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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. COVER ONE'S ASS. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/r1bkw. Acesso em: 8 ago. 2023.
2. GREENIE. Former Suns GM Ryan McDonough Is A Legend For This A+ Tweet About James Harden. Barstool Sports, 17 nov. 2020. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/c2yje. Acesso em: 8 ago. 2023.
Veja também: cover (one's) ass.
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1. COVER ONE'S BACK. In: Body Idioms and Quizzes: Body Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
2. NYO Staff. Gary Winnick Should Go to Jail. New York Observer, Nova York, 1 abr. 2002. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3ClXbki. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
1. ✰ On their road trip, the adventurous travelers planned to cover a lot of ground, exploring multiple cities and landmarks along the way. (Em sua viagem, os viajantes aventureiros planejaram percorrer uma grande área, explorando várias cidades e pontos de referência ao longo do caminho.)
2. abordar muito assunto (em uma aula, palestra, reunião etc.). ✰ The speaker covered a lot of ground in his PowerPoint presentation. (O palestrante cobriu muito chão em sua apresentação em PowerPoint.)
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1. COVER A LOT of ground. In: Education and School Idioms and Quizzes: Education and School Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3sefDak. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
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1. BULLOCK, Mike. Lovie Smith: “Davis Mills Is Our Quarterback Heading Into The Season”. Battle Red Blog, 24 fev. 2022. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/ly1A. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
2. COVER ALL YOUR BASES. In: YourIdioms.com. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/ly1z. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
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1. "'Covetousness is the root of all evil' is a proverb that suggests that the desire for things that do not belong to us... leads to immoral or harmful actions." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2025.
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1. COW COLLEGE. In: Education and School Idioms and Quizzes: Education and School Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3sefDak. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
2. SWARTZEL, Bob. Diverting the Buddha. [S.l.]: iUniverse, 2004. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3rlBvBm. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
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1. "'Cowards die many times before their deaths' is a line from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (Act II, Scene 2)." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2025.
2. WATCH William Shakespeare's eponymous protagonist dismiss Calpurnia's cautions in Julius Caesar. In: Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/hszk2.. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2023.
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1. CRACK SOMEONE UP. In: Oyster English. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/ly1C. Acesso em: 29 dez. 2022.
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1. CRACK A BOOK. In: Education and School Idioms and Quizzes: Education and School Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3sefDak. Acesso em: 3 fev. 2022.
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1. CRACK DOWN. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. 2. ed. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/ly1M. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2023.
2. TRILLING, Daniel. Five myths about the refugee crisis. The Guardian, 5 jun. 2018. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/ly1F. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2023.
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