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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. SET A DATE. In: Love and Relationship Idioms and Quizzes: Love and Relationship Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3jfm2OF. Acesso em: 3 dez. 2021.
2. VARMA, Anuji. Tragic Coleshill bride to be buried in her wedding dress. BirminghamLive, 24 out. 2012. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3KIFmjH. Acesso em: 3 dez. 2021.
1. separar algo para um propósito especial (Set apart); reservar, destinar. ✰ The museum set apart a section to showcase rare artifacts, creating a special exhibit to highlight the historical significance of each piece. (O museu reservou uma seção para mostrar artefatos raros, criando uma exposição especial para destacar o significado histórico de cada peça.)
2. fazer alguém parecer distinto ou superior; distinguir, diferenciar. (Ibidem). ✰ The President's exceptional leadership skills and innovative ideas set him apart from his predecessors, making him the best leader ever. (As excepcionais habilidades de liderança e ideias inovadoras do presidente o diferenciam de seus antecessores, tornando-o o melhor líder de todos os tempos.)
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1. SET APART. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 4 fev. 2024.
1. custar (dinheiro). ✰ "The whole affair set me back around Rs 30,000." (BHPian, 2023). (Todo o caso me custou cerca de Rs 30 mil.)
2. atrasar (um tempo). ✰ "A major flaw with the program is that I'd have to start so late that it'd set me back one year." (Ninoa21 apud UF Post Bacc, 2019). (Uma grande falha do programa é que eu teria que começar tão tarde que isso me atrasaria um ano.)
3. atrasar (o progresso de algo). ✰ "[The operation] has set me back and made me fall down stairs." (Holmes apud Eamonn, 2023). ([A operação] atrasou o meu progresso e me fez cair da escada.)
4. colocar (algo) para trás; afastar.
(a) ✰ The mover carefully set back the heavy bookshelf to make more space in the room. (O transportador cuidadosamente colocou a pesada estante para trás a fim de abrir mais espaço na sala.)
(b) ✰ The security guard set back the unruly crowd to ensure they stayed behind the barricades. (O segurança afastou a multidão indisciplinada para garantir que permanecessem atrás das barricadas.)
5. recuar ✰ "I set my seat back so the lumbar pad hits the lumbar area of my back." (WaterBird apud Improving). (Recuei o meu assento para que a almofada lombar atinja a região lombar das costas.)
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1. BHPIAN rnkgrg. 9-month-old XUV700 suffers DPF issues twice: No resolve found! Team-BHP, 8 jan. 2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/tDXR. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
2. EAMONN Holmes ‘fell down 18 stairs’ while recovering from back surgery: ‘Basically, I can’t walk’. Metro, 9 jan. 2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/yDVk. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
3. IMPROVING seat comfort. Paddling. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/VDB1. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
4. SET SOMEONE back. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/k989k. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
5. UF POST BACC v DIY Post Bacc. SDN, 8 jan. 2019. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/MDCv. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
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1. GREELEY, Martin; ROSE, Pauline. Learning to deliver education in fragile states. Forced Migration Review (FMR). Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/WyL4. Acesso em: 23 fev. 2022.
2. SET BACK (something) or set (something) back. 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. BORENSTEIN, Seth; GRACZYK, Michael. The last astronaut ever to set foot on the moon has died at 82. Associated Press, 16 jan. 2017. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3B3hRfQ. Acesso em: 1 out. 2021.
2. SET FOOT (somewhere). In: Foot Idioms and Quizzes: Foot Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2WpVO3M. Acesso em: 1 out. 2021.
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1. HT ENTERTAINMENT Desk. Tiger Shroff’s debut single Unbelievable makes it to Billboard global chart: ‘Didn’t in my wildest dreams even think about it’. Hindustan Times, Nova Délhi, 3 out. 2020. Bollywood. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/opfi1. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2023.
2. INGRESSAR. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/z6f92. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2023.
3. SET FOOT IN. In: American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5. ed. [S.l.]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2016. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/rylxu. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2023.
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1. SET ONE'S EYES on (someone or something). In: Eye Idioms and Quizzes: Eye Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tk5EAp. Acesso em: 9 set. 2021.
2. WASWA, Allan Watson. On the Heels of the Hill. [S.l.]: Magic Spell Records, 2020. E-book. 50 p. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3k25Ktc. Acesso em: 9 set. 2021.
Veja também: have (one's) nose to the grindstone e put one's hands to the plow / plough.
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1. PUT YOUR HAND to the plough. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2Xl6ukC. Acesso em: 11 set. 2021.
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1. SET ONE'S HEART on (something). In: Heart Idioms and Quizzes: Heart Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/hpdg5. Acesso em: 27 set. 2021.
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1. SET ONE'S TEETH on edge. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3oYntVw. Acesso em: 14 out. 2021.
2. SET ONE'S TEETH on edge. In: Dictionary.com. Oakland, Califórnia: Dictionary.com, LLC, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3oYntVw. Acesso em: 14 out. 2021.
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