be+great+at+something

to set great store by something

dar muito valor a. he sets great store by her opinion / ele dá muito valor à opinião dela.

1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) confiar

2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) confiar

3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) esperar

1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) confiança

2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) cuidado

3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) responsabilidade

4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) depósito

5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) consórcio

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[tr∧st] n 1 confiança, crença, fé, confidência. I put (place, have) great trust in you / confio em você, tenho fé na sua pessoa. there is no trust to be placed in him / não se pode ter confiança nele. 2 pessoa ou coisa em que se confia. 3 esperança. 4 crédito. 5 obrigação, responsabilidade, cargo, dever. 6 guarda, cuidado. 7 Jur fideicomisso, procurador em confiança. 8 monopólio, truste. 9 cartel, sindicato. 10 depósito em custódia, custódia. • vt+vi 1 confiar, ter fé, crer. I do not trust him round the corner / não tenho nenhuma confiança nele. trust him for that! / ironic conte com ele para isso! (e veja onde você vai parar). 2 acreditar em, ter confiança em. 3 depender de, confiar em. 4 confiar a, entregar aos cuidados de, deixar com. you must trust yourself to him / você deve ter confiança nele. he cannot be trusted with so large a sum / não se pode confiar-lhe uma soma tão grande. 5 esperar, acreditar. 6 dar crédito a, fiar, vender a crédito. • adj de confiança, em confiança. breach of trust abuso de confiança. building under governmental trust prédio tombado. in trust em confiança, em custódia. on trust a) em fiança, a crédito. b) em confiança. position of trust cargo de confiança. private trust fundação particular. to hold in trust for guardar para, administrar para. to take on trust aceitar de boa fé. to trust someone with something, to trust something to someone confiar alguma coisa a alguém.

1) (an arrangement by which a person keeps his money in a bank: I have (opened) an account with the local bank.) conta

2) (a statement of money owing: Send me an account.) contas

3) (a description or explanation (of something that has happened): a full account of his holiday.) conta

4) (an arrangement by which a person makes a regular (eg monthly) payment instead of paying at the time of buying: I have an account at Smiths.) conta

5) ((usually in plural) a record of money received and spent: You must keep your accounts in order; ( also adjective) an account book.) relato

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[ək'aunt] n 1 conta, cálculo, cômputo. we have an account at the best stores / temos conta nas melhores lojas. 2 razão, causa. 3 valor. 4 importância. 5 extrato de conta ou balanço. 6 relatório de negócios, prestações, crédito, etc. 7 conto, relato. 8 prestação de contas. • vt+vi 1 calcular, acertar contas, prestar contas. can you account for it? / você pode prestar esclarecimentos a respeito? 2 considerar, ter em conta, julgar. account for building costs orçamento para construções civis. a man of great account um homem respeitado. a person of no account uma pessoa sem importância ou insignificante. bank account conta bancária. by all account de acordo com a opinião geral. of no account sem importância, insignificante. on account por conta, a prazo. on account of por causa de, a bem de, no interesse de. on my own account para mim, por iniciativa própria. on no account em hipótese alguma. on that account por causa disto, por esta razão. to account for prestar contas, responder por, ter por, considerar. that accounts for everything / isto esclarece tudo. to be much ( or little) accounted of ser muito (ou pouco) apreciado. to call to account reclamar explicação. to carry to a new account lançar a uma nova conta. to keep accounts escriturar, registrar. to leave out of account desconsiderar, negligenciar. to make a great account of considerar, estimar. to make no account of menosprezar, desprezar. to place it to his account lançar ao débito de sua conta. to settle on account liquidar uma conta. to take account of a) tomar em consideração, considerar. b) tomar nota. to take into account permitir, considerar. upon all accounts em todo caso. upon my account por minha causa.

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

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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?

1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar

2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar

3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ajudar

4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) ser útil

5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (não poder) deixar de

1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda

2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda

3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) auxiliar

4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio

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[help] n 1 ajuda, auxílio. 2 medicamento, remédio. 3 alívio, socorro, amparo. 4 auxiliar, ajudante. • vt+vi 1 ajudar, assistir ( with com, in em). she helped me with the washing / ela ajudou-me a lavar a roupa. 2 socorrer, amparar. 3 remediar, medicar. 4 prevenir, evitar, impedir. it can’t be helped / não pode ser evitado. 5 deixar de fazer, abster-se. I cannot help laughing / não posso deixar de rir. he can’t help doing it / ele não consegue abster-se disto. 6 servir(-se) (à mesa). help yourself / sirva-se à vontade. by the help of com o auxílio de. more than one can help mais do que é necessário. she cannot help it ela não tem culpa. so help me God! Deus me ajude! there is no help for it não há remédio para isto. to help down a) ajudar a descer. b) fig contribuir para a ruína. to help forward ajudar, favorecer. to help into ajudar a entrar. to help off ajudar a partir, a livrar-se de. to help out a) ajudar a sair. b) sustentar. to help someone to conseguir alguma coisa para alguém.

1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar

2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar

3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) aliviar

4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) servir

5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) deixar de, evitar

1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda

2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda

3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) empregado, ajudante

4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio

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1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) comprido

2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) longo

3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) de comprido

4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) demorado

5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) comprido

1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) muito tempo

2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) muito tempo

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- longing

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[lɔŋ] n 1 sílaba longa. 2 período ou grande distância. • adj 1 longo, comprido, alongado. 2 extenso. 3 tardio, dilatório. 4 de longo alcance. • adv 1 durante. 2 por longo tempo. 3 longamente. 4 a grande distância. as long as contanto que. before long logo, em breve. for long por muito tempo. how long...? há quanto tempo...? how long have you been here? / há quanto tempo você já está aqui? in the long run com o tempo. long since há muito tempo. so long até logo. the long and the short of it todo o assunto em poucas palavras. to be long tardar.

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[lɔŋ] vt cobiçar, ambicionar, almejar, ansiar. the children are longing for ice-cream / as crianças estão loucas (anseiam) por sorvete.

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abbr longitude (longitude).

1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) longo

2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) longo

3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) de duração

4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) demorado

5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) abrangente

1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) muito tempo

2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) muito tempo

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1) (power and ability to feel: I have no feeling in my little finger.) sensação

2) (something that one feels physically: a feeling of great pain.) sensação

3) ((usually in plural) something that one feels in one's mind: His angry words hurt my feelings; a feeling of happiness.) sentimento

4) (an impression or belief: I have a feeling that the work is too hard.) pressentimento

5) (affection: He has no feeling for her now.) afeição

6) (emotion: He spoke with great feeling.) emoção

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[f'i:liŋ] n 1 tato, sentido do tato. 2 sensibilidade, ternura. 3 sentimento, amor. 4 sensação, impressão, percepção, intuição. 5 pressentimento, opinião. 6 simpatia, compaixão. • adj 1 sensível, comovente, tocante. 2 sensitivo, emocional, emotivo. 3 compassivo, afetivo. 4 vivo, ardente, profundo. a feeling for music o dom, o gosto da música. bad feeling ressentimento, amargura ou raiva depois de uma briga. brotherly feelings sentimentos fraternais. • feelingly adv sensivelmente, sentidamente, comovidamente, com sentimento. hard feelings maus sentimentos. I know the feeling entendo o seu sofrimento, problema. no ill feelings! não lhe guardo rancor por isso. to have mixed feelings estar dividido, não ter certeza. to hurt someone’s feelings ofender a suscetibilidade de, ferir os sentimentos de alguém.

1) (strength or power that can be felt: the force of the wind.) força

2) (a person or thing that has great power: the forces of Nature.) força

3) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) força

1) (to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will: He forced me to give him money.) obrigar

2) (to achieve by strength or effort: He forced a smile despite his grief.) forçar

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[fɔ:s] n 1 força, robustez, energia, vigor. I could not resist the force of his argument / não pude resistir à força do seu argumento. 2 valentia. 3 impulso, motivo, causa. 4 poder. the force of circumstances / o poder das circunstâncias. 5 compulsão, coerção, necessidade, obrigação, violência, constrangimento. 6 capacidade de convencer ou impressionar. 7 influência, autoridade, poder. 8 virtude, eficácia, validade, vigência, vigor. 9 a parte principal de um conjunto. 10 agremiação, turma de empregados. 11 força militar, naval ou policial. 12 Phys potência, ação, causa que gera movimentos, agente. 13 força motriz. 14 valor, peso, significação rigorosa (de um termo). 15 exército, marinha. • vt 1 forçar, compelir, constranger, coagir, expurgar, conseguir, obter por força, arrombar. they forced my hands / eles coagiram-me. that means forcing an open door / isso significa arrombar portas abertas. 2 violentar, violar, estuprar, deflorar, impor, impingir, obrigar a aceitar. he forced the words / ele torceu o sentido das palavras. he forced his advice on me / ele impôs-me o seu conselho. 3 arrebatar, arrancar, tirar, tomar. she forced the secret from me / ela arrancou-me o segredo. 4 apressar, estimular, fazer brotar, amadurecer artificialmente. he forced a smile / ele forçou um sorriso. Air Forces forças aéreas. Armed Forces forças armadas. by force of à força de, por meio de. by main force à viva força. direction of force sentido de força. force of habit força do hábito. he was forced on ele foi impelido. in force a) em vigor. b) em grande número. in force of em virtude de, por força de, em conseqüência de. in great force coll em forma excelente. natural forces forças da natureza. of force forçosamente. our office force nosso quadro de empregados. the coming into force o ato de entrar em vigor. the Force Brit a polícia. the law came into force a lei entrou em vigor. to be in force estar em vigor. to force along empurrar, impelir. to force away obrigar a recuar. to force back repelir, rechaçar. to force down obrigar a baixar, fazer descer. to force from obrigar, conseguir à força. to force in/ through fazer entrar, forçar a entrada. to force off Com queimar, vender por qualquer preço, fazer liquidação. to force on/ upon forçar a aceitar, impor. to force one’s hand obrigar a mostrar o jogo, obrigar a revelar as intenções. to force one’s way abrir caminho. to force open abrir à força, arrombar. to force out arrancar. to force the issue trazer o assunto à baila. to force the pace apressar excessivamente o passo. to force up forçar a subida, fazer subir à força. to join forces with trabalhar junto com a mesma finalidade. to put in force pôr em vigor.

1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) honra

2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) honra

3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) fama

4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) honra

5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) honra

6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) honraria

7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Excelência

1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) honrar

2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) dar a honra

3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) distinguir

4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) cumprir

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['ɔnə] n Brit 1 honra, honradez, dignidade, brio. a man of honour / um homem de honra, um homem de bem. 2 reputação, fama, glória. 3 lealdade, nobreza. 4 estimação, respeito. 5 título ou cargo honorífico, distinção. 6 figura (no jogo de cartas). 7 decoro, pudor, castidade, virtude. 8 reverência, continência. 9 distinção (colegial ou universitária). • vt 1 honrar, respeitar, reverenciar, glorificar. 2 elevar (no cargo), exaltar. 3 aceitar, pagar. 4 favorecer. affair of honour questão de honra. code of honour código de honra. guest of honour convidado de honra. His Honour Sua Reverência. I have the honour of, it is my honour to tenho o prazer de, o privilégio de. in his honour em honra dele. maid of honour dama de honra. point of honour questão de honra. sense of honour sentimento de honra. to be bound in honour ser obrigado pela honra. to do someone the honour honrar alguém. to do the honours fazer as honras da casa. to gain honour by ganhar fama com. Your Honour Vossa Senhoria.

1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) prometer

2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) prometer

3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) prometer

1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) promessa

2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) promessa

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[pr'ɔmis] n promessa: 1 compromisso, prometimento, palavra. she made (ou gave) a solemn promise / ela fez uma solene promessa. 2 coisa prometida. 3 fig esperança. • vt+vi prometer: 1 empenhar a sua palavra, comprometer-se a. 2 assegurar, afiançar. I promise you / eu lhe prometo, eu lhe asseguro. 3 pressagiar, indicar. 4 dar motivo a esperanças. we promised him help / prometemos-lhe ajuda. of great promise muito prometedor. promise of help promessa de auxílio.

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

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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

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[∧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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• adj 1 compreendido, entendido. 2 de acordo. 3 implícito.

1) (power and ability to feel: I have no feeling in my little finger.) sensibilidade

2) (something that one feels physically: a feeling of great pain.) sensação

3) ((usually in plural) something that one feels in one's mind: His angry words hurt my feelings; a feeling of happiness.) sentimento

4) (an impression or belief: I have a feeling that the work is too hard.) impressão

5) (affection: He has no feeling for her now.) afeto

6) (emotion: He spoke with great feeling.) emoção

1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) honra

2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) honra

3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) glória

4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) honra

5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) honra

6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) honraria

7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Excelência, meritíssimo

1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) honrar

2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) dar a honra

3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) conferir honraria

4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) honrar

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- honorary

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.)

2) (to know (eg a person) thoroughly: She understands children/dogs.)

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.)

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- understandable

1) (the power of thinking clearly: a man of great understanding.)

2) (the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings: His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.)

3) (a (state of) informal agreement: The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.)

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- make oneself understood

1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) reserva

2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) depósito

3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) armazém

4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) loja

1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) guardar

2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) abastecer

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- storage

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[stɔ:] n 1 Amer armazém, loja, casa de negócios. 2 estoque, suprimento. 3 (especialmente Brit) depósito, armazém. 4 provisões, abastecimento. 5 propriedade, riqueza, tesouro (de conhecimentos), grande quantidade, abundância, fartura. • vt 1 suprir, pôr em estoque. 2 guardar, acumular, armazenar (também Comp). she stored away her treasures / ela guardou seus tesouros. 3 abastecer, prover, fornecer. chain store estabelecimento de uma rede de lojas de departamentos ou rede de supermercados, filial. department store loja de departamentos. in store de reserva. to be in store algo está para acontecer. there is a great surprise in store for you / há uma grande surpresa à sua espera. to set great store by something dar muito valor a. he sets great store by her opinion / ele dá muito valor à opinião dela. to store up reservar, guardar.

1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro

2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) parede

- walled

- wall-to-wall

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[wɔ:l] n 1 parede, muro, paredão. 2 fort muralha (também walls). 3 fig barreira, muro. I am up against a brick wall / fig tenho uma montanha (de dificuldades) na minha frente. • vt 1 prover, cercar, dividir ou proteger com parede ou muro, murar, emparedar. 2 fort fortificar. blind dead wall parede sem janelas ou portas. to drive up the wall fazer subir as paredes, deixar muito irritado. to have one’s back to the wall estar encurralado, estar em um beco sem saída. to knock/ bang one’s head against a brick wall tentar o impossível, dar murro em ponta de faca. to wall up fechar com parede. walls have ears as paredes têm ouvidos.

1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro, muralha

2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) parede

- walled

- wall-to-wall

1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) pesado

2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.)

3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) forte

4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) excessivo

5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) pesado

6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) difícil

7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) pesado

8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) pesado

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- heavily

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[h'evi] n 1 pessoa ou coisa pesada. 2 Cin, Theat vilão, bandido. 3 figurão: pessoa importante. • adj 1 pesado. 2 de grande quantidade, força ou intensidade. 3 forte, violento. 4 carregado ( with com). 5 triste, abatido. 6 opressivo, cansativo. 7 lerdo. 8 intransitável. 9 pastoso, que não cresce (pão). 10 grosso, rústico. 11 inerte, preguiçoso, sonolento. 12 difícil. 13 sério, grave. 14 nubloso, nebuloso. 15 insípido, enfadonho. 16 indigesto. 17 grávida. 18 Typogr negrito.