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Cresce no Congresso a tendência de estender o foro privilegiado a todos os parlamentares, incluindo seus filhos e netos. “Aquele valhacouto de corruptos precisa nos dar guarida,” declarou, caindo na gargalhada, um deputado federal em off. Marun apoia.

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131. ”Any sugggestions?” he asked. “No, nothing comes to my mind, I’m afraid,” I answered.

131. Correção: ”Any sugggestions?” he asked. “No, nothing comes to mind, I’m afraid,” I answered. (Come to Ø mind, e não come to my/your/his...mind.) 

132. The next train to Bath leaves at exactly fourteen past five.

132. Correção: The next train to Bath leaves at exactly fourteen minutes past five. (A palavra minutes é obrigatória após qualquer número diferente de five, ten, twenty ou twenty-five.

133. I want to have a word with him the moment he’ll come into the office.

133. Correção: I want to have a word with him the moment he comes into the office. (Depois de the moment, há que se usar o Simple Present, e não o Simple Future, para indicar uma ação futura.)

134. I’m in the mood to eating Indian food tonight.

134. Correção: I’m in the mood to eat Indian food tonight. (In the mood + to-infinitive ou in the mood + for + gerund.)

135. Mass media frequently gives us the opportunity to come across flags of different nationalities.

135. Correção: Mass media frequently gives us the opportunity to come across flags of different countries. (Só se usa nationality para pessoas, tipo people of different nationalities.)