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  • 61 rough

    1. adjective
    1) (not smooth: Her skin felt rough.) áspero
    2) (uneven: a rough path.) desigual
    3) (harsh; unpleasant: a rough voice; She's had a rough time since her husband died.) duro
    4) (noisy and violent: rough behaviour.) brutal
    5) (stormy: The sea was rough; rough weather.) tempestuoso
    6) (not complete or exact; approximate: a rough drawing; a rough idea/estimate.) aproximado
    2. noun
    1) (a violent bully: a gang of roughs.) bruto
    2) (uneven or uncultivated ground on a golf course: I lost my ball in the rough.) mato
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    - roughness
    - roughage
    - roughen
    - rough diamond
    - rough-and-ready
    - rough-and-tumble
    - rough it
    - rough out
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    [r∧f] n 1 condição ou estado inacabado, tosco, bruto. 2 aspereza. 3 terreno irregular, acidentado. 4 pessoa bruta, indivíduo violento, brutamontes. 5 parte não tratada de um campo de golfe. 6 idéia esboçada, linhas gerais. 7 rascunho, esboço. 8 pedra não lapidada, em estado bruto. • vt 1 tornar(-se) áspero, executar toscamente. 2 desbastar. 3 esboçar. 4 amansar, domar. 5 Ftb jogar desleal e brutalmente. 6 maltratar, tratar com rudeza. • adj 1 áspero, desigual, irregular, acidentado. 2 rude, tosco, bruto, inacabado, cru, preliminar, em esboço. 3 agitado, encrespado, encapelado (mar.) 4 tempestuoso, borrascoso (tempo). 5 aproximado (cálculo), imperfeito, incompleto (pensamento, plano). 6 inculto, incivil. 7 cansativo, duro, difícil (on s. o. para alguém). 8 brutal, ríspido, grosseiro, indelicado. 9 severo, duro, rígido ( with com). 10 acre, picante, azedo (gosto). 11 rústico, simples (vida). 12 eriçado, peludo, cabeludo. 13. desordeiro, turbulento, violento. 14 desagradável. 15 bravio, agreste, inculto (terra). 16 dissonante, desarmonioso. 17 aspirado (fonética). • (também roughly) adv asperamente, brutalmente, aproximadamente, inacabadamente. in rough em rascunho. in the rough toscamente, em bruto, inacabado, aproximadamente. on a rough calculation em cálculo aproximado. rough and ready a) simples, rústico. b) prático, aproximado, a olho, grosseiro. c) rude, indelicado. rough and tumble a) competição, luta. b) selvagem, violento, impetuoso. to cut up rough irritar-se, agir com irritação. to give the rough side of one’s tongue passar uma descompostura, falar asperamente. to rough it lutar com dificuldade, levar vida dura. to rough out formar em bruto, desbastar, esboçar, delinear. to rough up a) jogar duro, com violência. b) atacar, ameaçar. c) desarrumar. to take the rough with the smooth aceitar os altos e baixos da vida.

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  • 62 roundabout

    1) (a revolving machine on which one can ride for pleasure; a merry-go-round.) carrocel
    2) (a circular piece of ground where several roads meet, and round which traffic must travel.) rotunda
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    round.a.bout
    [r'aundəbaut] n 1 caminho ou curso indireto, desvio, rodeio. 2 circunlóquio, rodeio de palavras. 3 Amer jaqueta curta para homens ou meninos. 4 carrossel. • adj indireto, perifrástico, vago. with many roundabouts indiretamente.

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  • 63 shamble

    ['ʃæmbl]
    (to walk slowly and awkwardly, (as if) not lifting one's feet properly off the ground: The old man shambled wearily along the street.) arrastar-se
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    sham.ble
    [ʃ'æmbəl] n bamboleio, andar bamboleante. • vi andar sem firmeza, bambolear.

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  • 64 shift

    [ʃift] 1. verb
    1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) mudar
    2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) transferir
    3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) tirar
    2. noun
    1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) mudança
    2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) turno
    3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) turno
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    - shiftlessness
    - shifty
    - shiftily
    - shiftiness
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    shift1
    [ʃift] n 1 substituição, mudança, troca, alteração. 2 grupo, turma. 3 turno, horas de uma turma. 4 esquema, meio, truque, artifício, expediente. 5 troca de roupa. • vt+vi 1 mudar, alterar, cambiar, deslocar, variar. the scene now is shifted to Paris / o cenário agora muda para Paris. he shifted his ground / ele mudou seu ponto de vista. 2 ser desonesto. 3 arranjar-se, defender-se, recorrer a expedientes. don’t shift the blame on me / não ponha a culpa em mim. 4 livrar-se de. 5 mudar de posição, de curso, de direção, Auto mudar de marcha. he shifted from one foot to the other / ele mudou de um pé para outro. 6 trocar a roupa. 7 usar de evasivas. can you make shift without her? você consegue arranjar-se sem ela? to shift off livrar-se de. to shift out Comp deslocar de saída, deslocar em esquema circular.
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    shift2
    [ʃift] n Comp deslocamento. • vi deslocar.

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  • 65 shuffle

    1. verb
    1) (to move (one's feet) along the ground etc without lifting them: Do stop shuffling (your feet)!; The old man shuffled along the street.) arrastar-se
    2) (to mix (playing-cards etc): It's your turn to shuffle (the cards).) baralhar
    2. noun
    (an act of shuffling: He gave the cards a shuffle.) embaralhamento
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    shuf.fle
    [ʃ'∧fəl] n 1 ação de arrastar os pés. 2 dança de arrasta-pé. 3 baralhamento. 4 vez de embaralhar as cartas. 5 truque, artifício, embuste, evasiva. 6 tropel. • vt+vi 1 arrastar os pés, andar sem levantar os pés. 2 dançar arrastando os pés. 3 embaralhar (cartas), misturar. 4 procurar subterfúgios, esquivar-se, tergiversar. 5 sl ter uma briga entre dois grupos na rua. to shuffle away tirar, esconder, desviar habilmente. to shuffle off livrar-se, afastar. to shuffle out evitar de maneira desonesta.

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  • 66 spring

    [spriŋ] 1. past tense - sprang; verb
    1) (to jump, leap or move swiftly (usually upwards): She sprang into the boat.) saltar
    2) (to arise or result from: His bravery springs from his love of adventure.) resultar
    3) (to (cause a trap to) close violently: The trap must have sprung when the hare stepped in it.) (fazer) saltar
    2. noun
    1) (a coil of wire or other similar device which can be compressed or squeezed down but returns to its original shape when released: a watch-spring; the springs in a chair.) mola
    2) (the season of the year between winter and summer when plants begin to flower or grow leaves: Spring is my favourite season.) primavera
    3) (a leap or sudden movement: The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.) salto
    4) (the ability to stretch and spring back again: There's not a lot of spring in this old trampoline.) elasticidade
    5) (a small stream flowing out from the ground.) nascente
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    - springiness
    - sprung
    - springboard
    - spring cleaning
    - springtime
    - spring up
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    [spriŋ] n 1 pulo, salto, recuo. 2 mola, mola espiral. 3 elasticidade. 4 contragolpe. 5 primavera. 6 fonte, nascente. 7 origem, causa, fonte. 8 período inicial, primavera da vida. 9 Naut racha, rachadura, fenda (do mastro). 10 empenamento, curvatura. • vt+vi (ps sprang, pp sprung) 1 pular, saltar. 2 recuar, retroceder, voltar, ressaltar por força elástica. 3 fazer pular ou saltar, acionar uma mola, armar. 4 levantar-se, emergir, brotar, nascer, crescer, descender. 5 surgir repentinamente, soltar, voar, lascar-se, saltar. 6 produzir, apresentar de repente. 7 rachar, fender. the ship sprang a leak / o navio começou a fazer água. 8 empenar, curvar-se. 9 levantar (caça). 10 fazer saltar, estourar. 11 sl sair ou escapar da cadeia. • adj 1 que tem mola, de mola. 2 suspenso em molas. 3 primaveril. 4 de fonte ou nascente. to spring at pular em cima de, lançar-se sobre. she sprang a surprise on me ela me fez uma surpresa. to spring a mine fazer explodir uma mina. to spring back pular para trás, voltar para trás (por força de mola). to spring forth saltar para fora. to spring forward lançar-se sobre ou para a frente. to spring into existence surgir, formar-se de repente. to spring something on someone revelar algo de surpresa a alguém. to spring to one’s feet levantar-se de um salto. to spring up brotar, surgir, levantar-se de um salto.

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  • 67 stump

    1. noun
    1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) toco
    2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) coto
    3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) pau
    2. verb
    1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) pisar forte
    2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) deixar perplexo
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    - stump up
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    [st∧mp] n 1 toco, toro, cepa. 2 coto, parte de um membro amputado. 3 toco (de cigarro, de lápis, etc.). 4 sl perna. 5 Amer local de comício político. 6 Drawing esfuminho. • vt+vi 1 Amer fazer discurso político, percorrer em campanha política. 2 andar de modo duro ou com passos pesados. 3 desnortear, confundir, embaraçar, deixar perplexo. 4 coll desafiar, provocar. 5 reduzir a toco ou coto. 6 limpar (um terreno) de tocos. 7 atrapalhar. 8 Drawing esfumar. he stirred his stumps ele pôs-se em movimento, apressou-se. he took the stump ou went on the stump ele foi fazer propaganda ou discursos políticos. I’m up a stump estou em apuros. to stump the country viajar para fazer discursos políticos. to stump it fugir, dar o fora. to stump up sl pagar.

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  • 68 suit

    [su:t] 1. noun
    1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) fato
    2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) fato de (banho, etc.)
    3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) processo
    4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) proposta de casamento
    5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) naipe
    2. verb
    1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) convir
    2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) ficar bem
    3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) adaptar
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    - suitor
    - suitcase
    - follow suit
    - suit down to the ground
    - suit oneself
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    [su:t] n 1 terno de roupa. 2 processo, caso jurídico, processo judicial, demanda, litígio. 3 naipe. 4 pedido (de casamento), solicitação, petição. 5 traje. 6 jogo, coleção, conjunto. 7 corte, galanteio. • vt+vi 1 vestir, fazer roupa. 2 adaptar, ajustar, acomodar. this suits my purpose / isto corresponde às minhas intenções. 3 servir para, concordar, adaptar-se para. her dress did not suit the occasion / seu vestido não era adequado para a ocasião. 4 servir, ser conveniente. will this day suit you? / este dia lhe convém? 5 combinar com. they suit each other well / eles combinam bem. 6 agradar, satisfazer. 7 prover. 8 ficar bem, cair bem (roupas). this hat suits you / este chapéu lhe fica bem. boiler suit Fashion jardineira. suiting the action to the words dito e feito. suit yourself faça como quiser. to follow suit a) acompanhar o naipe. b) fig seguir o exemplo. would it suit you if... o senhor concorda, se...

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  • 69 touch

    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) tocar
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) tocar
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) tocar
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) tocar
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) toque
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tacto
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) retoque
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) talento
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) fora do campo
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    - touchingly
    - touchy
    - touchily
    - touchiness
    - touch screen
    - in touch with
    - in touch
    - lose touch with
    - lose touch
    - out of touch with
    - out of touch
    - a touch
    - touch down
    - touch off
    - touch up
    - touch wood
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    [t∧tʃ] n 1 toque. he gave the finishing touch (es) to it / fig ele deu os últimos retoques. 2 tato. it has a soft touch / é macio ao tato. 3 contato, apalpadela. 4 detalhe, vestígio, traço, feição, caráter. 5 relação, contato. 6 toque, modo de tocar um instrumento. 7 qualidade. 8 prova de qualidade, ensaio. put it to the touch! / ponha-o à prova. 9 pequena quantidade, pingo. 10 acesso, ligeiro ataque. 11 toque de pincel. 12 pancadinha. 13 modo de agir, comportamento. • vt+vi 1 tocar, apalpar, pegar em, pôr em contato, encostar uma coisa na outra. they that touch pitch will be defiled / quem mexe em piche se suja. extremes touch / extremos se tocam. 2 alcançar, esbarrar, atingir, roçar. it touches twenty feet / tem justamente vinte pés de altura. he touched his hat to him / ele cumprimentou-o. that touches the pocket / isto é muito caro. 3 estar em contato, tocar-se, entrar em contato. 4 estar adjacente. 5 bater levemente, tocar (instrumento). 6 Geom tangenciar. 7 ferir, prejudicar. the plants were touched with frost / as plantas sofreram com a geada. 8 afetar, comover, impressionar, irritar. he was touched to the heart, he was touched to the quick / ele ficou profundamente comovido. I was touched with pity / fiquei comovido de dó. 9 colorir, matizar, manchar, marcar. 10 relacionar-se, concernir. 11 referir-se, tratar de. they touched upon the matter / eles tocaram no assunto. 12 usar, tocar (comida bebida), ingerir. 13 alcançar, atingir (em qualidade). 14 parar em, fazer escala, aportar. 15 receber dinheiro, sl emprestar ou pedir dinheiro emprestado. a fine touch fig um bom traço (de caráter). a happy touch fig uma mão feliz. at a touch por simples contato. a touch of blue fig um tom azulado. cold to the touch frio ao tato. he touched off the scene in a few strokes ele desenhou a cena com poucos traços. out of touch with sem contato ou relações com. to get in touch with entrar em contato com. to touch all bases a) fazer tudo sem deixar nada para trás. b) ser muito versátil. to touch at Naut atracar, aportar em. to touch bottom a) fig investigar profundamente. b) chegar ao nível mais baixo. to touch down (futebol americano) colocar a bola no chão atrás do gol. to touch off desencadear. to touch on mencionar, escrever sobre. to touch upon tocar, formar limite com. to touch wood bater na madeira para evitar azar ou mau olhado. with sure touch fig com golpe seguro.

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  • 70 try

    1. verb
    1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) tentar
    2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) experimentar
    3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) julgar
    4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) cansar
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) tentativa
    2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) ensaio
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    - trying
    - try on
    - try out
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    [trai] n tentativa, experiência, prova, teste. • vt+vi 1 tentar, experimentar, ensaiar, provar. he tried his hand at it / ele experimentou fazê-lo. he tried his luck at it / ele tentou a sorte nisto. we tried at this play / experimentamos este jogo. 2 investigar. 3 pôr à prova. 4 Jur interrogar, levar em juízo, processar. he was tried on a charge / ele foi processado por causa de uma denúncia. 5 atormentar, afligir, sujeitar a sofrimento ou provação. 6 esforçar, cansar, esgotar, atacar (vista). you must try harder / precisa esforçar-se mais. he tried hard for a job / ele esforçou-se para conseguir um emprego. 7 testar, aferir, acertar. a teacher of tried experience um professor experimentado. to have a try at experimentar-se em. to try for aspirar, concorrer para. to try on a) provar (roupa). b) sl chatear, tentar esgotar a paciência de alguém. to try out testar, provar. you just try! atreva-se.

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  • 71 turnstile

    noun (a revolving gate which allows only one person to pass at a time, usually after payment of entrance fees etc: There is a turnstile at the entrance to the football ground.) torniquete
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    turn.stile
    [t'ə:nstail] n catraca, borboleta: para contagem de passageiros (ônibus), espectadores (teatro, cinema), etc.

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  • 72 wicket

    ['wikit]
    1) (a hoop through which the balls are driven in the game of croquet or at which the ball is bowled in cricket.) whicket
    2) (the ground between two sets of these rods: The wicket has dried out well.)
    3) (the ending of a batsman's period of batting: They scored fifty runs for (the loss of) one wicket.)
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    wick.et
    [w'ikit] n 1 postigo, portinhola, cancela. 2 janelinha ou abertura. 3 comporta (de represa). 4 borboleta, torniquete. 5 Sports (críquete) meta. 6 Sports (críquete) tempo em que um batedor consegue manter-se no wicket. 7 Sports (críquete) qualquer dos dois jogos de pauzinhos que o oponente procura derrubar.

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  • 73 ditch

    [di ] 1. noun
    (a long narrow hollow dug in the ground especially one to drain water from a field, road etc: He climbed over the fence and fell into a ditch.) vala
    2. verb
    (to get rid of: The stolen car had been ditched by the thieves several miles away.) abandonar

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  • 74 fall

    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) cair
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) cair
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) cair, baixar
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) cair
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) cair
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) caber
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) queda
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) queda
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) queda
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) outono
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    - fallout - his - her face fell - fall away - fall back - fall back on - fall behind - fall down - fall flat - fall for - fall in with - fall off - fall on/upon - fall out - fall short - fall through

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  • 75 gain

    [ɡein] 1. verb
    1) (to obtain: He quickly gained experience.) ganhar
    2) ((often with by or from) to get (something good) by doing something: What have I to gain by staying here?) ganhar
    3) (to have an increase in (something): He gained strength after his illness.) ganhar
    4) ((of a clock or watch) to go too fast: This clock gains (four minutes a day).) adiantar
    2. noun
    1) (an increase (in weight etc): a gain of one kilo.) aumento
    2) (profits, advantage, wealth etc: His loss was my gain; He'd do anything for gain.) ganho, lucro
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    - gain on

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  • 76 hole

    [həul] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) buraco, furo
    2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) toca
    3) ((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.) buraco
    2. verb
    1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) esburacar
    2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) acertar no buraco
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  • 77 jump

    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) pular, saltar
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) saltar
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) saltar
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) saltar
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) pulo, salto
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) salto
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) salto
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) salto
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) salto
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    - jump at - jump for joy - jump on - jump the gun - jump the queue - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that - jump to it

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  • 78 kneel

    [ni:l]
    past tense, past participle - knelt; verb
    ((often with down) to be in, or move into, a position in which both the foot and the knee of one or both legs are on the ground: She knelt (down) to fasten the child's shoes; She was kneeling on the floor cutting out a dress pattern.) ajoelhar

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  • 79 meal

    I [mi:l] noun
    (the food taken at one time: She eats three meals a day.) refeição
    - make a meal of something - make a meal of II [mi:l] noun
    (the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder: a sack of meal; oatmeal.) farinha

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  • 80 mine

    I pronoun
    (something which belongs to me: Are these pencils yours or mine? He is a friend of mine (= one of my friends).) meu, minha, meus, minhas
    II 1. noun
    1) (a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug: a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.) mina
    2) (a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground: The ship has been blown up by a mine.) mina
    2. verb
    1) (to dig (for metals etc) in a mine: Coal is mined near here.) extrair
    2) (to place explosive mines in: They've mined the mouth of the river.) minar
    3) (to blow up with mines: His ship was mined.) minar
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    - mining - minefield

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  • To stand one's ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stand one's ground — also[hold one s ground] {v. phr.} 1. To stay and fight instead of running away. * /The enemy attacked in great numbers but our men stood their ground./ Compare: GAIN GROUND. Contrast: GIVE GROUND, LOSE GROUND. 2. To defend a belief or statement;… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stand one's ground — also[hold one s ground] {v. phr.} 1. To stay and fight instead of running away. * /The enemy attacked in great numbers but our men stood their ground./ Compare: GAIN GROUND. Contrast: GIVE GROUND, LOSE GROUND. 2. To defend a belief or statement;… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shift one's ground — To change one s standpoint in a situation or argument • • • Main Entry: ↑ground shift one s ground (usu figurative) To change the position one has taken, eg in a discussion • • • Main Entry: ↑shift * * * say or write something that contradicts… …   Useful english dictionary

  • To stand one's ground — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), v. t. 1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat. [1913 Webster] 2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. Love stood the siege. Dryden. [1913 Webster] He stood the furious… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hold one's ground — phrasal : to maintain a position the speaker calmly held his ground in the face of angry opposition * * * I hold (or stand) one s ground not retreat or lose one s advantage during a conflict or competition you will be able to hold your ground and …   Useful english dictionary

  • stand one's ground — phrasal : to maintain one s position : stand firm * * * stand one s ground To maintain one s position • • • Main Entry: ↑stand * * * maintain one s position, typically in the face of opposition she stood her ground, refusing to let him intimidate …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold (or stand) one's ground — not retreat or lose one s advantage. → ground …   English new terms dictionary

  • hold one's ground — ► hold (or stand) one s ground not retreat or lose one s advantage. Main Entry: ↑ground …   English terms dictionary

  • stand one's ground — ► hold (or stand) one s ground not retreat or lose one s advantage. Main Entry: ↑ground …   English terms dictionary

  • stand one's ground — Stand, stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one s position, maintain one s ground …   New dictionary of synonyms

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