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41 blow
I [bləu] noun1) (a stroke or knock: a blow on the head.) pancada2) (a sudden misfortune: Her husband's death was a real blow.) golpeII [bləu] past tense - blew; verb1) ((of a current of air) to be moving: The wind blew more strongly.) sopra2) ((of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way: The explosion blew off the lid.) fazer voar3) (to be moved by the wind etc: The door must have blown shut.) ser soprado4) (to drive air (upon or into): Please blow into this tube!) soprar5) (to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc): He blew the horn loudly.) soprar•- blowhole- blow-lamp - blow-torch - blowout - blowpipe - blow one's top - blow out - blow over - blow up -
42 can
[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) conseguir2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) saber3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) poder4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) poderII 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) caneca, lata2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) enlatar- canned- cannery -
43 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) estrondo2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) trombada3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) craque4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) espatifar(-se)2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) colidir, chocar-se contra3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) espatifar(-se)4) ((of a business) to fail.) falir5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) abrir caminho ruidosamente6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensivo- crash-land -
44 fog
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45 foresight
[-sæit]noun (the ability to see in advance what may happen and to plan for it: She had the foresight to drive carefully in case the roads were icy.) previdência -
46 harness
1. noun(the leather straps etc by which a horse is attached to a cart etc which it is pulling and by means of which it is controlled.) arreio2. verb1) (to put the harness on (a horse).) atrelar2) (to make use of (a source of power, eg a river) for some purpose, eg to produce electricity or to drive machinery: Attempts are now being made to harness the sun as a source of heat and power.) explorar -
47 hunt
1. verb1) (to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport: He spent the whole day hunting (deer).) caçar2) (to pursue or drive out: The murderer was hunted from town to town.) caçar2. noun1) (the act of hunting animals etc: a tiger hunt.) caça2) (a search: I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.) busca•- hunter- hunting - huntsman - hunt down - hunt for - hunt high and low - hunt out -
48 lorry
['lori]((American truck) a motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads: He has a licence to drive a lorry; a coal-lorry.) caminhão -
49 speed
[spi:d] 1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) velocidade2) (quickness of moving.) rapidez2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) ir em alta velocidade2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) exceder-se na velocidade•- speeding- speedy - speedily - speediness - speed bump - speed trap - speedometer - speed up -
50 tractor
['træktə](a motor vehicle for pulling especially agricultural machinery: I can drive a tractor.) trator -
51 urge
[ə:‹] 1. verb1) (to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something): He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.)2) (to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action): He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.)2. noun(a strong impulse or desire: I felt an urge to hit him.)- urge on -
52 verge
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