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101 contest
['kontest](a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory: a sporting contest.) disputa -
102 court
[ko:t] 1. noun1) (a place where legal cases are heard: a magistrates' court; the High Court.) tribunal2) (the judges and officials of a legal court: The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.) tribunal3) (a marked-out space for certain games: a tennis-court; a squash court.) quadra4) (the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen: the court of King James.) corte5) (the palace of a king or queen: Hampton Court.) palácio6) (an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.) pátio2. verb1) (to try to win the love of; to woo.) cortejar2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) tentar conseguir3) (to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).) arriscar(-se)•- courtier- courtly - courtliness - courtship - courthouse - court-martial - courtyard -
103 earn
[ə:n]1) (to gain (money, wages, one's living) by working: He earns $200 a week; He earns his living by cleaning shoes; You can afford a car now that you're earning.) ganhar2) (to deserve: I've earned a rest.) merecer•- earnings -
104 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) escapar, fugir2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) safar-se de3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) escapar a4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) escapar2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) fuga, escapamento- escapism- escapist -
105 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > feather one's (own) nest
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106 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > feather one's (own) nest
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107 hand
[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) mão2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ponteiro3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) trabalhador braçal, marujo4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) mão, ajuda5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) mão, jogo6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) hand (quatro polegadas)7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) caligrafia2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) dar, entregar2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) mandar de volta, passar•- handful- handbag - handbill - handbook - handbrake - handcuff - handcuffs - hand-lens - handmade - hand-operated - hand-out - hand-picked - handshake - handstand - handwriting - handwritten - at hand - at the hands of - be hand in glove with someone - be hand in glove - by hand - fall into the hands of someone - fall into the hands - force someone's hand - get one's hands on - give/lend a helping hand - hand down - hand in - hand in hand - hand on - hand out - hand-out - handout - hand over - hand over fist - hands down - hands off! - hands-on - hands up! - hand to hand - have a hand in something - have a hand in - have/get/gain the upper hand - hold hands with someone - hold hands - in good hands - in hand - in the hands of - keep one's hand in - off one's hands - on hand - on the one hand... on the other hand -... on the other hand - out of hand - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand - shake hands with / shake someone's hand - a show of hands - take in hand - to hand -
108 learn
[lə:n]past tense, past participles - learned, learnt; verb1) (to get to know: It was then that I learned that she was dead.) ficar sabendo2) (to gain knowledge or skill (in): A child is always learning; to learn French; She is learning (how) to swim.) aprender•- learned- learner - learning - learner-friendly -
109 make
[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) fazer2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) fazer3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) tornar4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) ganhar5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) perfazer6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) ser7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) avaliar8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) nomear9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) fazer2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) marca- maker- making - make-believe - make-over - makeshift - make-up - have the makings of - in the making - make a/one's bed - make believe - make do - make for - make it - make it up - make something of something - make of something - make something of - make of - make out - make over - make up - make up for - make up one's mind - make up to -
110 make up to
(to try to gain the favour or love of by flattery etc: She's always making up to the teacher by bringing him presents.) agradar -
111 non-violence
(the refusal to use any violent means in order to gain political, social etc aims.) não-violência -
112 pawn
[po:n] 1. verb(to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back): I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.) penhorar2. noun1) (in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank.) peão2) (a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc: She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.) joguete•- pawnshop - in pawn -
113 play off against
(to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) jogar (um) contra (o outro) -
114 price
1. noun1) (the amount of money for which a thing is or can be bought or sold; the cost: The price of the book was $10.) preço2) (what one must give up or suffer in order to gain something: Loss of freedom is often the price of success.) preço2. verb1) (to mark a price on: I haven't priced these articles yet.) pôr preço em2) (to find out the price of: He went into the furniture shop to price the beds.) apreçar•- pricey - at a price - beyond/without price -
115 profit
['profit] 1. noun1) (money which is gained in business etc, eg from selling something for more than one paid for it: I made a profit of $8,000 on my house; He sold it at a huge profit.) lucro2) (advantage; benefit: A great deal of profit can be had from travelling abroad.) proveito2. verb((with from or by) to gain profit(s) from: The business profited from its exports; He profited by his opponent's mistakes.) lucrar, tirar proveito- profitably -
116 pull strings
(to use one's influence or that of others to gain an advantage.) mexer seus pauzinhos -
117 sacrifice
1. noun1) (the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.) sacrifício2) (the thing that is offered in this way.) sacrifício3) (something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.) sacrifício2. verb1) (to offer as a sacrifice: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.) sacrificar2) (to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.) sacrificar•- sacrificially -
118 score
[sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) escore, contagem2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) partitura3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) grupo de vinte2. verb1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) marcar2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) eliminar3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) marcar os pontos•- scorer- score-board - on that score - scores of - scores - settle old scores -
119 suitor
noun (an old word for a man who tries to gain the love of a woman.) pretendente -
120 tactics
['tæktiks]((sometimes in singular) the art of arranging troops, warships etc during a battle, in order to win or gain an advantage over one's opponents: They planned their tactics for the election/game/meeting.) tática- tactical- tactically - tactician
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Gain — Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. {Ahain}.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
