engine+driver

noun (a person who drives a railway engine.) maquinista

noun (a person who drives a railway engine.) maquinista

['end9in draiv2] n maquinista.

1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motor

2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) máquina

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- engine-driver

- engineering

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['end9in] n 1 máquina, motor, mecanismo. engine off / com motor parado. engine on / com motor ligado. 2 locomotiva. 3 instrumento, engenho. 4 fig meio, agente, instrumento. • vt instalar máquinas.

1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motor

2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) locomotiva

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- engine-driver

- engineering

[p'ail endʒin] n = link=pile%20driver pile driver.

1) (a person who designs, makes, or works with, machinery: an electrical engineer.) engenheiro

2) ((usually civil engineer) a person who designs, constructs, or maintains roads, railways, bridges, sewers etc.) engenheiro

3) (an officer who manages a ship's engines.) maquinista naval

4) ((American) an engine-driver.) maquinista

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[end9in'i2] n 1 engenheiro. chief engineer / engenheiro-chefe. civil engineer / engenheiro civil. electrical engineer / engenheiro elétrico. 2 técnico. 3 mecânico. 4 maquinista de locomotiva. 5 Mil sapador. • vt 1 construir, executar, projetar, montar. 2 fig pôr em movimento, planejar, maquinar. 3 sl dar um jeito, engendrar.

1) (a person who designs, makes, or works with, machinery: an electrical engineer.) engenheiro, mecânico

2) ((usually civil engineer) a person who designs, constructs, or maintains roads, railways, bridges, sewers etc.) engenheiro civil

3) (an officer who manages a ship's engines.) mecânico naval

4) ((American) an engine-driver.) maquinista

1) ((especially American) a taxi: Could you call a cab for me?) táxi

2) (the driver's compartment of a railway engine, lorry etc.) cabina

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[kæb] n 1 táxi. 2 Amer cabina de maquinista de locomotiva ou de outro equipamento (guindaste). 3 boléia. 4 cabriolé. to call a cab chamar um táxi.

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[kæb] n medida hebraica equivalente a 1,6 litro.

1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) puxar

2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) chupar

3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) remar

4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) dirigir-se (para)

1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) puxão

2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) atracção

3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) influência

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- pull apart / to pieces

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[pul] n 1 puxão, tirão. 2 arranco, arrancada. 3 força de tração. 4 atração, atrativo. 5 trago, gole, sorvo. he took a pull at the bottle / ele tomou um trago da garrafa. 6 tragada. 7 vantagem. she has a pull over him / ela tem uma vantagem sobre ele. 8 pop remada. 9 esforço. 10 puxador, maçaneta. 11 Amer influência. 12 Mech tração. 13 Typogr prova. • vt+vi 1 puxar. I pulled him by the hair / puxei-o pelos cabelos. 2 arrastar, rebocar. 3 colher (frutas ou flores). 4 tirar, remover. 5 depenar. 6 sl roubar, furtar, trapacear. 7 esbaganhar (linho). 8 arrancar, extrair (dentes). 9 granjear, obter. 10 tragar, sorver. 11 rasgar, romper, dilacerar. 12 sl prender, deter. 13 sl varejar, dar uma batida. 14 sl sacar, tirar. he pulled a pistol / ele sacou de um revólver. 15 sofrear, refrear (cavalo de corrida). 16 Typogr imprimir provas. 17 remar. 18 conduzir em barco a remos. 19 ser equipado com remos. 20 Sports distender. 21 esticar, estirar. 22 sl fazer, realizar, executar. 23 aspirar, chupar. 24 sl prender, ser levado para a prisão. a pull boner dar uma rata, dar uma mancada, cometer uma gafe, errar. pull the other one, it’s got bells on conta outra. to pull about puxar de um lado para outro, judiar de. to pull a face amarrar a cara, mostrar que não gostou pela expressão do rosto. to pull a fast one passar a perna em alguém. to pull apart 1 romper. 2 romper-se. to pull away 1 remover. 2 retirar-se, sair. to pull back 1 retroceder, recuar. 2 não cumprir promessa feita, não cumprir a palavra empenhada. 3 gastar menos dinheiro, economizar. to pull down 1 demolir, arrasar. 2 fazer baixar. 3 enfraquecer. 4 humilhar, abater. to pull in 1 dirigir um veículo em direção a um lugar e parar. 2 entrar na estação e parar (trem). 3 Brit capturar (bandido). 4 coll ganhar muito dinheiro, juntar. 5 atrair grande número de pessoas. to pull off 1 despir, tirar. 2 descalçar. 3 conseguir, obter sucesso. 4 dar partida (carro), sair. 5 sair da estrada (carro). to pull on 1 vestir, pôr. 2 calçar. to pull oneself together readquirir o domínio de si mesmo, reanimar-se, recompor-se, controlar-se. to pull out 1 tirar, arrancar. 2 sair da estação (trem). 3 sair de um lugar (carro). to pull over encostar ao meio-fio, desviar o carro para a margem da estrada. to pull round convalescer, restabelecer-se, recobrar os sentidos. to pull through 1 tirar de dificuldades. 2 sair-se de aperto, livrar-se. 3 conseguir, ser bem-sucedido. to pull to pieces 1 despedaçar. 2 criticar impiedosamente. to pull together cooperar, colaborar, juntar forças. to pull up 1 levantar, erguer, içar, alçar. 2 arrancar, extirpar, desarraigar. 3 prender, deter. 4 censurar, repreender. 5 fazer parar. to pull up stakes coll levantar acampamento.

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) partir

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) (pôr a) andar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) começo

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) avanço

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- starter

1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

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[sta:t] n 1 partida, começo (de um movimento, de viagem, de corrida, etc.). 2 começo, início, princípio. 3 arranco, impulso, ímpeto. 4 sobressalto, susto. 5 vantagem, dianteira. 6 lugar de partida. 7 arranque (motor). • vt+vi 1 partir, pôr-se em movimento, levantar vôo, zarpar, embarcar, sair de viagem. 2 começar, iniciar. 3 dar partida (de motor), fazer começar. 4 encaminhar, auxiliar no início. 5 sobressaltar-se, espantar-se, assustar-se, fazer um movimento brusco, estancar. 6 vir, sair, brotar repentinamente, pegar. 7 levantar, assustar (caça). 8 soltar, ceder. 9 provocar, originar. 10 fundar (negócio). by fits and starts aos poucos, aos trancos. for a start primeiro, em primeiro lugar. from start to finish do princípio ao fim. to get off to a good/ a bad start começar bem. to get ou have the start of someone tomar a dianteira de alguém. to give someone a start a) dar vantagens para alguém no começo de um negócio, de uma competição, etc. b) surpreender ou assustar alguém. c) dar um emprego a alguém. he gave me a start / ele me assustou. to have a false start ter um mau começo. to make a new start começar de novo. to start a family ter o primeiro filho. to start after sair à procura de. to start back assustar-se, retroceder bruscamente. to start doing começar a fazer (alguma coisa). to start forward pular para a frente. to start from scratch começar do nada, começar do zero. to start in business começar um negócio. to start out (ou off) partir, levantar-se, pôr-se em marcha. to start over Amer começar de novo. to start up a) levantar-se bruscamente. b) dar partida (motor). c) fundar, abrir (um negócio). to start with para começar, primeiro, em primeiro lugar.

1) ((especially American) a taxi: Could you call a cab for me?) táxi

2) (the driver's compartment of a railway engine, lorry etc.) cabina

1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) puxar

2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) tragar

3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) remar

4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) arrancar

1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) puxão, tragada

2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) atração

3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) influência

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- pull apart / to pieces

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) sair

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pôr para funcionar

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) início

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) dianteira

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- starter

1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto