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[wik](the twisted threads of cotton etc in a candle, lamp etc, which draw up the oil or wax into the flame.) pavio* * *[wik] n pavio, mecha. -
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[wik](the twisted threads of cotton etc in a candle, lamp etc, which draw up the oil or wax into the flame.) pavio, mecha -
3 flicker
['flikə] 1. verb1) (to burn unsteadily: the candle flickered.) tremeluzir2) (to move quickly and unsteadily: A smile flickered across her face.) adejar.2. noun(an unsteady light or flame: the flicker of an oil lamp.) bruxuleio* * *flick.er1[fl'ikə] n 1 luz bruxuleante. 2 bruxuleio, tremulação, centelha. 3 meneio, movimento rápido, ligeiro, vacilação. • vi 1 bruxulear, tremeluzir, chamejar. 2 adejar, bater as asas, tremular, vacilar, vibrar, palpitar, flutuar.————————flick.er2[fl'ikə] n Zool espécie de pica-pau norte-americano. -
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I noun(powdered tobacco for sniffing up into the nose: He took a pinch of snuff.) rapéII verb(to snip off the burnt part of the wick of (a candle or lamp).) espevitar* * *snuff1[sn∧f] n 1 rapé, tabaco em pó. 2 ato de aspirar rapé, fungada. 3 dose de rapé. • vt+vi 1 aspirar pelo nariz. 2 cheirar. 3 fungar. 4 aspirar rapé. a pinch of snuff uma pitada de rapé. to give somebody a snuff repreender, Braz coll dar bronca, passar pito. I gave him a snuff / passei-lhe um pito.————————snuff2[sn∧f] n pavio queimado. • vt 1 espevitar uma vela. 2 apagar, extinguir uma vela. 3 sl matar. to snuff out apagar, fig coll morrer. -
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