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[wə:Ɵ] 1. noun(value: These books are of little or no worth; She sold fifty dollars' worth of tickets.) valor2. adjective1) (equal in value to: Each of these stamps is worth a cent.) equivalente2) (good enough for: His suggestion is worth considering: The exhibition is well worth a visit.) digno de•- worthlessly
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- worthy 3. noun(a highly respected person.) notabilidade- worthily- worthiness
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- for all one is worth* * *[wə:θ] n 1 valor: a) preço, custo. b) qualidade. c) conceito. d) mérito. e) importância, significação, excelência. f) utilidade. 2 propriedade, riqueza, bens. • adj 1 que vale, valedor. 2 que merece, merecedor, digno. 3 equivalente a. 4 que tem o preço de. 5 que vale a pena. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando. a book worth reading um livro digno de ser lido. a man of great worth um homem de grande valor, de grandes méritos. an hour’s worth of work valor equivalente a uma hora de trabalho. a shilling’s worth of cheese queijo por um xelim. a week’s worth of food alimento suficiente para uma semana. for all one is worth com o máximo esforço. he is said to be worth hundred pounds a month consta que ele tem uma renda mensal de cem libras. he’s worth his weight in gold ele vale seu peso em ouro, seu valor é inestimável. he took him for all he was worth fig ele sangrou-o, fê-lo pagar excessivamente. I tell you that for what it is worth digo-lhe isto com reserva. it is worth it! vale a pena! it is worth its price vale o preço. not to be worth a bucket of warm spit não valer nada. not to be worth the paper it’s written on ser sem valor, não ter o menor valor. not worth mentioning a) indigno de ser mencionado. b) insignificante. of little worth de pouco valor. she died worth a million ela morreu deixando um milhão. this guy doesn’t sing worth a damn/ a shit sl esse cara não conta nada. to be worth valer. it is worth little/ much/ nothing / vale pouco/muito/não vale nada. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth ten shillings to him / vale-lhe dez xelins. to be worth doing, to be worth while doing valer a pena. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth doing / vale a pena fazê-lo. the risk is worth taking / vale a pena correr o risco. to judge people by their worth julgar as pessoas pelo seu valor. to make life worth living valer a pena viver. -
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to be worthvaler. it is worth little/ much/ nothing / vale pouco/muito/não vale nada. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth ten shillings to him/vale-lhe dez xelins. to be worth doing, to be worth while doing valer a pena. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth doing / vale a pena fazê-lo. the risk is worth taking / vale a pena correr o risco.
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