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  • 41 plan

    1. noun
    1) (an idea of how to do something; a method of doing something: If everyone follows this plan, we will succeed; I have worked out a plan for making a lot of money.) plano
    2) (an intention or arrangement: My plan is to rob a bank and leave the country quickly; What are your plans for tomorrow?) plano
    3) (a drawing, diagram etc showing a building, town etc as if seen from above: These are the plans of/for our new house; a street-plan.) planta
    2. verb
    1) ((sometimes with on) to intend (to do something): We are planning on going to Italy this year; We were planning to go last year but we hadn't enough money; They are planning a trip to Italy.) planejar
    2) (to decide how something is to be done; to arrange (something): We are planning a party; We'll have to plan very carefully if we are to succeed.) planejar
    3) (to design (a building, town etc): This is the architect who planned the building.) projetar
    - planning - go according to plan - plan ahead

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  • 42 argue

    1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) discutir, brigar
    2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) argumentar (a favor, contra)
    3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) persuadir (a, a não)
    4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) sustentar
    - argument - argumentative

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  • 43 bar

    1. noun
    1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) barra
    2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) barra
    3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) tranca
    4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) balcão
    5) (a public house.) bar
    6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) compasso
    7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) obstáculo
    8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) banco dos réus
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) trancar
    2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) excluir
    3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) impedir
    3. preposition
    (except: All bar one of the family had measles.) excepto
    - barman
    - bar code
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    [ba:] n 1 barra, vergalhão. a bar of soap / uma barra de sabão. 2 trave, tranca. 3 barreira, obstáculo. 4 faixa, listra. 5 compasso, ritmo. 6 traço na pauta musical que indica o compasso. 7 bar, balcão de bar. 8 cancelo: grade de tribunal ou corte. 9 profissão ou cargo de advogado. he was called to the bar / ele foi admitido como advogado no foro. 10 advogados, advocacia. 11 corte de justiça. 12 tribunal. 13 bocado, parte do freio. 14 Jur exceção. 15 barra, banco de areia. 16 Her barra: listão horizontal de brasão. 17 Vet barra: espaço nos maxilares entre os dentes caninos e os molares. 18 divisa militar. 19 Electr resistência. • vt 1 colocar trave ou tranca, barrar, trancar, fechar. 2 bloquear, obstruir. 3 excluir, excetuar. 4 cercar, gradear. 5 impedir, obstar. 6 confinar, listrar: marcar com faixas ou listras. 7 Mus marcar com traços de compasso. 8 proibir, vedar. 9 pôr de lado. 10 objetar a. 11 Jur opor exceção a. • prep exceto, fora, salvo. bar one! fora um!, menos um! bar of rest Mus sinal de pausa. behind bars preso. double bar Mus traço final. ( horizontal) bar barra fixa (para ginástica). parallel bars barras paralelas. the bar of God o juízo final. to bar out impedir de entrar, excluir. to bar up fechar com grade, cercar. to be at the bar a) advogar no foro. b) estudar direito. to cross the bars esticar as canelas.

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  • 44 edge

    [e‹] 1. noun
    1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) beira
    2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) gume
    3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) intensidade
    2. verb
    1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) guarnecer
    2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) avançar
    - edgy
    - edgily
    - edginess
    - have the edge on/over
    - on edge
    * * *
    [ed9] n 1 canto, extremidade, margem, beira, bordo. 2 bainha, aresta. 3 situação crítica. 4 gume, fio, corte. 5 aspereza, rispidez, irritabilidade. it sets my teeth on edge / isto me irrita, mexe com os meus nervos. 6 vantagem, margem de superioridade. 7 agudeza de mente ou apetite. • vt+vi 1 afiar, amolar, aguçar. 2 introduzir-se despercebidamente, infiltrar(-se). 3 margear, delimitar, emoldurar, cercar, orlar, circundar. 4 empurrar ou mover pouco a pouco. 5 derrotar por pequena margem. on edge a) nervoso, agitado. b) ansioso, impaciente. to be on the very edge of doing something estar prestes a fazer alguma coisa. to be over the edge coll ter uma crise nervosa. to edge away afastar-se devagar, esgueirar-se. to give an edge dar uma vantagem. to have the edge on ter pequena vantagem sobre. to put an edge on afiar, dar fio. to put someone on edge irritar alguém. to put to the edge of the sword passar à espada, matar. to set on edge excitar, animar. to take the edge off privar de força, abrandar, suavizar.

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  • 45 fancy

    ['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun
    1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) capricho
    2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) fantasia
    3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) fantasia/noção
    2. adjective
    (decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) decorado
    3. verb
    1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) desejar/apetecer
    2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) imaginar
    3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) ter um fraco por
    - fancifully
    - fancy dress
    - take a fancy to
    - take one's fancy
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    fan.cy
    [f'ænsi] n 1 fantasia: a) imaginação. b) obra de imaginação. c) idéia, concepção, pensamento, parecer, opinião. d) noção, suposição, ilusão, imagem mental, idéia visionária. e) capricho, extravagância, veneta, desejo singular, gosto passageiro. f) gosto pessoal, vontade, preferência, arbítrio. g) idéia fixa, obsessão. 2 inclinação, afeição, simpatia. 3 passatempo favorito, mania. 4 the fancy a) coll os aficionados de um esporte. b) criação seleta de animais. • vt+vi 1 imaginar, fantasiar, planejar na fantasia, figurar, formar uma idéia. she fancied herself to be ill / ela cismou que estava doente. 2 julgar, reputar, crer, não saber com certeza, supor. I fancied her to be my friend / eu achava que ela fosse minha amiga. 3 querer, gostar, agradar-se. he fancies his game / ele gosta muito do seu jogo. 4 criar ou cultivar selecionando certas características. 5 desejar ter ou fazer. 6 desejar sexualmente. • adj 1 caprichoso. 2 ornamental, de fantasia. 3 extravagante, exorbitante. 4 de qualidade especial. 5 de grande habilidade ou graça. 6 Com luxuoso, caro, de bom gosto. just fancy that! imagine só! something that tickles one’s fancy algo que atrai. to take someone’s fancy cair nas graças de alguém.

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  • 46 gain

    [ɡein] 1. verb
    1) (to obtain: He quickly gained experience.) obter
    2) ((often with by or from) to get (something good) by doing something: What have I to gain by staying here?) ganhar
    3) (to have an increase in (something): He gained strength after his illness.) ganhar
    4) ((of a clock or watch) to go too fast: This clock gains (four minutes a day).) adiantar-se
    2. noun
    1) (an increase (in weight etc): a gain of one kilo.) aumento
    2) (profits, advantage, wealth etc: His loss was my gain; He'd do anything for gain.) proveito
    - gain on
    * * *
    [gein] n 1 ganho, ato de ganhar. 2 lucro, benefício, proveito, aumento, vantagem, nova aquisição, acumulação, adição. 3 prosperidade, aquisição de riquezas. 4 renda, lucro, salário. 5 rendimento (de antena). 6 entalhe, chanfradura (para encaixe). • vt+vi 1 ganhar, obter, adquirir, alcançar. 2 beneficiar-se, levar vantagem, granjear, obter como aumento ou em adição, lucrar. 3 progredir, avançar, melhorar. 4 vencer, ser vitorioso. 5 alcançar, atingir, chegar a. he gained his ends / ele alcançou seu objetivo. 6 adiantar (relógio.) • adj 1 perto, reto, direto. 2 conveniente. clear gain lucro líquido. I could not gain his ear não consegui que ele me escutasse. the sea gains upon the land o mar avança contra a terra. they gained the day alcançaram a vitória. they wanted to gain me over queriam obter minha colaboração. to gain ground ganhar terreno, fazer progressos. to gain on, upon 1 aproximar-se de. 2 ultrapassar. 3 aumentar sua vantagem sobre. to gain time ganhar tempo.

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  • 47 given

    1) (stated: to do a job at a given time.) dado
    2) ((with to) in the habit of (doing) something: He's given to making stupid remarks.) dado a
    3) (taking (something) as a fact: Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five.) considerando
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    giv.en
    [g'ivən] v pp de give dado. • adj 1 fixado, determinado. 2 inclinado, disposto. 3 Math dado, conhecido. at any given time em ocasião oportuna. given name primeiro nome. given to something ter inclinação para. to be very much given to reading gostar muito de ler.

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  • 48 handicap

    ['hændikæp] 1. noun
    1) (something that makes doing something more difficult: The loss of a finger would be a handicap for a pianist.) impedimento
    2) ((in a race, competition etc) a disadvantage of some sort (eg having to run a greater distance in a race) given to the best competitors so that others have a better chance of winning.) desvantagem
    3) (a race, competition etc in which this happens.) handicap
    4) ((a form of) physical or mental disability: children with physical handicaps.) diminuição
    2. verb
    (to make something (more) difficult for: He wanted to be a pianist, but was handicapped by his deafness.) colocar em desvantagem
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    hand.i.cap
    [h'ændikæp] n Sport 1 vantagens concedidas a um adversário mais fraco. 2 desvantagem imposta a um competidor mais forte. 3 desvantagem ou vantagem concedida. 4 obstáculo. 5 deficiência física. • vt ter ou impor desvantagens. to be handicapped with ter a desvantagem de.

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  • 49 hurry

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly: You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus; If you hurry me, I'll make mistakes.) apressar(-se)
    2) (to convey quickly: After the accident, the injured man was hurried to the hospital.) levar à pressa
    2. noun
    1) (the act of doing something quickly, often too quickly: In his hurry to leave, he fell and broke his arm.) pressa
    2) (the need to do something quickly: Is there any hurry for this job?) pressa
    - hurriedly
    - in a hurry
    - hurry up
    * * *
    hur.ry
    [h'∧ri] n 1 pressa, precipitação. 2 ação de apressar, pressão. 3 inquietação, desassossego. • vt+vi 1 apressar. 2 incitar, acelerar, impelir. 3 apressar-se, correr. 4 precipitar. hurry up! vamos!, depressa! in no hurry, not in any hurry não há necessidade de se apressar. to be in a hurry estar com pressa. to hurry away a) levar embora com pressa ou com violência. b) fugir, afastar-se depressa. to hurry back mandar imediatamente de volta. to hurry in entrar ou fazer entrar às pressas. to hurry on a) incitar, impelir. b) passar, seguir depressa. to hurry over something passar depressa por cima de alguma coisa. to hurry someone along apressar alguém. to hurry up acelerar. what’s the hurry? por que tanta pressa?

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  • 50 bar

    1. noun
    1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) barra
    2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) barra, faixa
    3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) tranca
    4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar
    5) (a public house.) bar
    6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) compasso
    7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) barreira
    8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) banco de réus
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) trancar
    2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) barrar
    3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) impedir
    3. preposition
    (except: All bar one of the family had measles.) exceto
    - barman - bar code

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  • 51 gain

    [ɡein] 1. verb
    1) (to obtain: He quickly gained experience.) ganhar
    2) ((often with by or from) to get (something good) by doing something: What have I to gain by staying here?) ganhar
    3) (to have an increase in (something): He gained strength after his illness.) ganhar
    4) ((of a clock or watch) to go too fast: This clock gains (four minutes a day).) adiantar
    2. noun
    1) (an increase (in weight etc): a gain of one kilo.) aumento
    2) (profits, advantage, wealth etc: His loss was my gain; He'd do anything for gain.) ganho, lucro
    - gain on

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  • 52 handicap

    ['hændikæp] 1. noun
    1) (something that makes doing something more difficult: The loss of a finger would be a handicap for a pianist.) handicap
    2) ((in a race, competition etc) a disadvantage of some sort (eg having to run a greater distance in a race) given to the best competitors so that others have a better chance of winning.) desvantagem
    3) (a race, competition etc in which this happens.) handicap
    4) ((a form of) physical or mental disability: children with physical handicaps.) deficiência
    2. verb
    (to make something (more) difficult for: He wanted to be a pianist, but was handicapped by his deafness.) prejudicar

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  • 53 far

    1. adverb
    1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) longe
    2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) para longe
    3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) muito/muitíssimo
    2. adjective
    1) (distant; a long way away: a far country.) distante
    2) (more distant (usually of two things): He lives on the far side of the lake.) distante/mais afastado
    - farthest
    - faraway
    - far-fetched
    - as far as
    - by far
    - far and away
    - far from
    - so far
    * * *
    [fa:] adj (compar farther, further, sup farthest, furthest) 1 remoto, distante, afastado, longínquo. 2 adiantado, avançado. 3 o mais afastado, extremo. 4 muito longe. 5 muito diferente, grande contraste. what a far cry from the life in London! / que contraste com a vida em Londres! • adv 1 longe, ao longe, a grande distância. 2 muito, decididamente, em alto grau, em grande parte. far into the night / até altas horas da noite. 3 fundo, profundo. to reach far into / penetrar fundo. 4 demasiado. far in years / avançado em anos, de idade avançada. as far as I am concerned pelo que me toca. as far as that? tão longe assim? as far as that goes quanto a isso. as far as there até ali. as far as we know tanto quanto sabemos. by far de muito, por grande diferença, em grande parte, sem dúvida, decididamente. far above muito acima, muito superior. far and away the best por grande diferença o melhor. far and near por toda parte. far and wide em todo o redor. far back muito atrás, remoto, há muito tempo. far be it from me longe de mim. far better muito melhor. Far East Extremo Oriente. far from doing anything longe de fazer alguma coisa. far other muito diferente. far out! coll que interessante! que legal! eu gosto disto! far up bem no alto. how far? a que distância, até onde, até que ponto? in far gone days em dias idos, distantes. in so far as na medida em que, tanto quanto. in the farthest corner no canto mais remoto. she is far from strong ela está longe de ser forte. so far até agora, por enquanto. so far, so good até aqui tudo bem. thus far até aqui. to carry a thing too far levar uma coisa ao extremo, levá-lo além do que é razoável. to carry independence too far levar sua independência longe demais. to go far towards doing something contribuir consideravelmente, envidar esforços. to have not far to seek não precisar procurar longe daqui.

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  • 54 keep it up

    (to carry on doing something at the same speed or as well as one is doing it at present: Your work is good - keep it up!) continuar

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  • 55 keep one's hand in

    (to remain good or skilful at doing something by doing it occasionally: I still sometimes play a game of billiards, just to keep my hand in.) não perder o jeito

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  • 56 keep it up

    (to carry on doing something at the same speed or as well as one is doing it at present: Your work is good - keep it up!) continuar

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  • 57 keep one's hand in

    (to remain good or skilful at doing something by doing it occasionally: I still sometimes play a game of billiards, just to keep my hand in.) não perder o jeito

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  • 58 cajole

    [kə'‹əul]
    (to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) persuadir
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    ca.jole
    [kədʒ'oul] vt+vi 1 persuadir, induzir, atrair ou conseguir com lisonjas ou falsas promessas. 2 bajular, lisonjear, adular. to cajole somebody out of something induzir alguém a desistir de alguma coisa.

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  • 59 device

    1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) instrumento
    2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) processo
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    de.vice
    [div'ais] n 1 invento artificioso, invenção, artifício, dispositivo, aparelho. 2 projeto, plano, esquema. 3 estratagema, truque, ardil, astúcia. 4 desenho, padrão, modelo. 5 Her divisa, emblema. 6 engenho. 7 Comp dispositivo: qualquer equipamento eletrônico (geralmente acessório) que ligado ao computador possiblita efetuar operações completas e independentes. a man full of devices homem engenhoso, inventivo. circuit-breaking device dispositivo de interrupção. to leave someone to their own devices deixar alguém fazer o que quiser, deixar alguém executar algo por sua própria conta.

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  • 60 difficulty

    plural - difficulties; noun
    1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) dificuldade
    2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) dificuldade
    3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) dificuldade
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    dif.fi.cul.ty
    [d'ifikəlti] n 1 dificuldade, qualidade do que é difícil. 2 obstáculo, impedimento, objeção, situação crítica, embaraço. 3 disputa, querela, desacordo. 4 fadiga, apuro, relutância. 5 difficulties pl embaraço financeiro. to be in difficulties estar em dificuldades financeiras. to do something with difficulty fazer algo com dificuldade, com esforço. to have/ find difficulty in doing something encontrar dificuldade para fazer algo.

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  • in doing something — phrase used for saying that as a result of doing one thing, you also do something else In trying to solve one problem, I created another. Thesaurus: as a result of something and describing effects and resultssynonym Main entry: in …   Useful english dictionary

  • busy doing something — phrase doing something, especially with a lot of attention or effort We’re all busy preparing for Christmas. I was so busy worrying about Julie that I didn’t even think about Jake. Thesaurus: busy and workingsynonym Main entry: busy …   Useful english dictionary

  • forever doing something — phrase used for emphasizing that someone does something very often, and that this is very annoying He is forever talking about his car. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are annoyed or angrysynonym Main entry: forever …   Useful english dictionary

  • into doing something —    A person who is bulldozed into doing something is forced to do it, especially by being bullied or intimidated.     The immigrants we bulldozed into accepting the work …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • at the risk of doing something — phrase used for saying that you realize something bad or unpleasant may happen as a result of what you are going to say At the risk of seeming boring, I don’t think we should try it. Thesaurus: involving a risk or riskssynonym Main entry: risk *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • tired of (doing) something — phrase no longer wanting something or wanting to do something because you are bored with it or annoyed by it We were tired of waiting for him to call. get/​grow tired of doing something: She’s getting tired of going into that office every day.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • go a long way towards doing something — phrase if something goes a long way towards doing something, it helps someone to achieve something The money raised will go a long way towards paying for Freddie’s medical treatment. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wriggle out of (doing) something — showing disapproval phrase to avoid doing something by making excuses Don’t try and wriggle out of doing your homework. Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry: wriggle …   Useful english dictionary

  • be within an ace of doing something — be within an ace of (something/doing something) come within an ace of (something/doing something) to almost achieve something. Her ambition to star in a musical is within an ace of being (= is almost) fulfilled following talks with a West End… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have (your) heart set on doing something — have (your) heart set on (something/doing something) set (your) heart on (something/doing something) to decide to achieve something. John had his heart set on becoming a doctor …   New idioms dictionary

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