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[fut]plural - feet; noun1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) pé2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) sopé3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) pé•- footing- football
- foothill
- foothold
- footlight
- footman
- footmark
- footnote
- footpath
- footprint
- footsore
- footstep
- footwear
- follow in someone's footsteps
- foot the bill
- on foot
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it* * *[fut] n (pl feet) 1 pé. 2 base, suporte. 3 sopé, fundo, rodapé. 4 margem inferior (de uma página). 5 o último de uma série. 6 pé: medida de comprimento equivalente a doze polegadas ou 30,48 cm. 7 garra, pata, perna. 8 Poet pé: divisão de um verso. 9 Mil gente de pé, infantaria, soldados de infantaria. • vt+vi 1 pôr novo pé em. 2 andar a pé, caminhar, atravessar a pé, pisar cadenciadamente, ir a pé. 3 dançar. 4 somar, adicionar. a foot in both camps em cima do muro, não se decidir por nenhum dos lados. at his feet aos pés dele. at the foot ao pé (da página). at the foot of the hill no sopé da colina. foot by foot pé ante pé, passo a passo, devagar, cautelosamente. from head to foot dos pés à cabeça. he never puts a foot wrong ele nunca erra. he put his foot on the floor coll, Auto ele acelerou a marcha. he shall not set foot in my house ele não há de entrar na minha casa, ele não há de pôr os pés na minha casa. light/ swift of foot ligeiro de pés. on foot a pé, em pé, em movimento, em andamento, em obra, em projeto, em vias de conclusão. on one’s feet em pé, de pé, fig de boa saúde, próspero, florescente. six foot/ feet five seis pés e cinco polegadas. the first, the first regiment of foot regimento de infantaria n<U>o</U> 1. they helped him to his feet eles ajudaram-no a levantar-se. to carry someone off one’s feet entusiasmar, empolgar alguém. to drag one’s foot fazer corpo mole, ser deliberadamente lerdo em tomar uma decisão. to find one’s foot sentir-se confiante. to foot it coll dançar, caminhar, correr. to foot up somar. to get/ have cold feet acovardar-se. to go on foot andar a pé. to have one foot in the grave estar com um pé na sepultura, estar com os pés na cova. to keep one’s feet/ footing manter-se em pé, não cair. to know the length of s. o.’s foot conhecer alguém muito bem, conhecer o fraco de alguém. to put one’s best foot forward coll a) andar o mais rápido possível. b) esmerar-se, fazer o melhor possível. c) apresentar boa aparência para causar boa impressão. to put one’s foot down agir firme e decididamente, bater o pé, ser enérgico, porfiar. to put one’s foot in it meter os pés pelas mãos. to put one’s foot in one’s mouth falar o que não deve, falar bobagem, fig dar um fora. to set foot in meter ou pôr o pé em alguma parte, introduzir-se. to set on foot iniciar, dar o primeiro impulso, pôr em obra, lançar, pôr em movimento. to show the cloven foot revelar má índole. to stand on one’s own two feet ser independente, ser dono do seu nariz. to start off on the right/ left foot começar com o pé direito/esquerdo. to sweep off one’s feet entusiasmar-se, apaixonar-se. to tread under foot pisar, calcar aos pés. two feet long dois pés de comprimento. under foot no meio do caminho.
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