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  • 1 public spirit

    (a desire to do things for the good of the community.) dedicação à comunidade
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    pub.lic spir.it
    [p∧blik sp'irit] n espírito público. to be against public policy ser contra as regras do bom-tom. to go public tornar uma companhia pública, estatizar. to make public tornar público, difundir.

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  • 2 public spirit

    (a desire to do things for the good of the community.) civismo

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  • 3 show

    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) mostrar
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) ver-se
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) exibir
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) mostrar
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) conduzir
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) mostrar
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) provar
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) mostrar
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) espectáculo
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) exibição
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) fingimento
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) aparência
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) exibição
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    - showiness
    - show-business
    - showcase
    - showdown
    - showground
    - show-jumping
    - showman
    - showroom
    - give the show away
    - good show!
    - on show
    - show off
    - show up
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    [ʃou] n 1 mostra, exibição. she made a show of her new dress / ela exibiu seu vestido novo. 2 espetáculo, exposição. it is on show / está exposto, em exposição. the newest film now showing / o filme mais novo em cartaz. 3 aparência, demonstração, aspecto. your garden makes a fine show / seu jardim é muito bonito. 4 aparência falsa, pretexto. 5 traço, indício, vestígio. 6 coll divertimento, entretenimento. he always steals the show / ele toma conta do espetáculo, chama a atenção. • vt+vi 1 mostrar, expor, exibir. it shows dirt / suja facilmente. he showed his teeth / ele mostrou os dentes. 2 revelar, manifestar, demonstrar. he showed his feelings / sua expressão facial (ou corporal) revelou seus sentimentos. 3 aparecer, estar visível. it does not show / não é visível. never show your face again! / nunca mais apareça aqui! 4 indicar, mostrar. time will show it / o tempo mostrá-lo-á. his work shows him to be a gifted writer / seu trabalho demonstra ser ele um escritor talentoso. we showed him the door / mostramos-lhe a porta, fig pusemo-lo para fora. 5 dirigir, guiar, conduzir. 6 explicar, esclarecer. 7 salientar, ressaltar. 8 provar. 9 conceder. 10 coll classificar-se (numa corrida). don’t give the show away coll não fale nada, guarde segredo. he runs/ bosses the whole show ele toma conta do negócio todo. show him mercy! perdoa-lhe! show of hands votação levantando as mãos. show yourself a man mostre que é homem. to give one a fair show dar a alguém uma oportunidade. to have something to show for mostrar serviço, mostrar resultados. to put up a good show fazer uma boa tentativa. to show forth anunciar. to show in mandar entrar, acompanhar para dentro. to show off aparecer com todo o brilho, salientar-se, destacar-se, exibir-se, ostentar. to show one’s hand pôr as cartas na mesa. to show someone out acompanhar alguém até a porta. to show the white feather fugir. to show up a) aparecer, apresentar-se, mostrar-se. b) desmascarar-se. c) acompanhar para cima. to show up against destacar-se de.

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  • 4 show

    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) mostrar
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) aparecer
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) exibir
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) mostrar
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) acompanhar
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) mostrar
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) mostrar
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) mostrar
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) exposição, espetáculo
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) demonstração
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) aparência
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) ostentação
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) desempenho
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    - showiness - show-business - showcase - showdown - showground - show-jumping - showman - showroom - give the show away - good show! - on show - show off - show up

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  • 5 sense

    [sens] 1. noun
    1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) sentido
    2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) opinião
    3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) sentido
    4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) senso
    5) (a meaning (of a word).) signifcado
    6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) sentido
    2. verb
    (to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) sentir
    - senselessly
    - senselessness
    - senses
    - sixth sense
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    [sens] n 1 senso, sentido. he is right in a sense / de certo modo ele tem razão. 2 percepção, sentimento. 3 compreensão, apreensão. can you make sense of this? / compreende isto? 4 inteligência, sabedoria, sagacidade. he has an outspoken sense for journalism / ele tem talento inato para jornalista. 5 sentido, significado. 6 que é razoável ou inteligente. it doesn’t make sense / não tem sentido. 7 opinião geral. he has the right sense for the public / ele sabe agradar o público, ele compreende o público. 8 direção, curso, rumo. • vt 1 sentir, perceber. 2 coll compreender, entender. common sense senso comum, bom senso. figurative sense sentido figurado. in a sense de certo modo, até certo ponto. literal sense sentido literal. strict sense sentido restrito. the five senses os cinco sentidos. the sixth sense o sexto sentido.

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  • 6 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ajudar
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) ser útil
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (não poder) deixar de
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) auxiliar
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio
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    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out
    * * *
    [help] n 1 ajuda, auxílio. 2 medicamento, remédio. 3 alívio, socorro, amparo. 4 auxiliar, ajudante. • vt+vi 1 ajudar, assistir ( with com, in em). she helped me with the washing / ela ajudou-me a lavar a roupa. 2 socorrer, amparar. 3 remediar, medicar. 4 prevenir, evitar, impedir. it can’t be helped / não pode ser evitado. 5 deixar de fazer, abster-se. I cannot help laughing / não posso deixar de rir. he can’t help doing it / ele não consegue abster-se disto. 6 servir(-se) (à mesa). help yourself / sirva-se à vontade. by the help of com o auxílio de. more than one can help mais do que é necessário. she cannot help it ela não tem culpa. so help me God! Deus me ajude! there is no help for it não há remédio para isto. to help down a) ajudar a descer. b) fig contribuir para a ruína. to help forward ajudar, favorecer. to help into ajudar a entrar. to help off ajudar a partir, a livrar-se de. to help out a) ajudar a sair. b) sustentar. to help someone to conseguir alguma coisa para alguém.

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  • 7 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) aliviar
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) servir
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) deixar de, evitar
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) empregado, ajudante
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio
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    - helpful - helpfully - helpfulness - helping - helpless - helplessly - helplessness - help oneself - help out

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  • 8 PR

    ( abbreviation) (public relations: a PR officer, This campaign is good for the firm's PR.)
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    [pi: 'a:] abbr 1 payroll (folha de pagamento). 2 proportional representation (representação proporcional). 3 public relations (relações públicas). 4 Puerto Rico (Porto Rico).

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  • 9 community

    [kə'mju:nəti]
    plural - communities; noun
    1) (a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area: the West Indian community in London.) comunidade
    2) (the public in general: He did it for the good of the community; ( also adjective) a community worker, a community centre.) comunidade
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    com.mu.ni.ty
    [kəmj'u:niti] n 1 comunidade, grupo de pessoas ou habitantes. 2 público, povo. 3 sociedade, associação, participação, comunhão. 4 grêmio. 5 grupo de animais ou plantas, colônia. 6 semelhança, identidade.

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  • 10 community

    [kə'mju:nəti]
    plural - communities; noun
    1) (a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area: the West Indian community in London.) comunidade
    2) (the public in general: He did it for the good of the community; ( also adjective) a community worker, a community centre.) comunidade, coletividade

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  • 11 pr

    ( abbreviation) (public relations: a PR officer, This campaign is good for the firm's PR.)
    * * *
    abbr 1 pair (par). 2 price (preço). 3 printed (impresso).

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  • 12 PR

    ( abbreviation) (public relations: a PR officer, This campaign is good for the firm's PR.)

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  • 13 sport

    [spo:t] 1. noun
    1) (games or competitions involving physical activity: She's very keen on sport of all kinds.) desporto
    2) (a particular game or amusement of this kind: Hunting, shooting and fishing are not sports I enjoy.) desporto
    3) (a good-natured and obliging person: He's a good sport to agree to do that for us!) boa praça
    4) (fun; amusement: I only did it for sport.) brincadeira
    2. verb
    (to wear, especially in public: He was sporting a pink tie.) usar
    - sports
    - sports car
    - sports jacket
    - sportsman
    - sportswear
    - a sporting chance
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    [spɔ:t] n 1 esporte, atletismo. he goes in for sport / ele pratica esporte. 2 divertimento, passatempo, jogo, prazer. 3 brincadeira. 4 zombaria, escárnio. they made sport of him / zombaram dele. 5 esportista, pessoa de qualidades admiráveis. 6 brinquedo, vítima de brincadeira. 7 camarada, bom companheiro, pessoa alegre, pessoa espalhafatosa. he’s a good sport / ele é bom companheiro. 8 Amer coll jogador (de jogos de azar). 9 Biol animal ou planta que varia repentina ou notavelmente do tipo normal. • vt+vi 1 brincar, passar o tempo, divertir-se. 2 zombar, ridicularizar. 3 coll exibir, ostentar. he sported a red tie / ele ostentou uma gravata vermelha. 4 Bot variar notavelmente do tipo normal, sofrer mutação. • adj de esporte, esportivo. be a sport! não seja desmancha-prazeres! he is the sport of every wind fig ele vira a casaca facilmente. sports esporte em geral, jogos esportivos, competições. the sport of kings corrida de cavalos, turfe, hipismo. to sport one’s oak sl isolar-se dos outros. what (capital) sport! que divertimento (formidável)!

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  • 14 judge

    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) julgar
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) julgar
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) julgar
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) julgar
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) juiz
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) juiz
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) juiz
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    - judgment
    - judging from / to judge from
    - pass judgement on
    - pass judgement
    * * *
    [dʒ∧dʒ] n 1 juiz, árbitro, julgador. 2 Judge Juiz Supremo, Deus. 3 perito, técnico, especialista. he is a good judge of cattle / ele é um perito de gado vacum. • vt+vi 1 julgar, sentenciar. I judge of him from his behaviour / eu o julgo pelo seu comportamento. 2 decidir, concluir, considerar como. 3 avaliar, ajuizar, opinar. he judges the merits of their proposal / ele avalia os méritos de sua proposta. 4 criticar, condenar, censurar. 5 expor, considerar, pensar. as far as I can judge segundo meu modo de pensar. as God is my judge! assim Deus me salve!

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  • 15 school

    I 1. [sku:l] noun
    1) (a place for teaching especially children: She goes to the school; He's not at university - he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.) escola
    2) (the pupils of a school: The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.) escola
    3) (a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc: She runs a sewing school; a driving school.) escola
    4) (a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject: the School of Mathematics.) departamento
    5) ((American) a university or college.) universidade
    6) (a group of people with the same ideas etc: There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.) escola
    2. verb
    (to train through practice: We must school ourselves to be patient.) disciplinar
    - schoolboy
    - schoolgirl
    - schoolchild
    - school-day
    - schooldays
    - schoolfellow
    - school-leaver
    - schoolmaster
    - schoolmate
    - school-teacher     II [sku:l] noun
    (a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about: a school of porpoises.) bando
    * * *
    school1
    [sku:l] n 1 escola, colégio, lugar de ensino. 2 corpo docente e discente. 3 o que serve para instruir ou ensinar. 4 grupo de pessoas com os mesmos interesses. 5 faculdade. 6 escola de uma universidade. 7 prédio onde se dá aula, sala de aulas. • vt 1 educar, ensinar. 2 treinar, disciplinar. a dancing school uma escola de dança. endowed school escola mantida por uma fundação. girls’ school escola de meninas. grade school Amer escola primária. junior high school escola de 1.o grau. preparatory school escola preparatória. primary school Brit escola primária. public school Amer escola pública. school is over as aulas terminaram. senior high school escola de 2.o grau. Sunday school escola dominical. technical school escola técnica.
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    school2
    [sku:l] n cardume de peixes.

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  • 16 judge

    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) julgar
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) arbitrar
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) julgar
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) julgar
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) juiz
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) árbitro
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) perito
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    - judgement
    - judgment - judging from / to judge from - pass judgement on - pass judgement

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  • 17 school

    I 1. [sku:l] noun
    1) (a place for teaching especially children: She goes to the school; He's not at university - he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.) escola
    2) (the pupils of a school: The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.) escola
    3) (a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc: She runs a sewing school; a driving school.) curso
    4) (a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject: the School of Mathematics.) instituto, departamento
    5) ((American) a university or college.) faculdade, colégio
    6) (a group of people with the same ideas etc: There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.) escola
    2. verb
    (to train through practice: We must school ourselves to be patient.) adestrar, treinar
    - schoolboy - schoolgirl - schoolchild - school-day - schooldays - schoolfellow - school-leaver - schoolmaster - schoolmate - school-teacher II [sku:l] noun
    (a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about: a school of porpoises.) cardume

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  • 18 lady

    ['leidi]
    1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) senhora
    2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) senhora
    3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) Lady
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    - Ladyship
    - ladybird
    * * *
    la.dy
    [l'eidi] n (pl ladies) 1 senhora, dama, fidalga. 2 esposa, dona da casa. 3 Lady título de nobreza. 4 amada, namorada, amante. Lady in the Chair Astr Cassiopéia: constelação boreal. lady of the house dona de casa. Our Lady Nossa Senhora.

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  • 19 lady

    ['leidi]
    1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) senhora, mulher
    2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) senhora
    3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lady
    •
    - Ladyship - ladybird

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