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1 excitement
noun His arrival caused great excitement; the excitement of travel.) excitação* * *ex.cite.ment[iks'aitm2nt] n 1 excitamento, excitação. 2 instigação, incitamento. 3 irritação, provocação, agitação. 4 estímulo, exaltação. -
2 excitement
noun His arrival caused great excitement; the excitement of travel.) excitação -
3 sensational
1) (causing great excitement or horror: a sensational piece of news.) sensacional2) (very good: The film was sensational.) sensacional3) (intended to create feelings of excitement, horror etc: That magazine is too sensational for me.) sensacionalista* * *sen.sa.tion.al[sens'eiʃənəl] adj sensacional, que produz grande sensação, que impressiona. -
4 at fever pitch
(at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) numa excitação/no auge -
5 at fever pitch
(at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) febril -
6 sensational
1) (causing great excitement or horror: a sensational piece of news.) sensacional2) (very good: The film was sensational.) sensacional3) (intended to create feelings of excitement, horror etc: That magazine is too sensational for me.) sensacionalista -
7 all over
1) (over the whole of (a person, thing etc): My car is dirty all over.) todo2) (finished: The excitement's all over now.) terminado3) (everywhere: We've been looking all over for you!) em toda a parte* * *all overa) completamente. b) por toda parte. -
8 anticipation
noun I'm looking forward to the concert with anticipation (= expectancy, excitement).) expectativa* * *an.tic.i.pa.tion[æntisip'eiʃən] n 1 antecipação, adiantamento. 2 intuição, previsão, preconcepção, pressentimento. 3 conhecimento antecipado. 4 prevenção. 5 expectativa, prelibação, antegozo. -
9 anticlimax
(a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement: After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax.) anticlímax* * *an.ti.cli.max[æntikl'aimæks] n 1 Rhet anticlímax, decaimento. 2 qualquer acontecimento em pleno desacordo com os fatos precedentes. -
10 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) tensão arterial* * *blood pres.sure[bl'∧d preʃə] n pressão sanguínea, pressão arterial.————————blood pressurepressão sanguínea. -
11 buzz
1. verb1) ((of an insect) to make a noise by beating its wings eg when flying: The bees buzzed angrily.) zumbir2) (to be filled with or make a similar noise: My ears are buzzing; The crowd was buzzing with excitement.) zunir2. noun((sometimes with a) a buzzing sound: a buzz of conversation.) murmúrio- buzzer* * *buzz1[b∧z] n 1 zumbido, zunido. 2 murmúrio, sussurro. 3 cochicho, rumor. 4 coll telefonema. • vt+vi 1 zumbir, zunir. 2 murmurar, sussurrar. 3 falar de modo excitado. 4 cochichar, rumorejar. 5 voar (avião) em vôo rasteiro e rápido. 6 coll telefonar. to buzz about mover-se para lá e para cá com muita pressa. to buzz off sl a) desaparecer, escapar-se furtivamente. b) desligar (telefone).————————buzz2[b∧] interj quieto! -
12 contain
[kən'tein]1) (to keep or have inside: This box contains a pair of shoes; How much milk does this jug contain?) conter2) (to control: He could hardly contain his excitement.) controlar•* * *con.tain[kənt'ein] vt+vi conter: 1 incluir, encerrar, compreender. 2 acomodar, caber. 3 reter, reprimir, refrear, controlar. he contained himself / ele se conteve. he contained his passion / ele controlou suas paixões. 4 Mil deter, imobilizar (forças inimigas). 5 Math ser divisível (geralmente sem resto). -
13 create
[kri'eit]1) (to cause to exist; to make: How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.) criar2) (to give (a rank etc to): Sir John was created a knight in 1958.) fazer•- creation- creative
- creatively
- creativeness
- creativity
- creator
- the Creator* * *cre.ate[kri'eit] vt 1 criar, produzir, originar, gerar. 2 provocar, ocasionar. he created a bad impression / ele deu uma má impressão. 3 formar, realizar. 4 nomear, investir. 5 inventar. -
14 delirious
[di'liriəs]1) (wandering in the mind and talking complete nonsense (usually as a result of fever): The sick man was delirious and nothing he said made sense.) delirante2) (wild with excitement: She was delirious with happiness at the news.) delirante•* * *de.lir.i.ous[dil'iriəs] adj 1 delirante, delirioso: que delira, que está fora de si, louco excessivo. 2 extremamente excitado e feliz. -
15 drug
1. noun1) (any substance used in medicine: She has been prescribed a new drug for her stomach-pains.) droga2) (a substance, sometimes one used in medicine, taken by some people to achieve a certain effect, eg great happiness or excitement: I think she takes drugs; He behaves as though he is on drugs.) droga2. verb(to make to lose consciousness by giving a drug: She drugged him and tied him up.) drogar- druggist- drug-addict
- drugstore* * *[dr∧g] n 1 droga, qualquer substância ou ingrediente que entra na composição de algum medicamento. 2 tóxico. 3 entorpecente, narcótico. 4 substância medicinal que vicia. 5 droga, mercadoria invendável, que não tem saída. • vt+vi 1 ministrar drogas, especialmente drogas narcóticas ou entorpecentes, misturar drogas. 2 entorpecer, narcotizar, tornar insensível mediante narcóticos. 3 ingerir drogas. 4 amortecer, embotar, insensibilizar, embebedar-se, envenenar. drug on (in) the market Brit encalhe, artigo de pouca saída. -
16 electric
[ə'lektrik]1) (of, produced by, or worked by electricity: electric light.) eléctrico2) (full of excitement: The atmosphere in the theatre was electric.) eléctrico* * *e.lec.tric[il'ektrik] n 1 matéria elétrica (que produz eletricidade por fricção). 2 qualquer tipo de veículo elétrico (ônibus, trem, bonde). • adj 1 elétrico: que contém, produz ou transmite eletricidade. 2 fig vibrante, eletrizante, muito rápido. -
17 excite
1) (to cause or rouse strong feelings of expectation, happiness etc in: The children were excited at the thought of the party.) excitar2) (to cause or rouse (feelings, emotions etc): The book did not excite my interest.) despertar•- excitability
- excited
- excitedly
- excitement
- exciting* * *ex.cite[iks'ait] vt excitar: 1 despertar, estimular, incitar. 2 provocar, irritar. 3 emocionar, animar. do not excite yourself / não se excite. -
18 ferment
1. [fə'ment] verb1) (to (make something) go through a particular chemical change (as when yeast is added to dough in the making of bread): Grape juice must be fermented before it becomes wine.) fermentar2) (to excite or be excited: He is the kind of person to ferment trouble.) inflamar2. ['fə:ment] noun(a state of excitement: The whole city was in a ferment.) excitação/tumulto* * *fer.ment[f'ə:mənt] n 1 fermento. 2 levedura. 3 fermentação. 4 fig comoção, agitação, fermentação, efervescência moral. • [fəm'ent] vt+vi fermentar: 1 produzir fermentação em. 2 levedar. 3 fig agitar, fomentar, excitar(-se), agitar(-se), entrar em fermentação. -
19 fever
['fi:və]((an illness causing) high body temperature and quick heart-beat: She is in bed with a fever; a fever of excitement.) febre- feverish- feverishly
- at fever pitch* * *fe.ver[f'i:və] n 1 Med febre. 2 fig febre, exaltação, perturbação de espírito, agitação. • vt+vi febrilizar, febricitar, causar febre a. fever-blister, fever-sore herpes labial, produzido pela febre. fever-hot calor febril, temperatura anormal, exaltação anormal. hay fever febre do feno (tipo de alergia). scarlet fever escarlatina. yellow fever febre amarela. -
20 flurry
American - flurries; noun1) (a sudden rush (of wind etc); light snow: A flurry of wind made the door bang; a flurry of excitement; The children expected a lot of snow but there were only flurries.) lufada2) (a confusion: She was in a flurry.) azáfama* * *flur.ry[fl'∧ri] n 1 lufada, refrega, rajada de vento. 2 pancada de chuva, aguaceiro. 3 comoção, agitação nervosa, excitação, afobação, pressa nervosa, atrapalhação, bulha, nervosismo, alvoroço. • vt excitar, agitar, confundir, embasbacar, perturbar, aturdir, atrapalhar, atarantar. flurry of snow nevada. in a flurry excitado, alvoroçado.
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