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  • 1 wire

    1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) metal drawn out into a long strand, as thick as string or as thin as thread: We need some wire to connect the battery to the rest of the circuit; a wire fence.) fio de arame
    2) (a single strand of this: There must be a loose wire in my radio somewhere.) fio
    3) (the metal cable used in telegraphy: The message came over the wire this morning.) fio
    4) (a telegram: Send me a wire if I'm needed urgently.) telegrama
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten, connect etc with wire: The house has been wired (up), but the electricity hasn't been connected yet.) ligar com arame
    2) (to send a telegram to: Wire me if anything important happens.) mandar um telegrama
    3) (to send (a message) by telegram: You can wire the details to my brother in New York.) telegrafar
    - wiring
    - high wire
    - wire-netting
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    [w'aiə] n 1 arame. 2 corda de instrumento. 3 fio elétrico. 4 rede ou tela de arame. 5 grade de gaiola. 6 armadilha de arame para caçar coelhos. 7 arame para mover os títeres ou bonecos de um teatro. 8 cerca de arame farpado. 9 linha telegráfica ou telefônica. 10 telégrafo, telegrafia. 11 telegrama, despacho telegráfico. 12 sl batedor de carteiras. 13 coll escuta, gravador portátil. • vt+vi 1 amarrar ou prender com arame. 2 Electr ligar, fazer ligação ou instalação. 3 cercar (com arame). 4 Mil proteger, fortificar (posição, com arame farpado). 5 enfiar em arame (contas). 6 caçar com armadilhas de arame. 7 coll telegrafar a. he was wired for / ele foi chamado por telegrama. 8 enviar dinheiro de um banco a outro eletronicamente. he wired 100 dollars to his mother / ele mandou 100 dólares para sua mãe (através de uma ordem de banco). barbed wire a) arame farpado. b) cerca de arame farpado. copper wire arame de cobre. down to the wires até o último momento. fine wire arame fino. live wire a) Electr condutor sob tensão. b) sl valentão. to get your wires corssed ficar confuso com o que outra pessoa está dizendo. to pull wires a) dirigir ocultamente outra pessoa. b) obter os seus objetivos por meio de influência secreta. c) mexer os pauzinhos.

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  • 2 gauge

    [ɡei‹] 1. verb
    1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) medir
    2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) calcular
    2. noun
    1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) indicador
    2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) padrão
    3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) distância
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    [geidʒ] n 1 medida, medida padrão, escala. 2 calibrador, aferidor. 3 tamanho, dimensão, capacidade, extensão. 4 bitola, distância entre rodas (estrada de ferro, automóvel). 5 manômetro. 6 calado (de navio). 7 calibre. • vt 1 medir exatamente, determinar o tamanho com instrumento de medição. 2 calibrar, graduar. 3 padronizar. 4 estimar, julgar. 5 aferir. rain-gauge pluviômetro. that’s about the gauge of it coll mais ou menos por aí. the ship had the weather gauge of ours o navio tirou o vento do nosso. to take the gauge of calcular, estimar.

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  • 3 long

    I 1. [loŋ] adjective
    1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) comprido
    2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) longo
    3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) de comprido
    4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) demorado
    5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) comprido
    2. adverb
    1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) muito tempo
    2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) muito tempo
    - long-distance
    - long-drawn-out
    - longhand
    - long house
    - long jump
    - long-playing record
    - long-range
    - long-sighted
    - long-sightedness
    - long-suffering
    - long-winded
    - as long as / so long as
    - before very long
    - before long
    - in the long run
    - the long and the short of it
    - no longer
    - so long!
    II [loŋ] verb
    ((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) desejar
    - longingly
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    long1
    [lɔŋ] n 1 sílaba longa. 2 período ou grande distância. • adj 1 longo, comprido, alongado. 2 extenso. 3 tardio, dilatório. 4 de longo alcance. • adv 1 durante. 2 por longo tempo. 3 longamente. 4 a grande distância. as long as contanto que. before long logo, em breve. for long por muito tempo. how long...? há quanto tempo...? how long have you been here? / há quanto tempo você já está aqui? in the long run com o tempo. long since há muito tempo. so long até logo. the long and the short of it todo o assunto em poucas palavras. to be long tardar.
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    long2
    [lɔŋ] vt cobiçar, ambicionar, almejar, ansiar. the children are longing for ice-cream / as crianças estão loucas (anseiam) por sorvete.
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    long4
    abbr longitude (longitude).

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  • 4 gauge

    [ɡei‹] 1. verb
    1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) medir
    2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) avaliar
    2. noun
    1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) medidor, aferidor
    2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) padrão
    3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) bitola

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  • 5 long

    I 1. [loŋ] adjective
    1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) longo
    2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) longo
    3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) de duração
    4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) demorado
    5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) abrangente
    2. adverb
    1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) muito tempo
    2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) muito tempo
    - long-distance - long-drawn-out - longhand - long house - long jump - long-playing record - long-range - long-sighted - long-sightedness - long-suffering - long-winded - as long as / so long as - before very long - before long - in the long run - the long and the short of it - no longer - so long! II [loŋ] verb
    ((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) ansiar por, desejar ardentemente
    - longingly

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  • 6 telephone

    1. ['telifəun] noun
    ((often abbreviated to phone) [foun] an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves: He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; ( also adjective) a telephone number/operator.) telefone
    2. [foun] verb
    1) (to (try to) speak to (someone) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone you tomorrow.) telefonar
    2) (to send (a message) or ask for (something) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone for a taxi.) telefonar
    3) (to reach or make contact with (another place) by means of the telephone: Can one telephone England from Australia?) telefonar
    - telephone booth
    - telephone box
    - telephone directory
    - telephone exchange
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    tel.e.phone
    [t'elifoun] n telefone. he is on the telephone / ele está ao telefone. • vt+vi telefonar. cellular telephone/ pushbutton telephone telefone celular. cordless telephone telefone sem fio. on the telephone por telefone. over the telephone pelo telefone. press-button telephone telefone de teclas. telephone answering machine secretária eletrônica. to ring someone up on the telephone telefonar para alguém. to telephone someone a thing comunicar alguma coisa a alguém pelo telefone.

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  • 7 turn

    [tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) rodar
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) virar-se
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) virar
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) dirigir
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) dar a volta
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) transformar(-se)
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) mudar (de cor)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) volta
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) volta
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) esquina
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) vez
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) número
    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up
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    [tə:n] n 1 rotação, volta, giro. I took two turns up and down the room / andei duas vezes para cá e para lá dentro do quarto. 2 fig mudança de direção, reviravolta, crise, ação de virar. 3 curva, cotovelo. 4 mudança, alteração, variação. 5 torção, torcedura. 6 vez, ocasião. await your turn! / espere sua vez! now it is my turn / agora é a minha vez. 7 tempo, período, turno. we did it in turns / fizemos isto em turnos. 8 ação, ato, serviço, favor, obséquio. one good turn deserves another / um favor merece outro. 9 inclinação, predileção, tendência, talento. he has a turn for music / ele tem talento (inclinação, interesse) para a música. 10 curso, caminho. 11 passeio, giro, excursão, volta. we took a turn / demos uma volta, fizemos um passeio. 12 susto, choque. it gave her a turn / ela assustou-se. 13 desmaio. 14 Mus grupeto, nota floreada. 15 oportunidade. 16 ocupação passageira ou provisória. 17 Theat número de variedades. 18 estado, condição, natureza, disposição, caráter. 19 sucessão, alternação, rodízio. 20 Typogr letra bloqueada. • vt+vi 1 girar, rodar, virar(-se), volver(-se). he turned her head / ele lhe virou a cabeça. it turns my stomach / está me virando o estômago. I don’t know which way to turn / fig não sei o que fazer, não sei para que lado me virar. we turned the coat inside out / viramos o paletó às avessas. 2 voltar-se. 3 mover, mexer. we did not turn a hair / não perdemos a calma, não demonstramos. 4 mudar (de direção), alterar o curso. 5 dirigir(-se). 6 retornar. 7 desviar. 8 inverter, reverter. 9 revolver na mente. 10 mudar de posição. 11 mudar de assunto. 12 transformar(-se) em (gelo), mudar (cor), tornar(-se) pálido. 13 fazer, formar, adaptar-se. 14 perturbar, transtornar. her brain (head) is turned / ela é louca. 15 mandar embora, fazer ir. 16 volver, dirigir (olhos), virar (rosto). 17 ser mudado. 18 parar, aparar. 19 fazer voltar. 20 passar, dar volta, contornar. 21 ultrapassar, passar (tempo, idade). 22 tornear, fazer no torno. 23 ser torneado. 24 deixar doente. 25 ficar tonto, desmaiar. my head turns / minha cabeça está virando, estou tonto. 26 dobrar. 27 madurecer, mudar de cor. 28 induzir, instigar. 29 expulsar. 30 vender, trocar. 31 traduzir, verter. 32 transformar(-se), alterar, virar às avessas. 33 agrisalhar. 34 entregar. 35 moldar, configurar. 36 resultar, terminar. 37 tornar-se. he turned Christian, soldier, traitor / ele converteu-se ao cristianismo, ficou soldado, virou traidor. 38 estragar, azedar, coalhar (leite). a friendly (good) turn um serviço de amigo, um obséquio. an ill, bad turn um ato mau. an unexpected turn uma mudança inesperada. at every turn a cada momento, em cada ocasião. a turn for the better uma mudança para o melhor. a well turned phrase uma frase bem formulada. by turns alternativamente, em intervalos. done to a turn Cook no ponto. he turned up a tough person ele mostrou-se, revelou-se uma pessoa dura. it took a bad turn virou para o lado ruim. light and dark by turns claro e escuro alternadamente. on the turn prestes a virar (maré). right about turn! Mil meia-volta, volver! the turn of the century a virada do século. to serve one’s turn servir ao fim de, vir a propósito de. to take turns a) mudar, trocar com, revezar-se. b) experimentar. to turn about virar(-se), volver, voltar(-se). to turn a deaf ear fazer-se de surdo. to turn adrift mandar embora, deixar desamparado. to turn against influenciar contra, virar-se contra, ofender, atiçar. to turn around virar ao contrário, torcer (palavras), mudar de atitude. to turn aside desviar(-se), virar-se para o lado. to turn a trick vulg vender-se (prostituta). to turn away a) desviar, virar, mandar embora, despedir, rejeitar. b) virar-se, voltar-se. to turn back a) regressar, voltar, retroceder. b) recusar, devolver. c) retorquir. d) mandar de volta, fazer voltar. she couldn’t turn back / ela não pode voltar atrás (decisão). to turn down a) virar para baixo, dobrar (para baixo). b) diminuir (gás, etc.). c) declinar, rejeitar (oferta). d) desprezar, abandonar. e) descer, ir para baixo. to turn eighteen fazer, completar 18 anos. to turn from dissuadir de. to turn in a) virar, dobrar, (para dentro). b) entregar (alguém). to turn into a) converter em, transformar em. b) instigar a. c) traduzir. d) transformar-se em. e) converter-se em, tornar-se, ficar. to turn into verse pôr em versos. to turn nasty tornar-se desagradável. to turn off a) desviar, afastar, impedir. b) ( from de), despedir, mandar embora. c) fechar, desligar (gás, rádio, torneira). d) realizar, produzir. e) desligar emocionalmente ou sexualmente. f) dirigir-se para o lado. g) desviar-se, afastar-se. h) estragar. i) virar, entrar, sair de uma rua e entrar em outra, dobrar uma esquina. to turn off with a laugh desfazer com um riso. to turn on a) abrir (torneira), ligar (rádio, etc.). b) coll excitar (sexualmente). c) usar narcóticos. d) virar-se. e) girar sobre, em volta de, depender de. f) atacar, visar, retorquir. to turn one’s coat virar a casaca, mudar de opinião. to turn on the heat sl aumentar o esforço, pressão, atividade. to turn out a) virar para fora (os pés). b) expulsar, mandar embora. they turned him out of doors (out of the house) / botaram-no para fora. c) despejar. d) apagar, desligar (luz). e) virar às avessas (as bolsas). f) extrair (carvão). g) transportar, carregar, produzir, fornecer (mercadorias). h) sl iniciar alguém (sexo, drogas). i) virar-se, dirigir-se (para fora). j) sair, ir-se. k) vir à luz, confirmar (-se). l) formar-se, tornar-se. he has turned out a diligent boy / ele tornou-se um rapaz diligente. m) verificar-se, mostrar ser. It turned out that she had money / verificou-se que ela tinha o dinheiro. n) decorrer, terminar. o) largar o trabalho. to turn out well sair bem, dar certo. to turn over a) virar. b) folhar. c) derrubar. d) transbordar. e) transferir. f) revolver. g) movimentar (dinheiro). h) transmitir. i) extraditar. j) encarregar. k) virar-se. l) girar, revolver-se. m) mudar de opinião ou posição. n) inverter. o) denunciar, entregar (às autoridades). to turn over in someone’s mind estudar bem, pensar bem. to turn round a) girar, virar. b) volver, voltar. c) fig converter-se. to turn someone round one’s little finger dominar alguém completamente. to turn something into money transformar em dinheiro, vender. to turn tail recuar ignominiosamente. to turn the back upon someone virar as costas para alguém. to turn the corner a) dobrar a esquina. b) fig vencer a crise. to turn the key virar a chave. to turn the knife in the wound fig abrir novas feridas. to turn the steps towards dirigir os passos para. to turn the tables mudar a sorte. to turn the tables upon pagar na mesma moeda a. to turn the tap on fig cair em prantos. to turn things upside down virar as coisas de pernas para a ar. to turn thumbs down sl recusar, rejeitar, negar. to turn to a) dirigir, concentrar, aplicar, aproveitar. he turn edit to account / ele tirou proveito disto, aproveitou-o com vantagem. b) começar a trabalhar. c) dirigir-se para. they turned to us / dirigiram-se a nós. d) dirigir-se a. e) voltar-se para. f) transformar-se em, converter-se para, tornar-se. to turn toward dirigir para. to turn turtle fig virar de pernas para o ar. to turn up a) virar para cima, dobrar para cima. she turned up her nose / ela torceu o nariz. b) trazer à tona. c) arregaçar. d) aumentar (som, fogo). e) abrir (baralho). f) descobrir, revelar. g) fazer a barra (roupas). h) dirigir-se para cima, virar-se para cima, levantar-se. i) aparecer, vir à tona, surgir. she has turned up at last / ela chegou finalmente. j) acontecer, suceder. k) tornar-se. l) verificar-se, mostrar-se. to turn upon dirigir-se contra, girar em torno de, tratar-se de. to turn up the wick (sl de aviação) acelerar, voar a toda a velocidade. to turn water into wine transformar água em vinho. turn and turn about alternativamente, sucessivamente. turn it up! coll basta! chega! cale a boca! turn of mind modo de pensar. turn over! vide verso! we turned an honest penny by ganhamos nosso dinheiro honestamente com.

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  • 8 telephone

    1. ['telifəun] noun
    ((often abbreviated to phone) [foun] an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves: He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; ( also adjective) a telephone number/operator.) telefone
    2. [foun] verb
    1) (to (try to) speak to (someone) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone you tomorrow.) telefonar
    2) (to send (a message) or ask for (something) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone for a taxi.) telefonar
    3) (to reach or make contact with (another place) by means of the telephone: Can one telephone England from Australia?) telefonar
    - telephone booth - telephone box - telephone directory - telephone exchange

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  • 9 net

    I 1. [net] noun
    ((any of various devices for catching creatures, eg fish, or for any of a number of other purposes, consisting of) a loose open material made of knotted string, thread, wire etc: a fishing-net; a hair-net; a tennis-net; ( also adjective) a net curtain.) (de) rede
    2. verb
    (to catch in a net: They netted several tons of fish.) apanhar na rede
    - netball
    - network
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    net1
    [net] n 1 rede. 2 malha. 3 armadilha. • vt+vi 1 lançar a rede. 2 cobrir ou proteger com rede. 3 enredar. 4 fazer rede. 5 adquirir. to cast the net wider tentar uma maior variedade. to slip through the net escapar da rede.
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    net2
    [net] vt obter um lucro líquido de. • adj líquido, livre.
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    net3
    [net] n coll cadeia de rádio ou televisão.

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  • 10 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) beliscar
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) cortar
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) arder
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) ir num pulo
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) parar
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) mordidela
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) frio cortante
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) trago
    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud
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    nip1
    [nip] n 1 beliscão. 2 alfinetada. 3 queimadura produzida pela geada. 4 frio cortante. 5 mordidela. 6 um bocado. • vt+vi 1 beliscar. 2 queimar pela ação da geada. 3 enregelar. 4 doer. 5 causar dor. 6 dar uma corrida (ir rápido até algum lugar). there’s a nip in the air está frio.
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    nip2
    [nip] n gole, trago (de bebidas alcoólicas). • vt+vi bebericar. nip and tuck renhido, taco a taco, em pé de igualdade (diz-se de competição, luta, etc.).

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  • 11 tap

    I 1. [tæp] noun
    (a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) pancadinha
    2. verb
    ((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) bater levemente
    - tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun
    ((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) torneira
    2. verb
    1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) explorar
    2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) pôr escuta em
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    [tæp] n 1 pancadinha, batida, golpe leve. 2 pedaço de couro para proteger o salto do sapato. 3 batoque (de pipa). 4 torneira. 5 bebida alcoólica (de certa marca ou qualidade). 6 bar. 7 Electr ponto de tomada ou derivação elétrica. 8 Tech macho de tarraxa. 9 peça metálica adaptada à sola e salto do sapato para sapatear. • vt+vi 1 bater de leve, dar pancadinha. 2 remendar, solar sapatos. 3 sangrar, furar, puncionar para tirar líquido (também Med). 4 desarrolhar, destampar (pipa). 5 tirar líquido (por punção). 6 ligar, penetrar, abrir (uma estrada). they tapped the telephone wire / fizeram ligação clandestina no fio telefônico. 7 Electr derivar. 8 cortar rosca interna. 9 sapatear. he didn’t do a tap of work ele nem mexeu um dedo, não fez nada. he tapped me for sl ele deu-me uma facada, pediu-me dinheiro emprestado. on tap a) do barril. b) fig em estoque. three-way tap torneira tripla. to tap the hand on the table bater com a mão na mesa.

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  • 12 net

    I 1. [net] noun
    ((any of various devices for catching creatures, eg fish, or for any of a number of other purposes, consisting of) a loose open material made of knotted string, thread, wire etc: a fishing-net; a hair-net; a tennis-net; ( also adjective) a net curtain.) rede
    2. verb
    (to catch in a net: They netted several tons of fish.) pegar na rede
    - netball - network

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  • 13 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) beliscar, morder, pinçar
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) podar
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) arder, picar
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) dar um pulo até
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) tolher
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) pinçada, mordida
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) frio cortante
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) trago
    - nip something in the bud - nip in the bud

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  • 14 brush

    1. noun
    1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) escova
    2) (an act of brushing.) escovadela
    3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) cauda
    4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) altercação
    2. verb
    1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) escovar
    2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) varrer
    3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) escovar
    4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) roçar
    - brush away
    - brush up
    - give
    - get the brush-off
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    brush1
    [br∧ʃ] n 1 escova. 2 escovadela, ato de escovar. 3 Mil escovilhão. 4 toque, ato de roçar. 5 escaramuça, luta, briga, combate. 6 rabo, cauda de raposa ou esquilo. 7 pincel, broxa. 8 feixe de luz. 9 Electr escova. 10 fig arte de pintar. • vt+vi 1 escovar, limpar, esfregar (com escova). he brushed his teeth / ele escovou os dentes. I must brush up my skirt / tenho de escovar (limpar) minha saia. 2 tirar, remover. 3 tocar, esbarrar, roçar levement. he brushed against me / ele esbarrou em mim. 4 correr, mover-se rapidamente. he brushed by me / ele passou correndo por mim. at a brush ao primeiro assalto, à primeira tentativa. by the same brush do mesmo artista ou pintor. he brushed off ele fugiu, ele não reagiu. to brush up a) recapitular, refrescar a memória. he must brush up his math / ele precisa recapitular seus conhecimentos de matemática. I must brush up my Latin / preciso recapitular meu latim. b) polir para eliminar imperfeições. c) refrescar-se. I must brush up / preciso refrescar-me. to give one a brush atacar alguém.
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    brush2
    [br∧ʃ] n Amer 1 galhos cortados ou quebrados. 2 mato, capoeira, moita. 3 interior, região de pouca população.

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  • 15 cage

    [kei‹] 1. noun
    1) (a box of wood, wire etc for holding birds or animals: The lion has escaped from its cage; a bird-cage.) gaiola
    2) (a lift in a mine.) elevador
    2. verb
    (to put in a cage: Some people think that it is cruel to cage wild animals.) engaiolar
    * * *
    [keidʒ] n 1 gaiola. 2 viveiro (de aves). 3 jaula. 4 cabina de elevador. 5 prisão, cadeia. • vt 1 engaiolar. 2 enjaular. 3 fig prender, pôr na cadeia.

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  • 16 coil

    [koil] 1. verb
    (to wind into loops: The snake coiled (itself) round the tree.) enroscar-se
    2. noun
    1) (a length of something wound into a loop or loops: a coil of rope; a coil of hair.) rolo
    2) (a wound length of wire for conducting electricity: the coil in an electric fire.) bobina
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    coil1
    [kɔil] n 1 rolo, espiral. 2 espira. 3 serpentina de tubos, etc. 4 bobina (também Electr). 5 caracol, anel de cabelo enrolado. 6 Naut ducha: cabo ou corda enrolada. 7 DIU: dispositivo intra-uterino usado para contracepção. • vt 1 enrolar, bobinar. 2 formar espiral. 3 serpentear, mover-se em espiral. induction coil bobina de indução. moving coil bobina móvel. spark coil Auto bobina vibradora. the serpent coiled up a cobra enrolou-se.
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    coil2
    [kɔil] n arch 1 tumulto. 2 algazarra.

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  • 17 fence

    I 1. [fens] noun
    (a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire etc to stop people, animals etc moving on to or off a piece of land: The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.) cerca
    2. verb
    (to enclose (an area of land) with a fence eg to prevent people, animals etc from getting in: We fenced off the field.) cercar
    II [fens] verb
    1) (to fight with (blunted) swords as a sport.) esgrimir
    2) (to avoid answering questions: He fenced with me for half an hour before I got the truth.) fugir à questão/esquivar-se
    * * *
    [fens] n 1 cerca, grade, cercado. 2 tapagem, tapada, sebe, tapume, valado, muro. 3 reparo, parapeito, trincheira. 4 fig réplica, debate. 5 barreira, obstáculo. 6 receptor, o que recolhe, guarda, esconde ou vende objetos furtados. 7 Tech esquadro de guia. • vt+vi 1 cercar, rodear, valar, tapar, entaipar, murar, fortificar. 2 defender, resguardar, proteger. 3 esgrimir, jogar as armas, parar, rechaçar. 4 fig esgrimir, tergiversar, esquivar-se, argumentar agilmente. 5 receptar objetos furtados. fence-month, fence-season, fence-time defeso, época em que é proibido caçar ou pescar. fence of a plane régua de plaina. fence of pales paliçada, estacada. fence off repelir, evitar, desviar, defender-se, isolar, deter. Suzy and Mary mended their fences Suzy e Mary fizeram as pazes, ficaram de bem. to fence in cercar. to sit, to stand on the fence aguardar, hesitar, estar indeciso, ficar neutro, sentar no muro.

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  • 18 flex

    [fleks] 1. verb
    (to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) flectir
    2. noun
    ((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) fio eléctrico
    - flexibility
    - flexitime
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    flex1
    [fleks] n Electr cabo, condutor, fio flexível.
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    flex2
    [fleks] vt+vi dobrar-se, curvar-se, vergar-se, arquear-se.

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  • 19 fuse

    I 1. [fju:z] verb
    1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) amalgamar(-se)
    2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fundir-se
    2. noun
    (a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) fusível
    II [fju:z] noun
    (a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) rastilho
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    fuse1
    [fju:z] n 1 Electr fusível. 2 estopim, rastilho, detonador, mecha, espoleta. to blow a fuse queimar um fusível.
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    fuse2
    [fju:z] vt+vi 1 fundir(-se), derreter(-se), liquefazer(-se). 2 unir-se, amalgamar(-se), misturar(-se).

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  • 20 hairpin

    noun (a bent wire for keeping a woman's hair in place.) gancho do cabelo
    * * *
    hair.pin
    [h'ɛəpin] n grampo de cabelo.

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