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Vocabulary 5
English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AMONG / EXERTIONS / WILL - They are among the most painful exertions of the human will. | entre / esforços / vontade |
| FACE - Let's face it. | enfrentar |
| LIFT / DOUGHNUTS - That can lift doughnuts into your mouth. | levantar / rosquinhas |
| TROUNCE - The present self can trounce all over its dreams. | castigar severamente |
| FOUGHT - That's being fought. | passado de fight - que está sendo travada |
| LEVEL - We need commitment devices to level the playing field between the two. | nivelar |
| STARVING - When I was a starving post-doc. | esfomeado |
| PERISH - I was deep in a publish or perish phase of my career. | perecer |
| TOWARDS - I had to write five pages a day towards paper. | em direção à |
| DEVIL - The devil is reallu in the details. | diabo |
| MIXED MESSAGES - I'm sending myself mixed messages. | mensagens contraditórias |
| POINTLESS - It was just a completely pointless exchange of money. | sem sentido |
| NAGGING / CONCERN - There's two nagging concerns that I've always had about commitment devices. | irritantes / preocupação |
| WEASEL - You can always weasel your way out of them. | make promisses then renege on them (renegá-las) |
| TIMELY ISSUE - This is a timely issue. | questão oportuna |
| WHEREAS - Whereas the futurre self wants the present self to save. | considerando que |
| RETIREMENT - The chance of not being able to meet your needs in retirement. | aposentadoria |
| SOMEHOW - We somehow might not believ that we're going to get you. | de alguma maneira |
| OUTCOME - Each outcome is shown by one of these markers. | resultado |
| FATE - You can try to manipulate your fate | destino |
| ELATION - Just seeing that gave you a small sense of elation and joy. | euforia |
| DREAD - it might have given you a alight sense of dread and nausea. | pavor |
| GET BY - Thinking about struggling to get by in retirement. | sobreviver |
| UNDERTAKE - The savings that they undertake today determine their well-being in the future. | empreender |
| SO ON - if you're retiring 3000 dollars per month and so on. | assim por diante |
| FACED - You're faced with the unfortunate reality. | depara |
| HOUSING - You won't be able to afford any housing. | habitação |
| DELIGHTED - The future selfi is delighted. | encantado |
| FROWN - Because as one face smiles, the other face frowns. | franzir a sombrancelha |
| JUST FOR KICKS - And just for kicks we ran his picture through the balding. | só por diversão |
| OWE / DISABUSE - I think we owe it to hom as well as yourself to disabuse you of that last image. | dever, ter a obrigação / desiludir |
| ON BEHALF - On behalf of Hal and myself. | em nome |
| RESORT - And that some resort to compulsive exercise. | recorrer |
| PERCEIVE / FLAWS - Referring to perceived flaws and imperfections. | perceber / falhas |
| DRAW - They talk about their appearance in ways that draw attention to weight. | chamar, atrair |
| CHUBBY - They have been described as chubby. | gordo |
| DETER - Their appearance had deterred them from going to the gym. | intimidar |
| SLIM DOWN - They were on a calorie-controlled diet to slim down. | emagrecer |
| GUILTY - Men are also guilty of commenting on another's body. | culpado |
| TRADE - They would trade a year of life if they could. | trocar |
| FOREGO - they forego six to ten years. | renunciar |
| DRIVEN / PURSUIT - They had exercised in a driven or compulsive way in pursuit of that goal. | orientada / busca |
| ALTHOUGH - Although that might have been partly due to 52% of the respondents being gym members. | embora |
| UNHELPFULLY / REINFORCING - They blamed the media for unhelpfully reinforcing unrealistic ideals of physical perfection. | inutilmente / reforçar |
| LEAN - Males want to be big and lean. | magro |
| BREAST - There's been a increase in the numbers of men having cosmetic procedures such as removal breast tissue. | mamilo |
| NEWSWORTHY - Why are the results of the survey newsworthy? | que vale a pena ser publicado |
| NUISANCE - He is a nuisance. | estorvo |
| PLUNGE / PIT - Plunge us into a pit of depression. | lançar / poço, buraco |
| GEAR - You're always stuck in second gear. | marcha |
| DENTS / KNUCKLES - Did you see the dents in his knuckles. | cavidades / dedos |
| UNBOUND - Euphoria Unbound | solto |
| GET HIT / GROIN - Dead guy getting hit in the groin 20 times. | ser atropelado / virilha |
| MISTRESS - Your friends are passing around page 79 of "Mistress Bitch". | amante |
| TRICK / HIP - The thing after the opera with the girl with the trick hip. | truque / quadril |
| BLAST - I think she's a blast. | explosão |
| ARRESTED - What is this about you being arrested in London? | preso |
| BEAMING - I'm busy beaming with pride. | radiante |
| CRAVING - I just get this craviing for kung pao chicken. | ânsia, desejo |
| BURST - And then he burst into flames. | explodir |
| MAYOR / FARE - The mayor wants to raise fares again. | prefeito / tarifa, passagem |
| FAMISHED - I'm famished. | fome |
| TRACK OF TIME - We lost track of time. | controle do tempo |
| APPRAISE - Anyone want me to appraise anything? | avaliar |
| SLUGGER - Are you okay, slugger? | lutador de boxe |
| LICK - It's the one he's licking. | lamber |
| NIPPLES - The girl on the cover with her nipples showing? | mamilos |
| KILL OFF - A complication you eventually kill off. | matar |
| OVERSLEPT - Apparently somebody overslept. | sleep longer than intended |
| RESTRUNG - It's being restrung. | to equip with string again |
| SPENDING WAY - You are spending way too much time. | gastando |
| SCUM - I'm scum. | escória |
| GOGGLES - He didn't get the goggles. | óculos de proteção |
| JOCK / STRAP - He's not even wearing a jock strap. | atleta / faixa |
| DROP OFF - I'd drop these off on the way. | deixar |
| CRAP / GO THROUGH - No one knows the crap I go through with my mom. | porcaria / passar |
| SLAM - Let me slam the door. | fechar ruidosamente |
| UNDONE - Women Undone | arruinada |
| TONSIL - You played tonsil tennis with my mom. | amídalas |
| WOOZY - A little woozy. | debilitado, fraco |
| SHAVE - You know who shaved you? | barbear |
| TOLD OFF - He told her off. | bronca |
| TINY / UPSIDE DOWN - They're so tiny and upside down. | apertado / de cabeça para baixo |
| SUBJECTING - I've spent the last decade subjecting myself to pain. | sujeitando |
| TO FINE ME - My wife started to fine me one dollar for every irrelevant fact I inserted into conversation. | multar-me |
| DOWNSIDES - So it had its downsides. | desvantagens |
| JEWISH - I'm jewish. | judeu |
| HERITAGE - i decided to learn about the Bible and my heritage by actually diving in and trying to live it and immerse myself in it. | herança |
| BEARD - From the Commandments to growing my beard. | barba |
| TOPIARY - So there was the topiary there. | que poda as plantas com artes ornamentais |
| OVERWHELMING - It was so overwhelming. | opressivo |
| MIND-BOGGLING - It's just mind-boggling. | incompreensível |
| SORT OF A BOARD - I was talking to sort of a board of a medical advisers. | espécie de conselho |
| TREADMILL - I wrote the book on a treadmill. | esteira |
| SUNSCREEN - I had to put on sunscreen. | protetor solar |
| FEAT - This was no small feat. | proeza |
| SHOT - You should have a shot glass full of sunscreen. | dose |
| GLAZED - I was like a glazed doughnut for most of the year. | acetinado, vitrificado |
| WIPE DOWN - i should also wipe down all of the remote controls. | limpar |
| ORGIES - Those are just orgies of germs. | orgias |
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