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1 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) ruir2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) desmaiar3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) falhar4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) desdobrar-se•* * *col.lapse[kəl'æps] n 1 colapso, desmaio, prostração repentina. 2 ruína, queda, falência, malogro. • vt+vi 1 cair, ruir, desmoronar. 2 desfalecer, cair em colapso, desmaiar. 3 Amer dobrar, fechar. 4 desanimar, perder a força, ceder. collapse of a bank falência de um banco. collapse of prices queda de preços. -
2 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) ruir, desmoronar2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) desmaiar3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) fracassar4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) desmontar• -
3 collapse
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4 collapse of a bank
collapse of a bankfalência de um banco. -
5 collapse of prices
collapse of pricesqueda de preços. -
6 ancient
['einʃənt]1) (relating to times long ago, especially before the collapse of Rome: ancient history.) antigo2) (very old: an ancient sweater.) velho* * *an.cient['einʃənt] n ancião, patriarca. Ancients (or the ancients) 1 povos da Antiguidade, principalmente gregos e romanos. 2 autores clássicos da Antiguidade. • adj 1 antigo, velho, remoto, relativo à Antiguidade. 2 venerável, vetusto. 3 antiquado, fora da moda. -
7 beg
[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) pedir2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) implorar•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) empobrecer- beg to differ* * *[beg] vt+vi 1 mendigar, esmolar. 2 rogar, implorar, suplicar. 3 pedir, solicitar, requerer. he begs leave to go / ele pede licença para sair. he begs permission to see her / ele pede permissão para vê-la. 4 evitar, contornar, desviar. he begged his bread ele viveu mendigando. he begged the question ele tomou (ele deu) a questão como provada. I beg your pardon desculpe. I beg to inform you tomo a liberdade de informar-lhe. to beg off obter liberdade ou dispensa após solicitação. to beg the real problems desviar dos verdadeiros problemas. -
8 breakdown
1) ((often nervous breakdown) a mental collapse.) colapso nervoso2) (a mechanical failure causing a stop: The car has had another breakdown. See also break down.) avaria* * *break.down[br'eikdaun] n 1 desarranjo, acidente, avaria. 2 colapso. 3 Amer dança barulhenta. 4 análise, relação, plano detalhado. 5 decomposição química. breakdown of accounts Com desdobramento de contas. nervous breakdown colapso nervoso. -
9 danger
['dein‹ə]1) (something that may cause harm or injury: The canal is a danger to children.) perigo2) (a state or situation in which harm may come to a person or thing: He is in danger; The bridge is in danger of collapse.) perigo•* * *dan.ger[d'eindʒə] n perigo, risco. he is on the danger list ele está muito mal de saúde, às portas da morte (em geral no hospital). in danger of sujeito a, a ponto de. out of danger livre de perigo, a salvo. -
10 rally
['ræli] 1. verb1) (to come or bring together again: The general tried to rally his troops after the defeat; The troops rallied round the general.) reagrupar(-se)2) (to come or bring together for a joint action or effort: The supporters rallied to save the club from collapse; The politician asked his supporters to rally to the cause.) juntar-se3) (to (cause to) recover health or strength: She rallied from her illness.) recuperar-se2. noun1) (a usually large gathering of people for some purpose: a Scouts' rally.) assembleia2) (a meeting (usually of cars or motorcycles) for a competition, race etc.) rali3) (an improvement in health after an illness.) recuperação4) ((in tennis etc) a (usually long) series of shots before the point is won or lost.) sucessão de jogadas•* * *ral.ly1[r'æli] n 1 reunião, reagrupamento (de tropas), recobro de forças. 2 comício. 3 rebatida (da bola, em tênis ou jogos similares). 4 Sport rali: competição automobilística. • vt+vi 1 reunir, ajuntar, reagrupar, pôr em ordem. 2 reanimar, revigorar. 3 tornar a reunir-se, encontrar-se para um fim comum. 4 convocar, chamar, incitar para uma ação em conjunto. 5 recuperar-se, reviver, reanimar-se, refazer-se. 6 Com recuperar os preços. the market rallies o mercado se normaliza (após uma depressão). to rally round coll colaborar, ajudar. to rally to the side of one’s friends tomar o partido dos ou socorrer os amigos.————————ral.ly2[r'æli] n zombaria benévola. • vt+vi zombar de, ridicularizar de maneira benévola. -
11 rickety
['rikəti](not well built; unsteady; likely to fall over or collapse: a rickety table.) inseguro* * *rick.et.y[r'ikiti] adj 1 raquítico, fraco, débil. 2 instável, sem firmeza, em perigo de desmoronar. -
12 ruin
['ru:in] 1. noun1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) ruína2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) ruína3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) ruína2. verb1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) arruinar2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) estragar•- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins* * *ru.in[r'u:in] n 1 ruína, destruição, estrago, dano. they brought him to ruin / levaram-no à ruína. 2 decadência, queda, arruinamento. 3 aniquilamento, assolação. 4 bancarrota, falência, perda. 5 ruins ruínas, destroços, escombros. • vt 1 arruinar, estragar, decair, destruir. he ruined himself / ele arruinou-se. 2 falir, ir à falência ou bancarrota. 3 seduzir, desonrar, fazer perder. 4 desgraçar, empobrecer. to go to ruin arruinar-se, decair. -
13 shaky
1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) trémulo2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) inseguro3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) fraco* * *shak.y[ʃ'eiki] adj 1 trêmulo, trôpego, vacilante. 2 fraco, débil, instável, inseguro. 3 rachado, fendido. 4 coll duvidoso, incerto. -
14 virtual
['ve:(r) uəl](almost (as described), though not exactly in every way: a virtual collapse of the economy.)* * *vir.tu.al[v'ə:tjuəl] adj 1 virtual, quase, praticamente. 2 Comp característica ou dispositivo que na realidade não existe mas que é simulado por um computador e pode ser usado como se existisse. -
15 cave in
((of walls etc) to collapse.) desmoronar -
16 double up
1) (to (cause to) bend or collapse suddenly at the waist: We (were) doubled up with laughter; He received a blow in the stomach which doubled him up.) dobrar(-se)2) (to join up in pairs: There weren't enough desks, so some pupils had to double up.) emparelhar-se -
17 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) ceder a mão2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) ceder3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) concordar -
18 go (all) to pieces
((of a person) to collapse physically or nervously: She went to pieces when her husband died.) ficar destroçado -
19 go (all) to pieces
((of a person) to collapse physically or nervously: She went to pieces when her husband died.) ficar destroçado -
20 ancient
['einʃənt]1) (relating to times long ago, especially before the collapse of Rome: ancient history.) antigo2) (very old: an ancient sweater.) velho
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