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  • 1 raise

    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) levantar
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) elevar
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) criar
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) criar
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) levantar
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) reunir
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) provocar
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) levantar
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) erguer
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) dar
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) contactar
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) aumento
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof
    - raise someone's spirits
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    [reiz] n 1 aumento. 2 subida, elevação. 3 levantamento: ação de levantar. • vt+vi 1 levantar, erguer, pôr de pé. I raised my glass to him / eu o brindei. 2 elevar, aumentar, subir ou fazer subir. 3 engrandecer, promover, fortalecer. 4 ajuntar, formar, recrutar, alistar. 5 criar, cultivar, plantar. 6 criar, educar. he was born and raised in New York / ele nasceu e foi educado em Nova York. 7 provocar, causar. 8 suscitar, fazer aparecer, evocar. 9 ressuscitar. 10 exclamar. 11 erigir, erguer, construir, edificar. 12 descobrir, achar. the dog raised a rabbit / o cachorro descobriu uma lebre. 13 terminar, acabar, suspender. 14 avistar. the ship raised land / o navio aproximou-se da (avistou) terra. 15 sublevar, revoltar. 16 arranjar, angariar, levantar (fundos). she raised the dough / ela arranjou o dinheiro. 17 armar (tenda). 18 alçar. 19 causar (briga). 20 excitar, animar, incitar (against, upon contra). 21 realçar, frisar. 22 entoar, cantar. he raised me out of sleep ele despertou-me. to raise a blister formar uma bolha de água na pele. to raise a ghost invocar um espírito. to raise a hand to levantar a mão para, bater, tratar mal. to raise a monument erigir um monumento. to raise an army ajuntar, formar um exército. to raise an eyebrow ficar surpreso. to raise a point levantar uma questão. to raise a shout dar um grito. to raise a storm fig provocar, causar uma tempestade. to raise Cain, (mischief, a row) fazer barulho, armar contendas. to raise cloth aveludar pano. to raise dust fazer alarde, criar confusão. to raise hell coll criar caso. to raise money arranjar dinheiro. to raise money on a property empenhar, hipotecar uma propriedade. to raise one’s eyes elevar a vista (to para). to raise one’s glass fazer um brinde à saúde de. to raise one’s hat cumprimentar tirando o chapéu, tirar o chapéu em cumprimento. to raise prices fazer subir os preços. to raise sheep, potatoes, etc. criar ovelhas, cultivar, plantar batatas. to raise the country sublevar o país. to raise the dead ressuscitar os mortos. to raise the nation to power engrandecer a nação, levá-la ao poder. to raise the roof ficar muito bravo, criar caso, armar um pampeiro. to raise the salary aumentar o salário. to raise the siege of a fort levantar o cerco de um forte. to raise the wind a) sl achar meios de arranjar dinheiro por modos fraudulentos. b) provocar distúrbio ou comoção. to raise to a power Math elevar a uma potência. to raise up levantar, alçar.

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  • 2 raise

    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) levantar
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) elevar
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) criar
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) criar
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) levantar
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) levantar, reunir
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) provocar
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) levantar
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) erigir
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) exclamar
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) contatar, alcançar
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) aumento
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof - raise someone's spirits

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  • 3 hope

    [həup] 1. verb
    (to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) esperar
    2. noun
    1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) esperança
    2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) esperança
    3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) esperança
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    - hopefulness
    - hopefully
    - hopeless
    - hopelessly
    - hopelessness
    - hope against hope
    - hope for the best
    - not have a hope
    - not a hope
    - raise someone's hopes
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    [houp] n esperança, confiança, expectativa. • vt+vi esperar ( for por), ter esperança (in em). I hope for the best / espero o melhor. he doesn’t have hope in hell of doing it ele não tem a mínima chance de fazê-lo. hoped for esperado. I hope so assim espero, espero que sim. in the hope of na esperança de. to be out of hope não ter mais esperança. to hope against esperar por uma coisa quase irrealizável. to raise hopes encorajar, dar esperanças.

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  • 4 wind

    I 1. [wind] noun
    1) ((an) outdoor current of air: The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.) vento
    2) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) fôlego
    3) (air or gas in the stomach or intestines: His stomach pains were due to wind.) gases
    2. verb
    (to cause to be out of breath: The heavy blow winded him.) tirar o fôlego
    3. adjective
    ((of a musical instrument) operated or played using air pressure, especially a person's breath.) de sopro
    - windiness
    - windfall
    - windmill
    - windpipe
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windscreen
    - windsock
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windswept
    - get the wind up
    - get wind of
    - get one's second wind
    - in the wind
    - like the wind     II past tense, past participle - wound; verb
    1) (to wrap round in coils: He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.) enrolar
    2) (to make into a ball or coil: to wind wool.) enrolar
    3) ((of a road etc) to twist and turn: The road winds up the mountain.) subir
    4) (to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc: I forgot to wind my watch.) dar corda
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    - winding
    - wind up
    - be/get wound up
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    wind1
    [wind] n 1 vento. 2 brisa, aragem. 3 vento forte, temporal, ventania. 4 gases, flatulência. 5 (caça) faro, cheiro. 6 fôlego. 7 conversa à toa. 8 Mus instrumento de sopro (também winds) ou quem toca instrumento de sopro. • vt 1 expor ao vento e ao ar, arejar. 2 farejar, seguir o cheiro de. 3 exaustar, cansar (cavalo). 4 (deixar) resfolegar, tomar fôlego, descansar (cavalo). you must wind your horse / você precisa deixar o seu cavalo descansar. I was winded with my run / fiquei sem fôlego com a corrida. 5 [waind] (ps, pp wound, winded) soprar, tocar instrumento de sopro. before the wind levado pelo vento. between wind and weather entre a espada e a parede, em alternativa difícil. broken wind respiração dificultosa (de cavalos). contrary wind vento contrário. fair/ good wind vento favorável. gone with the wind levado pelo vento. he got his wind ele tomou fôlego. he got the wind of him ele tirou vantagem dele. he got the wind up Mil ele ficou com medo. he got wind of it fig ele farejou algo, ficou sabendo daquilo. he hit me in the wind ele me alvejou na boca do estômago. he is in good wind ele tem bom fôlego (boa capacidade respiratória). in the wind’s eye, in the teeth of the wind contra o vento. it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good o prazer de um é o desgosto de outro. it is in the wind está em andamento. on the wind a favor do vento, levado pelo vento. the wind is very high está soprando um vento forte. there is something in the wind fig há algo no ar, está se passando ou acontecendo alguma coisa. they know where the wind hits/ blows eles sabem de onde o vento sopra. thrown to the winds espalhado por todos os ventos/lados. to raise the wind arranjar dinheiro, angariar fundos. to sail near/ close to the wind Naut navegar à bolina cerrada. under the wind a sotavento. up him nós lhe fizemos medo. we put the wind there is a great wind up fig sl o ambiente está carregado. we spoke to the wind fig nós falamos ao vento, em vão. wind and waterline Naut linha d’água. wind and weather o tempo, as condições atmosféricas.
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    wind2
    [waind] n 1 torcedura, enroscamento. 2 curvatura, tortuosidade, sinuosidade. 3 giro, volta, curva, rotação. • vt+vi (ps, pp wound) 1 serpear, serpentear. the river wound its way through the valley / o rio serpenteava pelo vale. 2 envolver, enroscar(-se) ( round em volta de). she wound round his heart / ela soube conquistá-lo. she wound her arms round her child / ela envolveu o filho em seus braços. 3 girar, rotar. 4 Naut virar a proa. 5 empenar(-se), dobrar(-se), entortar(-se), torcer(-se), retorcer(-se). 6 enrolar(se). 7 envolver. 8 abraçar. 9 enredar. 10 guindar, içar, levantar. 11 dar corda a. 12 insinuar-se. 13 girar o braço antes de lançar a bola (em beisebol). he wound himselt into her favour ele soube ganhar a sua simpatia. she wound the wool into a ball ela formou um novelo de lã. to wind off a) desenrolar. b) filmar. to wind on enrolar. to wind up a) guindar, içar, elevar. b) rolar, enrolar. c) dar corda a (relógio). d) resumir (discurso). e) encerrar, acertar (contas). f) regularizar, terminar, finalizar, acabar, concluir. they wound up by marrying / eles acabaram se casando. g) resolver, liquidar, fechar (negócio). h) pôr em forma, reanimar (alguém), incitar, estimular, dar energia a. i) estar preso. the ship winds up / Naut o navio vira (preso à âncora).

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  • 5 blister

    ['blistə] 1. noun
    1) (a thin bubble on the skin, containing liquid: My feet have blisters after walking so far.) bolha
    2) (a similar spot on any surface: blisters on paintwork.) bolha
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) rise in a blister or blisters.) fazer bolhas
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    blis.ter
    [bl'istə] n 1 bolha, pústula, vesícula, empola. to raise blisters / formar bolhas. 2 falha, defeito. 3 Aeron torre transparente. 4 vesicante, vesicatório: substância que produz vesículas. • vt+vi 1 empolar, formar bolhas. 2 cobrir-se de bolhas. 3 repreender, atacar com palavras rudes. 4 aplicar um vesicatório.

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  • 6 dust

    1. noun
    1) (fine grains of earth, sand etc: The furniture was covered in dust.) pó
    2) (anything in the form of fine powder: gold-dust; sawdust.) pó
    2. verb
    (to free (furniture etc) from dust: She dusts (the house) once a week.) espanar
    - dusty
    - dustiness
    - dustbin
    - dust-jacket
    - dustman
    - dustpan
    - dust-up
    - dust down
    - throw dust in someone's eyes
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    [d∧st] n 1 pó, poeira. 2 poeira leve em suspensão no ar, nuvem de pó. 3 limalha. 4 cisco. 5 pólen. 6 cinzas, restos mortais. 7 a terra, o solo (principalmente o lugar onde se fazem enterros). 8 estado ou condição humilhante, desonra. 9 coisa de nenhum valor. 10 confusão, algazarra, bate-boca. • vi 1 varrer o pó, espanar, sacudir o pó. 2 empoar, empolvilhar, polvilhar. 3 pulverizar. 4 tomar banho de poeira (aves). to bite the dust fig 1 ser morto. 2 ser derrotado, malograr. to dust on’es jacket fig sacudir o pó de alguém, espancá-lo, dar-lhe uma surra. to raise, make ou kick up a dust fig levantar poeira, fazer grande alarde, causar perturbação. to shake the dust off one’s feet Brit ir embora com raiva. to throw dust in one’s eyes deitar poeira nos olhos de alguém, iludi-lo com falsas promessas ou aparências, enganar alguém. to turn to dust and ashes fig reduzir a cinzas, desfazer em cinzas. when the dust has settled quando a poeira baixar.

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  • 7 elevate

    ['eliveit]
    1) (to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc: elevated to the post of manager.) promover
    2) (to improve (a person's mind etc): an elevating book.) melhorar
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    - elevating
    - elevator
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    el.e.vate
    ['eliveit] vt 1 levantar, elevar, alçar. 2 progredir, avançar. 3 melhorar, promover. 4 encher de júbilo ou orgulho, excitar, exaltar, enlevar.

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  • 8 eye

    1. noun
    1) (the part of the body with which one sees: Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.) olho
    2) (anything like or suggesting an eye, eg the hole in a needle, the loop or ring into which a hook connects etc.) buraco
    3) (a talent for noticing and judging a particular type of thing: She has an eye for detail/colour/beauty.) percepção
    2. verb
    (to look at, observe: The boys were eyeing the girls at the dance; The thief eyed the policeman warily.) olhar
    - eyebrow
    - eye-catching
    - eyelash
    - eyelet
    - eyelid
    - eye-opener
    - eye-piece
    - eyeshadow
    - eyesight
    - eyesore
    - eye-witness
    - before/under one's very eyes
    - be up to the eyes in
    - close one's eyes to
    - in the eyes of
    - keep an eye on
    - lay/set eyes on
    - raise one's eyebrows
    - see eye to eye
    - with an eye to something
    - with one's eyes open
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    [ai] n 1 olho, vista. 2 íris. 3 visão, percepção. 4 olhar, olhadela. 5 olhar vigilante. 6 senso, sentido. 7 modo de ver, opinião, ponto de vista. 8 Bot botão, broto. 9 olhal, clarabóia. 10 orifício da agulha, colchete. 11 olhada. • vt olhar, observar, mirar, examinar. a private eye detetive particular. eye of the storm Meteor o centro de um ciclone tropical. eye of the wind Meteor o ponto do qual o vento sopra. eyes front, right, left Mil sentido! olhar à frente, à direita, à esquerda. mind your eyes! cuidado com os olhos! the evil eye o mau-olhado. the sight offends your eyes o espetáculo ou o procedimento ofende a vista. the sight relieves the eyes o espetáculo deleita a vista. to be up to the eyes with work estar sobrecarregado de trabalho. to cast an eye on something dar uma olhada. to eye somebody from top to toe olhar alguém dos pés à cabeça. to give someone the eye demonstrar simpatia. to open one’s eye to the truth fazer ver a verdade. to see something with half an eye perceber tudo à primeira vista. to set someone’s eyes on somebody ver alguém. I set my eyes on him for the first time / eu o vi pela primeira vez. to shut one’s eyes fingir que não vê.

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  • 9 finger

    ['fiŋɡə] 1. noun
    1) (one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb: She pointed a finger at the thief.) dedo
    2) (the part of a glove into which a finger is put.) dedo
    3) (anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger: a finger of toast.) pedaço
    2. verb
    (to touch or feel with the fingers: She fingered the material.) manusear
    - fingerprint
    - fingertip
    - be all fingers and thumbs / my fingers are all thumbs
    - have something at one's fingertips
    - have at one's fingertips
    - have a finger in the pie / in every pie
    - put one's finger on
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    fin.ger
    [f'iŋgə] n 1 dedo. 2 qualquer peça saliente de pequeno porte, semelhante a um dedo. 3 comprimento ou largura correspondente a um dedo. 4 sl dedo-duro, informante. 5 sl um policial. • vt+vi 1 tocar com os dedos. he didn’t lay a finger on her / ele não a tocou. 2 manusear, apalpar, auxiliar. she doesn’t lift a finger, she doesn’t raise a finger to help her mother / ela não ergue um dedo para ajudar sua mãe. 3 sl dedo-durar: localizar e mostrar para ladrões lugares passíveis de assalto. 4 Mus dedilhar, executar com os dedos em instrumento musical, indicar por algarismos. five-fingers sl 1 gatuno, ladrão. 2 sentença de prisão de cinco anos. I’m all fingers and thumbs eu sou muito desajeitado com as mãos. on the finger sl 1 a crédito. 2 grátis. the money slipped through his fingers o dinheiro escorregou pelos seus dedos, ele perdeu o dinheiro. to get your fingers burnt ou to burn your fingers dar com os burros n’água, queimar-se. to have a finger in the pie meter o dedo, intrometer-se em um negócio. to have green fingers ter uma boa mão para plantas. to keep one’s fingers crossed torcer, esperar que algo aconteça. to lay one’s finger upon pôr o dedo em cima, descobrir ou indicar com exatidão. to point a finger, to point the finger acusar. to put a finger on someone’s weak spot pôr o dedo na ferida, encontrar o calcanhar-de-aquiles. to twist someone round your little finger fazer gato e sapato de alguém. to work one’s fingers to the bone dar duro, trabalhar em excesso.

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  • 10 hoist

    [hoist] 1. verb
    1) (to lift (something heavy): he hoisted the sack on to his back; He hoisted the child up on to his shoulders.) levantar
    2) (to raise or lift by means of some apparatus, a rope etc: The cargo was hoisted on to the ship: They hoisted the flag.) levantar
    2. noun
    1) (an apparatus for lifting usually heavy objects: a luggage hoist.) guindaste
    2) (a lift or push up: Give me a hoist over this wall, will you!) empurrão
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    [hɔist] n 1 ação de levantar ou içar. 2 elevador. 3 macaco, moitão, guindaste, guincho, grua. • vt+vi içar, levantar, elevar, guindar. hoist with his own petard preso em sua própria armadilha. to hoist the flag içar a bandeira.

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  • 11 levy

    ['levi] 1. verb
    (to raise or collect (especially an army or a tax): A tax was levied on tabacco.) lançar
    2. noun
    1) (soldiers or money collected by order: a levy on imports.) taxa
    2) (the act of levying.) taxa
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    lev.y
    [l'evi] n 1 coleta, arrecadação, taxação, incidência de imposto. 2 recrutamento de soldados. 3 leva de tropas. 4 importância levantada mediante coleta. • vt+vi 1 fazer coleta, arrecadar. 2 recrutar soldados. 3 formar levas de tropas. 4 taxar, cobrar impostos. 5 embargar. capital levy imposto sobre capital. to levy war mobilizar para uma guerra.

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  • 12 lift

    [lift] 1. verb
    1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) levantar
    2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) levantar
    3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) levantar
    4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) subir
    2. noun
    1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) um levantar
    2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) elevador
    3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) boleia
    4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) estímulo
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    [lift] n 1 ação de levantar, levantamento. 2 altura a que se levanta algo. 3 pequena elevação de terreno. 4 auxílio para suspender algo. 5 ascensor, elevador, aparelho para suspender cargas. 6 carga que foi ou deve ser erguida. 7 melhoria de condição social. 8 carona. 9 camada de sola no salto de um sapato. 10 ajuda, auxílio. 11 melhora de estado de ânimo. 12 furto. 13 Aeron força de sustentação ou ascensão. • vt+vi 1 erguer, alçar, levantar, suspender, içar, subir. 2 surgir (no horizonte). 3 retirar, levantar, revogar. 4 furtar. 5 exaltar, estimular. 6 pagar (uma obrigação). 7 fig plagiar. 8 levantar-se, erguer-se. 9 desenterrar (batatas). to give one a lift dar condução ou carona a alguém. to lift off decolar verticalmente (espaçonave). to lift up one’s head recobrar de doença ou prostração.

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  • 13 promote

    [prə'məut]
    1) (to raise (to a higher rank or position): He was promoted to head teacher.) promover
    2) (to encourage, organize, or help the progress of: He worked hard to promote peace / this scheme.) promover
    3) (to encourage the buying of; to advertise: We are promoting a new brand of soap-powder.) fazer a promoção de
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    pro.mote
    [prəm'out] vt 1 promover: a) elevar a cargo, posto ou situação superior. he was promoted captain / ele foi promovido a capitão. b) fomentar, favorecer. 2 Chess transformar um peão em figura.

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  • 14 pump

    1. noun
    1) (a machine for making water etc rise from under the ground: Every village used to have a pump from which everyone drew their water.) bomba
    2) (a machine or device for forcing liquid or gas into, or out of, something: a bicycle pump (for forcing air into the tyres).) bomba
    2. verb
    1) (to raise or force with a pump: Oil is being pumped out of the ground.) bombear
    2) (to get information from by asking questions: He tried to pump me about the exam.) sondar
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    [p∧mp] n 1 bomba de ar, de água ou de gasolina. 2 sandálias ou sapatilhas. 3 coll coração. • vt+vi 1 elevar por meio de bomba, bombear. 2 emitir, lançar, arrojar. 3 esgotar por meio de bomba. 4 sondar, perquirir. 5 arrancar, extrair, obter. 6 encher (pneumáticos). 7 latejar, pulsar. 8 arquejar, ofegar, arfar. 9 vulg trepar, foder, ter relação sexual. he is pumped out ele está esgotado. pumped up em um estado de extrema excitação. pump him for interrogue-o sobre. they pumped out his stomach fizeram-lhe lavagem estomacal. to pump out produzir ou fornecer em grandes quantidades. to pump up the music/volume, etc. tocar música num volume bem alto.

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  • 15 raffle

    ['ræfl] 1. noun
    (a way of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or more of which win a prize: I won this doll in a raffle; ( also adjective) raffle tickets.) rifa
    2. verb
    (to give as the prize in a raffle: They raffled a bottle of whisky to raise money for cancer research.) rifar
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    raf.fle1
    [r'æfəl] n 1 rifa. 2 sorteio. • vt 1 rifar, sortear. 2 partilhar duma rifa.
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    raf.fle2
    [r'æfəl] n 1 refugo, entulho. 2 Naut emaranhamento de cordas, etc.

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  • 16 rear

    I 1. [riə] noun
    1) (the back part of something: There is a second bathroom at the rear of the house; The enemy attacked the army in the rear.) retaguarda
    2) (the buttocks, bottom: The horse kicked him in his rear.) traseiro
    2. adjective
    (positioned behind: the rear wheels of the car.) traseiro
    - rearguard II [riə] verb
    1) (to feed and care for (a family, animals etc while they grow up): She has reared six children; He rears cattle.) criar
    2) ((especially of a horse) to rise up on the hind legs: The horse reared in fright as the car passed.) empinar-se
    3) (to raise (the head etc): The snake reared its head.) levantar
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    [riə] n 1 a parte traseira, o fundo. 2 retaguarda, última fileira. 3 sl traseiro, assento, bunda, nádegas. • vt+vi 1 criar, educar, cultivar. 2 levantar, erigir, construir. 3 edificar, construir. 4 empinar-se, levantar-se nas patas traseiras. • adj traseiro, posterior, da retaguarda. at the rear nos fundos, na parte de trás. in the rear na retaguarda, na parte de trás, por último. to bring up the rear vir por último (numa procissão, por exemplo).

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  • 17 roof

    [ru:f] 1. noun
    (the top covering of a building etc: a flat roof; a tiled roof; the roof of a car.) telhado
    2. verb
    (to cover with a roof: They'll finish roofing the house next week.) pôr telhado
    - roof of the mouth
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    [ru:f] n (pl roofs) 1 telhado. 2 casa, moradia, lar, abrigo. 3 cume, topo. 4 céu da boca (palato) ou cobertura de qualquer cavidade. 5 limite mais alto. • vt 1 cobrir com telhas, telhar. 2 abrigar, alojar, acolher. the roof at heaven a abóbada celeste. the roof of the mouth o céu da boca. the roof of the world o teto do munto. tiled roof telhado de telhas. to have a roof over one’s head ter onde morar. to hit the roof ficar furioso, subir pelas paredes. to raise the roof fazer um barulho dos diabos, subir pelas paredes, subir a serra, ficar furioso. without roof sem abrigo, desabrigado.

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  • 18 salute

    [sə'lu:t] 1. verb
    1) ((especially in the forces) to raise the (usually right) hand to the forehead to show respect: They saluted their commanding officer.) fazer continência
    2) (to honour by firing eg large guns: They saluted the Queen by firing one hundred guns.) saudar
    2. noun
    (an act of saluting: The officer gave a salute; a 21-gun salute.) saudação
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    sa.lute
    [səl'u:t] n 1 saudação, cumprimento. 2 Mil continência. 3 salva. • vt 1 saudar. 2 fazer continência, apresentar armas. 3 cumprimentar. to take the salute of the troops passar em revista as tropas.

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  • 19 sneer

    [sniə] 1. verb
    1) (to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of smile that expresses scorn: What are you sneering for?) sorrir com desdém
    2) ((with at) to show contempt for (something) by such an expression or by scornful words etc: He sneered at our attempts to improve the situation.) escarnecer
    3) (to say with contempt: `You haven't a chance of getting that job,' he sneered.) escarnecer
    2. noun
    (a scornful expression, words etc that express contempt.) zombaria
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    [sniə] n olhar ou riso de escárnio, zombaria, sarcasmo. • vt+vi 1 olhar com desprezo, sorrir desdenhosamente. 2 zombar, escarnecer.

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  • 20 stink

    [stiŋk] 1. past tense - stank; verb
    (to have a very bad smell: That fish stinks; The house stinks of cats.) cheirar mal
    2. noun
    (a very bad smell: What a stink!) fedor
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    [stiŋk] n 1 fedor, mau cheiro. 2 queixa, reclamação • vt+vi (ps stank, stunk, pp stunk) 1 feder, ter mau cheiro, tresandar. 2 ter má reputação. 3 não prestar, ser uma droga. 4 Braz coll cheirar mal, não cheirar bem, parecer que tem algo de errado. big stink sl escândalo, pampeiro. he stinks in my nostrils sl não o tolero, não gosto dele. he stinks of money coll ele está cheio de dinheiro. it stinks! não gosto, não serve. like stink coll a) muito. b) intensamente. to raise a stink a) armar um barulho, fazer uma confusão. b) reclamar. to stink out a) espalhar mau cheiro. b) afugentar pelo mau cheiro. to stink with prover em excesso.

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