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1) (to send off: He dispatched several letters asking for financial help.) enviar

2) (to finish off or deal with quickly: She dispatched several pieces of business within the hour.) despachar

1) (a written official report: a dispatch from the commanding officer.) despacho

2) (an act of sending away.) envio

3) (haste.) pressa

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[disp'ætʃ] (também despatch) n 1 despacho, ato de despachar, expedição. 2 nota de deferimento ou indeferimento, missiva, mensagem. 3 rapidez, celeridade, presteza, prontidão. 4 execução da pena de morte, assassínio. • vt 1 despachar, expedir, enviar expeditamente. 2 aviar com presteza, aprontar, executar prontamente. 3 matar, despachar desta vida, liquidar. by dispatch por correio expresso. mentioned in dispatches mencionado por bravura ou serviços valiosos. with dispatch urgentíssimo.

1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) perguntar

2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) pedir informações

3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) perguntar por

4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) perguntar por

5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) perguntar por

6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) investigar

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[inkw'aiə] vt+vi inquirir, perguntar (por), informar-se, indagar, investigar. he inquired the way / ele indagou o caminho. inquire within / entre e pergunte por mais detalhes. he inquired into the thing / ele investigou o assunto. to inquire after perguntar sobre. he inquired after my health / ele perguntou sobre o meu estado de saúde. he inquired after rare coins / ele perguntou por moedas raras. to inquire for a person pedir para ver alguém.

1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) moderado

2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) médio

- moderately

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[m'ɔdərit] n indivíduo moderado. • vt+vi 1 moderar, acalmar, abrandar. 2 restringir. 3 acalmar-se, moderar-se. 4 presidir. 5 presidir como moderador. • adj 1 moderado, razoável, comedido. 2 calmo. 3 médio, medíocre. 4 módico.

1) (of, on, or near the outer part of anything: the outside door.) exterior

2) (not part of (a group, one's work etc): We shall need outside help; She has a lot of outside interests.) de fora

3) ((of a chance etc) very small.) pequeníssimo

1) (out of, not in a building etc: He went outside; He stayed outside.) lá fora

2) (on the outside: The house looked beautiful outside.) do lado de fora

- outsider

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[auts'aid] n 1 exterior. 2 aparência. to judge by the outside / julgar pela aparência. 3 extremo, limite máximo. 4 coll pingente. • adj 1 externo, exterior. 2 aparente, superficial. 3 extremo, máximo, remoto. • adv 1 para fora. 2 fora. 3 do lado de fora. • prep 1 fora, de fora, para fora. 2 sem. 3 além. from the outside do lado de fora.

1) (showing that the person or thing acting is acting upon himself or itself, as in self-respect.) auto-

2) (showing that the thing is acting automatically, as in self-closing doors.) auto-

3) (by oneself, as in self-made.) por si próprio

4) (in, within etc oneself or itself, as in self-centred.) em si

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self-

indicando: 1 de si mesmo, por si mesmo, automático. 2 independente, autônomo. she is self-sufficient/ela é auto-suficiente.

1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) esticar(-se)

2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) estender-se

1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) espreguiçadela

2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) extensão

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- stretcher

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[stretʃ] n 1 estiramento, esticamento, ato de esticar, estado de esticado. 2 extensão, distância, trecho, superfície. 3 período de tempo. 4 sl tempo. 5 tensão, esforço. 6 espreguiçamento. 7 pequena caminhada para esticar as pernas. 8 alcance máximo, amplitude. 9 interpretação forçada. 10 elasticidade. • vt 1 esticar, estender, estirar. 2 estender-se, cobrir grande distância, encher o espaço, espalhar-se. 3 esticar o corpo ou os membros, espreguiçar-se. 4 estender (a mão). 5 encompridar, alongar, alargar. 6 esforçar-se. 7 exagerar, torcer (a verdade) deturpar. 8 derrubar, atirar ao chão. 9 enforcar. at a stretch, upon a stretch de uma vez, a fio. at full stretch a toda, com todo o esforço. stretch ( of law) transgressão (da lei). to be stretched to the limit estar no limite dos seus recursos (financeiros, diplomáticos, etc). to stretch a point fazer uma exceção em um regulamento. to stretch forth, forward estender, avançar. to stretch money to keep within the budget fazer o dinheiro dar para não ultrapassar o orçamento. to stretch one’s legs esticar as pernas, dar umas voltas (depois de estar sentado por longas horas). to stretch out espalhar, estender, estender-se, esticar-se, alargar-se. to stretch something to the limit ir/levar algo até o limite.

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.) atingir

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.) dar

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.) impressionar

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 por

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

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

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

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- striker

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[straik] n 1 greve. 2 golpe. 3 ato de derrubar todos os pinos no jogo de boliche, pontos feitos assim. 4 ataque, investida. 5 beliscada (de peixe no anzol). 6 descoberta de petróleo, ouro, etc. 7 sucesso, êxito, achado feliz. 8 Min direção do filão. • vt (ps struck, pp struck, stricken) 1 bater, malhar, golpear. I was struck by his reply / fui tomado de surpresa pela sua resposta. 2 dar, infligir, arremessar, desferir, lançar. 3 estampar, imprimir, cunhar. 4 acender (fósforo), ferir fogo. 5 atingir, colidir, cair (raio), incidir (luz). 6 abalroar, colidir, dar de encontro, chocar-se, encalhar. 7 impressionar. 8 tocar, bater, soar, bater as horas. 9 estarrecer, fulminar, impressionar, assustar. 10 afetar, tocar, afligir, atacar, surpreender. 11 atacar, assaltar. 12 acontecer, ocorrer, suceder. 13 descobrir, encontrar (petróleo, ouro, etc.). 14 surgir, aparecer, vir de repente, encontrar inesperadamente. the thought struck him / ocorreu-lhe a idéia. 15 fazer greve. 16 riscar, apagar, cancelar. 17 tirar, tomar (com um golpe). 18 andar rapidamente. 19 assumir (atitude). he strikes an attitude / ele assume uma pose teatral. 20 enraizar, aprofundar, afundar, criar raízes. 21 determinar, calcular. 22 fazer, decidir, entrar em (acordo), concordar. 23 abaixar, arriar (velas). 24 raspar, alisar, deixar plano, tirar o excesso de uma medida. 25 pegar o anzol, morder a isca, fisgar. 26 desbotar, apagar-se. 27 arriar bandeiras, render-se. 28 tomar (caminho ou direção). 29 chamar a atenção, dar na vista. 30 estender, alisar. 31 enveredar. 32 tirar (linha). 33 rufar (tambores). 34 tocar (uma corda em instrumento musical). 35 levantar (acampamento). 36 cravar, meter, enfiar. 37 avançar, seguir. 38 lançar-se, disparar, avançar com rapidez. strike the iron while it is hot / malhe o ferro enquanto está quente (faça isso agora e não deixe para mais tarde). he’s struck on her ele está louco (apaixonado) por ela. it strikes me as strange that... parece-me esquisito que... strike me dead! Deus me castigue! that struck home! este golpe acertou, fig isto deu resultado. this strikes my fancy isto me agrada. to go on strike entrar em greve. to strike a balance chegar a um acordo, encontrar um ponto de equilíbrio. to strike a bargain fechar um negócio. to strike a blow at dar um soco ou golpe em. to strike a chord parecer familiar, fazer lembrar alguma coisa. to strike a dividend distribuir dividendo. to strike against bater contra, lutar contra, defender-se contra. to strike an average tirar ou calcular a média. to strike at someone bater em alguém, levantar a mão contra alguém. to strike back revidar. to strike blind cegar. to strike camp levantar acampamento. to strike dead matar. to strike down derrubar, derrubar no chão, abater. to strike dumb fazer calar, deixar bobo. to strike hands ( with) chegar a um acordo (com). to strike it rich tirar a sorte grande, enriquecer rapidamente. to strike in interromper. to strike into entrar em. to strike off a) cortar. b) copiar, imprimir. to strike oil ter sucesso, ter êxito. to strike on a) agir sobre, incidir sobre (luz), cair sobre. b) descobrir algo, ter uma idéia. to strike out a) riscar, apagar, cancelar. b) nadar ativamente (em direção a alguma coisa). c) golpear. to strike out on one’s own tomar seu rumo próprio. to strike someone with fear encher alguém de medo. to strike the eye dar na vista, chamar a atenção. to strike through remover, cancelar (algo escrito). to strike up a) Mus começar a tocar. b) iniciar (relacionamento, conversa, etc.). to strike upon incidir sobre, cair sobre, encontrar, bater contra. well stricken in years de idade avançada.

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[və:dʒ] n 1 beira, margem, borda, orla. 2 limite, divisa. 3 arredor, recinto, alcance, campo visual, horizonte. 4 circunscrição, comarca, vara. 5 alçada. 6 cercadura de um canteiro. 7 cumeeira. 8 vara, bastão, insígnia de autoridade. 9 fuste de coluna. • vi estar à margem de, limitar com, fazer divisa com, estar contíguo a. to be on the verge of life estar no crepúsculo da vida. to be on the verge of starvation estar à beira da miséria, da fome. to be within the verge of the rays estar ao alcance dos raios.

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[və:dʒ] vi tender, inclinar-se, pender. his behaviour verges on madness / o seu comportamento chega às raias da loucura. the colour verges on red / a cor pende para o vermelho.

1) (to send off: He dispatched several letters asking for financial help.) despachar

2) (to finish off or deal with quickly: She dispatched several pieces of business within the hour.) despachar

1) (a written official report: a dispatch from the commanding officer.) despacho

2) (an act of sending away.) expedição

3) (haste.) presteza

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- dispatch rider

1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) moderado

2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) médio

- moderately

1) (of, on, or near the outer part of anything: the outside door.) exterior

2) (not part of (a group, one's work etc): We shall need outside help; She has a lot of outside interests.) externo

3) ((of a chance etc) very small.) mínimo

1) (out of, not in a building etc: He went outside; He stayed outside.) fora

2) (on the outside: The house looked beautiful outside.) por fora

- outsider

1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) chegar a

2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) alcançar

3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) estender o braço

4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contatar

5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) estender(-se)

1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) alcance

2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) alcance

3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) trecho de rio/canal

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