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(to+while+away)

  • 1 while away

    (to pass (time) without boredom: He whiled away the time by reading.) passar o tempo

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  • 2 while away

    (to pass (time) without boredom: He whiled away the time by reading.) passar o tempo

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  • 3 while

    1. conjunction
    1) (during the time that: I saw him while I was out walking.) enquanto
    2) (although: While I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.) embora
    2. noun
    (a space of time: It took me quite a while; It's a long while since we saw her.) um bocado
    - worth one's while
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    [wail] n tempo, espaço de tempo. • vt passar o tempo de forma agradável (normalmente usado com away). • conj 1 durante, enquanto. while I was writing he went away / enquanto eu escrevia ele foi embora. she drowned while bathing / ela se afogou durante o banho. my hat is grey while yours is black / meu chapéu é cinza, enquanto o seu é preto. 2 embora. while I like reading your letters, I object to your style / embora eu goste de ler as suas cartas, tenho objeções ao seu estilo. a little while um curto espaço de tempo. a long while muito tempo. in a little while dentro em pouco, daqui a pouco. in the mean while no entretempo, durante esse tempo, enquanto isso. it is not worth while não vale a pena. not yet a while por enquanto ainda não. once in a while de vez em quando, de quando em quando. quite a while uma porção de tempo. while there’s life, there’s hope enquanto há vida, há esperança.

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  • 4 while

    1. conjunction
    1) (during the time that: I saw him while I was out walking.) enquanto, quando
    2) (although: While I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.) embora
    2. noun
    (a space of time: It took me quite a while; It's a long while since we saw her.) espaço de tempo
    - worth one's while

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  • 5 idle

    1. adjective
    1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) inactivo
    2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) desocupado
    3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) vão
    4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) vão
    2. verb
    1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) preguiçar
    2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) rodar
    •
    - idleness
    - idly
    - idle away
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    i.dle
    ['aidəl] vt+vi 1 ficar à toa, perder tempo. 2 trabalhar sem carga (motor). • adj 1 inativo, desocupado. 2 ineficiente, inútil. 3 indolente, preguiçoso, negligente. to idle away the time perder o tempo à toa. to run idle Eng trabalhar sem carga.

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  • 6 stay

    [stei] 1. verb
    1) (to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc: We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme.) ficar
    2) (to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition): The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are - don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to stay.) ficar
    2. noun
    (a period of staying (in a place etc): We had an overnight stay / a two days' stay in London.) estadia
    - stay in
    - stay out
    - stay put
    - stay up
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    stay1
    [stei] n 1 permanência, estada, parada, tempo, temporada. 2 paralisação, impedimento, estorvo, restrição. 3 suspensão (de um processo). 4 coll resistência, tolerância. • vt+vi 1 ficar, permanecer. will he stay with you? / ele ficará com você. 2 morar, passar certo tempo ou uma temporada, residir, acomodar-se. she is staying with her sister / ela mora com sua irmã. 3 parar. 4 pausar, esperar. 5 ficar para. 6 parar, suspender, pôr fim a. 7 Amer coll satisfazer (fome ou apetite). 8 protelar, retardar, adiar, transferir. 9 reter, suspender, obstar, impedir. 10 agüentar, tolerar. 11 Amer coll satisfazer a fome ou o apetite. 12 vulg manter a ereção, Brit ficar de pau duro. don’t stay me up Amer coll não me deixe na mão. to be here (have come) to stay vir para ficar. mini-skirts are here to stay / minissaias vieram para ficar, minissaias tornaram-se geralmente aceitas. to stay away ficar afastado, ficar ausente. to stay behind ficar para trás. to stay for someone esperar por alguém. to stay for tea coll ficar para o chá. to stay home ficar em casa. to stay in ficar em casa. to stay loose ficar relaxado, Brit ficar numa boa. to stay on perdurar, ficar. to stay out ficar fora, demorar. to stay over Amer passar a noite fora. to stay put Amer estabelecer-se, ficar firme, não arredar pé. to stay single ficar solteiro. to stay the course competir até agüentar. to stay up ficar acordado.
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    stay2
    [stei] n 1 suporte, braço, esteio. 2 espartilho. 3 Naut tirante, estai. 4 apoio, arrimo, escora. 5 barbatana (de colarinho, de maiô, etc.). • vt+vi suportar, sustentar, manter. 2 colocar tirante, suportar com estai. 3 Naut virar de bordo. in stays Naut ao virar. stays, a pair of stays espartilho.

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  • 7 straight

    [streit] 1. adjective
    1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) direito
    2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) directo
    3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) direito
    4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) em ordem
    5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) simples
    6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) sério
    7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) sério
    2. adverb
    1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) em linha recta
    2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) directamente
    3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) honestamente
    3. noun
    (the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) recta
    - straightness
    - straightforward
    - straightforwardly
    - straightforwardness
    - straight talking
    - go straight
    - straight away
    - straighten out/up
    - a straight fight
    - straight off
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    [streit] n 1 reta, linha, posição, formas retas. 2 seqüência (de pôquer). 3 pessoa heterossexual. 4 pessoa que não usa drogas. • adj 1 reto, plano. 2 direto. 3 ereto, direito. 4 franco, honesto, honrado. 5 correto, justo, em ordem, direito. 6 contínuo, seguido. 7 Amer declarado, manifestado. 8 Amer puro, não falsificado, não diluído (bebida). 9 coll seguro, de confiança. 10 game seguido ( pôquer). 11 Amer sl líquido, sem desconto. 12 oficial (informação). 13 metódico, preciso, meticuloso, convencional. 14 liso (cabelo). 15 sl não viciado (em drogas). 16 sl heterossexual. • adv 1 em linha reta. 2 de modo ou de forma ereta, em posição direita. 3 logo, imediatamente, diretamente. 4 francamente, honestamente, de modo direito. I gave it to him straight / eu lho disse na cara. 5 continuamente. 6 sem restrição. 7 sl corretamente, bem. I didn’t get you straight / Amer sl não o compreendi bem. 5 cents straight Amer coll cinco cents líquido. it is as straight as you can go bem em frente. out of the straight ilegal, fora da lei. straight! coll de fato! straight ahead bem em frente, avante, sempre em frente. straight as an arrow (ou a dart) bem reto, correto. straight aviation gasoline gasolina pura de aviação. straight away imediatamente, prontamente. straight from the shoulder honestamente, diretamente. straight to the point diretamente ao que interessa. straight up? de verdade? to go straight a) corrigir-se, desistir de atividades criminosas. b) ir, caminhar reto, direto. to keep a straight bat comportar-se honrosamente, bem. to keep a straight face abster-se de sorrir. I tried to keep a straight face / procurei ficar sério, impassível. to put the record straight tirar a limpo, pôr em pratos limpos. to sell someone straight falar direta e corajosamente. to set someone straight corrigir alguém, esclarecer alguém. to think straight pensar logicamente. to vote a straight ticket votar em candidato de partido.

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  • 8 fiddle

    ['fidl] 1. noun
    1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) violino
    2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) aldrabice
    2. verb
    1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) tocar violino
    2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) brincar
    3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) aldrabar
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    - fiddler crab
    - on the fiddle
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    fid.dle
    [f'idəl] n violino, rabeca. • vt+vi 1 tocar rabeca, tocar violino. to play (on) the fiddle / tocar violino. 2 mexer ou tocar nervosamente um objeto. 3 ajustar uma máquina ou outro objeto para que funcione. 4 remexer, bulir. 5 intrometer-se. 6 burlar, trapacear, fraudar. to be on the fiddle / ganhar dinheiro desonestamente. fit as a fiddle em boa forma, bem-disposto. he is fiddleing while Rome burns ele não está tratando o problema com a seriedade devida, ele está fazendo primeiro coisas sem importância, ele está fingindo que não há nada errado. to fiddle about ou around 1 vadiar, perder tempo fazendo coisas sem importância. 2 movimentar coisas várias vezes para arranjar uma posição satisfatória. 3 mexer ou tocar algo com os dedos com pequenos movimentos nervosos. to fiddle away perder tempo, vadiar. to play second fiddle ocupar uma posição menos importante, ser subordinado a.

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  • 9 about

    1. preposition
    (on the subject of: We talked about our plans; What's the book about?) sobre
    2. preposition, adverb
    1) ((sometimes round about) near (in place, time, size etc): about five miles away; (round) about six o'clock; just about big enough.) cerca de
    2) (in different directions; here and there: The children ran about (the garden).) por+art.
    3) (in or on some part (of a place etc): You'll find him somewhere about (the office).) por (aí)
    4) (around or surrounding: She wore a coat about her shoulders; He lay with his clothes scattered about.) em torno de
    3. adverb
    ((in military commands etc) in the opposite direction: About turn!) volver!
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    a.bout
    [əb'aut] adv 1 quase, aproximadamente, cerca de. I am about ready / estou quase pronto. it is about your size / é quase do seu tamanho. we walked about forty miles / caminhamos cerca de quarenta milhas. 2 em redor, em volta, por todos os lados. the fields about Cambridge / os campos ao redor de Cambridge. all the children were about their sick father / todas as crianças ficaram em redor de seu pai doente. 3 aqui e ali, para cá e para lá. they were walking about / eles estavam andando de lá para cá. 4 em direção contrária, em sentido oposto. the ship turned about and left / o navio mudou de rumo e partiu. • prep 1 acerca de, a respeito de, sobre, relativo a. his opinion about this topic is... / a sua opinião acerca deste assunto é... what is she talking about? / sobre o que ela está falando? 2 perto de, nas imediações de, junto a. I lost my wallet about here / perdi minha carteira nas imediações deste lugar. 3 em redor de, em volta de. she had her sweater about her shoulder / ela tinha a blusa em volta dos ombros. 4 prestes a, disposto a, a ponto de. he is about to go / ele está prestes a partir. 5 ocupado com, interessado em. while you are about the cooking, you can look after the baby / enquanto você está ocupado com a cozinha, pode tomar conta do bebê. about as high quase tão alto. all about em toda parte. do you know what you are about? você sabe o que pretende fazer? você conhece as dificuldades a enfrentar? go about your own business não se importe com as coisas alheias. how about a glass of wine? que tal um copo de vinho? I am about sick of it coll já estou farto disto! it is somewhere about the place está por aí. left about! meia-volta à esquerda! much noise about nothing muita gritaria por nada. right about! meia-volta à direita! she had no money about her ela não tinha dinheiro consigo. she is about the garden ela está em qualquer lugar do jardim. to be about something tratar de alguma coisa, fazer alguma coisa. to come about acontecer, realizar-se. to go about andar para lá e para cá, vaguear. to go about something ter a intenção de fazer alguma coisa. to hang about ficar à toa. to lie about estar espalhado, estar em desordem. to take turns about fazer alguma coisa por turno.

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  • 10 escape

    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) escapar
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) escapar a
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) escapar
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) escapar
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) fuga
    - escapist
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    es.cape
    [isk'eip] n 1 fuga, evasão. 2 libertação, salvação, salvamento. I had a narrow escape from being run over / por um triz eu teria sido atropelado. fire escape / saída de emergência. 3 Psych fuga dos fatos da realidade. 4 escape, escapamento, saída (água, gás). • vt+vi 1 escapar, evadir(-se), fugir. nothing escapes him / nada lhe escapa. his purpose escapes me / não compreendo a sua intenção. his name escapes me / não me recordo do seu nome. 2 livrar(-se), libertar(-se), desvencilhar-se. 3 salvar-se, safar-se, sobreviver. the sailor escaped the wreck / o marujo salvou-se do naufrágio. 4 ficar de fora.

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  • 11 home

    [həum] 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) lar
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) pátria
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) lar
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) lar
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) caseiro
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) local
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) em casa
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) em/para casa
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) completamente
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    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about
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    [houm] n 1 lar, residência, casa, moradia. 2 família. 3 pátria, origem, cidade ou terra natal. • vt+vi 1 ir para casa. 2 retornar. 3 ter lar, residir, morar. 4 prover com lar ou residência. • adj 1 caseiro, doméstico, familiar. 2 nativo, nacional. 3 expressivo, que atinge ou alcança seu objetivo. • adv 1 para casa, rumo à pátria, de retorno. 2 em casa. 3 exatamente, a propósito. 4 profundamente. at home a) em casa. b) na pátria. c) à vontade. make yourself at home / esteja à vontade. away from home ausente, fora de casa. he is expected home ele está sendo esperado em casa. I’ll see you home levarei você para casa. not at home ausente, fora de casa. nothing to write home about nada de importante. that comes home to you! isto atinge você! the return home a volta para casa. to be at home in a subject ser versado em um assunto. to bring the crime home to apresentar as provas do crime a. to go home fig morrer. to pay home pagar na mesma moeda. to strike home acertar o golpe.

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  • 12 hover

    1) ((of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.) pairar
    2) (to move around while still remaining near a person etc: I wish she'd stop hovering round me and go away.) andar à volta de
    3) ((with between) to be undecided: She hovered between leaving and staying.) hesitar
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    hov.er
    [h'ɔvə] n 1 ação de pairar. 2 indecisão. • vt+vi 1 estar suspenso, pairar ( over sobre), flutuar no ar. 2 andar sem destino, andar para cá e para lá. 3 estar indeciso. to hover round rodear.

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  • 13 leave

    I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb
    1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) deixar
    2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) deixar
    3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) deixar
    4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) deixar
    5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) deixar
    6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) deixar
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    - leave out
    - left over     II [li:v] noun
    1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) licença
    2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) licença
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    - take one's leave of
    - take one's leave
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    leave1
    [li:v] n 1 licença, permissão. 2 partida, despedida. by your leave com (sua) licença. leave of absence permissão para ausentar-se do trabalho, licença do trabalho. maternity leave licença-maternidade. on leave de licença. to ask for leave of absence pedir licença (para ausentar-se do trabalho). to take leave despedir-se, partir.
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    leave2
    [li:v] vt+vi (ps and pp left) 1 partir. 2 abandonar. 3 retirar-se, sair. 4 cessar. 5 desistir. 6 deixar, deixar ficar. 7 legar. 8 submeter à aprovação. 9 depositar, confiar à guarda de. 10 sobrar. there is nothing left nada sobrou. to leave about deixar jogado de qualquer maneira. to leave alone não incomodar, não interferir, deixar em paz. to leave be deixar estar, não interferir. to leave behind deixar para trás, esquecer. to leave cold deixar indiferente. to leave for partir para. to leave go/ hold of largar, soltar. to leave it lay deixar para lá. to leave much to be desired deixar muito a desejar. to leave no stone unturned não deixar pedra sobre pedra. to leave off a) desistir, descontinuar. b) deixar de vestir. to leave out omitir. to leave out in the cold deixar de lado, ignorar. to leave over deixar para considerações futuras. to leave something up to somebody deixar alguma coisa por conta de alguém.
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    leave3
    [li:v] vi cobrir-se de folhas.

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  • 14 peg

    [peɡ] 1. noun
    1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) cavilha
    2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) cabide
    3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) mola
    2. verb
    (to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) prender
    - take someone down a peg or two
    - take down a peg or two
    - take someone down a peg
    - take down a peg
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    [peg] n 1 pino. 2 Tech pega. 3 espicho. 4 cavilha. 5 cravelha. 6 prendedor de roupas, pregador. 7 pretexto, desculpa. 8 grau, medida (de estima, etc.). 9 sl perna-de-pau. 10 pequena estaca. 11 Brit drinque, aperitivo. • vt+vi 1 cavilhar. 2 marcar com estacas. 3 pregar (sola em sapatos). 4 restringir, confinar. 5 fixar, determinar (preços). 6 laborar, labutar. 7 coll atirar, arremessar. 8 prender (roupas no varal). 9 categorizar, identificar, reconhecer. a peg to hang a nagging on um pretexto para resmungar. to be a square peg in a round hole destoar, ser um peixe fora d’água. to come down a peg ceder, mudar de tom, abrandar. to have a peg to hang things on ter um bode expiatório. to peg away coll agir ou trabalhar diligentemente. to peg down fixar com pregos. to peg out a) marcar com estacas. b) sl falhar, fracassar. c) sl morrer. to take someone down a peg or two fazer alguém abaixar um pouco a crista.

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  • 15 roll

    I 1. [rəul] noun
    1) (anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc: a roll of kitchen foil; a toilet-roll.) rolo
    2) (a small piece of baked bread dough, used eg for sandwiches: a cheese roll.) pãozinho
    3) (an act of rolling: Our dog loves a roll on the grass.) viradela
    4) (a ship's action of rocking from side to side: She said that the roll of the ship made her feel ill.) balanço
    5) (a long low sound: the roll of thunder.) trovão
    6) (a thick mass of flesh: I'd like to get rid of these rolls of fat round my waist.) papo
    7) (a series of quick beats (on a drum).) rufo
    2. verb
    1) (to move by turning over like a wheel or ball: The coin/pencil rolled under the table; He rolled the ball towards the puppy; The ball rolled away.) rolar
    2) (to move on wheels, rollers etc: The children rolled the cart up the hill, then let it roll back down again.) rolar
    3) (to form (a piece of paper, a carpet) into the shape of a tube by winding: to roll the carpet back.) enrolar
    4) ((of a person or animal in a lying position) to turn over: The doctor rolled the patient (over) on to his side; The dog rolled on to its back.) virar(-se)
    5) (to shape (clay etc) into a ball or cylinder by turning it about between the hands: He rolled the clay into a ball.) moldar
    6) (to cover with something by rolling: When the little girl's dress caught fire, they rolled her in a blanket.) envolver
    7) (to make (something) flat or flatter by rolling something heavy over it: to roll a lawn; to roll pastry (out).) alisar com rolo
    8) ((of a ship) to rock from side to side while travelling forwards: The storm made the ship roll.) balançar
    9) (to make a series of low sounds: The thunder rolled; The drums rolled.) reboar
    10) (to move (one's eyes) round in a circle to express fear, surprise etc.) revirar
    11) (to travel in a car etc: We were rolling along merrily when a tyre burst.) rodar
    12) ((of waves, rivers etc) to move gently and steadily: The waves rolled in to the shore.) fluir
    13) ((of time) to pass: Months rolled by.) passar
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    - rolling
    - roller-skate     3. verb
    (to move on roller-skates: You shouldn't roller-skate on the pavement.) andar de patins
    - roll in
    - roll up     II
    (a list of names, eg of pupils in a school etc: There are nine hundred pupils on the roll.) registo de matrículas
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    [roul] n 1 rolo (de arame, papel, etc.), qualquer coisa enrolada. 2 cilindro ou qualquer forma aproximadamente cilíndrica. 3 movimento de rotação, ondulação, agitação. 4 rufar de tambor. 5 ribombar do trovão ou de artilharia. 6 ação de rolar. 7 manobra em que o avião dá uma volta completa em torno de seu eixo longitudinal, mantendo a posição horizontal de vôo. 8 lista, rol, catálogo, registro, relação. he called the rolls / ele procedeu à leitura dos nomes, fez a chamada. 9 pãozinho, pão francês. 10 sl maço de notas ou cédulas, dinheiro. 11 rolls atas, anais, crônica, anuário. 12 fardo. 13 ritmo, cadência (linguagem, poesia). 14 encrespamento das ondas do mar. • vt 1 a) rolar. b) fazer rolar. 2 enrolar, dar forma de rolo a. 3 passar suavemente, deslizar (tempo). 4 girar, revolver. 5 agitar, balançar (navio). 6 ondular, flutuar. 7 aplainar, laminar, calandrar. 8 preparar massas alimentícias com o rolo. 9 aplicar cor, por meio de um rolo. 10 ribombar (trovão). 11 rufar (tambor). 12 Amer sl roubar pessoa alcoolizada ou indefesa. 13 ressoar, vibrar (órgão). 14 coll possuir em abundância. 15 correr (rio), fluir. 16 rodar (carro). 17 gingar, menear, bambolear. 18 trinar, gorjear. 19 enfaixar, envolver. 20 encrespar-se (ondas). 21 transportar em carro (ou outro veículo de rodas). 22 começar a operar (câmera), rodar. 23 jogar (dados). 24 Mus arpejar. heads will roll cabeças vão rolar, punições severas vão acontecer (com perda de cargos). pay roll folha de pagamento to be rolling in a) coll chegar em grande número ou quantidade. b) ter em grande quantidade, estar "nadando" em. to roll back a) reduzir (preço). b) recuar, ir para trás. to roll in the aisles morrer de rir.. to roll in the hay sl praticar sexo. to roll in wealth nadar em dinheiro. to roll out a) estender. b) levantar-se da cama. c) produzir em grande quantidade. to roll out the red carpet for receber com a máxima hospitalidade. to roll up a) enrolar. b) fazer recuar (inimigo). c) chegar, vir. to roll up one’s sleeves arregaçar as mangas, preparar-se para entrar em ação. to strike off the rolls riscar da lista, desclassificar, expulsar.

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  • 16 slave

    [sleiv] 1. noun
    1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) escravo
    2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) escravo
    2. verb
    (to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) labutar
    * * *
    [sleiv] n 1 escravo. 2 pessoa viciada, escravo. he is a slave to drink / ele é viciado na bebida. 3 mourejador, pessoa que trabalha muito, que é explorada por outros. • vi trabalhar muito, mourejar, labutar.

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  • 17 store

    [sto:] 1. noun
    1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) reserva
    2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) depósito
    3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) armazém
    4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) loja
    2. verb
    1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) guardar
    2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) abastecer
    •
    - storehouse
    - storeroom
    - in store
    - set great store by
    - set store by
    - store up
    * * *
    [stɔ:] n 1 Amer armazém, loja, casa de negócios. 2 estoque, suprimento. 3 (especialmente Brit) depósito, armazém. 4 provisões, abastecimento. 5 propriedade, riqueza, tesouro (de conhecimentos), grande quantidade, abundância, fartura. • vt 1 suprir, pôr em estoque. 2 guardar, acumular, armazenar (também Comp). she stored away her treasures / ela guardou seus tesouros. 3 abastecer, prover, fornecer. chain store estabelecimento de uma rede de lojas de departamentos ou rede de supermercados, filial. department store loja de departamentos. in store de reserva. to be in store algo está para acontecer. there is a great surprise in store for you / há uma grande surpresa à sua espera. to set great store by something dar muito valor a. he sets great store by her opinion / ele dá muito valor à opinião dela. to store up reservar, guardar.

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  • 18 use

    I [ju:z] verb
    1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) usar
    2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) usar
    •
    - used
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - user guide
    - be used to something
    - be used to
    - used to     II [ju:s]
    1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) uso
    2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) uso
    3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) uso
    4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) uso
    5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) uso
    •
    - usefulness
    - usefully
    - useless
    - be in use
    - out of use
    - come in useful
    - have no use for
    - it's no use
    - make good use of
    - make use of
    - put to good use
    - put to use
    * * *
    [ju:s] n 1 uso. he made use of this book / ele fez uso deste livro. 2 prática. 3 praxe, usança, hábito, costume. 4 ritual. 5 aplicação, emprego. 6 função, serventia. we have no use for it / não usamos isso, não é de proveito para nós. 7 utilidade, finalidade. there is no use in ringing up, it is no use to ring up / não adianta telefonar, é inútil telefonar. she was of some use in laying the table / ela se mostrou útil, pondo a mesa. 8 modo de usar. 9 necessidade. it is of no use to shout/gritar aqui não adianta nada. 10 tratamento, trato. 11 vantagem, proveito. 12. usufruto. • [ju:z] vt+vi 1 usar. I used it for a journey / usei-o, gastei-o para uma viagem. 2 praticar. 3 habituar, acostumar, costumar. 4 aproveitar(-se), servir(-se), utilizar(-se), explorar. they used him badly / trataram-no mal. 5 gastar, consumir, esgotar. 6 aplicar, empregar. 7 manusear. 8 tratar. for rough use para serviço pesado. for use para uso. in use em uso, usual, de praxe. to be used to... estar acostumado a... to use up gastar, esgotar. used to... costumava... I used to go on Sundays / eu costumava ir aos domingos. he used not to like fish / ele não gostava de peixe (mas agora gosta). didn’t she use to live in the country? / ela não morava no campo? you didn’t use to smoke / você não costumava fumar.

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  • 19 watch

    [wo ] 1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) relógio
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) vigília
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) turno
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) ver
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) esperar
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) prestar atenção
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) vigiar
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) esperar
    •
    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over
    * * *
    [wɔtʃ] n 1 cuidado, atenção. 2 guarda, vigilância, atalaia. we set a watch upon him / nós vigiamo-lo. 3 guarda, vigia. he is on the watch / ele está de espreita, atento, vigilante. 4 Hist sentinela. 5 período ou tempo de vigilância. 6 veladura, vigília, ato de estar acordado. this life passes away as a watch in the night / esta vida passa depressa como uma noite de vigília. 7 relógio de bolso ou de pulso. 8 Naut quarto: a) período em que parte da tripulação está de serviço ou prontidão (geralmente de quatro horas). b) o grupo que está a serviço ou de prontidão no mesmo período. • vt+vi 1 olhar atentamente, assistir a (jogo, televisão, etc.). 2 estar atento, ter cuidado, prestar atenção. 3 vigiar, observar. 4 ficar de vigília, velar, ficar acordado. 5 guardar, velar ou zelar por, cuidar de. 6 ficar de espreita, espreitar. 7 estar de sentinela. 8 acompanhar (acontecimento). 9 esperar. he watched his opportunity / ele esperou, aproveitou a sua oportunidade. they cannot watch their time / eles não sabem esperar a sua hora. I’d watch it! isto é o que eu queria ver! isto é o que faltava! stop watch cronômetro. to be on the watch for someone esperar alguém de tocaia, de espreita. they were on the watch for him / eles esperaram-no de tocaia. to keep a close watch manter rigorosa vigilância. to keep a watch on someone manter alguém em observação, vigiar alguém. to put one’s watch on/ back adiantar/atrasar o relógio. to watch in ficar acordado para comemorar o Ano-Novo. to watch one’s step agir com cautela. to watch out estar alerta, atento. to watch out for a) estar observando e esperando por alguém ou alguma coisa. b) tomar cuidado com. to watch over zelar por, guardar. watch and ward vigilância contínua. watch what you’re doing! preste atenção no que você está fazendo!watch your mouth! cuidado com o que você diz! watch yourself! cuidado! watch your step! atenção! (degrau, etc.).

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  • 20 escape

    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) escapar, fugir
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) safar-se de
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) escapar a
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) escapar
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) fuga, escapamento
    - escapist

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