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  • 1 cripple

    ['kripl] 1. verb
    1) (to make lame or disabled: He was crippled by a fall from a horse.) aleijar(-se)
    2) (to make less strong, less efficient etc: The war has crippled the country's economy.) danificar
    2. noun
    (a lame or disabled person: He's been a cripple since the car accident.) aleijado
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    crip.ple
    [kr'ipəl] n aleijado, estropiado, coxo, paralítico. • vt 1 mutilar, aleijar, estropiar. 2 incapacitar, enfraquecer.

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  • 2 cripple

    ['kripl] 1. verb
    1) (to make lame or disabled: He was crippled by a fall from a horse.) aleijar
    2) (to make less strong, less efficient etc: The war has crippled the country's economy.) danificar
    2. noun
    (a lame or disabled person: He's been a cripple since the car accident.) aleijado

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  • 3 damage

    ['dæmi‹] 1. noun
    1) (injury or hurt, especially to a thing: The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.) dano
    2) ((in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered: The court awarded him $5,000 damages.) compensação
    2. verb
    (to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil: The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.) danificar
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    da.ma.ge
    [d'æmidʒ] n 1 dano, prejuízo, perda, detrimento, avaria, estrago. 2 injúria, mal que se faz a alguém. 3 sl despesa, preço. • vt+vi 1 prejudicar, causar dano, prejuízo. 2 estragar-se, deteriorar-se. 3 receber indenização ou reparação. what is the damage? quanto devo? quanto custa?

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  • 4 damage

    ['dæmi‹] 1. noun
    1) (injury or hurt, especially to a thing: The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.) dano
    2) ((in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered: The court awarded him $5,000 damages.) indenização
    2. verb
    (to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil: The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.) danificar

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  • 5 depress

    [di'pres]
    1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) deprimir
    2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) abrandar
    •
    - depressing
    - depression
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    de.press
    [dipr'es] vt 1 deprimir, abater, humilhar, aviltar, entristecer, desalentar, desanimar. 2 debilitar, enfraquecer. 3 abaixar o preço, desvalorizar, diminuir a atividade, decrescer (negócios, etc.). 4 abaixar qualquer coisa empurrando-a para baixo, inclinar. 5 abaixar o tom, baixar o diapasão.

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  • 6 damp down

    1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) amortecer
    2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) abafar

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  • 7 damp down

    1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) abafar
    2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) diminuir

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  • 8 depress

    [di'pres]
    1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) deprimir
    2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) deprimir
    •
    - depressing - depression

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  • 9 allay

    [ə'lei]
    (to make less: He allayed her fears.) acalmar
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    al.lay
    [əl'ei] vt+vi 1 acalmar, tranqüilizar, aquietar. 2 aliviar, suavizar. 3 diminuir, atenuar, moderar.

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  • 10 blunt

    1. adjective
    1) ((of objects) having no point or sharp edge: a blunt knife.) rombudo
    2) ((of people) (sometimes unpleasantly) straightforward or frank in speech: She was very blunt, and said that she did not like him.) directo
    2. verb
    (to make less sharp: This knife has been blunted by years of use.) embotar
    - bluntness
    * * *
    [bl∧nt] n agulha rombuda. • vt+vi 1 ficar cego ou sem corte. 2 tornar cego (instrumento de corte). 3 moderar, abrandar. 4 entorpecer, enfraquecer. • adj 1 embotado, sem corte, cego. blunt cutting edge / gume cego. 2 brusco, abrupto, áspero. 3 obtuso, insensível, néscio. 4 franco, direto, objetivo. a blunt reply / uma resposta direta.

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  • 11 curtail

    [kə'teil]
    (make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended): I've had to curtail my visit.) encurtar
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    curt.ail
    [kə:t'eil] vt reduzir, cortar, restringir.

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  • 12 deaden

    verb (to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc: That will deaden the pain.) amortecer
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    dead.en
    [dedən] vt+vi 1 privar da vida, matar. 2 enfraquecer. 3 amortecer, abafar. 4 deslustrar. 5 insensibilizar, endurecer.

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  • 13 deter

    [di'tə:]
    past tense, past participle - deterred; verb
    (to make less willing or prevent by frightening: She was not deterred by his threats.) desencorajar
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    de.ter
    [dit'ə:] vt 1 descoroçoar, intimidar, atemorizar, dissuadir. 2 ( from) deter, impedir, embaraçar.

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  • 14 disarm

    1) (to take away weapons from: He crept up from behind and managed to disarm the gunman.) desarmar
    2) (to get rid of weapons of war: Not until peace was made did the victors consider it safe to disarm.) depor as armas
    3) (to make less hostile; to charm.) desarmar
    •
    - disarming
    - disarmingly
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    dis.arm
    [dis'a:m] vt+vi 1 desarmar, tirar o armamento, privar de armas, depor armas, desmantelar, desmilitarizar. 2 abrandar, aplacar, acalmar, mitigar, ceder. 3 baldar, frustrar.

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  • 15 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ajudar
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) ser útil
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (não poder) deixar de
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) auxiliar
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio
    •
    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out
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    [help] n 1 ajuda, auxílio. 2 medicamento, remédio. 3 alívio, socorro, amparo. 4 auxiliar, ajudante. • vt+vi 1 ajudar, assistir ( with com, in em). she helped me with the washing / ela ajudou-me a lavar a roupa. 2 socorrer, amparar. 3 remediar, medicar. 4 prevenir, evitar, impedir. it can’t be helped / não pode ser evitado. 5 deixar de fazer, abster-se. I cannot help laughing / não posso deixar de rir. he can’t help doing it / ele não consegue abster-se disto. 6 servir(-se) (à mesa). help yourself / sirva-se à vontade. by the help of com o auxílio de. more than one can help mais do que é necessário. she cannot help it ela não tem culpa. so help me God! Deus me ajude! there is no help for it não há remédio para isto. to help down a) ajudar a descer. b) fig contribuir para a ruína. to help forward ajudar, favorecer. to help into ajudar a entrar. to help off ajudar a partir, a livrar-se de. to help out a) ajudar a sair. b) sustentar. to help someone to conseguir alguma coisa para alguém.

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  • 16 impair

    [im'peə]
    (to damage, weaken or make less good: He was told that smoking would impair his health.) prejudicar
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    im.pair
    [imp'ɛə] vt 1 prejudicar. 2 enfraquecer. 3 diminuir, debilitar.

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  • 17 overshadow

    (to make less important especially by being much better than: With her beauty and wit she quite overshadowed her sister.) fazer sombra a
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    o.ver.shad.ow
    [ouvəʃ'ædou] vt 1 obscurecer, toldar. 2 fig ofuscar, eclipsar. 3 proteger, abrigar.

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  • 18 reduce

    [rə'dju:s]
    1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) reduzir
    2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) fazer dieta
    3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) reduzir
    •
    - reduction
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    re.duce
    [ridj'u:s] vt+vi 1 reduzir, diminuir, abreviar, contrair. 2 rebaixar, degradar. 3 fazer voltar ao estado ou posição original. 4 emagrecer. 5 submeter, subjugar. 6 converter (por exemplo, libras em dólares). 7 pôr em outra forma (da forma oral para a forma escrita). 8 Chem a) combinar com hidrogênio. b) tirar oxigênio. c) modificar um composto. 9 diluir, enfraquecer. 10 transformar, converter. in reduced circumstances Euphem empobrecido. to reduce someone to tears fazer alguém chorar. to reduce to ashes reduzir a cinzas. to reduce to nothing reduzir a nada. to reduce to poverty reduzir à pobreza. to reduce wood to pulp reduzir madeira a polpa.

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  • 19 restrict

    [rə'strikt]
    1) (to keep within certain limits: I try to restrict myself / my smoking to five cigarettes a day; Use of the car-park is restricted to senior staff.) limitar
    2) (to make less than usual, desirable etc: He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.) limitar
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    - restriction
    - restrictive
    * * *
    re.strict
    [ristr'ikt] vt restringir, limitar, confinar. we are restricted to precisamos limitar-nos a.

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  • 20 temper

    ['tempə] 1. noun
    1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) humor
    2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) génio
    3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) ataque de raiva
    2. verb
    1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) temperar
    2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) moderar
    •
    - keep one's temper
    - lose one's temper
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    tem.per
    [t'empə] n 1 têmpera, condição, disposição (mental). 2 calma, moderação, equilíbrio espiritual. she lost her temper / ela perdeu a calma. 3 humor. 4 constituição mental, temperamento. 5 dureza. 6 consistência, mistura. 7 estado, grau. • vt+vi 1 moderar, mitigar, diminuir. 2 temperar, ajustar. 3 endurecer, temperar (aço), recozer, rever, tornar maleável (ferro). 4 Mus afinar, temperar. a placid temper temperamento calmo. don’t try my temper! não me provoque! in a good ( bad) temper de bom (mau) humor. out of temper zangado, de mau humor. to keep one’s temper manter a calma. to show temper estar irritado.

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  • make less — index decrease, deduct (reduce), diminish, minimize, moderate (temper), reduce Burton s Legal Thesauru …   Law dictionary

  • make less concentrated — index dilute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less confusing — index elucidate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less extreme — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less friendly — index disaffect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less harsh — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less important — index demote Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less intense — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less rigorous — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less rough — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less serious — index extenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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