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  • 81 greed

    [ɡri:d]
    (a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) cobiça
    - greedily
    - greediness
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    [gri:d] n ganância, avidez, voracidade, avareza.

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  • 82 hit

    [hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
    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
    2. noun
    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-or-miss
    - hit back
    - hit below the belt
    - hit it off
    - hit on
    - hit out
    - make a hit with
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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.

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  • 83 hold

    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) segurar
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) segurar
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) segurar
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) aguentar
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) reter
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) conter
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) ter lugar
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) manter-se
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) ocupar
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) considerar
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) manter-se
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) obrigar
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) defender
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) aguentar
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) prender
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) realizar
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) possuir
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) aguentar
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) esperar
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) aguentar
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) guardar
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) reservar
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) domínio
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) influência
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) golpe
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    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) porão
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    hold1
    [hould] n 1 ação de segurar, pegar ou agarrar. 2 ponto por onde se pega (cabo, alça, etc.). 3 forte influência. 4 impressão. 5 cela de prisão. 6 prisão, cadeia. 7 fortificação, fortaleza. 8 Mus fermata: símbolo de pausa. • vt+vi (ps and pp held) 1 pegar, agarrar, segurar. hold my pencil! / segure meu lápis! 2 reter. 3 manter. 4 defender. he holds the view / ele defende a opinião. 5 ocupar (cargo). 6 manter sob controle. 7 aderir. 8 confinar. 9 empregar. 10 suportar, apoiar. 11 durar, ficar. 12 deter, refrear, parar, embargar. 13 conter, caber, encerrar. the bottle holds one liter / no frasco cabe um litro. 14 possuir, ocupar. 15 julgar, ter por, considerar, crer, afirmar. I hold him to be my friend / eu considero-o meu amigo. 16 presidir. 17 reunir. 18 festejar. 19 continuar, permanecer, manter-se firme. 20 ser válido, vigorar. • interj pare!, quieto!, espere! he held the audience ele fascinou (dominou) os ouvintes. hold on like grim death! agora agüentem firme! hold your horses! calma com isso!, devagar! it took a hold on me impressionou-me. on hold a) adiado. b) na espera (ao telefone). she holds the stage ela arrebata a audiência. the meeting was held at a reunião realizou-se em. there is no holding him ele não se deixa dissuadir. to have a firm hold of (on) dominar, segurar com mão forte. to hold a call colocar alguém em espera (ao telefone) até a pessoa ou o ramal ficar livre. to hold aloof ficar de lado. to hold a wager sustentar uma aposta. to hold back reter(-se), deter(-se). to hold cheap desprezar, menosprezar. to hold counsel deliberar. to hold dear gostar, prezar. to hold down manter sob sujeição ou controle. to hold down (a job) ficar com. to hold forth exibir, entrar em detalhes. to hold good aprovar, confirmar-se. to hold hard parar quieto, sustar. to hold in refrear-se, conter-se, abster-se. to hold off a) manter à distância. b) refrear temporariamente. to hold on a) firmar-se, agarrar-se. b) perdurar, continuar. c) esperar (ao telefone). to hold one’s own, to hold one’s ground manter-se, agüentar. to hold one’s peace ficar quieto. to hold one’s tongue calar-se. to hold out agüentar, resistir. to hold over a) adiar. b) manter a posse de. to hold shares possuir ações. to hold that Jur julgar que. to hold the line ficar esperando ao telefone. to hold true a) verificar, confirmar. b) ser verdadeiro. to hold up a) apresentar como exemplo, expor. b) sustentar. c) atrasar, atrapalhar. d) assaltar (à mão armada), roubar. to hold water ser à prova d’água, ser impermeável. to take hold of segurar, prender, pegar.
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    hold2
    [hould] n 1 porão de carga do navio. 2 compartimento de carga do avião.

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  • 84 hotel

    [hə'tel]
    (a usually large house or building where travellers, holidaymakers etc may receive food, lodging etc in return for payment: The new hotel has over five hundred bedrooms.) hotel
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    ho.tel
    [hout'el] n hotel.

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  • 85 hour

    1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) hora
    2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) hora
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    - hour-glass
    - hour hand
    - at all hours
    - for hours
    - on the hour
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    ['auə] n 1 hora. 2 tempo. 3 período. 4 momento. 5 grau de longitude. at all hours, at all hours of the day and night o tempo todo, a qualquer hora do dia ou da noite. for hours por um longo tempo. hour after hour, for hour after hour por um longo tempo sem mudança. out of hours fora do horário. the small hours a madrugada. till all hours até muito tarde da noite.

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  • 86 hundred

    1. noun
    1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) cem
    2) (the figure 100.) cem
    3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) cem anos
    4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) centena
    2. adjective
    1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) cem
    2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) centenário
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    - hundredfold
    - hundredth
    - hundreds of
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    hun.dred
    [h'∧ndrəd] n 1 cem, cento, centena. 2 Brit Hist distrito. • adj cem, cento. by the hundred às centenas. five in the hundred cinco por cento. several hundred alguns centos.

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  • 87 in succession

    (one after another: five wet days in succession.) em sequência
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    in succession
    em seqüência.

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  • 88 interrogate

    [in'terəɡeit]
    (to question (a person) thoroughly: The police spent five hours interrogating the prisoner.) interrogar
    - interrogator
    - interrogative
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    in.ter.ro.gate
    [int'erəgeit] vt interrogar, inquirir.

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  • 89 into

    ['intu]
    1) (to or towards the inside of; to within: The eggs were put into the box; They disappeared into the mist.) em
    2) (against: The car ran into the wall.) contra
    3) (to the state or condition of: A tadpole turns into a frog; I've sorted the books into piles.) em
    4) (expressing the idea of division: Two into four goes twice.) em
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    in.to
    ['intu] prep 1 dentro, de fora para dentro. the window looks into the street / a janela dá para a rua. 2 em. 3 na direção de. I was led into error / fui enganado. 4 acerca de, a respeito de. I am doing research into linguistics / estou pesquisando a respeito de lingüística. 5 passagem de um estado para outro. he cut the paper into strips / ele cortou o papel em tiras. the vase broke into pieces / o vaso quebrou em pedaços. 6 sl interessado em. he is really into pop music / ele está mesmo interessado em música pop. I am not into that / não gosto disso. 7 exprimir divisão em matemática. two into ten goes five times / dez dividido por dois são cinco. to get into trouble encontrar dificuldades. to go into the house entrar na casa. to grow into tornar-se. to run into colidir com. to take into consideration levar em consideração.

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  • 90 it

    1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) o/a
    2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) ele/a
    3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) ele/a
    4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)
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    - its
    - itself
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    n 1 objeto indefinido em expressões idiomáticas. 2 fig o ovo de Colombo. 3 atrativo pessoal (feminino e masculino). 4 ponto, questão. that is simply it / aí é que está a coisa. • pron 1 ele, ela, o, a, lhe. it is cherries / são cerejas. who is it? / quem é? it is my son / é meu filho. 2 isso, isto. it is my fault / a culpa é minha. throw it away / jogue isto fora. from all these reasons it follows... por todas estas razões deduz-se.... he thinks he is it sl ele se acha muito importante. it follows that conclui-se que. it happens acontece. it is me sou eu. it rains está chovendo. it was he who foi ele que. it won’t work não vai dar certo. she was it ela foi formidável. so it is assim é. this is it sl esse é o ponto importante.

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  • 91 kitten

    ['kitn]
    (a young cat: The cat had five kittens last week.) gatinho
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    kit.ten
    [k'itən] n 1 gatinho. 2 fig garota brincalhona. • vi parir (gata).

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  • 92 know

    [nəu]
    past tense - knew; verb
    1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) conhecer
    2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) conhecer
    3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) conhecer
    4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) reconhecer
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    - knowingly
    - know-all
    - know-how
    - in the know
    - know backwards
    - know better
    - know how to
    - know the ropes
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    [nou] n conhecimento, informação reservada. • vt (ps knew, pp known) 1 saber, conhecer, entender. he knows all the answers / ele tem resposta para tudo. she knows him by sight / ela o conhece de vista. I came to know it by chance / fiquei sabendo por acaso. he knows how to paint / ele sabe pintar. 2 reconhecer, indentificar ( for como). I should know him anywhere / eu o reconheceria em qualquer lugar. 3 estar ciente, estar informado. please let me know your arrival / queira por favor informar-me da sua chegada. 4 ter a certeza. I know her to be my friend / tenho certeza de sua amizade. 5 estar relacionado, conhecer pessoalmente. she knows him / ela o conhece. I have known him for three weeks / conheço-o há três semanas. 6 estar habilitado, ter experiência, ser hábil, destro. 7 distinguir ( from de). you can’t know him from his brother / você não pode distingui-lo do seu irmão. 8 Bib arch conhecer, ter relações sexuais com. for all I know que eu saiba. he is in the know ele está a par de. he knows better than to betray her ele não é tão estúpido para traí-la. he knows his own mind ele sabe o que quer. he knows it by heart ele sabe de cor. I know better than that não caio nessa. known as conhecido pelo nome de. make it known torne público. not that I know não que eu saiba. to know how many beans make five saber com quantos paus se faz uma canoa. to know oneself conhecer a si mesmo. to know the ropes a) entender do assunto. b) conhecer em detalhes. well, what do you know? a) Amer sabe lá!, vai saber! b) quais são as novidades? you never know coll talvez, quem sabe? you know é ou não é?, você sabe. you know best você é quem sabe.

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  • 93 lap

    I [læp] past tense, past participle - lapped; verb
    1) (to drink by licking with the tongue: The cat lapped milk from a saucer.) lamber
    2) ((of a liquid) to wash or flow (against): Water lapped the side of the boat.) lamber
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    II [læp] noun
    1) (the part from waist to knees of a person who is sitting: The baby was lying in its mother's lap.) colo
    2) (one round of a racecourse or other competition track: The runners have completed five laps, with three still to run.) volta
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    - the lap of luxury
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    lap1
    [læp] n 1 regaço, colo. 2 roupa que cobre o colo. 3 fralda, aba. 4 parte pendente de cobertor, etc. in the lap of luxury no luxo. in the lap of the gods nas mãos de Deus.
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    lap2
    [læp] n 1 dobra. 2 parte de uma substância que se sobrepõe a outra. 3 aba. 4 fio de algodão pronto para cardagem. 5 o comprimento de um fio, tecido, etc. necessário para dar uma volta sobre uma roda ou rolo. 6 volta completa (em uma pista de atletismo, automobilismo, raia de natação, etc.). 7 etapa. 8 ferramenta de esmerilhar. 9 polidor. • vt+vi 1 enrolar, dobrar, envolver. 2 imbricar (com telhas), sobrepor. 3 aconchegar, aninhar. 4 dar uma volta completa (na pista). 5 obter vantagem de uma ou mais voltas na pista, numa corrida. 6 polir. to be on the last lap estar chegando ao fim (de um trabalho, projeto, etc.). to drop it into someone’s lap empurrar (o caso) para outra pessoa. to lap over from one century to another estender-se de um século a outro.
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    lap3
    [læp] n 1 lambida. 2 a ação de beber, como os cães e os gatos. 3 o respectivo som ou ruído. 4 bebida ou comida fraca. • vt+vi 1 beber como o fazem cachorros e gatos (com movimentos da língua). 2 ondear, causar um ruído igual ao de ondas pequenas quando batem contra um barco, marulhar. to lap up engolir, escutar avidamente, aceitar sem pensar.

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  • 94 lapse

    [læps] 1. verb
    1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) caducar
    2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) cair
    2. noun
    1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) lapso
    2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) intervalo
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    [læps] n 1 lapso, espaço de tempo, intervalo. 2 lapso, descuido, negligência. 3 passo falso, deslize, desvio. 4 declínio, queda. 5 apostasia. 6 prescrição. • vt+vi 1 escoar, decorrer, passar. the days lapsed away / os dias passaram. 2 errar, falhar. 3 decair, diminuir. the boy’s interest lapsed / o interesse do rapaz decaiu. 4 prescrever, caducar, ficar sem efeito. the title lapsed / o título prescreveu.

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  • 95 lay

    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) pousar
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) deitar
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) preparar
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) achatar
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) aplacar
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) pôr
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) apostar
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    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) pôr em camadas
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste     II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laico
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) leigo
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    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.)
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    lay1
    [lei] n 1 situação, posição, configuração. 2 postura. 3 camada. 4 parte nos lucros, quinhão. 5 ramo de negócios, atividade, ocupação, emprego. 6 vulg ato sexual. 7 vulg parceiro no ato sexual. • vt+vi (ps and pp laid) 1 derrubar, deitar, prostrar, abater. 2 pôr, colocar, assentar. 3 acalmar ou fazer desaparecer, exorcizar, conjurar, aplacar. 4 deitar em posição de repouso, depositar, pousar, estender. 5 dispor, planejar, preparar, arranjar. 6 imputar, atribuir. the crime is being laid to her / o crime está sendo atribuído a ela. 7 apresentar (queixa, protesto). 8 sl ter relações sexuais. 9 enterrar. 10 apontar (armas). 11 localizar(-se). the scene is laid in New York / a cena se passa em Nova York. lay of the land 1 configuração do terreno. 2 estado de coisas. to lay about. a) distribuir socos a esmo. b) atacar com socos ou palavras. to lay a claim to reclamar, reivindicar. to lay an ambush preparar uma emboscada. to lay aside/ away a) pôr de lado, separar, guardar para uso futuro. b) deixar de, largar, abandonar. to lay a tax impor um imposto. to lay bare a) revelar. b) despir, desnudar. to lay before exibir, mostrar, exprimir. to lay blows dar pancadas, socos. to lay bricks assentar tijolos. to lay by economizar, guardar. to lay by the heels aprisionar, prender. to lay down a) depositar, pousar no chão, deitar. b) depor (armas). c) declarar, afirmar. d) pagar, apostar. e) formular, traçar. f) reservar, guardar, armazenar. g) sacrificar. h) construir. to lay down one’s arms render-se. to lay down one’s life sacrificar a vida. to lay down the law repreender com severidade. to lay eggs pôr ovos. to lay fast agarrar e segurar firmemente. to lay fire pôr fogo. to lay hands on a) pôr mãos à obra. b) tocar. c) assaltar. d) agarrar. to lay hands upon oneself suicidar-se. to lay heads together deliberar, conferenciar. to lay hold of/on agarrar, prender, segurar. to lay in armazenar, pôr em estoque. to lay into bater, espancar. to lay it on exagerar bastante. to lay it to one’s door atribuir a culpa a outrem. to lay off a) despedir empregados, cortar pessoal. b) parar. to lay on a) impor, infligir. b) golpear. c) instalar. to lay open a) expor, descobrir. b) explicar. to lay out a) dispor, arranjar, projetar, traçar. b) mostrar, expor. c) gastar, desembolsar. d) vestir defunto. e) nocautear, pôr fora de combate. to lay over cobrir. to lay plans fazer preparativos ou planos. to lay siege to a) sitiar, cercar. b) importunar, assediar. to lay ten dollars on a horse apostar dez dólares num cavalo. to lay the blame on someone responsabilizar, imputar responsabilidade a alguém. to lay the hands on Eccl impor as mãos. to lay the land perder a terra de vista. to lay the loss at avaliar o prejuízo em. to lay the nap of a cloth alisar a lanugem (pano). to lay the table pôr a mesa. to lay to parar (navio). to lay together a) pôr lado a lado. b) somar. to lay to heart a) sentir profundamente. b) tomar seriamente em consideração. to lay to sleep/ rest enterrar. to lay to the oars remar a toda força. to lay under sujeitar a, submeter. to lay up a) armazenar. b) economizar. c) ficar na cama. d) pôr um navio no dique. to lay wait ficar à espreita, emboscar. to lay waste assolar, devastar.
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    lay2
    [lei] vi ps of lie.
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    lay3
    [lei] n 1 balada. 2 fig canção, canto.
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    lay4
    [lei] adj leigo, secular.

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  • 96 limerick

    ['limərik]
    (a type of humorous poem with five lines, the third and fourth lines being shorter than the others.) poema
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    lim.er.ick
    [l'imərik] n espécie de poema leve ou humorístico de cinco versos anapésticos com três pés no primeiro, segundo e quinto versos, dois pés no terceiro e quarto versos, e esquema de rima aabba.

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  • 97 mature

    [mə'tjuə] 1. adjective
    1) ((having the qualities of someone who, or something that, is) fully grown or developed: a very mature person.) maduro
    2) ((of cheese, wine etc) ready for eating or drinking: a mature cheese.) maduro
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become mature: She matured early.) amadurecer
    2) ((of an insurance policy) to become due to be paid: My insurance policy matures when I reach sixty-five.) vencer
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    - maturity
    - matureness
    * * *
    ma.ture
    [mətʃ'uə] vt+vi 1 amadurecer. 2 fazer supurar. 3 vencer (duplicata, dívida). • adj 1 maduro. 2 desenvolvido. 3 supurado. 4 vencida (duplicata).

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  • 98 mean

    [mi:n] I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) avarento
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) indigno
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) mau
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) humilde
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    - meanness
    - meanie     II 1. adjective
    1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) médio
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) médio
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meio-termo
    III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
    1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) querer dizer
    2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) tencionar
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    2. adjective
    ((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) significativo
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well
    * * *
    [mi:n] n 1 meio, meio-termo, média. 2 means forma, expediente, modo. 3 means recursos. • vt+vi (ps, pp meant) 1 significar. what do you mean? / o que você quer dizer? 2 pretender, tencionar. 3 destinar. 4 dispor-se a. • adj 1 baixo, vil, desprezível. 2 inferior, pobre. 3 mesquinho, egoísta. 4 malvado, maldoso, ruim. 5 médio, intermediário. 6 sl ótimo, excelente. 7 envergonhado, humilhado. a man of means homem de recursos, abastado. by all means certamente, sem dúvida. by any means de qualquer maneira. by means of por meio de. by no means de nenhuma maneira. to feel mean a) sentir-se humilhado, envergonhado. b) sentir-se mal, não estar bem. to live beyond one’s means viver além de suas possibilidades. you don’t mean it! o senhor não está falando sério.

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  • 99 megaton

    ((usually with a number) (of a bomb) giving an explosion as great as that of a million tons of TNT: a five-megaton bomb.) megaton
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    meg.a.ton
    [m'egət∧n] n Phys megaton.

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  • 100 million

    ['miljən] 1. plurals million (1, 2), millions (2, 3)
    1) ((preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) the number 1,000,000: a million; one million; five million.) milhão
    2) (the figure 1,000,000.) milhão
    3) (a million pounds or dollars: Her fortune amounts to several million(s).) milhão
    2. adjective
    ((preceded by a, a number, or a word signifying a quantity) 1,000,000 in number: six million people.) milhão
    - millionaire
    - millionth
    * * *
    mil.lion
    [m'iljən] n 1 milhão. 2 grande quantidade. • adj milhão.

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