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  • 1 Lower House

    Low.er House
    [louə h'aus] n Brit Câmara dos Comuns.

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  • 2 the (House of) Commons

    (the lower house of the British parliament.) Câmara dos Comuns

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  • 3 the (House of) Commons

    (the lower house of the British parliament.) Câmara dos Comuns

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  • 4 the (House of) Commons

    (the lower house of the British parliament.) Câmara dos Comuns

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  • 5 the (House of) Commons

    (the lower house of the British parliament.) Câmara dos Comuns

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  • 6 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) para baixo
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) no chão
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) através do tempo
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) para baixo
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) para o sul
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) a descer
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) para baixo
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) ao longo de
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) emborcar
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) penugem
    - downy
    * * *
    [daun] n 1 duna. 2 terreno elevado e colinoso coberto de relva no sul da Inglaterra, usado como pastagem, colinas perto do mar no norte e no sul da Inglaterra ( the Downs), enseada entre os promontórios no norte e no sul da Inglaterra. 3 penugem, penas, pêlos ou cabelos que primeiro nascem, buço, cotão, lanugem, frouxel. 4 qualquer substância fofa, macia ou felpuda. 5 pêlo nas cascas de plantas ou frutas. 6 movimento em declive, descida. 7 revés de fortuna (especialmente no plural). 8 sl desconfiança. • vt+vi coll abaixar, abater, sujeitar, derrubar, dominar, humilhar, descer, descender, engolir rapidamente. • adj 1 abatido, desanimado, descoroçoado, deprimido. I may be down but not out / nem tudo está perdido. 2 em estado ou condição inferior. 3 em declive. 4 doente, adoentado. he is down with the flu / ele tem gripe. 5 Amer terminado. 6 Comp fora do ar, inoperante. • adv 1 abaixo, para baixo, em descida, em declive. 2 em decadência. 3 em posição deitada no chão. 4 abaixo do horizonte. 5 no ponto inferior, ao mais baixo grau. 6 do norte ao sul. 7 de origem, propriedade ou época anterior. 8 a uma quantia inferior, a um preço reduzido. 9 em estado de sujeição, depressão, desgraça ou perigo. 10 efetivamente, realmente, com atenção, com aplicação. 11 por escrito, no papel, em preto no branco. 12 à vista, contra entrega. 13 Naut a sotavento. 14 seguindo a corrente. 15 em estado mais calmo, menos intenso. 16 em mau estado físico. • prep abaixo, para baixo, em declive, ao longo de, em direção inferior. • interj abaixo! deita! senta! the ups and downs at life as vicissitudes da vida. down and out totalmente desprovido, privado de recursos, arruinado, liquidado, vencido. down at heel maltrapilho, descuidado no traje. down for em uma lista de espera. down for Tuesday anunciado para terça-feira. down from town afastado da cidade. down in the country no campo, no interior. down in the mouth descoroçoado, desalentado, desanimado. down on zangado ou aborrecido com. down on one’s knees de joelhos. down on one’s luck necessitado de dinheiro, pronto. down the centuries no correr dos séculos. down the river pelo rio abaixo, seguindo a corrente. down the wind a sotavento. down to hell! vá para o inferno! down to the ground coll completamente. down with him! derriba-o! deita-o abaixo! he is down upon his luck ele está sem sorte. he was tracked down at last finalmente ele foi achado. the sun is down o sol se pôs. the thermometer is down by five degrees o termômetro desceu 5 graus. the wind is down cessou o vento. to bear down, to beat down Naut pôr-se a barlavento. to be down on ser severo, rude com alguém, tratar mal, falar rudemente a alguém. to bend down curvar-se. to calm down acalmar. to clean the house down limpar a casa toda. to come down vir abaixo, descer, fig baixar, abater-se, ceder, cair na miséria. to come down with cair de cama com. to down tools fazer greve. to fly down aterrissar, descer voando, voar para. to get down 1 apear, descer. 2 engolir, tragar alguma coisa. to get down to business ir ao que interessa, ir direto ao assunto. to get down to work trabalhar com afinco. to go down 1 afundar, soçobrar. 2 deixar a universidade para as férias ou no fim do trimestre. 3 baixar (o preço). 4 acalmar-se (o vento). to have a down on coll guardar rancor a. to hunt down = link=%20to%20ride%20down to ride down. to kneel down ajoelhar-se. to knock down atropelar. to let someone down 1 humilhar. 2 deixar ao desamparo, abandonar alguém. to lie down deitar-se. to pay cash down pagar à vista. to put a down on sl dar informações sobre, delatar, denunciar. to put down 1 depor. 2 assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. to ride down 1 alcançar perseguindo. 2 forçar, escaramuçar, atropelar. to send down expulsar ou suspender um estudante. to set down 1 assentar por escrito, notar. 2 mencionar, citar. 3 resolver. 4 registrar. to shout down fazer calar mediante gritos. to sit down sentar-se. to step down descer. to stoop down abaixar-se. to take down 1 assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. 2 pôr abaixo, deitar abaixo. to turn down the radio diminuir o volume do rádio. to write down assentar por escrito, notar, registrar. up and down aqui e acolá, de lá para cá, para baixo e para cima, por toda parte. upside down de cabeça para baixo, ao revés, às avessas.

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  • 7 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) para baixo
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) no chão
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) sob controle
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) para baixo
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) para o sul
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) abaixo
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) para baixo
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) ao longo de
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) tragar
    - downwards - downward - down-and-out - down-at-heel - downcast - downfall - downgrade - downhearted - downhill - downhill racing - downhill skiing - down-in-the-mouth - down payment - downpour - downright 4. adjective - downstream - down-to-earth - downtown - downtown - down-trodden - be/go down with - down on one's luck - down tools - down with - get down to - suit someone down to the ground - suit down to the ground II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) penugem
    - downy

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  • 8 flat

    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) raso
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) aborrecido
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) completo
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vazio
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) choco
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) desafinado
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) estendido
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) apartamento
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) plano
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) baixio
    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out
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    flat1
    [flæt] n 1 superfície plana, horizontal, achatada ou nivelada. 2 planície, plano, campo raso, terreno plano ou nivelado. 3 baixo, baixio, pântano. 4 Mus bemol. 5 simplório, otário, papalvo. • adj 1 liso, plano, raso, chato, sem relevo, nivelado, horizontal. 2 estirado, estendido, rente, arrasado. 3 raso, pouco fundo, achatado. 4 vazio, furado. 5 plano, claro. 6 chato, maçante, monótono, trivial, vulgar, insípido. 7 Mus bemol, abemolado. • adv 1 horizontalmente, de modo plano, chato. 2 positivamente, redondamente, planamente. 3 completamente, exatamente. 4 insipidamente. a flat lie mentira manifesta. flat against the wall encostado à parede. flat on the ground rente ao chão. he fell flat on the ground ele espatifou-se no chão. I must lay my clothes flat tenho de dobrar minha roupa. it fell flat fig isso malogrou. to go flat ficar choco (bebida), perder o gás. to lay flat arrasar, destruir.
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    flat2
    [flæt] n apartamento, andar, pavimento.

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  • 9 flat

    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plano, raso
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) monótono, chato
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) categórico
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vazio
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) choco
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) abemolado
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) horizontalmente
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) apartamento
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) superfície plana, palma
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) baixio
    - flatten - flat rate - flat out

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  • 10 foot

    [fut]
    plural - feet; noun
    1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.)
    2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) sopé
    3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.)
    - football
    - foothill
    - foothold
    - footlight
    - footman
    - footmark
    - footnote
    - footpath
    - footprint
    - footsore
    - footstep
    - footwear
    - follow in someone's footsteps
    - foot the bill
    - on foot
    - put one's foot down
    - put one's foot in it
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    [fut] n (pl feet) 1 pé. 2 base, suporte. 3 sopé, fundo, rodapé. 4 margem inferior (de uma página). 5 o último de uma série. 6 pé: medida de comprimento equivalente a doze polegadas ou 30,48 cm. 7 garra, pata, perna. 8 Poet pé: divisão de um verso. 9 Mil gente de pé, infantaria, soldados de infantaria. • vt+vi 1 pôr novo pé em. 2 andar a pé, caminhar, atravessar a pé, pisar cadenciadamente, ir a pé. 3 dançar. 4 somar, adicionar. a foot in both camps em cima do muro, não se decidir por nenhum dos lados. at his feet aos pés dele. at the foot ao pé (da página). at the foot of the hill no sopé da colina. foot by foot pé ante pé, passo a passo, devagar, cautelosamente. from head to foot dos pés à cabeça. he never puts a foot wrong ele nunca erra. he put his foot on the floor coll, Auto ele acelerou a marcha. he shall not set foot in my house ele não há de entrar na minha casa, ele não há de pôr os pés na minha casa. light/ swift of foot ligeiro de pés. on foot a pé, em pé, em movimento, em andamento, em obra, em projeto, em vias de conclusão. on one’s feet em pé, de pé, fig de boa saúde, próspero, florescente. six foot/ feet five seis pés e cinco polegadas. the first, the first regiment of foot regimento de infantaria n<U>o</U> 1. they helped him to his feet eles ajudaram-no a levantar-se. to carry someone off one’s feet entusiasmar, empolgar alguém. to drag one’s foot fazer corpo mole, ser deliberadamente lerdo em tomar uma decisão. to find one’s foot sentir-se confiante. to foot it coll dançar, caminhar, correr. to foot up somar. to get/ have cold feet acovardar-se. to go on foot andar a pé. to have one foot in the grave estar com um pé na sepultura, estar com os pés na cova. to keep one’s feet/ footing manter-se em pé, não cair. to know the length of s. o.’s foot conhecer alguém muito bem, conhecer o fraco de alguém. to put one’s best foot forward coll a) andar o mais rápido possível. b) esmerar-se, fazer o melhor possível. c) apresentar boa aparência para causar boa impressão. to put one’s foot down agir firme e decididamente, bater o pé, ser enérgico, porfiar. to put one’s foot in it meter os pés pelas mãos. to put one’s foot in one’s mouth falar o que não deve, falar bobagem, fig dar um fora. to set foot in meter ou pôr o pé em alguma parte, introduzir-se. to set on foot iniciar, dar o primeiro impulso, pôr em obra, lançar, pôr em movimento. to show the cloven foot revelar má índole. to stand on one’s own two feet ser independente, ser dono do seu nariz. to start off on the right/ left foot começar com o pé direito/esquerdo. to sweep off one’s feet entusiasmar-se, apaixonar-se. to tread under foot pisar, calcar aos pés. two feet long dois pés de comprimento. under foot no meio do caminho.

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  • 11 gut

    1. noun
    1) (the tube in the lower part of the body through which food passes.) intestino
    2) (a strong thread made from the gut of an animal, used for violin strings etc.) corda
    2. verb
    1) (to take the guts out of: Her job was to gut fish.) estripar
    2) (to destroy completely, except for the outer frame: The fire gutted the house.) destruir
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    [g∧t] n 1 intestino, tripa. 2 guts fig pança como símbolo de glutonaria. 3 fio, corda feita de tripa. 4 (geralmente guts) sl coragem. 5 guts entranhas, vísceras. 6 passagem estreita, estreito. 7 fig teor, substância. • vt 1 destripar. 2 devastar, esvaziar. blind gut apêndice. the book has no guts in it sl o livro não tem graça. to hate someone’s guts odiar, detestar alguém. to have had a gutful of estar farto de, Braz coll estar cheio de, estar por aqui com. to work, sweat or slog one’s guts out trabalhar muito, Braz coll dar o duro.

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  • 12 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    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 a mão
    4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contactar
    5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) estender-se
    2. noun
    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.) extensão
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    [ri:tʃ] n 1 distância que se pode alcançar ou atingir, alcance. 2 limite de alcance, extensão, distância. 3 escopo, desígnio. 4 ação de agarrar, apanhar, estender. 5 eixo de ligação. 6 braço (de rio) entre duas voltas. 7 poder, faculdade, capacidade. • vt+vi 1 alcançar, atingir, chegar a. he reached toward the door / moveu-se em direção à porta. I cannot reach the top of the wall / não alcanço a parte superior do muro. radio reaches millions / o rádio alcança milhões. the power of Rome reached to the end of the known world / o poder de Roma atingiu todos os recantos do mundo conhecido. 2 obter, conseguir. 3 estender(-se), estirar, passar, dar. will you reach me that book? / quer passar-me aquele livro? 4 apanhar, agarrar. he reached for his gun / apanhou, agarrou o seu revólver (espingarda). 5 penetrar. 6 tocar, influenciar, impressionar. men are reached by flattery / os homens são sensíveis à lisonja. 7 fazer esforços para. he reached after one of the prizes / ele se esforçou para obter um dos prêmios. 8 tornar-se acessível. as far as the eye can reach tão longe quanto a vista alcança. beyond reach fora de alcance. out of one’s reach fora de alcance. the reach of the mind o alcance, o poder das faculdades mentais. to reach for the rope estender o braço para apanhar a corda. to reach forth /out one’s hand estender a mão. to reach into penetrar. to reach the end of a book chegar ao fim de um livro. to reach the heart tocar no coração. to reach to atingir, perfazer. within the reach of a gunshot à distância de um tiro de espingarda.

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  • 13 gut

    1. noun
    1) (the tube in the lower part of the body through which food passes.) intestino
    2) (a strong thread made from the gut of an animal, used for violin strings etc.) corda de tripa
    2. verb
    1) (to take the guts out of: Her job was to gut fish.) destripar
    2) (to destroy completely, except for the outer frame: The fire gutted the house.) destruir o que está dentro

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  • 14 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    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)
    2. noun
    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

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