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1 bed
[,bi: 'ed,,bi: i: 'di:]( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Education; a first university degree in education or teaching.)* * *[bed] n 1 colchão. 2 cama, leito. she made the bed / ela arrumou a cama. 3 direito à cama, uso da cama. 4 divã, berço, qualquer coisa para dormir ou descansar. 5 pousada. 6 base, alicerce, fundamento. 7 leito ou fundo de um rio. 8 canteiro. 9 camada, estrato, manto. 10 tálamo, leito nupcial. 11 fig relações conjugais. 12 leito de estrada de ferro. 13 Tech superestrutura. 14 Tech placa de base, sapata. 15 Aeron berço ou carlinga do motor. • vt 1 prover de cama. 2 acamar, pôr na cama. 3 ir para a cama, deitar-se. 4 passar a noite. 5 coabitar. 6 assentar, colocar, fixar em posição permanente, enterrar. 7 plantar em canteiro. 8 formar camada compacta. 9 arrumar, pôr em ordem. 10 arrumar leito (para animal). 11 praticar sexo. to go to bed with / fazer sexo. as a man makes his bed so he must lie cada um sofre as conseqüências dos seus atos. bed and board Jur cama e mesa (vida conjugal). bed-rest cure tratamento por repouso. in a bed of roses fig em um mar de rosas. she got out of bed on the wrong side ela levantou com o pé esquerdo. she was brought to bed of a boy ela deu à luz um menino. to die in one’s bed morrer de causas naturais. to go to bed ir dormir. trundle bed bicama. you must lie in the bed you have made você é o autor da sua fortuna. -
2 foundation
1) (the act of founding: the foundation of a new university.) fundação2) (the base on which something is built: First they laid the foundations, then they built the walls.) fundação3) (an amount of money to be used for a special purpose or the organization that manages it: The British Foundation for Cancer Research.) fundação* * *foun.da.tion[faund'eiʃən] n 1 fundação, base, alicerce, fundamento. the house rocks to its foundations / a casa estremece até aos alicerces. they laid the foundations of / eles colocaram os alicerces de. 2 fundamento, princípio, motivo, origem, razão fundamental. 3 ato de fundar ou estabelecer. 4 estabelecimento, criação. 5 instituição fundada à custa de uma doação, de um capital legado. he is on the foundation / ele é beneficiário da fundação. 6 capital legado para obras de beneficência pública, dotação. from the foundation desde o começo. -
3 foot
[fut]plural - feet; noun1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) pé2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) sopé3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) pé•- footing- football
- foothill
- foothold
- footlight
- footman
- footmark
- footnote
- footpath
- footprint
- footsore
- footstep
- footwear
- follow in someone's footsteps
- foot the bill
- on foot
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it* * *[fut] n (pl feet) 1 pé. 2 base, suporte. 3 sopé, fundo, rodapé. 4 margem inferior (de uma página). 5 o último de uma série. 6 pé: medida de comprimento equivalente a doze polegadas ou 30,48 cm. 7 garra, pata, perna. 8 Poet pé: divisão de um verso. 9 Mil gente de pé, infantaria, soldados de infantaria. • vt+vi 1 pôr novo pé em. 2 andar a pé, caminhar, atravessar a pé, pisar cadenciadamente, ir a pé. 3 dançar. 4 somar, adicionar. a foot in both camps em cima do muro, não se decidir por nenhum dos lados. at his feet aos pés dele. at the foot ao pé (da página). at the foot of the hill no sopé da colina. foot by foot pé ante pé, passo a passo, devagar, cautelosamente. from head to foot dos pés à cabeça. he never puts a foot wrong ele nunca erra. he put his foot on the floor coll, Auto ele acelerou a marcha. he shall not set foot in my house ele não há de entrar na minha casa, ele não há de pôr os pés na minha casa. light/ swift of foot ligeiro de pés. on foot a pé, em pé, em movimento, em andamento, em obra, em projeto, em vias de conclusão. on one’s feet em pé, de pé, fig de boa saúde, próspero, florescente. six foot/ feet five seis pés e cinco polegadas. the first, the first regiment of foot regimento de infantaria n<U>o</U> 1. they helped him to his feet eles ajudaram-no a levantar-se. to carry someone off one’s feet entusiasmar, empolgar alguém. to drag one’s foot fazer corpo mole, ser deliberadamente lerdo em tomar uma decisão. to find one’s foot sentir-se confiante. to foot it coll dançar, caminhar, correr. to foot up somar. to get/ have cold feet acovardar-se. to go on foot andar a pé. to have one foot in the grave estar com um pé na sepultura, estar com os pés na cova. to keep one’s feet/ footing manter-se em pé, não cair. to know the length of s. o.’s foot conhecer alguém muito bem, conhecer o fraco de alguém. to put one’s best foot forward coll a) andar o mais rápido possível. b) esmerar-se, fazer o melhor possível. c) apresentar boa aparência para causar boa impressão. to put one’s foot down agir firme e decididamente, bater o pé, ser enérgico, porfiar. to put one’s foot in it meter os pés pelas mãos. to put one’s foot in one’s mouth falar o que não deve, falar bobagem, fig dar um fora. to set foot in meter ou pôr o pé em alguma parte, introduzir-se. to set on foot iniciar, dar o primeiro impulso, pôr em obra, lançar, pôr em movimento. to show the cloven foot revelar má índole. to stand on one’s own two feet ser independente, ser dono do seu nariz. to start off on the right/ left foot começar com o pé direito/esquerdo. to sweep off one’s feet entusiasmar-se, apaixonar-se. to tread under foot pisar, calcar aos pés. two feet long dois pés de comprimento. under foot no meio do caminho. -
4 support
[sə'po:t] 1. verb1) (to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc: That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him.) apoiar2) (to give help, or approval to: He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision.) apoiar3) (to provide evidence for the truth of: New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one.) confirmar4) (to supply with the means of living: He has a wife and four children to support.) sustentar2. noun1) (the act of supporting or state of being supported: That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal.) apoio2) (something that supports: One of the supports of the bridge collapsed.) suporte•- supporting* * *sup.port[səp'ɔ:t] n 1 assistência, ajuda, auxílio, amparo, apoio. 2 manutenção, subsistência, sustento. 3 Archit suporte, apoio, esteio, espeque, base. he gives support to his sister / ele sustenta sua irmã. 4 Phot tripé. 5 Mil proteção, assistência, defesa. 6 arrimo. she is the only support of her parents / ela é o único arrimo de seus pais. • vt 1 sustentar, suportar, escorar. 2 fortalecer, encorajar, ajudar, auxiliar. 3 manter, sustentar, cuidar. 4 favorecer, defender, apoiar. 5 advogar, justificar, defender, patrocinar. 6 provar, verificar, afirmar, substanciar, confirmar. 7 Mil proteger, dar assistência (em combate). 8 sofrer, tolerar, agüentar. 9 assistir, atender. 10 representar (papel) com sucesso. in support of his theories em defesa de suas teorias. moral support apoio moral. to strongly support apoiar muito alguém. to support someone in apoiar alguém em, concordar com alguém para. with my support com meu auxílio. -
5 foundation
1) (the act of founding: the foundation of a new university.) fundação2) (the base on which something is built: First they laid the foundations, then they built the walls.) fundação3) (an amount of money to be used for a special purpose or the organization that manages it: The British Foundation for Cancer Research.) fundação
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