Cudgel: porrete, cacete, bordão, bater com cacete
Synonyms: bat, baton, billy,
billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, nightstick
“…a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land… (www.merriam-webster.com)
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Miss the
point: não
entender o que realmente significa o que se está lendo ou ouvindo, não entender
o que realmente significa algo
“I think you missed the point, so let me explain what I meant.”
“If she thinks it's losing the money
that bothers me then she's missing the
point. It's being
treated like a fool that bothers me.”
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win-win /
lose-lose -
vitória na certa, só se pode vencer / derrota na certa, só se pode perder (Let’s do it. This is a win-win situation. / Susan was desperate because she was in a lose-lose situation.)
wind up - terminar algo, acabar ficando em uma determinada situação (You
could wind up dead...)
window of opportunity - pequena chance, lapso de tempo em que se tem
uma oportunidade (This morning I had this brief window of opportunity and I was able to
get my manager’s signature.)
wipe
(something) off the map - “tirar algo
do mapa”, sumir com algo
wipe out - destruir completamente, fazer sumir
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