local+people

- as a last resort

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[riz'ɔ:t] n 1 lugar muito freqüentado. a park is a place of public resort / um parque é um lugar freqüentado pelo público. 2 reunião. 3 concurso, multidão, afluência. 4 lugar, local (de diversão, de férias, de veraneio). 5 recurso, refúgio. 6 recanto. • vt 1 ir, dirigir-se a, freqüentar. 2 recorrer, lançar mão, valer-se de. as a last resort como último recurso. seaside resort estância balneária. to resort to recorrer a, apelar a. water resort estância hidromineral. without resort to force sem empregar força ou violência.

1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) lar

2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) pátria

3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) lar

4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) lar

5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa

1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) caseiro

2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) local

3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) em casa

1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) em/para casa

2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) completamente

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- homeless

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[houm] n 1 lar, residência, casa, moradia. 2 família. 3 pátria, origem, cidade ou terra natal. • vt+vi 1 ir para casa. 2 retornar. 3 ter lar, residir, morar. 4 prover com lar ou residência. • adj 1 caseiro, doméstico, familiar. 2 nativo, nacional. 3 expressivo, que atinge ou alcança seu objetivo. • adv 1 para casa, rumo à pátria, de retorno. 2 em casa. 3 exatamente, a propósito. 4 profundamente. at home a) em casa. b) na pátria. c) à vontade. make yourself at home / esteja à vontade. away from home ausente, fora de casa. he is expected home ele está sendo esperado em casa. I’ll see you home levarei você para casa. not at home ausente, fora de casa. nothing to write home about nada de importante. that comes home to you! isto atinge você! the return home a volta para casa. to be at home in a subject ser versado em um assunto. to bring the crime home to apresentar as provas do crime a. to go home fig morrer. to pay home pagar na mesma moeda. to strike home acertar o golpe.

1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) lar, casa

2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) pátria

3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) asilo, abrigo

4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) lar

5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) casa

1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) doméstico

2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) local

3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) da casa

1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) para casa, em casa

2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) diretamente

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- homeless

1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) cor

2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) tinta

3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) cor

4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) cor

- coloured

- colourful

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[k'∧lə] n 1 cor, colorido. 2 tinta, corante, pigmento. 3 vermelhão, rubor do rosto. 4 pretexto, disfarce. 5 plausibilidade, aparência de autenticidade. 6 cor da pele das raças que não são brancas. 7 aparência, aspecto. 8 detalhe realístico, vida. 9 caráter, feição. they showed their colours / revelaram suas intenções, mostraram quem realmente eram. he showed his true colours / fig ele mostrou seu verdadeiro caráter. 10 vivacidade, brilho, ânimo. his sincerity gives colour to all he does / sua sinceridade caracteriza todos os seus atos. 11 matiz, tonalidade. 12 Mus timbre, som. 13 colours cores, emblema, estandarte, bandeira. 14 Mil insígnia militar. 15 colours cor política, partido. • vt+vi 1 pintar, tingir, corar, colorir, dar cor a. 2 corar, mudar de cor, enrubescer. 3 fig corar, disfarçar, alterar, paliar, desculpar. 4 dar determinado aspecto a. 5 caracterizar. his prejudices coloured his facts / seus preconceitos manifestaram-se em seu relato. • adj em cores, de cor. body colour tinta opaca. complementary colour cor complementar. composite colours cores mistas. fast colours cores firmes. filling colour massa colorida para preparar a superfície a ser pintada. fundamental colours cores básicas. glaring colours cores berrantes. local colour colorido ou aspecto local. off colour coll exausto, esgotado, indisposto. painted in his true colours mostrado em seu verdadeiro aspecto. play of colours variação de cores. primary colours cores primárias. service with the colours serviço militar. to call to the colours convocar para o serviço militar. to change colour mudar de cor (pessoa), ficar pálido (ou vermelho). to come off with flying colours sair vitorioso. to give false colour to distorcer os fatos. to give/ lend colour to dar aparência de verdade a. to have a colour ter aspecto sadio, ter boa cor. to have a high colour estar corado. to hoist the colours hastear a bandeira. to join the colours alistar-se. to lose colour ficar pálido. to lower the colours a) baixar a bandeira. b) fig ceder, dobrar-se. to mail one’s colours to the mast manter-se firme em sua decisão. to sail under false colours fig agir com falsidade. to stick to one’s colours ser fiel à causa. trooping the colours desfile de bandeiras. under colour of sob o pretexto de. with flying colours com grande sucesso.

1) (an agreement to meet someone somewhere: They had made a rendezvous to meet at midnight.) compromisso

2) (the place where such a meeting is to be: The park was the lovers' usual rendezvous.) ponto de encontro

3) (the meeting itself: The rendezvous took place at midnight.) encontro amoroso

4) (a place where a certain group of people meet or go regularly: This pub is the rendezvous for the local artists and poets.) local de encontro

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[r'ɔndivu:] n Fr 1 encontro em hora e lugar marcado. 2 lugar de encontro. 3 reunião. • vt+vi encontrar-se em hora e lugar marcado, reunir-se.

1) (a heavy stick etc used as a weapon.) maça

2) (a bat or stick used in certain games (especially golf): Which club will you use?) taco

3) (a number of people meeting for study, pleasure, games etc: the local tennis club.) clube

4) (the place where these people meet: He goes to the club every Friday.) clube

5) (one of the playing-cards of the suit clubs.) paus

- clubs

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[kl∧b] n 1 cacete, porrete, cassetete, clava, maça. 2 Sport taco. 3 clube, grêmio, sociedade. 4 Gambling (geralmente clubs) naipe de paus, paus. king of clubs / rei de paus. clubs are trump / naipe de paus é trunfo. • vt+vi 1 bater, abater, golpear com porrete, esbordoar, cacetar, maçar. 2 unir(-se), reunir(-se), associar-se. 3 voltar o fuzil com a coronha para cima. • adj de ou relativo a clube. at the club no clube. Indian club exercise ginástica com clavas de madeira. Indian clubs maças de madeira usadas em ginástica. Jean is in the club sl Jean está esperando bebê (diz-se de mulher solteira). to club the musket dar coronhada. to club together 1 unir-se, juntar-se. 2 cotizar-se, subscrever dinheiro. to join the club Brit sl estar na mesma situação.

1) (a group of people formed in order to advise etc: The King formed a council of wise men; the Council for Recreation.) conselho

2) (in the United Kingdom, a body of people elected to control the workings of local government in a county, region, district etc.) câmara municipal

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- councillor

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[k'aunsəl] n 1 conselho, assembléia, reunião, conferência. 2 conselho ou junta administrativa de uma cidade. 3 concílio, assembléia eclesiástica. cabinet council conselho de ministros. common council conselho municipal. council of education conselho escolar. council of ministers n conselho de ministros. Council of War conselho de guerra.

1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) modelo

2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) modelo

3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) modelo

4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) modelo

5) (something that can be used to copy from.) modelo

6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) modelo

1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) passar modelos

2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) fazer de modelo

3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelar

4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) modelar

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- modelling

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[m'ɔdəl] n 1 modelo, molde. 2 maqueta. 3 figurino. 4 exemplo. 5 padrão. • vt+vi 1 modelar, moldar. 2 exibir. • adj modelar, perfeito, ideal.

1) (a heavy stick etc used as a weapon.) bastão

2) (a bat or stick used in certain games (especially golf): Which club will you use?) taco

3) (a number of people meeting for study, pleasure, games etc: the local tennis club.) clube

4) (the place where these people meet: He goes to the club every Friday.) clube

5) (one of the playing-cards of the suit clubs.) carta de paus

- clubs

1) (a group of people formed in order to advise etc: The King formed a council of wise men; the Council for Recreation.) conselho

2) (in the United Kingdom, a body of people elected to control the workings of local government in a county, region, district etc.) câmara, assembléia

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- councillor

1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) modelo

2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) modelo

3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) modelo, manequim

4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) modelo

5) (something that can be used to copy from.) modelo

6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) modelo

1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) desfilar modelos

2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) posar

3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelar

4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) modelar

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- modelling

- as a last resort

1) (an attack made in this way.) emboscada

2) (the group of people making the attack.) emboscada

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['æmbuʃ] n 1 emboscada, tocaia, espreita. 2 soldados ou inimigos escondidos para um ataque de surpresa. 3 local da emboscada. • vt+vi 1 atacar de tocaia, assaltar. 2 espreitar o inimigo. 3 esconder soldados para um ataque de surpresa, armar emboscada.

- arbitrarily

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['a:bitrəri] adj 1 arbitral, baseado em decisão de árbitros, arbitrativo. 2 arbitrário. 3 à vontade, caprichoso. 4 despótico, tirânico.

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[end'emik] n Med endemia: doença endêmica. • adj endêmico, regional.

1) (to be in control or charge of: My lawyer manages all my legal affairs / money.) tratar de

2) (to be manager of: James manages the local football team.) treinar

3) (to deal with, or control: She's good at managing people.) lidar com

4) (to be able to do something; to succeed or cope: Will you manage to repair your bicycle?; Can you manage (to eat) some more meat?) conseguir

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- manageable

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[m'ænidʒ] n 1 arte de treinar e montar cavalos. 2 escola de equitação. • vt+vi 1 administrar, dirigir, conduzir. 2 orientar. 3 controlar. 4 manejar, manobrar, lidar.

1) (a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event: a circus parade.) desfile

2) (an arrangement of soldiers in a particular order: The troops are on parade.) parada

1) (to march in a line moving forward in order: They paraded through the town.) desfilar

2) (to arrange soldiers in order: The colonel paraded his soldiers.) fazer desfilar

3) (to show or display in an obvious way: She paraded her new clothes in front of her friends.) exibir

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[pər'eid] n 1 pompa, ostentação, exibição. 2 parada, desfile. 3 revista de tropas. 4 local para desfiles. 5 multidão de passeantes. 6 cortejo, passeata. • vt+vi 1 ostentar. 2 desfilar. 3 passar em revista. 4 exibir-se, pavonear-se. 5 formar para desfile. hit parade parada de sucesso. on parade em exposição. to parade the streets passar pelas ruas em desfile.

1) (an election: They organized a poll to elect a president.) eleição

2) (the number of votes: There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes).) votação

3) ((also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions.) sondagem

- polling-booth

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[poul] n 1 pesquisa de opinião pública. 2 número total de votos. 3 apuração de votos. 4 lista eleitoral. 5 local eleitoral. • vt 1 receber votos, ser votado. he polled 100,000 votes / ele recebeu 100.000 votos. 2 votar. 3 inscrever eleitores. 4 apurar votos. 5 cortar, aparar. to be at the head of the poll encabeçar a votação. to go to the poll ir votar. heavy (light) poll alta (baixa) percentagem de votantes.

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small fry

[sm'ɔ:l frai] n pl 1 crianças, seres novos ou pequenos. 2 peixes pequenos. 3 pessoas ou coisas não-importantes.

1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) estar de pé

2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) pôr-se de pé

3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) permanecer

4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) manter-se em vigor

5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) encontrar-se

6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) estar

7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) candidatar-se

8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) colocar

9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) sofrer

10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) pagar

1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) posição

2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) suporte

3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) quiosque

4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) arquibancada

5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) barra das testemunhas

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- take the stand

1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) duração

2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) prestígio

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- stand-by

- stand-in

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[stænd] n 1 parada, pausa, descanso. 2 resistência, defesa. 3 lugar, posto, posição, estação, ponto. 4 plataforma, tribuna, estrado. 5 andaime, suporte, estante. 6 estande: recinto reservado a cada participante de uma exposição. 7 barraca, tenda, banca (de jornais e revistas). 8 grupo de árvores ou plantas. 9 coll loja, local de negócio. 10 Amer banco onde as testemunhas depõem. 11 arquibancada. 12 descanso, suporte. 13 pé, pedestal. • vt+vi (ps, pp stood) 1 estar em pé. 2 ter certa altura quando em pé, medir. 3 levantar, ficar em pé. 4 estar situado ou localizado, encontrar-se. 5 colocar, encostar, pôr em pé. don’t stand the umbrella against the table! / não encoste o guarda-chuva na mesa! 6 estar colocado, ocupar certo lugar ou cargo. 7 manter em certa posição. 8 sustentar. 9 estar, ser, encontrar-se. 10 continuar, permanecer, resistir, oferecer resistência. 11 tolerar, agüentar. I can’t stand him / não o posso tolerar. I can’t stand it any longer / não agüento mais isso. I can’t stand it / não tolero isso. there is no standing her stupidity / ninguém agüenta sua estupidez. 12 juntar-se, acumular-se. 13 durar. 14 sofrer, submeter-se, suportar. 15 custear, pagar. it stands me in eight dollars / coll isso me custa oito dólares. I’ll stand you a bottle / pago-lhe uma garrafa, convido-o para tomar um drinque. 16 manter um certo rumo. 17 parar, paralisar, ficar parado, estagnar. 18 valer, estar em vigor. 19 candidatar-se. he stands for Parliament / ele é candidato ao parlamento. 20 coll dar ou pagar conforme o trato. as it stands, as the case stands, as matters stand como estão as coisas, pela situação atual. and there it stands! basta! está encerrado o assunto! he stands no nonsense com ele não se brinca. he stands out like a sore thumb Amer sl ele chama a atenção (de maneira desagradável). how do we stand? como estamos? qual é a situação? it stands at that (cost) price o preço de custo é este. it stands to reason é plausível, evidente, razoável. stand off! saia de perto! vá embora! stand or fall vitória ou morte! the thermometer stands at 35° o termômetro marca 35°. the things I stand up in o que tenho no corpo (roupa). to be at a stand estar parado, estar perplexo, estar em dúvida, indeciso. to come to a stand chegar a um impasse. to make a stand parar, resistir, oferecer resistência, opor-se. to make a stand for something insistir em alguma coisa, responder por alguma coisa. to take a firm stand ocupar uma posição firme. to take one’s stand tomar posição, colocar-se. to take the stand Jur depor. to stand about ficar à toa, rodear. to stand against oferecer resistência, destacar-se de. to stand a good chance ter boas probabilidades. to stand a comparison poder enfrentar uma comparação. to stand alone estar sozinho, estar sem auxílio, estar em posição isolada. to stand aloof manter-se de lado, afastar-se. to stand aside sair ao caminho, ficar de lado. to stand at attention Mil tomar sentido. to stand back afastar-se, recuar. to stand between estar no caminho, estar no meio. to stand by estar presente, estar ao lado, assistir, estar de prontidão, manter (palavra). to stand by a thing defender uma coisa. to stand by one through thick and thin prestar assistência a outrem em qualquer vicissitude. to stand by one’s word manter sua palavra. to stand by someone assistir alguém, acudir. to stand condemned estar condenado. to stand corrected conformar-se com a pena, reconhecer seu erro. to stand down a) abdicar (em favor de outrem). b) Brit dar baixa (soldados). c) deixar o banco de testemunhas. to stand fast resistir, não ceder. to stand fire resistir à prova (suportar o fogo do inimigo). to stand first ser o primeiro, estar em primeiro lugar. to stand for a) significar, querer dizer. b) pretender. c) ter rumo para, velejar para. d) auxiliar. e) ser responsável por, representar. to stand forth mostrar-se, salientar-se. to stand from Naut vir de, ter rumo de, velejar de. to stand gaping ficar de boca aberta, boquiaberto. to stand godfather (to) ser padrinho (de). to stand good ter valor, estar válido. to stand high ter bom nome, ter boa fama. to stand in a) Naut velejar em direção à terra. b) substituir alguém (serviço). to stand in awe ter temor de. to stand in fear ter medo de. to stand in line ficar na fila. to stand in need of ter necessidade de, precisar. to stand in someone’s way estar no caminho de alguém, atrapalhar alguém, impedir alguém. to stand off ficar de lado, afastar-se, retroceder, retrair-se, recusar-se, protelar (pagamento), Naut ficar ao largo. to stand off from Naut afastar-se de. to stand on basear-se em alguma coisa, contar com alguma coisa. to stand on ceremony fazer cerimônias. to stand on end estar em pé (cabelos). to stand one’s ground manter-se, defender-se, ficar firme, não ceder. to stand on one’s dignity fazer questão da sua dignidade. to stand on one’s head ficar de ponta-cabeça, ficar de pernas para o ar. to stand one’s tackling manter seu ponto de vista. to stand on one’s right insistir em seu direito. to stand on your own two feet ser independente, ser auto-suficiente, andar com as próprias pernas. to stand out salientar-se, distinguir-se, sobressair, resistir, não ceder. to stand out for insistir em. to stand over ficar, sobrar, ficar em atraso, adiar, protelar. to stand pat Amer a) conformar-se, opor-se a mudanças. b) Game não pedir cartas, passar. to stand ready to prontificar-se, dispor-se a. to stand security dar fiança, garantir. to stand someone friend mostrar-se amigo para alguém. to stand someone up faltar a um encontro. to stand something on its head mudar de repente, virar de pernas para o ar. to stand still imobilizar-se, ficar parado. to stand the test (ou a trial) passar a prova. to stand to a) permanecer, manter. b) aderir a. c) apoiar, defender. she stood to him / ela o defendeu. to stand trial ser submetido a julgamento. to stand up a) levantar-se. b) Amer decepcionar, abandonar, deixar na mão. to stand up against levantar-se contra, rebelar-se, lutar contra. to stand up for defender, apoiar, tomar o partido de. to stand upon insistir em, basear-se em. to stand upon one’s guard tomar cuidado, precaver-se. to stand up to encarar, enfrentar. to stand well with dar-se bem com, ter amizade com. what stand do you take? qual é a sua opinião?