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1) (the right of directing or of giving orders; power or authority: She has control over all the decisions in that department; She has no control over that dog.) controle

2) (the act of holding back or restraining: control of prices; I know you're angry but you must not lose control (of yourself).) domínio

3) ((often in plural) a lever, button etc which operates (a machine etc): The clutch and accelerator are foot controls in a car.) controle

4) (a point or place at which an inspection takes place: passport control.) posto de controle

1) (to direct or guide; to have power or authority over: The captain controls the whole ship; Control your dog!) controlar

2) (to hold back; to restrain (oneself or one's emotions etc): Control yourself!) controlar-se

3) (to keep to a fixed standard: The government is controlling prices.) restringir

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[kəntr'oul] n 1 controle, supervisão. 2 força, autoridade, direção, poder. 3 restrição. 4 verificação, fiscalização. 5 instalação de controle. 6 comando, chave, alavanca, direção (de uma máquina). 7 controle, padrão de comparação. 8 direção da economia pelo governo. • vt 1 dirigir, comandar, governar. 2 restringir, reprimir, frear, controlar. 3 regular. 4 testar por comparação com padrão. under control sob controle. without control descontrolado.

1) (the right of directing or of giving orders; power or authority: She has control over all the decisions in that department; She has no control over that dog.) controle

2) (the act of holding back or restraining: control of prices; I know you're angry but you must not lose control (of yourself).) controle

3) ((often in plural) a lever, button etc which operates (a machine etc): The clutch and accelerator are foot controls in a car.) controle

4) (a point or place at which an inspection takes place: passport control.) posto de controle

1) (to direct or guide; to have power or authority over: The captain controls the whole ship; Control your dog!) controlar

2) (to hold back; to restrain (oneself or one's emotions etc): Control yourself!) controlar(-se)

3) (to keep to a fixed standard: The government is controlling prices.) controlar

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1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) escorregar

2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) soltar-se

3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) baixar de nível

4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) deslizar

5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) soltar-se

6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) enfiar

1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) escorregadela

2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) deslize

3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) saiote

4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) rampa

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[slip] n 1 escorregadura, escorregadela. 2 o que se põe e tira com facilidade, coberta, fronha. 3 Clothes combinação. 4 deslize, erro, lapso, engano, falta. 5 carreira: plano inclinado para construção e lançamento de navios. 6 muda, rebento. 7 tira estreita (de papel). 8 declínio, queda (de preços). • vt+vi 1 andar, mover-se quietamente, fácil ou rapidamente, escapar. 2 passar, mover-se. 3 deslizar, escorregar. 4 colocar, fazer passar, enfiar, tirar quietamente ou de modo despercebido. 5 colocar, vestir fácil ou rapidamente. 6 passar despercebido, escapar. 7 soltar. 8 largar. 9 errar, cometer lapso. 10 cortar galhos para fazer mudas. 11 luxar (osso). to be a slip of a boy/ a girl menino/menina muito frágil, débil. to be a slip of the pen fazer erro de ortografia, de palavra. to be a slip of the tongue fazer um erro verbal, cometer um lapso verbal. to give somebody the slip collescapar de alguém. he gave me the slip / ele me escapou. to let something slip deixar (algo) escapar. he let the opportunity slip / ele deixou escapar a oportunidade. to slip along deslizar, fluir. to slip away escapulir, sair de modo despercebido. to slip in inserir de forma disfarçada. to slip up fazer erro, cometer erro de menor importância.

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[slip] n papeleta, volante (também Comp).

1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) escorregar

2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) escorregar

3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) decair

4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) escapulir

5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) escapar

6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) enfiar

1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) passo em falso

2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) lapso

3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) combinação

4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) rampa de lançamento

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1) (a compartment in a cowshed etc: cattle stalls.) estábulo

2) (a small shop or a counter or table on which goods are displayed for sale: He bought a newspaper at the bookstall on the station; traders' stalls.) banca

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1) ((of a car etc or its engine) to stop suddenly through lack of power, braking too quickly etc: The car stalled when I was halfway up the hill.) parar

2) ((of an aircraft) to lose speed while flying and so go out of control: The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed on to the runway.) perder velocidade

3) (to cause (a car etc, or aircraft) to do this: Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.) parar

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[stɔ:l] n 1 estábulo individual, baia, boxe. 2 tenda, barraca, lugar, estande onde se vende alguma coisa, banca. 3 cadeira, assento no coro da igreja. 4 seção de poltronas, primeiras filas no teatro. 5 dedeira. • vt+vi 1 viver em estábulo ou boxe. 2 pôr ou manter em estábulo. 3 parar, paralisar, enguiçar motor, encrencar. 4 atolar. 5 perder velocidade (avião). 6 Amer parar de trabalhar, passar o tempo, ficar na expectativa.

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[stɔ:l] n sl pretexto, evasiva, escapatória. • vt+vi 1 simular, esquivar-se. 2 protelar, adiar.

1) (a compartment in a cowshed etc: cattle stalls.) estábulo

2) (a small shop or a counter or table on which goods are displayed for sale: He bought a newspaper at the bookstall on the station; traders' stalls.) banca

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1) ((of a car etc or its engine) to stop suddenly through lack of power, braking too quickly etc: The car stalled when I was halfway up the hill.) enguiçar

2) ((of an aircraft) to lose speed while flying and so go out of control: The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed on to the runway.) estolar

3) (to cause (a car etc, or aircraft) to do this: Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.) estolar

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

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[iksp'erim2nt] n experiência, experimentação, tentativa, prova, experimento, ensaio. • vi experimentar, tentar, ensaiar, fazer experiências.

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1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) agarrar

2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) segurar

1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) garras

2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) embraiagem

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[kl∧tʃ] n 1 aperto, agarração, arrebatamento. 2 garra, presa, mão que pega ou aperta. 3 fig (geralmente clutches) poder, controle, influência. 4 embreagem, acoplamento. 5 alavanca ou pedal que aciona a embreagem. 6 sl situação ou circunstância difícil ou séria. 7 Amer sl abraço. 8 Amer sl grupo, bando. 9 Amer sl freguês de restaurante que não dá ou dá pouca gorjeta. • vt+vi 1 apertar, agarrar, apanhar. 2 arrebatar. 3 embrear, acionar a embreagem. he made a clutch at ele pegou, ele estendeu a mão para. she kept out of his clutches ela ficou longe de seu alcance. to throw the clutch in embrear. to throw the clutch out desembrear.

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[kl∧tʃ] n 1 ninho com ovos. 2 ninhada.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1) (on the farther side of: My house is just beyond those trees.) além de

2) (farther on than (something) in time or place: I cannot plan beyond tomorrow.) para além de

3) (out of the range, power etc of: beyond help.) fora de

4) (other than: What is there to say beyond what's already been said?) além do que

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[bij'ɔnd] n the beyond, the great beyond o outro mundo, a vida futura. • prep 1 além de, do outro lado de. 2 mais longe que. 3 mais tarde que, depois de. 4 fora de (alcance, compreensão, limite). beyond dispute / fora de dúvida, indiscutível. it is getting beyond my control / está escapando ao meu controle. 5 mais do que, superior a, excedente. beyond measure / além dos limites. that is beyond me / isto está além das minhas forças, além da minha compreensão. 6 em adição a, além de. • adv além, mais longe, acolá. he passed beyond ele morreu. the back of beyond fig o confim do mundo.

1) (state or circumstances in which a person or thing is: The house is not in good condition; He is in no condition to leave hospital; under ideal conditions; living conditions; variable conditions.)

2) (something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement: It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement.)

1) (to affect or control: behaviour conditioned by circumstances.) condicionar

2) (to put into the required state: The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match.) condicionar

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[kənd'iʃən] n 1 condição: a) estado, situação. I cannot accept poor living conditions / não posso aceitar condições pobres de moradia. b) posição social. c) circunstância. d) cláusula, estipulação. e) restrição, limitação, requisito. 2 estado de saúde. • vt condicionar: 1 pôr em condição apropriada ou desejada. 2 treinar. 3 impor condições, estipular. 4 restringir, limitar. implied conditions condições implícitas. in a miserable condition em estado lamentável. in (good) condition em (boas) condições. the car is in good condition / o carro está em boas condições. in no condition to do something sem condições para fazer algo (bêbado, doente demais). it is conditioned by depende de. on no condition nunca. on, upon (the) condition that sob ou com a condição de. out of condition a) em mau estado. b) magro, doente (animais). people of every condition pessoas de todas as camadas sociais.

1) (to lead, direct or show the way: I don't know how to get to your house - I'll need someone to guide me; Your comments guided me in my final choice.) guiar

2) (to control the movement of: The teacher guided the child's hand as she wrote.) conduzir

1) (a person who shows the way to go, points out interesting things etc: A guide will show you round the castle.) guia

2) ((also guidebook) a book which contains information for tourists: a guide to Rome.) guia

3) ((usually with capital) a Girl Guide.) escoteira

4) (something which informs, directs or influences.) guia

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[gaid] n 1 guia. 2 marco, sinal de direção. 3 guia, roteiro. 4 manual. 5 Tech guia. • vt+vi 1 guiar, conduzir, indicar. 2 controlar, dirigir. a guide to London um guia de Londres. be guided by me ouça meus conselhos. experience is a sure guide de experiência se aprende.