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1 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) escolher2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) apanhar3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) levantar4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) forçar2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) escolha2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) nata•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) picareta* * *pick1[pik] n 1 picareta, picão, alvião. 2 coll palito. 3 palheta para instrumentos de corda.————————pick2[pik] n 1 picada: golpe com instrumento contundente. 2 direito de escolha. 3 escolha, seleção. 4 escol, fina flor, nata. 5 lambisco. 6 colheita: parte recolhida em certo tempo. 7 Typogr tipo manchado. • vt+vi 1 picar, esburacar, abrir buracos em. 2 bicar, apanhar com o bico. 3 roubar, furtar. 4 descarnar, roer (ossos). 5 colher, apanhar (frutas, flores). 6 escolher, separar, selecionar. 7 provocar, promover (disputas, brigas). don’t pick a quarrel with me! / não procure encrenca comigo! 8 palitar, esgaravatar. 9 debicar, lambiscar, comer aos pedacinhos. 10 desfiar (lã, etc.). 11 abrir com gazua. 12 Amer dedilhar (instrumento de cordas). 13 arrancar (com os dedos ou um instrumento pontudo). to have a bone to pick with ter contas a ajustar com, ter uma questão a resolver com. to pick a bone with discutir ou disputar com. to pick and choose selecionar cuidadosamente, escolher a dedo. to pick and steal surripiar. to pick at a) comer beliscando, ciscar na comida. b) tratar superficialmente (um asssunto). c) implicar com. to pick holes in achar defeitos em. to pick off a) colher, apanhar. b) matar, abater um por um. to pick on a) escolher. b) escolher como vítima, perseguir, apoquentar, atormentar. to pick one’s way escolher cuidadosamente onde colocar os pés. she picked her way through the puddles / ela escolheu cuidadosamente seu caminho por entre as poças d’água. to pick out a) escolher, selecionar. b) distinguir, apanhar, perceber. c) tocar de ouvido. d) realçar mediante contraste de cores. to pick someone’s brains usar as idéias de alguém para os seus próprios interesses. to pick to pieces a) fazer em pedaços. b) esmiuçar, analisar detalhadamente para achar defeitos. c) criticar, humilhar, reduzir a pó de traque. she picked him to pieces / ela o reduziu a nada (com críticas). to pick up a) abrir ou extrair com picareta. b) apanhar, pegar. c) assimilar, aprender. he picked up the language / ele assimilou o idioma. d) adquirir. I picked up the thing for a song / obtive esta coisa por uma ninharia. e) descobrir, encontrar. f) apanhar, pegar (passageiros). g) Radio, TV captar, sintonizar. h) recuperar, recobrar (saúde, forças). she picked up her strength ou she picked up again / ela recuperou suas forças. i) coll convalescer. j) acumular, ganhar (forças, pressão, etc.). k) arrumar (sala). l) arranjar, conseguir. m) aproximar-se com intenções sexuais. -
2 seed
[si:d] 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) semente2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) pontinha3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) jogador escalado2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) dar semente2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) escalado, decrépito•- seeded- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
- go to seed* * *[si:d] n 1 semente, grão. 2 bulbo, broto, muda. 3 germe. 4 semeadura: quantidade de sementes para uma semeação (plantação). 5 esperma, sêmen. • vt+vi 1 semear. 2 espalhar sementes. 3 descaroçar, remover sementes. 4 espalhar, esparramar. to run to seed produzir semente, espigar, fig relaxar, desleixar. -
3 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) escolher2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) catar3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) pegar4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) forçar2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) escolha2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) nata•- pick-up - pick and choose - pick at - pick someone's brains - pick holes in - pick off - pick on - pick out - pick someone's pocket - pick a quarrel/fight with someone - pick a quarrel/fight with - pick up - pick up speed - pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) picareta -
4 seed
[si:d] 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) semente2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) germe3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) jogador escalado2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) dar semente2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) escalar•- seeded- seedling - seedy - seediness - seedbed - go to seed
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