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The word “might” in “… you have a solution that might work.” (lines 44-45) can be replaced without change in meaning by
must surely.
will certainly.
may probably.
can eventually.
should definitely.
The term in parentheses expresses the idea introduced by the term in bold in
“Instead, they made radical changes to their initial models,” – lines 3-4 (replacement).
“Unfortunately, they are usually wrong.” – line 15 (reason).
“Alternatively, some good ideas take something in customers’ lives that’s pretty boring…” – lines 45-47 (cause).
“Next, you’ll need to identify some analogs,” – line 50 (exemplification).
“beliefs you hold about the answers to your questions despite having no real evidence…” – lines 64-66 (consequence).
In “...and not have them end up on the beach,” (line 19), the pronoun them refers to
renewable energy form(s) (line 15)
waves of skepticism (lines 15-16)
people (line 16)
a lot of doubt(s) (line 17)
buoys (line 18)
A semantic equivalent in English for the excerpt "(mais de um terço de tudo o que o Brasil exportou no ano passado)." (lines 37-38) is
Up to one third of all Brazilian exports in the preceding year.
Over one third of everything exported to Brazil the previous year.
More than one third of everything Brazil exported last year.
No further than one third of everything Brazil exported the past year.
Above one third of all that was exported from Brazil the following year.
Which pair presents an INADEQUATE translation into English of the fragment taken from the text?
"E ainda compensou o comportamento praticamente estável..." (lines 21-22) / And yet it compensated the hardly stable behavior...
"A julgar pelo comportamento do setor..." (line 25) /Judging from the behavior of the sector…
"Só nos primeiros seis meses de 2008, (line 40) / Only in the six first months of 2008…
"Vale a pena destacar o crescimento..." (line 43) / It is worth noting the growth…
"Por conta do aumento da demanda pelo etanol," (lines 44-45) / Due to rising demand for ethanol…
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