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accession
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sessao, acesso, admissao, acressimo, consentimento, ato de tomar posse.
After her accession in the CHRO position, she started to do great things.
acquaintance
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a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend, familiarity.
Please to make your acquaintance.
Antecipate
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esperar, prever, aguardar.
we don't antecipate any issues with the new project. (nao esperamos). We had not antecipate such a strong response. (nao tinhamos esperado). We are eagerly anticipating your arrival. (aguardando).
cavalier
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acting like a cavalier is that you are showing a lack of concern and don't take things seriously.
Contest
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challange, dispute, question, query, competition, warfare, confrontation, duel, battle, debate, fight.
She plans to contest a seat in Congress. He won the contest for best singer. Contest (concurso) winners receive a cash prize. Will you enter the contest? (tb significa "concurso").
curse
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to swear (pode ser jurar ou esbravejar palavras angrily), say or think bad things, using magic power to do something. Curse of = something that causes trouble, harm.
He was cursing under his breath. Elsa cursed herself for believing his lies. He believe that someone has put a curse on the house. Noise is one of the curses of modern-day life.
deception
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make someone believe in a lie, ilusion, deceiving.
She didn't have the courage to admit to her deception. She accuses the company of willful deception in its advertising.
likewise
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me too, similarly, same to you.
lukewarm / bewilder / outright
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lukewarm: warm, indifferent, regardless, aloof, unconcerned, disinterested, insensitive. / bewilder: confusing, perturbed, distract. / outright: utter, overall, entire, sincere, honest, completely, openly, fully,
lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
overtime
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to work more hours. Do or work overtime.
I need to work overtime. I'm doing overtime this week.
resume
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go/come back, continue, cv - resumè. (resumor eh summarise)
She resumed her work after two weeks medical leave. All services will be resumed in a week. Can I send you my Resumè?
savvy
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knowledgeable - practical and ability. often used with words like: business, tech, media, marketing.
if you are business savvy, it means that you have good practical business knowledge and ability - you can make good judgments and decisions when it comes to business.
soothe
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to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset, angry. To bring comfort, relieve, relax. Soothe (away) - to make a pain become less severe, or slowly disappear.
The waiter tried to soothe the angry customer. This cream soothes aching muscles.
unbecoming
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inappropriate.
undergo
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past = underwent. PP = undergone. suffer, experience, go through, come by, run through, endure (to submit), tolerate, undertake, face, to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change.
sofrer, submeter-se, passar por. She underwent an operation last year. The company is undergoing a radical reorganisation.
whim
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desire, a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind. fancy, caprice, freak, whinsy
it's hard to predict voters' whims. On a whim, we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream.
undertaken
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began

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