(by+pounds)

he is said to be worth hundred pounds a month

consta que ele tem uma renda mensal de cem libras.

he pounds his books

ele estuda com assiduidade.

1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) cem

2) (the figure 100.) cem

3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) cem anos

4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) centena

1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) cem

2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) centenário

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- hundred-

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[h'∧ndrəd] n 1 cem, cento, centena. 2 Brit Hist distrito. • adj cem, cento. by the hundred às centenas. five in the hundred cinco por cento. several hundred alguns centos.

1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) mil

2) (the figure 1,000.) mil

3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) milhar

- thousand-

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[θ'auzənd] n 1 mil. 2 milhar. • num mil. a thousand um mil. a thousand thanks muitíssimo obrigado. a thousand times mil vezes. one in a thousand a) um entre mil. b) singular. ten thousand dez mil. thousands milhares.

1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) cem

2) (the figure 100.) cem

3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) centenário

4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) centena

1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) centena

2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) cem anos

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- hundred-

1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) mil

2) (the figure 1,000.) mil

3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) mil

- thousand-

1) (often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000: a billion; several billion.) bilião

2) (often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000.) bilião

3) (a billion pounds or dollars: The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).) bilião

- billionaire

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[b'iljən] n bilhão.

noun (a very rich person who has more than a billion dollars, pounds etc: He's not just a millionaire - he's a billionaire!)

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[biljən'ɛə] n bilionário.

1) (to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable: How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?) justificar

2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) justificar

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- justifiable

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[dʒ'∧stifai] vt+vi 1 justificar, comprovar, corroborar. 2 tirar a limpo, reabilitar, inocentar. 3 Typogr justificar linhas. 4 Jur apresentar provas legais. 5 absolver, perdoar.

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) pousar

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) deitar

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) preparar

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) achatar

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) aplacar

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) pôr

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) apostar

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- layer

- layabout

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laico

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) leigo

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- layman

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[lei] n 1 situação, posição, configuração. 2 postura. 3 camada. 4 parte nos lucros, quinhão. 5 ramo de negócios, atividade, ocupação, emprego. 6 vulg ato sexual. 7 vulg parceiro no ato sexual. • vt+vi (ps and pp laid) 1 derrubar, deitar, prostrar, abater. 2 pôr, colocar, assentar. 3 acalmar ou fazer desaparecer, exorcizar, conjurar, aplacar. 4 deitar em posição de repouso, depositar, pousar, estender. 5 dispor, planejar, preparar, arranjar. 6 imputar, atribuir. the crime is being laid to her / o crime está sendo atribuído a ela. 7 apresentar (queixa, protesto). 8 sl ter relações sexuais. 9 enterrar. 10 apontar (armas). 11 localizar(-se). the scene is laid in New York / a cena se passa em Nova York. lay of the land 1 configuração do terreno. 2 estado de coisas. to lay about. a) distribuir socos a esmo. b) atacar com socos ou palavras. to lay a claim to reclamar, reivindicar. to lay an ambush preparar uma emboscada. to lay aside/ away a) pôr de lado, separar, guardar para uso futuro. b) deixar de, largar, abandonar. to lay a tax impor um imposto. to lay bare a) revelar. b) despir, desnudar. to lay before exibir, mostrar, exprimir. to lay blows dar pancadas, socos. to lay bricks assentar tijolos. to lay by economizar, guardar. to lay by the heels aprisionar, prender. to lay down a) depositar, pousar no chão, deitar. b) depor (armas). c) declarar, afirmar. d) pagar, apostar. e) formular, traçar. f) reservar, guardar, armazenar. g) sacrificar. h) construir. to lay down one’s arms render-se. to lay down one’s life sacrificar a vida. to lay down the law repreender com severidade. to lay eggs pôr ovos. to lay fast agarrar e segurar firmemente. to lay fire pôr fogo. to lay hands on a) pôr mãos à obra. b) tocar. c) assaltar. d) agarrar. to lay hands upon oneself suicidar-se. to lay heads together deliberar, conferenciar. to lay hold of/on agarrar, prender, segurar. to lay in armazenar, pôr em estoque. to lay into bater, espancar. to lay it on exagerar bastante. to lay it to one’s door atribuir a culpa a outrem. to lay off a) despedir empregados, cortar pessoal. b) parar. to lay on a) impor, infligir. b) golpear. c) instalar. to lay open a) expor, descobrir. b) explicar. to lay out a) dispor, arranjar, projetar, traçar. b) mostrar, expor. c) gastar, desembolsar. d) vestir defunto. e) nocautear, pôr fora de combate. to lay over cobrir. to lay plans fazer preparativos ou planos. to lay siege to a) sitiar, cercar. b) importunar, assediar. to lay ten dollars on a horse apostar dez dólares num cavalo. to lay the blame on someone responsabilizar, imputar responsabilidade a alguém. to lay the hands on Eccl impor as mãos. to lay the land perder a terra de vista. to lay the loss at avaliar o prejuízo em. to lay the nap of a cloth alisar a lanugem (pano). to lay the table pôr a mesa. to lay to parar (navio). to lay together a) pôr lado a lado. b) somar. to lay to heart a) sentir profundamente. b) tomar seriamente em consideração. to lay to sleep/ rest enterrar. to lay to the oars remar a toda força. to lay under sujeitar a, submeter. to lay up a) armazenar. b) economizar. c) ficar na cama. d) pôr um navio no dique. to lay wait ficar à espreita, emboscar. to lay waste assolar, devastar.

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[lei] vi ps of lie.

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[lei] n 1 balada. 2 fig canção, canto.

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[lei] adj leigo, secular.

1) (the act or fact of losing: suffering from loss of memory; the loss (= death) of our friend.) perda

2) (something which is lost: It was only after he was dead that we realized what a loss he was.) perda

3) (the amount (especially of money) which is lost: a loss of 500 pounds.) perda

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[lɔs] n 1 perda, dano, prejuízo. 2 esforço inútil. dead loss perda total. to bear a loss perder sem demonstrar contrariedade. to be at a loss estar perdido.

1) ((preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) the number 1,000,000: a million; one million; five million.) milhão

2) (the figure 1,000,000.) milhão

3) (a million pounds or dollars: Her fortune amounts to several million(s).) milhão

- million-

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[m'iljən] n 1 milhão. 2 grande quantidade. • adj milhão.

- feminine millionairess - noun (a person having a million pounds, dollars etc or more.) milionário

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[miljən'ɛə] n milionário.

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[m∧ltimiljən'ɛə] n multimilionário.

1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra

2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libra

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.) triturar

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[paund] n 1 curral para gado extraviado. 2 fig armadilha. • vt encurralar.

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[paund] n libra: a) medida de peso equivalente a 453,59 g. b) libra esterlina: unidade monetária inglesa. a pound’s worth in gold o valor de uma libra em ouro. by pound por libra. ten pound ten dez libras e dez xelins. troy pound = 373,24 gramas.

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[paund] n 1 ato ou processo de socar ou triturar. 2 contusão. 3 pancada. • vt+vi 1 pilar, pisar, socar, triturar. 2 bater, esmurrar. 3 martelar, malhar (piano, etc.) 4 andar ou dançar pesadamente. he pounds his books ele estuda com assiduidade. to pound the pavement bater a calçada (em procura de serviço ou negócios).

1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) escala

2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) escala

3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) escala

4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) escala

5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) escala

- scaly

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[skeil] n 1 escama. 2 camada fina, crosta. 3 Ent cochonilha. • vi 1 escamar, remover escamas. 2 descascar. to scale off esfoliar.

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[skeil] n 1 prato de balança. • vt pesar. the calf scales 125 pounds / o vitelo pesa 125 libras.

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[skeil] n 1 escala, seqüência, série de graus. 2 graduação, régua, metro, instrumento de medida. 3 escala: proporção de tamanho. 4 extensão, tamanho. 5 Mus escala. • vi 1 reduzir, baixar em certa proporção. 2 representar em escala. 3 escalar, subir, ascender. on a large scale em larga escala. plain scale tamanho natural (desenho). reduced ( enlarged) scale escala reduzida (aumentada). to scale down reduzir proporcionalmente.

1) (to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.) pesar(-se)

2) (to be equal to in heaviness: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?) pesar

3) (to be a heavy burden to: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.) pesar

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- weight

1) (to attach, or add, a weight or weights to: The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.) tornar mais pesado

2) (to hold down by attaching weights: They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.) pôr lastro em

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- weightless

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[wei] n pesagem. • vt+vi 1 pesar: a) determinar ou avaliar o peso de. how much does it weigh / quanto pesa? b) ter o peso de. it weighs 10 lbs (pounds) / pesa dez libras. c) afligir, oprimir, acabrunhar, causar mágoa ou desgosto. it weighed on him / pesou muito sobre ele, oprimiu-o bastante. d) ponderar, considerar ou examinar cuidadosamente. e) comparar ( with/ against com). f) ter influência considerável. it weighs heavy/ little / é de muita/pouca influência. 2 Naut levantar ferro, levantar âncora, zarpar. he was weighed off Mil ele foi denunciado e punido. to weigh anchor Naut levantar âncora. to weigh down curvar sob o peso, prostrar, oprimir, deprimir. to weigh in a) pesar (jóquei, boxeador) antes da competição. b) pesar (bagagem) antes da viagem. c) entrar com participante, dar sugestão. to weigh one’s words pesar suas palavras. to weigh out a) pesar a quantidade desejada. b) pesar (jóquei, boxeador) depois da competição. weighed down with sorrow opresso, abatido pelas preocupações. weigh in! sl diga, fale, desembuche! we weighed in with the argument... nós argumentamos que...

- whichever

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[witʃ] adj, pron 1 qual? quais? quê? which pictures did you like best? / de qual dos quadros você gostou mais? to which of our theaters do you wish to go? / para qual dos nossos teatros você deseja ir? 2 qual, quais, que, o que, qualquer. this red which is the most demanded colour / este vermelho que é a cor mais procurada. the step which you have taken will lead to... / fig o passo que você tomou conduzirá a... all of which todos os quais. do you know which is which? você sabe distinguir as duas coisas? he tried every which way ele tentou por todos os modos. of which do qual, dos quais, de que. which of you? quem (ou qual) de vocês?

1) (equal in value to: Each of these stamps is worth a cent.) equivalente

2) (good enough for: His suggestion is worth considering: The exhibition is well worth a visit.) digno de

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- worthless

- worthily

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[wə:θ] n 1 valor: a) preço, custo. b) qualidade. c) conceito. d) mérito. e) importância, significação, excelência. f) utilidade. 2 propriedade, riqueza, bens. • adj 1 que vale, valedor. 2 que merece, merecedor, digno. 3 equivalente a. 4 que tem o preço de. 5 que vale a pena. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando. a book worth reading um livro digno de ser lido. a man of great worth um homem de grande valor, de grandes méritos. an hour’s worth of work valor equivalente a uma hora de trabalho. a shilling’s worth of cheese queijo por um xelim. a week’s worth of food alimento suficiente para uma semana. for all one is worth com o máximo esforço. he is said to be worth hundred pounds a month consta que ele tem uma renda mensal de cem libras. he’s worth his weight in gold ele vale seu peso em ouro, seu valor é inestimável. he took him for all he was worth fig ele sangrou-o, fê-lo pagar excessivamente. I tell you that for what it is worth digo-lhe isto com reserva. it is worth it! vale a pena! it is worth its price vale o preço. not to be worth a bucket of warm spit não valer nada. not to be worth the paper it’s written on ser sem valor, não ter o menor valor. not worth mentioning a) indigno de ser mencionado. b) insignificante. of little worth de pouco valor. she died worth a million ela morreu deixando um milhão. this guy doesn’t sing worth a damn/ a shit sl esse cara não conta nada. to be worth valer. it is worth little/ much/ nothing / vale pouco/muito/não vale nada. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth ten shillings to him / vale-lhe dez xelins. to be worth doing, to be worth while doing valer a pena. what is it worth? / quanto vale? it is worth doing / vale a pena fazê-lo. the risk is worth taking / vale a pena correr o risco. to judge people by their worth julgar as pessoas pelo seu valor. to make life worth living valer a pena viver.

1) (several hundred: He has hundreds of pounds in the bank.) centenas de

2) (very many: I've got hundreds of things to do.) centenas de