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  • 81 regulation

    1) (a rule or instruction: There are certain regulations laid down as to how this job should be done, and these must be obeyed; ( also adjective) Please use envelopes of the regulation size.) regulamento
    2) (the act of regulating: the regulation of a piece of machinery.) regulação
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    reg.u.la.tion
    [regjul'eiʃən] n regulamento, regra, ordem, direção. • adj 1 de acordo com o regulamento ou a praxe, regulamentar. 2 normal, usual.

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  • 82 report

    [rə'po:t] 1. noun
    1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) relatório
    2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) boato
    3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) detonação
    2. verb
    1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) comunicar
    2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) denunciar
    3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) participar
    4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) apresentar-se
    - reported speech
    - report back
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    re.port
    [rip'ɔ:t] n 1 relatório (também Comp), informação, notícia. 2 rumor, boato. 3 reputação, fama. 4 estampido, detonação, estrondo. 5 resenha, descrição. • vt+vi 1 relatar, fazer relatório, informar, contar, noticiar, comunicar. 2 queixar-se, dar parte, denunciar. 3 apresentar-se, comparecer. 4 ressoar, repercutir. 5 trabalhar como repórter. as report has it segundo boatos. a yearly report relatório anual. he reported himself ele comunicou sua presença. it is reported dizem que. to report back trazer a informação, voltar com a informação. to report on informar a respeito de. school report boletim escolar.

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  • 83 reproduce

    [ri:prə'dju:s]
    1) (to make or produce a copy of; to make or produce again: Good as the film is, it fails to reproduce the atmosphere of the book; A record-player reproduces the sound which has been recorded on a record.) reproduzir
    2) ((of humans, animals and plants) to produce (young, seeds etc): How do fish reproduce?) reproduzir-se
    - reproductive
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    re.pro.duce
    [ri:prədj'u:s] vt+vi 1 reproduzir, tornar a produzir. 2 multiplicar, propagar, procriar. 3 copiar, imitar, retratar. 4 recordar, lembrar.

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  • 84 say

    [sei] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - says; verb
    1) (to speak or utter: What did you say?; She said `Yes'.)
    2) (to tell, state or declare: She said how she had enjoyed meeting me; She is said to be very beautiful.) dizer
    3) (to repeat: The child says her prayers every night.) dizer
    4) (to guess or estimate: I can't say when he'll return.) dizer
    2. noun
    (the right or opportunity to state one's opinion: I haven't had my say yet; We have no say in the decision.) direito a pronunciar-se
    - have
    - I wouldn't say no to
    - let's say
    - say
    - say the word
    - that is to say
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    [sei] n 1 fala, palavra. 2 ocasião para falar. • vt+vi (ps, pp said) 1 falar, dizer, afirmar. I am sorry to say / lamento dizer. I should just say so! / é isto mesmo!, é isto o que queria dizer! do you say so? / está falando sério? you don’t say so / não me diga. so he says / é o que ele afirma, é o que ele diz. 2 exprimir, declarar, anunciar, pôr em palavras. he said his say / ele disse o que tinha a dizer. as I was about to say / como ia dizendo. that is well said / isto é bem formulado. that is saying a great deal / isto é bem significativo. all I wanted to say was... / somente queria dizer... he has nothing to say / ele não tem nada a dizer. he is said to be a drunkard / ele é tido como beberrão. 3 recitar, repetir. he says mass / ele celebra a missa. she says her prayers / ela reza. say the word! / diga sim!, aceite! 4 supor, dar como exemplo. (let’s) say twenty / digamos vinte. shall we say Haydn / por exemplo Haydn. does that mean to say that...? / isto quer dizer que...? I should say that... / estou inclinado a acreditar que... it says / diz-se, consta que. 5 explicar, dar uma opinião. let him have his say / deixe-o falar. when all is said / pensando bem, em suma. when all is said and done / no fim das contas. there is much to be said for it / tem muito a favor disto. I say! escute!, ora essa!, não diga! it is said ou they say diz-se, consta que. never say die! coragem! no sooner said than done dito e feito. say away! sl diga logo! says who? sl o que você pensa? so to say por assim dizer. that is to say isto quer dizer, em outras palavras. to say nothing of sem mencionar.

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  • 85 small

    [smo:l]
    1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) pequeno
    2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) pequeno
    3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) pouco
    4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) minúsculo
    - small arms
    - small change
    - small hours
    - smallpox
    - small screen
    - small-time
    - feel/look small
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    [smɔ:l] n 1 quem é pequeno. 2 parte pequena ou fina, parte estreita. • adj 1 pequeno, diminuto. 2 leve, pouco. 3 insignificante, trivial, sem importância. 4 pobre, humilde, baixo. 5 leve, macio, fraco. 6 egoísta, miserável, não generoso. • adv 1 em pequenos pedaços. 2 em tom baixo, em voz baixa. 3 em miniatura. 4 desdenhosamente. to come out on the small end sair perdendo, levar a pior. to feel small sentir-se envergonhado. he felt small before her / ele sentiu-se envergonhado diante dela. to make somebody feel small fazer alguém sentir-se envergonhado. he made me feel small / ele me fez sentir envergonhado. to sing small coll baixar a crista, perder a arrogância. he sang small / ele perdeu a arrogância.

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  • 86 stage

    I 1. [stei‹] noun
    (a raised platform especially for performing or acting on, eg in a theatre.) estrado
    2. verb
    1) (to prepare and produce (a play etc) in a theatre etc: This play was first staged in 1928.) representar
    2) (to organize (an event etc): The protesters are planning to stage a demonstration.) organizar
    - stage direction
    - stage fright
    - stagehand
    - stage manager
    - stagestruck
    II [stei‹]
    1) (a period or step in the development of something: The plan is in its early stages; At this stage, we don't know how many survivors there are.) momento
    2) (part of a journey: The first stage of our journey will be the flight to Singapore.) etapa
    3) (a section of a bus route.) zona
    4) (a section of a rocket.) secção
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    [steidʒ] n 1 palco. 2 teatro, drama. he has been on the stage for twenty years now / ele já trabalha no teatro há vinte anos. 3 profissão de ator, elenco. she goes on the stage / ela vai ser atriz. 4 cena de ação. 5 plataforma, tablado. 6 andaime, estrado. 7 trecho, distância parcial percorrida em viagem, etapa. they travelled by easy stages / viajaram em etapas folgadas. 8 período, passo, estágio, fase. 9 degrau. 10 platina de microscópio. 11 cadafalso, patíbulo. 12 diligência, carruagem, ônibus. 13 parada. I shall get down at the next stage / vou descer na próxima parada. • vt+vi 1 encenar, arranjar. 2 prestar-se para o teatro. at this stage of development nesta fase do desenvolvimento. at this stage of life neste período da vida. back stage bastidor (de teatro). stage by stage passo a passo. stages of appeal instâncias de apelação. to hold the stage fig formar o ponto de atração. to set the stage preparar o terreno, tornar possível.

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  • 87 strike

    1. past tense - struck; verb
    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
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) achado
    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up
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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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  • 88 stuff

    I noun
    1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) substância
    2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) tralha
    3) (an old word for cloth.) pano
    - that's the stuff! II verb
    1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) encher
    2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) rechear
    3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) embalsamar
    - stuff up
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    [st∧f] n 1 material, matéria (prima). 2 tecido de lã. 3 coisa, coisas, substância. that is the sort of stuff I need / este é o tipo de coisa de que preciso. 4 pertences, bens. 5 traste, coisa inútil, bugiganga. 6 bobagem, tolice. 7 caráter, essência, natureza, qualidade, tipo. he has the stuff of a poet / ele tem jeito de poeta. 8 coll remédio, Amer narcótico. 9 habilidade, traquejo. • vt 1 encher, rechear, apertar, abarrotar. 2 parar, bloquear, obstruir, tapar. 3 empalhar. 4 estofar (móveis). 5 rechear (um assado). 6 forçar, empurrar, socar, engordar, empanturrar. 7 comer demasiadamente, empanzinar-se. 8 encher a cabeça. 9 vulg ter relações sexuais (com uma mulher). heavy stuff Mil fogo de artilharia. hot stuff fig coisa apimentada. stuff and nonsense bobagem, besteira. that’s the stuff! isto sim! assim sim! to do one’s stuff cumprir a sua parte, fazer o que se tem de fazer, mostrar a habilidade. to have the stuff ter habilidade, ter competência. to know one’s stuff entender do assunto, entender do seu ofício. to stuff into encher, apertar, estofar, forçar para dentro. to stuff oneself empanzinar-se, empanturrar-se. to stuff out empalhar. to stuff up tapar, tampar, fechar, bloquear, obstruir, entupir.

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  • 89 tall

    [to:l]
    1) ((of people and thin or narrow objects such as buildings or trees) higher than normal: a tall man/tree.) alto
    2) ((of people) having a particular height: John is only four feet tall.) de altura
    - a tall order
    - a tall story
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    [tɔ:l] adj 1 alto, grande. 2 elevado. 3 exagerado, inacreditável. a tall order a) uma obrigação difícil. b) despropósito. how tall are you? que altura tem você? tall talk ato de contar vantagem, exagero. to talk tall falar afetadamente.

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  • 90 understand

    1. past tense, past participle - understood; verb
    1) (to see or know the meaning of (something): I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.) compreender
    2) (to know (eg a person) thoroughly: She understands children/dogs.) compreender
    3) (to learn or realize (something), eg from information received: At first I didn't understand how ill she was; I understood that you were planning to leave today.) perceber
    - understanding 2. noun
    1) (the power of thinking clearly: a man of great understanding.) intelecto
    2) (the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings: His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.) compreensão
    3) (a (state of) informal agreement: The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.) acordo
    - make oneself understood
    - make understood
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    un.der.stand
    [∧ndəst'ænd] vt+vi (ps, pp understood) 1 compreender, entender, perceber. he understands boys / ele tem habilidade para lidar com rapazes. I cannot understand him / eu não o posso compreender. we could not make ourselves understood / não conseguimos nos fazer entender. 2 saber. 3 reconhecer. 4 ouvir, tomar conhecimento, ficar inteirado, ser informado. I was given to understand / deram-me a entender. he gave me to understand that he would be here soon / ele me deu a entender que estaria aqui logo. 5 supor, pensar, julgar, inferir, acreditar, crer. I understood him to say... / compreendi que ele disse. I understand that we need help / creio que precisamos de ajuda. 6 subentender, ser subentendido. am I to understand that you wish to go? / você quer dizer que deseja ir embora? an understood thing coisa lógica, natural. as I understand it assim como eu o entendo. that is understood isto é evidente, subentendido, natural. to understand by compreender por. to understand each other ( one another) entender-se. to understand from tomar conhecimento por intermédio de (carta etc.).
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    understand.
    adj 1 compreendido, entendido. 2 de acordo. 3 implícito.

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  • 91 vague

    [veiɡ]
    1) (not clear, distinct or definite: Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship; She has only a vague idea of how this machine works.) vago
    2) ((of people) imprecise, or impractical and forgetful: He is always very vague when making arrangements.) vago
    - vaguely
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    [veig] adj 1 vago: a) indeterminado, indefinido. b) incerto, oscilante. c) remoto (lembrança). 2 distraído. 3 dúbio, ambíguo, obscuro, indistinto, confuso.

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  • 92 wag

    [wæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - wagged; verb
    ((especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side: The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.) abanar
    2. noun
    (a single wagging movement: The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.) abanadela
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    wag1
    [wæg] n Brit, sl trocista, gaiato, gracejador.
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    wag2
    [wæg] n sacudidela, abano, menejo, balanço. • vt+vi 1 sacudir, abanar, balançar, agitar, menear. he wagged his finger / ele fez um sinal de advertência com o dedo. he wagged his head / ele sacudiu a cabeça, fez um sinal de incredulidade. 2 ir-se, partir. how the world wags! como anda este mundo! let the world wag on deixe o pessoal falar e fazer (o que quiser).

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  • 93 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) passagem
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) caminho
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) rua
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) distância
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) modo
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) modo
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) hábito
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) caminho
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) de longe
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means
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    [wei] n 1 modo, estilo, maneira. 2 jeito, feitio, forma. she will never get it done that way / ela nunca conseguirá fazê-lo desta forma. 3 método, meio. 4 ponto, particular, detalhe, aspecto. 5 direção, lado. 6 distância, trajeto. 7 rumo, curso. they each went their different ways / cada qual tomou o seu caminho. 8 caminho, atalho, vereda, trilha, rua, via, estrada. we asked our way / perguntamos o caminho. 9 lugar. 10 hábito, costume, modo, peculiaridade (também ways). 11 vontade, desejo. 12 coll condição, estado. 13 movimento, progresso, marcha. 14 porte, comportamento, conduta. • adv embora, longe. a good way uma boa distância. a great/ long way off a grande distância daqui, de longe. all the way a) inteiramente. b) todo o caminho. c) durante todo o tempo. any way you please de qualquer forma que queira. a way out uma saída. by the same way pelo mesmo caminho. by the way a) de passagem, a caminho. b) a propósito. by way of a) via. b) em vez, como. c) a fim de. by way of excuse como desculpa. by way of jest por brincadeira. covered way passagem coberta. from way back de muito tempo, antigo. half the way a meio caminho, meio. he is in my way ele está no meu caminho, está me atrapalhando. he made the best of his way (to) ele seguiu o mais depressa que pôde (para). he mended his ways ele melhorou, corrigiu-se. her mild ways seus modos suaves, meigos. he works his way Amer ele progride pelo próprio esforço. how did she get that way? como foi possível ela ficar assim? if you had your own way se tudo fosse como você quer. in a family way de modo familiar, não cerimonioso. in a way de certo modo. in the way of business em matéria de negócios. I paved the way for him fig preparei o caminho para ele. I put/ threw it in his way fi-lo chegar a suas mãos. I set out on my way parti, pus-me a caminho. it is in your way é seu campo, de sua alçada. it is out of my way a) isto não é meu campo, disso eu não entendo. b) não é de minha alçada. he went out of his way (to do) / ele se deu ao trabalho, ele teve a gentileza (de fazer). it pays its way vale a pena. it will go a great way toward contribuirá grandemente. I was just up her way sl eu estive justamente perto dela. not by a long way, no way de forma alguma, de jeito nenhum. once in a way uma vez, excepcionalmente. one way uma direção. one way or the other por um meio ou por outro, de um jeito ou de outro. one-way street Traffic via de uma só mão, direção única. on our way through em nosso caminho por. on the way out tornar-se impopular. on the way (to) a caminho (para). out of the way a) fora do caminho. b) fig que despista, desvia. c) extraordinário, fora do comum. d) na prisão. e) morto. they put him out of the way / eles afastaram-no, liquidaram-no (mataram-no). put him in the way of doing it dê-lhe a oportunidade de fazê-lo. right of the way a) direito de passagem, servidão. b) Traffic preferência, direito de tomar a frente. that is always the way with him é sempre assim com ele. the hard way sl por esforço próprio. the Milky Way a Via-Láctea. the other way about/ round ao contrário. the way of the world o caminho da vida (ou do mundo). the ways of war as peculiaridades da guerra. they begged their way eles passaram mendigando. they pay their way eles não têm dívidas. they put him in the way of success eles contribuíram para o seu êxito. this way! por aqui! to be in the family way estar grávida, esperando bebê. to get one’s (own) way obter, ganhar, fazer do próprio jeito, como quer. I got it my own way / fiz do meu jeito, fiz como queria. to give way a) dar passagem. b) dar vazão. c) ceder. they gave way / eles cederam, recuaram. to give way to a) sucumbir. b) dar prioridade a. to go all the way with concordar plenamente com. to go one’s way partir. to go one’s (own) way agir independentemente. to go out of the way a) dar(-se) ao trabalho de. b) fazer muito esforço para realizar algo. to go someone’s way favorecer alguém. to go the way of all flesh morrer. to go under way a) pôr-se em marcha, partir. b) fig estar em andamento. to have a way with saber lidar com, ter jeito. to have it both ways jogar dos dois lados. to have it one’s (own) way fazer, pensar do jeito que agrada a si próprio. let him have it his own way / deixe-o fazer o que ele quer. to have one’s way conseguir o que quer. to have way Naut estar em movimento. to look the other way a) desviar o olhar. b) não perceber. to lose one’s way perder-se, perder o caminho. he lost his way / ele perdeu-se, perdeu o caminho. to make one’s way a) ir para a frente, continuar (com dificuldade). b) progredir, alcançar o sucesso. they made their way / fig eles abriram o seu caminho, venceram. to make way a) dar lugar a. I made way for him / eu dei lugar a ele. b) progredir. she made way / ela venceu, progrediu. to set in one’s ways apegar-se a velhos hábitos. under way. a) a caminho, em marcha. b) fig em andamento. way off muito longe. Way of the Cross via-sacra. way up bem alto. we did/ had it all our own way fizemos o que queríamos. we took our way nós partimos. where there’s a will, there’s a way onde há uma vontade, há um meio. which way? por onde? which way did they go? / para/por onde foram eles?

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  • 94 where

    [wɛə] n 1 lugar, cenário (de um acontecimento). 2 onde. • pron onde, em que. the place where they had an accident / o lugar em que tiveram um acidente. • adv onde, aonde, em que lugar. where are you? / onde você está? where did he see that? / onde ele viu isto? where does this comparison fail? / em que sentido esta comparação é falha? where is the use of writing now? / o que adianta escrever agora? where have you come from? / de onde vem você? where is the fire? / fig por que tanta pressa? • conj onde, aonde, em que lugar. you are where you wished to be / você está onde quis estar. from where de onde. near where perto de. the where and the how o onde e o como. to where para lá onde.

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  • 95 wriggle

    ['riɡl] 1. verb
    (to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) contorcer-se
    2. noun
    (a wriggling movement.) contorção
    * * *
    wrig.gle
    [r'igəl] n 1 movimento serpeante ou sinuoso, ziguezague. 2 meneio. 3 torcedura, torção. • vt+vi 1 serpear, mover-se em ziguezague, ir ou seguir sinuosamente, colear. 2 menear(-se), mexer(-se). 3 torcer-se, retorcer-se. 4 insinuar-se, infiltrar-se maliciosamente ( into em). 5 sair (de uma dificuldade), tirar o corpo fora, esquivar-se. 6 dar evasivas, tergiversar. 7 remar com um só remo. to wriggle along a path seguir um caminho tortuoso. to wriggle into insinuar-se, introduzir-se. to wriggle like an eel retorcer-se como uma enguia. to wriggle oneself a) ir serpeando, enrolar-se (como cobra). b) fig infiltrar-se, obter ardilosamente (into someone’s favour a estima ou graça de alguém). to wriggle oneself out of an affair esquivar-se de um caso. to wriggle one’s way seguir o seu caminho tortuosamente. to wriggle out escapar-se, deslizar.

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  • 96 cookery-book

    noun ((American cook-book) a book of instructions on how to prepare and cook various dishes.) livro de cozinha

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  • 97 get on

    1) (to make progress or be successful: How are you getting on in your new job?) evoluir
    2) (to work, live etc in a friendly way: We get on very well together; I get on well with him.) dar-se
    3) (to grow old: Our doctor is getting on a bit now.) envelhecer
    4) (to put (clothes etc) on: Go and get your coat on.) vestir
    5) (to continue doing something: I must get on, so please don't interrupt me; I must get on with my work.) continuar

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  • 98 can

    [kæn] I negative - can't; verb
    1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) conseguir
    2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) saber
    3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) poder
    4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) poder
    II 1. noun
    (a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) caneca, lata
    2. verb
    (to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) enlatar
    - cannery

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  • 99 come

    1. past tense - came; verb
    1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) vir
    2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) chegar
    3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) vir
    4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) acontecer
    5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) chegar a
    6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) resultar
    2. interjection
    (expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) ora!
    - coming - comeback - comedown - come about - come across - come along - come by - come down - come into one's own - come off - come on - come out - come round - come to - come to light - come upon - come up with - come what may - to come

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  • 100 cookery-book

    noun ((American cook-book) a book of instructions on how to prepare and cook various dishes.) livro de receitas

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