he+hit+the+dog

1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) golpe

2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) golpe

3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) batida

4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) traço

5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) golpe

6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) braçada

7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) esforço

8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) ataque

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[strouk] n 1 golpe, soco, pancada. 2 batida, som de pancada. 3 proeza, façanha, lance, feito. 4 movimento rítmico, braçada. 5 Sports voga (também stroke oar). 6 pulsação, batida do coração. 7 traço de escala, mostrador. 8 traço (de pena, etc.). 9 arrancada. 10 golpe (de sorte, etc.). 11 ataque (de doença), surto, doença. 12 Med apoplexia, derrame cerebral. 13 remada. 14 Mech curso (de êmbolo), percurso. 15 badalada (de sino, relógio, etc.). 16 pincelada. 17 patrão (de barco a remo). • vt+vi 1 ser o patrão de remadores. 2 traçar, fazer um traço. 3 cancelar, riscar. 4 rebater (bola). a stroke of genius um lance de gênio. a stroke of luck um golpe de sorte. at a stroke em um só golpe, de uma só vez. down stroke movimento descendente. on the stroke of one à uma hora em ponto. to put someone off his stroke perturbar ou interromper o trabalho de alguém. up stroke traço ou movimento ascendente.

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[strouk] n afago, carícia, ato de passar a mão para acariciar. • vt acariciar, alisar, afagar.

1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) golpe, batida

2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) golpe

3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) batida

4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) penada, pincelada

5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) remada, tacada

6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) braçada, movimento

7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) ação, movimento

8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) ataque

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1) ((of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws: The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse.) dar patadas

2) ((of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof: The horse pawed (at) the ground.) escarvar

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[pɔ:] n 1 pata, pé de animal. 2 coll mão, manopla. 3 arch caligrafia. • vt+vi 1 manusear desajeitadamente. 2 bater com as patas, escarvar. 3 coll tocar com as mãos, especialmente de forma rude ou sexual. paws off! tire as patas daí!

1) ((of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws: The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse.) dar patada

2) ((of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof: The horse pawed (at) the ground.) patalear

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) (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) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra

2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libra

1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) bater

2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) andar pesadamente

3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) triturar

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[paund] n 1 curral para gado extraviado. 2 fig armadilha. • vt encurralar.

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[paund] n libra: a) medida de peso equivalente a 453,59 g. b) libra esterlina: unidade monetária inglesa. a pound’s worth in gold o valor de uma libra em ouro. by pound por libra. ten pound ten dez libras e dez xelins. troy pound = 373,24 gramas.

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[paund] n 1 ato ou processo de socar ou triturar. 2 contusão. 3 pancada. • vt+vi 1 pilar, pisar, socar, triturar. 2 bater, esmurrar. 3 martelar, malhar (piano, etc.) 4 andar ou dançar pesadamente. he pounds his books ele estuda com assiduidade. to pound the pavement bater a calçada (em procura de serviço ou negócios).

1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra esterlina

2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libra

1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) bater

2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) andar pesadamente

3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) pilar, triturar

1) (a long (narrow) piece of leather, cloth etc worn round the waist: a trouser-belt; He tightened his belt.) cinto

2) (a similar object used to set wheels in motion: the belt of a vacuum-cleaner.) correia

3) (a zone of country etc: a belt of trees; an industrial belt.) cintura

1) (to fasten with a belt: He belted his trousers on.) apertar

2) (to strike (with or without a belt): He belted the disobedient dog.) bater

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[belt] n 1 cinto, cinturão. 2 correia, tira. belt drive / transmissão por correia. belted couping / acoplamento por correias. belted gear / transmissão por correia. 3 Geogr região que tem certas características, zona, faixa. 4 Mech correia de transmissão. 5 Naval constr cinta couraçada. 6 Mil fita de metralhadora. 7 sl saco, pancada. • vt 1 cintar, cingir, colocar cinto. 2 segurar com tira ou correia. 3 bater com correia. 4 cercar, rodear, circundar. 5 sl golpear, bater. green belt cinturão verde. money belt porta-dinheiro. shoulder-belt boldrié. sword-belt talim de espada. to belt up sl parar de falar, calar a boca. to have something under one’s belt ter algo (como experiência) no currículo. to hit below the belt lutar com meios desonestos, ser desleal. to tighten one’s belt apertar o cinto, economizar.