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121 fraction
['frækʃən]1) (a part; not a whole number eg 1/4, 3/8, 7/6 etc.) fracção2) (a small part: She has only a fraction of her brother's intelligence.) fracção•* * *frac.tion[fr'ækʃən] n 1 fração. 2 ato de partir, rasgar, dividir. 3 Math expressão que indica uma ou mais partes da unidade, quebrado. 4 migalha, porção, pequena parte, pedaço, fragmento. he got only a fraction of what he wanted / ele só obteve parte daquilo que queria. by a fraction of an inch fig por um fio de cabelo. fraction line traço de fração. not a fraction nada. -
122 gamble
['ɡæmbl] 1. verb(to risk losing money on the result of a horse-race etc.) jogar2. noun((something which involves) a risk: The whole business was a bit of a gamble.) jogada- gambler- gambling
- take a gamble* * *gam.ble[g'æmbəl] n coll empreendimento arriscado, jogo. • vt+vi 1 jogar jogos de azar, apostando dinheiro. 2 arriscar, aventurar-se. he gambled away his money ele perdeu seu dinheiro no jogo. you can gamble on that pode apostar nisso. -
123 gamut
gam.ut[g'æmət] n 1 Mus escala musical completa. 2 gama, série de alguma coisa. she ran through the whole gamut of feelings ela passou por toda série de sentimentos. -
124 generally
adverb (usually; by most people; on the whole: He is generally disliked; He generally wins.) geralmente* * *gen.er.al.ly -
125 global
adjective (affecting the whole world: War is now a global problem.) globar* * *glo.bal[gl'oubəl] adj 1 esférico. 2 global, mundial. 3 global, completo, integral, total. -
126 gloom
[ɡlu:m]1) (a state of not quite complete darkness: I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.) escuridão2) (sadness: The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country.) tristeza•- gloomy- gloominess* * *[glu:m] n escuridão, tristeza, melancolia, trevas. • vt+vi 1 escurecer, obscurecer. 2 estar triste, sentir-se abatido, estar melancólico. 3 olhar acabrunhado. 4 ter aparência ameaçadora. -
127 ground
past tense, past participle; = grind* * *ground1[graund] v ps, pp de grind.————————ground2[graund] n 1 terra, chão, solo, soalho. 2 terreno, área, região. 3 bens de raiz, propriedade. 4 campo de esporte, gramado. 5 fundamento, motivo, pretexto, base, razão, causa. 6 base, sede. 7 fundo, fundo de desenho ou pintura. 8 Electr terra, ligação da terra. 9 fundo do mar, de um lago ou rio. 10 sedimento. • vt 1 pôr no chão, deitar à terra, depor (armas). 2 Naut encalhar. 3 fundar, estabelecer, fundamentar, basear. the story is grounded in fact / a história baseia-se em fatos. 4 ensinar os elementos básicos. 5 preparar o fundo (pintura). 6 Electr ligar à terra. 7 Aeron fazer descer, manter em terra. building under ground construção no subsolo. football ground campo de futebol. forbidden ground terreno ou assunto proibido. ground-controlled approach system sistema de aterrissagem cega por meio de radar. I have gone (or been) over and over the whole ground pensei e estudei de todas as formas. it is common ground é de conhecimento geral, há concordância em. on English ground em terras inglesas, em território inglês. on public grounds em consideração à opinião pública. on the ground of pela razão de. on the ground that pela razão que. on these grounds por estas razões. rich ground terra fértil. rising ground terreno undante. that suits me down to the ground isto me serve sob todos os pontos de vista. the proposal fell to the ground a proposta foi rejeitada, fracassou. to be grounded estar encalhado. to break ground dar o primeiro passo, começar. to cover much ground estender-se longe, ir longe. to gain ground ganhar terreno. to give ground ceder, retirar-se. to go over the old ground again repetir o já conhecido. to hold the ground defender o ponto de vista ou o lugar. to lose ground perder terreno. to touch ground in the discussion chegar a resultados concretos na discussão. under ground debaixo da terra, dentro da mina. we covered much ground today fig hoje avançamos muito (nos estudos). -
128 hive
1) (a box etc where bees live and store up honey: He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.) colmeia2) (the bees that live in such a place: The whole hive flew after the queen bee.) colmeia* * *[haiv] n 1 colméia: enxame de abelhas. 2 multidão de gente. 3 grande quantidade de animais. • vt+vi 1 colocar abelhas dentro da colméia. 2 morar com outros em lugar apertado. 3 ajuntar-se ou abrigar-se como abelhas.
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Whole — Whole, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. {Hale}, {Hail} to greet, {Heal} to cure,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whole — [hōl] adj. [ME (Midland) hool, for hol, hal < OE hal, healthy, whole, hale: akin to Ger heil, ON heill < IE base * kailo , sound, uninjured, auspicious > Welsh coel, omen] 1. a) in sound health; not diseased or injured b) Archaic healed … English World dictionary
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whole — ► ADJECTIVE 1) complete; entire. 2) emphasizing a large extent or number: a whole range of issues. 3) in an unbroken or undamaged state. ► NOUN 1) a thing that is complete in itself. 2) (the whole) all of something … English terms dictionary
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whole — I (undamaged) adjective aggregate, all, complete, entire, gross, intact, solid, total, undiminished, unhurt, unimpaired, unreduced, without loss associated concepts: whole capital, whole estate, whole quantity, whole truth II (unified) adjective… … Law dictionary
whole — hōl adj containing all its natural constituents, components, or elements: deprived of nothing by refining, processing, or separation <whole milk> … Medical dictionary
whole|ly — «HOH lee, HOHL lee», adverb. = wholly. (Cf. ↑wholly) … Useful english dictionary
whole — whole1 W1S1 [həul US houl] adj [: Old English; Origin: hal healthy, unhurt, complete ] 1.) [only before noun] all of something = ↑entire ▪ You have your whole life ahead of you! ▪ His whole attitude bugs me. ▪ We ate the whole cake in about ten… … Dictionary of contemporary English