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LIVE ON
to live on a particular amount of money [viver com uma certa quantidade de dinheiro]
It was hard for Rick to live on only six hundred dollars a month back when he was going to college and had a part-time job in a bookshop.
Foi difícil para Rick viver com apenas 600 dólares por mês na [...]
GET BACK TO
to contact again later, esp. by telephone [contatar mais tarde, esp. por telefone]
“I’m in the middle of an important meeting right now. Can I get back to you in about twenty minutes?”, Larry asked Tina.
“Estou no meio de uma reunião importante agora. Posso retornar a ligação para você daqui a uns 20 minutos?”, [...]
TALK OUT OF
to persuade someone not to do something [convencer alguém a não fazer algo, dissuadir]
My mind is made up. Don’t even try to talk me out of quitting my job at the bank.
Minha decisão está tomada. Nem tentem me convencer a não largar o emprego no banco.
We were all relieved when a policeman finally [...]
GET OVER WITH
To finish doing something usually unpleasant (“get something over with”) [terminar logo, normalmente algo desagradável]
Catherine told her dentist to get it over with as she couldn’t stand the pain any longer.
Catherine disse a seu dentista para terminar logo porque ela não conseguia agüentar mais a dor.
Sandy wished she could get that dull homework [...]
PULL THROUGH
to survive an accident, a disease, etc. [sobreviver, conseguir escapar a um acidente, doença, etc.]
After about a week in the ICU of a Chicago hospital, the two victims of the car accident fortunately pulled through.
Após aproximadamente uma semana na UTI de um hospital em Chicago, as duas vítimas do acidente de carro felizmente conseguiram [...]
