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  • 81 intelligence

    1) (the quality of being intelligent: It requires a high degree of intelligence to do this job well.) inteligência
    2) (news or information given.) informação
    3) (a department of state or of the army etc which deals with secret information: He works in Intelligence.) serviços secretos
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    in.tel.li.gence
    [int'elidʒəns] n 1 inteligência. 2 conhecimento, informações. 3 obtenção e distribuição de informações (secretas). 4 pessoal encarregado de informações secretas.

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  • 82 intensity

    noun (the quality of being intense: the intensity of the heat.) intensidade
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    in.ten.si.ty
    [int'ensiti] n intensidade (também Phys), violência.

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  • 83 intimacy

    [-məsi]
    1) (the quality of being intimate.) intimidade
    2) (close friendship.) intimidade
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    in.ti.ma.cy
    ['intiməsi] n 1 intimidade, amizade íntima, familiaridade. 2 relações sexuais.

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  • 84 kindness

    noun (the quality of being kind: I'll never forget her kindness; Thank you for all your kindness.) bondade
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    kind.ness
    [k'aindnis] n 1 bondade, amabilidade, afabilidade. 2 benevolência, benignidade. 3 benefício, favor, obséquio, gentileza. do me the kindness / faça-me o favor, a gentileza.

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  • 85 leadership

    1) (the state of being a leader: He took over the leadership of the Labour party two years later.) chefia
    2) (the quality of being able to lead others; leadership ability: The post requires a person who combines leadership and energy; She's got leadership potential; Does he have any leadership qualities?.) liderança
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    lead.er.ship
    [l'i:dəʃip] n liderança, chefia, comando.

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  • 86 lend

    [lend]
    past tense, past participle - lent; verb
    1) (to give (someone) the use of for a time: She had forgotten her umbrella so I lent her mine to go home with.) emprestar
    2) (to give or add (a quality) to: Desperation lent him strength.) dar
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    [lend] vt+vi (ps and pp lent) 1 emprestar, fazer empréstimo. 2 prestar-se a, emprestar, fornecer. to lend a hand auxiliar, ajudar. to lend an ear prestar atenção, dar ouvidos. to lend itself/ oneself to prestar-se, servir para.

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  • 87 life

    plural - lives; noun
    1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vida
    2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vida
    3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vida
    4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vida
    5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vida
    6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vida
    7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) vida
    8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) prisão perpétua
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    - lifelike
    - life-and-death
    - lifebelt
    - lifeboat
    - lifebuoy
    - life-cycle
    - life expectancy
    - lifeguard
    - life-jacket
    - lifeline
    - lifelong
    - life-saving
    - life-sized
    - life-size
    - lifetime
    - as large as life
    - bring to life
    - come to life
    - for life
    - the life and soul of the party
    - not for the life of me
    - not on your life!
    - take life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - to the life
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    [laif] n 1 vida, existência. 2 período, duração. 3 modo de viver, conduta. 4 vivacidade, animação. 5 princípio vital. 6 biografia. after life/ eternal life/ future life vida eterna, vida após a morte. as large as life real, em carne e osso. for life para o resto da vida. for one’s life/ for dear life como se fosse para salvar a vida. high life a alta sociedade. low life a classe baixa. not for the life of me por nada neste mundo. run for your life! sebo nas canelas! to be the life of ser a alma de. to breathe life into dar vida a. to bring/ come to life a) recobrar a consciência. b) recobrar a vontade de viver. to lead a double life levar vida dupla. to the life fiel ao original, perfeito.

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  • 88 literature

    ['litrə ə]
    (poems, novels, plays etc in verse or prose, especially if of fine quality.) literatura
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    lit.er.a.ture
    [l'itərətʃə] n 1 literatura. 2 coll folheto, matéria impressa.

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  • 89 makeshift

    adjective (temporary and usually of poor quality: a makeshift garden shed.)
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    make.shift
    [m'eikʃift] n 1 expediente. 2 paliativo. 3 substituto. • adj temporário, provisório.

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  • 90 mean

    [mi:n] I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) avarento
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) indigno
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) mau
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) humilde
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    - meanness
    - meanie     II 1. adjective
    1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) médio
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) médio
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meio-termo
    III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
    1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) querer dizer
    2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) tencionar
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    2. adjective
    ((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) significativo
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well
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    [mi:n] n 1 meio, meio-termo, média. 2 means forma, expediente, modo. 3 means recursos. • vt+vi (ps, pp meant) 1 significar. what do you mean? / o que você quer dizer? 2 pretender, tencionar. 3 destinar. 4 dispor-se a. • adj 1 baixo, vil, desprezível. 2 inferior, pobre. 3 mesquinho, egoísta. 4 malvado, maldoso, ruim. 5 médio, intermediário. 6 sl ótimo, excelente. 7 envergonhado, humilhado. a man of means homem de recursos, abastado. by all means certamente, sem dúvida. by any means de qualquer maneira. by means of por meio de. by no means de nenhuma maneira. to feel mean a) sentir-se humilhado, envergonhado. b) sentir-se mal, não estar bem. to live beyond one’s means viver além de suas possibilidades. you don’t mean it! o senhor não está falando sério.

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  • 91 medium

    ['mi:diəm] 1. plurals - media; noun
    1) (something by or through which an effect is produced: Air is the medium through which sound is carried.) meio
    2) ((especially in plural) a means (especially radio, television and newspapers) by which news etc is made known: the news media.) meio
    3) (a person through whom spirits of dead people are said to speak: I know a medium who says she can communicate with Napoleon.) médium
    4) (a substance in which specimens are preserved, bacteria grown etc.) cultura
    2. adjective
    (middle or average in size, quality etc: Would you like the small, medium or large packet?) médio
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    me.di.um
    [m'i:diəm] n 1 médio, meio-termo, média. 2 agente, instrumento. 3 ambiente. 4 veículo líquido para aplicação de pigmentos secos. 5 meio de comunicação. 6 meio de cultura: base para cultura de germes. 7 médium: pessoa que se comunica com os espíritos. • adj 1 médio, mediano, intermediário. 2 moderado. medium of exchange Com meio de troca.

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  • 92 metaphor

    ['metəfə]
    (a form of expression (not using `like' or `as')in which a quality or characteristic is given to a person or thing by using a name, image, adjective etc normally used of something else which has similar qualities etc: `He's a tiger when he's angry' is an example of (a) metaphor.) metáfora
    - metaphoric
    - metaphorically
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    me.t.a.phor
    [m'etəfə] n Ling metáfora: figura de discurso.

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  • 93 minus

    1. preposition
    (used to show subtraction: Ten minus two equals eight (10 - 2 = 8).) menos
    2. noun
    ((also minus sign) a sign (-) used to show subtraction or negative quality.) (sinal de) menos
    3. adjective
    (negative or less than zero: a minus number; Twelve from ten equals minus two (10 - 12 = -2).)
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    mi.nus
    [m'ainəs] prep, adj 1 menos. 2 negativo. 3 desprovido de, falto de.

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  • 94 miserable

    ['mizərəbl]
    1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) infeliz
    2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) miserável
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    mis.er.a.ble
    [m'izərəbəl] adj miserável, desgraçado, infeliz, desprezível, ruim. to feel miserable sentir-se infeliz, indisposto.

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  • 95 moderate

    1. ['modəreit] verb
    (to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) abrandar
    2. [-rət] adjective
    1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) moderado
    2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) médio
    3. noun
    (a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) moderado
    - moderateness
    - moderation
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    mod.er.ate
    [m'ɔdərit] n indivíduo moderado. • vt+vi 1 moderar, acalmar, abrandar. 2 restringir. 3 acalmar-se, moderar-se. 4 presidir. 5 presidir como moderador. • adj 1 moderado, razoável, comedido. 2 calmo. 3 médio, medíocre. 4 módico.

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  • 96 moderation

    1) (the quality of being moderate: Alcohol isn't harmful if it's taken in moderation.) moderação
    2) ((an) act of moderating: There has been some moderation in the force of the gale.) moderação
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    mod.er.a.tion
    [mɔdər'eiʃən] n 1 moderação, comedimento. 2 mediania. 3 temperança.

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  • 97 modify

    (to change the form or quality of, usually slightly: We had to modify the original design.) modificar
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    mod.i.fy
    [m'ɔdifai] vt+vi 1 modificar, mudar, alterar, transformar. 2 moderar, abrandar. 3 restringir. 4 adaptar.

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  • 98 moisture

    ['mois ə]
    noun ((the quality of) dampness: This soil needs moisture.) humedecimento
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    mois.ture
    [m'ɔistʃə] n umidade, umectação.

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  • 99 mystery

    ['mistəri]
    plural - mysteries; noun
    1) (something that cannot be, or has not been, explained: the mystery of how the universe was formed; the mystery of his disappearance; How she passed her exam is a mystery to me.) mistério
    2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) mistério
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    - mysteriously
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    mys.ter.y
    [m'istəri] n mistério, enigma, segredo.

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  • 100 nature

    ['nei ə]
    1) (the physical world, eg trees, plants, animals, mountains, rivers etc, or the power which made them: the beauty of nature; the forces of nature; the study of nature.) natureza
    2) (the qualities born in a person; personality: She has a generous nature.) natureza
    3) (quality; what something is or consists of: What is the nature of your work?) natureza
    4) (a kind, type etc: bankers and other people of that nature.) tipo
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    - in the nature of
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    na.ture
    [n'eitʃə] n 1 natureza. 2 universo, cosmo. 3 essência, caráter, qualidade. 4 índole, disposição, temperamento, gênio, personalidade. 5 tipo, espécie. 6 constituição, compleição. back to nature volta à natureza. beyond nature sobrenatural. by nature por natureza, inato. call of nature necessidade de urinar ou defecar. good-natured de boa índole. ill-natured de má índole. in nature a) real. b) passível. in the nature of things parte da natureza, normal acontecer. of this nature desta natureza. or something of that nature ou algo semelhante. true to nature segundo a natureza.

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