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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. HOW IN CREATION. In: Religion Idioms and Quizzes: Religion Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/j02fo. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2022.
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1. BYRD, Craig. The Surprising Longevity of The Verdi Chorus. Cultural Attaché, 16 abr. 2018. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lTyW. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2025.
2. "'How the wind blows' refers to understanding or determining the prevailing conditions, trends, or opinions in a given situation..." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2025.
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1. HOWLING success. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. 1191 p. DOI 0-395-72774-X. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBDX. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2025.
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1. CANNATELLI, Mike. Mass shootings: Applying the Second Amendment in 2019. Daily Local News, 20 ago. 2021. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lTmA. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2025.
2. HUE AND CRY. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. 1191 p. DOI 0-395-72774-X. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBDX. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2025.
1. (lit.) respirar com dificuldade ou fazer ruídos ao respirar, ger. devido à falta de ar, cansaço ou esforço intenso; ofegar. ✰ "After I worked with her, I noticed she was breathing heavy, kind of huffing and puffing..." (Huffing, 2009). (Depois que trabalhei com ela, notei que ela estava com a respiração pesada, meio que ofegando...)
2. (fig.) demonstrar-se irritado ou bravo; bufar e resmungar. ✰ Ginny began to huff and puff when she was asked to redo the assignment. (Ginny começou a bufar e resmungar quando lhe pediram para refazer a tarefa.)
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1. HUFF AND PUFF. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/mucbd. Acesso em: 4 ago. 2021.
2. HUFFING and puffing. Horse Forum, 23 set. 2009. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2VvIRVJ. Acesso em: 4 ago. 2021.
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1. A HUNDRED/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc. In: Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2017. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJyv. Acesso em: 15 fev. 2023.
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