lecture+(verb)

1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) conferência

2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) sermão

- lecturer

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[l'ektʃə] n 1 preleção, conferência. 2 repreensão. 3 aula expositiva. • vt+vi 1 fazer preleções ou conferências. 2 repreender. to give a lecture fazer uma preleção. to read one a lecture repreender alguém.

1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) conferência

2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) sermão

- lecturer

1) (to awake: I was awakened by the song of the birds.) acordar

2) (to start (a feeling of interest, guilt etc): His interest was awakened by the lecture.) despertar

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[əw'eikən] vt+vi 1 despertar, acordar, tirar do sono. 2 animar, avisar, estimular, excitar. to awaken to dar-se conta acerca de.

1) (to awake: I was awakened by the song of the birds.) acordar

2) (to start (a feeling of interest, guilt etc): His interest was awakened by the lecture.) despertar

1) (a piece of writing to call attention to something: He left me a note about the meeting.) nota

2) ((in plural) ideas for a speech, details from a lecture etc written down in short form: The students took notes on the professor's lecture.) notas

3) (a written or mental record: Have you kept a note of his name?) nota

4) (a short explanation: There is a note at the bottom of the page about that difficult word.) nota

5) (a short letter: She wrote a note to her friend.) nota

6) ((American bill) a piece of paper used as money; a bank-note: a five-dollar note.) nota

7) (a musical sound: The song ended on a high note.) nota

8) (a written or printed symbol representing a musical note.) nota

9) (an impression or feeling: The conference ended on a note of hope.) nota

1) ((often with down) to write down: He noted (down) her telephone number in his diary.) anotar

2) (to notice; to be aware of: He noted a change in her behaviour.) notar

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[nout] n 1 nota, anotação, apontamento. 2 bilhete, lembrete, memorando. 3 percepção cuidadosa. 4 comunicação diplomática. 5 nota musical. 6 símbolo, caráter. 7 significação. 8 reputação. 9 sinal, marca. 10 nota de débito. 11 ordem de pagamento. 12 cédula. • vt 1 anotar, tomar nota. 2 notar, observar, prestar atenção. 3 mencionar. he changed his note ele mudou de tom ou de atitude. note of hand nota promissória. note of warning aviso de perigo, advertência. promissory note nota promissória. to compare notes on comparar impressões ou opiniões sobre. to make a mental note fazer um esforço para se lembrar. to make a note tomar nota. to note down anotar. to strike the right note fazer ou dizer algo com propriedade, acertar. to take no note of não tomar conhecimento de. to take note considerar, ter em mente, cuidar de. worthy of note digno de nota.

1) (a piece of writing to call attention to something: He left me a note about the meeting.) nota

2) ((in plural) ideas for a speech, details from a lecture etc written down in short form: The students took notes on the professor's lecture.) anotações

3) (a written or mental record: Have you kept a note of his name?) registro

4) (a short explanation: There is a note at the bottom of the page about that difficult word.) nota

5) (a short letter: She wrote a note to her friend.) bilhete

6) ((American bill) a piece of paper used as money; a bank-note: a five-dollar note.) nota

7) (a musical sound: The song ended on a high note.) nota

8) (a written or printed symbol representing a musical note.) nota

9) (an impression or feeling: The conference ended on a note of hope.) nota

1) ((often with down) to write down: He noted (down) her telephone number in his diary.) anotar

2) (to notice; to be aware of: He noted a change in her behaviour.) notar

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- notable

1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) a

2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a

3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) até

4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) para/com, etc.

5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a/para

6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) em

7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a

8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) para

9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) para

10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) fazê-lo

1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) até fechar

2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) aos sentidos, ao trabalho, etc.

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- to and fro

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abbr 1 telegraph office (sala do telégrafo). 2 traditional orthography (ortografia tradicional). 3 turn over (vide verso, vire a página).

1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) categoria

2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) classe

3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) classe

4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) turma

5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) aula

6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.)

- classmate

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[kla:s; klæs] n 1 classe, categoria, espécie. 2 aula, classe de alunos. 3 curso, aula. 4 Amer colegas de turma ou de classe. 5 camada social. 6 casta. 7 Mil classe do mesmo ano. 8 alta categoria na sociedade. 9 grau, qualidade. 10 Amer sl excelência. 11 Bot, Zool classe. • vt+vi 1 classificar, agrupar, dispor em classe. 2 estar classificado, figurar em certa classe. • adj 1 relativo a classe, de classe. 2 sl relativo a qualidade. first class de primeira qualidade, excelente. a first class performance / um feito (ou espetáculo) excelente. he is classed as classic ele é considerado clássico. middle-class classe média. no class sl miserável, muito ruim. to class with pôr na mesma classe com, equiparar. to take a class passar em um exame com louvor ou distinção. upper-class classe alta. working class classe trabalhadora.

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) cortar

2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) cortar

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) cortar

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) cortar

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) cortar

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) cortar

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) cortar

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) cortar

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') cortar

10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) cortar

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) cortar

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) matar (aulas)

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorar

1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) corte

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) corte

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) corte

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- cutter

- cut glass

- a cut above

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[k∧t] n 1 corte, abertura, ferida. 2 talho, incisão. 3 passagem, escavação (na terra), canal. 4 peça talhada, parte ou pedaço cortado. 5 estilo, talhe, feitio, moda. 6 diminuição, redução. 7 atalho, carreiro, picada. 8 cutilada: golpe com instrumento cortante. 9 cábula: falta de comparecimento às aulas. 10 gravura, clichê, xilogravura. 11 corte em peça teatral. 12 peça: medida de tecido ou fio. 13 corte de cartas. 14 porcentagem, comissão. 15 Sport bola cortada ou com efeito. 16 grupo de animais separado da manada. 17 emenda de filme de cinema. 18 talho: corte de carne. 19 faixa de LP ou disco a laser. • vt+vi (ps and pp cut) 1 cortar, talhar. 2 secionar, dividir, partir. 3 aparar, desbastar. he cut his nails / ele cortou suas unhas. 4 rachar, fender. 5 ferir, fazer talhe em. he cut his fingers / ele feriu os dedos. the wind cut his face / o vento lhe açoitou o rosto. 6 lancetar, mutilar, incisar. 7 reduzir, diminuir. 8 atalhar, atravessar, abrir ou cortar caminho. 9 dividir, penetrar, passar através. 10 Sport cortar, dar efeito (bola). 11 coll evitar, ignorar, não reconhecer socialmente. 12 coll cabular, faltar às aulas. 13 picar, retalhar. 14 ceifar, segar. 15 gravar, entalhar, cinzelar. 16 escavar, abrir canal ou túnel. 17 romper relações com. 18 cortar o baralho. who cuts the cards? / quem corta as cartas? 19 talhar, cortar molde (de vestidos). 20 trinchar. 21 abreviar, resumir. 22 interromper (conversa). 23 fazer corte em (manuscrito, peça). 24 ferir-se. • adj 1 cortado, talhado. 2 gravado, entalhado, lapidado. 3 castrado. 4 ferido. 5 reduzido, remarcado (preço). cut and come again sirva-se à vontade. cut away! fora! cut in pay n redução de salário. cut it out! coll deixa disto!, corta essa! cut the cackle! sl deixe de conversa! cut your coat according to your cloth fig arranje-se de acordo com suas possibilidades. he cut a sorry figure ele fez um triste papel. he cut himself loose from ele separou-se de. he cut his own throat fig ele mesmo se prejudicou. he cut his way a) ele abriu caminho para si. b) fig ele se defendeu. he cut it fine sl ele calculou justo, chegou na hora, acertou por pouco. he cut me short ele me interrompeu. he cuts no ice with me sl ele não leva vantagem comigo. he cut the knot fig ele resolveu o caso. he cut the record ele quebrou o recorde. he cut up rough ele ficou zangado. he cut up well ele morreu rico, ele deixou uma fortuna. he gave me the direct cut ele me evitou ostensivamente. he made a cut in the story ele resumiu a história. his unkindness cut me to the heart sua grosseria me feriu o coração. I cut him dead não tomei conhecimento de sua presença. it cuts both ways é justo para ambas as partes. it is his cut é sua vez de cortar as cartas. short cut atalho, caminho mais curto. to be cut off morrer. to be cut out for a thing ser talhado para uma coisa. to cut across encurtar o caminho. to cut a long story short para resumir, em poucas palavras. to cut and contrive viver, satisfazer-se com pouco. to cut and run coll correr, fugir. to cut away a) cortar, serrar, decepar. b) desviar-se. to cut back repetir um quadro (de filme). to cut down a) roçar, derrubar (mato). b) reduzir (despesas). c) abreviar, resumir (manuscrito). to cut in a) entalhar, fazer entalhe. b) interromper. to cut in pieces picar, cortar em pedaços. to cut in stone esculpir em pedra. to cut off a) cortar, destacar, remover. b) romper (relações). c) interromper (fornecimento ou comunicações). d) acabar, terminar. e) separar, excluir. f) pôr fim a, matar, liquidar. g) deserdar. to cut out a) cortar, recortar. b) talhar. c) planejar, tramar, idear. d) desligar (máquina, chave elétrica, etc.). e) desistir de, abandonar. f) separar (do rebanho). g) suplantar, superar. h) pegar como presa. i) excluir, afastar. to cut to pieces fazer em pedaços. to cut up a) cortar, retalhar. b) criticar, desfazer. c) entristecer. to draw cuts jogar com palitos, apostar.

1) (to provide (a book, lecture etc) with pictures, diagrams etc.) ilustrar

2) (to make (a statement etc) clearer by providing examples etc: Let me illustrate my point; This diagram will illustrate what I mean.) ilustrar

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['iləstreit] vt ilustrar, esclarecer, elucidar. • adj ilustre, distinto, renomado.

- institution

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['institju:t] n 1 instituição. 2 instituto, estabelecimento (científico ou artístico). 3 princípio, costume. • vt 1 instituir, estabelecer, criar, fundar. 2 nomear, declarar, inaugurar, empossar ( into em). 3 abrir inquérito, processo.

1) (to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly: He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.) (fazer) escorregar

2) (to move quietly or secretly: I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.) deslizar

1) (an act of sliding.) escorregadela

2) (a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide: The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.) escorregadouro

3) (a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc: The lecture was illustrated with slides.) slide

4) (a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.) lamela

5) ((also hair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.) gancho

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- slide-rule

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[slaid] n 1 escorregão, ato de deslizar. 2 escorregador, corrediça, peça corrediça, superfície lisa para deslizar ou escorregar. 3 Amer massa de terra ou neve escorregadia. 4 desabamento. 5 Mech válvula, registro. 6 lâmina (para microscópio). 7 diapositivo. • vt+vi (ps slid, pp slid, slidden) 1 deslizar, escorregar, patinar. 2 fazer deslizar, deslocar empurrando. 3 andar, mover-se quietamente ou em segredo. 4 passar aos poucos. to let things slide deixar piorar. he lets things slide / ele deixa as coisas piorarem. to slide down deslizar para baixo. to slide into passar para, transformar-se em. he slid into the habit / ele acostumou-se aos poucos.

1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar

2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar

3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) falar sobre

1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) conversa

2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) palestra

3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) mexerico

4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) conversa

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[tɔ:k] n 1 conversa, conversação. 2 conferência, discurso, conselho. 3 fala. 4 boato, rumor. it’s the talk of the town / é o assunto da cidade. 5 tagarelice, palra. • vt+vi 1 falar, conversar, dizer. 2 levar a, influenciar. money talks / dinheiro convence. 3 discutir. 4 consultar, conferenciar. 5 manifestar-se, explicar. 6 palrar, tagarelar. let’s talk it over conversemos (seriamente) sobre o assunto. now you are talking isto, sim, que é proposta. small talk conversa superficial. talking of it falando nisso. talk is cheap! falar é fácil! to talk against time falar para preencher o tempo. to talk away matar o tempo com conversa amigável, Brit coll jogar conversa fora. to talk back dar uma resposta rude. to talk big sl contar vantagem. to talk down to tratar de modo superior. to talk into persuadir. to talk of falar sobre, discutir, mencionar. don’t talk of it! / nem fale disto! to talk politics discutir sobre política. to talk round a) falar sem chegar ao assunto. b) convencer, persuadir. to talk sense falar com juízo. to talk someone down não deixar falar, calar. to talk someone out of convencer alguém. he won’t be talked out of it / não se deixa levar na conversa. to talk someone’s head off sl falar demais. to talk tall gabar-se, vangloriar-se. to talk to falar com. I talked to him / falei (seriamente) com ele. to talk turkey falar francamente. to talk with falar para dar instruções, admoestar ou persuadir. you can talk! coll você fala de barriga cheia!

1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) a

2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a

3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) até

4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) para/com, etc.

5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a/para

6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) em

7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a

8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) para

9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) para

10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) fazê-lo

1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) até fechar

2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) aos sentidos, ao trabalho, etc.

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- to and fro

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[tu:; tə] adv 1 em direção a, para diante. 2 em posição normal ou de contato. 3 para si, a si, à consciência. • prep [tu; ta; tu:] 1 para, em direção a, a, ao, à. he goes to London / ele vai para Londres. he was a friend to me / ele foi um amigo para mim. it came to my hand / chegou às minhas mãos. I sent it to him / mandei-lho. 2 até. 3 para, a fim de. 4 em. 5 com. 6 de, da, do. 7 em honra de. 8 na, no, contra. throw it to the ground / jogue-o no chão. 9 sobre, a respeito. 10 por. 11 Gram marcador do infinitivo. what is to be done? / o que se deve fazer? in days to come / em dias vindouros. we expected him to go / esperávamos que ele fosse. it was seen to come / era de se esperar. add to that além disto. agreeable to agradável para. all to a man até o último homem. all to yourself tudo para você. a quarter to two um quarto para as duas horas. as to quanto a. attentive to atento a, atencioso para. face to face cara a cara. fall to the ground cair no chão. from hand to hand de mão em mão. heir to the crown herdeiro do trono. in comparison to em comparação a. our duty to nosso dever para com. put the horses to! atrele os cavalos! this is nothing to that isto não é nada em comparação com aquilo. 3 is to 6 as 9 is to 18 3 está para 6 assim como 9 está para 18. tired to death morto de cansaço. to a great age até a velhice. to a great degree em alto grau. to go to school ir à escola. to my cost às minhas custas. to my feeling a) em minha opinião. b) de acordo com o meu sentimento. to my knowledge segundo meu conhecimento. to my taste para o meu gosto. to the clouds até as nuvens. to the contrary ao contrário. to the minute ao minuto. to time na hora, pontual.

1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) categoria

2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) classe

3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) classe

4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) classe

5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) aula

6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.)

- classmate

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) cortar

2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) cortar

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) cortar

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) cortar, aparar

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) cortar

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) cortar

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) cortar

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) cortar

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') cortar

10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) cortar

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) cortar

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) cabular

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorar, virar a cara

1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) corte, redução

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) corte

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) corte

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- cutter

- cut glass

- a cut above

1) (to provide (a book, lecture etc) with pictures, diagrams etc.) ilustrar

2) (to make (a statement etc) clearer by providing examples etc: Let me illustrate my point; This diagram will illustrate what I mean.) ilustrar

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- illustrated

- institution

1) (to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly: He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.) escorregar

2) (to move quietly or secretly: I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.) esgueirar(-se)

1) (an act of sliding.) escorregamento

2) (a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide: The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.) escorregador

3) (a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc: The lecture was illustrated with slides.) diapositivo

4) (a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.) lâmina

5) ((also hair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.) travessa de cabelo

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- slide-rule

1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar

2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar, comentar

3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) discutir

1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) discussão

2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) conferência

3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) comentário, falatório

4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) falação

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- talkative