(work+force)

work force

[w'ə:k fɔ:s] n 1 mão-de-obra. 2 total de pessoas empregadas por uma empresa.

1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) pressão

2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) pressão

3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) pressão

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- pressurize

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[pr'eʃə] n 1 pressão, compressão. 2 aperto. 3 opressão, aflição. 4 força de coação. 5 urgência, premência. 6 Electr força eletromotriz. 7 Meteor pressão atmosférica. back pressure turbine turbina de contrapressão. blood pressure pressão sanguínea. dynamic pressure pressão dinâmica.

1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) esforçar-se

2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) estragar

3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) forçar

4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) filtrar

1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) esforço

2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) tensão

3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) distensão

4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) pressão

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- strained

1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) raça

2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) traço

3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) melodia

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[strein] n 1 força, peso. 2 esforço, solicitação, extenuação. the cord could not stand the strain / a corda não agüentou o esforço. 3 luxação, deslocamento, contorção. I have a strain in my hand / destronquei minha mão. 4 tensão, pressão, compressão. 5 estilo, modo, maneira. 6 procedimento. 7 (também strains) melodia, composição, canção. he was buried to the strains of his favourite song / ele foi sepultado ao som de sua canção favorita. • vt+vi 1 puxar, esticar, forçar. 2 puxar com força, arrancar. 3 esforçar, concentrar-se. 4 cansar, extenuar, prejudicar por esforço excessivo, torcer, luxar, deslocar, contorcer. 5 estar prejudicado por esforço, estar machucado. 6 abusar, exagerar. 7 esforçar-se, exceder-se. 8 constringir, comprimir. 9 espremer, passar por peneira ou espremedor, coar. 10 percolar, passar. 11 apertar, abraçar, estreitar. he strained the child to his heart / ele abraçou a criança. in this strain desta maneira, neste tom. she is a strain on my nerves ela me deixa nervoso. to strain a point abandonar, desistir de um princípio. to strain a relationship comportar-se de uma forma a causar problemas na relação, estragar. to strain at esforçar-se para. to strain something to the limit ir, forçar, até o limite.

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[strein] n 1 raça, cepa, descendência. 2 grupo, família de plantas ou animais que formam uma variedade, linhagem. 3 qualidade ou caráter hereditário. 4 traço, tendência, disposição. there is a strain of madness in her / ela tem um traço de loucura.

1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) pressão

2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) pressão

3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) pressão

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- pressurize

1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) esticar, forçar

2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) forçar

3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) forçar

4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) filtrar, coar

1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) tensão

2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) tensão

3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) estiramento, distensão

4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) pressão

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- strained

1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) raça

2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) tendência

3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) melodia

1) (energetic or lively; able to work etc: At seventy, he's no longer very active.) activo

2) ((busily) involved: She is an active supporter of women's rights.) activo

3) (causing an effect or effects: Yeast is an active ingredient in bread-making.) activo

4) (in force: The rule is still active.) em vigor

5) ((of volcanoes) still likely to erupt.) activo

6) (of the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action of the verb: The dog bit the man.) activo

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- activeness

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['æktiv] adj 1 ativo, expedito, diligente. 2 vivo, rápido, ágil. 3 movimentado, atarefado, animado. 4 efetivo, vigoroso, laborioso, assíduo. 5 progressivo, produtivo. 6 Gram ativo.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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- driver

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) duro

2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) difícil

3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) duro

4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) violento

5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) duro

6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) pesada

1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) esforçadamente

2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) violentamente

3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) fixamente

4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) totalmente

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- harden

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[ha:d] adj 1 duro, sólido, firme, rígido, compacto. 2 difícil, dificultoso. hard lessons / lições, tarefas difíceis. 3 severo, áspero, opressivo, inflexível. 4 desagradável. 5 fatigante, trabalhoso. 6 intricado. 7 insuportável, injusto. 8 sl mau, desonroso. 9 que contém sais minerais (água). 10 que contém muito álcool. • adv 1 ao lado, junto. 2 duramente, asperamente, severamente, fortemente. 3 com empenho. a hard case um caso difícil ou perdido. a hard death uma morte penosa. a hard ride marcha acelerada (a cavalo). a hard worker um trabalhador eficiente. for hard wear durável. hard after logo atrás. hard at hand perto, disponível. hard at work trabalhando diligentemente. hard by perto, ao lado. hard of hearing que ouve mal, surdo. hard to digest indigesto. he is hard to deal with é difícil aturá-lo. he is hard to please é difícil contentá-lo. he is hard upon the man ele trata o homem com dureza ou injustamente. in a hard condition em boa forma física. it is hard lines for him ele está com azar. it is hard upon seven são quase sete horas. it rains hard chove a cântaros. it will go hard with me, but I... será difícil que eu não... I was hard pressed estive em grande aperto. the wind blew hard o vento soprou fortemente. to bear hard upon oprimir. to die hard vender caro sua vida. to drink hard beber muito. to drive a hard bargain regatear por centavos. to press hard for insistir energicamente.

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[ha:d] n 1 solo duro, margem firme (não pantanosa). 2 dificuldade. 3 sl trabalhos forçados.

1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) arar

2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) abrir caminho

3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) entrar em

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[plau] n Brit 1 arado, charrua. 2 terra arada. 3 máquina para remover neve. 4 Tech guilherme. 5 Plough Astr Ursa Maior. 6 sl bomba, reprovação em exame. • vt 1 arar, lavrar. 2 sulcar, fender. 3 Tech trabalhar com guilherme. they ploughed their way eles abriram o seu caminho. to plough out levantar (a terra). to plough the sands trabalhar sem proveito. to plough through arar. to plough up sulcar. to put one’s hands to the plough pôr mãos à obra.

1) (to bring (the foot) down with force (on the ground): He stamped his foot with rage; She stamped on the insect.) bater

2) (to print or mark on to: He stamped the date at the top of his letter; The oranges were all stamped with the exporter's name.) carimbar

3) (to stick a postage stamp on (a letter etc): I've addressed the envelope but haven't stamped it.) selar

1) (an act of stamping the foot: `Give it to me!' she shouted with a stamp of her foot.) batida

2) (the instrument used to stamp a design etc on a surface: He marked the date on the bill with a rubber date-stamp.) carimbo

3) (a postage stamp: He stuck the stamps on the parcel; He collects foreign stamps.) selo

4) (a design etc made by stamping: All the goods bore the manufacturer's stamp.) marca

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- stamp out

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[stæmp] n 1 ato de bater (o pé), batida de pé. 2 pilão (para britar pedra). 3 britador, moinho. 4 carimbo, cunho, timbre, sinete. 5 marca, impressão, matriz, timbre, selo. his work bears the stamp of genius / sua obra mostra o cunho do gênio. 6 selo, estampilha. to put a stamp on the letter / selar a carta. 7 expressão, sinal, traço. 8 tipo, caráter, temperamento, espécie. he set his stamp upon his period / ele imprimiu seu caráter à sua época. • vt+vi 1 bater o pé (com força). 2 andar com passos pesados. 3 gravar, fixar (na memória). 4 bater, esmagar, pisar, quebrar, britar. 5 imprimir, estampar, gravar, cunhar. it was stamped on his mind / estava gravado na sua memória. 6 caracterizar, identificar, carimbar. that stamped him as a fool / isso o caracterizou como tolo. 7 selar, estampilhar. 8 recortar com punção. a woman of her stamp uma mulher do seu caráter. food stamp vale alimentação. rubber stamp carimbo de borracha. to stamp down pisar, apagar pisando. to stamp out a) estampar. b) fig aniquilar, erradicar.

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) atingir

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) dar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) impressionar

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir por

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) achado

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- striker

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[straik] n 1 greve. 2 golpe. 3 ato de derrubar todos os pinos no jogo de boliche, pontos feitos assim. 4 ataque, investida. 5 beliscada (de peixe no anzol). 6 descoberta de petróleo, ouro, etc. 7 sucesso, êxito, achado feliz. 8 Min direção do filão. • vt (ps struck, pp struck, stricken) 1 bater, malhar, golpear. I was struck by his reply / fui tomado de surpresa pela sua resposta. 2 dar, infligir, arremessar, desferir, lançar. 3 estampar, imprimir, cunhar. 4 acender (fósforo), ferir fogo. 5 atingir, colidir, cair (raio), incidir (luz). 6 abalroar, colidir, dar de encontro, chocar-se, encalhar. 7 impressionar. 8 tocar, bater, soar, bater as horas. 9 estarrecer, fulminar, impressionar, assustar. 10 afetar, tocar, afligir, atacar, surpreender. 11 atacar, assaltar. 12 acontecer, ocorrer, suceder. 13 descobrir, encontrar (petróleo, ouro, etc.). 14 surgir, aparecer, vir de repente, encontrar inesperadamente. the thought struck him / ocorreu-lhe a idéia. 15 fazer greve. 16 riscar, apagar, cancelar. 17 tirar, tomar (com um golpe). 18 andar rapidamente. 19 assumir (atitude). he strikes an attitude / ele assume uma pose teatral. 20 enraizar, aprofundar, afundar, criar raízes. 21 determinar, calcular. 22 fazer, decidir, entrar em (acordo), concordar. 23 abaixar, arriar (velas). 24 raspar, alisar, deixar plano, tirar o excesso de uma medida. 25 pegar o anzol, morder a isca, fisgar. 26 desbotar, apagar-se. 27 arriar bandeiras, render-se. 28 tomar (caminho ou direção). 29 chamar a atenção, dar na vista. 30 estender, alisar. 31 enveredar. 32 tirar (linha). 33 rufar (tambores). 34 tocar (uma corda em instrumento musical). 35 levantar (acampamento). 36 cravar, meter, enfiar. 37 avançar, seguir. 38 lançar-se, disparar, avançar com rapidez. strike the iron while it is hot / malhe o ferro enquanto está quente (faça isso agora e não deixe para mais tarde). he’s struck on her ele está louco (apaixonado) por ela. it strikes me as strange that... parece-me esquisito que... strike me dead! Deus me castigue! that struck home! este golpe acertou, fig isto deu resultado. this strikes my fancy isto me agrada. to go on strike entrar em greve. to strike a balance chegar a um acordo, encontrar um ponto de equilíbrio. to strike a bargain fechar um negócio. to strike a blow at dar um soco ou golpe em. to strike a chord parecer familiar, fazer lembrar alguma coisa. to strike a dividend distribuir dividendo. to strike against bater contra, lutar contra, defender-se contra. to strike an average tirar ou calcular a média. to strike at someone bater em alguém, levantar a mão contra alguém. to strike back revidar. to strike blind cegar. to strike camp levantar acampamento. to strike dead matar. to strike down derrubar, derrubar no chão, abater. to strike dumb fazer calar, deixar bobo. to strike hands ( with) chegar a um acordo (com). to strike it rich tirar a sorte grande, enriquecer rapidamente. to strike in interromper. to strike into entrar em. to strike off a) cortar. b) copiar, imprimir. to strike oil ter sucesso, ter êxito. to strike on a) agir sobre, incidir sobre (luz), cair sobre. b) descobrir algo, ter uma idéia. to strike out a) riscar, apagar, cancelar. b) nadar ativamente (em direção a alguma coisa). c) golpear. to strike out on one’s own tomar seu rumo próprio. to strike someone with fear encher alguém de medo. to strike the eye dar na vista, chamar a atenção. to strike through remover, cancelar (algo escrito). to strike up a) Mus começar a tocar. b) iniciar (relacionamento, conversa, etc.). to strike upon incidir sobre, cair sobre, encontrar, bater contra. well stricken in years de idade avançada.

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[ta:sk; tæsk] n 1 tarefa, incumbência, serviço, dever. 2 lição. • vt 1 incumbir, forçar (a trabalhar). 2 sobrecarregar, forçar. daily task trabalho diário. hard task tarefa árdua. to set someone a task incumbir alguém de uma tarefa. to take / call someone to task for something repreender, censurar alguém por alguma coisa.

1) (to offer oneself for a particular task, of one's own free will (often without being paid for such work): He volunteered to act as messenger; She volunteered for the dangerous job.) voluntário

2) (to offer (eg an opinion, information etc): Two or three people volunteered suggestions.) oferecer

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[vɔlənt'iə] n voluntário (também Mil). • vt+vi 1 apresentar-se, oferecer-se ou servir voluntariamente. 2 contar ou dizer voluntariamente. • adj voluntário, espontâneo.

1) (energetic or lively; able to work etc: At seventy, he's no longer very active.) ativo

2) ((busily) involved: She is an active supporter of women's rights.) atuante

3) (causing an effect or effects: Yeast is an active ingredient in bread-making.) ativo

4) (in force: The rule is still active.) em vigor

5) ((of volcanoes) still likely to erupt.) em atividade

6) (of the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action of the verb: The dog bit the man.) ativo

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1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) dirigir

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar de carro

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) conduzir

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio de carro

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) ímpeto

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) tacada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive

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- driver