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at work

a) (pessoas) a/de serviço, trabalhando. b) (máquina) em movimento.

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

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

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['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.

1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) o/a

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) ele/a

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) ele/a

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)

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n 1 objeto indefinido em expressões idiomáticas. 2 fig o ovo de Colombo. 3 atrativo pessoal (feminino e masculino). 4 ponto, questão. that is simply it / aí é que está a coisa. • pron 1 ele, ela, o, a, lhe. it is cherries / são cerejas. who is it? / quem é? it is my son / é meu filho. 2 isso, isto. it is my fault / a culpa é minha. throw it away / jogue isto fora. from all these reasons it follows... por todas estas razões deduz-se.... he thinks he is it sl ele se acha muito importante. it follows that conclui-se que. it happens acontece. it is me sou eu. it rains está chovendo. it was he who foi ele que. it won’t work não vai dar certo. she was it ela foi formidável. so it is assim é. this is it sl esse é o ponto importante.

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) partir

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) (pôr a) andar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) começo

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) avanço

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1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

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[sta:t] n 1 partida, começo (de um movimento, de viagem, de corrida, etc.). 2 começo, início, princípio. 3 arranco, impulso, ímpeto. 4 sobressalto, susto. 5 vantagem, dianteira. 6 lugar de partida. 7 arranque (motor). • vt+vi 1 partir, pôr-se em movimento, levantar vôo, zarpar, embarcar, sair de viagem. 2 começar, iniciar. 3 dar partida (de motor), fazer começar. 4 encaminhar, auxiliar no início. 5 sobressaltar-se, espantar-se, assustar-se, fazer um movimento brusco, estancar. 6 vir, sair, brotar repentinamente, pegar. 7 levantar, assustar (caça). 8 soltar, ceder. 9 provocar, originar. 10 fundar (negócio). by fits and starts aos poucos, aos trancos. for a start primeiro, em primeiro lugar. from start to finish do princípio ao fim. to get off to a good/ a bad start começar bem. to get ou have the start of someone tomar a dianteira de alguém. to give someone a start a) dar vantagens para alguém no começo de um negócio, de uma competição, etc. b) surpreender ou assustar alguém. c) dar um emprego a alguém. he gave me a start / ele me assustou. to have a false start ter um mau começo. to make a new start começar de novo. to start a family ter o primeiro filho. to start after sair à procura de. to start back assustar-se, retroceder bruscamente. to start doing começar a fazer (alguma coisa). to start forward pular para a frente. to start from scratch começar do nada, começar do zero. to start in business começar um negócio. to start out (ou off) partir, levantar-se, pôr-se em marcha. to start over Amer começar de novo. to start up a) levantar-se bruscamente. b) dar partida (motor). c) fundar, abrir (um negócio). to start with para começar, primeiro, em primeiro lugar.

1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) suar

2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) trabalhar duro

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[swet] n 1 suor. 2 suação, transpiração. 3 coll sofrimento, ansiedade que produz suor. 4 umidade, líquido condensado. 5 trabalho duro, exercício. • vt+vi 1 suar, transpirar. 2 fazer suar. 3 fermentar, fazer perder umidade. 4 transudar, sair em gotas. 5 molhar, manchar com suor. 6 condensar umidade do ar. 7 coll sofrer de ansiedade, preocupar-se, etc. 8 maltratar, fazer trabalhar duramente, explorar, extorquir. 9 coll labutar, mourejar, trabalhar duramente. 10 soldar. 11 aquecer (metal) para refiná-lo. 12 sl submeter a interrogatório rigoroso. by the sweat of my brow com o suor do meu rosto. don’t sweat it não se preocupe. don’t sweat the small stuff não se preocupe com coisas sem importância. in a cold sweat fig em um estado de terror ou ansiedade. no sweat sl sem problemas, tranqüilo. to be in a sweat coll estar em apuros. to sweat blood trabalhar ou preocupar-se em excesso. to sweat it out a) agüentar até o fim, conseguir viver em uma época cheia de perigos. b) fazer muitos exercícios físicos, Braz sl malhar muito. to sweat one’s guts out trabalhar muito, especialmente com esforço físico. to sweat something out of someone tirar informações de alguém através de ameaças.

1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) inativo, ocioso

2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) preguiçoso

3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) vão

4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) infundado

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 em marcha lenta

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1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) sair

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pôr para funcionar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) início

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) dianteira

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1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) suar

2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) dar duro

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1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) o/a

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) ele/a

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) ele/a

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)

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Italian, Italy

1) (later in time or place than: After the car came a bus.) depois

2) (following (often indicating repetition): one thing after another; night after night.) após

3) (behind: Shut the door after you!) atrás de

4) (in search or pursuit of: He ran after the bus.) atrás de

5) (considering: After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.) depois

6) ((American: in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.) depois

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['a:ftə; 'æftə] adj 1 subseqüente, ulterior, posterior, seguinte. 2 Naut de popa ou ré. • adv 1 atrás, detrás, em seguida. the dog trots after him / o cão corre atrás dele. 2 depois, após, posteriormente. this was after I had married / isto foi após o meu casamento. • conj depois que, logo que. • prep 1 atrás de, após, depois de. what are you after? / atrás de que você anda? 2 em seguimento a, em seqüência a. 3 em perseguição de, ao encalço de. 4 acerca de, a respeito de, sobre. 5 por causa de, em conseqüência de. I was named after my grandmother / eu recebi o nome da minha avó. 6 à maneira de, à moda de. 7 abaixo de, inferior a. 8 segundo, de acordo com, conforme. 9 em atenção a, em consideração a, em homenagem a. after all afinal. after date of delivery após a data de entrega. after death the doctor trancar a porta depois que o ladrão entrou. after hours após o expediente. after this fashion deste modo. day after day dia após dia. in after years em anos vindouros. six months after seis meses depois. the after sail a vela de popa. the day after tomorrow depois de amanhã. the month after next o mês após o próximo. the morning after na manhã seguinte. to ask after perguntar por. to follow after seguir imediatamente. to long after pretender, desejar alguma coisa, ter saudade de. to look after tomar conta de, cuidar de.

1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) relógio

2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) conta-quilómetros

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[klɔk] n 1 relógio (não-portátil). 2 medidor, registrador. 3 taxímetro. 4 Comp velocidade de processamento dos dados a partir da freqüência de oscilação de um cristal. • vt 1 cronometrar, medir o tempo de. 2 registrar o tempo de. around the clock dia e noite. one o’clock uma hora. to beat the clock terminar uma tarefa antes do tempo previsto. to clock in (out) marcar a hora no começo (fim). to clock up coll 1 registrar distância percorrida, pontos ganhos, etc. 2 atingir certa velocidade. to know what o’clock it is estar bem acordado, ter conhecimento das coisas. to put the clock back, to turn the clock back 1 atrasar o relógio. 2 fig retroceder ao passado, dar um passo para trás. to put the clock forward adiantar o relógio. to set the clock acertar o relógio. to sleep the clock round Brit dormir no mínimo 12 horas. to watch the clock coll aguardar impacientemente a hora de parar de trabalhar. to work against the clock trabalhar contra o relógio (para cumprir um determinado prazo).

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[klɔk] n baguete, pinha de meia. • vt enfeitar com baguete.

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

1) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) viajar

2) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) andar

3) (to take part (in a horse-race etc): He's riding in the first race.) correr

4) (to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby): My daughter rides every Saturday morning.) montar

1) (a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.) passeio

2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) volta

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[raid] n 1 passeio (a cavalo, ou de bicicleta, etc.). 2 cavalgada. 3 condução, meio de transporte. 4 picada (em bosque). 5 animal que pode ser montado. 6 transporte. 7 viagem. 8 trajeto, percurso, estrada. 9 vulg relação sexual. 10 improvisação (no jazz). • vt (ps rode, pp ridden) 1 montar a cavalo. 2 viajar por qualquer meio de transporte. 3 percorrer, andar por. 4 flutuar, vagar. the boat rode at the waves / o barco boiou sobre as ondas. 5 Naut estar ancorado. 6 estar sobreposto. 7 fig oprimir, tiranizar, dominar. 8 ser conduzido, ser levado. I rode my child on my back / levei meu filho às costas. 9 Amer irritar, perturbar, incomodar. 10 depender de. 11 estar apostado. 12 vulg ter relações sexuais com. a one-way ride 1 assassinato. 2 morte (viagem para o cemitério). a ride on horseback um passeio a cavalo. the ground rides well o terreno é adequado para exercícios de montaria. the sun was riding high o sol estava alto. to give him a ride dar-lhe uma carona. to let ride deixar correr (sem interferência). to ride at anchor estar ancorado. to ride away partir, ir-se. to ride by passar (a cavalo ou em veículo). to ride down a) atropelar. b) alcançar, superar, vencer. c) perseguir e alcançar (a cavalo). d) esfalfar (montaria). to ride for a fall desafiar o perigo. to ride hard galopar. to ride in the narrow-bone coach, to ride the shank’s mare coll andar a pé. to ride on a bicycle andar de bicicleta. to ride on a train viajar de trem. to ride out a) passear a cavalo. b) Naut sobreviver a uma tempestade. c) superar com êxito, sobreviver a. to ride over percorrer, passar sobre. to ride past passar adiante (a cavalo, de bicicleta, etc.). to ride the high horse dar-se ares de. to ride through atravessar. to ride to death esfalfar a montaria. to ride to hounds seguir a cavalo os cães de caça. to ride up subir. to ride well montar bem, ser bom cavaleiro. to take someone for a ride a) enganar, ludibriar. b) Amer levar a vítima num carro para assassiná-la.

1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) despir

2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) levantar voo

3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) tirar uma folga

4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) imitar

1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) isso, aquilo, o, a

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?)

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.)

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)

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1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (peça)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) dançar, saltitar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) manobrar

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lazer

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) jogo

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1) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) montar, andar de

2) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) montar em

3) (to take part (in a horse-race etc): He's riding in the first race.) correr

4) (to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby): My daughter rides every Saturday morning.) montar a cavalo

1) (a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.) passeio

2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) volta

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