PHRASAL VERB — THROW AWAY — FUMARC — 2018 — SEE/MG — PROFESSOR DE EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA — LÍNGUA INGLESA.

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Introduction to global food loss and food waste

Food losses and food waste are quickly becoming a top global issue, because while there are millions of families with children starving, others are living in abundance, with many others carelessly throwing food away. Many of us have wasted food in one way or the other, but the real food losses and waste matter is bigger than just consumer food waste.

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(Adapted from: https://goo.gl/ySEn3F. Access: 01/23/2018)

QUESTÃO – (FUMARC-2018-SEE/MG-PROFESSOR)

In the phrase

“with many others carelessly throwing food away”

the phrasal verb throwing food away could be replaced by

(A) Discarding food

(B) Eating food

(C) Growing food

(D) Planting food

(E) Selling food

Resposta :  A

- Questão sobre PHRASAL VERB - THROW AWAY

(THROW AWAY | THREW AWAY | THROWN AWAY):

DICAS IMPORTANTES:

(1) THROW AWAY  (= to get rid of something, to discard or dispose of something) — LIVRAR-SE DE ALGO tratando como lixo, DESCARTAR ALGO.

• I can't believe you threw my mother's card away! - Não acredito que você descartou o cartão da minha mãe! [The Free Dictionary]
• When are you going to throw away those old magazines? — Quando você vai livrar-se daquelas revistas velhas? [Cambridge Dictionary]
• That old chair should be thrown away. —  Essa cadeira velha deveria ser descartada. [Oxford Dictionary]
• I shouldn’t have thrown away the receipt. — Eu não deveria ter descartado o recibo. [Longman Dictionary]

(2) THROW AWAY (= to spend money) — GASTAR DINHEIRO DE FORMA INSENSATA, TORRAR DINHEIRO.

• I can’t afford to throw money away. — Não posso me dar ao luxo de torrar dinheiro. [Longman Dictionary]

(3) THROW AWAY (= to waste, misuse, or mismanage ) —  DESPERDIÇAR, USAR MAL, ADMINISTRAR MAL.

• They threw away their lead in the second half of the game with a series of foolish, avoidable mistakes. — Eles desperdiçaram a vantagem na segunda metade do jogo com uma série de erros tolos e evitáveis.
• You've spent three years working hard in college, don't throw it all away. — Você passou três anos trabalhando duro na faculdade, não desperdice tudo. [Cambridge Dictionary]
• You must take the exam, you can't throw away all that work! — Você tem que fazer o exame, você não pode desperdiçar todo esse trabalho! [Oxford Dictionary]
• This could be the best chance you’ll ever have. Don’t throw it away! — Esta pode ser a melhor chance que você vai ter. Não a desperdice! [Longman Dictionary]

(4) THROW AWAY (= to say something carelessly) —  DIZER ALGO DESCUIDADAMENTE OU DIZER ALGO DE FORMA IMPROVISADA.

• She threw away a remark that her son would be taking over the department. — Ela disse um comentário de forma improvisada de que seu filho assumiria o departamento. [The Free Dictionary]
• In its financial earnings report, the company's CEO threw the news away that they would be selling their mobile division. — Em seu relatório de resultados financeiros, o CEO da empresa jogou disse a notícia de forma improvisada de que eles venderiam sua divisão móvel.

- RESOLUÇÃO RÁPIDA:

In the phrase

“with many others carelessly throwing food away”

the phrasal verb throwing food away could be replaced by

(A) Discarding food (DESCARTAR ALIMENTO)

(B) Eating food (COMER)

(C) Growing food (CULTIVAR ALIMENTO)

(D) Planting food (PLANTAR ALIMENTO)

(E) Selling food (VENDER ALIMENTO)