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putting you out

putting you out - incomodo, incomodar

clunker

clunker - old car, lata velha

hitchhiked

pegar carona

look after

To take Care of something or someone

look at

look at something (e.g. Look at that picture)

Look for

To search

Look up (to somebody)

To search for information; to admire. e.g. They are looking up about this in the dictionary

Look Into

To investigate, to analyze

Look over

To quickly exam something

Look out

Be careful

Look forward to (something)

To be anxious about something

Look down on

To think that you are better than someone

Fetch

To go after and bring back (someone or something)

Piece of Cake

Something really easy

Spitting image

To look extremely similar to someone. e.g. I am a spitting image of muy mom

Hear through the grapevine

To hear news from someone who has heard news from someone else. e.g. I Heard through the grapevine there Will be a test today

Teacher's pet

The teacher's favorite student in class. e.g. Peter is his math teacher's pet

Bad Hair day

The worst day possible, nothing happens as planned. e.g. Don't talk to me, I'm having a bad hair day. e.g. Go tell Joana the. good news, she is having a bad hair day

Hit the books

To study hard. e.g. I can't go out tonight, I have to hit the books. e.g. I'll hit the books to do well on IELTS

Turn Tables

To change from being in a weaker position in relation to someone

Is the pope catholic?

When something is obvious

Out of the blue

out of the blue

Cut to the chase

To be objective

Down to the Wire

If something is down to the wire, it is not clear or decided until the last possible moment

In the bag

If something is in the bag, you are 100% certain that it will happen

Blessing in disguise

When something looks bad, but after while reveals to be good

On the fence

Not able to decide something

Sick as as dog

To feel extremely sick, vomiting a lot

Rip off

Something that is not worth the what you pay for it

At the eleventh hour

To do something at the last minute

To get the ball rolling

To start or get started

To think outside of the box

To think differently

To touch the base

To speak

To circle back

To meet again

To have a lot on one's plate

To be very busy

The elephant in the room

To address a difficult subject

a no-brainer

a logical solution

to get back to the drawing board

to start again

to reach out

To contact someone

hit the hay/sack

to go to bed in order to sleep

storm surge

is an unusual Rise pra Ester generated by a storm, over and above the Tide

appointment

an arrangement for a meeting

Duty/work overnight

obligatorio tasks, conduct, service or functions that arise from one's position

shift

to resort to expedients; to exchange for or replace by another: change

overtime

trabalhar hora extra

Fired/Get the sack/ let go/ dismiss

dismissed from a job

blue color job

work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work.

White collor

work in offices doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort

pink collor job (informal)

a job traditionally done by woman

wide

having great extent: vast; extending throughout a specified area or scope

Inter alia

among other things

landscape

a pictures representing a view of natural inland scenery, the art of depicting such scenery.

entrenched

to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense; to place (oneself) in strong defensive position; to stablish solidly

intertwined

to unite by twining one with another; to twine about one another

throughout

in or to every part of something

endow

to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, etc. in order to pay for the creation or continuing support of something

Nurturance

formal - the love, care, and attention that you give to someone or something

catch up

to pick up often abruptly; ensnare, entagle; enthrall; to provide with the latest information

catch up (with)

catch up (with) - to move fast enough to get even with

out of touch

out of touch - not communicating with each other; in a state of not knowing what is happening, how certain people feel

bound

bound - fastened by or as if by a band: confined; very likely: SURE