down+for

1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) pendurar

2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) segurar

3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) enforcar

4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) pender

5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) baixar (a cabeça)

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[hæŋ] n 1 declive, ladeira. 2 o modo de assentar, caimento (vestido, cortina, etc.). 3 sl modo, jeito de uma coisa, funcionamento (de máquina). • vt+vi (ps and pp hung) 1 pender, pendurar. 2 suspender(-se), estar suspenso. 3 enforcar(-se), ser enforcado. 4 inclinar. 5 projetar-se sobre. 6 forrar, atapetar. 7 pairar. 8 estar em dúvida. 9 impedir uma decisão judicial. 10 tardar, perder tempo, protelar, vadiar. 11 estar à mostra ou em exposição. don’t care a hang! pouco se me dá!, pouco me importa! hang it (all)! o diabo que carregue (tudo) isto! hang you! o diabo que o carregue! hang your number up to dry sl você ainda cheira a cueiros. let it all hang out faça o que você quiser. time hangs heavy upon my hands estou enfadado, enfastiado. to be hung up on (ou about) something ficar, estar ansioso sem necessidade, estar aflito, ter uma idéia fixa. to get the hang of compreender, entender o significado de. I got the hang of it / compreendi o quê da coisa. to hang about (ou around) a) passar ou matar o tempo. b) permanecer. to hang about someone ficar em volta de alguém. to hang a hard sl ficar de pau duro, ter ereção. to hang around ficar andando à toa. to hang around with a) relacionar-se com alguém. b) Braz coll sair com alguém. to hang back hesitar, vacilar. to hang by a thread estar por um fio. to hang fire a) negar fogo (arma). b) fig hesitar, vacilar. to hang in sl esperar. to hang in doubt estar em dúvida. to hang loose sl fazer nada, estar relaxado. to hang off a) soltar, deixar solto, deixar ir. b) hesitar, vacilar. to hang on a) segurar firmemente. b) esperar. c) continuar a fazer algo apesar das dificuldades. d) depender de. e) persistir. to hang oneself enforcar-se. to hang out a) passar o tempo em um lugar ou com alguém. b) pendurar roupas no varal. c) expor, deixar à mostra para venda. to hang out for insistir. to hang over a) inclinar-se. b) pairar sobre, ameaçar. to hang together a) ficarem juntos, unidos. b) serem consistentes. c) conectar, ligar. to hang tough estar decidido, resoluto. to hang up a) suspender. b) adiar. c) desligar (telefone). d) pendurar, dependurar. to hang up on someone interromper no meio o telefonema com alguém. to hang upon something estar afeiçoado a alguma coisa.

1) (to mend; to make (something) that is damaged or has broken down work again; to restore to good condition: to repair a broken lock / torn jacket.) consertar

2) (to put right or make up for: Nothing can repair the harm done by your foolish remarks.) remediar

1) ((often in plural) the act of repairing something damaged or broken down: I put my car into the garage for repairs; The bridge is under repair.) reparação

2) (a condition or state: The road is in bad repair; The house is in a good state of repair.) conservação

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[rip'ɛə] n 1 conserto, reparo. 2 estado de conservação. • vt 1 reparar, consertar, remendar, emendar, corrigir. 2 indenizar. in bad repair, out of repair em mau estado. in good repair em bom estado. under repair em conserto.

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[rip'ɛə] n refúgio, recanto. • vt 1 ir, dirigir-se, retirar-se (to para). 2 retornar.

1) ((often with at) to send or fire (bullets, arrows etc) from a gun, bow etc: The enemy were shooting at us; He shot an arrow through the air.) disparar

2) (to hit or kill with a bullet, arrow etc: He went out to shoot pigeons; He was sentenced to be shot at dawn.) matar a tiro

3) (to direct swiftly and suddenly: She shot them an angry glance.) atirar a

4) (to move swiftly: He shot out of the room; The pain shot up his leg; The force of the explosion shot him across the room.) lançar(-se)

5) (to take (usually moving) photographs (for a film): That film was shot in Spain; We will start shooting next week.) filmar

6) (to kick or hit at a goal in order to try to score.) atirar

7) (to kill (game birds etc) for sport.) caçar

- shooting-star

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[ʃu:t] n 1 tiro, chute (futebol), exercício de tiro, ato de atirar. 2 caça, excursão para caçar ou praticar tiro ao alvo, grupo ou sociedade de caçadores ou atiradores. 3 rebento, broto. • vt+vi (ps, pp shot) 1 atirar, matar, ferir com tiro, atingir com tiro. 2 emitir rapidamente, lançar. 3 dar tiro, disparar arma de fogo. 4 mover rapidamente, passar, percorrer em grande velocidade. 5 brotar, nascer, crescer rapidamente. 6 tirar fotografia, fotografar, filmar. 7 projetar-se para fora, estender-se. 8 variar em cor. 9 medir a altitude (do Sol). 10 Sport chutar em direção ao gol, atirar bola, lançar. 11 Naut lançar ferro. 12 correr (ferrolho). to shoot ahead correr para a frente. to shoot at atirar. to shoot down 1 matar, liquidar. 2 derrubar, abater (avião). to shoot forth brotar, germinar. to shoot oneself in the foot ferrar-se, prejudicar-se, ser o causador de sua própria desgraça. to shoot one’s mouth off falar demais, não medir palavras. to shoot out tiroteio. to shoot rapids descer corredeiras. to shoot the bull ter conversa informal, não muito séria. to shoot the sun Naut tomar a altura do Sol com sextante. to shoot up crescer muito. prices shoot up / os preços sobem rapidamente.

1) (a loud cry or call: He heard a shout.) grito

2) (a loud burst (of laughter, cheering etc): A shout went up from the crowd when he scored a goal.) grito

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[ʃaut] n grito alto. • vt+vi gritar. don’t shout at me! / não grite comigo! they shouted for help / chamaram por socorro. they shouted for their friends / chamaram por seus amigos. he shouted to me / ele gritou para mim. he shouted himself hoarse / ele gritou até perder a voz. it’s my shout this time é minha vez de pedir uma rodada. to shout a person down abafar a voz de uma pessoa (com gritos). to shout out gritar repentinamente. to shout something from the housetops espalhar aos quatro ventos. you don’t have to shout it from the housetops / não deve espalhá-lo aos quatro ventos.

to call collect

fazer um telefonema a cobrar. to call down 1 mandar descer, pedir que desça. 2 invocar. he called down curses upon me/ele invocou a ira do céu contra mim. 3 Amer coll ralhar, repreender. to call for 1 pedir os serviços de. 2 chamar à cena (atores). 3 pedir, requerer demandar, exigir. your criticism was not called for/ninguém pediu sua opinião. 4 perguntar por. 5 ir buscar alguém, mandar chamar alguém. to call forth 1 fazer surgir, trazer à tona, inspirar. to call in 1 mandar entrar, pedir que entre. 2 convocar, consultar, pedir conselho, auxílio a. 3 retirar, recolher (dinheiro de circulação). 4 sacar uma quantia, cobrar (dívidas). 5 visitar de passagem. to call in question 1 pôr em dúvida, duvidar. 2 chamar para exame, para argüição.

1) (a sloping channel for sending down water, rubbish etc.) conduto

2) (a similar structure in a playground, for children to slide down.) escorregador

3) (a parachute.) pára-quedas

1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) bonzinho

2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) bom

3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) bom

4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) bom

5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) bom

6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) bom

7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) bom

8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) bom, agradável

9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) bom, muito

10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) apto

11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) bom

12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) bom

13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) bom

14) (thorough: a good clean.) bom

15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) bem

1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) bem, proveito

2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) bem

- goodness

- goods

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (peça)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) dançar, saltitar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) manobrar

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lazer

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) jogo

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1) (to mend; to make (something) that is damaged or has broken down work again; to restore to good condition: to repair a broken lock / torn jacket.) consertar

2) (to put right or make up for: Nothing can repair the harm done by your foolish remarks.) reparar

1) ((often in plural) the act of repairing something damaged or broken down: I put my car into the garage for repairs; The bridge is under repair.) reparo

2) (a condition or state: The road is in bad repair; The house is in a good state of repair.) estado de conservação

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1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) bater

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) soar, tocar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) ocorrer

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) baixar, desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) descoberta, achado

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1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) esperança

2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) esperança

3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) esperança

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[houp] n esperança, confiança, expectativa. • vt+vi esperar ( for por), ter esperança (in em). I hope for the best / espero o melhor. he doesn’t have hope in hell of doing it ele não tem a mínima chance de fazê-lo. hoped for esperado. I hope so assim espero, espero que sim. in the hope of na esperança de. to be out of hope não ter mais esperança. to hope against esperar por uma coisa quase irrealizável. to raise hopes encorajar, dar esperanças.

- jotter

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[dʒɔt] n coisa mínima, coisa insignificante, tiquinho, partícula. • vt anotar rapidamente. not one jot or tittle nem um pingo, nada. to jot down tomar nota, rascunhar, anotar brevemente.

1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) saltar

2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) saltar

3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) saltar

4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) saltar

1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) salto

2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) salto

3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) prova de salto

4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) salto

5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) subida

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[dʒ∧mp] n 1 salto, pulo. he gave a jump / ele deu um pulo. 2 Sport obstáculo. the horse took the jump / o cavalo tomou o obstáculo. 3 distância vencida num pulo ou fig numa viagem. 4 Sport salto de altura, de distância ou ornamental. 5 estremecimento, sobressalto. 6 Checkers conquista de uma peça do adversário, comida. 7 subida repentina de preço. 8 mudança súbita. 9 sl coréia, delirium tremens (com the). • vt+vi 1 saltar, pular. 2 saltitar, transpor, passar pulando. 3 fazer saltar, treinar saltos (cavalos). 4 estremecer, sobressaltar. 5 mover(-se) repentinamente. 6 aumentar, subir (preços). 7 Checkers capturar uma peça, comer. 8 Bridge superar a licitação. 9 Amer sl evadir-se, escapar (cadeia). 10 Amer sl saltar para ou de um trem em movimento. 11 Mus tocar jazz em ritmo acelerado. l2 Jour continuar a matéria em outra página. 13 Jour indicar o número de página da ou na qual a matéria continua. 14 mudar, passar repentinamente de uma coisa para outra. 15 pular, saltar, interromper a continuidade de ação (filme). 16 Amer sl praticar sexo, Braz vulg foder, trepar. 17 descarrilar. the train jumped the rails / o trem descarrilou. broad jump Sport salto de extensão. don’t jump at (or to) conclusions não tire conclusões precipitadas. don’t jump down my throat! não me interrompa tão rudemente! from the jump Amer de antemão, de início. high jump salto de altura. jumped-up Brit coll convencido, pretensioso. on the jump coll ocupado, ativo. to be (or stay) on jump ahead passar a perna. to get (or have) the jump on conseguir uma vantagem sobre. to jump a claim ocupar um lote de terreno reivindicado por outrem. to jump at aceitar avidamente. he jumped at the proposal / ele aceitou a proposta avidamente. to jump back recuar. to jump bail Jur ser revel, fugir estando sob fiança. to jump down pular para baixo. to jump in intrometer-se, interromper. to jump off Mil sair para um ataque. to jump on a) criticar, acusar. b) ralhar. to jump out pular para fora. to jump ship desertar de um navio. to jump someone atacar, agredir alguém. to jump the gun sl a) começar a corrida antes do sinal de partida. b) começar algo antes do tempo. c) chegar a uma conclusão prematura. to jump the queue furar a fila, passar à frente antes da sua vez. to jump the track saltar dos trilhos. to jump up levantar-se de repente. to jump up and down ficar agitado de contentamento ou tristeza. triple jump salto tríplice.

1) (to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc: He paid $5 for the book.) pagar

2) (to return (money that is owed): It's time you paid your debts.) pagar

3) (to suffer punishment (for): You'll pay for that remark!) pagar

4) (to be useful or profitable (to): Crime doesn't pay.) compensar

5) (to give (attention, homage, respect etc): Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.) dar

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[pei] n 1 pagamento, paga, remuneração. 2 salário, ordenado, soldo. 3 recompensa, retribuição. 4 pagador (no sentido da pessoa que cumpre bem ou mal a obrigação de pagar). he is a good pay / ele é bom pagador. • vt+vi (ps and pp paid) 1 pagar: a) remunerar. I was paid the sum / a importância me foi paga. b) satisfazer um débito. it has been paid for / já está pago. c) dar em troca de compras efetuadas. I’ll pay for the dinner / pagarei o jantar. d) recompensar, gratificar. e) expiar. f) retribuir. g) retaliar. he shall pay for this / ele pagará por isso. we paid him in his own coin / pagamo-lo com a mesma moeda. h) compensar. it doesn’t pay / não vale a pena, não compensa. 2 dar lucros. it did not pay a penny / não rendeu nada. 3 ser rendoso ou proveitoso. 4 dar, prestar (atenção, cumprimentos, respeito). 5 coll punir. in the pay of ao serviço de. to pay a call coll ir ao banheiro. to pay attention prestar atenção. to pay a visit retribuir uma visita. to pay away a) desembolsar, gastar. b) Naut arriar a âncora ou as amarras. to pay back a) restituir, devolver. b) vingar-se, pagar na mesma moeda. to pay court cortejar. to pay dearly fig pagar caro. he had to pay dearly for it / custou-lhe muito caro. to pay down pagar de entrada. to pay in depositar. to pay off a) pagar, remunerar. b) pagar integralmente, saldar, liquidar (dívidas). c) subornar (para manter em silêncio). d) revidar, vingar-se. e) ter sucesso. f) acertar as contas com (pagar e despedir). g) deixar desenrolar (cabo, corda, etc.). h) Naut virar a sotavento. i) Naut cair a sotavento. to pay one’s dues conseguir alguma coisa com muito esforço ou sofrimento. to pay one’s way pagar as próprias despesas, sem contrair dívidas. to pay out a) despender, pagar. b) fazer ajuste de contas. c) coll punir, castigar, vingar-se. to pay up a) saldar, liquidar. b) pagar as custas, expiar. well-paid bem pago, bem remunerado.

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[pei] vt (ps and pp payed) Naut embrear.

1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)

2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])

3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)

4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)

5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) fazer

6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) fazer

7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) realizar

8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) dar certo

9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) fazer

10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) ir

11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) arranjar, fazer

12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) fazer, agir

13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) fazer

14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) causar

15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) visitar

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1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) cair

2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) cair

3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) cair, baixar

4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) cair

5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) cair

6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) caber

1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) queda

2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) queda

3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) queda

4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) outono

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1) (to receive or obtain: I got a letter this morning.) receber

2) (to bring or buy: Please get me some food.) arranjar

3) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) alcançar

4) (to cause to be in a certain condition etc: You'll get me into trouble.) fazer com que

5) (to become: You're getting old.) tornar-se

6) (to persuade: I'll try to get him to go.) persuadir

7) (to arrive: When did they get home?) chegar

8) (to succeed (in doing) or to happen (to do) something: I'll soon get to know the neighbours; I got the book read last night.) conseguir

9) (to catch (a disease etc): She got measles last week.) contrair

10) (to catch (someone): The police will soon get the thief.) pegar

11) (to understand: I didn't get the point of his story.) compreender

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1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) mão

2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ponteiro

3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) trabalhador braçal, marujo

4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) mão, ajuda

5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) mão, jogo

6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) hand (quatro polegadas)

7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) caligrafia

1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) dar, entregar

2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) mandar de volta, passar

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1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) guardar

2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) guardar, conservar

3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) manter(-se)

4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) prosseguir

5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) guardar

6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) manter

7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) conservar(-se)

8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) manter

9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) reter

10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) manter

11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) manter

12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) celebrar

- keeper

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) pousar

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) deitar

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) dispor

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) assentar

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) acalmar

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) botar

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) apostar

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- layer

- layabout

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laico

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) leigo

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