hold+an+audience

1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) segurar

2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) segurar

3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) segurar

4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) aguentar

5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) reter

6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) conter

7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) ter lugar

8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) manter-se

9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) ocupar

10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) considerar

11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) manter-se

12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) obrigar

13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) defender

14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) aguentar

15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) prender

16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) realizar

17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) possuir

18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) aguentar

19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) esperar

20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) aguentar

21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) guardar

22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) reservar

23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)

1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) domínio

2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) influência

3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) golpe

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[hould] n 1 ação de segurar, pegar ou agarrar. 2 ponto por onde se pega (cabo, alça, etc.). 3 forte influência. 4 impressão. 5 cela de prisão. 6 prisão, cadeia. 7 fortificação, fortaleza. 8 Mus fermata: símbolo de pausa. • vt+vi (ps and pp held) 1 pegar, agarrar, segurar. hold my pencil! / segure meu lápis! 2 reter. 3 manter. 4 defender. he holds the view / ele defende a opinião. 5 ocupar (cargo). 6 manter sob controle. 7 aderir. 8 confinar. 9 empregar. 10 suportar, apoiar. 11 durar, ficar. 12 deter, refrear, parar, embargar. 13 conter, caber, encerrar. the bottle holds one liter / no frasco cabe um litro. 14 possuir, ocupar. 15 julgar, ter por, considerar, crer, afirmar. I hold him to be my friend / eu considero-o meu amigo. 16 presidir. 17 reunir. 18 festejar. 19 continuar, permanecer, manter-se firme. 20 ser válido, vigorar. • interj pare!, quieto!, espere! he held the audience ele fascinou (dominou) os ouvintes. hold on like grim death! agora agüentem firme! hold your horses! calma com isso!, devagar! it took a hold on me impressionou-me. on hold a) adiado. b) na espera (ao telefone). she holds the stage ela arrebata a audiência. the meeting was held at a reunião realizou-se em. there is no holding him ele não se deixa dissuadir. to have a firm hold of (on) dominar, segurar com mão forte. to hold a call colocar alguém em espera (ao telefone) até a pessoa ou o ramal ficar livre. to hold aloof ficar de lado. to hold a wager sustentar uma aposta. to hold back reter(-se), deter(-se). to hold cheap desprezar, menosprezar. to hold counsel deliberar. to hold dear gostar, prezar. to hold down manter sob sujeição ou controle. to hold down (a job) ficar com. to hold forth exibir, entrar em detalhes. to hold good aprovar, confirmar-se. to hold hard parar quieto, sustar. to hold in refrear-se, conter-se, abster-se. to hold off a) manter à distância. b) refrear temporariamente. to hold on a) firmar-se, agarrar-se. b) perdurar, continuar. c) esperar (ao telefone). to hold one’s own, to hold one’s ground manter-se, agüentar. to hold one’s peace ficar quieto. to hold one’s tongue calar-se. to hold out agüentar, resistir. to hold over a) adiar. b) manter a posse de. to hold shares possuir ações. to hold that Jur julgar que. to hold the line ficar esperando ao telefone. to hold true a) verificar, confirmar. b) ser verdadeiro. to hold up a) apresentar como exemplo, expor. b) sustentar. c) atrasar, atrapalhar. d) assaltar (à mão armada), roubar. to hold water ser à prova d’água, ser impermeável. to take hold of segurar, prender, pegar.

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[hould] n 1 porão de carga do navio. 2 compartimento de carga do avião.

1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) transportar

2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) transmitir

3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) suportar

4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) ter

5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) aprovar

6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) comportar-se

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[k'æri] n 1 alcance de arma ou projetil. 2 golf distância atingida por um tiro de bola. 3 posição vertical da espingarda em continência. 4 Amer transporte, passagem (a seco entre dois rios navegáveis). 5 Com transporte: sinal ou dígito produzido pela soma de dois ou mais algarismos, quando o total for igual ou maior que a base do sistema de notação em que os algarismos estão representados. O mesmo que "vai um". • vt+vi 1 carregar, levar, transportar, conduzir. she carries the virus with her / ela carrega o vírus. Patricia cannot carry all the books / Patrícia não consegue carregar todos os livros. 2 ter, conter. these coins carry a lot of gold / estas moedas contêm muito ouro. should the police carry guns? / a polícia deveria carregar armas de fogo? the new cars carry a guarantee / os carros novos têm uma garantia. 3 suportar, apoiar, sustentar. the roof is carried by columns / o teto é sustentado pelas colunas. 4 capturar, tomar pela força. the enemies carried the town / os inimigos capturaram a cidade. 5 ganhar, conquistar pela maioria, aprovar. he carried all before him / ele conquistou todos. 6 comportar-se, mostrar-se. she carries herself well / ela mostra bom porte. 7 adicionar em, transportar para uma outra coluna. I put down six and carry three / são seis e vão três. 8 publicar, incluir uma notícia. 9 fazer o trabalho de ou atuar no esporte para suprir as deficiências de um outro. he carries his department / ele carrega (faz o serviço de) todo o departamento. 10 manter mercadorias em estoque. they carry a stock of these items / eles mantêm um estoque destes itens. 11 ter suficiente. 12 manter. 13 Mil pôr a arma em continência. 14 (referente ao som) alcançar ou ser transmitido. his voice carries well to the other end of the hall / sua voz alcança o outro lado do salão. 15 (referente à arma) ter um alcance específico. 16 sl estar com drogas ou com uma arma ilegal. 17 efetuar, pôr em efeito, conseguir. 18 (referente a cães) buscar a caça abatida. that hound can fetch and carry / aquele cão sabe apanhar e trazer (a caça). carry over (componente) reaproveitado de um produto antigo em produto novo. to carry a child estar grávida. to carry a load, to carry a burden ter um problema ou uma responsabilidade ou muito trabalho. to carry along arrastar, continuar. to carry a torch for amar alguém sem ser amado. Frank has been carrying a torch for Linda ever since he saw her / Frank está amando Linda desde o dia em que a viu. to carry away 1 (geralmente na forma passiva) perder o controle. I was carried away when I was shopping / perdi o controle quando estava fazendo compras. 2 arrebatar the artists carried away the audience / os artistas arrebataram o público. 3 Naut desmastrar. to carry back restituir, pôr no mesmo lugar. to carry forth mostrar, expor à vista. to carry great weight ter muito peso, pesar muito. his judgements carry great weight / seu critério, seu parecer pesa muito. to carry in levar para dentro. to carry it high portar-se com orgulho. to carry off 1 ter sucesso em. 2 ganhar prêmios. "Titanic" carried off most of the awards / "Titanic" ganhou a maioria dos prêmios. 3 causar a morte de. all prisoners were carried off by famine / todos os prisioneiros morreram de fome. 4 raptar, seqüestrar they carried the director’s daughter off / eles seqüestraram a filha do diretor. to carry on 1 continuar. we must carry on / devemos continuar. 2 comportar-se ansiosamente ou de uma forma descontrolada, tola. how she does carry on with him! / que afetação dela para agradá-lo! 3 reclamar. 4 namorar, ter relações sexuais com. he carries on with her daughter / ele namora com a filha dela. to carry out 1 executar, efetuar, realizar, conduzir. it will be an easy plan to carry out / será um plano fácil de realizar. 2 implementar she will carry out the instructions / ela implementará as instruções. to carry over 1 transferir, levar. she doesn’t let her private problems carry over into her work / ela não permite que seus problemas pessoais sejam levados/transferidos para o trabalho. 2 transportar, transferir (uma conta) para uma outra página. 3 adiar, jogar para depois. let’s carry over our holidays for next year / vamos jogar as nossas férias para o próximo ano. 4 adiar pagamento para o próximo exercício. to carry the day 1 vencer uma batalha, competição ou debate. the allies carried the day / os aliados venceram. 2 persuadir pessoas a apoiar alguém. to carry through 1 finalizar, levar a efeito, conseguir terminar algo apesar das dificuldades. 2 ajudar alguém em uma fase difícil. you carry coals to Newcastle você está vendendo mel ao colmeeiro.

1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) aperto

2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) mala

3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) compreensão

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[grip] n 1 ação de agarrar, de segurar, aperto. 2 poder, força da mão. 3 cabo, alça. 4 ferramenta para agarrar ou segurar: pinça, garra de máquina, embreagem. 5 aperto de mão. 6 Amer mala, bolsa de viagem. 7 fig domínio, controle. 8 fig apoio (moral). 9 dor aguda e repentina. • vt 1 agarrar, apanhar, segurar, pegar. 2 fascinar, prender a atenção. 3 entender, compreender, fig pegar. he is losing his grip on reality ele está se perdendo no terreno da fantasia. to come to grips engalfinhar-se, atracar-se, lutar corpo-a-corpo. to come to grips with desentender-se com. winter holds nature in his grip o inverno domina a natureza.

1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) aperto

2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) valise

3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) compreensão

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1) (to strike the palms of the hands together eg to show approval, to mark a rhythm, or to gain attention etc: When the singer appeared, the audience started to clap loudly; They clapped the speech enthusiastically; Clap your hands in time to the music.) bater palmas

2) (to strike (someone) with the palm of the hand, often in a friendly way: He clapped him on the back and congratulated him.) dar uma palmada

3) (to put suddenly (into prison, chains etc): They clapped him in jail.) prender

1) (a sudden noise (of thunder).) trovão

2) (an act of clapping: They gave the performer a clap; He gave me a clap on the back.) palmadas

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[klæp] n 1 palmada. 2 estrondo, estrépito. 3 ribombo, estampido do trovão. 4 aplauso, palmas. 5 dial golpe de azar. • vi+vt 1 bater uma coisa contra a outra com estrondo. 2 aplaudir, bater palmas. 3 golpear, bater com um golpe rápido. 4 colocar, pôr rapidamente. 5 coll fazer, arranjar às pressas. at a clap de uma vez, de um só golpe. clap of thunder ribombo de trovão, trovão. to clap down escrever, anotar apressadamente. to clap eyes on cravar os olhos em. to clap hands 1 bater palmas, aplaudir. 2 fazer um acordo. to clap hold of segurar, agarrar firmemente. to clap into 1 fechar repentinamente, encarcerar. 2 entrar em. to clap on vestir roupas rapidamente. to clap shut fechar de um golpe, bater (porta, janela). to clap spurs to the horse esporear o cavalo. to clap to fazer às pressas. to clap up 1 trancar, trancafiar. 2 arch terminar de repente.

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[klæp] n sl gonorréia (também the claps).

1) (to hold a formal discussion (about): Parliament will debate the question tomorrow.) debater

2) (to think about or talk about something before coming to a decision: We debated whether to go by bus or train.) ponderar

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[dib'eit] n debate, discussão, disputa, contestação, argumentação, controvérsia, altercação. • vt+vi debater, discutir.

1) (to hold a formal discussion (about): Parliament will debate the question tomorrow.) debater

2) (to think about or talk about something before coming to a decision: We debated whether to go by bus or train.) ponderar

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