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1 coal
[kəul](a black mineral burned for fuel, heat etc.) carvão- coalmine
- haul someone over the coals
- haul over the coals* * *[koul] n 1 hulha, carvão. 2 pedaço de carvão. 3 carvão vegetal. 4 brasa, tição. • vt+vi 1 abastecer, suprir com carvão. 2 receber carvão, fazer provisão de carvão. 3 carbonizar, reduzir a carvão. bed of coal jazida de carvão. brown coal lignita, linhita. hard coal antracito. he blew the coals 1 ele abanou a brasa. 2 fig ele deitou lenha no fogo, reacendeu os ódios. he was called (hauled) over the coals ele foi repreendido, Brit coll ele levou um pito. rich coal carvão de pedra gordo, hulha gorda. small coal carvão miúdo. to stir the coals fig atiçar o fogo. we laid in coals abastecemo-nos de carvão. you are carrying coals to Newcastle fig você está deitando água no mar, está perdendo tempo.
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