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1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) macio

2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) macio

3) (not loud: a soft voice.) suave

4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) suave

5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) brando

6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) não alcoólico

7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) medricas

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[sɔft] n material ou objeto mole. • adj 1 macio, flexível, plástico, maleável. 2 mole, tenro, dúctil. 3 suave, brando, agradável, gentil. 4 fino, liso, macio. 5 baixo (voz). 6 delicado, afável, meigo. 7 difuso (luz). 8 generoso (coração). 9 sem sais (água). 10 coll fácil. 11 fraco, afeminado. 12 estúpido, bobo, de miolo mole. 13 Phon mudo. • interj quieto, calma! to be soft on the head coll ser um tonto, fazer coisas bobas. he is soft on the head / ele tem o miolo mole, é meio bobão, ratardado. to be soft with somebody ser benevolente demais. she was soft with her child / ela tratou seu filho com muita benevolência. to have a soft spot in the heart for somebody coll ter um fraco (uma inclinação) por alguém. she has a soft spot in her heart for him / ela tem um fraco por ele.

1) (a spot or stain (often of ink): an exercise book full of blots.) borrão

2) (something ugly: a blot on the landscape.) mancha

1) (to spot or stain, especially with ink: I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.) borrar

2) (to dry with blotting-paper: Blot your signature before you fold the paper.) secar

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[blɔt] n 1 borrão (de tinta de escrever), mancha. 2 rasura, emenda. 3 mácula, mancha, deslustre. • vt 1 manchar, borrar (com tinta), sujar. 2 empanar, tirar o brilho. 3 obliterar, apagar, raspar. 4 eclipsar, obscurecer. 5 secar com mata-borrão. 6 macular, difamar, desgraçar. a blot on his copybook uma mancha em sua reputação, em seu currículo. to blot out a) apagar, destruir. b) esconder, encobrir, obscurecer. a blizzard blotted out the landscape / uma nevasca obscureceu a paisagem.

1) (a spot or stain (often of ink): an exercise book full of blots.) borrão

2) (something ugly: a blot on the landscape.) mancha

1) (to spot or stain, especially with ink: I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.) manchar

2) (to dry with blotting-paper: Blot your signature before you fold the paper.) secar

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1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) ponta

2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) cabo

3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) ponto

4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) ponto

5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) momento

6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) ponto

7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) ponto

8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) ponto

9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) ponto

10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) sentido

11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) traço

12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) tomada

1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) apontar

2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) apontar

3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) preencher frinchas

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[pɔint] n 1 ponto: a) sinal, mancha. b) Geom grandeza considerada por abstração, sem dimensão alguma. c) circunstância, detalhe, pormenor. d) Sports tento. e) ponto principal, o essencial. f) duodécima parte da linha (1/72 de polegada). g) local, sítio, posição. h) objetivo, escopo, mira. i) desígnio. j) grau, situação. k) fim, termo. l) instante, momento. m) Gram sinal de pontuação. n) furo feito por agulha. o) assunto, caso, questão. p) unidade de valores ou preços. q) renda feita com agulha. r) Naut cada uma das 32 divisões do compasso. s) Naut intervalo entre dois pontos do compasso. t) pinta (de cartas ou dados). u) ponto decimal. 2 ponta: a) extremidade aguçada, bico. b) extremidade, cabo, promontório. 3 pico, cume. 4 fato ou argumento que impressiona. 5 direção, curso. 6 Typogr corpo. 7 decisão, resolução. 8 agulha de ferrovia. 9 ferramenta ou arma pontiaguda. 10 característica, atributo. 11 auge, apogeu. 12 ato de apontar. 13 punctura, picada. 14 Mil patrulha de ponta. • vt+vi 1 apontar: a) fazer ponta em, aguçar. b) indicar, mostrar. c) dirigir para, assestar. d) mostrar indicando. e) dirigir-se com a ponta para. 2 separar com pontos ou traços. 3 pontuar. 4 aludir, mencionar, sugerir. 5 salientar, evidenciar. 6 conduzir a, tender para. 7 encher com argamassa. at the point of death às portas da morte. at the point of the sword sob coação, impelido pela força. at this point neste momento, a esta altura. beside the point fora do assunto, alheio à questão, irrelevante. boiling point ponto de ebulição. breaking point momento de ruptura. cardinal points pontos cardeais. freezing point ponto de congelamento. from point to point detalhadamente, minuciosamente. he gained his point ele obteve seu desígnio. he wandered from the point ele desviou-se do assunto. in point of a respeito de, com referência a. in point of fact de fato, na realidade. it is a good point in his character é um elemento positivo do seu caráter. I was on the point of doing it estava prestes a fazê-lo. music is her strong (weak) point música é o forte (fraco) dela. not to put too fine a point on it falar claramente. point of contact ponto de contato. point of conscience questão de consciência. point of controversy ponto de divergência. point of departure ponto de partida, especialmente em uma discussão. point of honor ponto de honra, questão de honra. point of inflection ponto de inflexão. point of intersection ponto de intersecção. point of no return ponto sem retorno (viagem, avião). point of order questão de ordem. point of origin local de origem. point of reference ponto de referência. point of sale Com ponto de venda. point of support ponto de apoio. point of view a) ponto de vista. b) opinião. point out apontar, indicar, chamar atenção para. that’s not to the point isto não vem ao caso, não diz respeito à questão. that’s the point eis a questão. the conversation ended in point a conversa tornou-se mais aguçada. the points of a horse as qualidades de um cavalo. the winner on points o vencedor por pontos. they spoke to the point falaram objetivamente. to be on the point of estar prestes a. to get to the point ir ao ponto principal. to give points to dar vantagens a. to keep to the point limitar-se ao assunto. to lose on points (boxe) perder por pontos. to make a point of fazer questão de, considerar. to miss the point não compreender. to point a wall rebocar uma parede. to point out mostrar, apontar para, chamar a atenção para. to point towards a) apontar para. b) estar voltado para. to point up enfatizar. to stick to the point permanecer no assunto, prender-se ao assunto. to stretch (strain) a point conceder um pouco, abrir uma exceção. to the point a) importante, relevante. b) conciso, objetivo. to win on points (boxe) ganhar por pontos. turning point a) momento de decisão. b) ponto crítico. up to a certain point até certo ponto. we made a point of doing it fizemos questão de fazê-lo. when it came to the point quando chegou o momento decisivo.

1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) lugar

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) lugar

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) local

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) lugar

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) lugar

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) lugar

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) lugar

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) papel

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) lugar

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casa

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) largo

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) casa

1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) colocar

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) localizar

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[pleis] n 1 lugar: a) espaço ocupado. b) posição natural, colocação certa. c) localidade, local. d) vila, cidade, povoado, região, distrito. e) parte, local, ponto. f) emprego, posto, cargo, colocação. g) posição, classe, condição, grau. h) residência, moradia, domicílio. i) passagem, trecho, tópico. j) ocasião, ensejo, azo. k) assento, poltrona, cadeira. he took his place / ele ocupou seu lugar. l) Sports colocação. m) ordem de seqüência. n) situação, circunstância. o) Astr posição no firmamento. 2 obrigação, atribuição, dever. it is not my place to find fault / não me cabe fazer críticas. 3 Math casa decimal. 4 praça, largo. 5 praça, forte, fortificação. 6 solar, mansão, herdade. • vt+vi 1 colocar: a) pôr, depositar. he placed confidence in her / ele depositou confiança nela. he placed the book on the shelf / ele colocou o livro na prateleira. b) inverter, aplicar. c) pôr em estabelecimento de crédito. d) dispor, ordenar, classificar, arranjar. e) estabelecer, nomear, dar emprego a. 2 identificar, reconhecer. 3 Accounting fazer lançamentos. 4 obter colocação (cavalo de corrida, diz-se principalmente em relação ao segundo colocado). all over the place jogado, em confusão, bagunçado, desorganizado. in place a) no lugar certo. b) adequado. in place of em lugar de, em vez de. in some place algures, em algum lugar. in the first place a) em primeiro lugar. b) primeiramente. out of place fora de propósito. place of amusement local de diversão. place of delivery local de entrega. the right man in the right place o homem adequado no lugar que lhe compete. to be placed beyond a doubt estar acima de qualquer dúvida. to fall into place estar resolvido, Braz coll encaixar-se. to give place to dar espaço para. to have place ter existência. to know one’s place conhecer o seu lugar. she knows her place / ela sabe o lugar que lhe compete. to lose one’s place perder, não compreender o texto, etc. to lose the place a) estar completamente perdido. b) perder a paciência. to place an order fazer um pedido. to place in position colocar em posição. to put/keep someone in one’s place a) pôr/manter alguém no seu devido lugar. b) manter alguém à distância. to take place a) assumir posição. b) ter lugar, realizar-se.

1) (one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb: She pointed a finger at the thief.) dedo

2) (the part of a glove into which a finger is put.) dedo

3) (anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger: a finger of toast.) pedaço

- fingernail

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[f'iŋgə] n 1 dedo. 2 qualquer peça saliente de pequeno porte, semelhante a um dedo. 3 comprimento ou largura correspondente a um dedo. 4 sl dedo-duro, informante. 5 sl um policial. • vt+vi 1 tocar com os dedos. he didn’t lay a finger on her / ele não a tocou. 2 manusear, apalpar, auxiliar. she doesn’t lift a finger, she doesn’t raise a finger to help her mother / ela não ergue um dedo para ajudar sua mãe. 3 sl dedo-durar: localizar e mostrar para ladrões lugares passíveis de assalto. 4 Mus dedilhar, executar com os dedos em instrumento musical, indicar por algarismos. five-fingers sl 1 gatuno, ladrão. 2 sentença de prisão de cinco anos. I’m all fingers and thumbs eu sou muito desajeitado com as mãos. on the finger sl 1 a crédito. 2 grátis. the money slipped through his fingers o dinheiro escorregou pelos seus dedos, ele perdeu o dinheiro. to get your fingers burnt ou to burn your fingers dar com os burros n’água, queimar-se. to have a finger in the pie meter o dedo, intrometer-se em um negócio. to have green fingers ter uma boa mão para plantas. to keep one’s fingers crossed torcer, esperar que algo aconteça. to lay one’s finger upon pôr o dedo em cima, descobrir ou indicar com exatidão. to point a finger, to point the finger acusar. to put a finger on someone’s weak spot pôr o dedo na ferida, encontrar o calcanhar-de-aquiles. to twist someone round your little finger fazer gato e sapato de alguém. to work one’s fingers to the bone dar duro, trabalhar em excesso.

1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) lugar

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) lugar

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) local

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) lugar

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) lugar

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) lugar

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) trecho

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) papel

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) lugar

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casa

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) praça

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) casa

1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) colocar

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) localizar

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1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) ponta

2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) cabo

3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) ponto

4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) ponto

5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) instante

6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) ponto

7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) rumo

8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) ponto

9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) questão

10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) razão

11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) característica

12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) ponto

1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) apontar

2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) apontar

3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) argamassar

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1) (not able to see: a blind man.) cego

2) ((with to) unable to notice: She is blind to his faults.) cego

3) (hiding what is beyond: a blind corner.) sem visibilidade

4) (of or for blind people: a blind school.) de cegos

1) ((often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc: The sunlight is too bright - pull down the blinds!) estore

2) (something intended to mislead or deceive: He did that as a blind.) subterfúgio

- blinding

- blind spot

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[blaind] n 1 cego. 2 cortina, veneziana, anteparo. 3 biombo, o que esconde alguma coisa. 4 pretexto, subterfúgio. 5 Amer esconderijo, tocaia. 6 antolhos de cavalo. 7 sl bêbado. • vt 1 cegar. 2 escurecer, obscurecer. 3 encobrir, esconder. 4 confundir, desconcertar. 5 ofuscar, deslumbrar. 6 eclipsar, sobrepujar, exceder. • adj 1 cego. 2 inconsciente. 3 encoberto, escondido. 4 feito às cegas, irracional. 5 insensível, apático. 6 sem abertura, sem saída. 7 com uma só abertura. 8 secreto. 9 para cegos, de cegos. 10 Bot sem flor. 11 ininteligível, ilegível. 12 opaco, sem brilho. among the blind a one-eyed man is king na terra de cegos quem tem um olho é rei. in a blind fury alucinado de raiva. stone-blind totalmente cego. to turn a blind eye to something ignorar alguma coisa, fechar os olhos diante de. Venetian blind veneziana. when the devil is blind no dia de São Nunca.

1) (not able to see: a blind man.) cego

2) ((with to) unable to notice: She is blind to his faults.) cego

3) (hiding what is beyond: a blind corner.) sem visibilidade

4) (of or for blind people: a blind school.) para cegos

1) ((often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc: The sunlight is too bright - pull down the blinds!) persiana

2) (something intended to mislead or deceive: He did that as a blind.) subterfúgio

- blinding

- blind spot

1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor

2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cómico

- humorist

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[hj'u:mə] n Brit 1 humor, veia cômica, graça. 2 temperamento, gênio. 3 capricho. 4 brincadeira. 5 Physiol humor: líquido orgânico. • vt condescender, ceder a, adaptar-se a. good humour bom humor. ill humour mau humor. I must humour him preciso animá-lo, preciso fazer-lhe a vontade. in the humour for disposto a. out of humour indisposto, de mau humor.

1) (fitting very or too closely: I couldn't open the box because the lid was too tight; My trousers are too tight.) apertado

2) (stretched to a great extent; not loose: He made sure that the ropes were tight.) esticado

3) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) rigoroso

4) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) apertado

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[tait] adj 1 firme, compacto, comprimido. 2 esticado, teso. 3 justo, apertado. 4 cerrado, fechado. 5 bêbado. 6 Amer sovina, avarento. • adv firmemente. air tight hermeticamente fechado. a tight corner uma situação difícil. hold tight! agarre firme! it was a tight fit foi por pouco, foi por um triz. tight as a drum/ tight as an owl completamente embriagado, bêbado. to be in a tight corner sl estar em apuros. to run a tight ship controlar uma organização ou grupo eficiente. water tight impermeável à água.

1) (fitting very or too closely: I couldn't open the box because the lid was too tight; My trousers are too tight.) apertado

2) (stretched to a great extent; not loose: He made sure that the ropes were tight.) esticado

3) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) rigoroso

4) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) apertado

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1) (the ability to amuse people; quickness to spot a joke: He has a great sense of humour.) humor

2) (the quality of being amusing: the humour of the situation.) cômico

- humorist

1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) macio

2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) macio

3) (not loud: a soft voice.) suave

4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) suave

5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) brando

6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) não alcoólico

7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) mole, fraco

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1) (a quality very pleasing to the eye, ear etc: Her beauty is undeniable.) beleza

2) (a woman or girl having such a quality: She was a great beauty in her youth.) beleza

3) (something or someone remarkable: His new car is a beauty!) beleza

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[bj'u:ti] n (pl beauties) 1 beleza, formosura. beauty is but skin-deep / a beleza é apenas superficial. 2 graça, encanto. 3 beldade, beleza, exemplar maravilhoso. isn’t it a beauty? / não é uma maravilha? 4 primor, perfeição. • adj sl excelente, superior. isn’t he a beauty? (freqüentemente irônico) que palhaço! my beauties minhas queridas. that’s the beauty of it isto é o melhor de tudo. the Sleeping Beauty a Bela Adormecida.

1) (probable: the likely result; It's likely that she'll succeed.) provável

2) (looking etc as if it might be good, useful, suitable etc: a likely spot for a picnic; She's the most likely person for the job.) possível

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[l'aikli] adj 1 provável, plausível, verossímil. 2 apto, apropriado, adequado, promissor. • adv provavelmente. as likely as not provavelmente. most likely muito provavelmente. not likely provavelmente não.

1) (probable: the likely result; It's likely that she'll succeed.) provável

2) (looking etc as if it might be good, useful, suitable etc: a likely spot for a picnic; She's the most likely person for the job.) adequado

noun (a lamp for aiming a very hot flame at a particular spot: The painter burned off the old paint with a blow-lamp.) maçarico

noun (a lamp for aiming a very hot flame at a particular spot: The painter burned off the old paint with a blow-lamp.) maçarico