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1 fish
plurals; see fish* * *fish1[fiʃ] n 1 peixe, pescado. 2 reforço. 3 Mech tala. 4 Naut lambareiro. • vt+vi 1 pescar. he fished something out of the water / ele puxou qualquer coisa da água. 2 buscar. 3 lançar a isca, pesquisar, procurar obter. 4 descobrir. fish and chips peixe frito com batatas fritas (comida típica inglesa). fried fish peixe assado. he drinks like a fish ele é um beberrão. there are other fish in the sea esta pessoa ou coisa não é a única no mundo, existem outras que podem dar mais certo. to be neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring não ser nem peixe nem carne, não ter opinião pró nem contra, não se definir. to feed the fishes estar mareado. to feel like a fish out of water sentir-se fora de seu elemento (ambiente). to have other fish to fry ter outras coisas mais importantes a tratar. to fish for compliments pescar elogios. to fish in troubled water pescar em águas turvas, usar de uma situação difícil para tirar proveito próprio. to fish somebody up salvar alguém de afogamento.————————fish2[fiʃ] n Amer sl 1 prisioneiro. 2 pessoa boba, vítima fácil. 3 mulher heterossexual. 4 mulher promíscua. 5 um dólar. fish or cut bait decida-se. fish skin 1 nota de um dólar. 2 preservativo. fish trap boca. -
2 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) escala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) escala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) escala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) escala5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) escalaII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) escalarIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) escama- scaly* * *scale1[skeil] n 1 escama. 2 camada fina, crosta. 3 Ent cochonilha. • vi 1 escamar, remover escamas. 2 descascar. to scale off esfoliar.————————scale2[skeil] n 1 prato de balança. • vt pesar. the calf scales 125 pounds / o vitelo pesa 125 libras.————————scale3[skeil] n 1 escala, seqüência, série de graus. 2 graduação, régua, metro, instrumento de medida. 3 escala: proporção de tamanho. 4 extensão, tamanho. 5 Mus escala. • vi 1 reduzir, baixar em certa proporção. 2 representar em escala. 3 escalar, subir, ascender. on a large scale em larga escala. plain scale tamanho natural (desenho). reduced ( enlarged) scale escala reduzida (aumentada). to scale down reduzir proporcionalmente. -
3 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) escala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) escala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) escala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) escala5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) escalaII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) escalarIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) escama- scaly
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