VOCABULÁRIO

Dessért – sobremesa
Désert – deserto
Emplóyee – empregado
Responsabílity – responsabilidade
Tíre – pneu
Cónsole – mobília
Consóle – consolo
Compláin – queixar-se
Drop off – deixar alguém em algum lugar
Elíminate – eliminar, cancelar
Inconsiderate – que não considera, desrespeitoso
Púppy – cachorrinho
Hélmet – capacete
Hurt – machucar, cortar, ferir, (magoar)
Plúmber – encanador (plumber fixes water pipes)
Pípe – cano
Shóut – gritar, grito
Góssip – falar mau, difamar
Porpouse – propósito (on prorpouse – de propósito)
Exterminátor – quem mata insetor
On time – na hora
Smuggle – contrabandear, passar clandestinamente
Obstacles – obstáculos
Race – corrida / raça
Despair – desespero, desesperar
Jealous – ciumento, invejoso
Confuse – confundir, misturar
Concern – interesse, interessar, no que diz respeito a (about)
Although – embora, apesar de
Aim – alvo, pontaria, objetivo | apontar, visar
Altogether – completamente, totalmente, inteiramente
Aid – ajuda, auxílio | ajudar auxiliar
Tragedy – tragédia
Instead – em lugar de, em vez de, ao contrário
Attempt – tentativa | tentar
Attend – comparecer, frequentar
Sink – pia, lavabo / arruinar, ficar mais fraco
Leak – vazamento, fenda, goteira | escoar, vazar
Argue – discutir, debater, argumentar
Attic – sótão | elegante, requintado
Charm – cativar, fascinar, cativar
Urine – urina
Accolade – elogio, louvor
Acknowledge – reconhecer, certificar, admitir
Underprivileged – desfavorecido, desprivilegiado
Crossroad – cruzamento, encruzilhada
Stun – atordoar, chocar, desorientar
Gratefull – agradecido, grato
Meanwhile – entretanto, enquanto isso
Youth – juventide
Reach – alcançar, atingir | alcance, âmbito
Sweetheart – querida/o
Along – junto a, ao longo de
Way – forma, maneira, modo, caminho, direção
Smitten – ferido
role model – modelo
losing – perda
streak – faixa, risca, vestígio
gnaw – roer, atormentar, consumir
affair – assunto, questão, negócio
inner – interior, secreto
jogging – correr, sacudir
shooting – tiroteio (shoot - atirar, tiro)
spree – farra, bebedeira
supremacist – supremacia
suddenly – de repente, subtamente
despair – desespero, desesperar-se
bitterness – amargura
self-pity – pena de si mesmo
spotlight – holofote
address – endereço
instill – insinuar
self-worth – auto-estima, própria glória
torch – tocha, lâmpada, maçarico
riot – distúrbio, revolta, tumulto, desordem violenta | revoltar-se, amotinar-se
ally – aliar-se
swomp – brejo, pântano
succession – sucessão
minority – minoria
majority – maioria
ma’am – senhora, madame
upset – chatear, perturbar, transtornar
dialog – diálogo
shoulder – ombro | arcar
demonstrator – manifestante
fall asleep – adormecer
annunciate – anunciar, declarar
get over – superar
curteous – cortês
crush – esmagar, triturar, moer
healing – cura, curativo
rascal – malandro, patife, tratante
pester – insistir, incomodar
wool – lã, penugem
confidence – confiança
mend – consertar, reparar, corrigir
throat – garganta
assemble – reunir, juntar
browse – procurar, dar uma olhada
research – pesquisar
search – procurar, buscar, pesquisar
gymnasium (gym) – ginásio
weld – soldar (welder - soldador)
screw – parafusar
wed – casar-se (wedding - casamento)
compulsory – obrigatório, compulsório
leaning – inclinado, inclinação
rely – confiar, depender
therein – aí, nesse lugar, ali, naquele lugar
awesome (ósom) – maravilhoso, terrível, pavoroso
awe (ó) – temor, reverência, admiração, medo, terror, receio
earthquake – terremoto
flood – spill over – dilúvio, inundação, transbordar
foreign – estrangeiro
improve – melhorar, aperfeiçoar
total = total, todo, montanto
altogether – completamente, inteiramente
check – examinar, checar | exame
flow – fluxo | fluir
former – anterior, ex-, passado
harbor – porto, abrigo | abrigar, proteger
average – média, proporção
infer – inferir, deduzir, supor (suppose)
clue – pista, dica
cue – palpite
trade – comércio, negócio | negociar
instead – em vez de, no lugar de
dwell – habitar, residir
laugh – rir, gargalhar, escarnecer
maintain – manter, preservar
maintenance – manutenção
mean – média, meio | significar, pretender, denotar
furnace – fogão
honesty – honestidade
discipline – disciplina | disciplinar
compassion – compaixão
gratitude – gratidão, reconhecimento
humility – humildade
perseverance – perseveraça
fuzzy – vago, impreciso
overcome – superar, vencer, derrotar, conquistar
prejudice – preconceito, prejuízo | prejudicar
get rid of – livrar-se de
advertise (ment) – anunciar (anúncio, publicidade, propaganda) abrev.: Ad
help wanted – ter vaga para emprego
seldom – raramente (rarely)
never – nunca
face – rosto | encarar
place – lugar, localidade | colocar, pôr, depositar
scoff - zombar, escarnecer
struggle – grande esforço | tentar duramente
discuss – discutir
burly – bem-constituído
riot – motim | provocar tumultos
misery – miséria
screech – guincho | grito penetrante
shove – empurrar | shoving – empurrão
swinging – balanço
ringleader – chefe, cabeça
surprise – surpresa | surpreender, espantar
gruff – áspero, rude, grosso (not soft, gentle)
bold – corajoso, arrojado | negrito
root – raiz | enraizar
skip – pular, passar
shift – substituição, troca, mudança, turno | mudar, deslocar
polite – educado
miss – faltar, perder | falta, erro | senhorita
honorous – honroso
reliable – digno de confiança, confiável
faithful – fiel, confiável
cashier – caixa
clerk – balconista, escriturário
staff – pessoal, apoio, grupo de funcionários
guidance counsuler – consultor
journalist – jornalista
manager – gerente, administrador
musician – músico
salesperson – vendedor
hire – empregar, contratar
shelf – prateleira
astounding – espantoso, fora do normal
fairy-tale – conto de fadas
such – tal (such as – tal como)
at least – pelo menos
minimum – mínimo
daytime – diurno
firefighter – bombeiro
in the past – no passado
instant - instante
immediatily – imediatamente
late night – tarde da noite
local – local
9 to 5 – período de trabalho
24/7 – 24h 7 dias p/ semana
night shift – turno da noite
office worker –
switch – trocar
worldwide – em todo o mundo, espalhado pelo mundo, pelo mundo todo
innocent – inocente
incense – incenso
adjusted – ajustado (change cituations to acomodate the needs)
theory – teoria
effects – efeitos
resolt – resultados
advantage =/ disadvantage – vantagem e desvantagem
awake – acordar
prefer – preferir
unique – único, singular (it’s not avaliable in every were, not commun)
reindeer – rena
lonely – solitário
parent – pais
ache – dor
dishes – louça, prato
set out – estabelecer, equipar
record – registrar | registro
stand up for – defender
convince – convencer
delegate – incumbir, encarregar, delegar | representante
concerning – concernente, com respeito a
concern – preocupação, interesse | preocupar-se, interessar-se
reputation – reputação
Worth – digno, valor, vale a pena (preço, quantidade ou mérito)
Trustworthy – confiável
Reliable – confiança, de confiança
Solve – resolver, esclarecer
Attachment – ligação
Tangeble – tangível,
Measureble - mensurável
Measure – medida | medir
Tapemeasure – trena
Stubbonrn – obstinado, teimoso
Donkey – burro
Determined – determinado
Paradigma – paradigma
Cranky – pessoa que muda de humor, mal-humorado | excêntrico
Steal, stole, stolen – roubar
Retire (d) – retirar-se, aposentar-se, ir dormir
Retirement plan – plano de aposentadoria
Tenant – inquilino, alugante
At once – ao mesmo tempo, imediatamente (right now)
Cardboard (box) – (caixa de) papelão
Dumpster – lixeira
Dump – depósito de lixo
Hazard – perigo, arriscado | arriscar
Fire hazard – perigo de incêndio
Dispose – dispor, colocar
Can – lata
Bin – caixa, silo | armazenar
Waste – resíduos, desperdício | desperdiçar, gastar, perder
Shatter – partir, quebrar, despedaçar
Slip (-pery) – escorregar, deslizar | escorregador, deslize
Slick – liso
Pile up – acumular, engavetar | engavetamento, empilhamento
Injure – ferir, prejudicar, machucar-se
Damage – danificar, prejudicar | dano, prejuízo
Closure – encerramento | encerrar o debate
Bend – dobrar, curvar | dobra, curva
Pathway – via, caminho, vereda
Path – trajeto, caminho
Vital – vital, vigoroso, necessário
Trade – comércio, negócio | trocar, barganhar
Smuggle – contrabandear, passar escondido
Heal – curar
Fair – feira, exposição | justo, honesto, imparcial
Unfair – parcial, injusto
Impressive - impressionante

Two Word Verbs

back out of bear down on bear on
desert; fail to keep a promise lean on; browbeat have to do with
bear up under break in on break into
endure interrupt interrupt
call for care for carry on with
come to get; require like; guard; supervise; maintain continue
catch up with
check up on come across
cover the distance between
examine; verify find accidentally
oneself and
come along with come by come down with
accompany; make progress find accidentally become ill with
come out with come up with count on
utter; produce utter; produce rely on
cut in on disagree with do away with
interrupt cause illness or discomfort to abolish
do without drop in at/on drop out of
deprive oneself of visit casually without planning leave; quit
face up to fall behind in fall back on
acknowledge lag; not progress at required pace use for emergency purpose
fall out with fill in for get ahead of
quarrel with substitute for surpass; beat
get away with get by with
get around
do without being caught or manage with a minimum of
evade; avoid
punished effort
get down to get in get off
become serious about; consider enter (a vehicle) descend from; leave
get on get on with get through with
enter (a vehicle); mount proceed with terminate, finish
go back on go for go in for
desert; fail to keep (a promise) like a great deal be interested in; participate in
go with
go on with go over
harmonize with; look pleasing
continue review
together
go without hang around hear from
abstain from remain idly in the vicinity of receive a communication from
hear of
hit on hold on to
learn about (sometimes
discover accidentally grasp tightly
accidentally)
hold out against keep at keep to
resist persevere at persist in; continue
 live on
keep up with lie down on
support or sustain oneself by
maintain the pace of evade; fail to do
means of
live up to
look after look back on
maintain the standard demanded
take care of remember nostalgically
of
look down on look forward to look up to
feel superior to anticipate respect; admire
make up for pass on pick on
compensate for transmit tease; bully
play up to put up with read up on
flatter for personal advantage tolerate search out information on
run against run away with run for
compete against in an election leave; escape from campaign for
see about see to settle on
consider; arrange arrange; supervise decide on; choose
stand for stand up for stand up to
represent; permit support; demand resist
stick to stick up for take after
persist support; defend resemble
talk back to talk over tell on
answer impolitely discuss report misbehavior to authority
touch on turn into wait on
mention briefly become serve
wait up for watch out for
not go to bed while waiting for be careful for

Inseparable Verbs
Bring up
Call up
Clean up
Do over
Drop off
Fill out
Get on
Give back
Hand in
Hang up
Look over
Look up
Lock up
Pick up
Cross out
Think over
Turn down

Separable Verbs

Homonyms – Homônimos
(aiel) – aisle = corredor | I’ll = I will | Isle = ilha (island na Inglaterra)
(ent) – ant = formiga | aunt = tia
(alaud) – allowed = abilitado, permitido | aloud = alto (falando)
(berri) – berry = fruto pequeno | bury = entenrrar (funeral - burial)
(bit) – beat = bater | beet = beterraba
(bred) – bread = pão | bred = procriou, cruzou
(tchili) – chili = pimenta | chilly = friozinho | Chile = Chile
(Iu) – you = você | yew = teixo, tipo de árvore | ewe = ovelha
(flauer) – flour = farinha | flower = flor
(gãrila) – gorilla = gorila | guerilla = guerrilha
(beis) – bass = baixo, som baixo | base = base, basear
(suit) – suite = suíte, apartamento (de hotel), mobília | sweet = doce

Heteronyms – Heterônimos
(beis) – bass = baixo, som baixo | (bés) – bass = peixe (lobo do mar?)
(douve) – dove = pomba | (dãve) – passado de dive = mergulhar

Frases e expressões:
Make an appointment – marcar um compromisso
As well as – e também, tanto como
blind date – encontro às cegas
in fact – de fato
get over it – it’s done
melting pot – lugar onde há mistura de raças (lit. Vaso para fundir metais)
bit the bullet – pagar o preço, fazer um sacrifício
get a raise – obter um aumento
take a ride – pegar uma carona
all the time – o tempo todo
glass ceiling – teto salarial