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1 necessity
[ni'sesəti]- plural necessities - noun (something needed or essential: Food is one of the necessities of life.) necessidade* * *ne.ces.si.ty[nis'esiti] n 1 necessidade, carência, precisão. 2 pobreza, míngua. 3 exigência. of necessity inevitavelmente. -
2 necessity
[ni'sesəti]- plural necessities - noun (something needed or essential: Food is one of the necessities of life.) necessidade -
3 extravagance
noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) extravagância* * *ex.trav.a.gance[ikstr'æv2g2ns] n 1 extravagância, gasto excessivo. 2 excesso, exagero. -
4 extravagance
noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) extravagância -
5 urge
[ə:‹] 1. verb1) (to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something): He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.) pedir2) (to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action): He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.) convencer2. noun(a strong impulse or desire: I felt an urge to hit him.) desejo- urge on* * *[ə:dʒ] n desejo, ânsia, anseio, ímpeto, impulso. • vt+vi 1 urgir, instar, apressar, acelerar. 2 impulsionar, impelir. 3 incitar, instigar, estimular. he was urged to sing / insistiram em que ele cantasse. 4 recomendar com insistência. they urged upon him / recomendaram-lhe com insistência. 5 solicitar com insistência. we urged him on / incitamo-lo, apressamo-lo. 6 argumentar, persuadir, induzir. 7 obrigar, constranger. -
6 urge
[ə:‹] 1. verb1) (to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something): He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.)2) (to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action): He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.)2. noun(a strong impulse or desire: I felt an urge to hit him.)- urge on -
7 stress
[stres] 1. noun1) (the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this: the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress.) tensão2) (force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other: Bridge-designers have to know about stress.) tensão3) (force or emphasis placed, in speaking, on particular syllables or words: In the word `widow' we put stress on the first syllable.) acento2. verb(to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc): Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual.) acentuar- lay/put stress on* * *[stres] n 1 força ou influência desagradável. 2 pressão, tensão. 3 esforço. 4 Med estresse. 5 ênfase, importância. 6 Gram acento tônico. 7 veemência, violência. • vt 1 exercer pressão sobre. 2 tratar como importante, dar ênfase a, salientar, realçar, enfatizar. 3 pronunciar com acento tônico, acentuar na pronúncia. 4 estressar, submeter a tensão. to put / lay stress on enfatizar, colocar ênfase em. he lays stress upon that fact / ele salienta este fato. under the stress of circumstances sob a pressão das circunstâncias. -
8 stress
[stres] 1. noun1) (the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this: the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress.) tensão, estresse2) (force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other: Bridge-designers have to know about stress.) tensão3) (force or emphasis placed, in speaking, on particular syllables or words: In the word `widow' we put stress on the first syllable.) ênfase2. verb(to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc): Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual.) enfatizar, acentuar- lay/put stress on
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