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1 it never rains but it pours
it never rains but it poursquando chove, chove muito.————————it never rains but it poursuma desgraça nunca vem só. -
2 but
1. conjunction(used to show a contrast between two or more things: John was there, but Peter was not.) mas2. preposition(except (for): no-one but me; the next road but one.) senão* * *[b∧t] n objeção, restrição. • conj 1 mas, porém. 2 não obstante, embora. 3 de que. 4 que. 5 mesmo que. 6 que não. 7 todavia, entretanto. 8 senão. • prep com exceção de, exceto, salvo, a não ser, menos. everybody was present but Paul / todos estavam presentes, menos Paulo. nothing more remains but to go / não resta outra coisa a não ser ir embora. they all excused themselves but him / todos se desculparam, menos ele. • adv somente, meramente, apenas. it is but a trifle / é apenas uma bagatela. all but aproximadamente, quase. but for all that apesar disso. but for my good health I should have died não fosse minha boa saúde teria morrido. but then entretanto, no entanto. it never rains but it pours quando chove, chove muito. no doctor but a very inexperienced one somente um médico de pouca experiência. no one but tries ninguém que não experimente. nothing but misfortunes nada além de infortúnios. not only poor but also ill não somente pobre mas também doente, além de pobre doente. the last but one o penúltimo. -
3 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) chuva2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) chuva2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) chover2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) (fazer) chover•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *[r'ein] n 1 chuva. 2 queda abundante de qualquer coisa. • vt+vi 1 chover. 2 cair em gotas. as right as rain coll com boa saúde, bom novamente, recuperado. heavy rain chuva pesada, forte. it looks like rain ameaça chover. it never rains but it pours uma desgraça nunca vem só. rained off cancelado por causa da chuva. rain or shine chova ou faça sol; com qualquer tempo. the rains estação chuvosa (em países tropicais). to rain cats and dogs chover a cântaros. to rain down despencar, cair sobre. to rain off interromper por causa da chuva (partida esportiva). to rain out parar de chover.
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