Locuções verbais
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| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (revise knowledge of) (atualizar conhecimento) | pôr em dia, colocar em dia expres v |
| | If you're going to be that picky, I'd better bone up on basic grammar. |
| | Se você vai ser assim tão exigente, é melhor eu pôr em dia os meus conhecimentos de gramática. |
| bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (learn about) | estudar, aprender vt |
| | The students boned up on psychology terms before the exam. |
| brush up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (refresh knowledge of [sth]) (informal, figurado) | refrescar v int |
| | (BRA) | revisar vt |
| | | relembrar vt |
| | Janice joined the course to brush up on her maths skills. |
| catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (compensate for time lost) (figurado) | colocar em dia expres v |
| | Audrey sighed when she saw that she had to catch up on a huge pile of work. |
| | Audrey suspirou quando ela viu que tinha de colocar em dia uma pilha enorme de trabalho. |
| catch up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (get up to date) | atualizar-se em vp + prep |
| | I phoned my brother to catch up on the latest news back home. |
| | Telefonei para meu irmão para me atualizar nas últimas novidades em casa. |
| check up on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (observe progress) | verificar vt |
| | | acompanhar vt |
| | When it's very hot, remember to check up on your elderly neighbors every couple of hours. |
clue [sb] in on [sth],
also UK: clue [sb] up on [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (inform) (figurado, informal) | dar uma pista a expres v |
| | Can you clue me in on what's going on? |
| creep up on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (approach stealthily) | chegar de surpresa loc vint |
| | She startled her sister by creeping up on her and shouting "Boo!" |
| creep up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (fact, situation: arrive unforeseen) | pegar desprevenido loc v |
| | You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you. |
| | É melhor você começar a trabalhar agora, não deixe o prazo pegar você desprevenido. |
| ease up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (treat less harshly) (tratar alguém com menos severidade) | tratar melhor v int + adj |
| | You may find if you ease up a bit on the child she will behave better. |
| follow up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (investigate) | investigar vt |
| | The detective followed up on the lead. |
| | O detetive investigou a pista. |
| gang up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (attack as group) (grupo) | atacar vt |
| | Every time the teacher makes a mistake, the students gang up on her to point it out. |
| | Toda vez que a professora erra, os estudantes atacam ela para apontar o erro. |
| give up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: [sb]) | desistir de vt + prep |
| | Don't give up on me! I just need a little more encouragement. |
| | Não desista de mim! Preciso apenas de um pouco mais de encorajamento. |
| give up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (abandon: a cause) | desistir de vt + prep |
| | You should never give up on your dreams. |
| hang up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (end phone call) | desligar vt |
| | I was giving Alex a piece of my mind when he hung up on me! |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (detect) | perceber vt |
| | | detectar vt |
| | | aperceber vt |
| | | dar por isso expres |
| | I made an error in my calculations, but nobody picked up on it. |
| | Fiz um erro nos meus cálculos, mas ninguém percebeu. |
| pick up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (talk about: [sth] mentioned) (comentários) | retomar vt |
| | Denise picked up on Laura's comment about working mothers. |
| read up on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (research) (pesquisar) | estudar vt |
| | | informar-se sobre expres v |
| | I like to read up on a subject before expressing an opinion. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (arrive unexpectedly) | surpreender vt |
| | The deadline for the paper will sneak up on students who haven't read the syllabus. |
| sneak up on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be unexpectedly successful) | surpreender vt |
| | That movie sneaked up on everyone; no one expected it to be so popular. |
| swot up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (study [sth] hard) (estudar muito) | ralar v int |
| | Ron needs to swot up on the Tudor period if he wants to do better in his next history test. |
Formas compostas:
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| catch [sb] up on [sth] v expr | informal (update [sb] on [sth]) | atualizar vt |
| | Lisa's colleagues caught her up on the staff changes that had taken place while she was off sick. |
| choke up on [sth] v expr | (baseball bat: hold higher up) | levantar o bastão expres v |
| | The player claimed he had better control when he choked up on the bat. |
clued in on [sth],
also UK: clued up on [sth] expr | (well-informed about) | bem-informado adj |
| | (informal) | antenado adj |
| end up on the scrap heap v expr | informal, figurative (be discarded) (ser descartado) | acabar no ferro-velho expres |
| end up on the scrap heap of history v expr | informal, figurative (be forgotten) (ser esquecido) | acabar na latrina da história expres |
| | His well-intentioned efforts have ended up on the scrap heap of history. |
| get up on [sth] vi + prep | (move onto [sth], as a stage) | subir v int |
| | An audience member got up on the stage and grabbed the singer's microphone. |
| give up on doing [sth] v expr | (abandon: an effort) | desistir de vt + prep |
| | I gave up on trying to find a good example. |
| | Desisti de tentar achar um bom exemplo. |
| hung up on [sth] expr | figurative, slang (preoccupied) (figurado: preocupado demais com) | preso a adj + prep |
| | | exacerbar vt |
| | (gíria) | ser picuinhas, ser niquento, ser coca-bichinhos expres v |
| | There's no need to get hung up on details - I just want a general overview of the situation. |
| | Não há necessidade de ficar preso aos detalhes. Eu só quero uma visão geral da situação. |
| hung up on [sb] expr | figurative, slang (infatuated) | apaixonado, encantado adj |
| | (informal, figurado) | vidrado adj |
| | She's still hung up on him after all these years. |
| | Ela continua apaixonada por ele depois de todos esses anos. |
| jacked up on v expr | (stimulated by) | excitado, animado, alto adj |
| | We were so jacked up on caffeine we had no trouble staying awake during the test. |
| let up on [sth] v expr | (stop doing [sth]) | parar vt |
| | | pausar vt |
| | The strikers have stated that they will not be letting up on their campaign of action. |
| let up on [sb] v expr | (stop making difficulties for [sb]) | facilitar vt |
| | (figurado) | afrouxar vt |
| | The boss has just given Charlie another pile of work; she never lets up on him. |
on the up and up,
on the up adv | UK, informal (increasingly successful) (figurado) | cada vez mais por cima expres |
| on the up and up adv | US, informal (legitimate, not illegal) | honesto adj |
be one up on [sb],
be one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (have an advantage over [sb]) | ter vantagem expres |
get one up on [sb],
get one-up on [sb] v expr | informal (obtain an advantage over [sb]) | obter vantagem vt + sf |
pull [sb] up on [sth],
pull [sb] up for [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand for [sth]) | repreender vt |
| | Ruth pulled her son up on his bad language. |
put on makeup,
put on make-up v expr | (apply cosmetics) (usar cosméticos) | usar maquiagem loc v |
| | | passar maquiagem loc v |
| | While driving is not a good time to put on makeup. |
| sneak up on [sb/sth] v expr | (approach stealthily) (chegar furtivamente) | chegar de fininho expres v |
| | | aparecer de fininho expres v |
| stock up on [sth] v expr | (buy a lot of) (comprar quantidades exageradas de) | estocar vt |
| | (informal) | armazenar vt |
| take [sb] up on [sth] v expr | (accept offer of) | aceitar vt |
| | (informal) | topar vt |
| | You'll do the work for just £20? Great - I'll take you up on that offer! |
| | Você fará o trabalho por apenas £20? Ótimo - vou aceitar sua oferta! |
| | Você fará o trabalho por apenas £20? Ótimo - vou topar sua oferta! |