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  • 61 one or two

    (a few: I don't want a lot of nuts - I'll just take one or two.) uns poucos
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    one or two
    uns poucos.

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  • 62 part-time

    adjective, adverb (not taking one's whole time; for only a few hours or days a week: a part-time job; She works part-time.) tempo parcial QUERY
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    part-time
    [p'a:t taim] adj relativo a período não integral, de meio período.

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  • 63 precious

    ['preʃəs]
    (of great value: precious jewels.) precioso
    - precious stone
    - precious few/little
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    pre.cious
    [pr'eʃəs] adj 1 precioso: a) valioso, de alto preço. b) de estimação, querido. c) afetado, presumido. 2 fastidioso, tedioso. 3 refinado, rematado, completo, perfeito. a precious fool / um tolo completo. a precious scoundrel / um malandro refinado.

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  • 64 preliminary

    [pri'liminəri]
    (coming before, and preparing for, something: The chairman made a few preliminary remarks before introducing the speaker.) preliminar
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    pre.lim.i.nar.y
    [pril'iminəri] n 1 preliminar, introdução. 2 exame preliminar. • adj preliminar, prévio, introdutório.

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  • 65 progress

    1. ['prəuɡres, ]( American[) 'pro-] noun
    1) (movement forward; advance: the progress of civilization.) progresso
    2) (improvement: The students are making (good) progress.) progresso
    2. [prə'ɡres] verb
    1) (to go forward: We had progressed only a few miles when the car broke down.) avançar
    2) (to improve: Your French is progressing.) melhorar
    3. noun
    (the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense): The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive.)
    - progressiveness
    - in progress
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    prog.ress
    [pr'ougres, pr'a:gres] n 1 progresso: a) progressão, curso, avanço. he has been making progress / ele tem feito progressos. b) desenvolvimento, aperfeiçoamento, melhoria. 2 jornada, caminhada. • [prəgr'es] vi progredir: 1 avançar, adiantar-se. 2 evolver, evoluir, desenvolver-se. 3 prosseguir, continuar. in progress em desenvolvimento. to report progress fornecer um relatório sobre o andamento de...

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  • 66 reappear

    [ri:ə'piə]
    (to appear again: The boy disappeared behind the wall, and reappeared a few yards away.) reaparecer
    * * *
    re.ap.pear
    [ri:əp'iə] vi reaparecer.

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  • 67 remark

    1. noun
    (a comment; something said: The chairman made a few remarks, then introduced the speaker.) comentário
    2. verb
    (to say; to comment: `She's a good-looking girl,' he remarked; He remarked that she was good-looking; He remarked on her good looks.) comentar
    - remarkably
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    re.mark1
    [rim'a:k] n 1 observação, anotação, nota, reparo, comentário. 2 Typogr marca de acerto, cruz de acerto. • vt+vi observar, notar, reparar. to remark on/ upon comentar a respeito de. without remark sem comentário.
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    re.mark2
    [ri:m'a: k] n remarcação. • vt remarcar.

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  • 68 sceptic

    ['skeptik]
    (American also skeptic) noun
    (a person who is unwilling to believe: Most people now accept this theory, but there are a few sceptics.) céptico
    - sceptically
    - scepticism
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    scep.tic
    [sk'eptik] n cético. • adj cético, descrente.

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  • 69 scope

    [skəup]
    1) ((often with for) the opportunity or chance to do, use or develop: There's no scope for originality in this job.) margem
    2) (the area or extent of an activity etc: Few things are beyond the scope of a child's imagination.) alcance
    * * *
    [skoup] n 1 extensão, distância. he gave free (full) scope to his fury / ele deu expansão à sua raiva. 2 escopo, alcance, âmbito. that comes within my scope / isto é da minha alçada. 3 espaço, lugar, campo. 4 oportunidade. give scope to his abilities / dê oportunidade para ele mostrar suas habilidades. 5 extensão da operação. 6 Naut comprimento do cabo entre o barco e a âncora.

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  • 70 scuffle

    (a confused fight usually between a few people using their fists, feet etc: The two men quarrelled and there was a scuffle.) briga
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    scuf.fle
    [sk'∧fəl] n 1 luta corpo a corpo, briga. 2 tumulto. • vi lutar, brigar.

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  • 71 several

    ['sevrəl] 1. adjective
    (more than one or two, but not a great many: Several weeks passed before he got a reply to his letter.) vários
    2. pronoun
    (some or a few: Several of them are ill; Of the eggs, several were broken.) vários
    * * *
    sev.er.al
    [s'evərəl] n alguns, vários. • adj 1 alguns, algumas, vários, várias. 2 diferentes, diversos, diversas, respectivos, respectivas. do it several times faça-o diversas vezes. each several book cada livro separadamente. several of them vários deles. six several groups seis grupos diferentes.

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  • 72 sink

    [siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) afundar-se
    2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) descer
    3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) embeber(-se)
    4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) desanimar
    5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) enterrar
    2. noun
    (a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) banca da cozinha
    - be sunk
    - sink in
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    [siŋk] n 1 pia. 2 antro, lugar de vício ou de corrupção. 3 fossa, escoadouro. • vt+vi (ps sank, pp sunk, arch sunken) 1 descer, baixar, cair, depositar, declinar. 2 fazer descer, fazer baixar. 3 afundar, ir a pique, submergir. 4 afundar, pôr a pique. 5 reduzir, diminuir. my heart sinks when I think of her / coll fico deprimido quando penso nela. 6 ficar mais baixo ou mais fraco. 7 entrar, penetrar. 8 furar, perfurar, escavar, aprofundar. 9 passar gradualmente, cair. 10 gastar, perder (dinheiro). 11 decair, deteriorar. he is sinking fast / ele está decaindo rapidamente. she has sunk very low / ela decaiu muito. 12 fazer desaparecer, esconder, perder de vista. 13 levar à ruína, destruir. 14 pagar, amortizar dívida. 15 compor (riscos). let’s sink a few beers coll vamos tomar alguns chopes. to sink back cair para trás. to sink beneath a burden fig sucumbir debaixo de uma carga. to sink capital in investir capital. to sink down cair, ficar prostrado. to sink in value desvalorizar-se. to sink into oblivion cair no esquecimento. to sink or swim ou vai ou racha. to sink to one’s knees cair de joelhos.

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  • 73 slack

    [slæk]
    1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) frouxo
    2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) folgado
    3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) desleixado
    4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) lento
    - slackly
    - slackness
    - slacks
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    slack1
    [slæk] n 1 parte solta de um cabo. 2 inatividade ou recesso de uma indústria. 3 baixa da água ou maré. • vi 1 soltar, afrouxar. 2 diminuir, moderar. 3 apagar (cal). 4 relaxar. • adj 1 solto, frouxo, bambo. 2 negligente, relaxado, descuidado, indolente. 3 lento, folgado. 4 calmo, sem atividade ou movimento. to slack away/ off desapertar, afrouxar a tensão (de um cabo). to slack up diminuir a velocidade antes de parar (trem). to take up the slack in an industry tomar medidas para que atividade e produção cresçam em uma indústria. to take up the slack in a rope puxar a corda até tornar-se apertada.
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    slack2
    [slæk] n moinha de carvão, pó, escória. basic slack Chem fosfato básico obtido pelo processo de Thomas, escória básica.

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  • 74 snowflake

    noun (one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls: A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.) floco de neve
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    snow.flake
    [sn'oufleik] n floco de neve.

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  • 75 speak

    [spi:k]
    past tense - spoke; verb
    1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) falar
    2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) falar
    3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) falar
    4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) dizer
    5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) falar
    - speaking
    - spoken
    - - spoken
    - generally speaking
    - speak for itself/themselves
    - speak out
    - speak up
    - to speak of
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    [spi:k] vt+vi (ps spoke, pp spoken) 1 dizer, articular. 2 falar, conversar. 3 fazer discurso, orar. 4 contar, declarar, exprimir, tornar conhecido. 5 exprimir (idéia), pronunciar, manifestar, comunicar. speak your mind / fale o que está pensando. 6 pedir, requerer, apelar. 7 conversar, falar (with, to com, a). 8 latir. he spoke up for me ele falou a meu favor. not to speak of sem mencionar, sem citar. not to speak of expenses / sem falar das despesas. nothing to speak of nada digno de menção. so to speak por assim dizer. speak up! fale! fale mais alto! that speaks well for him / isso fala a seu favor. to be spoken for estar prometido, estar reservado. to speak about falar sobre, tratar de, falar de. to speak for falar por alguém. he can speak for himself / ele mesmo pode falar. that speaks for itself / isso fala por si mesmo. to speak ill of somebody falar mal de alguém. she never speaks ill of anybody / ela nunca fala mal de ninguém. to speak on continuar falando. he spoke on the same subject / ele falou sobre o mesmo assunto. to speak out falar alto, falar à vontade, manifestar-se livremente, declarar, comunicar, esclarecer, falar francamente, dar opinião abertamente. to speak to a) dirigir-se a. b) coll admoestar. c) falar ao sentimento, atrair, interessar. to speak to someone falar com alguém. I should like to speak to you / gostaria de falar-lhe. to speak up a) falar alto. b) defender alguém, protestar. to speak well/ highly of somebody falar muito bem de alguém, elogiar. she speaks highly of him / ela fala dele em palavras elogiosas.

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  • 76 sprinkling

    noun (a small amount or a few: There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.) uma certa quantidade
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    sprin.kling
    [spr'iŋkliŋ] n 1 rega, regadura, aspersão. 2 pequena quantidade, um pouquinho. a sprinkling of foreigners alguns estrangeiros isolados. a sprinkling of French um pouquinho de francês. a sprinkling of rain um chuvisco.

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  • 77 sprint

    [sprint] 1. noun
    1) (a run or running race performed at high speed over a short distance: Who won the 100 metres sprint?) sprint
    2) (the pace of this: He ran up the road at a sprint.) a grande velocidade
    2. verb
    (to run at full speed especially (in) a race: He sprinted (for) the last few hundred metres.) correr a toda a velocidade
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    [sprint] n corrida de curta distância, período curto de atividade intensa. • vi correr a toda velocidade.

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  • 78 squeeze

    [skwi:z] 1. verb
    1) (to press (something) together or from all sides tightly: He squeezed her hand affectionately; He squeezed the clay into a ball.) espremer
    2) (to force (eg oneself) eg into or through a narrow space: The dog squeezed himself / his body into the hole; We were all squeezed into the back seat of the car.) comprimir(-se)
    3) (to force something, eg liquid, out of something by pressing: She squeezed the oranges (into a jug); We might be able to squeeze some more money/information out of him.) espremer
    2. noun
    1) (an act of squeezing: He gave his sister an affectionate squeeze.) apertão
    2) (a condition of being squeezed: We all got into the car, but it was a squeeze.) aperto
    3) (a few drops produced by squeezing.) umas gotas
    4) (a time of financial restriction: an economic squeeze.) restrição
    - squeeze up
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    [skwi:z] n 1 aperto, pressão leve. 2 compressão. 3 abraço, aperto de mão. 4 esmagamento, atropelo. 5 suco espremido. 6 coll situação difícil, aperto, apuro. 7 extorsão. 8 impressão fac-símile por compressão. 9 Econ arrocho. • vt+vi 1 apertar, comprimir. 2 abraçar, apertar nos braços. 3 colocar à força, forçar para dentro. 4 oprimir, extorquir. 5 espremer. 6 ceder à pressão, ser compressível. 7 abrir caminho, forçar passagem. 8 extrair à força. to squeeze in enfiar, colocar com força, enfiar-se, meter-se. to squeeze out espremer, fig interrogar. to squeeze through passar empurrando. to squeeze up comprimir, apertar.

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  • 79 stand

    [stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
    1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) estar de pé
    2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) pôr-se de pé
    3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) permanecer
    4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) manter-se em vigor
    5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) encontrar-se
    6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) estar
    7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) candidatar-se
    8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) colocar
    9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) sofrer
    10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) pagar
    2. noun
    1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) posição
    2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) suporte
    3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) quiosque
    4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) arquibancada
    5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) barra das testemunhas
    - standing 3. noun
    1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) duração
    2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) prestígio
    4. adjective
    ((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) lista de espera
    5. adverb
    (travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) em lista de espera
    - standing-room
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - stand aside
    - stand back
    - stand by
    - stand down
    - stand fast/firm
    - stand for
    - stand in
    - stand on one's own two feet
    - stand on one's own feet
    - stand out
    - stand over
    - stand up for
    - stand up to
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    [stænd] n 1 parada, pausa, descanso. 2 resistência, defesa. 3 lugar, posto, posição, estação, ponto. 4 plataforma, tribuna, estrado. 5 andaime, suporte, estante. 6 estande: recinto reservado a cada participante de uma exposição. 7 barraca, tenda, banca (de jornais e revistas). 8 grupo de árvores ou plantas. 9 coll loja, local de negócio. 10 Amer banco onde as testemunhas depõem. 11 arquibancada. 12 descanso, suporte. 13 pé, pedestal. • vt+vi (ps, pp stood) 1 estar em pé. 2 ter certa altura quando em pé, medir. 3 levantar, ficar em pé. 4 estar situado ou localizado, encontrar-se. 5 colocar, encostar, pôr em pé. don’t stand the umbrella against the table! / não encoste o guarda-chuva na mesa! 6 estar colocado, ocupar certo lugar ou cargo. 7 manter em certa posição. 8 sustentar. 9 estar, ser, encontrar-se. 10 continuar, permanecer, resistir, oferecer resistência. 11 tolerar, agüentar. I can’t stand him / não o posso tolerar. I can’t stand it any longer / não agüento mais isso. I can’t stand it / não tolero isso. there is no standing her stupidity / ninguém agüenta sua estupidez. 12 juntar-se, acumular-se. 13 durar. 14 sofrer, submeter-se, suportar. 15 custear, pagar. it stands me in eight dollars / coll isso me custa oito dólares. I’ll stand you a bottle / pago-lhe uma garrafa, convido-o para tomar um drinque. 16 manter um certo rumo. 17 parar, paralisar, ficar parado, estagnar. 18 valer, estar em vigor. 19 candidatar-se. he stands for Parliament / ele é candidato ao parlamento. 20 coll dar ou pagar conforme o trato. as it stands, as the case stands, as matters stand como estão as coisas, pela situação atual. and there it stands! basta! está encerrado o assunto! he stands no nonsense com ele não se brinca. he stands out like a sore thumb Amer sl ele chama a atenção (de maneira desagradável). how do we stand? como estamos? qual é a situação? it stands at that (cost) price o preço de custo é este. it stands to reason é plausível, evidente, razoável. stand off! saia de perto! vá embora! stand or fall vitória ou morte! the thermometer stands at 35° o termômetro marca 35°. the things I stand up in o que tenho no corpo (roupa). to be at a stand estar parado, estar perplexo, estar em dúvida, indeciso. to come to a stand chegar a um impasse. to make a stand parar, resistir, oferecer resistência, opor-se. to make a stand for something insistir em alguma coisa, responder por alguma coisa. to take a firm stand ocupar uma posição firme. to take one’s stand tomar posição, colocar-se. to take the stand Jur depor. to stand about ficar à toa, rodear. to stand against oferecer resistência, destacar-se de. to stand a good chance ter boas probabilidades. to stand a comparison poder enfrentar uma comparação. to stand alone estar sozinho, estar sem auxílio, estar em posição isolada. to stand aloof manter-se de lado, afastar-se. to stand aside sair ao caminho, ficar de lado. to stand at attention Mil tomar sentido. to stand back afastar-se, recuar. to stand between estar no caminho, estar no meio. to stand by estar presente, estar ao lado, assistir, estar de prontidão, manter (palavra). to stand by a thing defender uma coisa. to stand by one through thick and thin prestar assistência a outrem em qualquer vicissitude. to stand by one’s word manter sua palavra. to stand by someone assistir alguém, acudir. to stand condemned estar condenado. to stand corrected conformar-se com a pena, reconhecer seu erro. to stand down a) abdicar (em favor de outrem). b) Brit dar baixa (soldados). c) deixar o banco de testemunhas. to stand fast resistir, não ceder. to stand fire resistir à prova (suportar o fogo do inimigo). to stand first ser o primeiro, estar em primeiro lugar. to stand for a) significar, querer dizer. b) pretender. c) ter rumo para, velejar para. d) auxiliar. e) ser responsável por, representar. to stand forth mostrar-se, salientar-se. to stand from Naut vir de, ter rumo de, velejar de. to stand gaping ficar de boca aberta, boquiaberto. to stand godfather (to) ser padrinho (de). to stand good ter valor, estar válido. to stand high ter bom nome, ter boa fama. to stand in a) Naut velejar em direção à terra. b) substituir alguém (serviço). to stand in awe ter temor de. to stand in fear ter medo de. to stand in line ficar na fila. to stand in need of ter necessidade de, precisar. to stand in someone’s way estar no caminho de alguém, atrapalhar alguém, impedir alguém. to stand off ficar de lado, afastar-se, retroceder, retrair-se, recusar-se, protelar (pagamento), Naut ficar ao largo. to stand off from Naut afastar-se de. to stand on basear-se em alguma coisa, contar com alguma coisa. to stand on ceremony fazer cerimônias. to stand on end estar em pé (cabelos). to stand one’s ground manter-se, defender-se, ficar firme, não ceder. to stand on one’s dignity fazer questão da sua dignidade. to stand on one’s head ficar de ponta-cabeça, ficar de pernas para o ar. to stand one’s tackling manter seu ponto de vista. to stand on one’s right insistir em seu direito. to stand on your own two feet ser independente, ser auto-suficiente, andar com as próprias pernas. to stand out salientar-se, distinguir-se, sobressair, resistir, não ceder. to stand out for insistir em. to stand over ficar, sobrar, ficar em atraso, adiar, protelar. to stand pat Amer a) conformar-se, opor-se a mudanças. b) Game não pedir cartas, passar. to stand ready to prontificar-se, dispor-se a. to stand security dar fiança, garantir. to stand someone friend mostrar-se amigo para alguém. to stand someone up faltar a um encontro. to stand something on its head mudar de repente, virar de pernas para o ar. to stand still imobilizar-se, ficar parado. to stand the test (ou a trial) passar a prova. to stand to a) permanecer, manter. b) aderir a. c) apoiar, defender. she stood to him / ela o defendeu. to stand trial ser submetido a julgamento. to stand up a) levantar-se. b) Amer decepcionar, abandonar, deixar na mão. to stand up against levantar-se contra, rebelar-se, lutar contra. to stand up for defender, apoiar, tomar o partido de. to stand upon insistir em, basear-se em. to stand upon one’s guard tomar cuidado, precaver-se. to stand up to encarar, enfrentar. to stand well with dar-se bem com, ter amizade com. what stand do you take? qual é a sua opinião?

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  • 80 such

    1. adjective
    1) (of the same kind as that already mentioned or being mentioned: Animals that gnaw, such as mice, rats, rabbits and weasels are called rodents; He came from Bradford or some such place; She asked to see Mr Johnson but was told there was no such person there; I've seen several such buildings; I've never done such a thing before; doctors, dentists and such people.) tal
    2) (of the great degree already mentioned or being mentioned: If you had telephoned her, she wouldn't have got into such a state of anxiety; She never used to get such bad headaches (as she does now).) tal
    3) (of the great degree, or the kind, to have a particular result: He shut the window with such force that the glass broke; She's such a good teacher that the headmaster asked her not to leave; Their problems are such as to make it impossible for them to live together any more.) tão/tanto
    4) (used for emphasis: This is such a shock! They have been such good friends to me!) tão
    2. pronoun
    (such a person or thing, or such persons or things: I have only a few photographs, but can show you such as I have; This isn't a good book as such (= as a book) but it has interesting pictures.) tal
    - such-and-such
    - such as it is
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    [s∧tʃ] adj 1 desta maneira, deste mesmo modo ou grau. one such action and you leave the house / mais um ato destes e você deixa a casa. 2 tal, de modo que. I’ve never heard of such a thing / nunca ouvi tal coisa. 3 semelhante, igual. he did no such thing / ele não fez coisa semelhante. 4 tanto, tamanho. he suffered such pains / ele sofreu tantas dores. 5 certo, certa, assim. • pron 1 tal pessoa, tal coisa. 2 esse, essa, o tal. 3 isto, aquilo. 4 as such como tal. such is life / a vida é assim, a vida é esta. such is my hate / tão grande é o meu ódio. • adv 1 tão, em tal grau. 2 assim mesmo. 3 de tal maneira. and such e assim por diante, e coisas parecidas. as such como tal, em si. he was not afraid of change as such / ele não teve medo da mudança em si. at such an hour of the night em hora tão avançada. children such as yours crianças como as suas. Mr. such and such fulano de tal. such a thing as pity algo semelhante a compaixão. such and tal (não especificado). such good luck tanta sorte. the only such case o único caso desta natureza.

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  • few — W1S1 [fju:] determiner, pron, adj comparative fewer superlative fewest [: Old English; Origin: feawa] 1.) [no comparative] a small number of things or people a few ▪ I have to buy a few things at the supermarket. ▪ Pam called to say she s going… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • few — [ fju ] (comparative fewer; superlative fewest) function word, quantifier *** Few can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a plural noun): Few people live there now. There were a few animals in the barn. as a pronoun: Many… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Few — (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer} (f[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Fewest}.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe[ a], pl. fe[ a]we; akin to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. {Paucity}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • few — ► DETERMINER , PRONOUN , & ADJECTIVE 1) (a few) a small number of. 2) not many. ► NOUN (the few) ▪ a select minority. ● few and far between Cf. ↑few and far between …   English terms dictionary

  • few and far between — Very rare • • • Main Entry: ↑few * * * few and far between phrase not happening very often or not existing in many places Opportunities for promotion are few and far between. Thesaurus: rarely and not oftensynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • few and far between — {adj. phr.} Not many; few and scattered; not often met or found; rare. Used in the predicate. * /People who will work as hard as Thomas A. Edison are few and far between./ * /Places where you can get water are few and far between in the desert./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • few and far between — {adj. phr.} Not many; few and scattered; not often met or found; rare. Used in the predicate. * /People who will work as hard as Thomas A. Edison are few and far between./ * /Places where you can get water are few and far between in the desert./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • few — (adj.) O.E. feawe (plural; contracted to fea) few, seldom, even a little, from P.Gmc. *faw , from PIE root *pau few, little (Cf. L. paucus few, little, paullus little, parvus little, small, pauper poor; Gk. pauros …   Etymology dictionary

  • few — [fyo͞o] adj. [ME fewe < OE feawe, feawa, pl., akin to OFris fē, Goth fawai, pl. < IE base * pōu , small, little > L paucus, Gr pauros, little] not many; a small number of [few seats were left, a few people came] pron. not many; a small… …   English World dictionary

  • Few Lights Till Night — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Few Lights Till Night» Sencillo de Dragon Ash Lado B « Stir Sleep Tight » Publicación 27 de septiembre de 2006 …   Wikipedia Español

  • FEW — bezeichnet einen 1/8 bis 2/8 bewölkten Himmel, siehe Bewölkung#Einteilung Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch Freiburgische Elektrizitätswerke, siehe Groupe E Frostigs Entwicklungstest der visuellen Wahrnehmung, siehe Marianne Frostig das… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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