Pregunta | Respuesta |
try on | experimentar, provar (geralmente roupa) *She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked. |
try out | experimentar, provar (pra ver se funciona) *I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me. *We’re going to try out that new restaurant tonight. |
turn up | aumentar volume: *Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid. |
throw away | descartar, jogar fora *That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away. |
talk over | discutir algo, falar sobre algo *We have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like adults. |
take off (1) | decolar (aeronave) *Night take-offs and landings are banned at this airport. |
take off (2) | retirar, remover (geralmente roupa) *It was so hot that I had to take my shirt off. |
take down | to remove something that was previously in a higher place: *It must be time to take down the holiday decorations *I took the pictures down after they left. |
read over | ler com cuidado, em detalhes *I read over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it. *I read over my essay to check for errors. |
put off | adiar, deixar para depois *We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. |
point out | ressaltar, assinalar, chamar atenção para um assunto *As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites. |
pick up | apanhar algo: *He picked his coat up off the floor. *Could you pick up the phone? |
pick out | escolher de acordo com opções existentes *She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse. *Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph? |
make out | distinguir, decifrar, compreender *He was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was saying. |
look up | pesquisar em fontes de referências (listas, catálogos, banco de dados) *You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up. *I looked it up on the internet. |
look over | examinar, checar (rapidamente): *The lawyers looked over the papers before questioning the witness. |
leave out | omitir *Have I left anyone out? *You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue. |
hold up | "peraí" *Hold up. Where are you going? |
hang up | pendurar, por no gancho *She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes. |
hold back | segurar, reter *He held back, terrified of going into the dark room. |
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