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1 dull colour
dull co.lour[d'∧l k∧lə] n cor apagada. -
2 grey
[ɡrei] 1. adjective1) (of a mixture of colour between black and white: Ashes are grey.) cinzento2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) grisalho2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) cinzento2) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) cinzento3. verb(to become grey or grey-haired.) ficar grisalho- greyish* * *[grei] n cor cinza, cor parda, roupa de cor cinza. • vt+vi 1 tornar de cor cinza, ficar cinzento. 2 envelhecer (população). • adj 1 cinzento, gris, pardo. 2 grisalho. 3 velho. 4 escuro, triste. 5 fig maduro, experimentado. the grey mare is the better horse é a mulher que manda em casa. -
3 grey
[ɡrei] 1. adjective1) (of a mixture of colour between black and white: Ashes are grey.) cinza, cinzento2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) grisalho2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) cinza2) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) cinza3. verb(to become grey or grey-haired.) tornar cinzento/grisalho- greyish -
4 buff
1. noun(a dull yellow colour.) amarelado2. adjectivea buff envelope.) amarelado* * *[b∧f] n 1 couro de búfalo. 2 casaco militar de couro de búfalo. 3 cor amarelada, cor de couro. 4 disco de couro para polir. 5 coll pele nua. 6 fã, entusiasta. • vt polir com couro. • adj 1 de couro de búfalo. 2 amarelo, da cor de couro. all in buff nu, em pêlo. to buff it coll despir-se completamente. -
5 drab
[dræb](dull and uninteresting, especially in colour: drab clothes.) desbotado- drably- drabness* * *[dræb] n 1 cor parda. 2 tecido grosso de lã. 3 prostituta, puta, meretriz, marafona, mulher impudica, desmazelada. • vi prostituir-se. • adj 1 pardo, de cor parda. 2 monótono, insípido, pouco atraente, banal. -
6 mousy
1) ((of hair) dull brown in colour.) acastanhado2) (timid; uninteresting: a mousy little woman.) desinteressante* * *mous.y[m'ausi] adj 1 semelhante ao camundongo. 2 fig quieto, silencioso. -
7 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) lousa2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) lousaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) criticar* * *slate1[sleit] n 1 ardósia. 2 lousa. 3 cor-de-ardósia. 4 Amer lista de candidatos. • vt 1 cobrir com telhas de ardósia. 2 cobrir com ardósia ou substância semelhante. 3 colocar em lista de candidatos. • adj acinzentado, ardósia. to start with a clean slate passar uma esponja no passado e recomeçar. to wipe off the slate fig esquecer o passado.————————slate2[sleit] vt 1 dar uma sarabanda, uma ensaboadela. 2 criticar severamente. 3 planejar. -
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10 mousy
1) ((of hair) dull brown in colour.) marrom-claro2) (timid; uninteresting: a mousy little woman.) tímido -
11 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) ardósia, lousa2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) lousaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) criticar asperamente
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