Música: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS – Freddie Mercury
ETM-001 – Vocabulary

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• DUE: (n.) A payment or obligation required by law or custom: debt. [dívida]
• TIME AFTER TIME: Repeatedly, again and again. [repetidas vezes]
• SENTENCE: Judgment; specifically: one formally pronounced by a court or judge in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment to be inflicted upon the convict or the punishment so imposed, e.g. serve out a sentence [sentença; pena]
• COME THROUGH: To exist in spite of adversity: last, persist, pull through, survive. [dar a volta por cima; sobreviver]
• KEEP ON: To continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks: carry on, go on, hang on, persevere, persist. [continuar; insistir]
• TAKE A BOW: Acknowledge praise or applause, as in The conductor asked the composer to take a bow. This idiom uses bow in the sense of “inclining the body or head as a token of salutation.” [fazer reverência; agradecer]
• CURTAIN CALL: The appearance of performers or a performer at the end of a performance to receive applause from the audience. [agradecimento final dos artistas (geralmente depois que a cortina do palco foi fechada)]
• FORTUNE: Success; luck; extensive amounts of material possessions or money; wealth. [fortuna; sucesso; sorte]
• BED OF ROSES: A state of great comfort or luxury. Synonym: a bowl of cherries. [mar de rosas]
• CRUISE: The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure. [cruzeiro]
• AIN’T: Contraction of am not. Used also as a contraction for are not, is not, has not, and have not.
• GONNA: Contraction of going to, e.g. We’re gonna do it now.

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