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41 restaurant-car
noun (a carriage on a train in which meals are served to travellers.) vagão-restaurante -
42 skimp
[skimp]1) ((with on) to take, spend, use, give etc too little or only just enough: She skimped on meals in order to send her son to college.) ser sovina, restringir2) (to do (a job) imperfectly: He's inclined to skimp his work.) atamancar•- skimpy- skimpily - skimpiness -
43 stand-by
plural - stand-bys; noun1) (readiness for action: Two fire-engines went directly to the fire, and a third was on stand-by (= ready to go if ordered).) reserva2) (something that can be used in an emergency etc: Fruit is a good stand-by when children get hungry between meals.) recurso -
44 stodgy
1) ((of meals etc) consisting of stodge: stodgy food.) pesado2) ((of people, books etc) dull; not lively.) pesado, enfadonho -
45 table
['teibl]1) (a piece of furniture consisting of a flat, horizontal surface on legs used eg to put food on at meals, or for some games: Put all the plates on the table.) mesa2) (a statement of facts or figures arranged in columns etc: The results of the experiments can be seen in table 5.) tabela3) (the people sitting at a table: The whole table heard what he said.) mesa•- table linen - tablespoon - tablespoonful - table tennis - lay/set the table
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