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1 secret police
(a police force whose activities are kept secret and which is concerned mostly with political crimes.) polícia secreta* * *se.cret po.lice[si:krit pəl'i:s] n Mil polícia secreta. -
2 secret police
(a police force whose activities are kept secret and which is concerned mostly with political crimes.) polícia secreta -
3 secret
['si:krit] 1. adjective(hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people: a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody.) secreto2. noun1) (something which is, or must be kept, secret: The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets.) segredo2) (a hidden explanation: I wish I knew the secret of her success.) segredo•- secrecy- secretive
- secretively
- secretiveness
- secretly
- secret agent
- secret police
- in secret
- keep a secret* * *se.cret[s'i:krit] n 1 segredo, mistério. I am in the secret / conheço o segredo. can you keep a secret? / você pode guardar um segredo? we let him into the secret / confiamos-lhe o segredo. 2 razão ou causa oculta. • adj 1 secreto, oculto, clandestino. we kept it secret / guardamos segredo. 2 fechado, reservado. 3 escondido. 4 segregado, retirado, solitário, isolado. 5 obscuro, recôndito. in secret secretamente, em segredo. many are the secret ways of God muitos são os caminhos (secretos) de Deus. open secret pretenso segredo por todos sabido. -
4 secret
['si:krit] 1. adjective(hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people: a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody.) secreto2. noun1) (something which is, or must be kept, secret: The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets.) segredo2) (a hidden explanation: I wish I knew the secret of her success.) segredo•- secrecy- secretive - secretively - secretiveness - secretly - secret agent - secret police - in secret - keep a secret -
5 force
[fo:s] 1. noun1) (strength or power that can be felt: the force of the wind.) força2) (a person or thing that has great power: the forces of Nature.) força3) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) força2. verb1) (to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will: He forced me to give him money.) obrigar2) (to achieve by strength or effort: He forced a smile despite his grief.) forçar•- forced- forceful
- forcefully
- forces
- in
- into force* * *[fɔ:s] n 1 força, robustez, energia, vigor. I could not resist the force of his argument / não pude resistir à força do seu argumento. 2 valentia. 3 impulso, motivo, causa. 4 poder. the force of circumstances / o poder das circunstâncias. 5 compulsão, coerção, necessidade, obrigação, violência, constrangimento. 6 capacidade de convencer ou impressionar. 7 influência, autoridade, poder. 8 virtude, eficácia, validade, vigência, vigor. 9 a parte principal de um conjunto. 10 agremiação, turma de empregados. 11 força militar, naval ou policial. 12 Phys potência, ação, causa que gera movimentos, agente. 13 força motriz. 14 valor, peso, significação rigorosa (de um termo). 15 exército, marinha. • vt 1 forçar, compelir, constranger, coagir, expurgar, conseguir, obter por força, arrombar. they forced my hands / eles coagiram-me. that means forcing an open door / isso significa arrombar portas abertas. 2 violentar, violar, estuprar, deflorar, impor, impingir, obrigar a aceitar. he forced the words / ele torceu o sentido das palavras. he forced his advice on me / ele impôs-me o seu conselho. 3 arrebatar, arrancar, tirar, tomar. she forced the secret from me / ela arrancou-me o segredo. 4 apressar, estimular, fazer brotar, amadurecer artificialmente. he forced a smile / ele forçou um sorriso. Air Forces forças aéreas. Armed Forces forças armadas. by force of à força de, por meio de. by main force à viva força. direction of force sentido de força. force of habit força do hábito. he was forced on ele foi impelido. in force a) em vigor. b) em grande número. in force of em virtude de, por força de, em conseqüência de. in great force coll em forma excelente. natural forces forças da natureza. of force forçosamente. our office force nosso quadro de empregados. the coming into force o ato de entrar em vigor. the Force Brit a polícia. the law came into force a lei entrou em vigor. to be in force estar em vigor. to force along empurrar, impelir. to force away obrigar a recuar. to force back repelir, rechaçar. to force down obrigar a baixar, fazer descer. to force from obrigar, conseguir à força. to force in/ through fazer entrar, forçar a entrada. to force off Com queimar, vender por qualquer preço, fazer liquidação. to force on/ upon forçar a aceitar, impor. to force one’s hand obrigar a mostrar o jogo, obrigar a revelar as intenções. to force one’s way abrir caminho. to force open abrir à força, arrombar. to force out arrancar. to force the issue trazer o assunto à baila. to force the pace apressar excessivamente o passo. to force up forçar a subida, fazer subir à força. to join forces with trabalhar junto com a mesma finalidade. to put in force pôr em vigor. -
6 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) estar na pista de -
7 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) estar na pista de -
8 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) estar a par de -
9 be on to (someone)
(to have discovered (a person's) trick, secret etc: The thieves realized that the police were on to them.) estar a par de
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