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1 he took the stump/went on the stump
he took the stump/went on the stumpele foi fazer propaganda ou discursos políticos.English-Portuguese dictionary > he took the stump/went on the stump
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2 stump
1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) toco2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) coto3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) pau2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) pisar forte2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) deixar perplexo•- stumpy- stump up* * *[st∧mp] n 1 toco, toro, cepa. 2 coto, parte de um membro amputado. 3 toco (de cigarro, de lápis, etc.). 4 sl perna. 5 Amer local de comício político. 6 Drawing esfuminho. • vt+vi 1 Amer fazer discurso político, percorrer em campanha política. 2 andar de modo duro ou com passos pesados. 3 desnortear, confundir, embaraçar, deixar perplexo. 4 coll desafiar, provocar. 5 reduzir a toco ou coto. 6 limpar (um terreno) de tocos. 7 atrapalhar. 8 Drawing esfumar. he stirred his stumps ele pôs-se em movimento, apressou-se. he took the stump ou went on the stump ele foi fazer propaganda ou discursos políticos. I’m up a stump estou em apuros. to stump the country viajar para fazer discursos políticos. to stump it fugir, dar o fora. to stump up sl pagar.
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