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I [boil] verb1) (to turn rapidly from liquid to vapour when heated: I'm boiling the water; The water's boiling.) ferver2) (to cook by boiling in water etc: I've boiled the potatoes.) cozer•- boiler- boiling-point
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- boil over II [boil] noun(an inflamed swelling on the skin: His neck is covered with boils.) furúnculo* * *boil1[bɔil] n furúnculo.————————boil2[bɔil] n 1 fervura. 2 ebulição, ato de ferver. 3 ponto de ebulição. 4 corrente ascendente. • vt+vi 1 ferver, estar em ebulição. the kettle is boiling / a água (na chaleira) está fervendo. 2 fazer ferver, aquecer até ferver. 3 cozinhar, cozer. 4 esterilizar por fervura. 5 ficar excitado ou nervoso. 6 mover-se violentamente, espumar, estar revolto (maré). 7 separar ou evaporar mediante ebulição. the water boiled away / a água evaporou-se. on the boil a) em ebulição. b) fig agitado, excitado. she made his blood boil ela o enfureceu. to boil down a) concentrar, engrossar por fervura. b) fig condensar, resumir. the story boils down to this / a história resume-se a isto. to boil gently cozinhar em fogo brando. to boil over a) transbordar durante a fervura. b) descontrolar-se, irritar-se. his feelings boiled over with rage / ele ferveu de raiva. to give a boil-up requentar. to keep at the boil manter em ebulição. -
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I [boil] verb1) (to turn rapidly from liquid to vapour when heated: I'm boiling the water; The water's boiling.) ferver2) (to cook by boiling in water etc: I've boiled the potatoes.) cozer•- boiler- boiling-point - boil down to - boil over II [boil] noun(an inflamed swelling on the skin: His neck is covered with boils.) furúnculo -
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5 boil over
(to boil and overflow: The pan of water boiled over and spilt on the floor.) transbordar -
6 boil over
(to boil and overflow: The pan of water boiled over and spilt on the floor.) ferver e transbordar -
7 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) -
8 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) -
9 hard-boil
hard-boil[ha:d b'ɔil] vt cozinhar (ovo) até ficar bem duro. -
10 on the boil
on the boila) em ebulição. b) fig agitado, excitado. -
11 she made his blood boil
she made his blood boilela o enfureceu. -
12 to boil down
to boil downa) concentrar, engrossar por fervura. b) fig condensar, resumir. the story boils down to this/a história resume-se a isto. -
13 to boil gently
to boil gentlycozinhar em fogo brando. -
14 to boil over
to boil overa) transbordar durante a fervura. b) descontrolar-se, irritar-se. his feelings boiled over with rage/ele ferveu de raiva. -
15 to boil the pot
to boil the potganhar a vida. -
16 to give a boil-up
to give a boil-uprequentar. -
17 to keep at the boil
to keep at the boilmanter em ebulição. -
18 to make one’s blood boil
to make one’s blood boilenfurecer. -
19 boilery
boil.er.y[b'ɔiləri] n 1 destilaria. 2 salina. -
20 boiling hot
boil.ing hot[b'ɔiliŋ hɔt] adj 1 muito quente, fervente. 2 sl irritado.
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