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  • 1 stick

    I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb
    1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) espetar
    2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) cravar
    3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) colar
    4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) ficar preso
    - sticky
    - stickily
    - stickiness
    - sticking-plaster
    - stick-in-the-mud
    - come to a sticky end
    - stick at
    - stick by
    - stick it out
    - stick out
    - stick one's neck out
    - stick to/with
    - stick together
    - stick up for
    II [stik] noun
    1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) ramo
    2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) pau
    3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) pedaço
    - get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    - get the wrong end of the stick
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    stick1
    [stik] n 1 galho, vara, graveto, talo. 2 bastão, pau, cacete, bordão. 3 bengala. 4 objeto em forma de vara ou de bastão, barra. 5 acha, pedaço de lenha. 6 raquete para hóquei. 7 coll pessoa estúpida ou desajeitada. 8 batuta: varinha de dirigente de orquestra. 9 alavanca de comando (de avião). 10 desempeno de carpinteiro. 11 Typogr componedor. 12 Bot pecíolo. 13 taco de bilhar. 14 arco de violino. 15 porção de bebida alcoólica adicionada a uma bebida sem álcool. 16 sticks Amer interior, distritos afastados. • vt (ps, pp stuck) fixar com vara, colocar vara. a poor stick um pobre coitado. and old stick um sujeito esquisito. a stick of chewing gum um tablete de goma de mascar. eraser stick lápis-borracha. he can swear a good stick ele sabe praguejar. he has got hold of the wrong end of the stick ele começou o negócio errado. in a cleft stick em um dilema. in the sticks no meio do mato. it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog fig é fácil achar um pretexto. right (wrong) end of stick uma compreensão verdadeira (equivocada) da situação. stick and stone com casca e tudo, tudo em conjunto. sticks of furniture coll mobília de pouco valor ou importância. to beat to sticks derrotar e ultrapassar completamente. to give someone stick sl censurar ou punir alguém. up sticks coll mudar-se para um outro lugar. walking stick bengala. with a stick in it coll com um pouco de rum.
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    stick2
    [stik] vt+vi (ps, pp stuck) 1 varar, transpassar, perfurar, espetar, picar, furar. 2 matar, apunhalar. 3 fixar, crivar, fincar, inserir. 4 pôr, colocar. 5 sair, estender-se, salientar. 6 colar, grudar, fazer aderir. 7 ficar junto, apegar-se. 8 estar parado ou atolado, atolar, estar paralisado. 9 paralisar, fazer parar. I’m sticking / vou parar (de jogar cartas). 10 continuar, aferrar-se, agarrar-se, persistir. 11 coll embaraçar, confundir, intrigar. 12 estar confundido ou embaraçado, hesitar. 13 sl embrulhar, enganar, tapear. 14 sl explorar (nos preços), abusar, cobrar os olhos da cara. 15 pregar, prender. 16 suportar, agüentar. I can’t stick him / coll não o tolero. I can’t stick it any longer / não agüento mais. 17 empacar, emperrar, enguiçar. he sticks at nothing ele não tem escrúpulos, não recua diante de nada. he sticks out his chin for more fig ele ainda não está satisfeito. stick-in-the-mud pessoa fleumática e pachorrenta. stick it! agüenta!, força! stick it out! agüenta! stick it upon your mind fixe isso na sua memória. stick no bills! proibido colar cartazes. stick them up mãos ao alto. the word stuck in his throat ele se engasgou, perdeu a fala. to be stuck on coll estar obcecado por, estar apaixonado por, estar gamado em. to get/ take stick coll receber críticas ou chateação. to stick at segurar em, persistir em, agarrar-se em. to stick between hope and fear oscilar entre esperança e medo. to stick by manter-se fiel a, afeiçoar-se, apegar-se. to stick down fixar, grudar, colar. to stick in não ceder, continuar no cargo. to stick indoors ficar em casa, ser caseiro. to stick on ficar colado, ficar grudado, colar, fixar. to stick one’s neck out arriscar o pescoço. to stick out ressaltar, salientar, olhar para fora, estar visível, chamar atenção, pôr para fora, persistir, ficar firme. to stick out for lutar por. to stick to apoiar, aderir a, apegar-se a, agarrar-se em, obedecer (lei, regra), seguir. stick to the point! / não fuja do assunto. he sticks to his principles / ele sustenta os seus princípios. he sticks to his work / ele se dedica ao seu trabalho. to stick together a) colar, juntar com cola. b) fig ter amizade, ser inseparável, manter-se unidos. to stick to one’s guns coll manter-se firme em seus princípios. to stick to one’s knitting cuidar só do que é seu, ficar na sua. to stick up a) salientar-se, sobressair, ressaltar. b) ficar em pé (cabelos). c) sl assaltar (à mão armada), levantar as mãos para o alto (sob ameaça de arma de fogo). to stick up for ficar do lado de, agir em defesa de. he sticks up for him / coll ele o defende. to stick with a) manter, preservar, apegar-se. b) apoiar, defender, ser fiel. to stick around esperar, ficar por aí.

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  • 2 snap

    [snæp] 1. past tense, past participle - snapped; verb
    1) ((with at) to make a biting movement, to try to grasp with the teeth: The dog snapped at his ankles.) tentar morder
    2) (to break with a sudden sharp noise: He snapped the stick in half; The handle of the cup snapped off.) partir
    3) (to (cause to) make a sudden sharp noise, in moving etc: The lid snapped shut.) estalar
    4) (to speak in a sharp especially angry way: `Mind your own business!' he snapped.) refilar
    5) (to take a photograph of: He snapped the children playing in the garden.) tirar uma foto
    2. noun
    1) ((the noise of) an act of snapping: There was a loud snap as his pencil broke.) estalido
    2) (a photograph; a snapshot: He wanted to show us his holiday snaps.) foto
    3) (a kind of simple card game: They were playing snap.) bisca
    3. adjective
    (done, made etc quickly: a snap decision.) rápido
    - snappily
    - snappiness
    - snapshot
    - snap one's fingers
    - snap up
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    [snæp] n 1 estalo, estrépito, estalido. 2 ruptura, quebra. 3 dentada, mordida, abocamento. 4 repreensão, ato de falar ríspido e rápido. 5 Amer coll esperteza, vivacidade. 6 temporada, época curta. 7 fecho com mola, cadeado, ferrolho com mola. 8 bolacha. 9 Amer coll instantâneo. 10 Amer coll coisa fácil de se fazer, serviço fácil. 11 jogo de cartas. • vt 1 estalar, crepitar, trincar. 2 fechar, pegar, mover (com estalo). 3 quebrar, romper, estourar. the ring snapped / o anel rompeu-se. 4 ceder, romper (sob pressão, tensão). 5 morder, abocar, abocanhar, dar dentada. the dog snapped at my leg / o cachorro tentou abocanhar minha perna. 6 agarrar, apanhar, pegar. he snapped at the idea / ele agarrou a idéia (percebeu rapidamente). 7 vociferar, falar ríspida e rapidamente. he snapped at me / ele dirigiu-me invectivas. 8 soltar, mover-se rapidamente. 9 tirar fotografia instantânea. • adj 1 Amer que é feito rapidamente ou de improviso. 2 que se move, abre, fecha com estalo. • adv de maneira brusca ou rápida, mal-humoradamente, mordazmente. a cold snap uma onda de frio. not a snap nem um pingo. snap it up! apresse-se! snap out of it! coll tome uma atitude mais razoável! anime-se! saia dessa! to snap a pistol disparar uma pistola. to snap away tirar, arrancar. to snap a whip estalar com um chicote. to snap back responder bruscamente. to snap off interromper repentinamente. to snap one’s finger at someone mostrar indiferença ou desprezo. to snap one’s fingers/to give a snap of one’s fingers estalar os dedos. to snap someone’s nose off repreender alguém. to snap up comer, pegar, abocar, apanhar, fig compreender.

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  • 3 colour

    1. noun
    1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) cor
    2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) tinta
    3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) cor
    4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) cor
    2. adjective
    ((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) a cores
    3. verb
    (to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) pintar
    4. noun
    ((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) pessoa de cor
    - colouring
    - colourless
    - colours
    - colour-blind
    - colour scheme
    - off-colour
    - colour in
    - show oneself in one's true colours
    - with flying colours
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    col.our
    [k'∧lə] n 1 cor, colorido. 2 tinta, corante, pigmento. 3 vermelhão, rubor do rosto. 4 pretexto, disfarce. 5 plausibilidade, aparência de autenticidade. 6 cor da pele das raças que não são brancas. 7 aparência, aspecto. 8 detalhe realístico, vida. 9 caráter, feição. they showed their colours / revelaram suas intenções, mostraram quem realmente eram. he showed his true colours / fig ele mostrou seu verdadeiro caráter. 10 vivacidade, brilho, ânimo. his sincerity gives colour to all he does / sua sinceridade caracteriza todos os seus atos. 11 matiz, tonalidade. 12 Mus timbre, som. 13 colours cores, emblema, estandarte, bandeira. 14 Mil insígnia militar. 15 colours cor política, partido. • vt+vi 1 pintar, tingir, corar, colorir, dar cor a. 2 corar, mudar de cor, enrubescer. 3 fig corar, disfarçar, alterar, paliar, desculpar. 4 dar determinado aspecto a. 5 caracterizar. his prejudices coloured his facts / seus preconceitos manifestaram-se em seu relato. • adj em cores, de cor. body colour tinta opaca. complementary colour cor complementar. composite colours cores mistas. fast colours cores firmes. filling colour massa colorida para preparar a superfície a ser pintada. fundamental colours cores básicas. glaring colours cores berrantes. local colour colorido ou aspecto local. off colour coll exausto, esgotado, indisposto. painted in his true colours mostrado em seu verdadeiro aspecto. play of colours variação de cores. primary colours cores primárias. service with the colours serviço militar. to call to the colours convocar para o serviço militar. to change colour mudar de cor (pessoa), ficar pálido (ou vermelho). to come off with flying colours sair vitorioso. to give false colour to distorcer os fatos. to give/ lend colour to dar aparência de verdade a. to have a colour ter aspecto sadio, ter boa cor. to have a high colour estar corado. to hoist the colours hastear a bandeira. to join the colours alistar-se. to lose colour ficar pálido. to lower the colours a) baixar a bandeira. b) fig ceder, dobrar-se. to mail one’s colours to the mast manter-se firme em sua decisão. to sail under false colours fig agir com falsidade. to stick to one’s colours ser fiel à causa. trooping the colours desfile de bandeiras. under colour of sob o pretexto de. with flying colours com grande sucesso.

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  • 4 point

    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) ponta
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) cabo
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) ponto
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) ponto
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) momento
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) ponto
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) ponto
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) ponto
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) ponto
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) sentido
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) traço
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) tomada
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) apontar
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) apontar
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) preencher frinchas
    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes
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    [pɔint] n 1 ponto: a) sinal, mancha. b) Geom grandeza considerada por abstração, sem dimensão alguma. c) circunstância, detalhe, pormenor. d) Sports tento. e) ponto principal, o essencial. f) duodécima parte da linha (1/72 de polegada). g) local, sítio, posição. h) objetivo, escopo, mira. i) desígnio. j) grau, situação. k) fim, termo. l) instante, momento. m) Gram sinal de pontuação. n) furo feito por agulha. o) assunto, caso, questão. p) unidade de valores ou preços. q) renda feita com agulha. r) Naut cada uma das 32 divisões do compasso. s) Naut intervalo entre dois pontos do compasso. t) pinta (de cartas ou dados). u) ponto decimal. 2 ponta: a) extremidade aguçada, bico. b) extremidade, cabo, promontório. 3 pico, cume. 4 fato ou argumento que impressiona. 5 direção, curso. 6 Typogr corpo. 7 decisão, resolução. 8 agulha de ferrovia. 9 ferramenta ou arma pontiaguda. 10 característica, atributo. 11 auge, apogeu. 12 ato de apontar. 13 punctura, picada. 14 Mil patrulha de ponta. • vt+vi 1 apontar: a) fazer ponta em, aguçar. b) indicar, mostrar. c) dirigir para, assestar. d) mostrar indicando. e) dirigir-se com a ponta para. 2 separar com pontos ou traços. 3 pontuar. 4 aludir, mencionar, sugerir. 5 salientar, evidenciar. 6 conduzir a, tender para. 7 encher com argamassa. at the point of death às portas da morte. at the point of the sword sob coação, impelido pela força. at this point neste momento, a esta altura. beside the point fora do assunto, alheio à questão, irrelevante. boiling point ponto de ebulição. breaking point momento de ruptura. cardinal points pontos cardeais. freezing point ponto de congelamento. from point to point detalhadamente, minuciosamente. he gained his point ele obteve seu desígnio. he wandered from the point ele desviou-se do assunto. in point of a respeito de, com referência a. in point of fact de fato, na realidade. it is a good point in his character é um elemento positivo do seu caráter. I was on the point of doing it estava prestes a fazê-lo. music is her strong (weak) point música é o forte (fraco) dela. not to put too fine a point on it falar claramente. point of contact ponto de contato. point of conscience questão de consciência. point of controversy ponto de divergência. point of departure ponto de partida, especialmente em uma discussão. point of honor ponto de honra, questão de honra. point of inflection ponto de inflexão. point of intersection ponto de intersecção. point of no return ponto sem retorno (viagem, avião). point of order questão de ordem. point of origin local de origem. point of reference ponto de referência. point of sale Com ponto de venda. point of support ponto de apoio. point of view a) ponto de vista. b) opinião. point out apontar, indicar, chamar atenção para. that’s not to the point isto não vem ao caso, não diz respeito à questão. that’s the point eis a questão. the conversation ended in point a conversa tornou-se mais aguçada. the points of a horse as qualidades de um cavalo. the winner on points o vencedor por pontos. they spoke to the point falaram objetivamente. to be on the point of estar prestes a. to get to the point ir ao ponto principal. to give points to dar vantagens a. to keep to the point limitar-se ao assunto. to lose on points (boxe) perder por pontos. to make a point of fazer questão de, considerar. to miss the point não compreender. to point a wall rebocar uma parede. to point out mostrar, apontar para, chamar a atenção para. to point towards a) apontar para. b) estar voltado para. to point up enfatizar. to stick to the point permanecer no assunto, prender-se ao assunto. to stretch (strain) a point conceder um pouco, abrir uma exceção. to the point a) importante, relevante. b) conciso, objetivo. to win on points (boxe) ganhar por pontos. turning point a) momento de decisão. b) ponto crítico. up to a certain point até certo ponto. we made a point of doing it fizemos questão de fazê-lo. when it came to the point quando chegou o momento decisivo.

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  • 5 stamp

    [stæmp] 1. verb
    1) (to bring (the foot) down with force (on the ground): He stamped his foot with rage; She stamped on the insect.) bater
    2) (to print or mark on to: He stamped the date at the top of his letter; The oranges were all stamped with the exporter's name.) carimbar
    3) (to stick a postage stamp on (a letter etc): I've addressed the envelope but haven't stamped it.) selar
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stamping the foot: `Give it to me!' she shouted with a stamp of her foot.) batida
    2) (the instrument used to stamp a design etc on a surface: He marked the date on the bill with a rubber date-stamp.) carimbo
    3) (a postage stamp: He stuck the stamps on the parcel; He collects foreign stamps.) selo
    4) (a design etc made by stamping: All the goods bore the manufacturer's stamp.) marca
    * * *
    [stæmp] n 1 ato de bater (o pé), batida de pé. 2 pilão (para britar pedra). 3 britador, moinho. 4 carimbo, cunho, timbre, sinete. 5 marca, impressão, matriz, timbre, selo. his work bears the stamp of genius / sua obra mostra o cunho do gênio. 6 selo, estampilha. to put a stamp on the letter / selar a carta. 7 expressão, sinal, traço. 8 tipo, caráter, temperamento, espécie. he set his stamp upon his period / ele imprimiu seu caráter à sua época. • vt+vi 1 bater o pé (com força). 2 andar com passos pesados. 3 gravar, fixar (na memória). 4 bater, esmagar, pisar, quebrar, britar. 5 imprimir, estampar, gravar, cunhar. it was stamped on his mind / estava gravado na sua memória. 6 caracterizar, identificar, carimbar. that stamped him as a fool / isso o caracterizou como tolo. 7 selar, estampilhar. 8 recortar com punção. a woman of her stamp uma mulher do seu caráter. food stamp vale alimentação. rubber stamp carimbo de borracha. to stamp down pisar, apagar pisando. to stamp out a) estampar. b) fig aniquilar, erradicar.

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  • 6 stamp

    [stæmp] 1. verb
    1) (to bring (the foot) down with force (on the ground): He stamped his foot with rage; She stamped on the insect.) pisar
    2) (to print or mark on to: He stamped the date at the top of his letter; The oranges were all stamped with the exporter's name.) carimbar
    3) (to stick a postage stamp on (a letter etc): I've addressed the envelope but haven't stamped it.) selar
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stamping the foot: `Give it to me!' she shouted with a stamp of her foot.) batida de pé
    2) (the instrument used to stamp a design etc on a surface: He marked the date on the bill with a rubber date-stamp.) carimbo
    3) (a postage stamp: He stuck the stamps on the parcel; He collects foreign stamps.) selo
    4) (a design etc made by stamping: All the goods bore the manufacturer's stamp.) timbre

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  • 7 cane

    [kein] 1. noun
    1) (the stem of certain types of plant (eg sugar plant, bamboo etc).) cana.
    2) (a stick used as an aid to walking or as an instrument of punishment: He beat the child with a cane.) bengala
    2. verb
    (to beat with a cane: The schoolmaster caned the boy.) vergastar
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    [kein] n 1 Bot cana, taquara, caniço, junco. 2 bengala, bastão. 3 rotim, rota (para empalheirar). 4 chibata. 5 vara, vareta. • vt 1 vergastar, chibatar, chibatear. 2 empalheirar (móveis). 3 fig inculcar, fazer penetrar à força de repetir (uma lição, etc.) (in, into em). sugar cane cana-de-açúcar. to give the cane dar uma surra em. walking cane bengala.

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  • 8 rod

    [rod]
    (a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) vara
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    [rɔd] n 1 vara, varinha, vareta, haste. 2 barra, bastão, bordão. 3 biela, tirante. 4 açoite. 5 fig castigo, punição. 6 unidade de medida igual a 5,03. 7 Amer sl revólver. 8 poder, domínio. 9 sl pênis. 10 Physiol bastonete: receptor fotossensível da retina. 11 Bact bastonete. 12 caniço, vara de pesca. divining rod varinha de condão, varinha mágica. to give the rod açoitar, castigar. to kiss the rod submeter-se, aceitar punição submissamente. to make a rod for one’s own back prejudicar-se. to ride the rods Amer viajar clandestinamente em ferrovia.

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  • 9 pointer

    1) (a long stick used to indicate places on a large map etc.) ponteiro
    2) (an indicator on a dial: The pointer is on/at zero.) indicador
    3) (a hint; a suggestion: Give me some pointers on how to do it.) indicação
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    point.er
    [p'ɔintə] n 1 apontador, indicador. 2 ponteiro. 3 Zool pointer, perdigueiro. 4 Amer palpite, sugestão. 5 agulha: chave de via férrea.

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  • 10 pointer

    1) (a long stick used to indicate places on a large map etc.) ponteiro
    2) (an indicator on a dial: The pointer is on/at zero.) ponteiro
    3) (a hint; a suggestion: Give me some pointers on how to do it.) indicação

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