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02. After having been operated on his stomach, my grandfather can’t eat as much as he used to. Nowadays his meals are meager, consisting of only a spoonful of rice, a few bits of vegetables and a little piece of chicken or fish.
03. It’s a common mistake to believe that the more stringent, or strict, the rules some parents impose to their children, the more they will be likely to be loved and obeyed by their kids.
05. The wife got simply angered when she realized that what her husband had told her was a complete fabrication. She had believed him blindly however was very disappointed to find out the truth.
06. “Gilberto attended the same school for five years, so it’s not easy for us to conceive of why he decided to leave it all of a sudden," said one of his best friends.
07. Listen, Júlia! The telephone is ringing. Go__________ it. Please, write your name under the topic for the lecture you want to_________ .
08. “Janio Quadros is a former Brazilian president. Who is the________ one?”
“Fernando Henrique Cardoso is.”
I’ve heard of many wealthy men, but Bill Gates is the only__________ millionaire I’ve known.
09. Lembrando
as dicas de vocabulário em contexto, escolha a alternativa que
contém o significado das palavras em itálico:
“I
will not make a long speech; I’ll try to be blunt and outspoken”,
promised the representative of the group.
Since shoplifting is a serious problem in some countries, stores keep
security guards to scrutinize people carrying large bags.
Madre Teresa de Calcutá as well as Gandhi deplored all
kinds of disrespect towards human beings.
As palavras blunt, scrutinize e deplored, significam, respectivamente:
10. Indique
quais estratégias foram respectivamente utilizadas para que você
conseguisse adivinhar o significado das palavras em itálico.
When you are a new employee, your boss will probably give trivial tasks for you to perform and serious ones to more experienced professionals.
Under Brazilian maternity leave regulation, mothers are given four months at home to take care of their babies. As a father, I think there should be a similar rule for us too.
I have had some rather embarrassing mishaps lately: last month I backed my car into the front of my boss’s new Mercedes, two weeks ago I got hurt while I tried to walk through a glass door and yesterday I fell down and twisted my foot when I was getting on the bus.
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