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41 scuttle
I verb(to hurry with short, quick steps.) apressar-seII verb((of a ship's crew) to make a hole in (the ship) in order to sink it: The sailors scuttled the ship to prevent it falling into enemy hands.) afundar* * *scut.tle1[sk'∧təl] n cesto, balde, vasilhame.————————scut.tle2[sk'∧təl] n corrida, passo rápido. • vi correr, andar a passos rápidos. to scuttle away partir correndo.————————scut.tle3[sk'∧təl] 1 Naut escotilha, portinhola. 2 Archit postigo, alçapão. • vt 1 cortar furos no casco de um navio, afundar um navio cortando furos no casco. 2 abandonar, desfazer. -
42 suspend
[sə'spend]1) (to hang: The meat was suspended from a hook.) pendurar2) (to keep from falling or sinking: Particles of dust are suspended in the air.) suspender3) (to stop or discontinue temporarily: All business will be suspended until after the funeral.) suspender4) (to prevent (a person) temporarily from continuing his (professional) activities or having his usual privileges: Two footballers were suspended after yesterday's match.) suspender•- suspenders
- suspense
- suspension
- suspension bridge* * *sus.pend[səsp'end] vt+vi 1 suspender, pendurar. it was suspended from the ceiling by a thread / estava suspenso do forro por um fio. 2 suspender, afastar, interromper temporariamente. 3 deixar pendente, deter, sustar, adiar. -
43 swindle
['swindl] 1. verb(to cheat: That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4.) burlar2. noun(an act or example of swindling; a fraud: an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle - it's falling to pieces.) vigarice- swindler* * *swin.dle[sw'indəl] n engano, fraude. • vt+vi 1 lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear. 2 obter fraudulentamente. -
44 swollen
['swəulən]adjective (increased in size, thickness etc, through swelling: a swollen river; He had a swollen ankle after falling down the stairs.) inchado* * *swoll.en[sw'oulən] pp of to swell. • adj 1 inchado, tumefato, intumescido. 2 excessivo, aumentado. -
45 thud
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46 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) cair/fracassar -
47 keep going
(to continue doing what one is doing; to survive: The snow was falling heavily, but we had to keep going; Business is bad at the moment, but we'll manage to keep going.) aguentar -
48 on one's last legs
(very near to falling down or collapsing with exhaustion, old age etc.) a cair de exaustão -
49 prop up
(to support (something) in an upright position, or stop it from falling: We had to prop up the roof; He propped himself up against the wall.) apoiar(-se) -
50 amnesia
[æm'ni:ziə](loss of memory: After falling on his head he suffered from amnesia.) amnésia -
51 ballistic missile
(a missile guided for part of its course but falling like an ordinary bomb.) míssil balístico -
52 bang
[bæŋ] 1. noun1) (a sudden loud noise: The door shut with a bang.) estrondo2) (a blow or knock: a bang on the head from a falling branch.) pancada2. verb1) (to close with a sudden loud noise: He banged the door.) bater2) (to hit or strike violently, often making a loud noise: The child banged his drum; He banged the book down angrily on the table.) bater forte3) (to make a sudden loud noise: We could hear the fireworks banging in the distance.) estourar•- banger -
53 barometer
[bə'romitə](an instrument which indicates changes of weather: The barometer is falling - it is going to rain.) barômetro -
54 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rachar2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) quebrar3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) estalar4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) fazer5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) arrombar6) (to solve (a code).) decifrar7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) quebrar2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) rachadura2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) fresta3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) estalo4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) tapa5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) zombaria6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) craque- cracked- crackdown - cracker - crackers - crack a book - crack down on - crack down - get cracking - have a crack at - have a crack -
55 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (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.) estrondo2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) trombada3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) craque4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (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 contra3) ((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.) falir5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) abrir caminho ruidosamente6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensivo- crash-land -
56 decadence
['dekədəns]1) (a falling from high to low standards in morals or the arts: the decadence of the late Roman empire.) decadência2) (the state of having low or incorrect standards of behaviour; immorality: He lived a life of decadence.) decadência•- decadent -
57 drip
[drip] 1. past tense, past participle - dripped; verb(to (cause to) fall in single drops: Rain dripped off the roof; His hand was dripping blood.) pingar, gotejar2. noun1) (a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops: A drip of water ran down the tap.) gota2) (the noise made by dripping: I can hear a drip somewhere.) gotejamento3) (an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body.) gotímetro•- dripping- drip-dry 3. verb(to dry in this manner.) secar ao vento -
58 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) deixar a desejar -
59 fender
['fendə]1) (anything used to protect a boat from touching another, a pier etc: She hung old car tyres over the side of the boat to act as fenders.) proteção, defensa2) (a low guard around a fireplace to prevent coal etc from falling out.) guarda-fogo3) ((American) a wing of a car.) asa -
60 glass
1) (a hard usually breakable transparent substance: The bottle is made of glass; ( also adjective) a glass bottle.) vidro2) (a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking: There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.) copo3) ((also looking-glass) a mirror.) espelho4) (a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one: The glass is falling.) barômetro•- glasses- glassful - glassy - glassiness
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