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101 crochet
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102 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) costume2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) clientela•- customarily
- customer
- customs* * *cus.tom[k'∧stəm] n 1 costume, hábito, uso, prática, praxe. 2 costumes, comportamento. 3 Jur direito consuetudinário. 4 customs taxas, direitos alfandegários. 5 customs alfândega. • adj 1 feito sob encomenda. 2 que trabalha em artigos sob encomenda. a habit rooted in custom um costume consagrado pelo hábito. as was his custom como era de seu hábito. -
103 dad
[dæd](children's words for father: Where is your daddy?; What are you doing, Daddy?) papá* * *[dæd] n 1 papai, papá. 2 coll velho, velhinho. -
104 determine
[di'tə:min]1) (to fix or settle; to decide: He determined his course of action.) determinar2) (to find out exactly: He tried to determine what had gone wrong.) determinar•- determined* * *de.ter.mine[dit'ə:min] vt+vi 1 determinar, estabelecer, resolver, tomar uma resolução, decidir, fixar, delimitar, definir. 2 decretar. 3 concluir, acabar, terminar. 4 indicar com precisão. 5 induzir, ordenar. 6 averiguar. 7 revogar, cancelar. to determine to do, to determine doing decidir a fazer. -
105 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) instrumento2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) processo* * *de.vice[div'ais] n 1 invento artificioso, invenção, artifício, dispositivo, aparelho. 2 projeto, plano, esquema. 3 estratagema, truque, ardil, astúcia. 4 desenho, padrão, modelo. 5 Her divisa, emblema. 6 engenho. 7 Comp dispositivo: qualquer equipamento eletrônico (geralmente acessório) que ligado ao computador possiblita efetuar operações completas e independentes. a man full of devices homem engenhoso, inventivo. circuit-breaking device dispositivo de interrupção. to leave someone to their own devices deixar alguém fazer o que quiser, deixar alguém executar algo por sua própria conta. -
106 difficulty
plural - difficulties; noun1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) dificuldade2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) dificuldade3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) dificuldade* * *dif.fi.cul.ty[d'ifikəlti] n 1 dificuldade, qualidade do que é difícil. 2 obstáculo, impedimento, objeção, situação crítica, embaraço. 3 disputa, querela, desacordo. 4 fadiga, apuro, relutância. 5 difficulties pl embaraço financeiro. to be in difficulties estar em dificuldades financeiras. to do something with difficulty fazer algo com dificuldade, com esforço. to have/ find difficulty in doing something encontrar dificuldade para fazer algo. -
107 disable
[dis'eibl](to reduce the ability or strength of; to cripple: He was disabled during the war.) incapacitar- disability payment
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- disablement* * *dis.a.ble[dis'eibəl] vt 1 inabilitar, incapacitar, tornar inapto, privar alguém de força ou de poder. 2 estropiar, aleijar, mutilar. 3 desativar. to disable from doing incapacitar de fazer. -
108 disarmament
noun (the act of doing away with war-weapons.) desarmamento* * *dis.arm.a.ment[dis'a:məmənt] n desarmamento, deposição ou entrega de armas, redução, licenciamento de tropas. -
109 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) dissuadir* * *dis.suade[disw'eid] vt dissuadir, desaconselhar, (seguido de from) despersuadir. -
110 distracted
1) (turned aside (from what one is doing or thinking): He had slipped out while her attention was distracted.) distraído2) (out of one's mind; mad: a distracted old woman.) demente3) (distressed: The distracted mother couldn't reach her child in the burning house.) aflito* * *dis.tract.ed[distr'æktid] adj 1 distraído, divertido, desatento, entretido, abstrato. 2 perturbado, confuso, doido, louco, insensato, demente. -
111 do-it-yourself
noun, adjective ((of) the art or practice of doing one's own decorating, repairs etc (also DIY): I've just bought a book on do-it-yourself so I can try to tile the bathroom; a do-it-yourself job.) bricolage* * *do-it-your.self[du: it jəs'elf] n atividade de faça-o você mesmo. -
112 dogged
['doɡid]adjective (keeping on at what one is doing in a determined and persistent manner: his dogged perseverance.) pertinaz* * *dog.ged[d'ɔgid] adj obstinado, cabeçudo, tenaz, intratável, teimoso, pertinaz. -
113 domesticated
[-keitid]1) ((of animals) accustomed to living near and being used by people: Cows and sheep have been domesticated for many thousands of years.) domesticado2) (good at doing jobs associated with running a house: My husband has become very domesticated since I've been ill.) caseiro* * *do.mes.ti.cat.ed[dəmestik'eitid] adj 1 domesticado, adaptado à vida e às atividades familiares. 2 amansado. -
114 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) beira2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) gume3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) intensidade2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) guarnecer2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) avançar•- edging- edgy
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- on edge* * *[ed9] n 1 canto, extremidade, margem, beira, bordo. 2 bainha, aresta. 3 situação crítica. 4 gume, fio, corte. 5 aspereza, rispidez, irritabilidade. it sets my teeth on edge / isto me irrita, mexe com os meus nervos. 6 vantagem, margem de superioridade. 7 agudeza de mente ou apetite. • vt+vi 1 afiar, amolar, aguçar. 2 introduzir-se despercebidamente, infiltrar(-se). 3 margear, delimitar, emoldurar, cercar, orlar, circundar. 4 empurrar ou mover pouco a pouco. 5 derrotar por pequena margem. on edge a) nervoso, agitado. b) ansioso, impaciente. to be on the very edge of doing something estar prestes a fazer alguma coisa. to be over the edge coll ter uma crise nervosa. to edge away afastar-se devagar, esgueirar-se. to give an edge dar uma vantagem. to have the edge on ter pequena vantagem sobre. to put an edge on afiar, dar fio. to put someone on edge irritar alguém. to put to the edge of the sword passar à espada, matar. to set on edge excitar, animar. to take the edge off privar de força, abrandar, suavizar. -
115 elbow-room
noun (space enough for doing something: Get out of my way and give me some elbow-room!) campo de acção* * *el.bow-room['elbouru:m] n campo livre para ação ou movimentação. -
116 energy
['enə‹i]plural - energies; noun1) (the ability to act, or the habit of acting, strongly and vigorously: He has amazing energy for his age; That child has too much energy; I must devote my energies to gardening today.) energia2) (the power, eg of electricity, of doing work: electrical energy; nuclear energy.) energia•- energetically* * *en.er.gy['en2d9i] n 1 energia, atividade. conservation of energy / Tech conservação da energia. energy input, energy put in / Tech energia absorvida. potential energy / Tech energia potencial. 2 força, firmeza, vigor. -
117 entice
(to attract or tempt: Goods are displayed in shop windows to entice people into the shop.) aliciar- enticing* * *en.tice[int'ais] vt 1 atrair, tentar, seduzir. 2 incitar, instigar (to do, into doing a, a fazer). 3 engodar. 4 induzir. -
118 evil
['i:vl] 1. adjective(very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) mau2. noun1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) mal2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) mal•- evil-- evilly
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- evil-doer* * *e.vil[i:v2l] n 1 mal, maldade. wish no one any evil / não deseje o mal a outrem. of two evils choose the least! / de dois males, o menor! to speak evil of / falar mal de (alguém). 2 infortúnio, dano, pecado, desgraça. he did evil in the sight of the Lord / ele pecou perante Deus. • adj 1 mau, malvado, miserável. he’s an evil boy / ele é um menino malvado. 2 infeliz. 3 daninho, malfazejo, prejudicial, nocivo. The Evil one demônio, diabo. -
119 excavate
['ekskəveit]1) (to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this.) escavar2) (in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging: The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress.) escavar•- excavator* * *ex.ca.vate['eksk2veit] vt+vi 1 escavar. 2 cavar. 3 desenterrar, (também fig) exumar. 4 tornar oco. -
120 experience
[ik'spiəriəns] 1. noun1) ((knowledge, skill or wisdom gained through) practice in some activity, or the doing of something: Learn by experience - don't make the same mistake again; Has she had experience in teaching?) experiência2) (an event that affects or involves a person etc: The earthquake was a terrible experience.) experiência2. verb(to have experience of; to feel: I have never before experienced such rudeness!) experimentar/sofrer, conhecer* * *ex.pe.ri.ence[iksp'i2ri2ns] n 1 experiência, prática. business experience / experiência comercial (ou de negócios). 2 peripécia, aventura. 3 ensaio, treinamento. 4 conhecimento, perícia. a man of experience um homem de experiência. by my own experience pela minha própria experiência. experience in teaching prática no magistério. • vt 1 experimentar, experienciar, conhecer, saber por experiência. 2 sofrer, sentir, padecer, suportar.
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