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  • 81 encounter

    1. verb
    1) (to meet especially unexpectedly: She encountered the manager in the hall.) encontrar
    2) (to meet with (difficulties etc): I expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job.) enfrentar
    2. noun
    1) (a meeting: I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.) encontro
    2) (a fight: The encounter between the armies was fierce.) recontro
    * * *
    en.coun.ter
    [ink'aunt2] n 1 encontro (casual). 2 conflito, combate, peleja, batalha. 3 duelo. • vt+vi 1 encontrar(-se) casualmente, deparar-se com alguém. 2 encontrar(-se) com o inimigo. 3 enfrentar, entrar em conflito.

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  • 82 gloom

    [ɡlu:m]
    1) (a state of not quite complete darkness: I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.) escuridão
    2) (sadness: The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country.) tristeza
    •
    - gloominess
    * * *
    [glu:m] n escuridão, tristeza, melancolia, trevas. • vt+vi 1 escurecer, obscurecer. 2 estar triste, sentir-se abatido, estar melancólico. 3 olhar acabrunhado. 4 ter aparência ameaçadora.

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  • 83 structure

    1) (the way in which something is arranged or organized: A flower has quite a complicated structure; the structure of a human body.) estrutura
    2) (a building, or something that is built or constructed: The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous structures in the world.) estrutura
    •
    - structurally
    * * *
    struc.ture
    [str'∧ktʃə] n 1 construção, prédio. 2 estrutura (também Chem, Phys). 3 tipo de construção, arranjo, disposição. • vt 1 estruturar. 2 construir.

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  • 84 unbalanced

    1) (without the proper amount of attention being given to everything: If we don't hear both sides of the argument, we'll get an unbalanced view of the situation.) desequilibrado
    2) (disordered in the mind; not quite sane: The murderer was completely unbalanced.) desvairado
    * * *
    un.bal.anced
    [∧nb'ælənst] adj 1 desequilibrado. 2 não compensado, não balanceado. 3 desajustado (mental).

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  • 85 encounter

    1. verb
    1) (to meet especially unexpectedly: She encountered the manager in the hall.) deparar com
    2) (to meet with (difficulties etc): I expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job.) enfrentar
    2. noun
    1) (a meeting: I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.) encontro
    2) (a fight: The encounter between the armies was fierce.) embate

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  • 86 gloom

    [ɡlu:m]
    1) (a state of not quite complete darkness: I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.) sombra
    2) (sadness: The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country.) tristeza
    •
    - gloominess

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  • 87 initiative

    [-ʃətiv]
    1) (a first step or move that leads the way: He took the initiative in organizing a search party to look for the girl; A move to start peace talks is sometimes called a peace initiative.) iniciativa
    2) (the ability to lead or make decisions for oneself: He is quite good at his job, but lacks initiative; My son actually went to the hairdresser's on his own initiative!) iniciativa

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  • 88 structure

    1) (the way in which something is arranged or organized: A flower has quite a complicated structure; the structure of a human body.) estrutura
    2) (a building, or something that is built or constructed: The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous structures in the world.) construção
    •
    - structurally

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  • 89 unbalanced

    1) (without the proper amount of attention being given to everything: If we don't hear both sides of the argument, we'll get an unbalanced view of the situation.)
    2) (disordered in the mind; not quite sane: The murderer was completely unbalanced.)

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  • 90 cosmetic

    [koz'metik] 1. adjective
    (designed to increase the beauty and hide the defects of something, especially the face: She had cosmetic surgery to improve the shape of her nose.) plástico
    2. noun
    (a preparation for this purpose: She's quite pretty - she does not need to wear so many cosmetics (= lipstick, eye-shadow etc).) cosmético
    * * *
    cos.met.ic
    [kɔzm'etik] n cosmético. • adj cosmético.

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  • 91 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
    * * *
    [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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  • 92 generation

    1) (one stage in the descent of a family: All three generations - children, parents and grandparents - lived together quite happily.) geração
    2) (people born at about the same time: People of my generation all think the same way about this.) geração
    * * *
    gen.er.a.tion
    [dʒenər'eiʃən] n 1 geração. 2 procriação, criação. 3 produção. 4 Math formação. 5 descendência, linhagem, genealogia. spontaneous generation geração espontânea. the present generation a geração atual.

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  • 93 himself

    1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when a male person or animal is the object of an action he performs: He kicked himself; He looked at himself in the mirror.) si próprio
    2) (used to emphasize he, him or the name of a male person or animal: John himself played no part in this.) o próprio
    3) (without help etc: He did it himself.) sozinho
    * * *
    him.self
    [hims'elf] pron ele mesmo, se, si mesmo. he is not quite himself / ele não está bem, ele está fora de si. by himself / sozinho, só. he came to himself / ele voltou a si.

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  • 94 proper

    ['propə]
    1) (right, correct, or suitable: That isn't the proper way to clean the windows; You should have done your schoolwork at the proper time - it's too late to start now.) correcto
    2) (complete or thorough: Have you made a proper search?) completo
    3) (respectable or well-mannered: Such behaviour isn't quite proper.) decente
    •
    - proper noun/name
    * * *
    prop.er
    [pr'ɔpə] adj 1 próprio: a) peculiar, distintivo, característico. b) apropriado, adequado, oportuno. c) exato, correto. d) Gram particular, privativo. 2 propriamente dito. 3 fino, excelente. 4 inerente. 5 decente, decoroso, respeitável. 6 Her representado na cor natural. it is proper for her / é apropriado para ela. 7 sl completo, rematado, consumado. at the proper time na ocasião oportuna. we think it proper julgamo-lo adequado.

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  • 95 savage

    ['sævi‹] 1. adjective
    1) (uncivilized: savage tribes.) selvagem
    2) (fierce and cruel: The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks.) selvagem
    2. verb
    (to attack: He was savaged by wild animals.) atacar ferozmente
    3. noun
    1) (a person in an uncivilized state: tribes of savages.) selvagem
    2) (a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way: I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady.) selvagem
    •
    - savageness
    - savagery
    * * *
    sav.age1
    [s'ævidʒ] n 1 selvagem, bárbaro. 2 bruto, pessoa brutal ou grosseira. • adj 1 selvagem, feroz. 2 incivilizado. 3 rude, cruel, brutal. 4 coll feroz, irado, encolerizado. • vt atacar ou tratar brutalmente.
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    sav.age2
    [s'ævidʒ] n sl 1 peão: operário com baixíssimo salário. 2 tira (policial) inexperiente.

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  • 96 secure

    [si'kjuə] 1. adjective
    1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) seguro
    2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) seguro
    3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) seguro
    2. verb
    1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) proteger
    2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) segurar
    •
    - security
    - security risk
    * * *
    se.cure
    [sikj'uə] vt 1 segurar, guardar, proteger, defender. 2 garantir, afiançar. 3 estar seguro, segurar-se. 4 verificar, assegurar. 5 firmar, amarrar, atar, ligar, trancar. 6 adquirir, receber, obter. I’ve secured my goal / alcancei meu objetivo. • adj 1 seguro, guardado, protegido. he is quite secure / ele está em segurança absoluta. 2 certo, assegurado. 3 confidente, confiante, de confiança, despreocupado. 4 firme, estável.

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  • 97 be up to

    1) (to be busy or occupied with (an activity etc): What is he up to now?) estar a fazer
    2) (to be capable of: He isn't quite up to the job.) ter capacidade para
    3) (to reach the standard of: This work isn't up to your best.) ser o seu melhor
    4) (to be the duty or privilege of: It's up to you to decide; The final choice is up to him.) ser responsabilidade de

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  • 98 out of

    1) (from inside: He took it out of the bag.) de dentro de
    2) (not in: Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.) fora de
    3) (from among: Four out of five people like this song.) de entre
    4) (having none left: She is quite out of breath.) sem
    5) (because of: He did it out of curiosity/spite.) por
    6) (from: He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.) de

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  • 99 be up to

    1) (to be busy or occupied with (an activity etc): What is he up to now?)
    2) (to be capable of: He isn't quite up to the job.)
    3) (to reach the standard of: This work isn't up to your best.)
    4) (to be the duty or privilege of: It's up to you to decide; The final choice is up to him.)

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  • 100 cosmetic

    [koz'metik] 1. adjective
    (designed to increase the beauty and hide the defects of something, especially the face: She had cosmetic surgery to improve the shape of her nose.) cosmético
    2. noun
    (a preparation for this purpose: She's quite pretty - she does not need to wear so many cosmetics (= lipstick, eye-shadow etc).) cosmético

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