spiffy

jaunt
ocelot
favoritism
crippling (adj)
aberrant
rapturous
scare (n)
front hall - vest�bulo
to bear up (intr.)
I hereby acknowledge
inordinately
weeknight
be met by
assertive - decidido

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birdseed
in attendance
disabused of
kangaroo court
backsliding
strictures
...

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a detriment
cash-laden
eyesore
to rally opposition/support

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slugfest
to shy away from
much prefer
to one-up
to keep tabs on
to snoop around
to idolize
to skewer
lockets - relic�rios
temporal
to touch on
trim ("a trim blonde")
disenchanted
to relocate
to run [an article]
to stymie
letterhead, on his personal stationery
was hard at work on
expos� (count noun)

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to be sympathetic to (=apoiar, tomar as dores de)

pooled what little money they had
to have a talent/gift/knack for
political clout
operative (count noun)
arrojado for innovative
to earn a degree
newscaster
street-smart black man
disaffected
headmaster, diretor da escola
proselytize for
teacher�s aide, monitora
put a spring in his step
wrangle (n)
to pepper sth with sth
to blow off steam
cocky
misstep
consequential
woozy
befuddled

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to be integral to
to pastor
backwater (adj)
cerimonial - figurativo
to trump - passar por cima (in importance, to gain priority over)
to picket (trans.)
to be taken to task (by someone)
misgivings
to name names
to talk out of turn - dar com a l�ngua nos dentes
makeup - os integrantes, a forma��o
to segue
to sell out

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traitorous
kowtowing
Better-heeled
incremental (gradual)
to blanket
spick-and-span
hands-down (adj), hands down (adv)
to bend over backwards to
helter-skelter
stop offs
who had been prepped in advance to say just the right things.
newspaper presses
to bicker
ran counter to
to gripe that
to blow off steam
you�re the cat�s meow
lick, whack, swat
as a last resort - em �ltimo caso
rote (adj)
struck an especially deep chord with

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to cherry-pick
pernicious - nocivo
to underwrite
avowed - declarado
rough-and-tumble (adj)
to rattle sabers - fazer demonstra��es de for�a
to last long - vingar
to be agreeable - estar de acordo (!)
backbreaking work
to leverage, arrancar
pulled muscles
The heat was prostrating even on the coolest days, and the jungle humidity
compounded the effect.
to quash
to be on a roll
to overstep (intran) exagerar, pq foi mto confiante
began plainclothes stakeouts in the park
incensed - enfezado

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to take down a peg

to browbeat
to defray
to extoll
topsoil
potash
to factor in
unenviable
to mother
touting the Promised Land to followers
keepsake

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buffer
outhouse
to wallow
outlays - repasses? remessas? gastos? [sa�da de dinheiro
on the theory that
the clothes on their backs.
unnerve - discourage
fallback
crushing food costs
chicken coops and a piggery
Rule breakers
reveille
gleaned from
who�d worked in press capacities
was somehow in league with the CIA and FB
snappishness
potholed

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tattle
dignitaries - pessoas importantes
street toughs
story assignment - pauta
on hand
dregs
rookie novato
to publish a hard-hitting expos�
a break-in
full-spirited support
to win by a landslide
retain - contratado?
retainer - ordenado? sal�rio de advogado
that many - o mesmo tanto, a msma qtidade
the real estate skulduggery
bellyachers
iteration
the tale of exploitation and human foible
issued a terse statement that if Jones
stranglehold
Jim�s gone to Guyana until things blow over.

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shady deals - negociatas

to bide his time
vocal - sem papas na l�ngua
to parrot
snappy
U.S. House and Senate
couched within legal limits
Court maneuverings
created a ticklish situation
she would be quartered in a separate cottage
a tonic - revigorante
shift - movimentar dinheiro?
bankbook
an all-out effort
enforcer

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ferret out?
invite questions
departure

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mugginess - quente e h�mido

to mill, perambular
fury