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21 barnacle
(a kind of small shellfish that sticks to rocks and the bottoms of ships.) lapa* * *bar.na.cle[b'a:nəkəl] n Zool 1 crustáceo que adere a rochas marinhas e no casco de navios. 2 a) ganso selvagem europeu. b) fig figura importuna, sarna. -
22 bundle
1. noun(a number of things bound together: a bundle of rags.) trouxa2. verb1) ((often with up or together) to make into bundles: Bundle up all your things and bring them with you.) juntar2) (to go, put or send (away) in a hurried or disorderly way: They bundled him out of the room.) empurrar* * *bun.dle[b'∧ndəl] n 1 pacote, fardo, feixe. 2 trouxa, embrulho, rolo. 3 lote, grupo, monte. 4 coleção. 5 feixe de fibras (musculares ou nervosas). • vt+vi 1 embrulhar, empacotar, entrouxar, enfeixar. 2 mandar ou ir às pressas, correr. 3 preparar-se para partir, arrumar as malas. 4 deitar-se na cama completamente vestido (costume antigo com o(a) namorado(a), no País de Gales e na Nova Inglaterra). a bundle of money um monte (ou pacote) de dinheiro. a bundle of nerves pessoa nervosíssima. as dry as a bundle of sticks completamente seco. they bundled her away (or off) mandaram-na embora, puseram-na para fora. to bundle off sair às pressas. to bundle up a) vestir-se com roupa que protege do frio, agasalhar-se bem. b) fazer uma trouxa (de roupas, objetos etc.). -
23 headland
noun (a point of land which sticks out into the sea.) promontório* * *head.land[h'edlənd] n promontório, cabo. -
24 barnacle
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25 chopsticks
[' opstiks](two small sticks of wood, ivory etc used by the Chinese etc to eat with.) pauzinhos -
26 headland
noun (a point of land which sticks out into the sea.) promontório
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