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1 while
1. conjunction( also whilst)1) (during the time that: I saw him while I was out walking.) enquanto2) (although: While I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.) embora2. noun(a space of time: It took me quite a while; It's a long while since we saw her.) um bocado- worth one's while* * *[wail] n tempo, espaço de tempo. • vt passar o tempo de forma agradável (normalmente usado com away). • conj 1 durante, enquanto. while I was writing he went away / enquanto eu escrevia ele foi embora. she drowned while bathing / ela se afogou durante o banho. my hat is grey while yours is black / meu chapéu é cinza, enquanto o seu é preto. 2 embora. while I like reading your letters, I object to your style / embora eu goste de ler as suas cartas, tenho objeções ao seu estilo. a little while um curto espaço de tempo. a long while muito tempo. in a little while dentro em pouco, daqui a pouco. in the mean while no entretempo, durante esse tempo, enquanto isso. it is not worth while não vale a pena. not yet a while por enquanto ainda não. once in a while de vez em quando, de quando em quando. quite a while uma porção de tempo. while there’s life, there’s hope enquanto há vida, há esperança. -
2 cry
1. verb1) (to let tears come from the eyes; to weep: She cried when she heard of the old man's death.) chorar2) ((often with out) to shout out (a loud sound): She cried out for help.) gritar2. noun1) (a shout: a cry of triumph.) grito2) (a time of weeping: The baby had a little cry before he went to sleep.) choro3) (the sound made by some animals: the cry of a wolf.) uivo•- cry off* * *[krai] n 1 grito, brado, exclamação. 2 pranto, choro, lamentação. 3 voz de certos animais. 4 latido (de cães na caça). 5 apelo, rogo. 6 voz corrente, opinião pública. 7 proclamação. • vt+vi 1 gritar, clamar, bradar. 2 chorar, lamentar(-se). 3 berrar, emitir gritos ou sons característicos (animais). 4 implorar, pedir. he cried mercy / ele implorou perdão. 5 exclamar. 6 proclamar, apregoar. 7 latir (à vista da caça). a far cry uma grande distância. have a good cry! chore à vontade! he cried his heart out ele chorou muito. in full cry com muitos latidos, em plena caça. much cry and little wool fig muito galinha e poucos ovos. the child cried itself to sleep a criança chorou até pegar no sono. the cries of London os pregões (dos vendedores) de Londres. the popular cry a voz do povo. to cry against resmungar contra, queixar-se contra. to cry down depreciar, desacreditar, censurar. to cry for the moon pedir coisas impossíveis. to cry off desistir de, cancelar repentinamente. to cry out against criticar em público. to cry quarter pedir quartel, pedir clemência, misericórdia, proteção. to cry quits declarar-se quite com. to cry shame upon estar revoltado com. to cry to someone a) chamar por alguém. b) implorar a alguém. to cry up elogiar, exaltar, louvar. to cry wolf alarmar sem motivo. within cry ao alcance da voz.
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