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  • 61 police

    [pə'li:s] 1. noun plural
    (the men and women whose job is to prevent crime, keep order, see that laws are obeyed etc: Call the police!; The police are investigating the matter; ( also adjective) the police force, a police officer.) polícia
    2. verb
    (to supply (a place) with police: We cannot police the whole area.) policiar
    - policeman
    - policewoman
    - police station
    * * *
    po.lice
    [pəl'i:s] n 1 polícia. 2 Amer qualquer grupo de pessoas incumbido de manter a ordem • vt 1 policiar. 2 manter a ordem.

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  • 62 precedence

    ['presidəns]
    noun ((the right of) going before in order of importance etc: This matter is urgent and should be given precedence over others at the moment.) precedência
    * * *
    prec.e.dence
    [pr'esidəns] n precedência: a) prioridade. b) primazia, superioridade. take/ have precedence over ter precedência sobre. the order of precedence hierarquia. we have precedence over him temos precedência sobre ele.

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  • 63 prime

    I 1. adjective
    1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) primeiro
    2) (best: in prime condition.) perfeito
    2. noun
    (the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) plenitude
    - primarily
    - primary colours
    - prime minister
    - prime number
    - prime time     3. adjective
    prime-time advertising.)
    II verb
    (to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.) preparar
    * * *
    prime1
    [praim] n 1 prima: a primeira das horas canônicas. 2 início, primórdio, aurora. 3 juventude, mocidade. 4 fig apogeu, auge, plenitude. 5 fig escol, nata. 6 Math número primo. 7 Math plica. 8 Math minuto. • adj 1 primitivo, primário, primordial. 2 principal, primeiro. 3 superior, excelente. 4 primário, fundamental. 5 Math primo. 6 Math marcado com plica. in her prime na flor da mocidade. of prime importance de capital importância. to be in the prime of life estar no vigor dos anos. to prime with information prover de informações.
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    prime2
    [praim] vt 1 escorvar (bomba hidráulica). 2 aprontar, preparar, aparelhar. 3 imprimir. 4 instruir, industriar. 5 munir, prover. 6 Math marcar com plica. 7 carregar arma de fogo.

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  • 64 private

    1. adjective
    1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privado
    2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) simples
    2. noun
    (in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) soldado raso
    - privately
    - private enterprise
    - private means
    - in private
    * * *
    pri.vate
    [pr'aivit] n soldado raso. • adj 1 particular, privado. he retired to private life / ele se recolheu à vida privada. 2 pessoal, individual. 3 secreto, confidencial. 4 retirado. in private secretamente, em particular. private member’s bill lei proposta por um membro do parlamento como indivíduo e não como membro do seu partido político.

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  • 65 problem

    ['probləm]
    1) (a difficulty; a matter about which it is difficult to decide what to do: Life is full of problems; ( also adjective) a problem child.) problema
    2) (a question to be answered or solved: mathematical problems.) problema
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    - problematic
    * * *
    prob.lem
    [pr'ɔbləm] n problema, questão, caso intricado, enigma, charada. it is a problem to me / constitui problema para mim. this sets me a problem / isso me coloca diante de um problema. we were brought up against the problem / vimo-nos diante do problema. • adj que constitui problema, que causa dificuldade. no problem sem problema.

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  • 66 pulp

    1. noun
    1) (the soft, fleshy part of a fruit.) polpa
    2) (a soft mass of other matter, eg of wood etc from which paper is made: wood-pulp.) pasta
    2. verb
    (to make into pulp: The fruit was pulped and bottled.) esmagar
    * * *
    [p∧lp] n 1 polpa: a) pasta, massa. b) parte carnosa de frutos ou talos. c) Anat tecido que se assemelha à polpa. 2 mistura usada para fabricação de papel. 3 revista impressa em papel barato, geralmente sensacionalista. 4 mistura de minério triturado e água. • vi 1 reduzir a polpa. 2 despolpar. 3 tornar-se polposo. dental pulp polpa dentária.

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  • 67 purchase

    ['pə: əs] 1. verb
    (to buy: I purchased a new house.) comprar
    2. noun
    1) (anything that has been bought: She carried her purchases home in a bag.) compra
    2) (the act of buying: The purchase of a car should never be a hasty matter.) compra
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    * * *
    pur.chase
    [p'ə:tʃəs] n 1 compra, aquisição: a) ato de comprar. b) coisa comprada. 2 ponto de apoio. • vt 1 comprar, adquirir. 2 obter, conseguir, granjear. 3 içar mediante emprego de talha, cabrestante, etc.

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  • 68 purgative

    ['pə:ɡətiv]
    noun, adjective ((a medicine) which clears waste matter out of the body.) purgante
    * * *
    pur.ga.tive
    [p'ə:gətiv] n purgante, purgativo, catártico, purga. • adj 1 purgante, purgativo, catártico. 2 purificativo, expiatório.

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  • 69 question

    ['kwes ən] 1. noun
    1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) questao
    2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) questao
    3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) questao
    4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) dúvida
    5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) possibilidade
    2. verb
    1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) perguntar
    2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) questionar
    •
    - questionably
    - questionableness
    - question mark
    - question-master
    - questionnaire
    - in question
    - out of the question
    * * *
    ques.tion
    [kw'estʃən] n 1 pergunta, questão. he did without question / ele o fez obedientemente, sem questionar. 2 inquérito, exame. 3 disputa, discussão, debate. 4 dúvida. I call it in question / tenho minhas dúvidas a respeito. 5 tese, assunto. • vt+vi 1 examinar, indagar, interrogar. 2 duvidar, desconfiar. 3 disputar, debater, altercar. at question questionável. beyond question sem dúvida. in question em questão, em consideração. it is a question of é uma questão de. out of question indubitavelmente, sem qualquer dúvida. question and answer column coluna em jornais e revistas que publica cartas de leitores e respostas da redação. that’s open to question isto é questão de opinião. the book in question o livro em questão. there is no question of doing it é impossível fazê-lo. to pop the question coll pedir em casamento.

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  • 70 record

    1. ['reko:d, -kəd, ]( American[) -kərd] noun
    1) (a written report of facts, events etc: historical records; I wish to keep a record of everything that is said at this meeting.) registo
    2) (a round flat piece of (usually black) plastic on which music etc is recorded: a record of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.) disco
    3) ((in races, games, or almost any activity) the best performance so far; something which has never yet been beaten: He holds the record for the 1,000 metres; The record for the high jump was broken/beaten this afternoon; He claimed to have eaten fifty sausages in a minute and asked if this was a record; ( also adjective) a record score.) recorde
    4) (the collected facts from the past of a person, institution etc: This school has a very poor record of success in exams; He has a criminal record.) história
    2. [rə'ko:d] verb
    1) (to write a description of (an event, facts etc) so that they can be read in the future: The decisions will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.) registar
    2) (to put (the sound of music, speech etc) on a record or tape so that it can be listened to in the future: I've recorded the whole concert; Don't make any noise when I'm recording.) gravar
    3) ((of a dial, instrument etc) to show (a figure etc) as a reading: The thermometer recorded 30°C yesterday.) registar
    4) (to give or show, especially in writing: to record one's vote in an election.) registar
    •
    - recording
    - record-player
    - in record time
    - off the record
    - on record
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    re.cord
    [r'ekɔ:d] n 1 registro, inscrição, anotação (também Comp). 2 ata, protocolo, relatório. 3 relação, crônica, história. 4 documento. 5 records cadastro, arquivo, anais. 6 memorial, informe. 7 ficha, folha corrida, folha de serviço ou antecedentes. 8 monumento, memória ou recordação. 9 testemunho, evidência. 10 Sport recorde. 11 disco de vinil. 12 reputação. • [rik'ɔ:d] vt+vi 1 registrar, assentar, inscrever, anotar. 2 protocolar. 3 recordar, lembrar, gravar na memória. 4 arquivar. 5 gravar em disco ou fita magnética. 6 testemunhar. a matter of record consenso geral, algo admitido publicamente. for the record publicamente, oficialmente. keeper of records arquivista. off the record confidencial. on record registrado, protocolado, conhecido publicamente. record of service Mil folha de serviço. speed record recorde de velocidade. to bear record of testemunhar. to beat/ break a record bater um recorde. to go on record expressar uma opinião publicamente. to put the record straight dirimir dúvida, corrigir erro.

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  • 71 scandal

    ['skændl]
    1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) escândalo
    2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) escândalo
    3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) mexerico
    •
    - scandalise
    - scandalous
    - scandalously
    * * *
    scan.dal
    [sk'ændəl] n 1 escândalo. 2 desgraça, desonra. 3 difamação, calúnia, mexerico. • vt 1 desonrar. 2 difamar. to raise a scandal fazer um escândalo.

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  • 72 sewage

    [-i‹]
    noun (waste matter (carried away in sewers).) despejos
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    sew.age
    [sj'u:idʒ] n água de esgoto.

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  • 73 shame

    [ʃeim] 1. noun
    1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) vergonha
    2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) vergonha
    3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) vergonha
    4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) pena
    2. verb
    1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) convencer por vergonha
    2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) envergonhar
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    - shamefully
    - shamefulness
    - shameless
    - shamelessly
    - shamelessness
    - shamefaced
    - put to shame
    - to my
    - his shame
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    [ʃeim] n 1 vergonha, humilhação, degradação. they put him to shame publicly / envergonharam-no em público. 2 desonra, ignomínia. he brought shame on them all / ele trouxe vergonha sobre todos eles. 3 causa de vergonha, causa de desgraça. it is a sin and a shame to leave him / é um pecado e uma vergonha abandoná-lo. he felt much shame at it / ele ficou muito envergonhado com isto. 4 pena, lástima. it is a shame that he leaves already / é pena que ele já vai. • vt 1 envergonhar, humilhar. they shamed him into telling the truth / envergonharam-no para forçá-lo a dizer a verdade. 2 trazer ou causar desonra. 3 estar envergonhado. what a shame! 1 que vergonha! 2 que pena! for shame! que vergonha!

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  • 74 shit

    [ʃit] 1. noun
    (an impolite or offensive word for the solid waste material that is passed out of the body.) merda
    2. verb
    (to pass waste matter from the body.) cagar
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    shit1
    [ʃit] n sl 1 bosta, merda, fezes. 2 porcaria. 3 diarréia. • vt cagar, evacuar. he is shiting himself / ele está se cagando (de medo). not to give a shit não se incomodar. I don’t give a shit / eu não dou a mínima. to beat, kick, knock the shit out of someone bater ou chutar violentamente alguém. to be in the shit sl estar na pior. he is in the shit / ele está na merda, na pior.
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    shit2
    [ʃit] n Amer sl algo muito bom, excelente.

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  • 75 significance

    [siɡ'nifikəns]
    noun (meaning or importance: a matter of great significance.) importância
    * * *
    sig.nif.i.cance
    [sign'if ikəns] n 1 importância, conseqüência. 2 significação, significado, sentido. 3 expressão. 4 implicação.

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  • 76 stuff

    I noun
    1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) substância
    2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) tralha
    3) (an old word for cloth.) pano
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    - that's the stuff! II verb
    1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) encher
    2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) rechear
    3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) embalsamar
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    - stuff up
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    [st∧f] n 1 material, matéria (prima). 2 tecido de lã. 3 coisa, coisas, substância. that is the sort of stuff I need / este é o tipo de coisa de que preciso. 4 pertences, bens. 5 traste, coisa inútil, bugiganga. 6 bobagem, tolice. 7 caráter, essência, natureza, qualidade, tipo. he has the stuff of a poet / ele tem jeito de poeta. 8 coll remédio, Amer narcótico. 9 habilidade, traquejo. • vt 1 encher, rechear, apertar, abarrotar. 2 parar, bloquear, obstruir, tapar. 3 empalhar. 4 estofar (móveis). 5 rechear (um assado). 6 forçar, empurrar, socar, engordar, empanturrar. 7 comer demasiadamente, empanzinar-se. 8 encher a cabeça. 9 vulg ter relações sexuais (com uma mulher). heavy stuff Mil fogo de artilharia. hot stuff fig coisa apimentada. stuff and nonsense bobagem, besteira. that’s the stuff! isto sim! assim sim! to do one’s stuff cumprir a sua parte, fazer o que se tem de fazer, mostrar a habilidade. to have the stuff ter habilidade, ter competência. to know one’s stuff entender do assunto, entender do seu ofício. to stuff into encher, apertar, estofar, forçar para dentro. to stuff oneself empanzinar-se, empanturrar-se. to stuff out empalhar. to stuff up tapar, tampar, fechar, bloquear, obstruir, entupir.

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  • 77 subject

    1. adjective
    ((of countries etc) not independent, but dominated by another power: subject nations.) dominado
    2. noun
    1) (a person who is under the rule of a monarch or a member of a country that has a monarchy etc: We are loyal subjects of the Queen; He is a British subject.) súbdito
    2) (someone or something that is talked about, written about etc: We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I've said all I can on that subject.) assunto
    3) (a branch of study or learning in school, university etc: He is taking exams in seven subjects; Mathematics is his best subject.) disciplina
    4) (a thing, person or circumstance suitable for, or requiring, a particular kind of treatment, reaction etc: I don't think her behaviour is a subject for laughter.) motivo
    5) (in English, the word(s) representing the person or thing that usually does the action shown by the verb, and with which the verb agrees: The cat sat on the mat; He hit her because she broke his toy; He was hit by the ball.) sujeito
    3. [səb'‹ekt] verb
    1) (to bring (a person, country etc) under control: They have subjected all the neighbouring states (to their rule).) submeter
    2) (to cause to suffer, or submit (to something): He was subjected to cruel treatment; These tyres are subjected to various tests before leaving the factory.) submeter
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    - subjective
    - subjectively
    - subject matter
    - change the subject
    - subject to
    * * *
    sub.ject
    [s'∧bdʒikt] n 1 assunto, tópico, tema, tese. let us change the subject / mudemos o assunto. 2 súdito, vassalo. 3 objeto, vítima. 4 Gram sujeito. 5 tema de melodia, em que se baseia uma composição musical. 6 objeto, motivo. 7 Schooling disciplina, matéria. 8 sujeito de experiência, cobaia. 9 substância, essência, substrato. 10 cadáver (para dissecção). • [səbdʒ'ekt] vt 1 subjugar, dominar, sujeitar. he is subject to asthma / ele está sujeito à asma. 2 submeter. he subjected himself to great danger / ele se expôs a um grande perigo. • adj 1 sujeito, sob o domínio de. 2 exposto. 3 com disposição ou tendência para. 4 dependente, condicionado a. a subject for pity um objeto de compaixão. subject to duty sujeito a taxas alfandegárias. subject to his approval dependente de sua aprovação. subject to reservations com reservas. subject to this com estas restrições. the subject under discussion o tema em discussão.

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  • 78 thick

    [Ɵik] 1. adjective
    1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) grosso
    2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) de grossura
    3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) grossa
    4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) espesso
    5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) denso
    6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) espesso
    7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!) estúpido
    2. noun
    (the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) espessura
    - thickness
    - thicken
    - thick-skinned
    - thick and fast
    - through thick and thin
    * * *
    [θik] n 1 grosso, parte mais grossa ou densa. 2 fig foco, centro. 3 sl pessoa tola, estúpida. • adj 1 gordo, grosso, de grossura. 2 denso, compacto. 3 abundante, numeroso. 4 cheio, coberto. the street is thick with dust / a rua está cheia de poeira. the table was thick with flies / a mesa estava coberta de moscas. 5 espesso, grosso, denso. 6 turvo. 7 coll estúpido, obtuso. • adv (também thickly) 1 densamente, espessamente. the snow fell thick / a neve caía em densos flocos. 2 intensamente, cerradamente. 3 abundantemente. the letters came thick and fast / choveram cartas. a bit thick um pouco exagerado. he is thick in the head sl ele é muito tapado. in the thick of the fight no meio da luta. through thick and thin fig por todas as dificuldades. two inches thick duas polegadas de grossura.

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  • 79 toilet

    ['toilit]
    ((a room containing) a receptacle for the body's waste matter, usually with a supply of water for washing this away; a lavatory: Do you want to go to the toilet?; Where is the ladies' toilet?; ( also adjective) a toilet seat.) casa de banho
    - toilet-roll
    - toilet-water
    * * *
    toi.let
    [t'ɔilit] n 1 banheiro. 2 privada. 3 toalete: a) toucador. b) ato de vestir-se, arrumar-se, de tomar banho. c) vestuário, roupa.

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  • 80 toss

    [tos] 1. verb
    1) (to throw into or through the air: She tossed the ball up into the air.) atirar ao ar
    2) ((often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side: She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.) dar voltas
    3) ((of a ship) to be thrown about: The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.) ser sacudido
    4) (to throw (a coin) into the air and decide a matter according to (a correct guess about) which side falls uppermost: They tossed a coin to decide which of them should go first.) jogar cara ou coroa
    2. noun
    (an act of tossing.) lançamento
    - win/lose the toss
    * * *
    [tɔs] n 1 lance, arremesso. 2 sacudida, agitação. 3 distância de um arremesso. 4 ação de atirar a cabeça para trás. • vt+vi 1 jogar para cima, lançar. 2 sacudir, abalar, agitar, balançar (especialmente navio). 3 levantar bruscamente, jogar, lançar (a cabeça) para trás. they tossed oars / levantaram os remos (como saudação). 4 agitar-se, debater-se. I tossed and turned all night / eu me debati na cama a noite inteira. 5 atirar uma moeda para o ar a fim de tirar a sorte. 6 mexer (uma salada). 7 misturar (molho em comida). 8 sl revistar buscando armas, drogas, etc. it’s a toss up whether... or... depende de sorte se... ou... not worth a toss não vale um tostão. to be tossed from post to pillar ser empurrado de cá para lá. to toss about jogar de cá para lá, agitar, agitar-se, sacudir-se. to toss it in sl entregar-se, render-se. to toss off a) fazer rapidamente. b) beber às pressas. c) vulg masturbar-se. to toss the hay virar o feno. to toss up tirar a sorte jogando uma moeda ao ar, jogo de cara ou coroa. to win the toss ganhar a sorte (no jogo de cara ou coroa).

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