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1 – Don't talk about your future plans, you will jinx them!

- To jinx: é uma palavra comumente usada quando se tem a crença


de que algo supersticiosamente pode ser estragado ou azarado.
- Não fale sobre seus futuros planos, você irá arruiná-los/ isso dá
azar

2 – I just jinxed the idea by telling you


- To jinx: é uma palavra comumente usada quando se tem a crença
de que algo supersticiosamente pode ser estragado ou azarado.
- Eu acabei de arruinar a ideia por ter te falado

3 – I was sure we were going to win, but I didn’t say so because I


didn’t want to jinx it.
- Jinx: também pode ser usada para falar sobre má sorte,
- Eu tinha certeza de que iríamos vencer, mas não falei nada, porque
não queria trazer má sorte.

4 – There must be a jinx on their team! They lost their last three
games!
- Jinx: também pode ser usada para falar sobre má sorte,
- O time deles deve estar com má sorte! Eles perderam os últimos três
jogos!

5 – There's a jinx on this computer – it's crashed three times this


morning!
- bad luck, or a person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck
6 – I thought we would win, but I didn't say so – I didn't want to jinx
it.
- to cause a person or group to experience bad luck

7 – I didn’t want to say anything to him – I was afraid I might jinx


him.
- to cause a person or group to experience bad luck

8 – There must be a jinx on our team – four of our best players were
injured yesterday.
- a person or thing that brings bad luck, or a period of bad luck

9–
Pete: "That engine does not sound right. I hope it doesn't blow up on
you while you're driving."
Doug: "Come on, don't jinx it!"
- To unintentionally curse someone or something by talking out loud
about bad things that could potentially happen in the near future.
(Similar to the Knock on Wood superstition)

10 – The strike has jinxed my plans to go to Milwaukee for the


weekend.
- to bring bad luck to; place a jinx on

11– His sudden laugh jinxed the host's joke.


- to destroy the point of
12 – He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
- Jinx: You can call something or someone that is considered to be
unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx.

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