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1 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) chuva2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) chuva2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) chover2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) (fazer) chover•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *[r'ein] n 1 chuva. 2 queda abundante de qualquer coisa. • vt+vi 1 chover. 2 cair em gotas. as right as rain coll com boa saúde, bom novamente, recuperado. heavy rain chuva pesada, forte. it looks like rain ameaça chover. it never rains but it pours uma desgraça nunca vem só. rained off cancelado por causa da chuva. rain or shine chova ou faça sol; com qualquer tempo. the rains estação chuvosa (em países tropicais). to rain cats and dogs chover a cântaros. to rain down despencar, cair sobre. to rain off interromper por causa da chuva (partida esportiva). to rain out parar de chover. -
2 retain
[rə'tein]1) (to continue to have, use, remember etc; to keep in one's possession, memory etc: He finds it difficult to retain information; These dishes don't retain heat very well.) reter2) (to hold (something) back or keep (something) in its place: This wall was built to retain the water from the river in order to prevent flooding.) suster* * *re.tain[rit'ein] vt 1 reter, conservar, manter, preservar, guardar. 2 contratar (especialmente serviços de advogado). 3 conservar na memória. -
3 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) chuva2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) chuva2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) chover2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) chover•- rainy- raininess - rainbow - rain check: take a rain check - raincoat - raindrop - rainfall - rain forest - rain-gauge - keep - save for a rainy day - rain cats and dogs - the rains - as right as rain - right as rain -
4 retain
[rə'tein]1) (to continue to have, use, remember etc; to keep in one's possession, memory etc: He finds it difficult to retain information; These dishes don't retain heat very well.) reter2) (to hold (something) back or keep (something) in its place: This wall was built to retain the water from the river in order to prevent flooding.) reter
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