in+the+balance

1) (balance and control in bodily movement: Good poise is important for a dancer.) equilíbrio

2) (dignity and self-confidence: He lost his poise for a moment.) equilíbrio

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- poised

1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) guardar

2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) guardar

3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) manter

4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) continuar a

5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) guardar

6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) cuidar

7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) conservar

8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) fazer

9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) atrasar

10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) sustentar

11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) manter

12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) celebrar

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[ki:p] n 1 sustento, manutenção, alimentação e moradia. 2 pasto, prado. 3 calabouço, prisão, masmorra, torre de menagem. • vt+vi (ps, pp kept) 1 ter, possuir, guardar. she keeps a thing close / ela sabe guardar um segredo. she keeps lodgers / ela tem inquilinos. 2 conservar, reter, deter. 3 reservar, guardar, ocultar. 4 cuidar, tomar conta, proteger, favorecer, resguardar, defender. she keeps guard over the treasure / ela vela o tesouro. they keep hold of their property / eles sabem guardar (ou defender) sua propriedade. 5 lembrar, ter em mente. 6 empregar, aproveitar. 7 impedir, deter, prevenir. 8 refrear, reprimir, abster-se. 9 manter, manter em condições, preservar, durar. keep your balance / não perca o seu equilíbrio. he keeps his countenance / ele mantém a calma. she keeps peace / ela mantém a paz. the meat will keep till tomorrow / a carne conservar-se-á até amanhã. 10 cultivar. 11 continuar, permanecer, prolongar. 12 celebrar, observar. 13 cumprir, executar, ser fiel à palavra. 14 alimentar, sustentar. I keep him on milk / alimento-o com leite. 15 armazenar, ter em estoque ou à venda. l6 manter(-se). he keeps his ground / ele mantém-se firme. 17 criar. 18 gerir, dirigir, ter um negócio. they keep a shop / eles têm uma loja. for keeps 1 para ficar com alguma coisa (não para devolver). 2 permanentemente, para sempre. he keeps pace with his friend ela anda ao mesmo passo que o seu amigo, fig iguala-o. he keeps the bed ele está acamado, doente. how are you keeping? como vai?, como tem passado? keep going! continua!, continua andando! keep the ball rolling! não ceda!, continue esforçando-se! keep your distance mantenha a distância (também fig). keep your hair on! sangue frio!, calma! keep your head! não perca a cabeça! to keep aloof manter-se afastado. to keep a low profile sl passar despercebido, tentar não chamar a atenção. to keep an eye on coll vigiar, tomar conta. to keep a straight face ficar sério. to keep asunder manter separado, estar desunido. to keep at it persistir numa coisa, manter-se firme, insistir em alguma coisa, empenhar-se. to keep away a) conservar-se afastado. b) abster-se. c) afastar(-se). to keep back a) retardar, reter o progresso. b) reservar uma parte, guardar um pouco. c) não contar, silenciar. d) conter, conservar baixo. e) segurar, parar no estômago. to keep body and soul together manter-se vivo. to keep books escriturar (contas). to keep clear of manter-se afastado de alguém ou de alguma coisa. to keep company a) ficar junto, estar em companhia. b) fig namorar. to keep down a) abaixar-se. b) oprimir, humilhar. c) reprimir. to keep fit conservar a forma. to keep from a) guardar, conservar. b) preservar. c) impedir, impossibilitar. d) sonegar. e) abster-se. to keep house ter casa. to keep in a) deter, reter. b) comprimir. c) não sair de casa, ficar em casa. d) ficar na parte de dentro. to keep in custody guardar, custodiar. to keep in mind ter em mente, lembrar-se. to keep in with someone estar às boas com alguém, estar bem com. to keep off a) reter, impedir, barrar. keep off! / mantenha distância!, cuidado!, cautela! b) afastar(-se), ficar longe de. c) repelir, rejeitar. d) evitar. to keep on a) continuar, prosseguir. for how long is this to keep on? / quanto tempo isto deve durar? b) avançar, seguir. c) ficar (com o chapéu na cabeça). d) ficar vestido. e) conservar, guardar, manter. to keep on at someone amolar, importunar. to keep one’s end up continuar, prosseguir, não desistir. to keep one’s hand in praticar, conservar aptidão através da prática, continuar em forma. to keep one’s head down evitar chamar atenção sobre si mesmo, passar despercebido. to keep one’s shirt/ pants on coll ficar calmo, ficar frio. to keep out a) impedir a entrada. keep out! / entrada proibida! b) excluir, afastar. to keep quiet ficar quieto. to keep silence ficar calado. to keep smiling não desanimar, sorrir sempre. to keep someone at it obrigar alguém a trabalhar. to keep someone in clothes prover alguém de roupas. to keep someone out of excluir alguém de algo, deixar fora de. to keep someone waiting fazer alguém esperar. to keep something to oneself guardar segredo, ocultar algo. to keep still não se mexer. to keep tab(s) on Amer a) registrar, anotar. b) coll controlar, vigiar. to keep time a) Mus manter o compasso. b) estar certo ou andar bem, ser pontual. to keep to a) seguir, obedecer, aderir. keep to the left! / seguir à esquerda! b) limitar-se a. c) permanecer. to keep to oneself isolar-se dos outros espontaneamente. to keep track of a) ficar informado. b) observar atentamente. to keep under a) conter, reprimir, refrear, tirar a liberdade. b) deixar inconsciente, manter dopado. to keep up a) manter, conservar. b) sustentar, prover. c) continuar, prosseguir, manter-se, não desanimar. the rain keeps up / continua chovendo. d) atualizar-se, ajustar-se. to keep up appearances manter as aparências. to keep up with não ficar atrás, adaptar-se, imitar, copiar. to play for keeps jogar por dinheiro. where do you keep? onde é que você mora?

1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) escorregar

2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) soltar-se

3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) baixar de nível

4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) deslizar

5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) soltar-se

6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) enfiar

1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) escorregadela

2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) deslize

3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) saiote

4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) rampa

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- slipper

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[slip] n 1 escorregadura, escorregadela. 2 o que se põe e tira com facilidade, coberta, fronha. 3 Clothes combinação. 4 deslize, erro, lapso, engano, falta. 5 carreira: plano inclinado para construção e lançamento de navios. 6 muda, rebento. 7 tira estreita (de papel). 8 declínio, queda (de preços). • vt+vi 1 andar, mover-se quietamente, fácil ou rapidamente, escapar. 2 passar, mover-se. 3 deslizar, escorregar. 4 colocar, fazer passar, enfiar, tirar quietamente ou de modo despercebido. 5 colocar, vestir fácil ou rapidamente. 6 passar despercebido, escapar. 7 soltar. 8 largar. 9 errar, cometer lapso. 10 cortar galhos para fazer mudas. 11 luxar (osso). to be a slip of a boy/ a girl menino/menina muito frágil, débil. to be a slip of the pen fazer erro de ortografia, de palavra. to be a slip of the tongue fazer um erro verbal, cometer um lapso verbal. to give somebody the slip collescapar de alguém. he gave me the slip / ele me escapou. to let something slip deixar (algo) escapar. he let the opportunity slip / ele deixou escapar a oportunidade. to slip along deslizar, fluir. to slip away escapulir, sair de modo despercebido. to slip in inserir de forma disfarçada. to slip up fazer erro, cometer erro de menor importância.

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[slip] n papeleta, volante (também Comp).

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) bater

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) soar, tocar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) ocorrer

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) baixar, desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) descoberta, achado

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- striker

1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) escorregar

2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) escorregar

3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) decair

4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) escapulir

5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) escapar

6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) enfiar

1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) passo em falso

2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) lapso

3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) combinação

4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) rampa de lançamento

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- slipper

1) (to become well again; to return to good health etc: He is recovering from a serious illness; The country is recovering from an economic crisis.) recuperar

2) (to get back: The police have recovered the stolen jewels; He will recover the cost of the repairs through the insurance.) recuperar

3) (to get control of (one's actions, emotions etc) again: The actor almost fell over but quickly recovered (his balance).) recuperar-se

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- recovery

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[rik'∧və] vt+vi 1 recuperar, reaver, retomar. 2 recobrar, restabelecer, convalescer, curar. 3 salvar, aproveitar. 4 voltar ao estado normal. 5 Jur obter em juízo, ganhar uma causa. to recover one’s senses recobrar os sentidos. to recover shipwrecked goods reaver mercadorias de um navio naufragado.

1) (to become well again; to return to good health etc: He is recovering from a serious illness; The country is recovering from an economic crisis.) recuperar-se

2) (to get back: The police have recovered the stolen jewels; He will recover the cost of the repairs through the insurance.) recuperar

3) (to get control of (one's actions, emotions etc) again: The actor almost fell over but quickly recovered (his balance).) recuperar-se

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- recovery

1) (moving on; advancing: a forward movement.) para a frente

2) (at or near the front: The forward part of a ship is called the `bows'.) dianteiro

1) ((also forwards) moving towards the front: A pendulum swings backward(s) and forward(s).) para diante

2) (to a later time: from this time forward.) em diante

- bring forward

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[f'ɔ:wəd] n Sport, Ftb dianteiro, atacante. • vt 1 despachar, enviar, mandar, expedir, transmitir, remeter (carta) a novo endereço. 2 ajudar, promover, favorecer, apressar, ativar, animar, incentivar, fomentar, secundar, desenvolver, fazer crescer. • adj 1 dianteiro, anterior, que está ou vai adiante, de proa. 2 Com a termo, futuro, para entrega futura. 3 adiantado, avançado, temporão, precoce, prematuro. she is forward for her age / ela é precoce para a sua idade. 4 radical, avançado, extremo. 5 pronto, disposto, ansioso, solícito, ardente, fervoroso, zeloso. he knew his lesson and was forward with his answers / ele sabia sua lição e estava pronto com a resposta. 6 petulante, imodesto, insolente, presunçoso, arrogante, precipitado, ousado, atrevido, adiantado. • adv 1 adiante, para diante, avante, para a frente. 2 para a frente, para lugar proeminente, em evidência. backwards and forwards de um lado para outro, para cá e para lá. balance carried forward Com balanço de entrada. forward opinions opiniões avançadas. freight/ freightage forward frete pago na entrega. from that time forward desde então, para cá. from this time/ day forward de ora em diante, de hoje em diante. the forward part of a ship paravante. to be forwarded remeter ao novo endereço. to bring forward apresentar, chamar a atenção para. to carry forward Com transportar soma de uma página para a outra. to come forward apresentar-se, adiantar-se. to date forward pós-datar. to go forward ir para diante, avançar. to look forward to esperar, aguardar, antegozar. to put a clock/ watch forward adiantar o relógio. to put forward pôr em evidência. to put oneself forward pôr-se em evidência. to run forward correr para a frente.

1) (staying in a state of balance and stillness: The car was poised on the edge of the cliff.) equilibrado

2) (having the body in a state of tension and readiness to act: The animal was poised ready to leap.) suspenso

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[pɔizd] adj 1 equilibrado. 2 suspenso. well poised / bem equilibrado (também fig).

1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) tropeçar

2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) andar aos tropeçOes

3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) tropeçar

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- stumbling-block

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[st'∧mbəl] n 1 erro, ato impróprio, lapso, deslize, falta. 2 tropeço, passo falso. • vt 1 tropeçar, pisar em falso. 2 fazer tropeçar. 3 cambalear, andar sem firmeza. 4 falar ou agir de modo hesitante. 5 errar, falhar. 6 encontrar por acaso, topar com. to stumble at chocar-se com. to stumble into meter-se em alguma coisa sem querer. to stumble over tropeçar sobre. to stumble upon achar por acaso, topar com.

1) (staying in a state of balance and stillness: The car was poised on the edge of the cliff.) equilibrado

2) (having the body in a state of tension and readiness to act: The animal was poised ready to leap.) aprumado, suspenso

1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) tropeçar

2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) tropeçar

3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) tropeçar

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- stumbling-block

1) (a broad piece of cloth eg for a bed: She put clean sheets on all the beds.) lençol

2) (a large, thin, usually flat, piece: a sheet of paper/glass.) folha

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- sheet-lightning

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[ʃi:t] n 1 lençol. 2 pedaço largo e fino de qualquer coisa. 3 folha de papel. the book is still in sheets / o livro ainda não está encadernado. 4 folheto, jornal. 5 chapa, lâmina, superfície larga e plana. the rain comes down in sheets / a chuva cai torrencialmente. 6 Poet vela. 7 Naut escota. • vt cobrir com lençol. balance sheet balancete. news sheet folheto. scandal sheet tablóide, jornal sensacionalista. to be a blank sheet ser um livro em branco. to be between the sheets estar na cama. to be white as a sheet estar branco como um lençol. to sheet down chover muito forte, torrencialmente.

1) (balance: It was difficult to keep his footing on the narrow path.) equilíbrio

2) (foundation: The business is now on a firm footing.) pé

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[f'utiŋ] n 1 passada, piso. 2 lugar onde pôr os pés, apoio para os pés, fundamento, sustentáculo, base. 3 posição segura ou estabelecida, ponto de apoio. 4 condição, posição, pé, estado, termos. 5 relações. 6 soma, adição, total. 7 estabelecimento, admissão na sociedade, numa profissão. 8 sapata da parede. on a war footing em pé de guerra. to be on a friendly footing estar em boas relações. to be on equal/ the same footing estar em iguais condições. to get a footing tomar pé, estabelecer-se solidamente. to lose one’s footing escorregar. to pay (for) one’s footing pagar jóia de admissão.

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[ouvəb'æləns] n 1 preponderância. 2 saldo. • vt 1 preponderar, prevalecer. 2 perder o equilíbrio.

1) (balance: It was difficult to keep his footing on the narrow path.) equilíbrio

2) (foundation: The business is now on a firm footing.) base

1) ((generally) having good health: I'm rarely ill - I'm really a very healthy person; My bank balance is healthier now than it used to be.) saudável

2) (causing or helping to produce good health: a healthy climate.) saudável

3) (resulting from good health: a healthy appetite.) saudável

4) (showing a sensible concern for one's own well-being etc: He shows a healthy respect for the law.) salutar

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[h'elθi] adj são, saudável, salubre.

noun (a stick used (especially as an aid to balance) when walking: The old lady has been using a walking-stick since she hurt her leg.) bengala

1) ((generally) having good health: I'm rarely ill - I'm really a very healthy person; My bank balance is healthier now than it used to be.) saudável

2) (causing or helping to produce good health: a healthy climate.) saudável

3) (resulting from good health: a healthy appetite.) saudável

4) (showing a sensible concern for one's own well-being etc: He shows a healthy respect for the law.) salutar