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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. AT ONE'S WORST. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2024?]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvcC. Acesso em: 18 nov. 2024.
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1. THE FOREFRONT. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3ABpvPf. Acesso em: 27 jan. 2022.
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1. BACK ON ONE'S FEET. In: Money Idioms and Quizzes: Money Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ibcprf. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2023.
2. NEEDS a Clue. Dear Wendy. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvcG. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2023.
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1. BELLY-UP. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lJHG. Acesso em: 22 dez. 2024.
1. ser terminado ou interrompido inesperadamente, muitas vezes antes do que se pretendia concluir. ✰ His speech was cut short when the power went out in the auditorium. (O seu discurso foi interrompido quando a energia elétrica do auditório acabou.)
2. (UK) estar apertado (para ir ao banheiro). (Cut short). ✰ "We all know how annoying it is to be caught short needing to find a toilet urgently in the city." (Pitt, 2019). (Todos sabemos como é chato estar apertado e precisando encontrar um banheiro com urgência na cidade.)
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1. CAUGHT SHORT. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvcJ. Acesso em: 4 jan. 2023.
2. PITT, Helen. Caught short? Here are Sydney's best public toilets. The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney (Austrália), 2 jun. 2019. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvdb. Acesso em: 4 jan. 2023.
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1. "'Be cent-wise and dollar-foolish' means to be overly cautious or frugal about small amounts of money (cents) while being careless or wasteful with larger amounts (dollars)." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2024.
2. CHINA Daily. US should not let its China policy drift because of sensationalizing of balloon. chinadailyhk.com, Hong Kong, 8 fev. 2023. Opinion. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/4rt92. Acesso em: 14 jan. 2023.
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1. CLUELESS. WordNet 3.0. Farlex clipart collection. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ho5sm. Acesso em: 11 ago. 2023.
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1. DEAL A BLOW. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvdB. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. SENATE rules Democrats can’t include federal minimum wage hike in COVID relief bill. KOBI 5, 26 fev. 2021. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lvdG. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. ENTITLED. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/gpjgt. Acesso em: 17 de agosto de 2023.
2. HOLT v. WILSON. Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. vLex, 15 dez. 1932.
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1. BE GAME. In: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.. [S.l.]: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3HeAD6Z. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2021.
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