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121 ice
1. noun1) (frozen water: The pond is covered with ice.) gelo2) (an ice-cream: chocolate ice-cream. Three ices, please.) gelado3) ((American) a fruit-flavoured frozen dessert usually made without milk and cream: lemon ice(s).)2. verb(to cover with icing: She iced the cake.) cobrir- icing- icy
- icily
- iciness
- ice age
- ice axe
- iceberg
- ice box
- ice-cream
- ice-cube
- ice rink
- ice-skate
- ice-skating
- ice tray
- ice over/up* * *[ais] n 1 gelo. 2 sorvete. 3 coll brilhante, pedras e jóias em geral. 4 formalidade, reserva, frieza. 5 sl droga ilícita. • vt+vi 1 gelar, congelar, esfriar. 2 cristalizar, cobrir com açúcar. dry ice gelo seco. he broke the ice ele rompeu o gelo, ele tornou a situação mais fácil e confortável. he cuts no ice coll ele conta pouco. he is on thin ice ele está em terreno perigoso, está vunerável. he put the project on ice ele deixou o projeto para mais tarde. Italian ice raspadinha. to be on ice fig ficar no gelo, ficar isolado. to ice on fig excluir alguém, ignorando-o. to ice over/up cobrir-se com uma camada de gelo. -
122 incendiary
[in'sendiəri] 1. adjective(used for setting (a building etc) on fire: an incendiary bomb.) incendiário2. noun1) (a person who sets fire to buildings etc unlawfully.) incendiário2) (an incendiary bomb.) incendiário* * *in.cen.di.a.ry[ins'endiəri] n 1 incendiário. 2 fig revolucionário, amotinador. • adj 1 incendiário. 2 fig incitante, instigante, revolucionário. -
123 jaundice
['‹o:ndis](a diseased state of the body in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellow.) icterícia* * *jaun.dice[dʒ'ɔ:ndis] n 1 Med icterícia. 2 fig inveja, ciúme. • vt 1 causar icterícia. 2 tornar icterício, amarelar. 3 fig invejar, ter ciúmes, ter preconceitos. -
124 jib
[‹ib]1) (a three-cornered sail on the front mast of a ship.) bujarrona2) (the jutting-out arm of a crane.) braço do guindaste* * *jib1[dʒib] n 1 Naut bujarrona: vela triangular que se iça à proa. 2 lança de guindaste. 3 fig lábio inferior. • vt 1 Naut cambar o pano. 2 fig mudar o rumo. flying jib Naut giba (vela). the cut of someone’s jib coll estilo ou aparência de alguém. to hang one’s jib estar desanimado.————————jib2[dʒib] n 1 animal empacador. 2 empacamento. • vt+vi 1 Brit mover(-se) lateralmente, recuar, recusar-se a avançar, empacar. 2 corcovear (de cavalos), espantar (at). to jib at something recusar-se a fazer algo. -
125 kennel
['kenl]1) (a type of small hut for a dog.) casota2) ((usually in plural) a place where dogs can be looked after.) canil* * *ken.nel1[k'enəl] n canil: abrigo para cachorros. 2 matilha. 3 fig casebre. 4 cova, toca. • vt+vi 1 recolher ao canil, manter no canil. 2 fig viver em casebre, choça, etc.————————ken.nel2[k'enəl] n sarjeta, valeta. -
126 keynote
1) (the chief note in a musical key.) tónica2) (the chief point or theme (of a lecture etc).) assunto* * *key.note[k'i:nout] n 1 Mus tom fundamental, nota tônica. 2 fig motivo de uma obra de arte, idéia básica, princípio predominante. • vt dar o tom básico (também fig). -
127 kite
(a light frame covered with paper or other material, and with string attached, for flying in the air: The children were flying their kites in the park.) papagaio* * *[kait] n 1 papagaio de papel, pipa, arraia (brinquedo de criança). 2 Ornith milhafre, milhano: ave de rapina da família dos Falconídeos. 3 fig trapaceiro, vigarista, larápio. 4 cutelos. 5 papel negociável fictício sem base em transações, emitido para obter numerário, Braz sl papagaio, cheque sem fundo. • vt+vi 1 soltar papagaio (de papel). 2 obter crédito ou dinheiro com papéis fictícios ou cheques sem fundo. 3 aumentar, elevar. 4 mover-se com rapidez e suavidade. to fly a kite 1 soltar um papagaio. 2 fig fazer sondagens. 3 Com sl arranjar dinheiro com papagaios, soltar cheque sem fundo. go fly a kite! não amole!, cai fora! -
128 knot
[not] 1. noun1) (a lump or join made in string, rope etc by twisting the ends together and drawing tight the loops formed: She fastened the string round the parcel, tying it with a knot.) nó2) (a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk: This wood is full of knots.) nó3) (a group or gathering: a small knot of people) grupo4) (a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour).)2. verb(to tie in a knot: He knotted the rope around the post.) nó- knotty* * *knot1[nɔt] n 1 nó, laço, laçada. 2 grupo, aglomeração, aperto de gente. 3 Med nodosidade, nodulação. 4 nó de madeira, nó de ramo. 5 Bot nódulo, intumescência (no caule onde sai a folha). 6 Naut nó, milha, unidade de velocidade de um navio. 7 dificuldade, problema. 8 junção ou cruzamento de linhas. 9 fig vínculo, união. 10 cocar. • vt+vi 1 amarrar, atar, prender, ligar. 2 fazer um nó, unir com nós. 3 fig complicar(-se). the marriage knot o vínculo do casamento. to tie in knots confundir, atrapalhar.————————knot2[nɔt] n Ornith ave pernalta da família dos Escolopacídeos.
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