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1 prefer
[pri'fə:]past tense, past participle - preferred; verb(to like better: Which do you prefer - tea or coffee?; I prefer reading to watching television; She would prefer to come with you rather than stay here.) preferir- preferably
- preference* * *pre.fer[prif'ə:] vt 1 preferir, escolher, dar preferência a. he had been preferred to me / ele foi preferido a mim. they preferred going home / preferiram voltar para casa. we prefer it to everything / preferimo-lo a tudo. we prefer to go today / preferimos ir hoje. 2 nomear, designar. 3 promover, elevar a cargo superior (to, a). 4 oferecer, dar. 5 apresentar queixa (against, contra). 6 apresentar, submeter à apreciação de. 7 instruir, recomendar. 8 atribuir, referir, imputar. 9 Jur dar prioridade a. to prefer a petition apresentar uma petição. -
2 prefer
[pri'fə:]past tense, past participle - preferred; verb(to like better: Which do you prefer - tea or coffee?; I prefer reading to watching television; She would prefer to come with you rather than stay here.) preferir- preferably - preference -
3 prefer
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4 prefer charges
apresentar queixa, formular acusações ( Law)English-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > prefer charges
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5 to prefer a petition
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6 ballad
['bæləd](a simple, often sentimental, song: Older people prefer ballads to pop music.) balada* * *bal.lad[b'æləd] n balada. -
7 brown
1. adjective1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) castanho2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) bronzeado2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) castanho2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) castanho3. verb(to make or become brown.) acastanhar* * *[braun] n 1 cor castanha. 2 cor parda. 3 pigmento ou tinta castanha. • vt+vi 1 pintar de castanho, tornar castanho, bronzear. 2 ficar marrom ou castanho. 3 assar até ficar dourado. • adj 1 castanho, marrom. 2 bronzeado, de pele escura. 3 trigueiro, moreno. he fired into the brown ele atirou a esmo contra a multidão. in a brown study pensativo, absorto em devaneios. -
8 competitive
[kəm'petətiv]1) ((of a person) enjoying competition: a competitive child.) competitivo2) ((of a price etc) not expensive, therefore able to compete successfully with the prices etc of rivals.) competitivo3) ((of sport etc) organised in such a way as to produce a winner: I prefer hill-climbing to competitive sports.) competitivo* * *com.pe.ti.tive[kəmp'etitiv] adj competitivo, competidor, concorrente. -
9 dry
1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) seco2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) insípido3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) irónico4) ((of wine) not sweet.) seco2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) secar- dried- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up* * *[drai] n 1 Amer proibicionista, partidário da Lei Seca, do regime seco. 2 secura, seca, estado ou qualidade do que é seco. • vt+vi 1 secar(-se), enxugar(-se), dessecar, esgotar, desaguar, ficar seco, deixar em seco. 2 murchar, tornar murcho. 3 secar-se, definhar-se. • adj (compar drier, sup driest) 1 seco, enxuto, sem chuva, árido, estéril, sem vegetação, mirrado, magro. 2 sedento, sequioso. 3 murcho, ressequido. 4 seco, insensível, de poucas palavras, severo, áspero, duro, rude, sarcástico, satírico, mordaz, reservado, calado, enfadonho. 5 sem lágrimas. 6 nu, puro (fatos). 7 sem leite, que não produz leite (vaca). 8 sem manteiga, seco (pão, vinho). 9 sem vida, insípido. 10 sujeito à Lei Seca, marcado pela ausência de bebidas alcoólicas. 11 desidratado. 12 improdutivo. 13 que causa sede. cut and dry já feito, decidido com antecedência, combinado de antemão. dry as a bone/ bone-dry totalmente seco. high and dry fracassado, desamparado, abandonado. to die a dry death morrer sem ser por afogamento ou por derramamento de sangue. to dry out coll receber ou dar curso de tratamento do alcoolismo. to dry up 1 secar, dessecar. 2 deixar de fluir. 3 coll esquecer o diálogo (ator). 4 sl calar a boca. -
10 euthanasia
[ju:Ɵə'neiziə](the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a painful and incurable illness: Many old people would prefer euthanasia to the suffering they have to endure.) eutanásia* * *eu.tha.na.si.a[ju:θ2n'eizi2] n eutanásia. -
11 fiction
['fikʃən](stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see also non-fiction): I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events.) ficção- fictitious* * *fic.tion[f'ikʃən] n 1 ficção, literatura de ficção. 2 novela, romance. 3 alegoria, lenda, fábula, mito, apólogo. 4 imaginação. -
12 personally
1) (in one's own opinion: Personally, I prefer the other.) pessoalmente2) (doing something oneself, not having or letting someone else do it on one's behalf: He thanked me personally.) pessoalmente* * *per.son.al.ly[p'ə:sənəli] adv pessoalmente, em pessoa. -
13 production
1) (the act or process of producing something: car-production; The production of the film cost a million dollars.)2) (the amount produced, especially of manufactured goods: The new methods increased production.) produção3) (a particular performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play etc: I prefer this production of `Hamlet' to the one I saw two years ago.) produção* * *pro.duc.tion[prəd'∧kʃən] n 1 produção: a) fabricação, manufatura. b) exposição, apresentação (de documentos, testemunhas, etc.). c) obra, criação, realização, produto. d) obra literária ou artística. e) Theat exibição, encenação. 2 Geom prolongamento, extensão. mass production produção em série. to make a production out of something fazer alarde sobre alguma coisa a fim de que pareça mais importante do que é. -
14 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) sombra2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) sombra3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) quebra-luz4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) matiz5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) um tudo nada2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) proteger2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) sombrear3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) fugir para•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade* * *[ʃeid] n 1 lugar sombreado, sombra. 2 penumbra. 3 cortina, veneziana. 4 tonalidade, gradação de cor, matiz, tom. 5 sombreado (de pintura). 6 nuança, diferença mínima, grau. 7 quebra-luz, abajur. 8 anteparo. 9 viseira. • vt+vi 1 abrigar da luz, sombrear, proteger da luz. 2 escurecer, tornar sombrio. 3 mostrar diferenças ou nuanças, mudar aos poucos, graduar (cores), matizar. glass shade redoma. to shade away esmaecer, sumir-se. to throw somebody into the shade superar alguém. -
15 stocking
['stokiŋ](one of a pair of close-fitting coverings for the legs and feet, reaching to or above the knee: Most women prefer tights to stockings nowadays.) meia* * *stock.ing[st'ɔkiŋ] n meia. body stocking collant inteiriço, malha inteiriça que se ajusta ao corpo, usada para dança. cat with white stockings gato com patas brancas. elastic stocking meia elástica. in one’s stocking feet com meias, mas sem sapatos. pair of stockings meias, par de meias. silk stocking sl bem de vida, opulento. -
16 that
1. [ðæt] plural - those; adjective(used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) aquele2. pronoun(used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) aquele3. [ðət, ðæt] relative pronoun(used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?) que4. [ðət, ðæt] conjunction1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) que2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) que5. adverb(so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) tão- that's that* * *[ðæt] demonstrative pron (pl those) esse, essa, isso, aquele, aquela, aquilo. how much are those apples? / quanto custam essas maçãs? who is that man? / quem é aquele homem? I prefer that book (those books) / prefiro esse livro (esses livros). what was that cry? / que grito foi esse? that is the girl I saw / essa é a moça que eu tinha visto. that’s all I wanted to know / isso é tudo que eu queria saber. you are responsible for that / você é responsável por isso. in that you are right / nisso você tem razão. I hoped it would come to that / esperava que chegasse a isso. • relative pron que, o que. the book that I gave you / o livro que lhe dei. the day that I met you / no dia em que o encontrei. • conj para que, que, a fim de que, de modo que. not that I have any objection / não que eu tenha alguma objeção. do you remember that she said so? / você se lembra de que ela falou assim? • adv tão, de tal modo, de tal maneira, assim. leave it at that! / deixe-o assim! I did not go that far / não cheguei a tal ponto. she is not that old / ela não é assim tão velha. and that was that! isso está liquidado! at that time naquele tempo. for all that apesar de tudo isso. for the very reason that pela própria razão que. in order that a fim de que. no one that nenhum que. now that agora que. that easily tão facilmente. that far tão longe. that is (abreviatura: i. e., Lat id est) isto é. that one (those ones) aquele (aqueles). this or that? esse ou aquele? so that’s that! portanto é isso aí! -
17 this
[ðis] 1. plural - these; adjective1) (used to indicate a person, thing etc nearby or close in time: This book is better than that (one); I prefer these trousers.) este2) (used in stories to indicate a person, thing etc that one is describing or about to describe: Then this man arrived.) o tal2. pronoun(used for a thing etc or a person nearby or close in time: Read this - you'll like it; This is my friend John Smith.) isto3. adverb(so; to this degree: I didn't think it would be this easy.) assim* * *[ðis] demonstrative pron (pl these) este, esta, isto. this is my friend / este é meu amigo. this story is very interesting / esta história é muito interessante. who are these? / quem são estes? this is what happened / foi isto que aconteceu. they talked this, that and the other / conversaram sobre isto e aquilo. • adv a este ponto, deste modo. she sings like this / ela canta assim. all this tudo isto. by this por meio disto. by this time entrementes. long before this muito antes disto. one of these days um dia destes. these ones estes. these people estas pessoas. this and that este e aquele. this day week a) há oito dias. b) daqui a oito dias. this one este aqui. -
18 type
I noun(a kind, sort; variety: What type of house would you prefer to live in?; They are marketing a new type of washing powder.) tipoII 1. noun1) ((a particular variety of) metal blocks with letters, numbers etc used in printing: Can we have the headline printed in a different type?) tipo2) (printed letters, words etc: I can't read the type - it's too small.) letra, tipo2. verb(to write (something) using a typewriter: Can you type?; I'm typing a letter.) datilografar- typing- typewriting
- typist
- typewriter* * *[taip] n 1 tipo, classe, categoria, espécie. he is the very type of a seaman / ele é o tipo do marinheiro. he is not my type / ele não é o meu tipo, não é o tipo de pessoa que me interessa. 2 modelo, símbolo, exemplo, protótipo. 3 cunho, estilo, forma, caráter. 4 figura, inscrição em moeda ou medalha. 5 Typogr tipo, caráter tipográfico. 6 Typogr coleção de tipos. 7 cartas, impressas ou datilografadas. 8 Med tipo sangüíneo. • vt+vi 1 tipificar. 2 formar tipo ou exemplo, simbolizar. 3 determinar o tipo. 4 datilografar. 5 Comp digitar. bold type tipo negrito. italic type itálico. in type composto, impresso. set of type Typogr composição. specimen of type prova de composição. the human types os tipos humanos. to type away datilografar rapidamente ou diligentemente. to type up produzir algo datilografado e completo a partir de idéias, notas ou texto manuscrito. to set up in type compor. to appear in type sair impresso. true to type com sinais característicos. -
19 variety
plural - varieties; noun1) (the quality of being of many different kinds or of being varied: There's a great deal of variety in this job.) variedade2) (a mixed collection or range: The children got a variety of toys on their birthdays.) variedade3) (a sort or kind: They grow fourteen different varieties of rose.) variedade4) (a type of mixed theatrical entertainment including dances, songs, short sketches etc: I much prefer operas to variety; ( also adjective) a variety show.) variedade* * *va.ri.e.ty[vər'aiəti] n 1 variedade: a) diversidade. b) Com sortimento, escolha. c) espécie, tipo, subsespécie. d) quantidade, multiplicidade. he had all varieties of bad luck / ele teve toda espécie de má sorte. 2 variação, diferença, discrepância. 3 versatilidade. 4 vaudeville, show de variedades. -
20 would
[wud]short forms - I'd; verb1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.) iria, viria, teria, etc.2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.) viria, teria vindo, etc.3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.) faria, seria, preferiria, etc.4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!) tinha que (acontecer)•- would-be- would you* * *[wud] v aux 1 usado na formação de frases interrogativas. would you care to see my photos? você gostaria de ver minhas fotos? 2 usado para formar o futuro do pretérito. he knew he would be late / ele sabia que se atrasaria. that would be her third husband / aquele devia ser seu terceiro marido. 3 usado para expressar condição. he would write if you would answer / ele escreveria se você respondesse. 4 usado no discurso indireto para expressar idéia de futuro. he said he would bring it / ele disse que o traria. 5 usado para expressar desejo. 6 usado em formas polidas de pedidos ou afirmações. would you come to lunch tomorrow? / você poderia vir almoçar amanhã? would you show me the way to the station? / você me faria o favor de mostrar o caminho da estação? 7 usado para oferecer algo. would you like a drink? / você aceitaria uma bebida? would better, Amer had better seria melhor. you would better go now / é melhor você ir agora. would rather preferiria. I would rather not say what I think / preferiria não dizer o que penso.
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