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1 drowning
drown.ing[dr'auniŋ] n afogamento. -
2 to perish by drowning
to perish by drowningmorrer afogado. -
3 clutch
1. verb1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) agarrar2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) segurar2. noun1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) garras2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) embraiagem•* * *clutch1[kl∧tʃ] n 1 aperto, agarração, arrebatamento. 2 garra, presa, mão que pega ou aperta. 3 fig (geralmente clutches) poder, controle, influência. 4 embreagem, acoplamento. 5 alavanca ou pedal que aciona a embreagem. 6 sl situação ou circunstância difícil ou séria. 7 Amer sl abraço. 8 Amer sl grupo, bando. 9 Amer sl freguês de restaurante que não dá ou dá pouca gorjeta. • vt+vi 1 apertar, agarrar, apanhar. 2 arrebatar. 3 embrear, acionar a embreagem. he made a clutch at ele pegou, ele estendeu a mão para. she kept out of his clutches ela ficou longe de seu alcance. to throw the clutch in embrear. to throw the clutch out desembrear.————————clutch2[kl∧tʃ] n 1 ninho com ovos. 2 ninhada. -
4 lifeline
noun (a rope for support in dangerous operations or thrown to rescue a drowning person.) corda de salvação* * *life.line[l'aiflain] n 1 corda de segurança ou salva-vidas. 2 linha vital de comunicações, único meio de contato. -
5 perish
['periʃ](to die, especially in war, accident etc: Many people perished in the earthquake.) morrer* * *per.ish[p'eriʃ] vt+vi 1 perecer, morrer, sucumbir. 2 findar, acabar. 3 decair, definhar. 4 deteriorar, estragar. 5 arruinar-se, perder-se. to perish by drowning morrer afogado. to perish by hunger morrer de fome. to perish with a) morrer por causa de. b) sofrer por causa de. he is perishing with cold / ele está morrendo de frio. c) deteriorar por causa de. -
6 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) salvar2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) fazer economias3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) poupar4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) defender5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) salvar6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) defesa- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) salvo* * *save1[seiv] n o que foi salvo, economia. • vt+vi 1 salvar. he saved my life / ele salvou minha vida. 2 guardar, preservar, resguardar, proteger, abrigar. God save the King! / Deus guarde o rei! 3 colher, recolher, armazenar, juntar, guardar. 4 economizar, poupar. he saved a lot of money / ele economizou muito dinheiro. 5 fazer economias, juntar dinheiro. he’s saving money / ele está economizando dinheiro. 6 prevenir, evitar. 7 Theol salvar, livrar (dos pecados). 8 cuidar, conservar. to save appearances salvar as aparências. to save one’s face escapar de uma humilhação.————————save2[seiv] prep exceto, salvo. • conj a não ser que, exceto. he invited all save my friend / ele convidou todos exceto meu amigo. save for com exceção de, salvo. save that a menos que, só que, a não ser que. -
7 vain
[vein]1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.) vaidoso2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.) vão3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.) vão•- vainly- vanity
- in vain* * *[vein] adj 1 convencido, vaidoso, presunçoso. 2 vão, fútil, infrutífero, inútil. all was in vain / foi tudo em vão. 3 sem valor ou importância. 4 vazio, sem fundamento. to take in vain invocar em vão (o nome de Deus). -
8 life-saving
noun (the act or skill of rescuing people from drowning: The boy is being taught life-saving.) salvamento -
9 clutch
1. verb1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) agarrar(-se)2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) apertar2. noun1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) domínio2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) embreagem• -
10 life-saving
noun (the act or skill of rescuing people from drowning: The boy is being taught life-saving.) salvamento -
11 lifeline
noun (a rope for support in dangerous operations or thrown to rescue a drowning person.) corda de salvamento -
12 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) salvar2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) economizar, poupar3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) poupar4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) defender, evitar5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) salvar6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) defesa- saver- saving - savings - saviour - saving grace - savings account - savings bank - save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) salvo -
13 vain
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