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1 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) esperançoso2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) promissor3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) promissor* * *hope.ful -
2 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) esperançoso2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) promissor3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) promissor -
3 young hopeful
young hopefulfilho prometedor, rapaz de futuro.————————young hopefuljovem com boas perspectivas futuras. -
4 bleak
[bli:k]1) (cold and unsheltered: a bleak landscape.) sombrio2) (not hopeful: a bleak outlook for the future.) sombrio* * *bleak1[bli:k] n Ichth peixe fluvial da Europa.————————bleak2[bli:k] adj 1 deserto, desolado. 2 açoitado pelos ventos. 3 frio, gélido. 4 triste, desanimador. -
5 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) esperar2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) esperança2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) esperança3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) esperança•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes* * *[houp] n esperança, confiança, expectativa. • vt+vi esperar ( for por), ter esperança (in em). I hope for the best / espero o melhor. he doesn’t have hope in hell of doing it ele não tem a mínima chance de fazê-lo. hoped for esperado. I hope so assim espero, espero que sim. in the hope of na esperança de. to be out of hope não ter mais esperança. to hope against esperar por uma coisa quase irrealizável. to raise hopes encorajar, dar esperanças. -
6 hopefully
1) (in a hopeful way: The dog looked hopefully at the joint of meat.) esperançadamente2) (it is to be hoped that: Hopefully, that will never happen.) com um pouco de sorte* * *hope.ful.ly[h'oupfuli] adv confiantemente, esperançosamente. -
7 rosy
1) (rose-coloured; pink: rosy cheeks.) rosado2) (bright; hopeful: His future looks rosy.) cor-de-rosa* * *ros.y[r'ouzi] adj 1 róseo, rosada, encarnado cor-de-rosa. 2 viçoso. 3 corado. 4 feito de rosas. 5 alegre. 6 prometedor, auspicioso. -
8 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) afundar-se2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) descer3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) embeber(-se)4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) desanimar5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) enterrar2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) banca da cozinha- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *[siŋk] n 1 pia. 2 antro, lugar de vício ou de corrupção. 3 fossa, escoadouro. • vt+vi (ps sank, pp sunk, arch sunken) 1 descer, baixar, cair, depositar, declinar. 2 fazer descer, fazer baixar. 3 afundar, ir a pique, submergir. 4 afundar, pôr a pique. 5 reduzir, diminuir. my heart sinks when I think of her / coll fico deprimido quando penso nela. 6 ficar mais baixo ou mais fraco. 7 entrar, penetrar. 8 furar, perfurar, escavar, aprofundar. 9 passar gradualmente, cair. 10 gastar, perder (dinheiro). 11 decair, deteriorar. he is sinking fast / ele está decaindo rapidamente. she has sunk very low / ela decaiu muito. 12 fazer desaparecer, esconder, perder de vista. 13 levar à ruína, destruir. 14 pagar, amortizar dívida. 15 compor (riscos). let’s sink a few beers coll vamos tomar alguns chopes. to sink back cair para trás. to sink beneath a burden fig sucumbir debaixo de uma carga. to sink capital in investir capital. to sink down cair, ficar prostrado. to sink in value desvalorizar-se. to sink into oblivion cair no esquecimento. to sink or swim ou vai ou racha. to sink to one’s knees cair de joelhos. -
9 young
1. adjective(in the first part of life, growth, development etc; not old: a young person; Young babies sleep a great deal; A young cow is called a calf.) jovem2. noun plural(the group of animals or birds produced by parents: Most animals defend their young.) filhotes- the young* * *[j∧ŋ] n 1 moços, jovens, mocidade, juventude. 2 prole, filhotes, crias. • adj 1 moço, novo, jovem. 2 vigoroso, robusto. 3 juvenil, da mocidade. 4 inexperiente, imaturo, bisonho. 5 inicial. 6 que representa tendências novas. he is fifty years young ele tem cinqüenta anos mas aparenta menos. he is young in this business ele é inexperiente neste negócio. her young man seu namorado. his young lady sua namorada. the young ones cackle as the old cock crows como os pais falam os filhos palram. to grow young rejuvenescer. to look young parecer jovem. with young prenhe (fêmea de animal). young blood a) sangue novo. b) juventude, suas idéias e experiências. young hopeful filho prometedor, rapaz de futuro. young lady mocinha. young man a) moço, mocinho, rapaz. b) auxiliar. young one cria. young people mocidade, os moços. young shoot Bot rebento, broto, renovo. -
10 bleak
[bli:k]1) (cold and unsheltered: a bleak landscape.) ermo2) (not hopeful: a bleak outlook for the future.) desolado -
11 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) esperar2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) esperança2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) esperança3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) esperança•- hopeful- hopefulness - hopefully - hopeless - hopelessly - hopelessness - hope against hope - hope for the best - not have a hope - not a hope - raise someone's hopes -
12 hopefully
1) (in a hopeful way: The dog looked hopefully at the joint of meat.) esperançosamente2) (it is to be hoped that: Hopefully, that will never happen.) tomara que -
13 rosy
1) (rose-coloured; pink: rosy cheeks.) rosado2) (bright; hopeful: His future looks rosy.) róseo -
14 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) afundar(-se)2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) baixar3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) penetrar, enfiar4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) deprimir(-se)5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) empatar2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) pia- sunken- be sunk - sink in
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