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121 review
[rə'vju:] 1. noun1) (a written report on a book, play etc giving the writer's opinion of it.) resenha, crítica2) (an inspection of troops etc.) revista3) ((American) revision; studying or going over one's notes: I have just enough time for a quick review of my speech; I made a quick review of my notes before the test.)2. verb1) (to make or have a review of: The book was reviewed in yesterday's paper; The Queen reviewed the troops.) resenhar, passar em revista2) (to reconsider: We'll review the situation at the end of the month.) rever3) ((American) to revise; to go over one's notes, lessons etc in preparation for an examination: I have to review (my notes) for the test tomorrow.)•- reviewer -
122 scrape
[skreip] 1. verb1) (to rub against something sharp or rough, usually causing damage: He drove too close to the wall and scraped his car.) arranhar2) (to clean, clear or remove by rubbing with something sharp: He scraped his boots clean; He scraped the paint off the door.) raspar3) (to make a harsh noise by rubbing: Stop scraping your feet!) ranger4) (to move along something while just touching it: The boat scraped against the landing-stage.) roçar5) (to make by scraping: The dog scraped a hole in the sand.) cavoucar2. noun1) (an act or sound of scraping.) raspadura, rangido2) (a mark or slight wound made by scraping: a scrape on the knee.) raspão, esfoladura3) (a situation that may lead to punishment: The child is always getting into scrapes.) enrascada•- scraper- scrape the bottom of the barrel - scrape through - scrape together/up -
123 stall
I [sto:l] noun1) (a compartment in a cowshed etc: cattle stalls.) estábulo2) (a small shop or a counter or table on which goods are displayed for sale: He bought a newspaper at the bookstall on the station; traders' stalls.) banca•- stallsII 1. [sto:l] verb1) ((of a car etc or its engine) to stop suddenly through lack of power, braking too quickly etc: The car stalled when I was halfway up the hill.) enguiçar2) ((of an aircraft) to lose speed while flying and so go out of control: The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed on to the runway.) estolar3) (to cause (a car etc, or aircraft) to do this: Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.) estolar2. noun(a dangerous loss of flying speed in an aircraft, causing it to drop: The plane went into a stall.) estolIII [sto:l] verb(to avoid making a definite decision in order to give oneself more time.) ganhar tempo -
124 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) sugar4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) chupada- sucker- suck up to -
125 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) trabalho2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) trabalho3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) trabalho4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) obra5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) trabalho6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) trabalho2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) trabalhar2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) trabalhar3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) funcionar4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) funcionar, dar certo5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) avançar com esforço6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) tornar(-se)7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) modelar, trabalhar•- - work- workable - worker - works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mecanismo2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) obras, ações•- work-box - workbook - workforce - working class - working day - work-day - working hours - working-party - work-party - working week - workman - workmanlike - workmanship - workmate - workout - workshop - at work - get/set to work - go to work on - have one's work cut out - in working order - out of work - work of art - work off - work out - work up - work up to - work wonders -
126 ourselves
1) (used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform: We saw ourselves in the mirror.) (vimo-)nos2) (used to emphasize we, us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc: We ourselves played no part in this.) nós mesmos3) (without help etc: We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.) sozinhos* * *our.selves[auəs'elvz] pron nós mesmos, nos. all by ourselves sozinhos, sem ajuda. we did it ourselves nós mesmos o fizemos (enfático). we hurt ourselves nós nos ferimos (reflexivo). -
127 outline
1. noun1) (the line forming, or showing, the outer edge of something: He drew the outline of the face first, then added the features.) contorno2) (a short description of the main details of a plan etc: Don't tell me the whole story, just give me an outline.) resumo2. verb(to draw or give the outline of.) esboçar* * *out.line['autlain] n 1 contorno. 2 esboço, croqui. • vt 1 esboçar, delinear. 2 resumir. -
128 shine
1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) brilhar2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) brilhar3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) polir4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) salientar-se2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) brilho2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) lustro•- shining- shiny
- shininess* * *[ʃain] n 1 luz, claridade, brilho, resplendor. 2 lustre, polimento. 3 tempo bom, luz solar. • vt+vi (ps, pp shone) 1 brilhar, luzir, resplandecer, emitir, refletir luz. 2 ser brilhante, ressaltar, ser excelente, salientar-se. 3 polir, lustrar. 4 fazer brilhar. to get a shine Amer coll mandar engraxar os sapatos. to shine up to somebody Amer sl procurar agradar. he shines up to her / Amer coll ele procura agradá-la. to take a shine to someone apaixonar-se. she has taken a shine to him / ela se apaixonou por ele, ela se encantou com ele desde o primeiro encontro. to take the shine out of somebody superar, ofuscar alguém. she takes the shine out of him / ela o supera, ela o ofusca.
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