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1 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) puxar2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) depenar3) (to pick (flowers etc).) apanhar4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) arrancar5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) puxar2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coragem- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy* * *[pl∧k] n 1 arranca, arrancada. 2 puxão, safanão. 3 fressura. 4 coragem, determinação. • vt+vi 1 arrancar, desarraigar. 2 colher, apanhar. 3 depenar, deplumar. 4 puxar, safar. 5 tanger (instrumento de cordas). 6 sl afanar, roubar. he has a crow to pluck with you ele tem contas a ajustar com você. to pluck a pigeon depenar um pato, extorquir dinheiro de um otário. to pluck away arrebatar. to pluck down 1 derrubar, deitar abaixo. 2 humilhar. to pluck one’s eyebrows Braz coll depilar as sobrancelhas. to pluck up 1 arrancar, extirpar. 2 recobrar o ânimo. to pluck up courage criar coragem. she plucked up courage / ela criou coragem. -
2 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) arrancar2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) depenar3) (to pick (flowers etc).) colher4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) depilar (as sobrancelhas)5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) dedilhar2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coragem- plucky- pluckily - pluckiness - pluck up the courage - pluck up courage - energy -
3 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) tomar coragem para -
4 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) tomar coragem para -
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6 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) tomar coragemEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > pluck up (the) courage
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7 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) tomar coragemEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > pluck up (the) courage
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8 to pluck away
to pluck awayarrebatar. to pluck down 1 derrubar, deitar abaixo. 2 humilhar. -
9 to pluck one’s eyebrows
to pluck one’s eyebrowsBraz coll depilar as sobrancelhas. to pluck up 1 arrancar, extirpar. 2 recobrar o ânimo. -
10 he has a crow to pluck with you
he has a crow to pluck with youele tem contas a ajustar com você.English-Portuguese dictionary > he has a crow to pluck with you
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11 to pluck a pigeon
to pluck a pigeondepenar um pato, extorquir dinheiro de um otário. -
12 to pluck up courage
to pluck up couragecriar coragem. she plucked up courage/ela criou coragem. -
13 to pluck up heart
to pluck up heartreanimar-se. -
14 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centro3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) coração6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart* * *[ha:t] n 1 coração. 2 núcleo, âmago, centro. 3 alma. 4 amor, afeição, inclinação. 5 ânimo, coragem. 6 hearts copas (baralho). bless my heart! meu Deus! he has set his heart on it ele afeiçoou-se a isso. he puts his heart in his work ele se empenha de corpo e alma no seu trabalho. I find it in my heart estou disposto a. in good heart descansado (solo). in the heart of hearts no fundo do coração. it cuts me to the heart isso me dói no coração. out of heart desanimado, desencorajado. the heart of the matter o essencial da questão. to give (lose) one’s heart apaixonar-se. to learn by heart decorar. to lose heart perder o ânimo. to pluck up heart reanimar-se. to speak to one’s heart confortar, encorajar, animar. with all one’s heart com todo o coração. with heart and soul de corpo e alma. -
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18 tweezers
['twi:zəz](a tool for gripping or pulling hairs, small objects etc: She used a pair of tweezers to pluck her eyebrows.) pinça* * *tweez.ers[tw'i:zəz] n pl pinça. • tweezer vt arrancar ou pegar com pinça. -
19 tweezers
['twi:zəz](a tool for gripping or pulling hairs, small objects etc: She used a pair of tweezers to pluck her eyebrows.) pinça
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Pluck — Pluck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[ u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pluck — pluck·er; pluck·i·ly; pluck·i·ness; pluck·less; pluck; pluck·less·ness; … English syllables
pluck — [pluk] vt. [ME plukken < OE pluccian, akin to Ger pflücken < VL * piluccare, to pull out (> Fr éplucher), for L pilare, to deprive of hair < pilus, hair: see PILE2] 1. to pull off or out; pick 2. to drag or snatch; grab 3. to pull… … English World dictionary
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pluck´i|ness — pluck|y «PLUHK ee», adjective, pluck|i|er, pluck|i|est. having or showing courage: »a plucky dog. SYNONYM(S): brave, mettlesome, spirited. –pluck´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
pluck´i|ly — pluck|y «PLUHK ee», adjective, pluck|i|er, pluck|i|est. having or showing courage: »a plucky dog. SYNONYM(S): brave, mettlesome, spirited. –pluck´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
pluck|y — «PLUHK ee», adjective, pluck|i|er, pluck|i|est. having or showing courage: »a plucky dog. SYNONYM(S): brave, mettlesome, spirited. –pluck´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
Pluck — Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. [1913 Webster] 2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. [1913 Webster] 3 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pluck — Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; usually with at; as, to pluck at one s gown. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pluck — (v.) late O.E. ploccian pull off, cull, from W.Gmc. *plokken (Cf. M.L.G. plucken, M.Du. plocken, Flem. plokken), perhaps from V.L. *piluccare (Cf. O.Fr. peluchier, late 12c.), a frequentative, ultimately from L. pilare pull out hair, from pilus… … Etymology dictionary
pluck something out of the air — pluck something out of/from/the air phrase to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct ‘75% of people agree with me,’ I said, plucking a figure out of the air. Thesaurus: to guesssynonym Main en … Useful english dictionary