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behave

  • 1 behave

    [bi'heiv]
    1) (to act in a suitable way, to conduct oneself (well): If you come, you must behave (yourself); The child always behaves (himself) at his grandmother's.) comportar-se
    2) (to act or react: He always behaves like a gentleman; Metals behave in different ways when heated.) reagir
    - well-
    - badly- behaved
    * * *
    be.have
    [bih'eiv] vt+vi 1 comportar-se, portar-se. behave yourselves, children! / crianças, comportem-se! he has behaved well to (or towards) / ele se comportou bem para com. 2 agir. I do not know how to behave / não sei como agir. 3 conduzir-se, proceder, funcionar. the machine behaves well / a máquina funciona bem.

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  • 2 behave

    [bi'heiv]
    1) (to act in a suitable way, to conduct oneself (well): If you come, you must behave (yourself); The child always behaves (himself) at his grandmother's.) comportar-se (bem)
    2) (to act or react: He always behaves like a gentleman; Metals behave in different ways when heated.) comportar-se
    - well- - badly- behaved

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  • 3 behave

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  • 4 behave or else you may go

    behave or else you may go
    comporte-se ou vá embora.

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  • 5 behave\ yourself\ !

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  • 6 react

    [ri'ækt]
    1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reagir
    2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reagir
    3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) ter reacção
    - reactionary
    - reactor
    * * *
    re.act
    [ri'ækt] vi 1 reagir, ter um efeito sobre o que age. 2 voltar ao estado ou nível inicial. 3 Chem reagir, combinar. to react against rebelar-se. to react on ter efeito sobre. unkindness reacts on the unkind / a malevolência recai sobre o malévolo.

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  • 7 react

    [ri'ækt]
    1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reagir
    2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reagir
    3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) reagir
    - reactionary - reactor

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  • 8 act

    [ækt] 1. verb
    1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) agir
    2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) portar-se
    3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) representar
    2. noun
    1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) acto
    2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) decreto
    3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) acto
    4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) número
    - actor
    - act as
    - act on
    - act on behalf of / act for
    - in the act of
    - in the act
    - put on an act
    * * *
    act1
    [ækt] n 1 ato, ação. 2 feito, procedimento, obra. 3 divisão de uma peça teatral. 4 número de programa (circo, variedades). 5 decreto, lei, decisão legislativa. 6 auto, documento. • vi 1 agir, atuar, proceder. 2 funcionar. this lock won’t act / esta fechadura não funciona. 3 portar-se, conduzir-se. 4 comportar-se, fingir-se, simular. 5 influir, influenciar, produzir efeito. the medicine did not act / o remédio não fez efeito. 6 desempenhar (um papel), representar. the play acts well / a peça agrada, a peça desenvolve-se bem no palco. act and deed documento legal. act of faith ato de fé. act of God força maior. act of grace ato de clemência. act of Parliament ata de parlamento. in the act em flagrante. to act as, to act for substituir, fazer o serviço de, desempenhar o papel de. to act by agir para com (uma pessoa). to act on, upon ter efeito sobre, influenciar. to act out expressar em ações. children act out what they see / as crianças expressam em ações o que vêem. to act up 1 agir de maneira diferente do normal ou esperado. 2 comportar-se de maneira volúvel. 3 apresentar defeito. my washer often acts up / minha lavadora apresenta defeito com freqüência. to act up to agir de acordo com.
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    act2
    abbr 1 active (ativo). 2 actor (ator). 3 actual (real).

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  • 9 as

    [æz] 1. conjunction
    1) (when; while: I met John as I was coming home; We'll be able to talk as we go.) enquanto
    2) (because: As I am leaving tomorrow, I've bought you a present.) porque
    3) (in the same way that: If you are not sure how to behave, do as I do.) como
    4) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) como
    5) (though: Old as I am, I can still fight; Much as I want to, I cannot go.) embora
    6) (used to refer to something which has already been stated and apply it to another person: Tom is English, as are Dick and Harry.) assim como
    2. adverb
    (used in comparisons, eg the first as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) tão
    3. preposition
    1) (used in comparisons, eg the second as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) como
    2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) como
    3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) como
    4) (in the position of: He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.) como
    - as if / as though
    - as to
    * * *
    as1
    [æz, əz] adv 1 tão, igualmente, tanto quanto, do mesmo grau ou modo, equivalente. I haven’t known him as long as you / eu não o conheço há tanto tempo quanto você. I am as clever as he / sou tão inteligente quanto ele. 2 como por exemplo. • conj 1 como, quão, quanto, assim como, tal como, conforme. it looked as if they were really fighting / parecia como se eles lutassem de fato. 2 enquanto, ao passo que, no momento em que, quando. 3 porque, visto que, já que, porquanto, como. as you weren’t there, I left a message / como você não estava lá, deixei um recado. 4 se bem que, ainda que, embora, contanto que, conquanto que. 5 em resultado do que, em conseqüência do que. • prep como, na qualidade de. we all respect him as a writer / nós todos o respeitamos na qualidade de escritor. let me tell you as a friend / deixe-me dizer-lhe como amigo. • pron 1 que, quem, qual. 2 como. as a rule usualmente, em geral. as... as tão... como, tanto quanto. as ever como sempre. as far I am concerned quanto a mim, no que me concerne. as follows como segue. as for me quanto a mim. as from... válido desde... (as) heavy as lead pesado como chumbo. as if, as though como se (após os verbos com o sentido de "parecer"). as is no estado em que se encontra. as I see it, as I understand it! no meu ponto de vista. as it is/ was nestas circunstâncias, de todo jeito, de qualquer forma. as it rained visto que chovia. as it were por assim dizer, de certo modo. as long as enquanto, visto que, já que. as many as tantos quantos. as of, as from a partir de. as of next week I’ll be retired a partir da semana que vem estarei aposentado. as regards no que diz respeito. as requested conforme pedido. as soon as assim que, logo que. as soon as possible o mais cedo possível. as usual como de costume. as yet até agora. as you were! Mil última forma! be so kind as to do it queira fazê-lo, por favor. busy as a bee diligente como uma abelha. classical books as the plays of Racine livros clássicos como os dramas de Racine. do as you wish faça como quiser. he as well as she ele como ela, tanto ele quanto ela, ambos. he went so far as to say... ele chegou a ponto de afirmar... his position as a banker sua posição como banqueiro. she smiled as she did it ela sorriu ao fazê-lo. such as como por exemplo. twice as large duas vezes maior. we may as well tell her podemos contar-lhe do mesmo jeito, não há razão para não dizer a ela.
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    as2
    [æs] n (pl asses) asse: antiga moeda de cobre dos romanos.

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  • 10 can

    [kæn] I negative - can't; verb
    1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) conseguir
    2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) saber
    3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) poder
    4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) poder
    II 1. noun
    (a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) lata
    2. verb
    (to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) enlatar
    - cannery
    * * *
    can1
    [kæn; kən] v aux (ps could) poder, ser capaz de, ter a faculdade de, ter a possibilidade de, ter a autorização para, estar em condições de, sentir inclinação para, saber fazer alguma coisa. I cannot, I can’t / não posso. what can I do for you? / em que lhe posso ser útil? he could have done it / ele podia tê-lo feito. as happy as happy could be sobremodo feliz.
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    can2
    [kæn] n 1 lata, vasilha (de metal). 2 caneca. 3 canecada: porção que uma caneca comporta. 4 Amer prisão. he spent ten years in the can for robbery / ele passou dez anos na prisão por causa de roubo. 5 Amer banheiro. • vt (ps and pp canned) 1 enlatar, meter em lata. 2 Amer sl demitir. can opener abridor de latas. can that stuff! sl não fale bobagem! it is in the can está terminado (um trabalho). to carry the can Brit pagar o pato, assumir a culpa.

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  • 11 clown

    1. noun
    1) (a person who works in a circus, performing funny acts (usually ridiculously dressed).) palhaço
    2) (any person who behaves ridiculously.) palhaço
    2. verb
    (to behave ridiculously: Stop clowning.) fazer palhaçadas
    * * *
    [klaun] n 1 palhaço. 2 rústico, grosseirão. • vi fazer palhaçadas ou bobagens, bancar o palhaço. to make a clown of oneself fazer-se de palhaço.

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  • 12 conduct

    1. verb
    1) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) guiar
    2) (to carry or allow to flow: Most metals conduct electricity.) transmitir
    3) (to direct (an orchestra, choir etc).) dirigir
    4) (to behave (oneself): He conducted himself well at the reception.) comportar-se
    5) (to manage or carry on (a business).) dirigir
    2. noun
    1) (behaviour: His conduct at school was disgraceful.) comportamento
    2) (the way in which something is managed, done etc: the conduct of the affair.) gestão
    - conduction
    - conductor
    * * *
    con.duct
    [k'ɔnd∧kt] n 1 conduta, procedimento, comportamento. 2 direção, administração, gestão. 3 arch escolta, comboio. • [kənd'∧kt] vt+vi 1 dirigir, administrar. 2 reger (uma orquestra). 3 liderar, guiar. 4 escoltar. 5 transmitir, conduzir (eletricidade, calor, etc.). 6 comportar-se, portar-se, haver-se. he conducted himself well / ele comportou-se bem.

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  • 13 conform

    [kən'fo:m]
    1) (to behave, dress etc in the way that most other people do.) conformar
    2) ((with to) to act according to; to be in agreement with: Your clothes must conform to the school regulations.) adaptar-se
    * * *
    con.form
    [kənf'ɔ:m] vt+vi 1 conformar-se, obedecer, estar de acordo, agir de acordo com as leis, sujeitar-se. 2 corresponder, ser igual, igualar. 3 amoldar, fazer similar. 4 adaptar(-se), ajustar(-se), acomodar(-se). • adj conforme. to conform to adaptar a, agir de acordo com, estar de acordo com.

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  • 14 do

    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) fazer
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) fazer
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) fazer
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) servir
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) estudar
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) ir
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) arranjar
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) fazer
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) fazer
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) causar
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) visitar
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) festa
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with
    * * *
    do1, doh
    [dou] n Mus dó. up to high doh coll grande agitação.
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    do2
    [du:] n 1 logro, velhacaria, peça. 2 sarau, reunião festiva, festança.
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    do3
    [du:] vt+vi (ps did, pp done, pres p doing) 1 fazer, executar, agir, atuar, efetuar, trabalhar. I did my duty, why didn’t you do yours? / fiz meu dever, por que não fez o seu? 2 acabar, pôr fim a, concluir, completar. 3 preparar, arranjar. 4 interpretar, representar, desempenhar o papel de. 5 criar, produzir. 6 causar, levar a efeito ou a termo. 7 render, prestar. 8 haver-se, portar-se, atuar, proceder. 9 estar ou passar bem ou mal de saúde. 10 tratar com, ocupar-se de, acabar com. 11 servir, bastar, ser suficiente ou satisfatório, convir. 12 cozer, assar. 13 percorrer, cobrir. 14 enganar, lograr, trapacear. 15 matar, liquidar, arruinar. 16 coll acolher, entreter, sustentar. 17 visitar lugares interessantes. 18 cumprir. 19 esgotar-se, gastar-se. 20 esforçar-se. 21 traduzir, reter em, modificar. 22 sl consumir drogas. anything doing? há alguma novidade? há qualquer coisa? did you see the garden? você viu o jardim? do as you like faça como quiser. do as you would be done by não faças aos outros o que não queres que te façam. do or die! ou uma ou outra. dos and don’ts o que se pode e não se pode fazer. do you know the author of this piece? você conhece o autor desta peça? do you speak English? você fala inglês? how are you doing? Amer como vai você? I do hate him odeio-o (enfaticamente). I do not (don’t) know him não o conheço. I have done with him não tenho mais nada que fazer com ele. I have nothing to do with it nada tenho a ver com isso. it will do isto me bastará. nothing doing 1 Com não é negócio. 2 nada feito. 3 não há oferta. over done cozido demais, recozido. that will do está bom, isto chega, basta. that won’t do isto não serve, não está bom. that won’t do with me eu não posso admitir ou permitir isso. this has nothing to do with it isso não vem ao caso. to be done Amer coll 1 estar liberado, dispensado. 2 completar uma tarefa. to do a business fazer um negócio. to do a favour fazer um favor. to do a job fazer um trabalho. to do a kindness fazer um favor. to do a message dar um recado. to do a part desempenhar um papel. to do a picture pintar, fazer uma pintura. to do again refazer, fazer outra vez. to do as one is bid obedecer, fazer o que lhe mandam. to do away with 1 pôr de lado. 2 abolir, suprimir. 3 matar, liquidar. to do badly fazer maus negócios. to do better sair-se melhor. to do business with negociar com. to do for 1 convir, ser suficiente, bastante ou satisfatório. 2 pôr fim a. 3 arruinar, liquidar, matar. 4 tomar conta (da casa, da cozinha), fazer limpeza para alguém. 5 done for coll cansado, exausto. to do good well fazer bem, ter sucesso, progredir. to do harm, ill causar dano, prejuízo, fazer mal. to do in 1 lograr, trapacear. 2 matar. to do into traduzir, modificar. to do it sl praticar o ato sexual. to do it up sl fazer bem e decididamente. to do justice fazer justiça. to do like for like tratar do mesmo modo, pagar na mesma moeda. to do mischief causar dano. to do nicely prometer, ir bem, dar esperanças. to do off tirar, despir. to do one’s best esforçar-se, fazer o possível. to do one’s bit cumprir seu dever, fazer serviço militar. to do one’s hair arranjar o cabelo. to do one’s head Mil perder a cabeça. to do on top of someone’s head fazer nas coxas. to do out 1 limpar, arrumar. 2 decorar, embelezar. to do over 1 refazer, repetir, executar, interpretar outra vez. 2 dar uma segunda mão de tinta, emboçar, untar. to do someone. 1 cansar, extenuar alguém. 2 lograr. to do someone an ill turn pregar uma peça a. to do someone down desacreditar, desmoralizar com críticas. to do someone out of privar alguém de, burlar. to do someone over coll ferir, bater. to do the dishes lavar a louça. to do the garden cuidar do jardim. to do the museum visitar o museu. to do the washing lavar a roupa. to do time cumprir uma sentença de prisão. to do to tratar a alguém, agir, comportar-se com. to do to death matar, mandar matar, causar sua sentença de morte. to do up 1 embrulhar, empacotar, dobrar. 2 reparar, acondicionar, pôr em condições. 3 pentear, compor ou alisar os cabelos. 4 esgotar-se, gastar-se. 5 arruinar. to do well by tratar bem alguma pessoa. to do with 1 ter negócio ou relações com, tratar, ter de fazer com alguém ou com alguma coisa, começar. 2 encontrar um meio de, dar um jeito. 3 contentar-se com, passar com. (do you see it?) Yes, I do: No, I don’t sim, eu vejo, não, eu não vejo. to do without dispensar, passar sem. to have to do with ter negócio com, ter a ver com. under done mal cozido, cru, mal passado. we must do or die! temos de lutar ou perecer. well done bem-feito, muito bem, bem cozido, bem passado. well to do próspero, abastado. you do wisely (in doing) você faz bem (em fazer).

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  • 15 flirt

    [flə:t] 1. verb
    ((often with with) to behave (towards someone) as though one were in love but without serious intentions: She flirts with every man she meets.) namoriscar
    2. noun
    (a person, especially a woman, who behaves in this way.) namorador
    - flirtatious
    - flirtatiously
    * * *
    [flə:t] n 1 namoradeira, coquete. 2 movimento vivaz, arremesso, agitação. 3 sacudidela, meneio. • vt+vi 1 flertar, namorar por passatempo, coquetear. 2 brincar com, divertir-se com, folgar. 3 mover, agitar rapidamente, lançar, adejar. 4 sacudir, saracotear, menear. to flirt a fan brincar com um leque. to flirt with ter interesse passageiro por algo.

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  • 16 human being

    (a person: Animals may behave like that, but human beings shouldn't.) ser humano
    * * *
    hu.man be.ing
    [hju:mən b'i:iŋ] n ser humano.

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  • 17 imitate

    ['imiteit] 1. verb
    (to (try to) be, behave or look the same as (a person etc): Children imitate their friends rather than their parents; He could imitate the song of many different birds.) imitar
    2. adjective
    (made to look like something else: imitation wood.) imitação
    - imitativeness
    - imitator
    * * *
    im.i.tate
    ['imiteit] vt imitar, copiar.

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  • 18 instinct

    ['instiŋkt]
    (a natural tendency to behave or react in a particular way, without thinking and without having been taught: As winter approaches, swallows fly south from Britain by instinct; He has an instinct for saying the right thing.) instinto
    - instinctively
    * * *
    in.stinct
    ['instiŋkt] n 1 instinto, impulso natural. 2 inspiração, talento. • [inst'iukt] adj 1 animado, movido. 2 penetrado, cheio, impregnado, imbuído.

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  • 19 misbehave

    [misbi'heiv]
    (to behave badly: If you misbehave, I'll send you to bed.) portar-se mal
    * * *
    mis.be.have
    [misbih'eiv] vt+vi portar-se mal.

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  • 20 or

    [o:]
    1) (used to show an alternative: Is that your book or is it mine?) ou
    2) (because if not: Hurry or you'll be late.) senão
    * * *
    or1
    [ɔ:] conj 1 ou. 2 senão. behave or else you may go comporte-se ou vá embora. either you or he ou você ou ele. whether you know it or not quer você saiba, quer não.
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    or2
    [ɔ:] n Her tintura amarela, ouro.

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