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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. HOLD TOGETHER. In: Oxford Learner's Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lCtE, Acesso em: 4 dez. 2024.
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1. HOLD ONE'S HORSES. In: Horse Idioms and Quizzes: Horse Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/yf3h9o. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2023.
1. (lit.) tapar o nariz, ger. para prender a respiração. ✰ Audrey had to hold her nose while taking out the trash because of the awful stench. (Audrey teve que tapar o nariz enquanto tirava o lixo por causa do fedor horrível.)
2. (fig.) fazer algo a contragosto. ✰ Knowing the deal was shady, Robert held his nose and signed the contract anyway because the profits were too tempting to pass up. (Mesmo sabendo que o acordo era obscuro, Robert assinou o contrato a contragosto, porque os lucros eram tentadores demais para deixar passar.)
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1. HOLD ONE'S NOSE. In: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. [S.l.]: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJqp. Acesso em: 9 set. 2021.
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1. HOLD ONE'S TONGUE. In: Tongue Idioms and Quizzes: Tongue Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3FR2Xfy. Acesso em: 16 out. 2021.
2. ZURCHER, Anthony. Why are Trump and Obama in a new spat over Flynn? BBC, 11 mai. 2020. Disponível em: bbc.in/3BPinyu. Acesso em: 16 out. 2021.
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1. HOLD OUT the olive branch. In: Religion Idioms and Quizzes: Religion Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/j02fo. Acesso em: 3 mar. 2022.
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1. HOLD OUT FOR (something). In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. KELLOGG. Watch the film: The changing economic and social-policy making of the African National Congress. Kellogg College, 13 dez. 2019. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJqt. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. HATFIELD, Tom. Ingress: The game that reveals Google's secret war to control London. The Guardian, 4 jun. 2014. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJqv. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. HOLD OUT ON (someone). In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. ANDAR na roda. In: Dicionário de ciclismo: Termos, expressões e gírias específicas. Braddocks Cycling. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lDIB. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2022.
2. GLOBAL Cycling Network. This One Cycling Skill Will Change Your Riding | How To Hold The Wheel. [S.l.]: YouTube, 4 set. 2019. 1 vídeo (3:51 min). Disponível em: https://youtu.be/9A2k301SOiQ. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2022.
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