fields

1) (to avoid giving a clear answer to a question.) esquivar-se

2) ((with in or off) to enclose (an area of land) with a hedge.) vedar

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- hedgehog

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[hedʒ] n 1 cerca viva, sebe, divisa. 2 canto, recanto. 3 Com cobertura, salvaguarda. • vt+vi 1 guarnecer com sebe, cercar, rodear. 2 restringir, limitar. 3 resguardar(-se), minimizar o risco. over hedge and ditch aos trancos. to be on the wrong side of the hedge estar enganado. to hedge off separar com cerca. to hedge out excluir. to hedge up cercar, proteger, abrigar.

1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) bater

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) bater

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) atingir

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) alcançar

1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) golpe

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) ponto

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sucesso

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- hit-and-run

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[hit] n 1 golpe, pancada, estocada. 2 sucesso, sorte. 3 ataque, crítica. • vt+vi (ps and pp hit) 1 dar um golpe, dar uma pancada (at em). he hit me a blow / ele me deu uma pancada. 2 acertar, atingir. he was hit by the ball / ele foi atingido pela bola. his hand was hit by the knife / a sua mão foi ferida pela faca. a lucky hit um bom lance, um golpe feliz. he hit the town coll ele chegou à cidade. hit or miss a esmo. to hit against bater contra. to hit it off concordar. to hit it up injetar drogas. to hit off imitar ou descrever perfeitamente. to hit the bottle beber muito, em excesso. to hit the ceilving/ roof ficar com raiva. to hit the hay/ sack ir dormir, ir para a cama. to hit the jackpot acertar na sorte grande. to hit the nail on the head dar na trilha. to hit the road partir, pegar a estrada. to hit upon encontrar, topar com. to make a hit with someone a) ficar popular. b) impressionar alguém. you have hit my taste você acertou meu gosto.

1) (any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.) rato

2) ((computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer.)

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- mousy

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[maus] n (pl mice) 1 camundongo. 2 pessoa tímida. 3 sl olho preto (com hematoma). • vt+vi [mauz] 1 apanhar camundongos. 2 persistir na caça de. 3 rasgar, jogar para cá e para lá (como o gato faz com o rato). 4 rondar, espreitar.

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[maus] n Comp mouse: periférico para o deslocamento rápido do cursor na tela. mouse driven system sistema de software dirigido por mouse, ou seja, no qual as opções são feitas movendo-se o mouse.

1) (a way made across the ground by the passing of people or animals: There is a path through the fields; a mountain path.) caminho

2) ((any place on) the line along which someone or something is moving: She stood right in the path of the bus.) caminho

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- pathway

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[pa:θ; pæθ] n 1 caminho, atalho, vereda, picada. 2 linha de conduta, pensamento, etc. 3 órbita de um cometa. 4 curso, rota, trajetória, via. 5 Comp caminho: seqüência hierárquica de diretórios. to beat/ open a path abrir um caminho. to walk the paths of duty trilhar o caminho do dever.

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[r'æbit] n 1 coelho. 2 pele de coelho. 3 sl indivíduo atrapalhado, desajeitado em jogos ou divertimentos ao ar livre. 4 pessoa tímida. 5 pessoa insignificante, sem importância. • vi 1 caçar coelhos. 2 limpar uma área de coelhos. 3 falar bobagem, matraquear. she is rabbiting on / ela não pára de matraquear, falar abobrinhas. doe-rabbit fêmea do coelho. Welsh rabbit torrada com queijo derretido.

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) atingir

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) dar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) impressionar

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir por

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) achado

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- striker

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[straik] n 1 greve. 2 golpe. 3 ato de derrubar todos os pinos no jogo de boliche, pontos feitos assim. 4 ataque, investida. 5 beliscada (de peixe no anzol). 6 descoberta de petróleo, ouro, etc. 7 sucesso, êxito, achado feliz. 8 Min direção do filão. • vt (ps struck, pp struck, stricken) 1 bater, malhar, golpear. I was struck by his reply / fui tomado de surpresa pela sua resposta. 2 dar, infligir, arremessar, desferir, lançar. 3 estampar, imprimir, cunhar. 4 acender (fósforo), ferir fogo. 5 atingir, colidir, cair (raio), incidir (luz). 6 abalroar, colidir, dar de encontro, chocar-se, encalhar. 7 impressionar. 8 tocar, bater, soar, bater as horas. 9 estarrecer, fulminar, impressionar, assustar. 10 afetar, tocar, afligir, atacar, surpreender. 11 atacar, assaltar. 12 acontecer, ocorrer, suceder. 13 descobrir, encontrar (petróleo, ouro, etc.). 14 surgir, aparecer, vir de repente, encontrar inesperadamente. the thought struck him / ocorreu-lhe a idéia. 15 fazer greve. 16 riscar, apagar, cancelar. 17 tirar, tomar (com um golpe). 18 andar rapidamente. 19 assumir (atitude). he strikes an attitude / ele assume uma pose teatral. 20 enraizar, aprofundar, afundar, criar raízes. 21 determinar, calcular. 22 fazer, decidir, entrar em (acordo), concordar. 23 abaixar, arriar (velas). 24 raspar, alisar, deixar plano, tirar o excesso de uma medida. 25 pegar o anzol, morder a isca, fisgar. 26 desbotar, apagar-se. 27 arriar bandeiras, render-se. 28 tomar (caminho ou direção). 29 chamar a atenção, dar na vista. 30 estender, alisar. 31 enveredar. 32 tirar (linha). 33 rufar (tambores). 34 tocar (uma corda em instrumento musical). 35 levantar (acampamento). 36 cravar, meter, enfiar. 37 avançar, seguir. 38 lançar-se, disparar, avançar com rapidez. strike the iron while it is hot / malhe o ferro enquanto está quente (faça isso agora e não deixe para mais tarde). he’s struck on her ele está louco (apaixonado) por ela. it strikes me as strange that... parece-me esquisito que... strike me dead! Deus me castigue! that struck home! este golpe acertou, fig isto deu resultado. this strikes my fancy isto me agrada. to go on strike entrar em greve. to strike a balance chegar a um acordo, encontrar um ponto de equilíbrio. to strike a bargain fechar um negócio. to strike a blow at dar um soco ou golpe em. to strike a chord parecer familiar, fazer lembrar alguma coisa. to strike a dividend distribuir dividendo. to strike against bater contra, lutar contra, defender-se contra. to strike an average tirar ou calcular a média. to strike at someone bater em alguém, levantar a mão contra alguém. to strike back revidar. to strike blind cegar. to strike camp levantar acampamento. to strike dead matar. to strike down derrubar, derrubar no chão, abater. to strike dumb fazer calar, deixar bobo. to strike hands ( with) chegar a um acordo (com). to strike it rich tirar a sorte grande, enriquecer rapidamente. to strike in interromper. to strike into entrar em. to strike off a) cortar. b) copiar, imprimir. to strike oil ter sucesso, ter êxito. to strike on a) agir sobre, incidir sobre (luz), cair sobre. b) descobrir algo, ter uma idéia. to strike out a) riscar, apagar, cancelar. b) nadar ativamente (em direção a alguma coisa). c) golpear. to strike out on one’s own tomar seu rumo próprio. to strike someone with fear encher alguém de medo. to strike the eye dar na vista, chamar a atenção. to strike through remover, cancelar (algo escrito). to strike up a) Mus começar a tocar. b) iniciar (relacionamento, conversa, etc.). to strike upon incidir sobre, cair sobre, encontrar, bater contra. well stricken in years de idade avançada.

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[θ'isəl] n cardo. blessed thistle/ holy thistle Bot cardo-santo.

1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) labutar

2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) arrastar-se

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[tɔil] n trabalho pesado, labuta. • vt+vi 1 labutar. 2 avançar lentamente, andar com dificuldade. 3 fatigar ou exaustar com trabalho árduo.

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[tɔil] n rede, armadilha.

1) (to extend or stretch out: The fields spread out in front of him.) estender-se

2) (to distribute over a wide area or period of time: She spread the leaflets out on the table.) distribuir

3) (to scatter and go in different directions, in order to cover a wider area: They spread out and began to search the entire area.) espalhar-se

1) (any of the nations of the world; the land occupied by a nation: Canada is a larger country than Spain.) país

2) (the people of a country: The whole country is in agreement with your views.) nação

3) ((usually with the) districts where there are fields, moors etc as opposed to towns and areas with many buildings: a quiet holiday in the country; ( also adjective) country districts.) interior

4) (an area or stretch of land: hilly country.) região

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- country dance

adjective (across fields etc, not on roads: a cross-country run.) através de campos

1) ((of fields etc) prepared for crops; used for growing crops: cultivated land.) cultivado

2) (grown in a garden etc; not wild: a cultivated variety of raspberries.) cultivado

3) (having good manners; educated: a cultivated young lady; He has cultivated tastes in music.) refinado

1) ((an) act of dividing.) divisão

2) (something that separates; a dividing line: a ditch marks the division between their two fields.) divisória

3) (a part or section (of an army etc): He belongs to B division of the local police force.) divisão

4) ((a) separation of thought; disagreement.) divergência

5) (the finding of how many times one number is contained in another.) divisão

1) (producing a lot: fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination.) fértil

2) (able to produce fruit, children, young animals etc: fertile seed.) fértil

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- fertility

verb (to make fertile: He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop.) fertilizar

verb (to make fertile: He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop.) fertilizar

- frisky

1) (the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc.) capim

2) (any species of grass, including also corn and bamboo: He studies grasses.) gramínea

3) ((slang) marijuana.)

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- grassy