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  • 61 warrant

    ['worənt] 1. verb
    1) (to justify: A slight cold does not warrant your staying off work.) justificar
    2) (an old word to state confidently or (be willing to) bet that: I'll warrant he's gone riding instead of doing his work.) apostar
    2. noun
    (something that gives authority, especially a legal document giving the police the authority for searching someone's house, arresting someone etc: The police have a warrant for his arrest.) mandato
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    war.rant
    [w'ɔrənt] n 1 autorização, ordem, permissão. 2 procuração. 3 mandado (de prisão, arresto, busca, etc.). he was pursued by a warrant of apprehension / ele foi procurado pela polícia (com ordem de prisão). 4 garantia, fiança. 5 justificação, fundamento. 6 certificado, patente, prova. 7 ordem de pagamento. 8 warrant, recibo (ou quitação) de depósito. • vt 1 dar autorização, autorizar, permitir. 2 justificar. 3 garantir, afiançar, assegurar. 4 dar a palavra, prometer. 5 certificar, atestar, declarar positivamente. I warrant him honest / eu me responsabilizo pela sua honestidade. 6 outorgar. to take a warrant against procurar com ordem de prisão. warrant of arrest ordem de prisão. warrant of attorney procuração. warrant of distress alvará de penhora.

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  • 62 retirement

    1) (the act of retiring from work: It is not long till his retirement.) aposentadoria
    2) (a person's life after retiring from work: He's enjoying his retirement.) aposentadoria

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  • 63 start

    I 1. verb
    1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) sair
    2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) começar
    3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pôr para funcionar
    4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) lançar
    2. noun
    1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) início
    2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) dianteira
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    - starting-point - for a start - get off to a good - bad start - start off - start out - start up - to start with II 1. verb
    (to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) sobressaltar
    2. noun
    1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) sobressalto
    2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) susto

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  • 64 subcontractor

    (a person who undertakes work for a contractor and is therefore not directly employed by the person who wants such work done: The building contractor has employed several subcontractors to build the block of flats.) subcontratante

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  • 65 warrant

    ['worənt] 1. verb
    1) (to justify: A slight cold does not warrant your staying off work.) justificar
    2) (an old word to state confidently or (be willing to) bet that: I'll warrant he's gone riding instead of doing his work.) apostar que
    2. noun
    (something that gives authority, especially a legal document giving the police the authority for searching someone's house, arresting someone etc: The police have a warrant for his arrest.) mandato

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  • 66 working day

    1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) dia útil
    2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) jornada de trabalho

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  • 67 afraid

    [ə'freid]
    1) (feeling fear or being frightened (of a person, thing etc): The child is not afraid of the dark; She was afraid to go.) com medo
    2) (sorry (to have to say that): I'm afraid I don't agree with you.) [] desculpa
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    a.fraid
    [əfr'eid] adj amedrontado, medroso, receoso, apreensivo. I am afraid that... receio que. I am afraid we shall be late / receio que estejamos atrasados. is this your work? – I am afraid it is! / é esse o seu serviço? – Sim, infelizmente é! to be afraid of ter medo de. he is afraid of his teacher / ele tem medo do seu professor. she is afraid to jump / ela tem medo de pular. she is afraid of ghosts / ela tem medo de fantasmas. you need not be afraid of being late / você não precisa ter medo de atrasar-se. I am afraid to call him / tenho medo de chamá-lo. who’s afraid? quem é que está com medo?, quem é medroso?

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  • 68 average

    ['ævəri‹] 1. noun
    (the result of adding several amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts: The average of 3, 7, 9 and 13 is 8 (= 32:4).) média
    2. adjective
    1) (obtained by finding the average of amounts etc: average price; the average temperature for the week.) médio
    2) (ordinary; not exceptional: The average person is not wealthy; His work is average.) mediano
    3. verb
    (to form an average: His expenses averaged (out at) 15 dollars a day.) somar em média
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    av.er.age
    ['ævəridʒ] n 1 média, proporção, termo médio. 2 quantidade, qualidade ou valores médios ou regulares. 3 prejuízo por avaria do navio ou da carga em alto-mar. 4 Naut rateio, taxa, primagem. • vt 1 calcular a média, dividir proporcionalmente, ratear. 2 dar, conseguir, produzir ou importar em média. 3 comprar ou vender por atacado (para obter um melhor preço médio). • adj 1 médio, proporcional. 2 medíocre, mediano. • adv 1 proporcionalmente. 2 usualmente. 3 mediocremente. at an average of four miles an hour com a velocidade média de quatro milhas por hora. average outgoing quality level Com nível médio de qualidade. general average avaria grossa. petty average avaria leve. rough average média aproximativa. to average out calcular a média. to strike an average calcular a média.

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  • 69 dud

    1. noun
    (something which is useless, does not work etc: This light-bulb is a dud.) inutilidade
    2. adjective
    (useless or not working: a dud battery.) imprestável
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    [d∧d] n 1 sl droga, coisa sem valor. 2 bomba falhada, que não explodiu. 3 Amer sl malogro, fracasso, insucesso. 4 pl roupas pobres ou esfarrapadas. • adj sem valor, inútil.

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  • 70 engaged

    1) (bound by promise (especially to marry): She became engaged to John.) comprometido
    2) ((with in) employed or occupied: She is engaged in social work.) envolvido
    3) (busy; not free; occupied: Please come if you are not already engaged for that evening; The room / telephone line is engaged.) ocupado
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    en.gaged
    [ing'eid9d] adj 1 comprometido. 2 ocupado, atarefado. 3 utilizado, usado, empregado. the line is engaged / a linha (telefônica) está ocupada. 4 contratado, ajustado. 5 noivo, prometido para casamento. 6 envolvido, interessado. 7 Arch parcialmente embutido em uma parede (coluna). 8 Mech engrenado, engatado. 9 envolvido em combate.

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  • 71 exception

    [-ʃən]
    1) (something or someone not included: They all work hard, without exception; With the exception of Jim we all went home early.) excepção
    2) (something not according to the rule: We normally eat nothing at lunchtime, but Sunday is an exception.) excepção
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    ex.cep.tion
    [iks'ep82n] n 1 exceção, exclusão. beyond exception / incontestável, não admitindo exceção. without exception / sem exceção. with the exception of / com exceção de, exceto. there is no rule without exception / não há regra sem exceção. she made an exception of me / no meu caso ela fez uma exceção. the exception proves the rule / a exceção comprova a regra. 2 privilegiado, pessoa ou coisa excluída. 3 acontecimento fora do comum. an exception to the rule / uma exceção à regra. by way of exception / por exceção, excepcionalmente. 4 Jur objeção. to take exception to / objetar, criticar, protestar.

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  • 72 expect

    [ik'spekt]
    1) (to think of as likely to happen or come: I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.) esperar
    2) (to think or believe (that something will happen): He expects to be home tomorrow; I expect that he will go; `Will she go too?' `I expect so' / `I don't expect so' / `I expect not.') acreditar
    3) (to require: They expect high wages for their professional work; You are expected to tidy your own room.) esperar(-se)
    4) (to suppose or assume: I expect (that) you're tired.) supor
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    - expectant
    - expectantly
    - expectation
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    ex.pect
    [iksp'ekt] vt+vi 1 esperar, aguardar, contar com. I expect him for dinner / conto com a presença dele no jantar. I expect (that) she will come, I expect her to come / espero que ela venha. it was an answer I had not expected / era uma resposta que não tinha esperado. 2 coll pensar, supor, presumir. I expect to meet her in the restaurant / espero encontrá-la no restaurante. I expect it was stolen / suponho que foi furtado. he expects to leave tomorrow / ele pretende viajar amanhã. to be expecting (a baby) estar grávida.

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  • 73 fair

    I [feə] adjective
    1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) claro
    2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) justo
    3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) bonito
    4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) suficiente/razoável
    5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) um certo tamanho/algo grande
    6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) belo/formoso
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    - fairly
    - fair play     II [feə] noun
    1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) feira
    2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) feira
    3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) feira
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    fair1
    [fɛə] n 1 feira. 2 feira de amostras. 3 Amer bazar de caridade. the book faira feira do livro.
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    fair2
    [fɛə] n Poet mulher formosa. • vt+vi 1 Mech acabar (uma peça). 2 fazer ou tornar-se propício. 3 aclarar, desanuviar-se (tempo). • adj 1 regular, satisfatório. 2 uniforme, suave. 3 proporcionado, formoso, belo. 4 claro, límpido. 5 claro, louro (cabelo, face). 6 limpo, íntegro. 7 desimpedido. 8 sereno (céu). 9 bom, favorável (vento). he is in a fair way to succeed / ele tem boas perspectivas de êxito. 10 prometedor, auspicioso. 11 cortês, amável, agradável. 12 oportuno, plausível. 13 sólido, com base (esperança). 14 considerável, amplo. 15 nítido, legível (letra). 16 legítimo, justo. he has a fair chance / ele tem uma oportunidade justa. 17 honesto, franco (jogo, luta). • adv 1 de modo justo, favorável. they played fair / eles jogaram honestamente. the wind sits fair / o vento está favorável. 2 em cheio. 3 diretamente. a fair share uma parte justa. by fair means por bem, sem violência. by fair means or foul de um modo ou de outro. fair and softly goes afar devagar se vai ao longe. fair and square honesto, justo. fair field and no favour possibilidades iguais para todos. fair water água límpida. fair wear and tear Tech desgaste justo: dano ou desgaste causado aos bens em conseqüência de uso normal. the belly is not filled with fair words palavras bonitas não enchem barriga. the stone hit him fair in the head a pedra caiu-lhe diretamente na cabeça. to bid fair to prometer, ser auspicioso. to give someone fair warning avisar em tempo. to have a fair livelihood ter para viver comodamente. to stand fair for ter esperanças. to stand fair with a person estar em bons entendimentos com alguém.

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  • 74 find

    1. past tense, past participle - found; verb
    1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) encontrar
    2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) descobrir
    3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) achar
    2. noun
    (something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) achado
    - find out
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    [faind] n achado, descoberta. • vt+vi (ps e pp found) 1 achar, encontrar. I find no meaning in it / não descubro sentido nisso. he was found competent / ele foi reconhecido competente. I found no time to do it / não me sobrou tempo para fazê-lo. 2 descobrir, verificar, perceber, notar, constatar. I find it impossible / vejo que é impossível. I find this climate agreeable / acho este clima agradável. he was found out fibbing / pegaram-no numa mentira. 3 julgar. I find it hard to believe / acho difícil acreditar. 4 Jur declarar, pronunciar, decidir. the jury found him not guilty, found that he was not guilty / os jurados absolveram-no. 5 fornecer, prover, suprir. the money cannot be found / não é possível arranjar o dinheiro. 6 aprovar, desaprovar. 7 tirar vantagens. 8 entrar em, penetrar em. 9 resolver, decifrar, desmascarar. take me as you find me aceite-me como sou. to find amiss desaprovar. to find fault with repreender. to find for favorecer alguém durante um julgamento. to find one’s account in tirar vantagens de. to find oneself descobrir suas capacidades. to find one’s way to achar o caminho de. to find out descobrir, decifrar, desmascarar.

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  • 75 fine

    I 1. adjective
    1) ((usually of art etc) very good; of excellent quality: fine paintings; a fine performance.) belo
    2) ((of weather) bright; not raining: a fine day.) belo
    3) (well; healthy: I was ill yesterday but I am feeling fine today!) bem
    4) (thin or delicate: a fine material.) fino
    5) (careful; detailed: Fine workmanship is required for such delicate embroidery.) delicado
    6) (made of small pieces, grains etc: fine sand; fine rain.) fino
    7) (slight; delicate: a fine balance; a fine distinction.) delicado/preciso
    8) (perfectly satisfactory: There's nothing wrong with your work - it's fine.) bom
    2. adverb
    (satisfactorily: This arrangement suits me fine.) perfeitamente
    3. interjection
    (good; well done etc: You've finished already - fine!) certo/óptimo
    - finery
    - fine art     II 1. noun
    (money which must be paid as a punishment: I had to pay a fine.) multa
    2. verb
    (to make (someone) pay a fine: She was fined $10.) multar
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    fine1
    [fain] n 1 multa, pena, penalidade. 2 Mus fim. • vt multar.
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    fine2
    [fain] adj (compar finer, sup finest) 1 fino, de excelente qualidade, puro. 2 belo, lindo, excelente, bom, ótimo, agradável. 3 leve, delicado. 4 claro, refinado. 5 bom, bom de saúde. 6 distinto, eminente. 7 excelente, admirável, agradável, aprazível. 8 perfeito, acabado, alinhado, correto. 9 elegante, vistoso. • interj ótimo! excelente! a fine house uma bela casa. a fine lady uma senhora distinta. a fine scholar um grande cientista. not to put too fine a point on it coll falando francamente, sem rodeios. that is all very fine but isso tudo é muito bom, mas... to cut it fine calcular com exatidão, deixar pouca margem. to fine down refinar, tornar mais exato ou preciso.

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  • 76 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centro
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) coração
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas
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    - hearten
    - heartless
    - heartlessly
    - heartlessness
    - hearts
    - hearty
    - heartily
    - heartiness
    - heartache
    - heart attack
    - heartbeat
    - heartbreak
    - heartbroken
    - heartburn
    - heart failure
    - heartfelt
    - heart-to-heart     2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)
    - at heart
    - break someone's heart
    - by heart
    - from the bottom of one's heart
    - have a change of heart
    - have a heart!
    - have at heart
    - heart and soul
    - lose heart
    - not have the heart to
    - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
    - take heart
    - take to heart
    - to one's heart's content
    - with all one's heart
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    [ha:t] n 1 coração. 2 núcleo, âmago, centro. 3 alma. 4 amor, afeição, inclinação. 5 ânimo, coragem. 6 hearts copas (baralho). bless my heart! meu Deus! he has set his heart on it ele afeiçoou-se a isso. he puts his heart in his work ele se empenha de corpo e alma no seu trabalho. I find it in my heart estou disposto a. in good heart descansado (solo). in the heart of hearts no fundo do coração. it cuts me to the heart isso me dói no coração. out of heart desanimado, desencorajado. the heart of the matter o essencial da questão. to give (lose) one’s heart apaixonar-se. to learn by heart decorar. to lose heart perder o ânimo. to pluck up heart reanimar-se. to speak to one’s heart confortar, encorajar, animar. with all one’s heart com todo o coração. with heart and soul de corpo e alma.

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  • 77 picket

    ['pikit] 1. noun
    1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) piquete
    2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) piquete
    2. verb
    1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) fazer piquete
    2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) fazer piquete
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    pick.et
    [p'ikit] n 1 estaca, piqueta. 2 piquete. 3 membro de piquete de grevistas. • vt+vi 1 cercar com estacas. 2 fortificar com estacas. 3 Mil estacionar piquetes. 4 amarrar a uma estaca. 5 fazer piquetes de grevistas.

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  • 78 promise

    ['promis] 1. verb
    1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) prometer
    2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) prometer
    3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) prometer
    2. noun
    1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) promessa
    2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) promessa
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    prom.ise
    [pr'ɔmis] n promessa: 1 compromisso, prometimento, palavra. she made (ou gave) a solemn promise / ela fez uma solene promessa. 2 coisa prometida. 3 fig esperança. • vt+vi prometer: 1 empenhar a sua palavra, comprometer-se a. 2 assegurar, afiançar. I promise you / eu lhe prometo, eu lhe asseguro. 3 pressagiar, indicar. 4 dar motivo a esperanças. we promised him help / prometemos-lhe ajuda. of great promise muito prometedor. promise of help promessa de auxílio.

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  • 79 second-best

    noun, adjective (next after the best; not the best: She wore her second-best hat; I want your best work - your second-best is not good enough.) a seguir ao melhor
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    sec.ond-best
    [sekənd b'est] n o que está em segundo lugar. • adj segundo, logo depois do primeiro. to come off second-best ser o segundo colocado, estar em segundo lugar.

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  • 80 sound

    I adjective
    1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) forte
    2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) profundo
    3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) sólido
    4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) sólido
    5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) seguro
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    - soundness
    - sound asleep     II 1. noun
    1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) som
    2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) som
    3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) ideia
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) tocar
    2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) tocar
    3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) parecer
    4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) pronunciar(-se)
    5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) auscultar
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    - soundlessly
    - sound effects
    - soundproof     3. verb
    (to make (walls, a room etc) soundproof.) tornar à prova de som
    III verb
    (to measure the depth of (water etc).) sondar
    - sound out
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    sound1
    [saund] n 1 som, o que se pode ouvir. 2 vibrações sonoras. 3 tom, ruído. 4 distância dentro da qual um ruído pode ser ouvido. 5 Phon som, combinação de vogais. 6 barulho. • vt+vi 1 soar, emitir um som ou ruído. 2 fazer soar, tocar. they sounded the alarm / deram sinal de alarme. 3 ser ouvido, retinir, ressoar. 4 auscultar. 5 dirigir pelo som. 6 anunciar. he sounds the retreat / ele dá sinal para a retirada. 7 parecer. that sounds fine / isto soa bem. you sound disappointed / você parece desapontado. to sound off expressar-se pública e ofensivamente. to stay within sound ficar dentro do alcance do ouvido.
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    sound2
    [saund] n 1 estreito, canal, braço de mar. 2 Ichth bexiga natatória.
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    sound3
    [saund] n Med sonda. • vt+vi 1 sondar, medir a profundidade. 2 examinar, testar (trazendo uma amostra da profundidade). 3 inquirir, investigar, examinar. 4 mergulhar, afundar. 5 Med auscultar. to sound out sondar, investigar, inquirir cautelosamente.
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    sound4
    [saund] adj 1 sem defeito, inteiro, intato, ileso, bom, perfeito. 2 são, sadio. 3 forte, seguro, confiável. 4 sólido. 5 correto, acertado, razoável, sensato. 6 legal, leal, honrado, idôneo. 7 profundo (sono), eficiente. • adv profundamente. to be safe and sound estar são e salvo. to be sound as a bell (roach, trout) ser completamente sadio. to have a sound mind in a sound body ter mente sã num corpo são. to have a sound knowledge ter um conhecimento sólido.

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  • Work card — A work card is like an Identity Card which verifies that a person has been given work, or is eligible to perform work in a given profession or jurisdiction. The work card is not a work visa, although it may be used in conjunction with a work visa …   Wikipedia

  • work — /wɜ:k/ noun 1. things done using the hands or brain 2. a job, something done to earn money ● It is not the work itself that the employees are complaining about ● He goes to work by bus. ● She never gets home from work before 8 p.m. ● His work… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • work in — or work into PHRASAL VERB If you work one substance into another or work it in, you add it to the other substance and mix the two together thoroughly. [V n P] Gradually pour the liquid into the flour, working it in carefully with a wooden spoon …   English dictionary

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