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21 present
I ['preznt] adjective1) (being here, or at the place, occasion etc mentioned: My father was present on that occasion; Who else was present at the wedding?; Now that the whole class is present, we can begin the lesson.) presente2) (existing now: the present moment; the present prime minister.) presente3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action now: In the sentence `She wants a chocolate', the verb is in the present tense.) presente•- the present
- at present
- for the present II [pri'zent] verb1) (to give, especially formally or ceremonially: The child presented a bunch of flowers to the Queen; He was presented with a gold watch when he retired.) oferecer2) (to introduce: May I present my wife (to you)?) apresentar3) (to arrange the production of (a play, film etc): The Elizabethan Theatre Company presents `Hamlet', by William Shakespeare.) apresentar4) (to offer (ideas etc) for consideration, or (a problem etc) for solving: She presents (=expresses) her ideas very clearly; The situation presents a problem.) apresentar5) (to bring (oneself); to appear: He presented himself at the dinner table half an hour late.) apresentar-se•- presentable
- presentation
- present arms III ['preznt] noun(a gift: a wedding present; birthday presents.) presente* * *pre.sent[pr'ezənt] n 1 presente: a) atualidade. b) Gram tempo que exprime atualidade. c) dádiva, oferta, presente. 2 apresentação de armas. • vt+vi 1 apresentar: a) introduzir, tornar conhecido de. we presented our compliments to him / apresentamos a ele os nossos cumprimentos. b) existir, mostrar. c) submeter à consideração de. 2 presentear, ofertar. 3 apontar (arma). 4 Eccl nomear para um benefício. 5 Jur denunciar, acusar. 6 Mil apresentar armas. • adj presente: a) que comparece. b) à vista. c) ao alcance. d) existente, contido em. e) atual, contemporâneo. f) vigente, corrente. always present to my mind sempre presente na minha memória. at present no momento, agora. by these presents Jur por estes instrumentos. for the present por agora, por ora. he presented himself ele apresentou-se. present arms! apresentar armas! she made me a present of ela me fez presente de. to be present at estar presente a. to present a bill for acceptance apresentar um título para aceite. to present oneself apresentar-se. up to the present time até agora. -
22 reflexive
[rə'fleksiv]1) ((of a pronoun) showing that the object of a verb is the same person or thing as the subject: In `He cut himself', `himself' is a reflexive pronoun.) reflexivo2) ((of a verb) used with a reflexive pronoun: In `control yourself!', `control' is a reflexive verb.) reflexivo* * *re.flex.ive[rifl'eksiv] n Gram verbo ou pronome reflexivo. • adj reflexivo. -
23 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) graça2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) humorista3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) senso•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *wit1[wit] n 1 juízo. 2 capacidade ou faculdade mental (geralmente wits). he has quick wits / ele é de rápida compreensão. 3 razão, inteligência viva. 4 destreza, habilidade. have you not the wits to do it? / será que você não tem habilidade para fazer isto? 5 finura, perspicácia, agudeza, sagacidade. 6 engenho, aptidão. 7 entendimento, imaginação. 8 graça, humor, chiste. 9 pessoa espirituosa. 10 brincalhão. 11 wits sabedoria, juízo. she is out of her wits / ela perdeu o juízo. don’t lose your wits in an emergency! / não fique desorientado numa emergência! don’t drive me out of my wits! / não me faça enlouquecer! brevity is the soul of wit brevidade é a alma do saber. he has not his wits about him ele não está com a cabeça no lugar. he lives by his wits ele vive de expedientes. I am at my wit’s end não sei mais o que fazer. it sharpened his wits isto tornou-o mais esperto. to have a ready wit ser espirituoso. to sacre/terrify someone out of their wits, to frighten the wits out of someone amedrontar, apavorar alguém.————————wit2 -
24 by oneself
1) (alone: He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.) sozinho2) (without anyone else's help: He did the job (all) by himself.) sozinho -
25 reflexive
[rə'fleksiv]1) ((of a pronoun) showing that the object of a verb is the same person or thing as the subject: In `He cut himself', `himself' is a reflexive pronoun.) reflexivo2) ((of a verb) used with a reflexive pronoun: In `control yourself!', `control' is a reflexive verb.) reflexivo -
26 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) espírito de humor2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) pessoa espirituosa3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) bom senso•- witless- - witted - witticism - witty - wittily - wittiness - at one's wits' end - keep one's wits about one - live by one's wits - frighten/scare out of one's wits - out of one's wits -
27 Hum
1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) cantarolar2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) zumbir3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) aquecer2. noun(a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) zumbido* * *humorous(ly) -
28 ME
[mi:]((used as the object of a verb or preposition and sometimes instead of I) the word used by a speaker or writer when referring to himself: He hit me; Give that to me; It's me; He can go with John and me.) me/mim/(com)migo* * *abbr mechanical engineer (engenheiro mecânico), Master of Education (mestre em Educação), Master of Engineering (mestre em Engenharia). -
29 abandon
[ə'bændən]1) (to leave, not intending to return to: They abandoned the stolen car.) abandonar2) (to give (oneself) completely to: He abandoned himself to despair.) entregar-se•- abandonment* * *a.ban.don1[əb'ændən] vt 1 abandonar, deixar por completo, ceder. he abandoned him to his fate / ele o deixou à mercê de seu destino. he must abandon the plan / ele precisa abandonar o seu plano. 2 desertar, desamparar. the children were abandoned by their parents / as crianças foram abandonadas pelos pais. 3 entregar, conceder. don’t abandon yourself to despair / não se entregue ao desespero. 4 renunciar.————————a.ban.don2[əb'ændən] n desembaraço, liberalidade, despreocupação. -
30 abase
a.base[əb'eis] vt rebaixar, degradar, humilhar. he abased himself / ele degradou-se, ele aviltou-se. -
31 accustom
(to make (especially oneself) familiar with or used to: He soon accustomed himself to the idea.) acostumar(-se)- accustomed to* * *ac.cus.tom[ək'∧stəm] vt acostumar, familiarizar, habituar(-se) (to a). -
32 acquit
[ə'kwit]past tense, past participle - acquitted; verb(to declare (an accused person) to be innocent: The judge acquitted her of murder.) absolver* * *ac.quit[əkw'it] vt 1 absolver, inocentar, desculpar. 2 isentar, dispensar, desobrigar. I acquit him of responsibility / declaro-o isento da responsabilidade. 3 desempenhar(-se), portar-se, cumprir (um dever). he acquits himself well / ele desempenha-se bem de sua tarefa. 4 pagar, liquidar, saldar. 5 justificar(-se). -
33 align
1) (to put in a straight line or in parallel lines.) alinhar2) (to attach (oneself) to one side in an argument, politics etc: He aligned himself with the rebels.) alinhar* * *a.lign[əl'ain] vt+vi 1 alinhar, enfileirar. 2 formar-se em linha reta (tropas). 3 aliar-se, aderir, associar-se a, tomar posição. -
34 amuse
[ə'mju:z]1) (to make (someone) laugh: I was amused at the monkey's antics.) divertir2) (to interest or give pleasure to (for a time): They amused themselves playing cards.) entreter-se•- amusing
- amusingly* * *a.muse[əmj'u:z] vt+vi 1 divertir, deleitar, fazer rir. you amuse me / você me faz rir. he is not easy to amuse / não é fácil diverti-lo. 2 entreter, distrair, recrear. he amused himself with reading / ele se entreteve com a leitura. -
35 arrogate
ar.ro.gate['ærəgeit] vt 1 arrogar(-se), apropriar-se, usurpar, reclamar ou tomar sem direito. he arrogated the estate to himself / ele se apropriava indevidamente dos bens. 2 atribuir(-se) ou transferir indevidamente a. -
36 ashamed
[ə'ʃeimd](feeling shame: He was ashamed of his bad work, ashamed to admit his mistake, ashamed of himself.) envergonhado* * *a.shamed[əʃ'eimd] adj 1 envergonhado, humilhado. 2 desconcertado, confuso, irritado. to be ashamed of envergonhar-se, ter vergonha de. -
37 autobiography
(the story of a person's life written by himself.) autobiografia- autobiographic* * *au.to.bi.og.ra.phy[ɔ:toubai'ɔgrəfi] n autobiografia. -
38 be
['bi: ɡi:]( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.)* * *[bi:] v aux (ps was, pl were, pp been). 1 ser, existir, viver, ser realidade. it is mine, his / é meu, seu. it is my father’s / pertence a meu pai. she is everything to me / ela é tudo para mim. 2 ter lugar, acontecer, realizar-se. when is it to be? / quando será? 3 permanecer, ficar, continuar. 4 igualar, representar, significar. 5 estar, encontrar-se. to be at work / estar no trabalho. to be busy / estar ocupado. to be careful / ser cuidadoso. to be in a hurry / estar com pressa. he is at the advanced group / ele é do grupo dos adiantados. 6 visitar. • interj be! seja! am I to understand that...? significa isto que...? as it is de qualquer maneira. as it were por assim dizer. be that as it may seja como for. five years were to pass cinco anos teriam de passar. here you are coll aqui está. he was a long time about it ele levou muito tempo para isto. he was to have written ele devia ter escrito. how are we to go on? como vamos continuar?, que será de nós? how are you? como vai? how is this? o que significa isto? how long have you been in England? quanto tempo faz que está na Inglaterra? how much is this dress? quanto custa este vestido? how was it that he did not come? por que ele não veio? I am for leaving sou de opinião que devemos partir. if I were to do it se eu o fizesse. I must be off tenho de ir. in a moment the dog was upon him em um instante o cachorro estava em cima dele. it is above me isto foge à minha alçada. it is for him to excuse himself ele é quem deve pedir desculpas. it is for you to decide a decisão cabe a você. it’s up to you isso é com você. it will be for him to say ele terá de decidir. I was rewarded fui recompensado. let me be! deixe-me em paz! Mrs. Jones that is to be a futura senhora Jones. she lived to be 90 ela viveu 90 anos. that is to say quer dizer. that’s him all over isto é típico dele. the book is being printed/ is printing o livro está sendo impresso. the house is to let a casa está para alugar. the might-have-beens as oportunidades perdidas. there you are! aí está! to be able ser capaz, poder. to be in a) estar em casa. b) estar no poder. to be like parecer-se com. to be long demorar-se. to be of no use ser imprestável. to be out a) não estar em casa. b) estar errado. to be out of one’s mind estar fora de si. to be over acabar. to be short (of something) não ter o suficiente, estar faltando. to be up estar no fim. to be worthwhile valer a pena. we must take things as they are temos de aceitar as coisas como são. we shall be examined tomorrow teremos exame amanhã. what are you about? o que você quer fazer? what is he to be? o que ele será? what is, is good o que é, é bom. what is it? o que houve?, o que há com você? what was he to do? o que ele havia de fazer? when it was time quando a hora havia chegado. you are not to do that você não deve fazer isto. you have been (and gone) and done it coll você o fez realmente. you were not late, were you? você não chegou atrasado, não é? you were not to open the door não era para você abrir a porta. -
39 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-se2) (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. -
40 brace
[breis] 1. noun1) (something that draws together and holds tightly: a brace to straighten teeth.) suporte2) (a pair usually of game-birds: a brace of pheasants.) par2. verb(to make (often oneself) firm or steady: He braced himself for the struggle.) fortalecer-se- braces- bracing* * *brace1[breis] n 1 tira, cinto, atadura, braçadeira, junção, grampo. 2 reforço, suporte, esteio. 3 par, casal (de caça pequena). 4 Archit escora, pontalete, espeque. 5 Typogr, Mat chave, colchete. 6 Naut braço. 7 cordas do tambor (para esticar o couro). • vt+vi 1 dar força ou firmeza a, suportar, apoiar, reforçar. 2 fixar, segurar, manter no lugar. 3 colocar braçadeiras, cintas, tiras. 4 esticar, retesar. 5 Naut bracear.————————brace2[breis] n arco de pua.
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