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61 turn over a new leaf
(to begin a new and better way of behaving, working etc.) virar a páginaEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > turn over a new leaf
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62 turn the corner
1) (to go round a corner.) virar a esquina2) (to get past a difficulty or danger: He was very ill but he's turned the corner now.) superar a crise -
63 turn up one's nose at
(to treat with contempt: He turned up his nose at the school dinner.) torcer o nariz paraEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > turn up one's nose at
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64 U-turn
noun (a turn, in the shape of the letter U, made by a motorist etc in order to reverse his direction.) inversão de marcha* * *U-turn[j'u: tə:n] n Auto 1 curva em U. 2 coll mudança radical, guinada de 180 graus. -
65 a friendly (good) turn
a friendly (good) turnum serviço de amigo, um obséquio. an ill, bad turn um ato mau. -
66 in turn
(one after another, in regular order: They answered the teacher's questions in turn.) sucessivamente* * *in turnem ordem seguida. -
67 to turn a deaf ear
to turn a deaf eara) surdear, fingir-se surdo, fazer ouvidos de mercador. b) não conceder.————————to turn a deaf earfazer-se de surdo. -
68 to turn back
to turn backa) regressar, voltar, retroceder. b) recusar, devolver. c) retorquir. d) mandar de volta, fazer voltar. she couldn’t turn back/ela não pode voltar atrás (decisão). -
69 to turn off
to turn offa) desviar, afastar, impedir. b) ( from de), despedir, mandar embora. c) fechar, desligar (gás, rádio, torneira). d) realizar, produzir. e) desligar emocionalmente ou sexualmente. f) dirigir-se para o lado. g) desviar-se, afastar-se. h) estragar. i) virar, entrar, sair de uma rua e entrar em outra, dobrar uma esquina.————————to turn offfechar (a torneira), desligar (a luz). -
70 to turn one’s coat
to turn one’s coatvirar a casaca, mudar de opinião.————————to turn one’s coatvirar a casaca. -
71 to turn out
to turn outa) virar para fora (os pés). b) expulsar, mandar embora. they turned him out of doors (out of the house)/botaram-no para fora. c) despejar. d) apagar, desligar (luz). e) virar às avessas (as bolsas). f) extrair (carvão). g) transportar, carregar, produzir, fornecer (mercadorias). h) sl iniciar alguém (sexo, drogas). i) virar-se, dirigir-se (para fora). j) sair, ir-se. k) vir à luz, confirmar (-se). l) formar-se, tornar-se. he has turned out a diligent boy/ele tornou-se um rapaz diligente. m) verificar-se, mostrar ser. It turned out that she had money/verificou-se que ela tinha o dinheiro. n) decorrer, terminar. o) largar o trabalho.————————to turn outpôr para fora, jogar fora, expulsar. -
72 to turn round
to turn rounda) girar, virar. b) volver, voltar. c) fig converter-se.————————to turn rounda) virar(-se). b) voltar. c) mudar de idéia ou opinião. -
73 to turn tail
to turn tailrecuar ignominiosamente.————————to turn tailvirar as costas, fugir, escapar. -
74 to turn the tables
to turn the tablesmudar a sorte.————————to turn the tablesvirar o feitiço contra o feiticeiro. -
75 to turn to
to turn toa) dirigir, concentrar, aplicar, aproveitar. he turn edit to account/ele tirou proveito disto, aproveitou-o com vantagem. b) começar a trabalhar. c) dirigir-se para. they turned to us/dirigiram-se a nós. d) dirigir-se a. e) voltar-se para. f) transformar-se em, converter-se para, tornar-se. -
76 to turn turtle
to turn turtlefig virar de pernas para o ar.————————to turn turtlevirar, soçobrar. -
77 take a turn for the better
((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) melhorar/piorar -
78 take a turn for the better
((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) melhorar, piorarEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > take a turn for the better
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79 a friendly turn
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80 a good turn
a good turnuma mudança para o bem, um obséquio. are you good for $10? será que me podia emprestar $10?
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