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  • 1 it was his pleasure to do so

    it was his pleasure to do so
    ele dignou-se fazê-lo.

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  • 2 pleasure

    ['pleʒə]
    (something that gives one enjoyment; joy or delight: the pleasures of country life; I get a lot of pleasure from listening to music.) prazer
    - pleasurably
    - pleasure-boat / pleasure-craft
    - take pleasure in
    * * *
    plea.sure
    [pl'eʒə] n 1 prazer, gosto, satisfação. it’s a pleasure to hear her / é um prazer ouvi-la. 2 vontade, desejo. 3 alegria. 4 divertimento. 5 favor, obséquio. 6 prazer sensual. 7 gozo. • vt+vi 1 aprazer, satisfazer. she takes pleasure in singing / ela gosta de cantar. 2 agradar, dar prazer a. 3 procurar prazeres. at your pleasure como lhe aprouver. during your pleasure enquanto lhe aprouver. it was his pleasure to do so ele dignou-se fazê-lo. to pleasure de modo a agradar.

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  • 3 swing

    [swiŋ] 1. past tense, past participle - swung; verb
    1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) balançar
    2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) gingar
    3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) virar
    2. noun
    1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) balanço
    2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) oscilação
    3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) ritmo
    4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) viragem
    5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) baloiço
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    - swing bridge
    - swing door
    - be in full swing
    - get into the swing of things
    - get into the swing
    - go with a swing
    * * *
    [swiŋ] n 1 balanceio, balouço, oscilação, balanço, vaivém, amplitude de oscilação. 2 impulso. 3 balanço, brinquedo. 4 andar, movimento balançante. 5 ritmo, movimento rítmico. he got into the swing of his work / ele familiarizou-se com seu trabalho. 6 golpe de boxe dado com movimento giratório do braço. 7 liberdade de ação. let young people have their swing / deixe aos moços a sua liberdade. 8 movimento, atividade. 9 (também swing music) tipo de música e dança. 10 inclinação, propensão, tenência, vocação. 11 volta, passeio em trajeto circular. 12 grande alteração, virada. 13 flutuação periódica. • vt+vi (ps swung, swang, pp swung) 1 balançar, oscilar. 2 girar, voltear. 3 mover-se em linha curva. 4 mover-se livremente. 5 pender, pendurar, estar suspenso ou pendurado. 6 brandir, vibrar. 7 Amer, coll influenciar ou lidar com sucesso. 8 tocar música em ritmo de swing. 9 gingar, agitar, mover-se com ritmo. 10 coll morrer enforcado. 11 brincar no balanço. 12 entrar em atividade. 13 badalar, freqüentar os lugares da moda. 14 ter vida sexual ativa e variada. • adj relativo à dança ou música de swing. he’ll swing it coll ele dará um jeito. in full swing em plena atividade, em pleno funcionamento. let him have his full swing of pleasure / deixe-o divertir-se à vontade. swings and roundabouts uma situação na qual vantagens e desvantagens se equivalem. to go with a swing a) ser ritmado. b) seguir sem dificuldades. to swing about sacudir, abalar. to swing both ways ser bissexual. to swing by fazer uma breve visita. to swing into line Mil efetuar uma volta. to swing open abrir-se (porta). to swing round girar, virar-se. to swing the lead sl simular doença para evitar fazer sua tarefa, seu trabalho.

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  • 4 follow

    ['foləu] 1. verb
    1) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) seguir
    2) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) seguir
    3) (to understand: Do you follow (my argument)?) compreender
    4) (to act according to: I followed his advice.) seguir
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    - following 2. adjective
    1) (coming after: the following day.) seguinte
    2) (about to be mentioned: You will need the following things.) seguinte
    3. preposition
    (after; as a result of: Following his illness, his hair turned white.) a seguir a
    4. pronoun
    (things about to be mentioned: You must bring the following - pen, pencil, paper and rubber.) seguinte
    - follow up
    * * *
    fol.low
    [f'ɔlou] n 1 seguimento. 2 perseguição, ato de seguir. • vt+vi 1 seguir, ir atrás de, marchar ou caminhar após, em seguimento, vir depois, suceder uma coisa a outra, suceder no lugar de alguém. the talk will be followed by a song / o discurso será seguido por um canto. 2 resultar de, seguir-se, provir, resultar, inferir-se, concluir-se, deduzir-se. it follows that / segue-se que, logo, portanto. 3 ir ao longo de, continuar. 4 escoltar, acompanhar, servir, atender. 5 perseguir, caçar, dar caça a. 6 imitar, tomar como modelo, proceder em harmonia com, seguir o exemplo de, guiar-se por, abandonar-se a, observar, usar, obedecer a. she follows the fashion / ela acompanha a moda. 7 observar, seguir com os olhos, acompanhar com atenção. 8 visar, correr no encalço de, ter a mira em, tomar o partido de, aderir a, abraçar-se a, compreender. 9 exercer (profissão), dar-se a, dedicar-se a. he follows a profession / ele exerce uma profissão. they follow after him / eles seguem-no. 10 seguir-se, resultar. it follows from this / resulta disso. as follows como se segue. do you follow me? compreende-me? follow my advice! siga o meu conselho! follow-up letter carta lembrete. I don’t follow you não o compreendo. the next followed close o seguinte foi logo atrás. to follow about/ around/ round seguir por toda parte. to follow close upon seguir de perto. to follow in someone’s steps seguir os passos, ir na cola de alguém. to follow on a) continuar ininterruptamente. b) seguir-se após uma pausa. c) resultar de. to follow one’s nose ir pelo faro. to follow one’s pleasure dar-se ao deleite. to follow out levar ao cabo, levar até o fim. to follow suit servir o naipe jogado. to follow the law estudar leis, seguir a carreira de advogado. to follow the plough dedicar-se à lavoura. to follow through completar, chegar ao fim sem fraquejar. to follow up a) seguir de perto, seguir persistentemente. b) chegar ao fim, levar avante. c) reforçar. trade follows the flag o comércio segue a bandeira.

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  • 5 pride

    1) (a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction at one's achievements, possessions, family etc: She looked with pride at her handsome sons.) orgulho
    2) (personal dignity: His pride was hurt by her criticism.) orgulho
    3) (a group (of lions or of peacocks): a pride of lions.) bando
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    - the pride of
    - pride of place
    - pride oneself on
    - take pride in
    * * *
    [praid] n 1 orgulho, soberba, vaidade, ufania. he is the pride of his class / ele é o orgulho de sua classe. 2 brio, amor-próprio, dignidade. she’s nursing her pride / ela está tentando recuperar sua dignidade. 3 arrogância, jactância. 4 prazer, satisfação. 5 ostentação, pompa, alarde. 6 objeto de orgulho. you are his very pride / você é o orgulho dele. she is her mothers’ pride and joy / ela é o orgulho e a alegria de sua mãe. 7 auge, apogeu. • vt 1 vangloriar-se, orgulhar-se. she prides herself upon / ela se vangloria de... 2 causar orgulho a. in the pride of youth na flor da mocidade. pride of China Bot cinamomo, jasmim-de-soldado, lilás-da-índia. pride of India = link=pride%20of%20China pride of China. pride of place lugar de honra. to feel a pride at, to take a pride in orgulhar-se de. to swallow your pride engolir seu orgulho.

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  • 6 drive

    1. past tense - drove; verb
    1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar
    2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar
    3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger
    4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater
    5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar
    2. noun
    1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio
    2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho
    3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia
    4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha
    5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada
    6) ((computers) a disk drive.)
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    - driver's license
    - drive-in
    - drive-through
    - driving licence
    - be driving at
    - drive off
    - drive on
    * * *
    [draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

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  • 7 wag

    [wæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - wagged; verb
    ((especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side: The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.) abanar
    2. noun
    (a single wagging movement: The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.) abanadela
    * * *
    wag1
    [wæg] n Brit, sl trocista, gaiato, gracejador.
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    wag2
    [wæg] n sacudidela, abano, menejo, balanço. • vt+vi 1 sacudir, abanar, balançar, agitar, menear. he wagged his finger / ele fez um sinal de advertência com o dedo. he wagged his head / ele sacudiu a cabeça, fez um sinal de incredulidade. 2 ir-se, partir. how the world wags! como anda este mundo! let the world wag on deixe o pessoal falar e fazer (o que quiser).

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  • 8 congratulate

    [kən'ɡrætjuleit]
    ((often with on) to express pleasure and joy to (a person) at a happy event, a success etc: She congratulated him on passing his driving test.) felicitar
    - congratulation
    * * *
    con.grat.u.late
    [kəngr'ætʃuleit] vt+vi congratular(-se), felicitar, dar parabéns (on, upon something pelo, por alguma coisa).

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  • 9 enjoy

    [in'‹oi]
    1) (to find pleasure in: He enjoyed the meal.) gostar
    2) (to experience; to be in the habit of having (especially a benefit): he enjoyed good health all his life.) gozar
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    - enjoyment
    - enjoy oneself
    * * *
    en.joy
    [ind9'6i] vt 1 gozar, desfrutar, deleitar-se, gostar, apreciar, divertir-se, ter prazer. I enjoyed your visit / apreciei a sua visita. I enjoyed myself / eu me diverti. 2 possuir. he enjoys good health / ele goza de boa saúde.

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  • 10 gloat

    [ɡləut]
    (to look at or think about with wicked pleasure: He gloated over his rival's failure.) regozijar-se
    * * *
    [glout] n exultação maligna, regozijo. • vi olhar com satisfação maligna, regozijar-se, tripudiar, sentir-se triunfante com a desgraça alheia. to gloat on, upon, over exultar com malignidade sobre.

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  • 11 glory

    ['ɡlo:ri] 1. plural - glories; noun
    1) (fame or honour: glory on the field of battle; He took part in the competition for the glory of the school.) glória
    2) (a source of pride, fame etc: This building is one of the many glories of Venice.) glória
    3) (the quality of being magnificent: The sun rose in all its glory.) glória
    2. verb
    (to take great pleasure in: He glories in his work as an architect.) orgulhar-se
    - glorification
    - glorious
    - gloriously
    * * *
    glo.ry
    [gl'ɔ:ri] n 1 honra, fama, reputação, renome. 2 glória, glorificação, exaltação, canonização. 3 beleza, magnificência, esplendor, resplendor. 4 esplendor do céu, céu. 5 halo, auréola. • vi jactar-se, gloriar (in sobre, em).

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  • 12 happy

    ['hæpi]
    1) (having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment: a happy smile; I feel happy today.) feliz
    2) (willing: I'd be happy to help you.) contente
    3) (lucky: By a happy chance I have the key with me.) feliz
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    - happily
    - happy-go-lucky
    - happy medium
    * * *
    hap.py
    [h'æpi] adj 1 feliz, contente, satisfeito. I am happy to see you / estou feliz em vê-lo. 2 próspero, venturoso. 3 favorável. 4 muito apropriado, adequado, acertado. he is happy in his replies / ele dá respostas acertadas. 5 auspicioso. to be happy of something ser entendido em um assunto. to count oneself happy dar-se por feliz.

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  • 13 in full swing

    in full swing
    em plena atividade, em pleno funcionamento. let him have his full swing of pleasure / deixe-o divertir-se à vontade.

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  • 14 launch

    I 1. [lo:n ] verb
    1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) lançar
    2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) lançar
    3) (to throw.) atirar
    2. noun
    ((an) act of launching.) lançamento
    - launch into
    - launch out     II [lo:n ] noun
    (a large, power-driven boat, usually used for short trips or for pleasure: We cruised round the bay in a motor launch.) lancha
    * * *
    [lɔ:ntʃ] n 1 lançamento. 2 inauguração, estréia. 3 lancha. • vt+vi 1 lançar (navio, foguete, etc.). 2 Com começar (um negócio). 3 arremessar. 4 Com lançar (produto). 5 encaminhar (alguém em um negócio ou profissão). to launch out iniciar.

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  • 15 playboy

    noun (a rich man who spends his time and money on pleasure.) playboy
    * * *
    play.boy
    [pl'eibɔi] n Amer playboy: homem de família rica que desfruta os prazeres da vida.

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  • 16 proud

    1) (feeling pleasure or satisfaction at one's achievements, possessions, connections etc: He was proud of his new house; She was proud of her son's achievements; He was proud to play football for the school.) orgulhoso
    2) (having a (too) high opinion of oneself; arrogant: She was too proud to talk to us.) orgulhoso
    3) (wishing to be independent: She was too proud to accept help.) orgulhoso
    4) (splendid or impressive: The assembled fleet was a proud sight.) esplêndido
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    - do someone proud
    - do proud
    * * *
    [praud] adj 1 orgulhoso: a) vaidoso, soberbo, arrogante. b) ufano. c) altivo, altaneiro. 2 magnífico, suntuoso, imponente. 3 esplêndido, admirável. 4 fogoso (montaria). 5 impetuoso (rio, torrente). a proud building uma construção suntuosa. my proudest possession o objeto mais valioso e querido que possuo. proud as a peacock empavonado. they did him proud 1 encheram-no de orgulho. 2 acolheram-no magnificamente. to be proud of orgulhar-se de.

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  • 17 relish

    ['reliʃ] 1. verb
    (to enjoy greatly: He relishes his food; I relished the thought of telling my husband about my promotion.) apreciar
    2. noun
    1) (pleasure; enjoyment: He ate the food with great relish; I have no relish for such a boring task.) prazer
    2) (a strong flavour, or a sauce etc for adding flavour.) condimento
    * * *
    rel.ish
    [r'eliʃ] n 1 gosto, sabor, paladar. 2 condimento, tempero. 3 apetite, deleite. 4 petisco, gulodice, iguaria. 5 satisfação, prazer, inclinação. he had no relish to write / ele não tinha inclinação para escrever. they had a relish in hunting / eles tinham gosto pela caça. • vt+vi 1 dar bom gosto ou sabor a. 2 gostar de, participar com prazer. did you relish the dinner? / você gostou do almoço? 3 ter bom gosto, ser agradável ao paladar. 4 condimentar, temperar. 5 apreciar, ter prazer em. to relish of ter gosto de.

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  • 18 treat

    [tri:t] 1. verb
    1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) tratar
    2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) tratar
    3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) tratar
    4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) oferecer
    5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) tratar de
    2. noun
    (something that gives pleasure, eg an arranged outing, or some special food: He took them to the theatre as a treat.) regalo
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    [tri:t] n 1 festa, convite para comer e beber, regalo. it’s my treat / é a minha vez de convidar. 2 divertimento, prazer, alegria. it was a treat to hear it / foi um prazer ouvir isso. 3 delícia. • vt+vi 1 tratar, agir com, lidar com. 2 considerar, pensar sobre. 3 medicar, tratar. he treated me for gastritis / ele tratou da minha gastrite. we treated ourselves to some wine / regalamo-nos com um pouco de vinho. 4 discutir, tratar de um assunto. 5 oferecer (comida e bebida), convidar, regalar. I treated him to an ice / ofereci-lhe um sorvete. 6 pagar as despesas. to treat of tratar de, ventilar. to treat with a) entrar em entendimento com. b) Med tratar com, por meio de. to treat someone like a doormat coll, to treat someone like shit tratar alguém muito mal, fazer capacho de alguém.

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  • 19 the prodigal son

    1) (a disobedient and irresponsible son who wastes money on a life of pleasure and later returns home to ask for his parents' forgiveness.)
    2) (a person who acts irresponsibly and later regrets it.)

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  • 20 congratulate

    [kən'ɡrætjuleit]
    ((often with on) to express pleasure and joy to (a person) at a happy event, a success etc: She congratulated him on passing his driving test.) congratular
    - congratulation

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