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81 traffic island
(a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across.) QUERY* * *traf.fic is.land[tr'æfik ailənd] n ilha no centro de uma estrada separando pistas. -
82 waist
[weist]1) ((the measurement round) the narrow part of the human body between the ribs and hips: She has a very small waist.) cintura2) (the narrow middle part of something similar, eg a violin, guitar etc.) cintura3) (the part of an article of clothing which goes round one's waist: Can you take in the waist of these trousers?) cintura•- waisted- waistband
- waistcoat* * *[weist] n 1 cintura (do corpo). 2 Amer corpete. 3 cintura (de vestido). 4 meio, parte central ou mais estreita. 5 Naut poço: parte do convés entre os castelos. 6 Amer blusa. -
83 wasp
[wosp](White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.)- Waspish- waspish
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- waspishness* * *[wɔsp] n Zool vespa. -
84 belly-dance
noun (a Middle Eastern dance performed by a woman.) -
85 break off
(to stop: She broke off in the middle of a sentence.) parar -
86 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) interromper2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) separar3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) cortar -
87 depths
noun plural (a part far under the surface or in the middle of something: the depths of the sea; the depths of winter.) profundezas -
88 draw out
1) (to take (money) from a bank: I drew out $40 yesterday.) levantar2) (to make longer: We drew out the journey as much as we could but we still arrived early.) esticar3) ((of a car etc) to move into the middle of the road from the side.) mudar de pista -
89 dry up
1) (to lose water; to cease running etc completely: All the rivers dried up in the heat.) secar2) (to become used up: Supplies of bandages have dried up.) esgotar-se3) (to make dry: The sun dried up the puddles in the road.) secar4) ((of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say: He dried up in the middle of his speech.) calar-se -
90 extremity
[-'stre-]1) (the farthest point: The two poles represent the extremities of the earth's axis.) extremidade2) (an extreme degree; the quality of being extreme: Their suffering reached such extremities that many died.) extremo3) (a situation of great danger or distress: They need help in this extremity.) desgraça/aflição4) (the parts of the body furthest from the middle eg the hands and feet.) extremidades -
91 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) desmazelar-se2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) decair3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) dar sementes -
92 half-term
noun ((the period when students are given) a holiday about the middle of a term: We get a week's holiday at half-term; ( also adjective) a half-term holiday.) meio do período -
93 hand down
(to pass on from one generation to the next: These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.) transmitir -
94 happy medium
(a sensible middle course between two extreme positions: I need to find the happy medium between starving and over-eating.) meio-termo -
95 mid-fielders
(in football etc, the players in the middle area of the pitch.) jogadores de meio-campo -
96 snap one's fingers
(to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.) estalar os dedos -
97 strike a balance
(to reach a satisfactory middle level of compromise between two undesirable extremes.) encontrar um meio-termo -
98 wake up
1) (to wake: Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night.) acordar2) (to become aware of: It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough.) dar-se conta (de) -
99 age
[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) idade2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) época, idade3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) idade4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) um tempão2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) envelhecer- aged- ageless - age-old - the aged - come of age - of age -
100 amid
[ə'mid(st)](in the middle of; among: Amid all the confusion, the real point of the meeting was lost; amidst the shadows.) no meio de
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middle C — n [U] the musical note C, which is the middle note on a piano … Dictionary of contemporary English
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middle — n *center, midst, core, hub, focus, nucleus, heart … New Dictionary of Synonyms
middle C — n. 1. the musical note on the first ledger line below the treble staff and the first above the bass staff 2. the corresponding tone or key … English World dictionary
