make talk

noun (a talk intended to arouse enthusiasm, or to make people work harder, better etc: The director gave all the staff a pep-talk.) discurso animador

noun (a talk intended to arouse enthusiasm, or to make people work harder, better etc: The director gave all the staff a pep-talk.) discurso de incentivo

1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) falar

2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) falar

3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) falar

4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) dizer

5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) falar

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[spi:k] vt+vi (ps spoke, pp spoken) 1 dizer, articular. 2 falar, conversar. 3 fazer discurso, orar. 4 contar, declarar, exprimir, tornar conhecido. 5 exprimir (idéia), pronunciar, manifestar, comunicar. speak your mind / fale o que está pensando. 6 pedir, requerer, apelar. 7 conversar, falar (with, to com, a). 8 latir. he spoke up for me ele falou a meu favor. not to speak of sem mencionar, sem citar. not to speak of expenses / sem falar das despesas. nothing to speak of nada digno de menção. so to speak por assim dizer. speak up! fale! fale mais alto! that speaks well for him / isso fala a seu favor. to be spoken for estar prometido, estar reservado. to speak about falar sobre, tratar de, falar de. to speak for falar por alguém. he can speak for himself / ele mesmo pode falar. that speaks for itself / isso fala por si mesmo. to speak ill of somebody falar mal de alguém. she never speaks ill of anybody / ela nunca fala mal de ninguém. to speak on continuar falando. he spoke on the same subject / ele falou sobre o mesmo assunto. to speak out falar alto, falar à vontade, manifestar-se livremente, declarar, comunicar, esclarecer, falar francamente, dar opinião abertamente. to speak to a) dirigir-se a. b) coll admoestar. c) falar ao sentimento, atrair, interessar. to speak to someone falar com alguém. I should like to speak to you / gostaria de falar-lhe. to speak up a) falar alto. b) defender alguém, protestar. to speak well/ highly of somebody falar muito bem de alguém, elogiar. she speaks highly of him / ela fala dele em palavras elogiosas.

1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) falar

2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) falar, conversar

3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) falar

4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) dizer

5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) falar

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- speaker

1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) extremidade

2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) fim

3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) fim

4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) finalidade

5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) resto

- ending

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[end] n 1 fim: a) termo, conclusão. at the end of May / em fins de maio. to the end of the earth / até o fim do mundo. to come to an end / chegar ao fim, terminar, finalizar. to come to a bad end / acabar mal. b) parada, terminal, ponto final. c) objetivo, finalidade. the end justifies the means / o fim justifica os meios. they fought to the bitter end / lutaram até ao fim. d) resultado, efeito, conseqüência. to what end? / para que fim? e) morte, destruição. f) resto, retalho, fragmento, sobra. g) Tech ponto, parte frontal. h) extremidade. 2 Amer Ftb jogador de ponta ou extrema. 3 uma das partes específicas de uma empresa ou negócio. • vt+vi 1 acabar, concluir, terminar. all’s well that ends well / tudo está bem quando acaba bem. he ended by eating the cake / ele acabou comendo o bolo. it ended in marriage / acabou em casamento. it ended in nothing / acabou em nada. Braz acabou em pizza. 2 finalizar, parar. 3 destruir, matar, morrer. 4 ser ou formar o fim. • adj final. at a loose end sem trabalho, desempregado, sem ocupação, sem rumo. from one end to the other do começo ao fim. he gained his end ele conseguiu o que almejava. his hair stands on end ele está de cabelo em pé (medo). I am at my wit’s end não sei mais o que fazer, estou desesperado. in the end no fim, finalmente. loose ends pontas soltas, pontos não resolvidos. no end of trouble um sem-número de preocupações. odds and ends bugigangas. she has it all at her fingers’ ends ela tem tudo na ponta da língua, sabe de cor e salteado. three days on end três dias consecutivos. to be at an end estar no fim. to be no end of a fool ser um tolo incorrigível. to be the thin end of the wedge ser apenas o começo. to get hold of the wrong end of the stick enganar-se redondamente. to go off the deep end fig perder as estribeiras, perder o autocontrole. to keep one’s end up não se deixar vencer, não perder o ânimo. to make an end of encerrar, pôr um termo. to make both ends meet viver de acordo com suas rendas, equilibrar o orçamento, conseguir chegar ao fim do mês. to no end em vão, inútil. to put an end to pôr fim. to rain for days on end chover durante dias a fio. to turn end over soçobrar.

1) (to talk indistinctly or foolishly: What are you babbling about now?) palrar

2) (to make a continuous and indistinct noise: The stream babbled over the pebbles.) rumorejar

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[b'æbəl] n 1 fala ininteligível. 2 conversa tola. 3 murmúrio. 4 linha cruzada ao telefone. • vt+vi 1 balbuciar. 2 exprimir-se confusamente. 3 falar demasiadamente.

1) (to talk indistinctly or foolishly: What are you babbling about now?) tagarelar

2) (to make a continuous and indistinct noise: The stream babbled over the pebbles.) murmurar

1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) fim, extremidade, último

2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) fim

3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) fim

4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) finalidade

5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) resto

- ending

- boastful

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[boust] n 1 jactância, ostentação, elogio de si próprio. 2 motivo de orgulho. 3 ensejo para orgulhar-se ou exultar. • vt+vi 1 jactar-se, gabar-se, vangloriar-se. 2 ser orgulhoso. 3 alardear, ostentar. 4 possuir algo que é motivo de orgulho. 5 ter, conter. this village boasts three shops / esta cidadezinha possui três lojas. it is not much to boast of não é grande coisa. to make (a) boast of gabar-se de.

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[boust] vt trabalhar, lavrar pedras, esculpir de modo grosseiro e preliminar.

1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) generalizar

2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) generalizar

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[dʒ'enərəlaiz] vt+vi 1 generalizar. 2 falar de modo geral. 3 vulgarizar, difundir. 4 tirar conclusões gerais.

1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) grunhir

2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) resmungar

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[gr∧nt] n 1 grunhido. 2 Ichth roncador: peixe da família dos Hemulídeos. • vt+vi 1 grunhir. 2 resmungar.

1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) perguntar

2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) pedir informações

3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) perguntar por

4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) perguntar por

5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) perguntar por

6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) investigar

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[inkw'aiə] vt+vi inquirir, perguntar (por), informar-se, indagar, investigar. he inquired the way / ele indagou o caminho. inquire within / entre e pergunte por mais detalhes. he inquired into the thing / ele investigou o assunto. to inquire after perguntar sobre. he inquired after my health / ele perguntou sobre o meu estado de saúde. he inquired after rare coins / ele perguntou por moedas raras. to inquire for a person pedir para ver alguém.

1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) partida

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) piada

1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) brincar

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) brincar

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- joker

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[dʒouk] n 1 chiste, gracejo, brincadeira, graça, pilhéria, troça. she cannot see a joke, she cannot take a joke / ela não gosta de gracejos, ela não é amiga de brincadeiras. I do not see the joke / não sei qual é a graça. 2 pândega, pagode, ridículo. • vt+vi 1 troçar, chacotear, gracejar, brincar, galhofar, pilheriar. you are joking / você não está falando sério, você está brincando. 2 ridicularizar, zombar. a practical joke peça, travessura, trote (telefone). in joke de brincadeira. it’s no joke é sério. to be/ go beyond a joke perder a graça, ficar preocupante. to tell a joke contar uma anedota.

1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) um

2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) um ano

1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.) aquele

2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.) uma pessoa

1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) um

2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) um ano

3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) unidos

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- one-

- all one

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[w∧n] n 1 um, uma. 2 o número um, unidade, o todo. • num 1 um, uma. 2 algum, alguma. 3 o mesmo, a mesma. 4 um certo, um tal. 5 só. 6 único. • pron 1 um, uma. 2 alguém, algum. all one o mesmo. any one, anyone qualquer um. a sly one um espertalhão. as one todos juntos, como um todo. at one de acordo. every one cada um. for one thing em primeiro lugar. I’am one for baseball gosto muito de beisebol. I for one eu por minha parte. it is all one to me para mim tanto faz. I’ve got a million and one things to do tenho mil e uma coisas para fazer. no one ninguém. of all the books this is the one I like most de todos os livros é este o que eu mais aprecio. one after another um de cada vez, um após o outro. one and all a) todos. b) todos juntos. one and only único. one and the same tudo a mesma coisa. one by one um por um. one can never tell nunca se pode dizer (saber). one for one cada um por si. one must work to live precisa-se trabalhar para viver. one of (a group) membro de (um grupo). one Oliveira um tal de Oliveira. one or two uns poucos. one with another na média geral. that one aquele, aquela. that’s a good one esta é boa (piada). the evil one o diabo. the little ones as crianças. this one este, esta. to be in one estar de acordo. to make one a) ser parte ou membro. b) unir-se em casamento. you have one up on him coll você leva vantagem sobre ele.

1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) relatório

2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) boato

3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) detonação

1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) comunicar

2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) denunciar

3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) participar

4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) apresentar-se

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[rip'ɔ:t] n 1 relatório (também Comp), informação, notícia. 2 rumor, boato. 3 reputação, fama. 4 estampido, detonação, estrondo. 5 resenha, descrição. • vt+vi 1 relatar, fazer relatório, informar, contar, noticiar, comunicar. 2 queixar-se, dar parte, denunciar. 3 apresentar-se, comparecer. 4 ressoar, repercutir. 5 trabalhar como repórter. as report has it segundo boatos. a yearly report relatório anual. he reported himself ele comunicou sua presença. it is reported dizem que. to report back trazer a informação, voltar com a informação. to report on informar a respeito de. school report boletim escolar.

1) (decay: The floorboards are affected by rot.) caruncho

2) (nonsense: Don't talk rot!) disparate

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[rɔt] n 1 podridão, putrefação, deterioração, decomposição. 2 coisa podre ou estragada. 3 qualquer das doenças parasitárias, especialmente das ovelhas, caracterizadas por sarna e emagrecimento: ronha, morrinha, distomatose hepática. 4 sl tolice, asneira, bobagem. • vt+vi 1 apodrecer, putrefazer, deteriorar, decompor, estragar. 2 decair, corromper, tornar-se corrupto, degenerar. 3 fazer apodrecer. 4 macerar (linho). 5 falar asneiras. • interj exclamação de desgosto, irritação: arre! irra! bolas!.

1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) generalizar

2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) generalizar

1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) generalizar

2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) generalizar

1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) generalizar

2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) generalizar

1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) grunhir

2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) rosnar