to be told off

to be told off

Mil ser destacado.

1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) dizer

2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) dizer

3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) dizer

4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) distinguir

5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) contar

6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) fazer-se sentir

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[tel] vt+vi (ps, pp told) 1 dizer, contar, narrar. kindly tell me / por favor me diga. tell me the secret! / conte-me o segredo! don’t tell! / não diga nada! don’t tell me! / não me diga! 2 informar, tornar conhecido, relatar. 3 falar, mencionar. 4 manifestar-se. 5 comunicar, denunciar, revelar, divulgar. 6 mostrar, dar evidência. 7 saber, reconhecer, distinguir. can you tell one from the other? / é capaz de distinguir um do outro? you never can tell! / nunca se pode saber! 8 afirmar, declarar. 9 mandar, ordenar. 10 contar, enumerar. all told em suma. as far as one can tell até onde se pode saber. he was told that... foi dito a ele que... I’ll tell the world! a) pode estar certo! b) isso se pode admitir! I’ll tell you what! sl sabe o quê? I told you so eu te disse. it told well fez bom efeito. tell me another! sl conte-me outra!, mas é, hem! to be told off Mil ser destacado. to tell about a) relatar sobre, falar sobre. b) denunciar. to tell again repetir, tornar a dizer. to tell against someone falar contra alguém. to tell a tale of it saber bem o que é isso. to tell by / from reconhecer por, pelo. to tell by the ear julgar por ter ouvido. to tell fortunes ler a sorte. to tell off a) numerar e colocar à parte. b) repreender, advertir. to tell off (by fours) separar (de quatro em quatro). to tell on a) agir (de modo prejudicial) sobre. his troubles have told on him / as preocupações consumiram-no. b) coll trair, atraiçoar. to tell one’s beads rezar o terço. to tell over conferir (contagem). to tell someone a thing, someone of a thing ou a thing to someone assegurar alguma coisa a alguém. to tell someone to do mandar alguém fazer. to tell them apart distinguir um do outro. to tell the tale coll relatar o caso, contar uma história. to tell the time dizer as horas. you can’t tell him a thing ele não aceita conselhos. you’re telling me coll sei muito bem, tenho certeza disso.

1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) contar

2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) mandar

3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) dizer

4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) distinguir

5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) contar

6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) fazer efeito

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1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) partir

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) (pôr a) andar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) começo

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) avanço

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1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

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[sta:t] n 1 partida, começo (de um movimento, de viagem, de corrida, etc.). 2 começo, início, princípio. 3 arranco, impulso, ímpeto. 4 sobressalto, susto. 5 vantagem, dianteira. 6 lugar de partida. 7 arranque (motor). • vt+vi 1 partir, pôr-se em movimento, levantar vôo, zarpar, embarcar, sair de viagem. 2 começar, iniciar. 3 dar partida (de motor), fazer começar. 4 encaminhar, auxiliar no início. 5 sobressaltar-se, espantar-se, assustar-se, fazer um movimento brusco, estancar. 6 vir, sair, brotar repentinamente, pegar. 7 levantar, assustar (caça). 8 soltar, ceder. 9 provocar, originar. 10 fundar (negócio). by fits and starts aos poucos, aos trancos. for a start primeiro, em primeiro lugar. from start to finish do princípio ao fim. to get off to a good/ a bad start começar bem. to get ou have the start of someone tomar a dianteira de alguém. to give someone a start a) dar vantagens para alguém no começo de um negócio, de uma competição, etc. b) surpreender ou assustar alguém. c) dar um emprego a alguém. he gave me a start / ele me assustou. to have a false start ter um mau começo. to make a new start começar de novo. to start a family ter o primeiro filho. to start after sair à procura de. to start back assustar-se, retroceder bruscamente. to start doing começar a fazer (alguma coisa). to start forward pular para a frente. to start from scratch começar do nada, começar do zero. to start in business começar um negócio. to start out (ou off) partir, levantar-se, pôr-se em marcha. to start over Amer começar de novo. to start up a) levantar-se bruscamente. b) dar partida (motor). c) fundar, abrir (um negócio). to start with para começar, primeiro, em primeiro lugar.

1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) estremecer

2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) abalar

1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) abanadela

2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.) batido

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[ʃeik] n 1 abalo, agitação, sacudida, ação de sacudir ou balançar, vibração. 2 terremoto. 3 bebida batida. 4 coll momento, instante. 5 Mus trinado, garganteio. 6 racho, fenda. 7 coll malária. • vt+vi ps shook, pp shaken. 1 sacudir, agitar, acenar. 2 derrubar, jogar, tirar por agitação. 3 tremer. he shook all over / ele tremeu em todo o corpo. 4 fazer tremer ou estremecer, abalar. 5 estremecer, vibrar. he shook his sides with laughing / ele sacudiu-se de tanto rir. 6 apertar as mãos (cumprimentar). in a shake num instante. let us shake hands over it vamos apertar as mãos em confirmação. shake a leg! coll corra! to shake and quake tremer e estremecer. to shake down derrubar, jogar para baixo por sacudida. to shake off livrar-se, tirar. to shake one’s head abanar a cabeça negativamente. to shake up agitar, sacudir, remexer.

1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.) raspar

2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.) despir(-se)

3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.) esvaziar

4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.) privar

1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) tira

2) (a strip cartoon.) história em quadradinhos

3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) equipamento

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a strip-tease show.) de striptease

- strip off

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[strip] n 1 tira, faixa. 2 Amer (também comic strip) história em quadrinhos (em jornal ou revista). 3 faixa, pista (para avião). 4 striptease: ato de tirar a roupa dançando, em espetáculo de variedades. 5 uniforme de uma determinada cor usado por time de futebol.

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[strip] vt 1 desnudar. 2 despir-se. 3 despojar, esfolar, pelar, descascar. 4 Naut desmantelar. 5 tirar, roubar, privar. 6 separar as folhas (do fumo) do talo. 7 espanar, desgastar os dentes de uma engrenagem. 8 debulhar. 9 cortar em tiras. to strip a cow ordenhar uma vaca.

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[wə:s] n o pior. • adj 1 (compar de bad, evil, ill) pior. 2 inferior. 3 mais, mais intenso. 4 mais mau, mais maligno. 5 em pior estado. am I the worse for it? / estou pior assim (em piores condições)? • adv pior. the storm raged worse in our village / o temporal desabou com mais violência sobre nossa aldeia. a change for the worse uma mudança para pior. farther and far worse por muito pior. for better for worse para tempos bons ou maus, na felicidade ou na infelicidade. from bad to worse de mal a pior. he/it is not the worse for it não lhe fez mal algum, não está pior por isso, não sofreu por isso. he was the worse for drink ele estava bastante embriagado. I think none the worse of him if... não faço pior juízo dele se... (not) to be worse (não) estar pior (em pior estado ou situação, em piores circunstâncias). no worse não pior. someone’s bark is worse than their bite o diabo não é tão feio como se pinta. ( so much) the worse tanto pior. the later the worse quanto mais tarde, pior. the trousers are little/ much the worse for use as calças estão pouco/muito usadas. to become worse piorar, tornar-se pior. to be none the worse for não ser prejudicado, não sofrer dano. they were none the worse for him / não sofreram prejuízo ou dano algum por causa dele. to get worse piorar. to make matters worse tornar as coisas piores. worse and worse cada vez pior. worse cannot be told coisa pior não se pode narrar. worse luck! infelizmente! worse off em pior situação, mais pobre. he is worse off than he was / ele está passando pior, está em pior situação que antes. your hands would not be worse for a wash não lhe faria mal algum se você lavasse as mãos.

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) sair

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pôr para funcionar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) início

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) dianteira

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1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.) tirar

2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.) despir

3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.) despojar

4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.) despojar

1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) faixa, tira

2) (a strip cartoon.) tira de quadrinhos

3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) uniforme de time de futebol

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a strip-tease show.) de strip-tease

- strip off

1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) pular

2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) saltitar

3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) saltar

4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) saltar

1) (a short jump on one leg.) salto

2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) salto

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[hɔp] n lúpulo. • vt 1 juntar lúpulo à cerveja. 2 colher lúpulo.

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[hɔp] n 1 pulo, salto. 2 viagem curta (de avião). 3 coll baile. 4 coll dança, arrasta-pé. • vt+vi 1 pular, saltar. 2 coll viajar de avião (a curta distância). 3 dançar. hop it dê o fora, vá embora. hop, step and jump Sport salto triplo. to be hopping mad estar louco da vida, muito bravo e aborrecido. to catch someone on the hop pegar alguém com a mão na botija. to hop off partir (avião). to hop the freight Amer sl viajar clandestinamente em trem de carga. to keep on the hop manter-se ocupado, trabalhando.

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[hɔp] n sl 1 ópio. 2 qualquer narcótico. 3 pessoa viciada em drogas. 4 besteira, mentira. to hop up administrar, dar drogas.

1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) enjoado

2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) doente

3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) cansado

4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) chateado

5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) de mau gosto

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[sik] n 1 Brit coll vômito. • adj 1 doente, enfermo. I feel sick / sinto-me mal. 2 coll enjoado, com náuseas. he was sick / ele vomitou. 3 indisposto, adoentado. 4 cansado, esgotado. 5 aborrecido, aflito, triste. 6 farto. I am sick of the whole thing / estou farto disso tudo. he is sick and tired of waiting for her / ele está farto de esperar por ela. sick bulding syndrome conjunto de sintomas (alergias, cansaço) causados por exposição constante ao ar-condicionado. the sick os/as doentes. to be home sick sentir saudades de casa. to be off sick estar ausente por doença. to be sick as a dog coll vomitar sem parar. to be sick of something/ to be sick and tired of something estar farto, cansado, Braz sl cheio, de saco cheio. to be worried sick estar extremamente preocupado. to make someone sick irritar, aborrecer alguém it makes me sick to think of them / fico doente só em pensar neles.

verb ( sometimes with off or up)

1) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) afrouxar

2) (to make or become less busy, less active or less fast: The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.) moderar-se

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[sl'ækən] vt+vi 1 retardar, diminuir a velocidade. 2 ficar mais lento. 3 ficar moderado, relaxar. 4 soltar, afrouxar. 5 ficar solto, afrouxar-se.

1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar

2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar

3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) chupar

4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)

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[s∧k] n 1 chupada, sucção. 2 som de sucção, força de sucção. • vt+vi 1 sugar, aspirar com a boca, sorver. 2 chupar. 3 mamar. 4 absorver. 5 tragar, puxar. 6 embeber. something sucks coll é muito mal, é muito ruim. to give suck to someone amamentar. she gave suck to her child / ela amamentou o seu fllho. to suck around sl bajular, puxar o saco. to suck face beijar. to suck off vulg praticar felação, chupar. to suck one’s thumb chupar o dedo. to suck someone into something fazer com que alguém se envolva com alguma coisa, atividade. to suck the blood of someone chupar o sangue de alguém, explorar alguém. to suck the brains of someone roubar as idéias de alguém. to suck up absorver, embeber, aspirar. to suck up to coll bajular, adular, puxar o saco.

1) (having an error or mistake(s); incorrect: The child gave the wrong answer; We went in the wrong direction.) errado

2) (incorrect in one's answer(s), opinion(s) etc; mistaken: I thought Singapore was south of the Equator, but I was quite wrong.) errado

3) (not good, not morally correct etc: It is wrong to steal.) errado

4) (not suitable: He's the wrong man for the job.) errado

5) (not right; not normal: There's something wrong with this engine; What's wrong with that child - why is she crying?) errado

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[rɔŋ] n 1 injustiça. 2 pecado, iniqüidade. 3 ofensa, injúria, agravo. 4 dano. 5 mal. 6 crime, delito, erro, transgressão de um preceito legal. • vt 1 ser injusto para com. 2 tratar injustamente. 3 proceder mal, fazer mal a. 4 causar dano ou prejuízo a, prejudicar. 5 enganar, defraudar (of por). 6 ofender, injuriar. 7 violar. 8 desonrar (uma mulher). • adj 1 errado, incorreto, errôneo, falso. you are wrong / você está errado. you hit upon the wrong person / você topou com a pessoa errada. 2 que induz em erro, desacertado. 3 impróprio, inconveniente, inoportuno. 4 injusto. 5 mau, iníquo. 6 indevido. 7 ilegal, em desacordo com a lei. 8 em mau estado ou condição, que não funciona (bem), fora de ordem. 9 insatisfatório. • adv (também wrongly) 1 mal, erradamente, ao contrário, erroneamente, incorretamente, desacertadamente, sem razão. I guessed wrong / não acertei em minha suposição, errei em meu palpite. 2 impropriamente. 3 injustamente. 4 indevidamente. 5 iniquamente. 6 ilegalmente. 7 insatisfatoriamente. a wrong guess uma suposição errônea ou um palpite errado. a wrong letter/ font Typogr erro de composição. don’t put him in the wrong não lhe faça injustiça. don’t put him in the wrong with her não o ponha em desarmonia ou evite que se desentenda com ela ou a hostilize. he got him wrong with Mr. A ele o pôs em descrédito com o Sr. A. he got me in wrong ele me desacreditou, minou meu bom conceito. he is in the wrong box ele está numa maçada, num aperto, em dificuldades. he is the wrong side out ele está mal-humorado. I am wronged sou vítima de uma injustiça. in the wrong a) ter uma visão errônea. b) ter uma posição injusta. it was wrong of him foi um erro dele, ele errou (em agir assim). my watch is/ goes wrong meu relógio está errado, não anda bem. now he laughs at the wrong side of his mouth ele perdeu a vontade de rir. on the wrong side of fifty acima dos cinqüenta. rightly or wrongly justa ou injustamente, com ou sem razão. she took it the wrong way ela levou a mal. she was born on the wrong side of the blanket sl ela é filha ilegítima. she was born on the wrong side of the tracks ela nasceu na parte pobre da cidade. something is wrong with this barometer (algo em) este barômetro não está em ordem. the wrong side a) o avesso (pano, tecido). b) o reverso (da medalha). the wrong side out ao avesso. the wrong thing o errado, a coisa errada. they can prove you wrong eles lhe podem provar que você está errado. they told him wrong eles lhe deram informação errada. to be barking up the wrong tree dar murro em ponta de faca, tentar fazer algo sem nenhuma chance de sucesso. to be caught on the wrong foot ter de agir quando não se está preparado. to do wrong agir ilegalmente, imoralmente. to do wrong to someone, to do someone wrong cometer uma injustiça com, ser injusto com. he did me wrong / ele cometeu uma injustiça para comigo, foi injusto. to get hold of the wrong end of the stick entender errado completamente. we got hold of the wrong end of the stick / fig nós pegamos o bonde errado, demos um pulo errado. to get in wrong with, to get on the wrong side of causar antagonismo em, causar má impressão em. we got in wrong with them / nós lhes causamos má impressão. to get out of bed on the wrong side levantar com o pé esquerdo (estar de mau humor). he has got out of bed on the wrong side / ele se levantou com o pé esquerdo (está de mau humor). to get wrong entender mal, não entender, interpretar mal. don’t get me wrong / não me entenda mal. to go wrong a) sair errado, acabar mal. b) errar. c) tomar um mau caminho, desencaminhar. d) funcionar mal. his lungs went wrong / ele começou a sofrer dos pulmões, ficou tuberculoso. to right a wrong corrigir uma injustiça, fazer justiça. to start/ get off on the wrong foot começar mal. two wrongs don’t make a right um erro não justifica o outro. we were in the wrong nós estávamos sem a razão, estávamos errados. we wrong him in thinking that... somos injustos com ele pensando que... what’s wrong? o que há de errado? o que aconteceu? what’s wrong with a cigarette? que tal um cigarro? what’s wrong with N.? o que há com N.? you got it wrong você o entendeu, calculou ou interpretou mal, você se enganou.

1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) tremer

2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) abalar

1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) sacudida

2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.)... batido

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verb ( sometimes with off or up)

1) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) afrouxar(-se)

2) (to make or become less busy, less active or less fast: The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.) folgar