opened

he opened his mouth too wide

a) ele abriu sua boca demais. b) fig foi ávido.

[kr'edit oupənd] n crédito em aberto.

1) (not shut, allowing entry or exit: an open box; The gate is wide open.) aberto

2) (allowing the inside to be seen: an open book.) aberto

3) (ready for business etc: The shop is open on Sunday afternoons; After the fog had cleared, the airport was soon open again; The gardens are open to the public.) aberto

4) (not kept secret: an open show of affection.) aberto

5) (frank: He was very open with me about his work.) aberto

6) (still being considered etc: Leave the matter open.) em aberto

7) (empty, with no trees, buildings etc: I like to be out in the open country; an open space.) aberto

1) (to make or become open: He opened the door; The door opened; The new shop opened last week.) abrir(-se)

2) (to begin: He opened the meeting with a speech of welcome.) abrir

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['oupən] n 1 campo raso. 2 clareira. 3 ar livre. 4 abertura. 5 notoriedade. • vt+vi 1 abrir. 2 descerrar. 3 destampar. 4 desatar. 5 tornar acessível. 6 esclarecer. 7 divulgar, expor. 8 franquear, desobstruir. 9 estender, desdobrar. 10 começar, iniciar. 11 inaugurar. l2 ampliar, desenvolver. 13 romper. 14 rachar, fender. 15 tornar-se visível. • adj 1 aberto. 2 descerrado. 3 destampado. 4 desatado. 5 desembrulhado. 6 livre, desocupado. 7 disponível. 8 acessível. 9 conquistável. 10 discutível. 11 desprotegido, exposto. 12 público, notório. 13 claro, evidente. 14 franco, direto. 15 generoso, liberal. l6 sujeito a, suscetível de. 17 pendente, em aberto. 18 poroso. 19 perfurado. 20 irrestrito. half open meio aberto. he is not open with you ele não é franco com você. in the open a) ao ar livre. b) do conhecimento público. in the open street em plena rua. it is open to him ele tem plena liberdade. open to a) aberto a. b) sujeito a. c) disponível para. to lay open esclarecer. to open fire abrir fogo, atirar. to open out falar abertamente, revelar o que pensa. to open up a) tornar acessível. b) explorar. c) esclarecer. wide open escancarado.

1) (not shut, allowing entry or exit: an open box; The gate is wide open.) aberto

2) (allowing the inside to be seen: an open book.) aberto

3) (ready for business etc: The shop is open on Sunday afternoons; After the fog had cleared, the airport was soon open again; The gardens are open to the public.) aberto

4) (not kept secret: an open show of affection.) aberto

5) (frank: He was very open with me about his work.) aberto

6) (still being considered etc: Leave the matter open.) em aberto

7) (empty, with no trees, buildings etc: I like to be out in the open country; an open space.) aberto

1) (to make or become open: He opened the door; The door opened; The new shop opened last week.) abrir(-se)

2) (to begin: He opened the meeting with a speech of welcome.) abrir

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1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) largo

2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) de largo

3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) largo

4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) variado

- widely

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[waid] n vastidão, amplidão. • adj 1 largo: a) extenso, amplo, espaçoso, vasto. b) distendido, dilatado. c) Phon aberto. d) vasto (conhecimento). e) rico (experiência). f) grande, enorme, considerável (diferença). g) liberal, tolerante. 2 aberto, arregalado. 3 distante, afastado, longe. • adv 1 largamente. 2 extensamente. 3 completamente, totalmente. we had our eyes wide open / nós ficamos de olhos abertos, atentos. 4 extraviado, de lado, fora do alvo. for and wide por toda parte. he opened his mouth too wide a) ele abriu sua boca demais. b) fig foi ávido. wide apart muito separado. wide of the mark a) longe do alvo. b) fig muito errado.

1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) a

2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a

3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) até

4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) para/com, etc.

5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a/para

6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) em

7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a

8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) para

9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) para

10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) fazê-lo

1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) até fechar

2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) aos sentidos, ao trabalho, etc.

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abbr 1 telegraph office (sala do telégrafo). 2 traditional orthography (ortografia tradicional). 3 turn over (vide verso, vire a página).

1) (an arrangement by which a person keeps his money in a bank: I have (opened) an account with the local bank.) conta

2) (a statement of money owing: Send me an account.) contas

3) (a description or explanation (of something that has happened): a full account of his holiday.) conta

4) (an arrangement by which a person makes a regular (eg monthly) payment instead of paying at the time of buying: I have an account at Smiths.) conta

5) ((usually in plural) a record of money received and spent: You must keep your accounts in order; ( also adjective) an account book.) relato

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[ək'aunt] n 1 conta, cálculo, cômputo. we have an account at the best stores / temos conta nas melhores lojas. 2 razão, causa. 3 valor. 4 importância. 5 extrato de conta ou balanço. 6 relatório de negócios, prestações, crédito, etc. 7 conto, relato. 8 prestação de contas. • vt+vi 1 calcular, acertar contas, prestar contas. can you account for it? / você pode prestar esclarecimentos a respeito? 2 considerar, ter em conta, julgar. account for building costs orçamento para construções civis. a man of great account um homem respeitado. a person of no account uma pessoa sem importância ou insignificante. bank account conta bancária. by all account de acordo com a opinião geral. of no account sem importância, insignificante. on account por conta, a prazo. on account of por causa de, a bem de, no interesse de. on my own account para mim, por iniciativa própria. on no account em hipótese alguma. on that account por causa disto, por esta razão. to account for prestar contas, responder por, ter por, considerar. that accounts for everything / isto esclarece tudo. to be much ( or little) accounted of ser muito (ou pouco) apreciado. to call to account reclamar explicação. to carry to a new account lançar a uma nova conta. to keep accounts escriturar, registrar. to leave out of account desconsiderar, negligenciar. to make a great account of considerar, estimar. to make no account of menosprezar, desprezar. to place it to his account lançar ao débito de sua conta. to settle on account liquidar uma conta. to take account of a) tomar em consideração, considerar. b) tomar nota. to take into account permitir, considerar. upon all accounts em todo caso. upon my account por minha causa.

1) (joining two statements, pieces of information etc: I opened the door and went inside; The hat was blue and red; a mother and child.) e

2) (in addition to: 2 and 2 makes 4.) e

3) (as a result of which: Try hard and you will succeed.) e

4) (used instead of `to' with a verb: Do try and come!) -

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[ænd, ən] conj 1 e, assim como, também como. try and you will see / experimente e você verá. the Oxford and Cambridge colleges / os colégios de Oxford e Cambridge. 2 e ainda, e além disso. nice and warm / bonito e quente (tempo). 3 assim que, de modo que. 4 mas, contudo. 5 mais. two and two make four / dois mais dois são quatro.

1) (to move out backwards: He opened the garage door and backed (his car) out.) recuar

2) (to withdraw from a promise etc: You promised to help - you mustn't back out now!) recuar

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back out

[b'æk əut] vi coll = link=back%20down back down.

1) (anything roughly round in shape: a ball of wool.) bola

2) (a round object used in games: a tennis ball.) bola

3) (balls (plural) (slang) testicles.)

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a ballpoint pen.) esferográfica

- on the ball

- ballroom

ballroom dancing.) de salão

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[bɔ:l] n 1 bola, esfera. 2 jogo de bola. 3 tiro, arremesso da bola. 4 beisebol (jogo de bola americano). 5 bala, projétil. 6 coisa parecida com bola, novelo. 7 parte arrendodada e protuberante do corpo, por exemplo a palma da mão. ball of the eye / globo ocular. 8 globo terrestre, Terra. • vi 1 formar bola, dar forma de bola. 2 aglomerar-se. 3 enovelar. 4 sl embaralhar (seguido de up). 5 vulg copular, praticar o ato sexual. ball and socket joint Engl junta articulada. he has the ball at his feet ele está com a faca e o queijo na mão. he pocketed a ball snooker ele embocou uma bola. no ball! cricket o lance não vale! to ball things up Amer coll embaraçar as coisas, estragar tudo. to have a ball coll divertir-se. to keep the ball rolling manter a conversa (ou o assunto) acesa.

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[bɔ:l] n baile, reunião dançante. she gave a ball / ela deu um baile. they opened the ball / eles abriram o baile. fancy dress ball baile à fantasia. masked ball baile de máscaras.

1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rachar

2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) quebrar

3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) estalar

4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) dizer

5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) arrombar

6) (to solve (a code).) resolver

7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) quebrar

1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) racha

2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) fenda

3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) estalo

4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) golpe

5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) graça

6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)

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[kræk] n 1 fenda, racha, fresta, ruptura. 2 estalido, estalo, estrépito, estrondo, pancada. 3 coll golpe, soco que produz um estalido. 4 tiro de arma de fogo. 5 abertura estreita, fresta. 6 instante, momento. 7 craque: esportista de excelente qualidade. 8 droga à base de cocaína. 9 arrombamento. • vi+vt 1 rachar, fender(-se), quebrar, rebentar. the plate is cracked / o prato está trincado. 2 estalar. he cracked his fingers / ele estalou os dedos. 3 crepitar. 4 estourar. 5 bater. 6 ficar áspero e agudo, falhar, mudar de voz. 7 sl ceder, entregar-se. 8 contar (piada). 9 arrombar (cofre). 10 abrir (garrafa) e beber. they cracked a bottle / eles beberam uma garrafa. 11 falhar, falir. • adj excelente, brilhante. • interj zás! crack of doom prenúncio do juízo final. in a crack num instante. to crack a crib sl arrombar uma casa. to crack a crust viver modestamente. to crack a joke contar uma piada. to crack a tidy crust viver bem. to crack town a) Amer fazer ou dar uma batida policial. b) tomar medidas severas. to crack up a) exaltar, elogiar. b) sofrer um colapso mental. c) despedaçar-se.

1) (time allowed for payment of goods etc after they have been received: We don't give credit at this shop.) crédito

2) (money loaned (by a bank).) crédito

3) (trustworthiness regarding ability to pay for goods etc: Your credit is good.) crédito

4) ((an entry on) the side of an account on which payments received are entered: Our credits are greater than our debits.) crédito

5) (the sum of money which someone has in an account at a bank: Your credit amounts to 2,014 dollars.) crédito

6) (belief or trust: This theory is gaining credit.) crédito

7) ((American) a certificate to show that a student has completed a course which counts towards his degree.) crédito

1) (to enter (a sum of money) on the credit side (of an account): This cheque was credited to your account last month.) lançar na conta

2) ((with with) to think of (a person or thing) as having: He was credited with magical powers.) atribuir

3) (to believe (something) to be possible: Well, would you credit that!) acreditar

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[kr'edit] n 1 crédito, confiança. 2 crédito, soldo, haver de uma conta. I had a credit opened with him / abri um crédito com ele. 3 dinheiro pago por conta. 4 prazo para pagamento. 5 reputação, prestígio financeiro. 6 bom conceito. 7 honra, glória, mérito. he had the credit of it / ele recebeu as honras. he took credit for it / ele o considerou como mérito seu. 8 fidedignidade. 9 pontuação acadêmica após a realização de um curso. 10 reconhecimento do trabalho realizado (ciências e artes). • vt 1 crer, acreditar, confiar. 2 dar crédito bancário ou comercial. 3 creditar em conta. we have credited your account with / creditamos a sua conta com. at three months’ credit com prazo de três meses. blank credit crédito ilimitado. letter of credit carta de crédito. on credit a crédito. to credit someone with julgar alguém capaz de. to credit with atribuir a. to enter, put to his credit creditar na sua conta. to give credit a) dar crédito ( for até). b) acreditar. I give him credit for that (for being) / creio que ele é capaz disto. to somebody’s credit a favor de alguém. transaction on credit transação a prazo. with credit com méritos.

plural - footmen; noun (a male servant wearing a uniform: The footman opened the door.) lacaio

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[f'utmən] n 1 lacaio, criado de libré. 2 soldado de infantaria. 3 trempe para chaleira.

1) (allowed to move where one wants; not shut in, tied, fastened etc: The prison door opened, and he was a free man.) livre

2) (not forced or persuaded to act, think, speak etc in a particular way: free speech; You are free to think what you like.) livre

3) ((with with) generous: He is always free with his money/advice.) generoso

4) (frank, open and ready to speak: a free manner.) franco

5) (costing nothing: a free gift.) gratuito

6) (not working or having another appointment; not busy: I shall be free at five o'clock.) livre

7) (not occupied, not in use: Is this table free?) livre

8) ((with of or from) without or no longer having (especially something or someone unpleasant etc): She is free from pain now; free of charge.) livre

1) (to make or set (someone) free: He freed all the prisoners.) libertar

2) ((with from or of) to rid or relieve (someone) of something: She was able to free herself from her debts by working at an additional job.) livrar(-se)

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- Freepost

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[fri:] vt (ps e pp freed) 1 livrar, libertar, emancipar, soltar, pôr em liberdade. 2 resgatar, desobrigar, isentar, eximir. 3 desembaraçar, desobstruir, franquear, abrir. • adj 1 livre, independente, autônomo. you are free to do what you want / você tem toda liberdade para fazer o que deseja. 2 liberto, emancipado, que pode dispor de sua pessoa. it is free for you to go / você pode ir, se quiser. 3 espontâneo, voluntário. I am free to confess / estou pronto a confessar. 4 discricionário, arbitrário. 5 solto, desprendido, desatado, não fixo. the ship is free of the harbour / o navio encontra-se fora das águas do porto. 6 em liberdade, absolvido, inocente. he was set free / ele foi posto em liberdade. 7 desimpedido, desobstruído. 8 desocupado, vago. 9 permitido, lícito. 10 desembaraçado. 11 descoberto, aberto. 12 acessível, público, aberto (porto). 13 gratuito, grátis, franco. 14 isento, dispensado. 15 generoso, liberal, pródigo, profuso. 16 abundante, copioso, ilimitado, irrestrito. 17 não convencional, sem cerimônia. he was very free with me / ele tomou muitas liberdades comigo. 18 não textual, não ao pé da letra. 19 franco, sincero, ingênuo, cândido, que fala com franqueza. 20 atrevido, licencioso, descomedido, indecente, imoral, libertino. 21 desenfreado, descuidado. 22 Naut favorável. 23 Bot que não estão aderentes entre si. 24 Chem puro, simples (elemento). • adv grátis, gratuitamente. carriage free transporte pago. duty free isento de taxa alfadengária. for free coll grátis. free alongside ship (abreviatura: FAS) posto no costado do navio. free and easy natural, despreocupado, sem cerimônia. free and unencumbered sem hipoteca, não hipotecado. free cost gratuito. free from damage incólume, não avariado. free from disease livre de doença. free from restraint livre de restrições, desimpedido. free of care despreocupado, sem preocupações. free of charge (abreviatura: FOC) livre de despesas, franco. free of crowds and noise longe das multidões e do barulho. free of debt sem dívidas. free of duty sem taxa alfandegária. free on board (abreviatura: FOB) livre de despesas de transporte. free on quay (abreviatura: FOQ) entregue no cais sem despesa. free on rails (abreviatura: FOR) livre de despesas até ser posto no trem. free on truck (abreviatura: FOT) posto no caminhão livre de despesas. it runs free Tech corre em vazio. of my own free will de minha livre e espontânea vontade. post free porte pago. to feel free sentir-se à vontade. to free of limpar (um lugar) de, livrar-se de (alguém). to have ones’ hands free ter as mãos vazias. toll free isento de taxa, chamada telefônica grátis. to make free with explorar, usar de liberdade, tratar desrespeitosamente. to make someone free of something dar a alguém o direito de usar ou partilhar algo.

adjective (very great; showing or having great care etc: The police began an intensive search for the murderer; The hospital has just opened a new intensive care unit.) intensivo

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[int'ensiv] n Gram palavra ou partícula intensiva. • adj 1 intensivo, profundo, intenso, ativo. 2 Gram intensivo, enfático.

- intruder

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[intr'u:d] vt+vi penetrar, entrometer(-se), introduzir(-se), intrometer(-se), entremeter(-se).

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jack-in-the-box

[dʒ'æk in ðə bɔks] n caixa de surpresa: brinquedo em forma de caixa cuja abertura faz aparecer uma figura grotesca.

1) (either of the two bones of the mouth in which the teeth are set: the upper/lower jaw; His jaw was broken in the fight.) maxilar

2) ((in plural) the mouth (especially of an animal): The crocodile's jaws opened wide.) queixada

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[dʒɔ:] n 1 maxila, queixada, mandíbula, queixo. 2 jaws a) região maxilar abrangendo a boca, maxilas e dentes. b) desfiladeiro, garganta. 3 Tech mordente, boca, castanha, mandíbula. 4 sl tagarelice, prosa, conversa fiada, ralho. • vt+vi sl 1 tagarelar, palrar. 2 ralhar, gritar, repreender, bater boca. hold your jaw! sl cale a boca! shifting jaw embreagem de garras.

1) (at that particular moment: He was feeling rather hungry just then.) nessa altura

2) (in the next minute: She opened the letter and read it. Just then the door bell rang.) nessa altura

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just then

naquele momento.

1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) encontrar

2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) reunir-se

3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) conhecer

4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) juntar-se

5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) responder

6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) vir ao encontro

7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) encontrar

8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) ter

9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) responder

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[mi:t] n 1 reunião, encontro. 2 reunião de esportistas. • vt+vi (ps, pp met) 1 encontrar, encontrar-se. 2 satisfazer (um compromisso). 3 travar conhecimento. 4 reunir-se, ajuntar-se, agrupar-se. 5 opor. 6 receber. • adj adequado, apropriado.