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1 straw
[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) palha2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) palha3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) palhinha•* * *[strɔ:] n 1 palha. 2 canudo. 3 fig ninharia, bagatela, pouquinho. • adj 1 de palha. 2 sem valor. 3 cor de palha. a straw in the wind indício, sinal. I don’t care a straw coll pouco me importa, não dou a mínima. it is not worth a straw não vale um tostão. it is the last straw (that breaks the camel’s back) é a última gota que faz transbordar o copo, é a gota d’água. man of straw a) homem de palha (espantalho). b) testa de ferro. straw bid Amer oferta pro forma. to clutch (ou grasp at) a straw fig agarrar-se em qualquer coisa no desespero. -
2 straw
[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) palha2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) palha3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) canudo• -
3 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) chupar4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) chupadela- sucker- suck up to* * *[s∧k] n 1 chupada, sucção. 2 som de sucção, força de sucção. • vt+vi 1 sugar, aspirar com a boca, sorver. 2 chupar. 3 mamar. 4 absorver. 5 tragar, puxar. 6 embeber. something sucks coll é muito mal, é muito ruim. to give suck to someone amamentar. she gave suck to her child / ela amamentou o seu fllho. to suck around sl bajular, puxar o saco. to suck face beijar. to suck off vulg praticar felação, chupar. to suck one’s thumb chupar o dedo. to suck someone into something fazer com que alguém se envolva com alguma coisa, atividade. to suck the blood of someone chupar o sangue de alguém, explorar alguém. to suck the brains of someone roubar as idéias de alguém. to suck up absorver, embeber, aspirar. to suck up to coll bajular, adular, puxar o saco. -
4 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) sugar4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) chupada- sucker- suck up to
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