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1 make-shift
improvisadoEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > make-shift
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2 can you make shift without her?
can you make shift without her?você consegue arranjar-se sem ela?English-Portuguese dictionary > can you make shift without her?
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3 shift
[ʃift] 1. verb1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) mudar2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) transferir3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) tirar2. noun1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) mudança2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) turno3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) turno•- shiftlessness
- shifty
- shiftily
- shiftiness* * *shift1[ʃift] n 1 substituição, mudança, troca, alteração. 2 grupo, turma. 3 turno, horas de uma turma. 4 esquema, meio, truque, artifício, expediente. 5 troca de roupa. • vt+vi 1 mudar, alterar, cambiar, deslocar, variar. the scene now is shifted to Paris / o cenário agora muda para Paris. he shifted his ground / ele mudou seu ponto de vista. 2 ser desonesto. 3 arranjar-se, defender-se, recorrer a expedientes. don’t shift the blame on me / não ponha a culpa em mim. 4 livrar-se de. 5 mudar de posição, de curso, de direção, Auto mudar de marcha. he shifted from one foot to the other / ele mudou de um pé para outro. 6 trocar a roupa. 7 usar de evasivas. can you make shift without her? você consegue arranjar-se sem ela? to shift off livrar-se de. to shift out Comp deslocar de saída, deslocar em esquema circular.————————shift2[ʃift] n Comp deslocamento. • vi deslocar. -
4 to make but a poor shift
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5 makeshift
adjective (temporary and usually of poor quality: a makeshift garden shed.)* * *make.shift[m'eikʃift] n 1 expediente. 2 paliativo. 3 substituto. • adj temporário, provisório. -
6 night
1) (the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) noite2) (the time of darkness: In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.) noite•- nightly- night-club
- nightdress
- nightgown
- nightfall
- nightmare
- nightmarish
- night-school
- night shift
- night-time
- night-watchman* * *[nait] n 1 noite, anoitecer. 2 escuridão, trevas. a night out uma noite em festa. at night, by night, during the night, in the night à ou de noite. good night! boa noite! to have a bad night dormir mal. to have a late night ir dormir tarde. to have an early night ir dormir cedo. to make a night at it passar uma noite em festa. to make a night of it sl fazer uma noitada, dar uma esticada. to night hoje à noite. -
7 poor
[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) fraco3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) coitado•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) doente* * *[puə] n the poor os pobres, indigentes. • adj 1 pobre: a) necessitado, indigente. b) escasso, parco. c) estéril, improdutivo. d) infeliz, desprotegido. 2 inferior, medíocre. 3 abatido, prostrado, fraco. 4 magro, mirrado. 5 desfavorável, insatisfatório. 6 deselegante, desalinhado. 7 ineficiente, deficiente. 8 insignificante. a poor meal uma parca refeição. poor fellow! pobre diabo! poor me! coitado de mim! to make a poor job of fazer algo pobremente. to make but a poor shift viver penosamente.
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make shift — ► make shift dated manage or contrive to do something. Main Entry: ↑shift … English terms dictionary
make|shift|y — «MAYK SHIHF tee», adjective. = makeshift. (Cf. ↑makeshift) … Useful english dictionary
make|shift — «MAYK SHIHFT», noun, adjective. –n. something made to use for a time instead of the right thing; temporary substitute: »When the electric lights went out, we used candles as a makeshift. Spools and buttons were the child s makeshifts for toys.… … Useful english dictionary
make shift — make do, manage to the best of one s ability … English contemporary dictionary
make shift — dated manage or contrive to do something. → shift … English new terms dictionary
To make shift — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To make shift — Shift Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
make shift — phrasal to manage with difficulty … New Collegiate Dictionary
make shift — phrasal : to try to get along or succeed under difficulties or with inferior means * * * do what one wants to do in spite of not having ideal conditions … Useful english dictionary
make·shift — /ˈmeıkˌʃıft/ adj : used as a usually rough and temporary replacement for something A large box served as a makeshift table … Useful english dictionary
shift — shift; shift·abil·i·ty; shift·able; shift·er; shift·ful; shift·i·ly; shift·i·ness; shift·less; shift·man; make·shift; blue·shift·ed; make·shift·ness; shift·less·ly; shift·less·ness; … English syllables
