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1 duck
I verb1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) mergulhar2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) abaixar-seII plurals - ducks, duck; noun1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) pato2) (a female duck. See also drake.) pata3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) jogada de críquete/zero•- duckling* * *duck1[d∧k] n 1 pato, pata. 2 Brit coll querido, amor, termo de carinho. 3 Cricket contagem de zero. 4 Amer coll colega, camarada. a dead duck uma questão ultrapassada. a sitting duck um alvo fácil, pessoa ou coisa sem defesa ou proteção. lame duck 1 pessoa, organização fraca ou incapaz. 2 Amer membro do Congresso prestes a se aposentar por não ter sido reeleito. 3 delinqüente, infrator. 4 falido. like water off a ducks back sem efeito algum. to make a duck fazer zero ponto (no críquete). to take to something like duck to water aprender ou habituar-se facilmente a alguma coisa. wild duck pato selvagem.————————duck2[d∧k] n 1 mergulho. 2 súbita inclinação da cabeça ou do corpo, desvio da cabeça ou do corpo para não ser atingido ou visto. 3 reverência. • vt+vi 1 mergulhar, meter debaixo da água, retirar rapidamente. 2 abaixar, inclinar, desviar rapidamente a cabeca ou o corpo, esquivar-se, evitar. 3 fazer profunda reverência. 4 tirar o corpo fora, evadir-se. to duck out of esquivar-se de (responsabilidades). to make duck of, to play duck with dissipar, esbanjar, malbaratar, desperdiçar.————————duck3[d∧k] n 1 pano grosso de linho ou de algodão de que se fazem velas, toldos, tendas, etc. 2 pl calças feitas do mesmo tecido. -
2 to take to something like duck to water
to take to something like duck to wateraprender ou habituar-se facilmente a alguma coisa.English-Portuguese dictionary > to take to something like duck to water
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3 goose
[ɡu:s]plural - geese; noun(a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger: The farmer's wife keeps geese.) ganso- he wouldn't say boo to a goose* * *[gu:s] n (pl geese) 1 ganso. 2 pessoa afetada, simplório. 3 gooses ferro de engomar de alfaiate. all his geese are swans ele superestima o que tem. the goose hangs high Amer as expectativas são boas. to cook someone’s goose arruinar os planos de alguém. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs matar a galinha dos ovos de ouro, perder uma grande chance. to turn geese into swans exagerar. -
4 issue
['iʃu:] 1. verb1) (to give or send out, or to distribute, especially officially: The police issued a description of the criminal; Rifles were issued to the troops.) distribuir2) (to flow or come out (from something): A strange noise issued from the room.) sair2. noun1) (the act of issuing or process of being issued: Stamp collectors like to buy new stamps on the day of issue.) distribuição2) (one number in the series of a newspaper, magazine etc: Have you seen the latest issue of that magazine?) número3) (a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) assunto* * *is.sue['iʃu:] n 1 emissão, edição, tiragem. 2 despacho, ordem, remessa. 3 saída, descarga, Med perda (de sangue), fluxo. 4 lugar de saída, desembocadura. 5 resultado, fim. 6 problema, ponto de debate, discussão, assunto de controvérsia. the question raises the whole issue / a pergunta atinge todos os fatos. 7 herdeiros, descendentes. 8 busílis, Jur questão. 9 Mil distribuição. • vt+vi 1 emitir, pôr em circulação. 2 sair, escapar, escoar, brotar. 3 publicar, editar. 4 emergir. 5 resultar (in em, from de), terminar. 6 descender (de), provir. 7 provindenciar, suprir. a back issue um número atrasado. a big issue um problema crucial. at issue debatido, em questão. the matter lies at issue / a questão está em debate. bank of issue banco central ou emissor. the coming, next issue o próximo número. the whole issue coll o negócio todo. to cloud / confuse the issue confundir o assunto. to evade / duck the issue fugir da questão. to force an issue forçar uma decisão. to issue a magazine publicar uma revista. to issue forth sair publicado. to issue from resultar de. to join issue with someone discutir a opinião de alguém. to make an issue of something fazer um estardalhaço com algo. to take issue discordar. -
5 goose
[ɡu:s]plural - geese; noun(a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger: The farmer's wife keeps geese.) ganso- he wouldn't say boo to a goose
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