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INGL_EXERCICIOS_RAFAELA until Irish voters CAST A SPANNER IN the

works by rejecting the Lisbon treaty in June.


TO STAND TALL = to be proud, to stand out
proudly. America stood tall as the undisputed TO WANE = to decrease, diminish, lower, to
superpower abate. America’s past glory notwithstanding, its
power is now waning.
STEEP = almost vertical. A steep road, a steep
mountain, steep rise/ increase, steep wall, steep TO CANVAS = to select a group of people and
fall interview. Pesquisar a opiniao. Did He canvas
100 indonesians?
DAUNTING = scary
DERANGED = crazy
A VIM = vivacity America needs to recover its
vim. TO RANT ON = to complain incoherently, talk
too much it does not make sense. He have used
OWING TO = due to, because of, on account Huntington’s ideas to rant on about the West’s
of, given, thanks to, as much as, (CAUSE) superiority.

A FLAW = A SHORTCOMING = drawback, TO ASSESS = to examine, to evaluat to give


disadvantage, demerit, weakness, weak spot an assessment.
(negativities, error)

PUT YOUR HEART INTO STUDIES =


study with enthusiasm

HEARTY = He hás a hearty appetite

LUKEWARM = HALF-HEARTED =
SPIRITLESS =apathetically

TO BE AGHAST = to be bewildered,
absolutely surprised in a negative way

GHASTLY = horrifying, surprising in a


negative way

(because)He was late FOR the bus broke dawn.


(despite) FOR all his delay still he managed to
arrive in time

To GIVE a vote TO
To CAST a vote FOR

TO CAST = to throw. To cast a vote for


someone. To cast a spell on someone

TO CAST A SPANNER IN = melar atravancar


cast = jogar e spanner é uma ferramenta. A
referendum was penciled in for the autumn -

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