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1 bend over backwards
bend over backwardsfazer todo o possível. -
2 bend/fall over backwards
(to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) esforçar-se muito -
3 bend/fall over backwards
(to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) desdobrar-se, empenhar-se a fundoEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > bend/fall over backwards
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4 bend
[bend] 1. past tense, past participle - bent; verb1) (to make, become, or be, angled or curved: Bend your arm; She bent down to pick up the coin; The road bends to the right; He could bend an iron bar.) dobrar2) (to force (someone) to do what one wants: He bent me to his will.) dobrar2. noun(a curve or angle: a bend in the road.) curva- bent on* * *[bend] n 1 curva, volta, dobra, ângulo. 2 dobramento, arqueamento, curvatura. 3 Naut nó para corda. 4 inflexão, flexão. 5 Her banda. 6 Mech cotovelo, joelho: cano curvado. 7 Naut curvas (no costado dos navios). • vt+vi (ps bent, pp bent) 1 curvar, torcer, virar, dobrar. 2 inclinar-se, curvar-se, dobrar-se. 3 submeter, subjugar. 4 dirigir (em certa direção), desviar. 5 aplicar (espírito ou esforço). 6 Naut amarrar, talingar, envergar (vela, corda). 7 arcar, arquear. 8 submeter-se. 9 pender para. 10 forcejar, empenhar-se em. 11 retesar (corda de arco). bend over backwards fazer todo o possível. be round the bend estar louco. he was bent on mischief ele estava com más intenções. I am bent on estou decidido a. to go on the bend sl andar na pândega, Braz fazer uma farra. to go round the bend enfurecer-se, perder as estribeiras. -
5 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) para trás2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) atrasado3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) atrasado•- backwards
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- bend/fall over backwards* * *back.ward[b'ækwəd] adj 1 para trás. 2 de costas. 3 inverso, oposto. 4 em ordem inversa, de trás para diante, em sentido contrário. backward linkage / encadeadamente em ordem inversa. 5 de mal a pior, retrógrado. backward integration / integração retrógrada. 6 para o passado. 7 de desenvolvimento retardado, apalermado, obtuso. a backward child / uma criança retardada. 8 atracado, moroso. 9 tímido, acanhado, relutante. • adv (também backwards) 1 para trás. 2 de costas para a frente. 3 para o começo, ao início. 4 de modo inverso, de trás para diante. 5 para pior. 6 para o passado. 7 de regresso. backwards and forwards para lá e para cá. to know something backwards conhecer, saber, compreender perfeitamente. -
6 backward
['bækwəd]1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) para trás2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) retardado3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) atrasado•- backwards - backwards and forwards - bend/fall over backwards
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