Dicas (e dúvidas) da semana

Cumprir uma tarefa: To fullfil a job

A conexão foi interrompida: The connection was broken/interrupted

A ligação caiu: we got cut off

Eleitores indecisos: undecided voters

Porta-voz: Spokesperson

Ser citado: to be quoted

Rolar na cama: roll around in bed

Gordura: fat

Deixar alguém/pegar alguém (em um lugar): Drop somebody off/pick somebody up

Income = revenue

Vista cansada: Eye strain

Secar o suor: to mop sweat

Refrescar: to cool

Roer as unhas: to bite the nails

Enquanto isso: In the meantime

público estratégico stakeholder

acionistas: shareholder = stockholder

razão social: legal name/nome fantasia: trade name (http://www.slideshare.net/TheNetResearcher/difference-between-legal-name-trade-name-and-trademark)

Expressions:

*toss and turn

to be unable to sleep because of worrying. E.g.: Bernard was tossing and turning all night.

*drop someone or something off (some place)

1. . Lit. to let someone or a group out of a vehicle at a particular place; to deliver someone or something some place. Let's drop these shirts off at the cleaners. Let's drop off Tom and Jerry at the hamburger joint.

2. Fig. to give someone or a group a ride to some place. Can I drop you off somewhere in town? I dropped off the kids at the party.

*rain off : to cancel (an event) due to excessive rain. E.g.: The match was rained off

*Dash hopes/chances: arruinar/acabar com as esperanças/chances

*come up with

To bring forth, discover, or produce: E.g.: came up with a cure for the disease.

*Death toll: the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster. E.g.: The death toll of Sandy now stands at 49 dead in New York state, with 40 of those deaths occurring in New York City.

*take (quite) a toll (on someone or something): to cause damage

(www.thefreedictionary.com)