(of+orchestra)

['ɔkistrə pit] n poço de orquestra.

- orchestral

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['ɔ:kistrə] n Mus orquestra.

- orchestral

[s'imfəni ɔ:kistrə] n Mus orquestra sinfônica.

1) ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) musical instruments in which the sound is produced by striking them eg drums, cymbals etc: He plays (the) percussion in the orchestra; ( also adjective) a percussion instrument.) percussão

2) (the striking of one hard object against another: A gun is fired by means of percussion.) percussão

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- percussionist

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[pə:k'∧ʃən] n percussão: 1 choque. 2 Mus retumbo (de instrumentos de percussão). 3 Med processo de exame médico. 4 os instrumentos de percussão coletivamente.

1) ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) musical instruments in which the sound is produced by striking them eg drums, cymbals etc: He plays (the) percussion in the orchestra; ( also adjective) a percussion instrument.) percussão

2) (the striking of one hard object against another: A gun is fired by means of percussion.) percussão

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- percussionist

1) (to put in some sort of order: Arrange these books in alphabetical order; She arranged the flowers in a vase.) dispor

2) (to plan or make decisions (about future events): We have arranged a meeting for next week; I have arranged to meet him tomorrow.) combinar

3) (to make (a piece of music) suitable for particular voices or instruments: music arranged for choir and orchestra.) arranjar

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- arrangement

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[ər'eindʒ] vt+vi 1 arranjar, arrumar, pôr em ordem, organizar. 2 harmonizar, concertar, conciliar, combinar. 3 chegar a um acordo, concordar, convencionar. 4 planejar, providenciar, preparar. 5 Mus fazer um arranjo, adaptar (música).

noun I like the arrangement of the furniture; flower-arrangements; They've finally come to some sort of arrangement about sharing expenses; a new arrangement for guitar and orchestra.) arranjo

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[əreindʒmənt] n 1 arranjo, arrumação. 2 organização, harmonia, sistema. 3 conciliação. 4 ajuste, acordo. 5 combinação. 6 (usualmente no plural) plano, programa de ação, providência. all arrangements have been made / foram tomadas todas as providências. 7 Mus arranjo musical.

1) (a short, heavy stick, carried by a policeman as a weapon.) bastão

2) (a light, slender stick used when conducting an orchestra or choir: The conductor raised his baton.) batuta

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[b'ætɔn; bə'ta:n] n 1 bastão: insígnia de comando. 2 batuta. 3 Her faixa que indica ilegitimidade. Field-Marshal’s baton bastão de marechal.

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[kɔntʃ'ə:tou] n concerto, composição musical para solista e orquestra.

1) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) guiar

2) (to carry or allow to flow: Most metals conduct electricity.) transmitir

3) (to direct (an orchestra, choir etc).) dirigir

4) (to behave (oneself): He conducted himself well at the reception.) comportar-se

5) (to manage or carry on (a business).) dirigir

1) (behaviour: His conduct at school was disgraceful.) comportamento

2) (the way in which something is managed, done etc: the conduct of the affair.) gestão

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- conducted tour

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[k'ɔnd∧kt] n 1 conduta, procedimento, comportamento. 2 direção, administração, gestão. 3 arch escolta, comboio. • [kənd'∧kt] vt+vi 1 dirigir, administrar. 2 reger (uma orquestra). 3 liderar, guiar. 4 escoltar. 5 transmitir, conduzir (eletricidade, calor, etc.). 6 comportar-se, portar-se, haver-se. he conducted himself well / ele comportou-se bem.

1) (a thing that conducts heat or electricity: Copper is a good conductor of heat.) condutor

2) (a director of an orchestra, choir etc.) maestro

3) ((feminine conductress) a person who collects fares on a bus etc: a bus conductor.) cobrador

4) ((American) a guard on a train.) revisor

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[kənd'∧ktə] n 1 condutor: a) corpo que conduz calor, eletricidade, etc. b) cobrador (em ônibus, trem). 2 diretor, chefe, líder, guia. 3 regente de orquestra ou coro, maestro. 4 Amer chefe de trem. lightning conductor pára-raios.

1) (a person who is skilled in music: The conductor of this orchestra is a fine musician.) músico

2) (a person who plays a musical instrument: This show has ten singers, twenty dancers and fifty musicians.) músico

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[mju:z'iʃən] n músico.

adjective (for, or given by, an orchestra: orchestral music; an orchestral concert.) de orquestra

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[ɔ:k'estrəl] adj orquestral.

noun (a person who plays percussion instruments in an orchestra etc.) percussionista

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[pə:k'∧ʃənist] n Mus percussionista: pessoa que toca instrumento de percussão.

1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) palco

2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) plataforma

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[pl'ætfɔ:m] n plataforma: 1 terraço, eirado. 2 palanque, estrado. 3 declaração de princípios. 4 plataforma política. • adj relativo à plataforma.

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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- player

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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) fio

2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fio

3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) corda

4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) cordão

1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) enfiar

2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) encordoar

3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) tirar os fios

4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) pendurar

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- strings

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[striŋ] n 1 barbante, fio, cordel, corda fina. 2 fileira, corrente, colar, enfiada (de contas). 3 corda (de instrumento musical). 4 strings instrumentos de corda. 5 cordão, fita. 6 série, carreira. 7 corda de arco. 8 cadeia, seqüência. • vt (ps, pp strung). 1 enfiar, enfileirar. 2 colocar cordas, encordoar. 3 amarrar (com barbante), dependurar com barbante ou corda. 4 esticar, apertar (as cordas ou fios). 5 excitar, deixar tenso ou nervoso. 6 tirar as fibras ou tendões. 7 formar ou mover em fila. 8 arranjar em série ou seqüência, encadear. 9 sl enganar, burlar. he is always harping on the same string ele bate sempre na mesma tecla. there are some strings attached to it há algumas restrições, limitações. to have more than one string to one’s bow ter mais de uma idéia, habilidade a seu favor. he has two strings to his bow / ele tem o pé em duas canoas. to have on a/ the string trazer na coleira, ter sob controle. to pull the strings exercer influência discretamente, usar pistolões, mexer os pauzinhos. to string along a) enganar, lograr. b) ir com, acompanhar. to string together enfiar, enfileirar. without strings, with no strings attached sem restrições.

- symphonic

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[s'imfəni] n 1 sinfonia. 2 harmonia. 3 harmonia de cores.