terça-feira, 23 de setembro de 2008

CONTDOWN TO FCE - p. 128 - Use of English

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- estate agent: UK noun [C] (US real estate agent or realtor) someone who works for an estate agency (a business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and buildings for their owners).
- inherit: (v) to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died: Who will inherit the house when he dies? All her children will inherit equally. inheritance (n); inheritor (n).
- plunge: verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into something: We ran down to the beach and plunged into the sea. The car went out of control and plunged over the cliff. Cook the peas by plunging them into boiling water. Niagara Falls plunges 55.5 metres. The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge.Our income has plunged dramatically. [imergir, mergulhar, submergir, introduzir em, lançar-se, meter em, precipitar-se]

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