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  • 41 pound

    I noun
    1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra esterlina
    2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libra
    II noun
    (an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) curral, cercado
    III verb
    1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) bater
    2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) andar pesadamente
    3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) pilar, triturar

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  • 42 shear

    [ʃiə]
    past tense - sheared; verb
    1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) tosar, tosquiar
    2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) tosar
    3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) cortar
    4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) cisalhar
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  • 43 spare

    [speə] 1. verb
    1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) dispensar
    2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) dispensar
    3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) poupar
    4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) poupar
    5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) economizar
    6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) poupar
    2. adjective
    1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) de reserva
    2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) disponível
    3. noun
    1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) peça de reserva
    2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) pneu sobressalente
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    - sparingly - spare part - spare rib - and to spare - to spare

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  • 44 camp

    [kæmp] 1. noun
    1) (a piece of ground with tents pitched on it.) acampamento
    2) (a collection of buildings, huts or tents in which people stay temporarily for a certain purpose: a holiday camp.) campo
    3) (a military station, barracks etc.) acampamento
    4) (a party or side: They belong to different political camps.) campo
    2. verb
    ((also go camping) to set up, and live in, a tent / tents: We camped on the beach; We go camping every year.) acampar
    - camping
    - camp bed
    - camp-fire
    - campsite
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    [kæmp] n 1 acampamento, arraial, campo. 2 acampamento militar. 3 vida militar. 4 pessoas acampadas. 5 vida simples ao ar livre. 6 fig lado, grupo, partido. 7 partidários. 8 posição fortemente defendida. 9 paródia, imitação burlesca. • vi 1 acampar(-se), assentar arraial, fazer acampamento, bivacar. 2 alojar-se provisoriamente, viver temporariamente sem luxo e conforto. • adj sl afeminado, exagerado, afetado. to break camp levantar acampamento. to camp it up sl desmunhecar, agir de maneira exagerada e afetada. to camp out 1 passar a noite ao relento. 2 estabelecer-se provisoriamente em bivaque ou acampamento. to make camp acampar.

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  • 45 chew

    [ u:]
    (to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing: If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.) mastigar
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    [tʃu:] n 1 mastigação. 2 aquilo que se mastiga. 3 tabaco de mascar. 4 bocado. • vt+vi 1 mastigar, mascar. 2 fig ruminar, remoer, ponderar, refletir bem, pensar muito. 3 fig palrar, tagarelar. to bite off more than you can chew coll ter os olhos maiores que a boca, pretender fazer mais do que é capaz. to chew on/ over something coll considerar, pensar cuidadosamente a respeito de algo. to chew out coll repreender, censurar severamente. to chew the cud 1 ruminar. 2 pensar muito antes de tomar uma decisão. to chew the fat Amer sl ter uma longa conversa, bater um longo papo.

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  • 46 continue

    [kən'tinju:] 1. verb
    1) (to go on being, doing etc; to last or keep on: She continued to run; They continued running; He will continue in his present job; The noise continued for several hours; The road continues for 150 kilometres.) continuar
    2) (to go on (with) often after a break or pause: He continued his talk after the interval; This story is continued on p.53.) continuar
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    - continually
    - continuation
    - continuity     2. adjective
    a continuity girl.) de continuidade
    - continuously
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    con.tin.ue
    [kənt'inju:] vt+vi 1 continuar, prosseguir. 2 prolongar(-se), estender(-se). 3 recomeçar. 4 durar, perdurar. 5 ficar, permanecer. 6 fazer permanecer, reter. 7 Jur adiar, prorrogar. 8 persistir.

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  • 47 fast

    I 1. adjective
    1) (quick-moving: a fast car.) rápido
    2) (quick: a fast worker.) rápido
    3) ((of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time: My watch is five minutes fast.) adiantado
    2. adverb
    (quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) depressa
    - fast foods
    - fast food     II 1. verb
    (to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.) jejuar
    2. noun
    (a time or act of fasting: She has just finished two days' fast.) jejum
    III adjective
    1) ((of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed.) fixo
    2) (firm; fixed: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.) fixado/seguro
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    fast1
    [fa:st; fæst] n 1 jejum, abstenção, abstinência. 2 período de jejum. • vi jejuar. fast day / dia de jejum. to break fast quebrar o jejum, parar com o jejum.
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    fast2
    [fa:st; fæst] adj 1 veloz, rápido. 2 que favorece a velocidade. 3 firme, fixo, seguro, preso. 4 constante, aderente, pegado, estável, durável. the colors are fast / as cores não desbotam, são permanentes. • adv 1 velozmente, rapidamente, depressa, em rápida sucessão. 2 firmemente, fixamente, fortemente, muito. it was raining fast chovia fortemente. fast access storage Comp armazenamento de acesso rápido: em processamento de dados, seção que engloba o armazenamento inteiro do qual os dados podem ser recuperados com maior rapidez. fast asleep profundamente adormecido. fast breeder reactor tipo de reator nuclear que produz mais plutônio que o necessário para a geração de eletricidade. fast photographic film filme para fotografia que tem muita sensibilidade e pode ser usado quando há pouca luz. fast train trem rápido, expresso. hard and fast rígido, definitivamente verdadeiro e correto. my watch (clock) is fast meu relógio está adiantado. to hold fast segurar com firmeza. to live fast ter uma vida desregrada. to make a fast buck enriquecer rapidamente de maneira desonesta. to make fast fixar seguramente. to play fast and loose with someone ser irresponsável e insincero com alguém. to pull a fast one enganar ou trapacear alguém.

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  • 48 fly

    I plural - flies
    nou)
    1) (a type of small winged insect.)
    2) (a fish hook made to look like a fly so that a fish will take it in its mouth: Which fly should I use to catch a trout?)
    3) ((often in plural) a piece of material with buttons or a zip, especially at the front of trousers.)
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    II past tense - flew; verb
    1) (to (make something) go through the air on wings etc or in an aeroplane: The pilot flew (the plane) across the sea.) voar
    2) (to run away (from): He flew (the country).) fugir
    3) ((of time) to pass quickly: The days flew past.) voar
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    - flier
    - flying saucer
    - flying visit
    - frequent flyer/flier
    - flyleaf
    - flyover
    - fly in the face of
    - fly into
    - fly off the handle
    - get off to a flying start
    - let fly
    - send someone/something flying
    - send flying
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    fly1
    [flai] n 1 Zool mosca vulgar ou doméstica. 2 qualquer inseto díptero. 3 qualquer inseto de asas transparentes como a efeméride. 4 anzol dissimulado por penas. he wouldn’t hurt a fly ele não é capaz de fazer mal a uma mosca, ele é muito bom e gentil. there are no flies on him ele não é bobo e não se deixa enganar. to break a fly on the wheel arrombar portas abertas. to die/ drop like flies morrer como moscas. to find a fly in the ointment fig achar cabelo na sopa, procurar pêlo em casca de ovo.
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    fly2
    [flai] n (pl flies) 1 pestana de braguilha. 2 aba que cobre a entrada de uma barraca. 3 cabriolé, carruagem leve, carruagem de aluguel. 4 Amer, Sport no beisebol, bola rebatida no ar. 5 pêndulo, volante de um relógio. 6 Mech volante. 7 a parte da grimpa que mostra a direção do vento. 8 comprimento ou borda exterior da bandeira. 9 vôo, trajetória. 10 Theat bambolina. 11 braguilha. • vt+vi (ps flew, pp flown) 1 voar, esvoaçar, mover-se no ar por meio de asas. 2 flutuar, ondear, drapejar, agitar-se no ar, pairar. 3 fazer voar, arvorar, hastear, desfraldar (bandeira), soltar. 4 voar, viajar pelo ar, mover-se no ar por meio de aeroplanos. 5 voar sobre, atravessar voando. he flew the ocean / ele atravessou o oceano em avião. 6 dirigir, pilotar (avião). he flies an aeroplane / ele pilota um aeroplano. 7 transportar pelo ar. 8 pular, saltar, galgar, voar, correr, passar velozmente, decorrer rapidamente (o tempo), precipitar-se, lançar-se. 9 fugir, escapar-se, desaparecer rapidamente, voar, fugir de, esquivar, evitar. he will have to fly the country / ele terá de evitar a pátria. I must fly the danger / tenho de escapar deste perigo. 10 Sport rebater a bola no ar, no beisebol. 11 caçar com falcão. he flew a hawk / ele caçou com falcão. fly me a line! coll mande-me umas linhas! in the fly no vôo, em movimento, sem se deter. on the fly ainda durante o vôo, antes de cair. she flew out at me ela acometeu-me com injúrias. to fly about mudar o vento com freqüência. to fly abroad voar, divulgar-se. to fly a flag hastear uma bandeira. to fly a kite soltar um papagaio, sl emitir uma letra de favor, fig lançar um balão de ensaio, ver de que lado sopra o vento. to fly around esvoaçar, adejar de um lado para o outro. to fly at/ upon lançar-se sobre, acometer, atacar violentamente. to fly away fugir, escapar. to fly by instruments voar por instrumentos. to fly from fugir de. to fly high ter ambições. to fly in the face of insultar alguém. to fly into a passion encolerizar-se. to fly into raptures extasiar-se. to fly off soltar-se. to fly off the handle perder as estribeiras. to fly open abrir-se de repente (a porta). to fly out encolerizar-se, enfurecer-se, perder as estribeiras, rebentar, voar em estilhaços, partir-se em pedaços. to fly to arms correr às armas. to fly to pieces estilhaçar-se. to let fly atirar, disparar, fazer fogo.

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  • 49 foul

    1. adjective
    1) ((especially of smell or taste) causing disgust: a foul smell.) ruim
    2) (very unpleasant; nasty: a foul mess.) desagradável
    2. noun
    (an action etc which breaks the rules of a game: The other team committed a foul.) falta
    3. verb
    1) (to break the rules of a game (against): He fouled his opponent.) cometer uma falta
    2) (to make dirty, especially with faeces: Dogs often foul the pavement.) sujar
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    [faul] n 1 infração, falta, violação das regras estabelecidas nos jogos, prélios, etc., colisão intencionada, golpe ou jogo ilícito, abalroamento. 2 Amer, Sport bola fora, no beisebol. 3 Brit mau tempo, tempo borrascoso, má ventura. • vt+vi 1 sujar(-se), emporcalhar, enlamear, turvar-se, conspurcar, corromper, desonrar, infamar. 2 cometer infração, violar regras estabelecidas. 3 Amer, Sport bater a bola fora, no beisebol. 4 Naut colidir, abalroar. 5 enredar-se, enredar (cabo), encepar, entoucar (âncora). 6 abstruir(-se), entupir(-se), bloquear, entravar. 7 Naut cobrir-se de algas (o casco do navio). • adj 1 sujo, emporcalhado, lodoso, enlameado, poluído, porco, imundo, turvo, impuro, estragado, podre, pútrido, viciado, nocivo, sórdido, asqueroso, repugnante, torpe, indecente, obsceno. 2 malvado, infame, corrompido, vil. 3 contrário às regras, ilícito, irregular, iníquo, ímprobo, desonesto, injusto. 4 abalroado. 5 enredado (cabo). 6 entupido, obstruído. 7 mau, borrascoso. 8 contrário. 9 feio, abominável, repelente, hediondo, odioso, vergonhoso. 10 Amer, Sport (no beisebol) fora. 11 sujo, cheio de erros. 12 desagradável. • adv 1 ilicitamente. 2 traiçoeiramente, perfidamente. by fair means or foul de qualquer maneira, a qualquer preço. one boot was foul of the other um barco abalroou o outro. the chimney is foul a chaminé está obstruída de fuligem. the foul fiend o diabo. through foul and fair aos trancos e barrancos. to fall/ run foul of a) lançar-se sobre. b) Naut colidir com. c) encalhar. d) coll criar caso, desentender-se. to foul up sl estragar, deitar a perder, Brit vulg foder. to hit someone foul dar um golpe ilícito em. to play foul atraiçoar.

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  • 50 fragment

    1. ['fræɡmənt] noun
    1) (a piece broken off: The floor was covered with fragments of glass.) fragmento
    2) (something which is not complete: a fragment of poetry.) fragmento
    2. verb
    (to break into pieces: The glass is very strong but will fragment if dropped on the floor.) escaqueirar(-se)
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    frag.ment
    [fr'ægmənt] n 1 fragmento, estilhaço, migalha. 2 fração, parte de um todo. 3 trecho (de uma obra). • vt+vi fragmentar(-se).

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  • 51 fresh

    [freʃ]
    1) (newly made, gathered, arrived etc: fresh fruit (= fruit that is not tinned, frozen etc); fresh flowers.) fresco
    2) ((of people etc) healthy; not tired: You are looking very fresh this morning.) fresco
    3) (another; different; not already used, begun, worn, heard etc: a fresh piece of paper; fresh news.) fresco
    4) ((of weather etc) cool; refreshing: a fresh breeze; fresh air.) fresco
    5) ((of water) without salt: The swimming-pool has fresh water in it, not sea water.) doce
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    - freshly
    - fresh-water
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    [freʃ] n 1 fresca, a parte mais fresca do dia, da estação, do ano, etc., a madrugada, o começo. 2 lagoa, piscina, fonte ou corrente de água doce. 3 fluxo de água, inundação, cheia súbita. • adj 1 fresco: a) novo, recente. she asked for a fresh cup / ela pediu por outra xícara. b) que não está estragado, podre, azedo, mofado, choco. c) não enlatado, defumado ou salgado, etc. d) viçoso, verdejante, que não está murcho. e) moderadamente frio. f) Meteor moderadamente forte. 2 recente, recém-feito, recém-criado ou produzido, recém-saído, recém-chegado ou vindo, recém-obtido. 3 desconhecido, virgem. 4 adicional, novo, outro. 5 doce, não salgado. 6 não cansado, vigoroso, forte, robusto, revigorado, vivaz, bem-disposto. I feel fresh / eu me sinto bem disposto. 7 não desbotado, vivo. 8 sadio, viçoso, loução, límpido, corado, juvenil. 9 puro. 10 estimulante, revigorante. 11 inexperiente, bisonho, novel, noviço. 12 Amer sl atrevido, impertinente, impudente. 13 Amer sl bêbado. 14 Amer sl namorador, dado ao flerte. 15 Amer sl frio, distante, alienado. • adv 1 recentemente, (em combinações) recém-, de fresco. 2 frescamente, com frescura. 3 com renovado vigor. 4 Amer presunçosamente, atrevidamente, petulantemente, impudentemente. a fresh laid egg um ovo recém-posto. a fresh man um novato, inexperiente, calouro. fresh coloured de aspecto sadio. fresh fish peixe fresco. fresh from the country recém-chegado do campo, da província. fresh memory memória nítida. l feel as fresh as a daisy me sinto como novo. to be fresh out of coll estar sem, estar faltando. to break fresh ground trilhar novos caminhos. to get fresh with ser atrevido com o sexo oposto.

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  • 52 infringe

    [in'frin‹]
    (to break (a law etc) or interfere with (a person's freedom or rights).) infringir
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    in.fringe
    [infr'indʒ] vt infringir, transgredir, violar. to infringe on /upon prejudicar.

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  • 53 rank

    I 1. [ræŋk] noun
    1) (a line or row (especially of soldiers or taxis): The officer ordered the front rank to fire.) fila
    2) ((in the army, navy etc) a person's position of importance: He was promoted to the rank of sergeant/colonel.) posto
    3) (a social class: the lower social ranks.) classe
    2. verb
    (to have, or give, a place in a group, according to importance: I would rank him among our greatest writers; Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.) classificar(-se)
    II [ræŋk] adjective
    1) (complete; absolute: rank stupidity; The race was won by a rank outsider.) completo
    2) (unpleasantly stale and strong: a rank smell of tobacco.) rançoso
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    rank1
    [ræŋk] n 1 linha, fila, fileira. 2 grau, graduação, posto. 3 ordem, classe, série. 4 qualidade, distinção, posição, dignidade, categoria. • vt+vi 1 enfileirar. 2 tomar posição. 3 ter certo grau ou posição. 4 pôr em ordem, classificar, colocar por graus. 5 superar (em grau ou classe), preceder. the general ranks a captain / o general precede um capitão. 6 avaliar, estimar, dar certo grau. 7 sl entregar, delatar. a man of rank um homem de posição. in the first rank na primeira ordem ou classe. rank and fashion gente da alta sociedade. rank and file a) soldados rasos. b) gente comum. rank of general grau ou posto de general. the rank a tropa, o exército. to break rank ( soldiers) ficar fora de forma. to keep rank ( soldiers) ficar em forma. to pull one’s rank abusar da autoridade, trazer num cortado. to rank first figurar em primeiro lugar. to rank the cities for population classificar as cidades por população. to take rank of ter precedência sobre. to take rank with enfileirar-se.
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    [ræŋk] adj 1 alto e áspero, espesso. 2 viçoso, florescente, luxuriante. 3 rico, fértil (de terras). 4 rançoso, malcheiroso, de mau gosto. 5 completo, extremo, rematado (em sentido desfavorável). 6 grosseiro, ordinário, indecente. rank ingratitude extrema ingratidão.

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  • 54 rat

    1. noun
    1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) ratazana
    2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) patife
    2. verb
    1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) quebrar promessas
    2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) delatar
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    - smell a rat
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    [ræt] n 1 Zool rato, ratazana. 2 fig pessoa baixa, vil, desleal. 3 coll vira-casaca, desertor, trânsfuga. 4 coll fura-greve, fura parede, operário que ocupa o lugar de outro em greve ou que trabalha por salário inferior ao fixado pelo sindicato. 5 informante. 6 enchimento de cabelo para penteado. • vi 1 caçar ratos. 2 portar-se de modo baixo. 3 furar a greve ou trabalhar por salário inferior ao fixado. 4 delatar, informar. as poor as a rat pobre como um rato. a rat out sl retirada desleal ou desprezível. like a drowned rat molhado como um pinto. to smell a rat pressentir, suspeitar de uma tramóia.

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  • 55 sever

    ['sevə]
    1) (to put an end to: He severed relations with his family.) cortar
    2) (to cut or break off: His arm was severed in the accident.) cortar
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    sev.er
    [s'evə] vt+vi 1 separar, dividir, rachar. 2 cortar, romper. 3 manter-se à parte.

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  • 56 slot

    [slot] 1. noun
    1) (a small narrow opening, especially one to receive coins: I put the correct money in the slot, but the machine didn't start.) ranhura
    2) (a (usually regular) position (in eg the schedule of television/radio programmes): The early-evening comedy slot.) espaço
    2. verb
    ((with in or into) to fit (something) into a small space: He slotted the last piece of the puzzle into place; I managed to slot in my tea-break between two jobs.) encaixar
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    slot1
    [slɔt] n 1 ranhura, fenda. 2 abertura para colocar moedas. 3 janela: vaga em um esquema, programa ou horário. • vt 1 fazer ranhura ou fenda. 2 entrar pela abertura. 3 fazer entrar pela abertura. 4 encaixar (num horário). expansion slot Comp slot de expansão: usado para adicionar características a um microcomputador.
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    slot2
    [slɔt] n rasto, pegada (de caça).

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  • 57 blow up

    1) (to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion: The bridge blew up / was blown up.) explodir
    2) (to fill with air or a gas: He blew up the balloon.) encher
    3) (to lose one's temper: If he says that again I'll blow up.) explodir

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  • 58 blow up

    1) (to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion: The bridge blew up / was blown up.) explodir
    2) (to fill with air or a gas: He blew up the balloon.) encher
    3) (to lose one's temper: If he says that again I'll blow up.) explodir

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  • 59 chew

    [ u:]
    (to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing: If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.) mascar

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  • 60 continue

    [kən'tinju:] 1. verb
    1) (to go on being, doing etc; to last or keep on: She continued to run; They continued running; He will continue in his present job; The noise continued for several hours; The road continues for 150 kilometres.) continuar
    2) (to go on (with) often after a break or pause: He continued his talk after the interval; This story is continued on p.53.) continuar
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    - continually - continuation - continuity 2. adjective
    a continuity girl.) continuísta
    - continuously

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