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  • 41 build up

    1) (to increase (the size or extent of): The traffic begins to build up around five o'clock.) aumentar
    2) (to strengthen gradually (a business, one's health, reputation etc): His father built up that grocery business from nothing.) construir

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  • 42 sell up

    (to sell a house, business etc: He has sold up his share of the business.) vender

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  • 43 boom

    I 1. [bu:m] noun
    (a sudden increase in a business etc: a boom in the sales of TV sets.) boom
    2. verb
    (to increase suddenly (and profitably): Business is booming this week.) estourar
    II 1. [bu:m] verb
    ((often with out) to make a hollow sound, like a large drum or gun: His voice boomed out over the loudspeaker.) trovejar
    2. noun
    (such a sound.) estrondo

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  • 44 build up

    1) (to increase (the size or extent of): The traffic begins to build up around five o'clock.) aumentar
    2) (to strengthen gradually (a business, one's health, reputation etc): His father built up that grocery business from nothing.) montar, constituir

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  • 45 profit

    ['profit] 1. noun
    1) (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.) lucro
    2) (advantage; benefit: A great deal of profit can be had from travelling abroad.) proveito
    2. 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

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  • 46 secretary

    ['sekrətəri]
    plural - secretaries; noun
    1) (a person employed to write letters, keep records and make business arrangements etc for another person: He dictated a letter to his secretary.) secretário
    2) (a (sometimes unpaid) person who deals with the official business of an organization etc: The secretary read out the minutes of the society's last meeting.) secretário

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  • 47 sell up

    (to sell a house, business etc: He has sold up his share of the business.) vender

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  • 48 about

    1. preposition
    (on the subject of: We talked about our plans; What's the book about?) sobre
    2. preposition, adverb
    1) ((sometimes round about) near (in place, time, size etc): about five miles away; (round) about six o'clock; just about big enough.) cerca de
    2) (in different directions; here and there: The children ran about (the garden).) por+art.
    3) (in or on some part (of a place etc): You'll find him somewhere about (the office).) por (aí)
    4) (around or surrounding: She wore a coat about her shoulders; He lay with his clothes scattered about.) em torno de
    3. adverb
    ((in military commands etc) in the opposite direction: About turn!) volver!
    * * *
    a.bout
    [əb'aut] adv 1 quase, aproximadamente, cerca de. I am about ready / estou quase pronto. it is about your size / é quase do seu tamanho. we walked about forty miles / caminhamos cerca de quarenta milhas. 2 em redor, em volta, por todos os lados. the fields about Cambridge / os campos ao redor de Cambridge. all the children were about their sick father / todas as crianças ficaram em redor de seu pai doente. 3 aqui e ali, para cá e para lá. they were walking about / eles estavam andando de lá para cá. 4 em direção contrária, em sentido oposto. the ship turned about and left / o navio mudou de rumo e partiu. • prep 1 acerca de, a respeito de, sobre, relativo a. his opinion about this topic is... / a sua opinião acerca deste assunto é... what is she talking about? / sobre o que ela está falando? 2 perto de, nas imediações de, junto a. I lost my wallet about here / perdi minha carteira nas imediações deste lugar. 3 em redor de, em volta de. she had her sweater about her shoulder / ela tinha a blusa em volta dos ombros. 4 prestes a, disposto a, a ponto de. he is about to go / ele está prestes a partir. 5 ocupado com, interessado em. while you are about the cooking, you can look after the baby / enquanto você está ocupado com a cozinha, pode tomar conta do bebê. about as high quase tão alto. all about em toda parte. do you know what you are about? você sabe o que pretende fazer? você conhece as dificuldades a enfrentar? go about your own business não se importe com as coisas alheias. how about a glass of wine? que tal um copo de vinho? I am about sick of it coll já estou farto disto! it is somewhere about the place está por aí. left about! meia-volta à esquerda! much noise about nothing muita gritaria por nada. right about! meia-volta à direita! she had no money about her ela não tinha dinheiro consigo. she is about the garden ela está em qualquer lugar do jardim. to be about something tratar de alguma coisa, fazer alguma coisa. to come about acontecer, realizar-se. to go about andar para lá e para cá, vaguear. to go about something ter a intenção de fazer alguma coisa. to hang about ficar à toa. to lie about estar espalhado, estar em desordem. to take turns about fazer alguma coisa por turno.

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  • 49 affair

    [ə'feə]
    1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) caso
    2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) coisa
    3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) assunto
    4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) caso
    * * *
    af.fair
    [əf'ɛə] n 1 afazeres de qualquer natureza, ocupação, obrigação. 2 affairs negócios (de Estado ou de finanças). 3 acontecimento, incidente, ocorrência. 4 questão, caso particular, assunto reservado. that is my affair! / isto é comigo! that is not my affair! / isto não me importa! 5 coll coisa. a splendid affair / uma coisa espetacular. 6 romance, namoro. he has an affair with / ele tem um caso com. affair of honour questão de honra, duelo. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministro das Relações Exteriores. to make an affair of something exagerar, promover uma tempestade num copo d’água.

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  • 50 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) para baixo
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) no chão
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) através do tempo
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) para baixo
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) para o sul
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) a descer
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) para baixo
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) ao longo de
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) emborcar
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) penugem
    - downy
    * * *
    [daun] n 1 duna. 2 terreno elevado e colinoso coberto de relva no sul da Inglaterra, usado como pastagem, colinas perto do mar no norte e no sul da Inglaterra ( the Downs), enseada entre os promontórios no norte e no sul da Inglaterra. 3 penugem, penas, pêlos ou cabelos que primeiro nascem, buço, cotão, lanugem, frouxel. 4 qualquer substância fofa, macia ou felpuda. 5 pêlo nas cascas de plantas ou frutas. 6 movimento em declive, descida. 7 revés de fortuna (especialmente no plural). 8 sl desconfiança. • vt+vi coll abaixar, abater, sujeitar, derrubar, dominar, humilhar, descer, descender, engolir rapidamente. • adj 1 abatido, desanimado, descoroçoado, deprimido. I may be down but not out / nem tudo está perdido. 2 em estado ou condição inferior. 3 em declive. 4 doente, adoentado. he is down with the flu / ele tem gripe. 5 Amer terminado. 6 Comp fora do ar, inoperante. • adv 1 abaixo, para baixo, em descida, em declive. 2 em decadência. 3 em posição deitada no chão. 4 abaixo do horizonte. 5 no ponto inferior, ao mais baixo grau. 6 do norte ao sul. 7 de origem, propriedade ou época anterior. 8 a uma quantia inferior, a um preço reduzido. 9 em estado de sujeição, depressão, desgraça ou perigo. 10 efetivamente, realmente, com atenção, com aplicação. 11 por escrito, no papel, em preto no branco. 12 à vista, contra entrega. 13 Naut a sotavento. 14 seguindo a corrente. 15 em estado mais calmo, menos intenso. 16 em mau estado físico. • prep abaixo, para baixo, em declive, ao longo de, em direção inferior. • interj abaixo! deita! senta! the ups and downs at life as vicissitudes da vida. down and out totalmente desprovido, privado de recursos, arruinado, liquidado, vencido. down at heel maltrapilho, descuidado no traje. down for em uma lista de espera. down for Tuesday anunciado para terça-feira. down from town afastado da cidade. down in the country no campo, no interior. down in the mouth descoroçoado, desalentado, desanimado. down on zangado ou aborrecido com. down on one’s knees de joelhos. down on one’s luck necessitado de dinheiro, pronto. down the centuries no correr dos séculos. down the river pelo rio abaixo, seguindo a corrente. down the wind a sotavento. down to hell! vá para o inferno! down to the ground coll completamente. down with him! derriba-o! deita-o abaixo! he is down upon his luck ele está sem sorte. he was tracked down at last finalmente ele foi achado. the sun is down o sol se pôs. the thermometer is down by five degrees o termômetro desceu 5 graus. the wind is down cessou o vento. to bear down, to beat down Naut pôr-se a barlavento. to be down on ser severo, rude com alguém, tratar mal, falar rudemente a alguém. to bend down curvar-se. to calm down acalmar. to clean the house down limpar a casa toda. to come down vir abaixo, descer, fig baixar, abater-se, ceder, cair na miséria. to come down with cair de cama com. to down tools fazer greve. to fly down aterrissar, descer voando, voar para. to get down 1 apear, descer. 2 engolir, tragar alguma coisa. to get down to business ir ao que interessa, ir direto ao assunto. to get down to work trabalhar com afinco. to go down 1 afundar, soçobrar. 2 deixar a universidade para as férias ou no fim do trimestre. 3 baixar (o preço). 4 acalmar-se (o vento). to have a down on coll guardar rancor a. to hunt down = link=%20to%20ride%20down to ride down. to kneel down ajoelhar-se. to knock down atropelar. to let someone down 1 humilhar. 2 deixar ao desamparo, abandonar alguém. to lie down deitar-se. to pay cash down pagar à vista. to put a down on sl dar informações sobre, delatar, denunciar. to put down 1 depor. 2 assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. to ride down 1 alcançar perseguindo. 2 forçar, escaramuçar, atropelar. to send down expulsar ou suspender um estudante. to set down 1 assentar por escrito, notar. 2 mencionar, citar. 3 resolver. 4 registrar. to shout down fazer calar mediante gritos. to sit down sentar-se. to step down descer. to stoop down abaixar-se. to take down 1 assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. 2 pôr abaixo, deitar abaixo. to turn down the radio diminuir o volume do rádio. to write down assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. up and down aqui e acolá, de lá para cá, para baixo e para cima, por toda parte. upside down de cabeça para baixo, ao revés, às avessas.

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  • 51 mission

    ['miʃən]
    1) (a purpose for which a person or group of people is sent: His mission was to seek help.) missão
    2) (the purpose for which (one feels) one was born: He regards it as his mission to help the cause of world peace.) missão
    3) (a group of people sent to have political and/or business discussions: a Chinese trade mission.) missão
    4) (a place where missionaries live.) missão
    5) (a group of missionaries: a Catholic mission.) missão
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    mis.sion
    [m'iʃən] n 1 missão, incumbência, encargo. 2 desígnio, escopo. 3 embaixada ou legação. 4 estabelecimento de missionários. 5 trabalho de missionários.

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  • 52 name

    [neim] 1. noun
    1) (a word by which a person, place or thing is called: My name is Rachel; She knows all the flowers by name.) nome
    2) (reputation; fame: He has a name for honesty.) reputação
    2. verb
    1) (to give a name to: They named the child Thomas.) chamar
    2) (to speak of or list by name: He could name all the kings of England.) enumerar
    - namely
    - nameplate
    - namesake
    - call someone names
    - call names
    - in the name of
    - make a name for oneself
    - name after
    * * *
    [neim] n 1 nome. what is your name? / qual é o seu nome? 2 título. 3 epíteto. 4 reputação, fama, renome. his name is mud / ele tem má fama. 5 pessoa renomada. 6 aparência. 7 autoridade. 8 denominação. • vt 1 nomear, chamar pelo nome. 2 dar nome a. 3 mencionar, citar. 4 designar. 5 especificar. 6 nomear, indicar. brand name marca registrada. by name de nome. Christian name nome. give it a name! diga o que deseja! given name nome. he doesn’t have a penny to his name ele é muito pobre. in name only apenas aparentemente. in the name of em nome de. maiden name sobrenome de solteira. name of the game coll elemento essencial, chave, propósito. profit is the name of the game in business / lucro é a chave do negócio. surname sobrenome. the above named o acima mencionado. to call names xingar, dizer insultos. to make name for oneself tornar-se famoso.

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  • 53 none

    1. pronoun
    (not one; not any: `How many tickets have you got?' `None'; She asked me for some sugar but there was none in the house; None of us have/has seen him; None of your cheek! (= Don't be cheeky!).) nenhum
    2. adverb
    (not at all: He is none the worse for his accident.) nada
    - nonetheless
    - none the less
    * * *
    [n∧n] adj 1 nenhum. 2 ninguém. 3 nada. • adv de modo algum, em absoluto. • pron 1 nenhum. 2 ninguém. 3 nada. he is none the better for his hard training apesar de treinar muito, ele não melhorou. it is second to none é o melhor, está em primeiro lugar. I will have none of it eu me recuso a tolerar isto. none but somente. this is none of your business isto não é de sua conta.

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  • 54 practice

    ['præktis]
    1) (the actual doing of something, as opposed to the theory or idea: In theory the plan should work, but in practice there are a lot of difficulties.) prática
    2) (the usual way(s) of doing things; (a) habit or custom: It was his usual practice to rise at 6.00 a.m.) costume
    3) (the repeated performance or exercise of something in order to learn to do it well: She has musical talent, but she needs a lot of practice; Have a quick practice before you start.) treino
    4) (a doctor's or lawyer's business: He has a practice in Southampton.) escritório
    - make a practice of
    - put into practice
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    prac.tice
    [pr'æktis] n 1 prática: a) uso, costume, hábito, praxe. b) experiência, tirocínio. c) aplicação do saber. d) exercício, adestramento. e) desempenho de uma profissão. f) método, processo, sistema. 2 artifício, ardil, manha. 3 clínica. 4 clientela. 5 arch negociação, conferência. 6 arch intriga, maquinação. • vt+vi (também practise) 1 praticar: a) executar, realizar, fazer. b) exercer, desempenhar. c) exercitar, treinar. d) tratar ou negociar com. e) exercitar-se, adestrar-se. 2 proceder, agir. 3 instigar, maquinar. 4 advogar. 5 clinicar. foul practices procedimento condenável. he practiced on his patience ele aproveitou-se de sua paciência. in practice 1 de fato, na prática. 2 praticamente. 3 em forma, adestrado. out of practice sem prática, fora de forma. practice makes perfect a prática faz o mestre. practice of doing something o costume de fazer alguma coisa. practice of the court procedimento processual. to practice on the piano praticar ao piano. to practice on ou upon iludir, defraudar. to put into practice pôr em prática.

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  • 55 scene

    [si:n]
    1) (the place where something real or imaginary happens: A murderer sometimes revisits the scene of his crime; The scene of this opera is laid/set in Switzerland.) cena
    2) (an incident etc which is seen or remembered: He recalled scenes from his childhood.) cena
    3) (a show of anger: I was very angry but I didn't want to make a scene.) cena
    4) (a view of a landscape etc: The sheep grazing on the hillside made a peaceful scene.) cena
    5) (one part or division of a play etc: The hero died in the first scene of the third act of the play.) cena
    6) (the setting or background for a play etc: Scene-changing must be done quickly.) cenário
    7) (a particular area of activity: the academic/business scene.) cenário
    - scenic
    - behind the scenes
    - come on the scene
    * * *
    scene1
    [si:n] n 1 cenário. 2 cena, decoração teatral. the scene closes / a cortina cai. 3 cena, subdivisão de um ato. it was a love scene / era uma cena de amor. the scene opens with a conversation / a cena começa com um diálogo. 4 ação, situação. the scene is set in Verona / o local da cena é Verona. 5 vista, panorama. behind the scenes fig atrás dos bastidores.
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    scene2
    [si:n] n sl qualquer lugar onde fanáticos por música se reúnem para ouvir grupos musicais.

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  • 56 sink

    [siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) afundar-se
    2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) descer
    3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) embeber(-se)
    4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) desanimar
    5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) enterrar
    2. noun
    (a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) banca da cozinha
    - be sunk
    - sink in
    * * *
    [siŋk] n 1 pia. 2 antro, lugar de vício ou de corrupção. 3 fossa, escoadouro. • vt+vi (ps sank, pp sunk, arch sunken) 1 descer, baixar, cair, depositar, declinar. 2 fazer descer, fazer baixar. 3 afundar, ir a pique, submergir. 4 afundar, pôr a pique. 5 reduzir, diminuir. my heart sinks when I think of her / coll fico deprimido quando penso nela. 6 ficar mais baixo ou mais fraco. 7 entrar, penetrar. 8 furar, perfurar, escavar, aprofundar. 9 passar gradualmente, cair. 10 gastar, perder (dinheiro). 11 decair, deteriorar. he is sinking fast / ele está decaindo rapidamente. she has sunk very low / ela decaiu muito. 12 fazer desaparecer, esconder, perder de vista. 13 levar à ruína, destruir. 14 pagar, amortizar dívida. 15 compor (riscos). let’s sink a few beers coll vamos tomar alguns chopes. to sink back cair para trás. to sink beneath a burden fig sucumbir debaixo de uma carga. to sink capital in investir capital. to sink down cair, ficar prostrado. to sink in value desvalorizar-se. to sink into oblivion cair no esquecimento. to sink or swim ou vai ou racha. to sink to one’s knees cair de joelhos.

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  • 57 suspend

    [sə'spend]
    1) (to hang: The meat was suspended from a hook.) pendurar
    2) (to keep from falling or sinking: Particles of dust are suspended in the air.) suspender
    3) (to stop or discontinue temporarily: All business will be suspended until after the funeral.) suspender
    4) (to prevent (a person) temporarily from continuing his (professional) activities or having his usual privileges: Two footballers were suspended after yesterday's match.) suspender
    - suspenders
    - suspense
    - suspension
    - suspension bridge
    * * *
    sus.pend
    [səsp'end] vt+vi 1 suspender, pendurar. it was suspended from the ceiling by a thread / estava suspenso do forro por um fio. 2 suspender, afastar, interromper temporariamente. 3 deixar pendente, deter, sustar, adiar.

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  • 58 venture

    ['ven ə] 1. noun
    (an undertaking or scheme that involves some risk: his latest business venture.) aventura
    2. verb
    1) (to dare to go: Every day the child ventured further into the forest.) aventurar-se
    2) (to dare (to do (something), especially to say (something)): He ventured to kiss her hand; I ventured (to remark) that her skirt was too short.) atrever-se
    3) (to risk: He decided to venture all his money on the scheme.) arriscar
    * * *
    ven.ture
    [v'entʃə] n 1 aventura, risco, perigo. 2 especulação (comercial), empreendimento que envolve risco. 3 acaso, chance. 4 parada: quantidade que se aposta. • vt+vi 1 aventurar(-se), arriscar(-se), pôr em jogo. 2 ousar, enfrentar. at a venture a esmo, ao acaso. nothing ventured, nothing gained quem não arrisca não petisca. to venture at empreender, tentar, arriscar-se em algum empreendimento. to venture down arriscar-se a descer. to venture in arriscar-se, aventurar-se a entrar.

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  • 59 affair

    [ə'feə]
    1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) caso
    2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) coisa
    3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) assunto
    4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) caso

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  • 60 mission

    ['miʃən]
    1) (a purpose for which a person or group of people is sent: His mission was to seek help.) missão
    2) (the purpose for which (one feels) one was born: He regards it as his mission to help the cause of world peace.) missão
    3) (a group of people sent to have political and/or business discussions: a Chinese trade mission.) missão
    4) (a place where missionaries live.) missão
    5) (a group of missionaries: a Catholic mission.) missão

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