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1 excuse
1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar2. [ik'skju:s] noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) desculpa* * *ex.cuse[ikskj'u:s] n 1 escusa, desculpa, apologia, perdão. he advanced an excuse / ele apresentou sua escusa. he offered an excuse / ele pediu desculpa. 2 pretexto, alegação. he always makes excuses / ele tem sempre desculpas, ele sempre inventa pretextos. 3 justificação. he has an excuse for his mistake / ele tem uma desculpa para o seu engano. 4 escapatória, subterfúgio, evasiva. • [ikskj'u:z] vt 1 desculpar, escusar, perdoar. excuse my haste / desculpe minha pressa. excuse my saying so / não leve a mal se eu lho digo. I beg to be excused / peço desculpar-me. he can be excused all his errors / todos os seus erros lhe podem ser perdoados. 2 justificar. I can’t excuse his behaviour / eu não posso desculpar o seu comportamento. 3 pretextar. 4 dispensar, isentar. I was excused from attendance / fui dispensado de comparecer. he was excused the tax / perdoaram-lhe o imposto. -
2 excuse
1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar2. [ik'skju:s] noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) desculpa -
3 excuse
escusa, perdão, apologia, desculpato excuse:desculpar -
4 excuse
I. (n)desculpaII. (v)desculpar, dispensarEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > excuse
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5 by way of excuse
by way of excusecomo desculpa. -
6 it is for him to excuse himself
it is for him to excuse himselfele é quem deve pedir desculpas.English-Portuguese dictionary > it is for him to excuse himself
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7 to feign an excuse
to feign an excuseinventar uma desculpa. -
8 to give a sorry excuse
to give a sorry excusedar uma desculpa esfarrapada. -
9 professed excuse
pro.fessed ex.cuse[prəf'est ikskju:s] n desculpa esfarrapada. -
10 transparent excuse
trans.par.ent ex.cuse[trænsp'ærənt ikskju:s] n desculpa evidente. -
11 invent
[in'vent]1) (to be the first person to make or use (eg a machine, method etc): Who invented the microscope?; When was printing invented?) inventar2) (to make up or think of (eg an excuse or story): I'll have to invent some excuse for not going with him.) inventar•- inventive
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- inventor* * *in.vent[inv'ent] vt 1 inventar, idear. 2 forjar. -
12 lame
[leim] 1. adjective1) (unable to walk properly: He was lame for weeks after his fall.) coxo2) (not satisfactory; unacceptable: a lame excuse.) fraco2. verb(to make unable to walk properly: He was lamed by a bullet in the ankle.) aleijar- lamely- lameness* * *[l'eim] n 1 Amer sl pessoa "careta", por fora. 2 lâmina. • vt aleijar, tornar coxo. 2 incapacitar, inutilizar. • adj 1 coxo, manco. 2 imperfeito, falho, defeituoso. 3 fraco, pouco convincente, capenga. a lame excuse / uma desculpa esfarrapada. -
13 invent
[in'vent]1) (to be the first person to make or use (eg a machine, method etc): Who invented the microscope?; When was printing invented?) inventar2) (to make up or think of (eg an excuse or story): I'll have to invent some excuse for not going with him.) inventar•- inventive - inventiveness - inventor -
14 Miss
[mis]1) (a polite title given to an unmarried female, either in writing or in speech: Miss Wilson; the Misses Wilson; Could you ask Miss Smith to type this letter?; Excuse me, miss. Could you tell me how to get to Princess Road?) menina2) (a girl or young woman: She's a cheeky little miss!) garota* * *[mis] n 1 senhorita. 2 coll moça. -
15 be
['bi: ɡi:]( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.)* * *[bi:] v aux (ps was, pl were, pp been). 1 ser, existir, viver, ser realidade. it is mine, his / é meu, seu. it is my father’s / pertence a meu pai. she is everything to me / ela é tudo para mim. 2 ter lugar, acontecer, realizar-se. when is it to be? / quando será? 3 permanecer, ficar, continuar. 4 igualar, representar, significar. 5 estar, encontrar-se. to be at work / estar no trabalho. to be busy / estar ocupado. to be careful / ser cuidadoso. to be in a hurry / estar com pressa. he is at the advanced group / ele é do grupo dos adiantados. 6 visitar. • interj be! seja! am I to understand that...? significa isto que...? as it is de qualquer maneira. as it were por assim dizer. be that as it may seja como for. five years were to pass cinco anos teriam de passar. here you are coll aqui está. he was a long time about it ele levou muito tempo para isto. he was to have written ele devia ter escrito. how are we to go on? como vamos continuar?, que será de nós? how are you? como vai? how is this? o que significa isto? how long have you been in England? quanto tempo faz que está na Inglaterra? how much is this dress? quanto custa este vestido? how was it that he did not come? por que ele não veio? I am for leaving sou de opinião que devemos partir. if I were to do it se eu o fizesse. I must be off tenho de ir. in a moment the dog was upon him em um instante o cachorro estava em cima dele. it is above me isto foge à minha alçada. it is for him to excuse himself ele é quem deve pedir desculpas. it is for you to decide a decisão cabe a você. it’s up to you isso é com você. it will be for him to say ele terá de decidir. I was rewarded fui recompensado. let me be! deixe-me em paz! Mrs. Jones that is to be a futura senhora Jones. she lived to be 90 ela viveu 90 anos. that is to say quer dizer. that’s him all over isto é típico dele. the book is being printed/ is printing o livro está sendo impresso. the house is to let a casa está para alugar. the might-have-beens as oportunidades perdidas. there you are! aí está! to be able ser capaz, poder. to be in a) estar em casa. b) estar no poder. to be like parecer-se com. to be long demorar-se. to be of no use ser imprestável. to be out a) não estar em casa. b) estar errado. to be out of one’s mind estar fora de si. to be over acabar. to be short (of something) não ter o suficiente, estar faltando. to be up estar no fim. to be worthwhile valer a pena. we must take things as they are temos de aceitar as coisas como são. we shall be examined tomorrow teremos exame amanhã. what are you about? o que você quer fazer? what is he to be? o que ele será? what is, is good o que é, é bom. what is it? o que houve?, o que há com você? what was he to do? o que ele havia de fazer? when it was time quando a hora havia chegado. you are not to do that você não deve fazer isto. you have been (and gone) and done it coll você o fez realmente. you were not late, were you? você não chegou atrasado, não é? you were not to open the door não era para você abrir a porta. -
16 condone
[kən'dəun](to excuse or forgive: He could not condone lying.) perdoar* * *con.done[kənd'oun] vt perdoar, desculpar, fechar os olhos a. -
17 fabricate
['fæbrikeit](to make up something that is not true (a story, accusation etc): to fabricate an excuse.) fabricar* * *fab.ri.cate[f'æbrikeit] vt fabricar, manufaturar. -
18 feeble
['fi:bl](weak: The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness; a feeble excuse.) fraco- feebly* * *fee.ble[f'i:bəl] n fraco, indivíduo fraco. • adj 1 fraco, débil, delicado, frágil, tênue. 2 lânguido. 3 indistinto. 4 medíocre, insignificante. 5 ineficaz. -
19 feign
[fein](to pretend to feel: He feigned illness.) fingir- feigned* * *[fein] vt+vi 1 fingir, simular, pretextar. 2 aparentar, dissimular, disfarçar. 3 inventar. 4 falsificar. to feign an excuse inventar uma desculpa. -
20 gratuitous
1) ((derogatory) done, said etc without good reason or excuse or when not wanted: gratuitous insults.) gratuito2) (done, given etc without payment: gratuitous advice.) gratuito* * *gra.tu.i.tous[grətj'u:itəs] adj 1 gratuito, de graça, imerecido, desnecessário. 2 sem fundamento. 3 livre, voluntário. article gratuitous brinde.
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