Basic English Expressions

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Basic English Expressions
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English Expressions A......................................................................... 3 English Expressions B ......................................................................... 6 English Expressions C ......................................................................... 7 English Expressions D ........................................................................ 9 English Expressions E ....................................................................... 13 English Expressions F ....................................................................... 15 English Expressions G ...................................................................... 17 English Expressions H ...................................................................... 17 English Expressions I ........................................................................ 17 English Expressions J........................................................................ 18 English Expressions L ....................................................................... 18 English Expressions M ..................................................................... 19 English Expressions N ...................................................................... 20 English Expressions O ...................................................................... 22 English Expressions P ....................................................................... 23 English Expressions Q ...................................................................... 26 English Expressions R ....................................................................... 26 English Expressions S ....................................................................... 27 English Expressions T ....................................................................... 28 English Expressions U ...................................................................... 29 English Expressions V....................................................................... 30 www.aprenda-ingles-agora.com
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English Expressions - A
a caminho de a cavalo a coisa t preta a dinheiro a espera de a essas horas a fim de que mo medida que a menos que a meu ver moda antiga a no ser que a partir de a partir de (4 de maro) a p a perder de vista a propsito prova dgua prova de bomba queima-roupa a respeito de a saber a tempo on the way to on horse back things are looking bad in cash waiting for by this time so that by hand as long as unless in my opinion in the old-fashioned way unless beginning on from (March 4th) on on foot as far as eyes can see by the way water proof bomb proof at close range, point blank regarding namely on time, in time
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vontade aborrecer-se com abra o olho acabar de fazer algo acabou-se acertar o relgio achar graa acho que no acho que sim afinal de contas agora mesmo agentar a mo ainda que alm disso alm do mais algo de novo ali mesmo alis amanh de manh amarelar amigo da ona anda, vamos andar de branco andar de mal a pior ano bissexto
at ease; to feel at home to become bored with keep your eye on it to have just done something its all over to set the clock, watch to think something is funny I dont think so I think so after all, the long run right now just a minute, hold on although besides furthermore something new right there in fact, actually, in fact tomorrow morning to be afraid a false friend come on, lets go to wear white go from bad to worse leap year
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ao longo da ao passo que ao p da letra ao p de Aparea! apertar as mos de apertar o passo apesar de as aparncias enganam s suas ordens s vezes assim como assim que at amanh at breve at logo At onde? At quando? at que enfim atender a um pedido atender ao telefone
along the while, whereas literally, by the book near, close to come again (to visit us) to shake hands with to quicken your step in spite of appearances are deceiving at your service at times, sometimes as well as as soon as see you tomorrow see you soon see you later, so long How far? (distance) How long? (time) finally to grant a request to answer the telephone
English Expressions B
bater o queixo bater palmas bater papo bater uma foto bem direitinho bem educado Bem feito! bem melhor botar a boca no mundo Botar no olho da rua botar os pingos nos is botar os pingos nos is to shiver, chattering teeth to clap hands to talk, to chat to snap a picture fairly well having good manners Nice going! (sarcastic) much better to scream ones head off to throw someone out to get things straightened out to dot the is and cross the ts
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English Expressions C
cabea de vento caber a uma pessoa caber em Cada macaco no seu galho cada qual cada vez mais caf da manh cair em si cair por terra calar o bico Calma que Brasil nosso! cerrar as cortinas chamar a ateno Chega! chegar a ser chegar a chegar-se a cheio de si coisa alguma com as mos abanando com certeza scatterbrain to be up to a person to fit in, to be room for Everyone should care for their own job each one more and more breakfast to suddenly realize to fall flat to be quiet, keep a secret Take it easy! to draw the curtains to attract the attention Thats enough! to become, get to be to amount to (of sums) to draw close to proud nothing without achieving ones purpose certainly, surely
as a matter of fact excuse me (permission to com licena leave) com respeito a regarding comer o po que o diabo to go through great amassou hardship immensely, very much, como o qu loads of comprar a prestaes to buy on installments conhecer de nome to know by name conhecer na ponta da to know it backwards and lngua forwards to allow (someone doing consentir em something) contanto que provided that contar com algum to count on someone contente da vida very happy convir em to agree to cor-de-rosa pink correr o mundo to travel correr perigo to run a risk, danger cortar o cabelo to get a haircut Cuidado! Watch out! Be careful!
com efeito
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English Expressions D
da a pouco daqui a pouco daqui a um ano daqui em diante dar luz dar as boas vindas dar as cartas dar bom dia dar cabo dar certo dar com dar em nada dar gosto dar gritos dar no rdio, TV dar o brao a torcer dar o fora dar para dar para (msica, etc) dar parte de dar por si dar por vencido dar pulos in a short while in a little while a year form now from now on to give birth to, to deliver to welcome to deal cards to say good morning to put an end to, finish up to turn out right to encounter, run into to have no results to be pleasing to shout, cry out to be broadcast to admit your own fault to walk out, get out to look out upon, to face to be gifted in (music, etc) to report to be aware of to give up to jump
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dar um jeito dar um passeio dar um passo dar um pulo dar um pulo dar um trote dar uma olhada dar uma volta na chave dar uma volta por dar uma volta dar-se bem com dar-se conta de dar-se mal em dar-se por vencido de duas em duas horas de trs em trs dias de acordo com de boa vontade de bom grado de bruos de cama de costas para de dia de graa de hoje a oito
to find a way to take a walk, ride to take a step to visit someone to jump, to drop in, by to kid someone, to trick to take a look at to turn the key to go through to take a walk to get along with to realize to fail to admit ones defeat every two hours every three days according to willingly, gladly willingly, gladly face down to be (sick) in bed with ones back to by day, during the day free, free of charge a week from today
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de hoje em diante de jeito nenhum de luto de madrugada de mal a pior de maneira que de manh (cedinho) de modo algum de modo que de noite de novo de outro modo de ouvido de p de propsito de quebrar a cabea de repente de sorte que de tarde de trem de uma vez por todas de verdade de vez em quando de volta deitar-se
from today on no way to be in mourning at dawn from bad to worse so that in the morning (early) not al all so that at night, in the evening again otherwise by hearsay, by ear standing on purpose it drives me crazy suddenly so that in the afternoon by train once for all real, really from time to time to be back to go to bed, lie down
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deixar de fazer deixar passar em brancas nuvens dentro em pouco depois de amanh descascar um abacaxi desligar a luz despedir-se desta vez dia til dirigido a dirigir-se a divertir-se dizem as ms lnguas do outro mundo dobrar a esquina doidinho da Silva dormir como anjo dormir como uma pedra
to quit, to stop (doing) to ignore something, to forgive in a short while the day after tomorrow to solve a problem to turn off the light to say ones goodbye this time working day addressed, directed to to speak to, go toward to have a good time people are talking about extraordinary to turn the corner completely crazy to sleep soundly to sleep soundly
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English Expressions E
canja de galinha E da...? E da? mesmo em breve em casa em dia com em pauta em p em pleno vero em seguida em toda parte em todo caso em vez de em volta de encontrar com enquanto est bem estar bem estar certo, ter razo estar cheio de dedos estar com boa aparncia estar com calor estar com cimes its a piece of cake And so...? So what? thats it soon, briefly at home to be up-to-date on the agenda upright, standing up in the middle of Summer afterwards, right away everywhere in any case instead of around to meet (by chance) while all right to be well (off) to be right to be all thumbs to look well to be warm (of a person) to be jealous
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estar com dor de cabea to have a headache estar com fome to be hungry estar com frio to be cold (a person) estar com pressa to be in a hurry estar com raiva to be angry estar com sede to be thirsty estar com sede to be thirsty estar com sono to be sleepy estar com sorte to be in luck; to be lucky estar com sorte to be lucky estar com saudades de to miss, to long for estar com vergonha to be ashamed estar com vontade de to feel like doing estar duro to be broke (money) estar fora to be out estar mal to be in a bad day estar morrendo de dor de to have a splitting cabea headache estar na hora de to be on time estar pela hora da morte to be exorbitant in price estar prestes a to be about doing estar quites com to be even with esticar as canelas, bater as to die, to kick the bucket botas Estimo melhoras pra voc. I hope youll get better. Eu sei l? How should I know?
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English Expressions F
falar com duplo sentido falar da vida alheia falar pelos cotovelos faltar a uma aula faltar com a palavra faltar dinheiro faz um ms fazer a barba fazer a chamada fazer anos fazer as malas fazer as pazes fazer as refeies fazer as unhas fazer bem a fazer bom tempo fazer bonito fazer calor fazer caretas fazer caso de fazer compras fazer direito to speak with a forked tongue to gossip to talk too much, to be a chatterbox to miss a class to break ones word to lack money a month ago to shave to call the roll to have a birthday to pack bags to make up after a quarrel to take ones meals to manicure the nails to be good for a person to be good weather to make a good impression to be warm, hot (weather)2 to pull faces to pay attention to to go shopping to do well
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fazer feio fazer festas a fazer frio fazer greve fazer mal a fazer prova fazer questo de fazer sol fazer tempestade num copo dgua fazer um p de meia fazer um seguro fazer uma assinatura fazer uma conferncia fazer uma viagem fazer-se de bobo fazer-se, tornar-se ficar aborrecido com ficar amarrado ficar bom ficar com ficar em cima do muro ficar noivo ficar para amanh foi uma distrao
to make a bad impression to show affection to be cold (weather) to go on strike to hurt to take a test to make a point of, to insist to shine (the sun) to make a mountain out of a mole hill to save up a nest egg to take out insurance to subscribe to give a lecture to take a trip to play dumb to become (a professional) to become annoyed at to be tied down to recover from an illness to keep, take, acquire not to commit oneself to become engaged to be put off until tomorrow it was a slip
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fora de moda formar-se
out of style (date) to graduate
English Expressions G
ganhar a vida ganhar um presente graas a to earn a living to receive a gift thanks to
English Expressions H
h alguns anos h hesitar em hora certa horrio do expediente some years ago there is, there are to hesitate to right, correct time official business hours
English Expressions I
ir cidade ir ao centro ir ao encontro de ir ao estrangeiro ir com a cara ir ter com ir-se embora isso o de menos to go downtown to go downtown to go in order to meet someone to go abroad to get along with to go meet, go to a person to go away that is not the worst part
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English Expressions J
jogar fora to throw away
English Expressions L
l em baixo l em cima l pelas oito horas legal levantar vo levar a cabo levar a mal levar a srio levar a srio levar a vida na flauta levar em conta levar jeito para levar tempo ligar o rdio logo que louco por down there, downstairs up there, upstairs at about (around) eight oclock cool to take off (airplane) to carry out, fulfill to take amiss to take seriously to take something seriously not to take something seriously to take into account to be gifted in something to take time to turn on the radio as soon as crazy about
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English Expressions M
mais uma vez mandar (fazer) mandar buscar mandar chamar o mdico mandar entregar manter informado marcar uma consulta marcar uma hora maria-vai-com-as-outras matar o tempo matria prima me faa o favor meia dzia menos mal mesmo assim mesmo que (or se) meter a colher meter o bedelho montar a cavalo montar uma loja mudar de casa muitas vezes once more to order to send for (a thing) to send for the doctor to have delivered to keep informed to make an appointment to make an appointment wish-washy kill time raw material do me a favor half dozen, six not so bad even so even if stick your nose into to poke your nose in to ride horseback to set up a shop to move often, many times
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English Expressions N
na certa nada de novo nada de segredos nada disso no adianta no caber em si de contente no chegar aos ps de no dar pela coisa no dizer que sim nem que no no de se estranhar que No ? (N?) no faz mal no faz mal no h de que no obstante no passar de no pregar o olho no pregar o olho certainly, for sure nothing new no secrets no way its no worth the trouble to be beside oneself with joy to be inferior to he didnt catch on not to commit oneself it is not strange that isnt it, arent you, havent they, etc it does not matter, never mind no matter, never mind, thats ok you are welcome, dont mention it not withstanding to be no more than not be able to sleep not to sleep a wink
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no prestar pra nada no que eu saiba no querer saber de no ter nada com isso no ter ps nem cabea no t nem a nem mesmo se nem... nem no entanto no olho da rua noite passada novinho em folha
to be good for nothing not that I know not want anything to do with not to be ones affair, job not to make any sense I just dont care not even if neither... nor nevertheless, however in the middle of the street last night brand new
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English Expressions O
o manda chuva o quanto antes O que aconteceu? O que h? O que voc tem? onde quer que ontem noite Ora, essa! osso difcil de roer ou seja outra vez outro qualquer outro tanto ouvir dizer ouvir falar de the boss as soon as possible Whats happened? Whats the matter? What is the matter with you? wherever last night What a question! a hard nut to crack or rather again, another time any other as much again, twice as much to hear (something said) to hear (tell) of
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English Expressions P
Palavra de honra! palavra que po-duro para ingls ver para que para todo o sempre parecer-se com passagem de ida e volta passar a + infinitive passar a ferro passar a noite em claro passar bem passar fome passar os olhos por passar por alto passar sem passar um filme passar um pito em algum passar um telegrama passar um vestido passar uma lio para I cross my heart! I give you my word that miser, a stingy person just for show - make an impression so that, in order that for ever, forever to look like someone round trip ticket to go on to, to begin to press, iron not to be able to sleep everything is going well to starve, to be extremely hungry to glance at to overlook, to omit to do without to show a movie to scold someone to send a telegram to iron a dress to assign a lesson for
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passar-se, acontecer Passe bem! p de meia pedir / pegar carona pedir desculpas pegar com a boca na botija pegar fogo pegar no sono pegar o nibus pego em flagrante pela noitinha pelas quatro horas pelo jeito pelo menos pelo sim, pelo no perder o fio da meada pois Pois no? por acaso Posso entrar? por a por aqui por atacado por baixo dos panos
to happen, to be going on Good-bye! (Farewell) nest egg to hitchhike to beg pardon to be caught in the act to catch fire to fall asleep to catch the bus to be caught in the act at twilight at about four oclock by the look of things at least just in case lose the thread of the conversation thats it Can I help you? by chance, per chance May I come in? thereabout around here, this way wholesale secretly
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because of, on account of for the moment, so far, yet, por enquanto still por falar nisso by the way por favor please por fim at last por isso que thats why por isso mesmo for that reason por mais que no matter how much por menos que no matter how little por na conta de to charge to por pouco almost (within an ace of) por toda parte everywhere por via das dvidas just in case poro de, uma a large number of, a lot of pr-se a + infinitive to start pr-se a caminho to start out, set out pr-se em p to get up posto que although, inasmuch as pregar uma pea to play a trick prestar ateno to pay attention Pronto! Ready! Thats all! Finished! puxar a me, pela me to take after ones mother
por causa de
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English Expressions Q
qual o qu quando do seu regresso quanto a quanto antes melhor quanto antes, o quanto mais melhor Quanto tempo? Que bicho te mordeu? Que nada! que nem Que tal... Que tal? quebrar o galho queira + infinitive quem quer que querer bem a querer dizer querer mal a quinze dias not at all, of course not upon his return as for the sooner the better as soon as possible the more the better How long? (time) Whats the matter with you? Nonsense, not at all just like (colloquial) How about... What do you think of that? to get a job done by favor please whoever, whomever to love (someone) to mean, to mean to say to have ill will for someone two weeks
English Expressions R
raspar mquina responder certo to use the clippers (cutting hair) to answer correctly
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English Expressions S
saber de cr e salteado to know by heart saber lidar com uma know how to handle a pessoa person sair bem ou mal to come out well or poorly saltar de to get off (a taxi, bus) so horas de it is time to se bem que although seja como for come what way sem mais tardar right now sem querer by accident, unintentionally sem um vintm penniless semana que vem next week (month...) sentir calor to be warm (a person) sentir falta (saudades) de to miss, be homesick for ser dono de si mesmo to be ones own boss Ser? Are you sure about that? servir (para) to be good, useful (for) s prestar para o fogo not be worth two cents sob medida made to order, tailor-made
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English Expressions T
T na mesa, pessoal! Dinner is on! tal pai, tal filho like father, like son tanto quanto as much as to cedo so soon to como (or quanto) as... as Tenho que... I must... ter cuidado to be careful ter de + infinitive to have to (ter que) ter do bom e do to have nothing but the best melhor ter juzo to be prudent, sensible ter medo to be afraid ter notcias de to hear from ter pena de to feel sorry for ter queda para to have a bent, inclination for ter receio de to be afraid, to be suspicious ter saudades de to be homesick for, to miss ter vontade de to feel like doing something ter... anos to be ... years old tim-tim por tim-tim in details, exactly to hit the jackpot, win the first tirar a sorte grande prize tirar a sorte to flip a coin tirar concluses to draw conclusions
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tirar cpias tirar desforra de tirar um retrato tirar uma soneca tocar piano todas as vezes que todo o mundo todo prosa todos os dias tomar banho de mar tomar conta de tomar coragem tomar providncias tornar a + infinitive tratar de + infinitive tratar-se de
to make copies to get even with to take a picture to take a nap, snooze to play the piano whenever, as often as everybody very proud every day to go swimming to take care of, to take charge of take courage take the steps to do something to... again to take care of, to try to to be about, to be a question of
English Expressions U
uma vez que seeing that, once (that), since
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English Expressions V
valer pena valer-se de Vamos nessa? Vamos... + infinitive vez por outra virar de cabea pra baixo virar pelo avesso visto que voltar a + infinitive vou ver (se) to be worthwhile (worth the trouble) to make use of Lets go? Lets... now and then, once in a while to turn upside down to turn inside out seeing that, since to ... again I will see (whether)
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