hard-'hit

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

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] 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.

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).) acertar

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, atingir

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 ganho

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sucesso

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1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) duro

2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) difícil

3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) duro

4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) violento

5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) duro

6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) pesada

1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) esforçadamente

2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) violentamente

3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) fixamente

4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) totalmente

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[ha:d] adj 1 duro, sólido, firme, rígido, compacto. 2 difícil, dificultoso. hard lessons / lições, tarefas difíceis. 3 severo, áspero, opressivo, inflexível. 4 desagradável. 5 fatigante, trabalhoso. 6 intricado. 7 insuportável, injusto. 8 sl mau, desonroso. 9 que contém sais minerais (água). 10 que contém muito álcool. • adv 1 ao lado, junto. 2 duramente, asperamente, severamente, fortemente. 3 com empenho. a hard case um caso difícil ou perdido. a hard death uma morte penosa. a hard ride marcha acelerada (a cavalo). a hard worker um trabalhador eficiente. for hard wear durável. hard after logo atrás. hard at hand perto, disponível. hard at work trabalhando diligentemente. hard by perto, ao lado. hard of hearing que ouve mal, surdo. hard to digest indigesto. he is hard to deal with é difícil aturá-lo. he is hard to please é difícil contentá-lo. he is hard upon the man ele trata o homem com dureza ou injustamente. in a hard condition em boa forma física. it is hard lines for him ele está com azar. it is hard upon seven são quase sete horas. it rains hard chove a cântaros. it will go hard with me, but I... será difícil que eu não... I was hard pressed estive em grande aperto. the wind blew hard o vento soprou fortemente. to bear hard upon oprimir. to die hard vender caro sua vida. to drink hard beber muito. to drive a hard bargain regatear por centavos. to press hard for insistir energicamente.

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[ha:d] n 1 solo duro, margem firme (não pantanosa). 2 dificuldade. 3 sl trabalhos forçados.

1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) duro

2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) difícil

3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) severo

4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) rigoroso

5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) difícil

6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) pesado

1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) intensamente

2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) forte

3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) firmemente

4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) totalmente

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[swaip] n 1 coll soco, golpe violento. 2 cavalariço. 3 ataque verbal, comentário ferino. 4 coll cerveja fraca. • vt+vi 1 bater, golpear. 2 engolir às pressas. 3 Amer sl roubar, furtar.

1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) espancar

2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) arrastar-se

3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) labutar

1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) trabalheira

2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) pancada

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[slɔg] n 1 trabalho árduo, difícil. 2 caminhada difícil. • vt+vi (ps+pp slogged) 1 golpear, sovar, surrar. 2 trabalhar, labutar. 3 malhar, mourejar. 4 fazer uma viagem longa e árdua (principalmente a pé).

1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) espancar

2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) andar penosamente

3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) trabalhar duramente

1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) trabalho duro

2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) golpe forte

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) unha

2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) prego

- nail-brush

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[neil] n 1 prego. 2 cravo. 3 unha. 4 garra. 5 medida de 2 ¼ polegadas. • vt 1 pregar. 2 cravar. 3 fixar, segurar. 4 agarrar. 5 expor, revelar (uma mentira). hard as nails frio, sem emoções. on the nail imediatamente, sem delongas. to bite one’s nails roer as unhas. to hit the nail the on the head acertar em cheio. to nail down/up a) fechar com pregos. b) fechar, amarrar um acordo, um negócio.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) dirigir

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar de carro

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) conduzir

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio de carro

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) ímpeto

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) tacada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive

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1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) martelo

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) martelo

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) martelo

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) martelar

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) meter à força

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- give someone a hammering

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[h'æmə] n martelo ou qualquer coisa de forma ou função idêntica. • vt+vi 1 martelar, malhar, bater, forjar. 2 elaborar com muito esforço. 3 forçar. hammer and sickle foice e martelo: emblema comunista. hammer and tongs com muito vigor e ruído. to be hammered estar declarado falido. to come under the hammer ser vendido em leilão. to hammer something trabalhar demorada e forçadamente em alguma coisa. to live hammer and tongs Amer viver como gato e cachorro. to throw the hammer Sport arremessar o martelo.

1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) passar

2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) passar

3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) ultrapassar

4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) ultrapassar

5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) passar

6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) aprovar

7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) pronunciar

8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) passar

9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) passar

1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) desfiladeiro

2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) passe

3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) aprovação

4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) passe

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[pa:s; pæs] n 1 passagem: a) ação ou efeito de passar. b) passadouro, desfiladeiro, caminho estreito, garganta. c) canal navegável. 2 estreito, vão. 3 condição, situação, conjuntura. he is at a fine pass / ele está em situação difícil. 4 passe: a) licença, permissão. b) salvo-conduto. c) bilhete gratuito. d) permanente, ingresso gratuito. e) ação de passar as mãos diante dos olhos para hipnotizar alguém. f) passe de mágica, escamoteação, truque. g) Sports ação de passar a bola a outro jogador. 5 Games recusa de jogar ou apostar por falta de cartas adequadas. 6 aprovação em exame (especialmente sem o grau de distinção). 7 nota ou certificado dessa aprovação. 8 Mil licença de curta duração. 9 Fencing estocada, venida. 10 abordagem amorosa ou sexual. 11 um ciclo completo de operações. • vt+vi 1 passar: a) transpor, atravessar. b) percorrer, transitar, andar por. c) ir além de, ultrapassar, exceder. d) correr, deslizar, fluir. e) ir de um lugar a outro. f) mudar de estado, situação ou proprietário. g) Jur ser transmitida (propriedade). h) transportar, reproduzir. i) mudar de lugar, transferir. j) não protestar, deixar passar. k) ser aprovado em exame. l) decorrer, escoar-se, esvair-se (tempo). m) consumir, empregar (tempo). n) passar por, ser tido na conta, ser considerado. o) morrer, falecer, expirar. p) ser votado como lei, receber sanção legal. q) Game não jogar ou não apostar por falta de cartas adequadas. r) Sports entregar a bola a um companheiro de equipe. s) ocorrer, acontecer, suceder. t) circular, ter curso. u) desaparecer, acabar, cessar. v) omitir pagamento de (dividendos). w) transmitir, legar. x) ratificar, sancionar, aprovar (projeto de lei). y) superar, sobrepujar. z) introduzir-se, infiltrar-se. aa) fazer escorregar, deslizar ou correr. she passed her hand across her hair / ela passou a mão pelo cabelo. bb) pôr em circulação (dinheiro, principalmente falso). cc) fazer transpor ou atravessar. 2 evacuar, expelir. 3 Fencing dar uma estocada. 4 omitir, passar sobre. 5 pronunciar, expressar. 6 serem trocadas (palavras). 7 proferir sentença. 8 ser proferida (sentença). 9 prometer, empenhar a palavra. 10 Jur transferir (direito de propriedade). matters have come to such a pass that... as coisas chegaram a tal ponto que... pass it over in silence não faça caso disso. pass me the butter, please! passe-me a manteiga, por favor! to bring to pass realizar, fazer. to come to a pretty pass ficar difícil, chegar a uma situação complicada. to hold the pass a) manter a posição. b) fig permanecer fiel à causa. to let pass deixar passar. to make a pass it fazer avanços amorosos (especialmente sexuais), dar em cima de. to pass a dividend deixar de distribuir um dividendo. to pass along passar ao longo de, passar para diante. to pass away a) ir embora, partir. b) morrer, falecer. c) escoar-se, decorrer (tempo). d) desaparecer, findar. e) consumir, deixar passar. to pass by a) passar por. b) ignorar, omitir, não tomar conhecimento de. c) preterir, não dar importância a. he passed me by / ele me preteriu. to pass for passar por, ser tomado por. to pass in a crowd a) servir, ser aceitável. b) passar despercebido. to pass in review passar em revista (tropas ou fig). to pass into law tornar-se lei. to pass judgement on criticar, fazer julgamentos. to pass muster ser aceitável, ser satisfatório. to pass off a) cessar, terminar, parar. b) transcorrer com sucesso. c) passar por. we passed ourselves off as rich / fizemo-nos passar por ricos. d) passar (dinheiro falso). e) ignorar, passar por cima. to pass on a) continuar, prosseguir. b) passar adiante. c) transmitir, legar. to pass over a) atravessar, transpor. he passed over the bridge / ele atravessou a ponte. b) ignorar, omitir. c) passar por cima ou por alto. she passed her eye over the table / ela relanceou a vista por sobre a mesa. d) não fazer caso de, tolerar. to pass the buck eximir-se de uma responsabilidade, jogar a responsabilidade sobre outra pessoa. to pass the hat coll coletar dinheiro, passar o chapéu. to pass the time of day cumprimentar, trocar cumprimentos. to pass through a) atravessar, transpor. we passed through London / passamos por Londres. b) passar por, ser submetido a. we passed through hard trials / passamos por provas difíceis. c) experimentar, sofrer. d) penetrar, passar através de. e) fazer atravessar ou transpor. to pass to account lançar em conta, assentar nos livros. to pass to someone’s credit lançar no crédito de alguém. to pass up Amer sl a) rejeitar. b) deixar passar, perder. to pass water urinar. to sell the pass a) entregar os pontos. b) trair uma causa.

1) ((sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined: The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces; This unexpected news had smashed all his hopes; He had an accident and smashed up his car.) esmagar(-se)

2) (to strike with great force; to crash: The car smashed into a lamp-post.) embater

1) ((the sound of) a breakage; a crash: A plate fell to the ground with a smash; There has been a bad car smash.) pancada

2) (a strong blow: He gave his opponent a smash on the jaw.) murro

3) (in tennis etc, a hard downward shot.) pancada

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[smæʃ] n 1 quebra, quebramento, rompimento. 2 estrondo, barulho de quebra. 3 queda, desastre. 4 golpe, soco. 5 Sport cortada (de bola). 6 sucesso (filme, peça de teatro). 7 trombada, batida de carro. • vt+vi 1 quebrar, esmagar, romper, despedaçar (com ruído). 2 destruir, pôr abaixo, esmagar. 3 quebrar, romper-se. 4 atirar-se (contra). 5 esmagar, vencer. 6 Sport cortar (bola). 7 coll dar soco, golpear. I’ll smash your head in! arrebento a sua cara! (ameaça). to smash down derrubar (uma porta). to smash up destruir completamente.

1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) martelo

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) martelo

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) martelo

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) martelar

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) martelar

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1) ((sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined: The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces; This unexpected news had smashed all his hopes; He had an accident and smashed up his car.) estraçalhar

2) (to strike with great force; to crash: The car smashed into a lamp-post.) esmagar(-se), colidir

1) ((the sound of) a breakage; a crash: A plate fell to the ground with a smash; There has been a bad car smash.) colisão, ruína

2) (a strong blow: He gave his opponent a smash on the jaw.) golpe violento

3) (in tennis etc, a hard downward shot.) cortada

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