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also set on

  • 1 set upon

    ( also set on) (to attack: He set upon me in the dark.) atacar

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  • 2 set upon

    ( also set on) (to attack: He set upon me in the dark.) atacar, assaltar

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  • 3 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centro
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) coração
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas
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    - hearten
    - heartless
    - heartlessly
    - heartlessness
    - hearts
    - hearty
    - heartily
    - heartiness
    - heartache
    - heart attack
    - heartbeat
    - heartbreak
    - heartbroken
    - heartburn
    - heart failure
    - heartfelt
    - heart-to-heart     2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)
    - at heart
    - break someone's heart
    - by heart
    - from the bottom of one's heart
    - have a change of heart
    - have a heart!
    - have at heart
    - heart and soul
    - lose heart
    - not have the heart to
    - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
    - take heart
    - take to heart
    - to one's heart's content
    - with all one's heart
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    [ha:t] n 1 coração. 2 núcleo, âmago, centro. 3 alma. 4 amor, afeição, inclinação. 5 ânimo, coragem. 6 hearts copas (baralho). bless my heart! meu Deus! he has set his heart on it ele afeiçoou-se a isso. he puts his heart in his work ele se empenha de corpo e alma no seu trabalho. I find it in my heart estou disposto a. in good heart descansado (solo). in the heart of hearts no fundo do coração. it cuts me to the heart isso me dói no coração. out of heart desanimado, desencorajado. the heart of the matter o essencial da questão. to give (lose) one’s heart apaixonar-se. to learn by heart decorar. to lose heart perder o ânimo. to pluck up heart reanimar-se. to speak to one’s heart confortar, encorajar, animar. with all one’s heart com todo o coração. with heart and soul de corpo e alma.

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  • 4 store

    [sto:] 1. noun
    1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) reserva
    2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) depósito
    3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) armazém
    4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) loja
    2. verb
    1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) guardar
    2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) abastecer
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    - storehouse
    - storeroom
    - in store
    - set great store by
    - set store by
    - store up
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    [stɔ:] n 1 Amer armazém, loja, casa de negócios. 2 estoque, suprimento. 3 (especialmente Brit) depósito, armazém. 4 provisões, abastecimento. 5 propriedade, riqueza, tesouro (de conhecimentos), grande quantidade, abundância, fartura. • vt 1 suprir, pôr em estoque. 2 guardar, acumular, armazenar (também Comp). she stored away her treasures / ela guardou seus tesouros. 3 abastecer, prover, fornecer. chain store estabelecimento de uma rede de lojas de departamentos ou rede de supermercados, filial. department store loja de departamentos. in store de reserva. to be in store algo está para acontecer. there is a great surprise in store for you / há uma grande surpresa à sua espera. to set great store by something dar muito valor a. he sets great store by her opinion / ele dá muito valor à opinião dela. to store up reservar, guardar.

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  • 5 music

    ['mju:zik] 1. noun
    1) (the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments: She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; ( also adjective) a music lesson.) música
    2) (the written form in which such tones etc are set down: The pianist has forgotten to bring her music.) música
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    2. noun
    (a film or play that includes a large amount of singing, dancing etc.) musical
    - musician
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    mu.sic
    [mj'u:zik] n 1 música. 2 harmonia. 3 composição musical. 4 notas musicais. to be music to ones’ ears deixar feliz. to face the music enfrentar dificuldades corajosamente. to set to music musicar, pôr em música.

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  • 6 presentation

    [pre-]
    1) (the act of presenting: the presentation of the prizes; the presentation of a new play; ( also adjective) a presentation ceremony; a presentation gold watch.) apresentação
    2) (the manner in which written work etc is presented or set out: Try to improve the presentation of your work.) apresentação
    3) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) representação
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    pres.en.ta.tion
    [prizent'eiʃən] n 1 apresentação: a) introdução, ato de tornar conhecido. b) Com entrega de um título para aceite. c) Eccl indicação para um benefício. d) explicação, descrição. 2 oferecimento, doação. 3 representação, exibição. 4 presente, dádiva. 5 Med posição do feto no útero. on presentation Com contra apresentação.

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  • 7 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) âmago
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.)
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas
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    - hearten - heartless - heartlessly - heartlessness - hearts - hearty - heartily - heartiness - heartache - heart attack - heartbeat - heartbreak - heartbroken - heartburn - heart failure - heartfelt - heart-to-heart 2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) conversa franca
    - at heart - break someone's heart - by heart - from the bottom of one's heart - have a change of heart - have a heart! - have at heart - heart and soul - lose heart - not have the heart to - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on - take heart - take to heart - to one's heart's content - with all one's heart

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  • 8 presentation

    [pre-]
    1) (the act of presenting: the presentation of the prizes; the presentation of a new play; ( also adjective) a presentation ceremony; a presentation gold watch.) apresentação
    2) (the manner in which written work etc is presented or set out: Try to improve the presentation of your work.) apresentação
    3) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) representação

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  • 9 store

    [sto:] 1. noun
    1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) provisão
    2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) estoque
    3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) depósito
    4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) armazém
    2. verb
    1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) guardar
    2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) abastecer
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    - storehouse - storeroom - in store - set great store by - set store by - store up

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  • 10 flat

    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) raso
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) aborrecido
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) completo
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vazio
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) choco
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) desafinado
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) estendido
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) apartamento
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) plano
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) baixio
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    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out
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    flat1
    [flæt] n 1 superfície plana, horizontal, achatada ou nivelada. 2 planície, plano, campo raso, terreno plano ou nivelado. 3 baixo, baixio, pântano. 4 Mus bemol. 5 simplório, otário, papalvo. • adj 1 liso, plano, raso, chato, sem relevo, nivelado, horizontal. 2 estirado, estendido, rente, arrasado. 3 raso, pouco fundo, achatado. 4 vazio, furado. 5 plano, claro. 6 chato, maçante, monótono, trivial, vulgar, insípido. 7 Mus bemol, abemolado. • adv 1 horizontalmente, de modo plano, chato. 2 positivamente, redondamente, planamente. 3 completamente, exatamente. 4 insipidamente. a flat lie mentira manifesta. flat against the wall encostado à parede. flat on the ground rente ao chão. he fell flat on the ground ele espatifou-se no chão. I must lay my clothes flat tenho de dobrar minha roupa. it fell flat fig isso malogrou. to go flat ficar choco (bebida), perder o gás. to lay flat arrasar, destruir.
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    flat2
    [flæt] n apartamento, andar, pavimento.

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  • 11 picket

    ['pikit] 1. noun
    1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) piquete
    2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) piquete
    2. verb
    1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) fazer piquete
    2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) fazer piquete
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    pick.et
    [p'ikit] n 1 estaca, piqueta. 2 piquete. 3 membro de piquete de grevistas. • vt+vi 1 cercar com estacas. 2 fortificar com estacas. 3 Mil estacionar piquetes. 4 amarrar a uma estaca. 5 fazer piquetes de grevistas.

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  • 12 relief

    [rə'li:f]
    1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) alívio
    2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) socorro
    3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) substituto
    4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) libertação
    5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relevo
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    - relieved
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    re.lief1
    [ril'i:f] n 1 alívio. 2 assistência, socorro, ajuda. 3 remédio. 4 revezamento ou substituição de pessoal ou tropas. 5 indulto. 6 Mil pl reforços. 7 libertação (após um cerco). 8 Euphem satisfação sexual. indoor relief serviço de assistência social interno. light/ comic relief Theat, Lit, Cin mudança divertida e agradável (durante um drama). much to one’s relief para satisfação de alguém. on relief recebendo assistência social.
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    re.lief2
    [ril'i:f] n 1 relevo, saliência. 2 realce, contraste, distinção. 3 Archit saliência. 4 Geol elevação de terreno, parte montanhosa. in relief em relevo. to place / throw into relief realçar. to stand in bold relief destacar-se, sobressair.

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  • 13 ruby

    ['ru:bi]
    plural - rubies; noun
    1) (a kind of deep red precious stone: a ring set with rubies; ( also adjective) a ruby necklace.) rubi
    2) (( also adjective) (of) its colour: a ruby dress.) rubi
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    ru.by
    [r'u:bi] n 1 Min rubi, rubim. 2 cor do rubi. 3 algo semelhante ao rubi em cor como: vinho tinto, carbúnculo, sangue. 4 Typogr tipo de corpo 5 1/2. • vt ruborizar. • adj da cor do rubi, vermelho-vivo.

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  • 14 flat

    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plano, raso
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) monótono, chato
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) categórico
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vazio
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) choco
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) abemolado
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) horizontalmente
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) apartamento
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) superfície plana, palma
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) baixio
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    - flatten - flat rate - flat out

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  • 15 picket

    ['pikit] 1. noun
    1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) piquete
    2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) piquete
    2. verb
    1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) organizar piquete
    2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) fazer piquete

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  • 16 relief

    [rə'li:f]
    1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) alívio
    2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) auxílio
    3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) substituto
    4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) libertação
    5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relevo
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    - relieved

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  • 17 ruby

    ['ru:bi]
    plural - rubies; noun
    1) (a kind of deep red precious stone: a ring set with rubies; ( also adjective) a ruby necklace.) rubi
    2) (( also adjective) (of) its colour: a ruby dress.) rubi, vermelho

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  • 18 ballet

    ['bælei, ]( American[) bæ'lei]
    1) (a theatrical performance of dancing with set steps and mime, often telling a story: Swan Lake is my favourite ballet.) bailado
    2) (the art of dancing in this way: She is taking lessons in ballet; ( also adjective) a ballet class.) de ballet
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    bal.let
    [b'ælei] n 1 balé. 2 corpo de baile.

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  • 19 bay

    [bei] I noun
    (a wide inward bend of a coastline: anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.) baía
    II noun
    (a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose: a bay in a library.) vão
    III 1. adjective
    ((of horses) reddish-brown in colour.) baio
    2. noun
    ((also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths.) loureiro
    3. verb
    ((especially of large dogs) to bark: The hounds bayed at the fox.) ladrar
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    bay1
    [bei] n 1 Geogr baía, enseada. 2 reentrância.
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    bay2
    [bei] n 1 Archit seção de um muro ou telhado entre dois pilares, dois arcobotantes etc. 2 Archit intercolúnio. 3 baia. 4 Archit vão, luz (de ponte). 5 Aeron vão, compartimento de carga. 6 fort seção de trincheira entre duas transversais.
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    bay3
    [bei] n 1 Bot loureiro, louro. 2 ( bays) fig louros, triunfo.
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    bay4
    [bei] n 1 latido grave (dos cães acuando a caça). 2 posição de quem está cercado ou de quem não tem escapatória. at bay / cercado, em apuros. • vt+vi 1 latir de modo grave (como o cão quando acua a caça). 2 ladrar. 3 receber com latidos. 4 acuar latindo. 5 amarrar (caça). 6 gritar, berrar, urrar. he bayed at me / ele gritou comigo. I kept him at bay mantive-o em xeque.
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    bay5
    [bei] n 1 baio: cavalo baio. 2 matiz castanho-avermelhado. • adj baio.

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  • 20 cable

    ['keibl] 1. noun
    1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) cabo
    2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) cabo
    3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) cabo
    4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) cabograma
    5) (cable television.)
    2. verb
    (to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) telegrafar
    - cable television
    - cable TV
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    ca.ble
    [k'eibəl] n 1 cabo, corda. 2 Naut amarra. 3 cabo submarino, elétrico ou telefônico. 4 Tech condutor de fios múltiplos. 5 Amer cabograma. • vt+vi 1 ligar por um cabo, amarrar, segurar com amarra ou cabo. 2 cabografar, expedir cabograma. cable length or cable’s length unidade de medida marítima correspondente a 231 m.

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