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41 among
1) (in the middle of: a house among the trees.) entre2) (in shares or parts to each person (in a group etc): Divide the chocolate amongst you.) entre* * *a.mong[əm'∧ŋ] prep 1 entre, no meio de, dentre. we are among friends / estamos entre amigos. we divided it among us / distribuímo-lo entre nós. they quarrelled among themselves / eles brigaram entre si. 2 em contato com, misturado com, juntamente com, associado a. we have a pound among us / todos juntos temos uma libra esterlina. 3 cercado de, por entre. 4 em confronto com, comparado a. among other things entre outras coisas. let’s do it among us vamos fazê-lo conjuntamente. -
42 amongst
1) (in the middle of: a house among the trees.) entre2) (in shares or parts to each person (in a group etc): Divide the chocolate amongst you.) entre* * *a.mongst[əm'∧ŋst] prep = link=among among. -
43 bang
[bæŋ] 1. noun1) (a sudden loud noise: The door shut with a bang.) estoiro2) (a blow or knock: a bang on the head from a falling branch.) pancada2. verb1) (to close with a sudden loud noise: He banged the door.) bater2) (to hit or strike violently, often making a loud noise: The child banged his drum; He banged the book down angrily on the table.) martelar3) (to make a sudden loud noise: We could hear the fireworks banging in the distance.) estoirar•- banger* * *bang1[bæŋ] n 1 pancada, estrondo, estrépito. it went off with a bang / explodiu com um estrondo. 2 golpe violento e barulhento. 3 ímpeto, vigor. 4 coll pontapé. 5 franja de cabelo. 6 bangs cabelo cortado para cair como franja sobre a testa. • vt 1 fazer estrondo, bater, martelar. 2 golpear, bater com violência e ruído. 3 bater a porta, fechar ruidosamente. he banged the door / ele bateu a porta. 4 manejar rudemente. 5 cortar reto. 6 sovar, esmurrar. 7 sobrepujar, vencer. 8 aparar cabelos da testa de animal. 9 estrondear, estridular. 10 sl praticar sexo. • adv coll bem, exatamente, diretamente. bang in the middle of the performance bem no meio da apresentação. • interj bumba! to bang away coll trabalhar com determinação. to bang off pipocar. to bang out sair às carreiras. to bang up coll a) estragar algo, machucar-se, causar dano físico. b) aprisionar, colocar na prisão. to get a bang out of movies divertir-se muito com cinema. to go off with a bang ter sucesso, ser bem-sucedido.————————bang2[bæŋ] n = link=bhang bhang. -
44 convey
[kən'vei]1) (to carry: Huge ships convey oil from the Middle East.) transportar2) (to transfer the ownership of (property by legal means).) transferir•- conveyancing
- conveyor
- conveyor belt* * *con.vey[kənv'ei] vt 1 carregar, transportar, levar, conduzir. 2 transmitir. it conveys an idea / isto transmite uma idéia. 3 comunicar, tornar conhecido. 4 Jur transferir. 5 propagar. 6 enviar. -
45 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rachar2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) quebrar3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) estalar4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) dizer5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) arrombar6) (to solve (a code).) resolver7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) quebrar2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) racha2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) fenda3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) estalo4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) golpe5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) graça6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) perito- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack* * *[kræk] n 1 fenda, racha, fresta, ruptura. 2 estalido, estalo, estrépito, estrondo, pancada. 3 coll golpe, soco que produz um estalido. 4 tiro de arma de fogo. 5 abertura estreita, fresta. 6 instante, momento. 7 craque: esportista de excelente qualidade. 8 droga à base de cocaína. 9 arrombamento. • vi+vt 1 rachar, fender(-se), quebrar, rebentar. the plate is cracked / o prato está trincado. 2 estalar. he cracked his fingers / ele estalou os dedos. 3 crepitar. 4 estourar. 5 bater. 6 ficar áspero e agudo, falhar, mudar de voz. 7 sl ceder, entregar-se. 8 contar (piada). 9 arrombar (cofre). 10 abrir (garrafa) e beber. they cracked a bottle / eles beberam uma garrafa. 11 falhar, falir. • adj excelente, brilhante. • interj zás! crack of doom prenúncio do juízo final. in a crack num instante. to crack a crib sl arrombar uma casa. to crack a crust viver modestamente. to crack a joke contar uma piada. to crack a tidy crust viver bem. to crack town a) Amer fazer ou dar uma batida policial. b) tomar medidas severas. to crack up a) exaltar, elogiar. b) sofrer um colapso mental. c) despedaçar-se. -
46 crusade
[kru:'seid] 1. noun1) (Medieval wars against the Muslims in the Middle Ages, led by Christian kings.) cruzada2) (a campaign in support of a good cause: the crusade against cigarette advertising.) campanha2. verb(to take part in a crusade.) fazer cruzada- crusader* * *cru.sade[kru:s'eid] n 1 (também Crusade) cruzada. 2 guerra religiosa. 3 campanha vigorosa. • vi empenhar-se numa campanha ou cruzada. -
47 deck
[dek]1) (a platform extending from one side of a ship etc to the other and forming the floor: The cars are on the lower deck.) convés2) (a floor in a bus: Let's go on the top deck.) andar3) (a pack of playing-cards: The gambler used his own deck of cards.) baralho•* * *deck1[dek] n 1 Naut coberta, convés, tombadilho. 2 assoalho de um ônibus, bonde ou avião. 3 coll pacote de cocaína ou heroína de venda ilícita. 4 prato do toca-discos. • vt+vi 1 ornar, enfeitar, embelezar. 2 cobrir. a deck of cards baralho. double-decker ônibus de dois andares. double-decker sandwich sanduíche que tem três fatias de pão e duas camadas de recheio. main deck coberta principal. middle deck, lower deck segunda coberta, convés inferior. on deck presente, à mão. to clear the deck a) preparar o navio para o combate. b) fig pôr em ordem. to deck out adornar, enfeitar. to hit the deck cair no chão. upper deck, spar deck convés superior.————————deck2[dek] n = link=tape%20deck tape deck. -
48 doughnut
noun (a ring-shaped cake, with a hole in the middle, fried in fat.) donut* * *dough.nut[d'oun∧t] n rosquinha de massa frita geralmente recheada com geléia ou creme. -
49 dwell
[dwel]past tense, past participles - dwelt; verb(to live (in a place): She dwelt in the middle of a dark forest.) habitar- dwelling- dwell on* * *[dwel] n Tech parada, interrupção. • vi (ps and pp dwelt ou dwelled) 1 habitar, morar, viver, residir. 2 dwell on ou upon estender-se, escrever ou discorrer longamente (sobre um assunto), demorar-se, pausar, ficar-se. 3 insistir, dar ênfase, apoiar-se em, dar importância a. 4 hesitar antes de saltar (cavalo). -
50 east
[i:st] 1. noun1) (the direction from which the sun rises, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: The wind is blowing from the east; The village is to the east of Canton; in the east of England.) leste2) ((also E) one of the four main points of the compass: He took a direction 10° E of N / east of north.) este2. adjective1) (in the east: the east coast.) oriental2) (from the direction of the east: an east wind.) leste3. adverb(towards the east: The house faces east.) leste- easterly- eastern
- easternmost
- eastward
- eastwards
- eastward
- the East* * *[i:st] n 1 este, leste, oriente, levante. 2 East regiões situadas a leste, o oriente, os países asiáticos. • adj oriental, oriundo do ou em direção ao leste. • adv rumo a leste, no leste. East-End distrito oriental de Londres. east wind vento leste. Far East Extremo Oriente. Middle East Oriente Médio, os países do Levante (Mediterrâneo oriental). Near East Oriente Próximo. the East o Oriente. to the east of, in the east of no leste de. -
51 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) beira2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) gume3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) intensidade2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) guarnecer2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) avançar•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge* * *[ed9] n 1 canto, extremidade, margem, beira, bordo. 2 bainha, aresta. 3 situação crítica. 4 gume, fio, corte. 5 aspereza, rispidez, irritabilidade. it sets my teeth on edge / isto me irrita, mexe com os meus nervos. 6 vantagem, margem de superioridade. 7 agudeza de mente ou apetite. • vt+vi 1 afiar, amolar, aguçar. 2 introduzir-se despercebidamente, infiltrar(-se). 3 margear, delimitar, emoldurar, cercar, orlar, circundar. 4 empurrar ou mover pouco a pouco. 5 derrotar por pequena margem. on edge a) nervoso, agitado. b) ansioso, impaciente. to be on the very edge of doing something estar prestes a fazer alguma coisa. to be over the edge coll ter uma crise nervosa. to edge away afastar-se devagar, esgueirar-se. to give an edge dar uma vantagem. to have the edge on ter pequena vantagem sobre. to put an edge on afiar, dar fio. to put someone on edge irritar alguém. to put to the edge of the sword passar à espada, matar. to set on edge excitar, animar. to take the edge off privar de força, abrandar, suavizar. -
52 hole
[həul] 1. noun1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) buraco2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) buraco3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) buraco2. verb1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) esburacar2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) meter no buraco•- hole out* * *[houl] n 1 buraco, orifício, furo. 2 cova, toca. 3 embaraço, dificuldade. I am in a hole / estou em apuros. 4 habitação pequena e escura. 5 falha, defeito. 6 lagoa ou parte calma de um rio. 7 sl solitária. • vt+vi 1 cavar ou fazer buraco. 2 mandar para um buraco. to hole out Sport bater na bola de golfe e mandá-la para o buraco. to hole up hibernar. to pick holes achar defeitos. -
53 intermediate
[intə'mi:diət](in the middle; placed between two things, stages etc: An intermediate English course is more advanced than a beginners' course, but not as difficult as an advanced course.) intermédio* * *in.ter.me.di.ate[intəm'i:diit] n 1 coisa intermediária. 2 medianeiro, intermediário, mediador. • adj intermédio, intermediário. • [intəm'i:dieit] vi intermediar, intervir. -
54 island
1) (a piece of land surrounded by water: The island lay a mile off the coast.) ilha2) ((also traffic island) a traffic-free area, built in the middle of a street, for pedestrians to stand on.) área de peões•- islander* * *is.land['ailənd] n 1 ilha. 2 ilha de tráfego. • vt 1 transformar em ilha. 2 ilhar, isolar. -
55 itch
[i ] 1. noun(an irritating feeling in the skin that makes one want to scratch: He had an itch in the middle of his back and could not scratch it easily.) comichão2. verb1) (to have an itch: Some plants can cause the skin to itch.) ter comichão2) (to have a strong desire (for something, or to be something): I was itching to slap the child.) ter vontade•- itchy- itchiness* * *[itʃ] n 1 coceira. 2 sarna. 3 desejo ardente, ânsia. • vt+vi 1 coçar. 2 desejar, ter vontade, ansiar, estar ansioso ( after, for para, de). my fingers itch to box his ears / estou louco para dar uma bofetada nele. -
56 lunch
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57 main deck
main deckcoberta principal. middle deck, lower deck segunda coberta, convés inferior. -
58 manhole
noun (a hole (usually in the middle of a road or pavement) through which someone may go to inspect sewers etc.) poço de visita* * *man.hole[m'ænhoul] n 1 bueiro, boca-de-lobo. 2 abertura que permite a entrada de um homem em caldeiras, esgotos, etc. para consertos. -
59 matron
['meitrən]1) (a senior nurse in charge of a hospital.) enfermeira-chefe2) (a dignified married woman: Her behaviour shocked all the middle-class matrons in the neighbourhood.) matrona•- matronly* * *ma.tron[m'eitrən] n 1 matrona, mulher de meia-idade. 2 Brit enfermeira chefe. 3 Amer governanta em internatos ou hospitais. -
60 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) avarento2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) indigno3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) mau4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) humilde•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) médio2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) médio2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meio-termoIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) querer dizer2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) tencionar•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) significativo- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *[mi:n] n 1 meio, meio-termo, média. 2 means forma, expediente, modo. 3 means recursos. • vt+vi (ps, pp meant) 1 significar. what do you mean? / o que você quer dizer? 2 pretender, tencionar. 3 destinar. 4 dispor-se a. • adj 1 baixo, vil, desprezível. 2 inferior, pobre. 3 mesquinho, egoísta. 4 malvado, maldoso, ruim. 5 médio, intermediário. 6 sl ótimo, excelente. 7 envergonhado, humilhado. a man of means homem de recursos, abastado. by all means certamente, sem dúvida. by any means de qualquer maneira. by means of por meio de. by no means de nenhuma maneira. to feel mean a) sentir-se humilhado, envergonhado. b) sentir-se mal, não estar bem. to live beyond one’s means viver além de suas possibilidades. you don’t mean it! o senhor não está falando sério.
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