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1 big shot
big shot[b'igʃɔt] n Amer coll pessoa importante, influente. -
2 to be a big shot
to be a big shotser muito importante, sl manda chuva. he is a big shot / sl ele é manda-chuva. -
3 shot
[ʃot]past tense, past participle; = shoot* * *shot1[ʃɔt] ps+pp of to shoot.————————shot2[ʃɔt] n 1 tiro. they exchanged shots / trocaram tiros. 2 chumbo. 3 bala, projetil. 4 descarga de arma de fogo. 5 distância de tiro. 6 atirador. he is a good shot / ele é um bom atirador. 7 lance, jogada. 8 tentativa. 9 fotografia. 10 dose (de bebida). 11 injeção. 12 cena ou seqüências de um filme. • adj 1 raiado ou salpicado com outra cor ou substância. 2 matizado, furta-cor. 3 muito usado e arruinado. a long shot tentativa com pouca possibilidade de sucesso. a shot in the arm estímulo, encorajamento. blank shot tiro de festim. like a shot como um raio. not by a long shot coll nunca na vida. small shot chumbinho. to be a big shot ser muito importante, sl manda chuva. he is a big shot / sl ele é manda-chuva. to give a shot in the dark dar um tiro no escuro, um palpite, uma tentativa. to make a bad shot fig errar o alvo. -
4 big
[biɡ]1) (large in size: a big car.) grande2) (important: a big event.) grande•- big game* * *[big] adj 1 grande (em tamanho ou extensão), extenso, largo, vasto, volumoso. a big event / um grande acontecimento. 2 crescido, adulto. 3 Am coll importante. a big man / um homem importante. big wheel / sl pessoa importante. big shot, bean / coll figurão, Braz manda-chuva. 4 cheio, alto (voz). 5 gordo, corpulento. 6 arrogante, orgulhoso. big with importance / cheio de importância. 7 grávida, prenhe. big with child / grávida. 8 repleto, transbordante. 9 magnânimo, generoso. 10 arch forte, poderoso. • adv de modo arrogante ou orgulhoso. to look big a) ter aspecto arrogante ou perigoso. b) exagerar. to talk big contar vantagem, exagerar.
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