammer down or decock prior to firing." (Stafford apud Enos, 2019). (Suponho que você apenas vá em frente, em vez de tentar passar fogo ou desarmar antes de disparar.)
2. bater o martelo; condenar. ✰ "A federal judge brought the hammer down on a man convicted of hacking the AT&T Website and accessing email addresses belonging to 120,000 Apple iPad owners." (Prince, 2013). (Um juiz federal bateu o martelo condenando um homem acusado de hackear o site da AT&T e acessar endereços eletrônicos pertencentes a 120 mil proprietários de iPads da Apple.)
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1. BRING THE HAMMER DOWN. In: The Word Detective, 10 dez. 2009. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/x3kf7. Acesso em: 27 dez. 2019.
2. ENOS, Brian. DA/SA start - Production. Brian Enos Forums, 27 dez. 2019. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/wrd2v. Acesso em: 27 dez. 2019.
3. PRINCE, Brian. AT&T Hacker Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison. Security Week, 18 mar. 2013. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/azz8h. Acesso em: 27 dez. 2019.
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1. A BLAST from the Past: THE HAMMARLUND HQ-100. SolderSmoke Daily News. [S.l.]: soldersmoke.blogspot.com, 2 jan. 2011. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3yiODYW. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
2. AS BROAD AS a barn door. In: Body Idioms and Quizzes: Body Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
1. ✰ Despite being broad in the beam, the weightlifter showcased incredible strength and agility in the competition. (Apesar de ter ancas largas, o levantador de peso mostrou força e agilidade incríveis na competição.)
2. ✰ The vintage car, although stylish, was a bit broad in the beam, making it challenging to navigate through narrow streets. (O carro antigo, embora elegante, era um pouco largo, tornando difícil se movimentar por ruas estreitas.)
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1. BROAD IN THE BEAM. In: Body Idioms and Quizzes: Body Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
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1. BROWN BAG IT. In: Color Idioms and Quizzes: Color Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/p2ou3. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
2. GFF. Brown Bag It for Back-to-School Season. Grain Foods Foundation. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/xuns3. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
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1. BROWN-BAG. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ph0ox. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
2. HEATHFIELD, Susan M. Use a Brown Bag Lunch for Internal Training. The Balance Careers, 26 mai. 2019. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/0d095. Acesso em: 8 abr. 2022.
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1. BROWN-NOSE. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/qur4yn. Acesso em: 13 dez. 2022.
2. BROWN NOSER. What Does Brown Noser Mean? Writing Explained. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/v4436. Acesso em: 13 dez. 2022.
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1. BROWNED-OFF. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ppww6. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2022.
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1. BUCK-NAKED. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 20 jan. 2025.
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