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1 essay
['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) composição* * *es.say['esei] n 1 ensaio: peça literária. 2 esforço ou tentativa de realizar algo. 3 ensaio, teste, experiência. 4 trabalho analítico ou interpretativo. • vt tentar, experimentar. -
2 essay
['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) ensaio, redação -
3 essay test
es.say test['esei test] n prova com questões dissertativas. -
4 essay
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5 compare
[kəm'peə]1) (to put (things etc) side by side in order to see to what extent they are the same or different: If you compare his work with hers you will find hers more accurate; This is a good essay compared with your last one.) comparar2) (to describe as being similar to: She compared him to a monkey.) comparar3) (to be near in standard or quality: He just can't compare with Mozart.) comparar-se•- comparative
- comparatively
- comparison* * *com.pare[kəmp'ɛə] n comparação. • vt+vi 1 comparar(-se), confrontar. 2 igualar(-se), assimilar(-se). 3 Gram formar o grau comparativo. beyond compare sem comparação. it is not to be compared with não é comparável com. -
6 composition
[kompə'ziʃən]1) (something composed, eg music: his latest composition.) composição2) (the act of composing: the difficulties of composition.) composição3) (an essay written as a school exercise: The children had to write a composition about their holiday.) composição4) (the parts of which a thing is made: Have you studied the composition of the chemical?) composição* * *com.po.si.tion[kɔmpəz'iʃən] n 1 composição: a) montagem, combinação, ato de compor. b) redação. c) composição musical. d) produção ou obra literária. e) disposição, arranjo artístico. f) acordo, ajuste. g) Typogr trabalho de compositor tipográfico. 2 composto, mistura de substâncias. -
7 embarrassed
adjective He was embarrassed when the teacher asked him to read his essay to the class.) embaraçado* * *em.bar.rassed[imb'ær2st] adj perplexo, constrangido, desconcertado. they were embarrassed for having arrived eate at the meeting / eles se sentiram constrangidos por terem chegado atrasados à reunião. -
8 except
[ik'sept] 1. preposition(leaving out; not including: They're all here except him; Your essay was good except that it was too long.) excepto2. verb(to leave out or exclude.) exceptuar- excepted- excepting
- exception
- exceptional
- exceptionally
- except for
- take exception to/at* * *ex.cept[iks'ept] vt+vi excetuar, omitir, isentar, eximir, excluir. the present company excepted / excetuam-se os presentes. • prep exceto, fora, salvo, menos, com exclusão de, à exceção de. all except you / todos, com exceção de você. • conj a menos que, senão, a não ser que. except he is willing / a não ser que ele esteja disposto. except for your help / se não fosse o seu auxílio. -
9 excuse
1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar2. [ik'skju:s] noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) desculpa* * *ex.cuse[ikskj'u:s] n 1 escusa, desculpa, apologia, perdão. he advanced an excuse / ele apresentou sua escusa. he offered an excuse / ele pediu desculpa. 2 pretexto, alegação. he always makes excuses / ele tem sempre desculpas, ele sempre inventa pretextos. 3 justificação. he has an excuse for his mistake / ele tem uma desculpa para o seu engano. 4 escapatória, subterfúgio, evasiva. • [ikskj'u:z] vt 1 desculpar, escusar, perdoar. excuse my haste / desculpe minha pressa. excuse my saying so / não leve a mal se eu lho digo. I beg to be excused / peço desculpar-me. he can be excused all his errors / todos os seus erros lhe podem ser perdoados. 2 justificar. I can’t excuse his behaviour / eu não posso desculpar o seu comportamento. 3 pretextar. 4 dispensar, isentar. I was excused from attendance / fui dispensado de comparecer. he was excused the tax / perdoaram-lhe o imposto. -
10 grammar
['ɡræmə]1) (the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences: He's an expert on French grammar.) gramática2) (a description or collection of the rules of grammar: Could you lend me your Latin grammar?; ( also adjective) a grammar book.) gramática3) (a person's use of grammatical rules: This essay is full of bad grammar.) gramática•- grammatically
- grammar school* * *gram.mar[gr'æmə] n 1 gramática. 2 livro de gramática. 3 bases elementares. -
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12 lengthy
adjective (of great, often too great, length: This essay is interesting but lengthy.) longo* * *length.y[l'eŋθi] adj 1 comprido, prolongado. 2 prolixo, enfadonho. -
13 poorly
adverb (not well; badly: a poorly written essay.) mal* * *poor.ly[p'uəli] adj adoentado, indisposto. • adv pobremente: a) miseravelmente. b) deficientemente, insuficientemente. c) abjetamente, avaramente. poorly gifted pouco talentoso. we think poorly of it julgamo-lo de pouco valor. -
14 subject
1. adjective((of countries etc) not independent, but dominated by another power: subject nations.) dominado2. noun1) (a person who is under the rule of a monarch or a member of a country that has a monarchy etc: We are loyal subjects of the Queen; He is a British subject.) súbdito2) (someone or something that is talked about, written about etc: We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I've said all I can on that subject.) assunto3) (a branch of study or learning in school, university etc: He is taking exams in seven subjects; Mathematics is his best subject.) disciplina4) (a thing, person or circumstance suitable for, or requiring, a particular kind of treatment, reaction etc: I don't think her behaviour is a subject for laughter.) motivo5) (in English, the word(s) representing the person or thing that usually does the action shown by the verb, and with which the verb agrees: The cat sat on the mat; He hit her because she broke his toy; He was hit by the ball.) sujeito3. [səb'‹ekt] verb1) (to bring (a person, country etc) under control: They have subjected all the neighbouring states (to their rule).) submeter2) (to cause to suffer, or submit (to something): He was subjected to cruel treatment; These tyres are subjected to various tests before leaving the factory.) submeter•- subjective
- subjectively
- subject matter
- change the subject
- subject to* * *sub.ject[s'∧bdʒikt] n 1 assunto, tópico, tema, tese. let us change the subject / mudemos o assunto. 2 súdito, vassalo. 3 objeto, vítima. 4 Gram sujeito. 5 tema de melodia, em que se baseia uma composição musical. 6 objeto, motivo. 7 Schooling disciplina, matéria. 8 sujeito de experiência, cobaia. 9 substância, essência, substrato. 10 cadáver (para dissecção). • [səbdʒ'ekt] vt 1 subjugar, dominar, sujeitar. he is subject to asthma / ele está sujeito à asma. 2 submeter. he subjected himself to great danger / ele se expôs a um grande perigo. • adj 1 sujeito, sob o domínio de. 2 exposto. 3 com disposição ou tendência para. 4 dependente, condicionado a. a subject for pity um objeto de compaixão. subject to duty sujeito a taxas alfandegárias. subject to his approval dependente de sua aprovação. subject to reservations com reservas. subject to this com estas restrições. the subject under discussion o tema em discussão. -
15 theme
[Ɵi:m]1) (the subject of a discussion, essay etc: The theme for tonight's talk is education.) tema2) (in a piece of music, the main melody, which may be repeated often.) tema* * *[θi:m] n 1 tema, assunto, tópico. 2 Mus tema, motivo musical. 3 exercício (escolar), texto. 4 Gram tema: radical ou elemento primitivo de uma palavra. -
16 thesis
['Ɵi:sis]plural - theses; noun(a long written essay, report etc, often done for a university degree: a doctoral thesis; He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton.) tese* * *the.sis[θ'i:sis] n (pl theses) 1 proposição, afirmação, tema. 2 Educ tese. -
17 tract
[trækt]1) (a piece of land.)2) (a system formed by connected parts of the body: the digestive tract.) aparelho3) (a short essay or booklet.) opúsculo* * *tract1[trækt] n 1 área, região, extensão, trecho, trato, espaço. 2 Med trato. 3 período. tract of swamp região pantanosa. digestive tract Med trato digestivo.————————tract2[trækt] n tratado, panfleto. -
18 underline
1) (to draw a line under: He wrote down the title of his essay and underlined it.) sublinhar2) (to emphasize or stress: In his speech he underlined several points.) sublinhar* * *un.der.line['∧ndəlain] n 1 sublinhado, grifo. 2 indicação do próximo programa (no programa de teatro). • [∧ndəl'ain] vt sublinhar: 1 traçar um sublinhado. 2 realçar, salientar, grifar. -
19 well-informed
adjective (having or showing a thorough knowledge: a well-informed person/essay.) bem informado* * *well-in.formed[wel inf'ɔ:md] adj 1 bem informado. 2 bem versado. -
20 whichever
relative adjective, relative pronoun1) (any (one(s)) that: I'll take whichever (books) you don't want; The prize will go to whichever of them writes the best essay.) qual deles2) (no matter which (one(s)): Whichever way I turned, I couldn't escape.) qualquer* * *which.ev.er[witʃ'evə] adj qualquer (que), quaisquer (que), seja qual for. • pron 1 qualquer coisa, qualquer. 2 tudo o que, tudo quanto. whichever side you choose / seja qual for o lado que você escolher.
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