answer something

1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) pronto

2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) disposto

3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) pronto

4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) pronto a

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[r'edi] n Mil prontidão para atirar. • adj 1 pronto, preparado, disposto. 2 inclinado, propenso. 3 ligeiro, vivo, expedito, esperto. 4 fácil, à mão, ao alcance, disponível. 5 acabado, terminado. • vt (ps+pp readied) aprontar-se, preparar-se. • adv 1 preparado de antemão, já feito. 2 prontamente, já, logo. to get/ make ready preparar, aprontar.

1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) resultado

2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) resultado

3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) resultado

4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) notas

1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) resultar

2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) terminar

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[riz'∧lt] n resultado, conseqüência, efeito. • vt resultar, provir, originar-se ( from de).

1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) direito

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) certo

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) certo

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) certo

1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) direito

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) razão

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) direita

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) direita

1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exactamente

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) imediatamente

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) bem

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente

5) (to the right: Turn right.) à direita

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) bem

1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) endireitar

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corrigir

- righteous

- right-winger

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[rait] n 1 direito, o que é justo ou correto. we had a right to do so / tínhamos o direito de assim proceder. 2 justiça, eqüidade. 3 reivindicação, pretensão. 4 privilégio, prerrogativa, regalia. 5 direitos. 6 lado direito ou o que fica no lado direito, mão direita. 7 Sport soco com a direita. 8 direita: o partido conservador. 9 opção (para compra de ações) ou o certificado negociável referente a essa opção. • vt+vi 1 corrigir, pôr em ordem, regularizar, retificar, endireitar. 2 fazer justiça, reabilitar, defender. 3 reassumir ou restaurar posição correta. • adj 1 direito, reto. 2 vertical, a prumo. 3 correto, justo, honesto. 4 bom, próprio, adequado, conveniente, indicado. 5 sadio, são, normal. he is not in his right mind / ele não está com a cabeça no lugar. 6 exato, correto, certo. 7 verdadeiro, genuíno, real, legítimo. 8 à direita, do lado direito. 9 direito. 10 externo, superior (lado de um tecido, etc.). • adv 1 corretamente, justamente, de acordo com os princípios de justiça e moral, verdadeiramente, propriamente. 2 exatamente, corretamente, bem, satisfatoriamente, precisamente. he did quite right to leave / ele fez bem em sair ou partir. 3 muito, bastante, extremamente. 4 para a direita. 5 diretamente, em linha reta, de modo reto. 6 imediatamente, sem demora, logo, neste instante. all right muito bem, está certo, está em ordem. all rights reserved todos os direitos reservados. as of right de direito. as right as perfeitamente bem, em boa saúde, pronto para outra. at the right of the table à direita da mesa. by right of por força de. by rights por direito. he is in the right ele tem razão. human rights direitos humanos. I am not right a) não estou bem, não estou disposto. b) não tenho razão. in one’s own right por si mesmo, por seus próprios méritos. in one’s right mind em sã consciência. it is all right está bem, não importa. it serves you right! bem feito! on the right à direita. right about turn meia-volta (à direita). right ahead! para a frente! para diante! right along sem parar, continuamente. right away imediatamente. right down completamente, perfeitamente, inteiramente. right enough a) satisfatório. b) sem sombra de dúvida. right here aqui mesmo. right in bem para dentro. right now agora mesmo. right off imediatamente. right oh! certo! confere! right there aí, ali ou lá mesmo. right you are perfeitamente. she is on the right side of thirty ela ainda não fez trinta anos, ela ainda não chegou aos trinta. to be right out estar de saída, sair já. the right man in the right place o homem certo no lugar certo. the right way modo, método, caminho certo, a seguir. to put ( to set) to rights pôr em ordem, acertar. to spend money right and left esbanjar dinheiro a torto e a direito. we got it right esclarecemos o caso. you are right você está certo, tem razão.

1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) chave

2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) tecla

3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) tecla

4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) tom

5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) chave

6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) legenda

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1) (meaning or saying `no'; denying something: a negative answer.) negativo

2) (expecting to fail: a negative attitude.) negativo

3) (less than zero: -4 is a negative or minus number.) negativo

4) (having more electrons than normal: The battery has a negative and a positive terminal.) negativo

1) (a word etc by which something is denied: `No' and `never' are negatives.) negativa

2) (the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed: I gave away the print, but I still have the negative.) negativo

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1) ((sometimes abbreviated to no - plural nos - when written in front of a figure) a word or figure showing eg how many of something there are, or the position of something in a series etc: Seven was often considered a magic number; Answer nos 1-10 of exercise 2.) número

2) (a (large) quantity or group (of people or things): He has a number of records; There were a large number of people in the room.) grande número

3) (one issue of a magazine: the autumn number.) número

4) (a popular song or piece of music: He sang his most popular number.) número

1) (to put a number on: He numbered the pages in the top corner.) numerar

2) (to include: He numbered her among his closest friends.) contar

3) (to come to in total: The group numbered ten.) totalizar

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1) (to agree to (another person's action); to allow or let (someone do something): Permit me to answer your question; Smoking is not permitted.) permitir

2) (to make possible: My aunt's legacy permitted me to go to America.) permitir

- permission

1) (done, said, finished etc in a short time: a quick trip into town.) rápido

2) (moving, or able to move, with speed: He's a very quick walker; I made a grab at the dog, but it was too quick for me.) rápido

3) (doing something, able to do something, or done, without delay; prompt; lively: He is always quick to help; a quick answer; He's very quick at arithmetic.) rápido

- quickly

1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) pronto

2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) disposto

3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) pronto

4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) prestes

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1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) resultado

2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) resultado

3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) resultado

4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) resultado

1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) resultar

2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) resultar

1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) direito

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) correto

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) certo

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) certo

1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) direito

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) razão

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) direita

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) direita

1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exatamente

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) imediatamente

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) exatamente

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente

5) (to the right: Turn right.) à direita

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) corretamente

1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) endireitar

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corrigir

- righteous

- right-winger

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all along

sempre, durante todo o tempo.

1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) chamar.

2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) chamar

3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) chamar

4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) chamar

5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) visitar

6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) telefonar

7) ((in card games) to bid.) apostar

1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) grito

2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) canto

3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) visita

4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) chamada

5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) apelo

6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) procura

7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) razão

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[kɔ:l] n 1 grito, clamor, brado, berro. 2 grito ou voz (de animais), pio, latido. 3 chamariz, reclamo, chama (para atrair aves). 4 convite, solicitação, intimação, pedido. 5 chamado, chamamento, apelo. 6 Eccl chamamento divino, vocação. she decided that she must answer the call and become a nun / ela decidiu que precisa responder ao chamado de Deus e tornar-se freira. 7 visita breve. 8 telefonema, ligação telefônica. there was a call for you / tinha uma ligação telefônica para você. 9 Brit Jur admissão ao foro como advogado. 10 Com a opção de compra, direito de resgate de dívida. • vt+vi 1 chamar(-se). 2 denominar, intitular, apelidar, dar o nome de. the month is called July after Julius Caesar / o mês chama-se julho em homenagem a Júlio César. 3 qualificar, classificar. I call that truly kind / acho isso realmente amável. 4 citar, mencionar. 5 nomear, designar. what do you call pencil in Portuguese? / que quer dizer pencil em português? 6 pedir para vir, mandar vir. 7 reclamar o pagamento de. 8 invocar, apelar para, recorrer a. 9 fazer a chamada de. 10 atrair (aves, com chamariz). 11 reclamar, exigir a presença de. 12 proclamar. the banns were called / foi feito o proclama, o casamento foi anunciado. 13 fazer entrar em discussão (caso no foro). 14 visitar, entrar de passagem. 15 telefonar, chamar ao telefone. 16 poker pagar para ver as cartas. 17 bridge fazer um lance. 18 baseball terminar o jogo (por causas acidentais). 19 soar para a chamada (corneta, etc.). 20 apregoar (mercadorias). 21 Jur admitir no foro como advogado. 22 Comp chamar o arquivo. 23 tirar a sorte com uma moeda para decidir quem começa um jogo. 24 Amer exigir pagamento imediato ou em uma data específica. an overseas call uma ligação telefônica internacional. a person-to-person phone call ligação telefônica de pessoa para pessoa. call it a day! coll vamos dar por encerrado! call-money, money at call empréstimo exigível a qualquer momento. call of nature Euphem necessidade de urinar ou defecar. call to arms convocação às armas. call to the bar admissão a advogado no foro. collect call ligação telefônica a cobrar. he calls a spade a spade ele dá nomes aos bois. I called the whole street coll percorri toda a rua de porta em porta. long-distance call chamada interurbana. on call pronto para atender, principalmente em casos de emergência. please call me tomorrow at six o’clock faça o favor de acordar-me amanhã às 6 horas. port of call porto de escala. postman’s call vinda do carteiro. roll call chamada de alunos, recrutas, etc. telephone call telefonema. the postman has called o carteiro esteve aqui. there is no call for não há procura para. there is no call for you to be rude / não há motivo para você ser tão rude. to be called upon to ser obrigado a (fazer alguma coisa). I was called upon to help / pediram-me que ajudasse. to be within call 1 estar perto de alguém, estar ao alcance da voz. 2 estar às ordens de alguém, estar à disposição. to call a halt fazer parar, opor-se a. to call a meeting convocar uma reunião. to call aside chamar à parte. to call a strike convocar trabalhadores para a greve. to call at 1 visitar, entrar ou visitar de passagem, vir ou comparecer. may I call at your house? / permite-me visitá-lo? 2 passar, fazer paragem em. the ship called at Liverpool / o navio aportou em Liverpool. 3 Naut tocar em, fazer escala por. to call attention to chamar a atenção para. may I call your attention to / permita-me chamar-lhe a atenção para. to call away 1 afastar, chamar de volta para. 2 desviar, distrair (a atenção). to call back 1 mandar voltar, chamar de volta, pedir que volte. 2 visitar novamente, telefonar novamente. 3 retornar um chamado telefônico. to call collect fazer um telefonema a cobrar. to call down 1 mandar descer, pedir que desça. 2 invocar. he called down curses upon me / ele invocou a ira do céu contra mim. 3 Amer coll ralhar, repreender. to call for 1 pedir os serviços de. 2 chamar à cena (atores). 3 pedir, requerer demandar, exigir. your criticism was not called for / ninguém pediu sua opinião. 4 perguntar por. 5 ir buscar alguém, mandar chamar alguém. to call forth 1 fazer surgir, trazer à tona, inspirar. to call in 1 mandar entrar, pedir que entre. 2 convocar, consultar, pedir conselho, auxílio a. 3 retirar, recolher (dinheiro de circulação). 4 sacar uma quantia, cobrar (dívidas). 5 visitar de passagem. to call in question 1 pôr em dúvida, duvidar. 2 chamar para exame, para argüição. to call into being criar, dar existência a. to call into play efetuar, fazer operar, realizar. to call it quits coll parar ou terminar uma relação. to call off 1 revogar, mandar voltar. 2 desviar, distrair. 3 dissuadir. 4 cancelar. to call on 1 invocar, apelar, recorrer. 2 pagar uma visita, visitar de passagem. I called on her at her house / visitei-a. 3 pedir explicações. 4 reclamar, exigir pagamento. to call one’s bluff desmascarar. she called his bluff and he admitted he was lying / ela o desmascarou e ele confessou que estava mentindo. to call one’s hand or trump mostrar o jogo. to call one’s own possuir, considerar como de sua propriedade. I have nothing to call my own / não possuo nada que possa chamar meu. to call out 1 gritar, berrar, vociferar. 2 desafiar, provocar (para um duelo). 3 chamar, fazer a chamada de, citar (para fazer algum serviço). 4 evocar. 5 Amer coll convidar para dançar. to call over ler (uma lista) em voz alta, fazer a chamada de. to call someone names descompor, xingar ou injuriar alguém, dizer palavras injuriosas a alguém. to call the roll fazer a chamada (de alunos, soldados, etc.). to call the shots coll ser responsável, mandar. to call to account pedir explicações, pedir contas. to call to mind trazer à lembrança, recordar-se. to call up 1 mandar subir. 2 evocar, trazer à lembrança, lembrar, recordar. 3 telefonar. 4 citar, intimar. 5 instigar fazer falar. 6 fazer entrar em ação ou discussão. 7 Comp instruir o computador para apresentar informação. 8 exigir pagamento de. to call upon 1 recorrer a, apelar para, rogar a. I called upon him for advice / fui pedir-lhe um conselho. 2 visitar, ir ver alguém. to give someone a call chamar, telefonar a alguém. to have first call ter prioridade. he has first call on his daughter’s time / ele tem prioridade no horário (tempo) da sua filha.

1) (a stone or wooden pillar used to support or adorn a building: the carved columns in the temple.) coluna

2) (something similar in shape: a column of smoke.) coluna

3) (a vertical row (of numbers): He added up the column (of figures) to find the answer.) coluna

4) (a vertical section of a page of print: a newspaper column.) coluna

5) (a section in a newspaper, often written regularly by a particular person: He writes a daily column about sport.) coluna

6) (a long file of soldiers marching in short rows: a column of infantry.) coluna

7) (a long line of vehicles etc, one behind the other.) fila

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[k'ɔləm] n 1 coluna: a) Archit pilar. b) qualquer coisa semelhante a coluna. c) Mil fileira de soldados. d) Typogr seções verticais de texto em uma página impressa. e) seção de jornal. f) Math linha vertical de algarismos. 2 linha de navios. in columns em colunas.

1) (to think of as likely to happen or come: I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.) esperar

2) (to think or believe (that something will happen): He expects to be home tomorrow; I expect that he will go; `Will she go too?' `I expect so' / `I don't expect so' / `I expect not.') acreditar

3) (to require: They expect high wages for their professional work; You are expected to tidy your own room.) esperar(-se)

4) (to suppose or assume: I expect (that) you're tired.) supor

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[iksp'ekt] vt+vi 1 esperar, aguardar, contar com. I expect him for dinner / conto com a presença dele no jantar. I expect (that) she will come, I expect her to come / espero que ela venha. it was an answer I had not expected / era uma resposta que não tinha esperado. 2 coll pensar, supor, presumir. I expect to meet her in the restaurant / espero encontrá-la no restaurante. I expect it was stolen / suponho que foi furtado. he expects to leave tomorrow / ele pretende viajar amanhã. to be expecting (a baby) estar grávida.

1) (to treat carelessly or not give enough attention to: He neglected his work.) desleixar-se

2) (to fail (to do something): He neglected to answer the letter.) esquecer-se de

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[nigl'ekt] n 1 negligência, incúria, desleixo, descuido. 2 omissão. • vt 1 negligenciar, descurar, descuidar, desleixar. 2 omitir.

1) (a light, gentle blow or touch, usually with the palm of the hand and showing affection: She gave the child a pat on the head.) pancadinha

2) ((of butter) a small piece; a lump.) pequena porção

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[pæt] n 1 pancadinha, tapinha. 2 ruído de passos. 3 afago, carícia. 4 qualquer coisa que se forma por meio de batidas (por exemplo, um naco de manteiga). • vt+vi 1 bater de leve. 2 afagar, acariciar, passar a mão de leve. a pat on the back uma palavra de encorajamento ou de louvor. pat him on the back! estimule-o um pouquinho!

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[pæt] adj 1 apropriado, oportuno, conveniente. 2 preso, fixo, imutável (também no xadrez). 3 preparado, ensaiado, memorizado. she had a song pat / ela tinha uma canção ensaiada. • adv apropriadamente, convenientemente, oportunamente. to come pat to its purpose convir inteiramente a propósito. to know something off pat saber na ponta da língua. to stand pat coll ser conservador, ficar firme, não ceder, não mudar de idéia, não voltar atrás.

1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) prático

2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) prático

3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) prático

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[pr'æktikəl] adj 1 prático: a) não teórico. b) experiente, experimentado. c) fácil, útil. 2 virtual.

1) (to make a firm decision (to do something): I've resolved to stop smoking.) resolver

2) (to pass (a resolution): It was resolved that women should be allowed to join the society.) resolver

3) (to take away (a doubt, fear etc) or produce an answer to (a problem, difficulty etc).) resolver

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[riz'ɔlv] n resolução, determinação, decisão. • vt+vi 1 decompor, dissolver, desintegrar, reduzir a suas partes elementares, separar. 2 analisar. 3 resolver, solucionar, esclarecer, explicar. it resolved itself / resolveu-se. 4 Med fazer desaparecer sem pus. 5 decidir, determinar. 6 aprovar, votar (uma proposta em assembléia). 7 Mus tornar harmônico.

1) ((sometimes with for) to try to find, get or achieve: He is seeking (for) an answer; You should seek your lawyer's advice; She's seeking fame in the world of television.) buscar

2) (to try: These men are seeking to destroy the government.) tentar

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[si:k] vt+vi (imp, pp sought) 1 procurar, buscar. there is much to seek in her manners / suas maneiras deixam muito a desejar. 2 procurar obter, solicitar, pedir. 3 tentar, empenhar-se, pretender, aspirar. he sought to rescue the child / ele tentou salvar a criança. 4 ir para, dirigir-se para. 5 caçar, perseguir. 6 recorrer a. to seek after procurar obter. to seek a quarrel procurar briga. to seek someone out procurar alguém. to seek something through revistar alguma coisa.