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41 get on
1) (to make progress or be successful: How are you getting on in your new job?) evoluir2) (to work, live etc in a friendly way: We get on very well together; I get on well with him.) dar-se3) (to grow old: Our doctor is getting on a bit now.) envelhecer4) (to put (clothes etc) on: Go and get your coat on.) vestir5) (to continue doing something: I must get on, so please don't interrupt me; I must get on with my work.) continuar -
42 go far
(to be successful: If you keep on working as hard as this, I'm sure you'll go far.) ir longe -
43 go places
(to be successful, especially in one's career: That young man is sure to go places.) ir longe -
44 go right
(to happen as expected, wanted or intended; to be successful or without problems: Nothing ever goes right for him.) correr bem -
45 hold one's own
(to be as successful in a fight, argument etc as one's opponent: His opponents tried to prove his arguments wrong but he managed to hold his own.) ficar firme -
46 make good
1) (to be successful: Through hard work and ability, he soon made good.)2) (to repair or compensate for (loss, damages etc): The damage you caused to my car must be made good.) -
47 make it
(to be successful: After twenty years, we've finally made it.) realizar-se -
48 make the best of it
(to do all one can to turn a failure etc into something successful: She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job.) superar a situação -
49 on the whole
(taking everything into consideration: Our trip was successful on the whole.) no conjunto -
50 star turn
(the most successful or spectacular performance or item (in a show etc): The acrobats were the star turn of the evening.) número principal -
51 start from scratch
(to start (an activity etc) from nothing, from the very beginning, or without preparation: He now has a very successful business but he started from scratch.) começar do nada -
52 sweep the board
(to be very successful; to win all the prizes.) limpar tudo -
53 take risks / take a risk
(to do something which might cause loss, injury etc: One cannot be successful in business unless one is willing to take risks.) arriscar-se -
54 win the day
(to gain a victory; to be successful.) ter sucesso -
55 a trick of the trade
(one of the ways of being successful in a job etc: Remembering the customers' names is one of the tricks of the trade.) segredos do ofícioEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > a trick of the trade
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56 be going strong
(to be successful, healthy etc: Our business/grandfather is still going strong.) estar em plena força -
57 coup
[ku:]1) (a sudden successful action: He achieved a real coup by completing this deal.) golpe2) (a coup d'état: There's been a coup in one of the African republics.) golpe• -
58 do a roaring trade
(to have a very successful business; to sell a lot of something: She's doing a roaring trade in/selling home-made cakes.) fazer ótimo negócio -
59 effectual
[- uəl]adjective (successful in producing the desired results: He was not very effectual as an organiser.) eficiente -
60 flourish
1. verb1) (to be healthy; to grow well; to thrive: My plants are flourishing.) vicejar2) (to be successful or active: His business is flourishing.) florescer3) (to hold or wave something as a show, threat etc: He flourished his sword.) brandir2. noun1) (an ornamental stroke of the pen in writing: His writing was full of flourishes.) floreio2) (an impressive, sweeping movement (with the hand or something held in it): He bowed and made a flourish with his hat.) aceno3) (an ornamental passage of music: There was a flourish on the trumpets.) floreado•
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