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[f'ɔ:liŋ] n 1 queda, caída, inclinação, caimento. 2 diminuição. 3 recaída. • adj 1 cadente, que cai. 2 decadente. 3 decrescente.

1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) recair/cair

2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) cair

3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) cair

4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) acontecer

5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) ficar

6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) caber

1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) queda

2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) queda

3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) queda

4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) outono

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[fɔ:l] n 1 queda, caída, distância de caída, tombo, salto, baixa, inclinação, iluminação, declive. to give one a fall / fazer alguém cair. the ice gave me a fall / levei um tombo no gelo. trees broke his fall / as árvores suavizaram sua queda. 2 queda d’água, catarata, desaguamento, desembocadura de rio, precipitação de chuva ou de neve e sua quantidade. a fall of rain / uma pancada de chuva. the Niagara Falls / as cataratas do Niágara. 3 desmoronamento, desabamento (ruínas, destruição), capitulação de praças, rendição, tomada, derrota, aniquilação. 4 corte de árvores, derrubada. 5 tombo de costas, encontro (luta romana). 6 baixa de temperatura, de maré, de preço. to speculate on the fall / especular na baixa. a fall in prices / uma baixa nos preços. a fall of temperature / uma queda de temperatura. 7 derruba (demissão de empregados em massa). 8 queda de voz, de tom: cadência. 9 queda de forças vitais: morte. 10 queda de elementos: decadência. 11 Amer outono. 12 Naut tirador de talha, extremidade livre da corda de talha. 13 a) inclinação, propensão, tendência. b) declínio, descrédito, desgraça. 14 decaída, ruína, lapso, pecado. 15 outono, queda de folhas. 16 the Fall Eccl o pecado original. • vt+vi (ps fell, pp fallen) 1 cair, tombar, deixar-se cair, cair em terra, descer sobre a terra, correr. when night falls / ao cair da noite. 2 desaguar, desembocar. 3 abater-se, esmorecer, fraquejar, decair. 4 desmoronar, desabar, ruir. 5 abater, derrubar. 6 baixar, decrescer, diminuir (temperatura, maré, preço), ceder, abrandar-se, acalmar (vento). 7 chocar, encontrar, acometer, vencer (luta). 8 baixar de tom, de voz. 9 fundir-se, perecer, cessar, acabar, morrer. 10 ser demitido. 11 sentir um desapontamento. 12 pender, inclinar-se. 13 tornar-se, ficar, aparecer, surgir, acontecer, suceder. 14 incidir, recair, coincidir, pertencer, reverter. 15 escapar (palavras). 16 cair da graça ou perder prestígio. 17 abaixar-se, envergonhar-se. 18 cair em pecado, arruinar-se. 19 apostatar. 20 render-se, capitular, ser tomado (praça). 21 morrer no campo de batalha. to fall aboard abalroar, colidir com um navio. to fall a-crying pôr-se a chorar. to fall a-fighting começar a brigar. to fall among cair entre, achar-se entre ou no meio de. to fall away abandonar, apostatar, dissolver-se, decair, definhar. to fall back recuar, ceder, retirar-se. to fall back upon recorrer a. to fall behind ficar para trás, perder terreno. to fall by the ears começar a disputar, brigar. to fall calm acalmar, amainar (o vento). to fall down desmoronar, prosternar-se. to fall down with the tide descer rio abaixo com a maré. to fall dry cair em seco. to fall due vencer o prazo. to fall flat falhar completamente, malograr, não produzir efeito. to fall for engraçar-se, enamorar-se. he fell for her / ele apaixonou-se por ela. to fall foul Naut abalroar, colidir com, atacar, provocar conflito. to fall from renegar, abandonar, desertar. to fall from grace cair em pecado. to fall in desabar, ruir, cair, abater-se, vencer-se, findar, reverter ao possuidor primitivo por prescrição, Mil entrar em forma, engatar. to fall in love with apaixonar-se por. to fall in with encontrar, topar ou dar com alguém ou com alguma coisa acidentalmente, concordar, harmonizar-se, conformar-se, aquiescer, coincidir. to fall in with the enemy / vir às mãos, romper as hostilidades. to fall into assentir, consentir. he fell into an error / ele caiu num erro. she fell into a passion (ou rage) / ela encolerizou-se (ou enfureceu-se). to fall into a habit adquirir um costume. to fall into conversation começar uma conversa. to fall into disuse cair em desuso. to fall into oblivion cair em esquecimento. to fall off cair de um lugar, desprender-se, retirar-se, recuar, abandonar, renegar, desamparar, desavir-se, rebelar-se, declinar, afrouxar. Naut descair, desviar-se, arribar, virar para sotavento. to fall on cair, recair sobre, dirigir-se, cair em tal dia, lançar-se sobre, topar ou dar com. a cry fell on my ear / um grito chegou-me ao ouvido. Christmas fell on Sunday last year / no ano passado o Natal caiu num domingo. the accent falls on the last syllable / o acento recai sobre a última sílaba. he fell on his legs / ele caiu de pé, teve sorte. he fell on his sword / lançou-se sob a espada (suicidou-se). to fall out acontecer, ocorrer, suceder, sair bem ou mal, resultar, dar em resultado, cair fora, Naut inclinar-se para fora, Mil debandar, sair de forma, desavir-se. the land fell out of cultivation / o campo ficou abandonado. to fall out of flesh emagrecer. to fall out of one’s hands cair das mãos de alguém. to fall out with someone desavir-se ou romper. to fall short faltar, escassear, ser insuficiente, não atingir o objetivo (tiro). to fall short of ficar frustrado, enganado, logrado ou abaixo de, não alcançar, faltar ao cumprimento. the supplies fell short of the expected / os fornecimentos não corresponderam ao que era esperado. to fall silent emudecer, ficar silencioso, calado. to fall through falhar, fracassar, ser reprovado, abortar, dar em nada. to fall to leeward Naut sotaventear. to fall to pôr-se a fazer alguma coisa, aplicar-se, pôr-se a comer com sofreguidão, tocar por sorte, competir, cair (por sorte a alguém). the property fell to him / a propriedade coube a ele. he fell to praying / ele começou a rezar. it falls to my lot / isto é comigo. it falls to her / isso compete a ela. he fell to religion / ele dedicou-se à religião. the lion fell to his rifle / o leão sucumbiu ao tiro da sua espingarda. all our hopes fell to the ground / todas as nossas esperanças se desfizeram. the land falls to the river / o terreno cai sobre o rio. to fall to pieces desabar, despedaçar-se, desagregar-se. to fall under estar compreendido, contido, incluído, enquadrar-se, cair sob, expor-se, ser submetido. this falls under class B / isto entra na classe B. to fall under one’s displeasure cair no desagrado de alguém. to fall upon encontrar-se, lançar-se, assaltar, lançar mão, adotar, considerar, meditar. he fell upon an expedient / ele lançou mão de um expediente. to fall within estar incluído, incorrer. it falls within the amount / isto entra no montante.

1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) cair

2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) cair

3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) cair, baixar

4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) cair

5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) cair

6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) caber

1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) queda

2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) queda

3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) queda

4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) outono

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1) (to be slower than (someone else): Hurry up! You're falling behind (the others); He is falling behind in his schoolwork.) atrasar-se/ficar para trás

2) ((with with) to become late in regular payment, letter-writing etc: Don't fall behind with the rent!) atrasar-se

1) (to be slower than (someone else): Hurry up! You're falling behind (the others); He is falling behind in his schoolwork.) ficar para trás

2) ((with with) to become late in regular payment, letter-writing etc: Don't fall behind with the rent!) estar atrasado

1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota

2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota

3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda

4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) queda

1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair

2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair

3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar

4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar

5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever

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[drɔp] n 1 gota, pingo. 2 qualquer coisa que tem forma de gota. 3 pendente, brinco, penduricalho, pingente, berloque. 4 pano de teatro. 5 queda, declive, descida, declínio. 6 dose, gole, trago. 7 partezinha, porção ínfima, bocado, pequena quantidade de líquido ou de qualquer outra coisa. 8 altura entre dois níveis, desnível. 9 descida de pára-quedas. 10 Amer ponto central de distribuição. 11 fenda por onde se colocam cartas, etc. 12 n pl gotas medicinais. 13 n pl várias espécies de balas confeitadas ou pastilhas. • vt+vi (ps, pp dropped) 1 pingar, gotejar, cair ou deixar cair gota a gota, destilar. 2 deixar cair alguma coisa, cair, pôr, colocar, deixar cair repentinamente. 3 desprender-se, soltar. 4 diminuir, baixar. 5 descer, deixar descer dum carro, etc. 6 renunciar a, desistir de, deixar, descontinuar, pôr fim a, largar, suspender, cessar, acalmar (o vento). 7 deixar escapar uma palavra, insinuar de passagem. 8 cair, chegar inesperadamente, entrar ou visitar casualmente. 9 escrever umas linhas. 10 coll perder. 11 perder terreno, recuar. 12 derrubar com um soco ou um tiro. 13 deixar de fora, suprimir. 14 sl consumir drogas por via oral. 15 dar cria. a drop in prices uma queda dos preços. a drop in the bucket uma gota de água no oceano. at the drop of a hat ao primeiro sinal, imediatamente. by drops gota a gota. drop dead! vá para o inferno! drop it! pare com isso! let’s drop it vamos esquecer esse assunto. to drop across encontrar por acaso. to drop a hint insinuar casualmente. to drop a line escrever umas linhas. to drop an acquaintance descontinuar o contato com alguém, cortar relações. to drop asleep cair no sono, adormecer. to drop astern Naut ir para trás, ficar para trás a fim de dar passagem a outro navio. to drop a subject mudar de assunto. to drop away afastar-se, diminuir gradualmente. to drop a word deixar escapar uma palavra. to drop behind 1 ficar atrás. 2 atrasar (pagamento). to drop bombs lançar bombas. to drop dead cair morto. to drop down Naut navegar rio abaixo. to drop everything abandonar tudo. to drop in/ over aparecer sem avisar, fazer uma visita informal. to drop into gear engrenar. to drop off 1 diminuir, cair. 2 coll partir, desaparecer. 3 adormecer. to drop out desligar-se, cair fora, deixar de freqüentar. to drop short não conseguir o seu intento. to drop the curtain descer o pano de boca. to get/ have the drop on 1 ter sob a mira do revólver. 2 levar a melhor, ficar em melhor posição. to have a drop too much ficar embriagado, beber demais.

1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) chuva

2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) chuva

1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) chover

2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) (fazer) chover

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[r'ein] n 1 chuva. 2 queda abundante de qualquer coisa. • vt+vi 1 chover. 2 cair em gotas. as right as rain coll com boa saúde, bom novamente, recuperado. heavy rain chuva pesada, forte. it looks like rain ameaça chover. it never rains but it pours uma desgraça nunca vem só. rained off cancelado por causa da chuva. rain or shine chova ou faça sol; com qualquer tempo. the rains estação chuvosa (em países tropicais). to rain cats and dogs chover a cântaros. to rain down despencar, cair sobre. to rain off interromper por causa da chuva (partida esportiva). to rain out parar de chover.

1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota

2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota

3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda

4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) declive

1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair

2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair

3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar

4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar, largar

5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever, rabiscar

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1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) chuva

2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) chuva

1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) chover

2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) chover

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1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) estrondo

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) choque

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) queda

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)

1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) esmigalhar-se

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) bater

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) cair

4) ((of a business) to fail.) falir

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) penetrar

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)

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[kræʃ] n 1 estampido, estrondo, estrépito. 2 impacto, colisão, queda estrepitosa. 3 acidente de avião. •vt+vi 1 estalar, estrondear. 2 ir de encontro a, cair com estrépito. 3 despedaçar-se, estatelar-se. 4 Amer sl penetrar, furar uma festa. to crash into espatifar-se no solo, aterrissar de maneira que o avião sofra danos.

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[kræʃ] n tecido de linho ou algodão grosseiro usado para tapeçaria, toalhas, etc.

1) (a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops: A drip of water ran down the tap.) pinga

2) (the noise made by dripping: I can hear a drip somewhere.) pingo

3) (an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body.) dreno

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[drip] n 1 gotejamento, ato de gotejar. 2 aquilo que goteja ou cai gota a gota. 3 Archit goteira, telha de beiral, biqueira, calha. 4 o som de gotas caindo, o gotejar. 5 Med gotejamento, equipamento (ou líquido) para administração gota a gota em um vaso sanguíneo. 6 sl pessoa chata, cacete. • vt+vi gotejar, pingar, cair gota a gota, estar ensopado.

1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) pendurar

2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) segurar

3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) enforcar

4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) pender

5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) baixar (a cabeça)

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[hæŋ] n 1 declive, ladeira. 2 o modo de assentar, caimento (vestido, cortina, etc.). 3 sl modo, jeito de uma coisa, funcionamento (de máquina). • vt+vi (ps and pp hung) 1 pender, pendurar. 2 suspender(-se), estar suspenso. 3 enforcar(-se), ser enforcado. 4 inclinar. 5 projetar-se sobre. 6 forrar, atapetar. 7 pairar. 8 estar em dúvida. 9 impedir uma decisão judicial. 10 tardar, perder tempo, protelar, vadiar. 11 estar à mostra ou em exposição. don’t care a hang! pouco se me dá!, pouco me importa! hang it (all)! o diabo que carregue (tudo) isto! hang you! o diabo que o carregue! hang your number up to dry sl você ainda cheira a cueiros. let it all hang out faça o que você quiser. time hangs heavy upon my hands estou enfadado, enfastiado. to be hung up on (ou about) something ficar, estar ansioso sem necessidade, estar aflito, ter uma idéia fixa. to get the hang of compreender, entender o significado de. I got the hang of it / compreendi o quê da coisa. to hang about (ou around) a) passar ou matar o tempo. b) permanecer. to hang about someone ficar em volta de alguém. to hang a hard sl ficar de pau duro, ter ereção. to hang around ficar andando à toa. to hang around with a) relacionar-se com alguém. b) Braz coll sair com alguém. to hang back hesitar, vacilar. to hang by a thread estar por um fio. to hang fire a) negar fogo (arma). b) fig hesitar, vacilar. to hang in sl esperar. to hang in doubt estar em dúvida. to hang loose sl fazer nada, estar relaxado. to hang off a) soltar, deixar solto, deixar ir. b) hesitar, vacilar. to hang on a) segurar firmemente. b) esperar. c) continuar a fazer algo apesar das dificuldades. d) depender de. e) persistir. to hang oneself enforcar-se. to hang out a) passar o tempo em um lugar ou com alguém. b) pendurar roupas no varal. c) expor, deixar à mostra para venda. to hang out for insistir. to hang over a) inclinar-se. b) pairar sobre, ameaçar. to hang together a) ficarem juntos, unidos. b) serem consistentes. c) conectar, ligar. to hang tough estar decidido, resoluto. to hang up a) suspender. b) adiar. c) desligar (telefone). d) pendurar, dependurar. to hang up on someone interromper no meio o telefonema com alguém. to hang upon something estar afeiçoado a alguma coisa.

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[plɔp] n chape. • vt+vi cair de chapa, estatelar-se.

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[θ∧d] n 1 som monótono. 2 golpe, batida. • vi bater com som surdo, estrondear.

1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) estrondo

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) trombada

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) craque

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)

1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) espatifar(-se)

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) colidir, chocar-se contra

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) espatifar(-se)

4) ((of a business) to fail.) falir

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) abrir caminho ruidosamente

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)

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1) (a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops: A drip of water ran down the tap.) gota

2) (the noise made by dripping: I can hear a drip somewhere.) gotejamento

3) (an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body.) gotímetro

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1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) pendurar, estar pendurado

2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) prender, estar preso

3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) enforcar, ser enforcado

4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) pender

5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) baixar, curvar

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