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121 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) -
122 jump the queue
(to move ahead of others in a queue without waiting for one's proper turn: Many wealthy or important people try to jump the queue for hospital beds.) furar a bicha -
123 keep one's end up
(to perform one's part in something just as well as all the others who are involved.) fazer a sua parte -
124 keep oneself to oneself
(to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be very friendly or sociable.) isolar-se -
125 laugh at
(to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn: Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.) rir-se de -
126 make an example of
(to punish as a warning to others: The judge decided to make an example of the young thief and sent him to prison for five years.) tornar um exemplo/fazer exemplo em, castigar exemplarmente -
127 measure up
( often with to) (to reach a certain required standard: John's performance doesn't measure up (to the others).) atingir -
128 odd man out / odd one out
1) (a person or thing that is different from others: In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.) elemento estranho2) (a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up: When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.) suplente
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