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1 boast
[bəust] 1. verb(to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) gabar-se2. noun(the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) gabarolice- boastful- boastfully
- boastfulness
- boasting* * *boast1[boust] n 1 jactância, ostentação, elogio de si próprio. 2 motivo de orgulho. 3 ensejo para orgulhar-se ou exultar. • vt+vi 1 jactar-se, gabar-se, vangloriar-se. 2 ser orgulhoso. 3 alardear, ostentar. 4 possuir algo que é motivo de orgulho. 5 ter, conter. this village boasts three shops / esta cidadezinha possui três lojas. it is not much to boast of não é grande coisa. to make (a) boast of gabar-se de.————————boast2[boust] vt trabalhar, lavrar pedras, esculpir de modo grosseiro e preliminar. -
2 uphold
past tense, past participle - upheld; verb1) (to support (a person's action): His family upholds (him in) his present action.) apoiar2) (to confirm (eg a claim, legal judgement etc): The decision of the judge was upheld by the court.) confirmar3) (to maintain (eg a custom): The old traditions are still upheld in this village.) manter* * *up.hold[∧ph'ould] vt (ps, pp upheld) 1 segurar, sustentar, suster, apoiar, manter em pé. 2 manter, confirmar, aprovar. 3 defender. 4 conservar, preservar (tradição). -
3 facelift
1) (an operation to smooth and firm the face: She has had a facelift.) plástica facial2) (a process intended to make a building etc look better: This village will be given a facelift.) pintadela/reforma -
4 facelift
1) (an operation to smooth and firm the face: She has had a facelift.) lifting2) (a process intended to make a building etc look better: This village will be given a facelift.) renovar -
5 uphold
past tense, past participle - upheld; verb1) (to support (a person's action): His family upholds (him in) his present action.)2) (to confirm (eg a claim, legal judgement etc): The decision of the judge was upheld by the court.)3) (to maintain (eg a custom): The old traditions are still upheld in this village.) -
6 approach
[ə'prəu ] 1. verb(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) aproximar-se2. noun1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) aproximação2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) acesso3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) abordagem•- approaching* * *ap.proach[əpr'outʃ] n 1 aproximação, avizinhação. 2 caminho, acesso, passagem. 3 similitude, parecença, semelhança. 4 approach ou approaches a) tentativas de aproximação, introdução. b) Amer propostas impróprias. 5 Golf lance em direção ao alvo. 6 altitude. • vt 1 aproximar-se, avizinhar-se. 2 chegar, vir. 3 aproximar-se em qualidade, caráter ou estado, assemelhar-se. 4 abordar, tentar travar conhecimento, seduzir, corromper. 5 introduzir, conduzir a, juntar. approach and landing area Aeron espaço aéreo de dimensões definidas nas vizinhanças de um aeroporto. this is his nearest approach to friendliness isto é a sua maior amabilidade. -
7 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) vulgar2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) comum3) (publicly owned: common property.) público4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) ordinário5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) plebeu6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) comum2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) espaço aberto- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common* * *com.mon[k'ɔmən] n 1 terra comum, terra para uso de uma comunidade. 2 o que é geral ou usual, o comum. 3 Jur servidão. • adj 1 comum, de todos ou de muitos. 2 popular, geral, universal. 3 público, que pertence à comunidade. 4 usual, familiar, habitual. 5 notório. 6 raso, sem graduação ou posto. 7 vulgar, trivial. 8 ordinário, medíocre, inferior, baixo, barato. 9 Gram comum de dois. above ou beyond the common, out of the extraordinário, fora do comum. by common consent com o consentimento de todos. common of pasture servidão de pastagem. common to all geral, comum a todos. in common with em comum. the common people o povo. the commons = link=commons commons. to make common cause with unir-se em uma causa comum com. -
8 formerly
adverb (in earlier times: Formerly this large town was a small village.) antigamente* * *for.mer.ly[f'ɔ:məli] adv outrora, antigamente, em tempos passados, dantes. -
9 it
1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) o/a2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) ele/a3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) ele/a4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)•- its- itself* * *n 1 objeto indefinido em expressões idiomáticas. 2 fig o ovo de Colombo. 3 atrativo pessoal (feminino e masculino). 4 ponto, questão. that is simply it / aí é que está a coisa. • pron 1 ele, ela, o, a, lhe. it is cherries / são cerejas. who is it? / quem é? it is my son / é meu filho. 2 isso, isto. it is my fault / a culpa é minha. throw it away / jogue isto fora. from all these reasons it follows... por todas estas razões deduz-se.... he thinks he is it sl ele se acha muito importante. it follows that conclui-se que. it happens acontece. it is me sou eu. it rains está chovendo. it was he who foi ele que. it won’t work não vai dar certo. she was it ela foi formidável. so it is assim é. this is it sl esse é o ponto importante. -
10 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) comum2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) comum3) (publicly owned: common property.) comum4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) vulgar5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) comum6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) comum2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) área comum- commoner- common knowledge - common law - common-law - commonplace - common-room - common sense - the Common Market - the House of Commons - the Commons - in common -
11 formerly
adverb (in earlier times: Formerly this large town was a small village.) antigamente, outrora
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