so+that+i+cannot

1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar

2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar

3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) ajudar

4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) ser útil

5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) (não poder) deixar de

1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda

2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda

3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) auxiliar

4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio

•

- helper

* * *

[help] n 1 ajuda, auxílio. 2 medicamento, remédio. 3 alívio, socorro, amparo. 4 auxiliar, ajudante. • vt+vi 1 ajudar, assistir ( with com, in em). she helped me with the washing / ela ajudou-me a lavar a roupa. 2 socorrer, amparar. 3 remediar, medicar. 4 prevenir, evitar, impedir. it can’t be helped / não pode ser evitado. 5 deixar de fazer, abster-se. I cannot help laughing / não posso deixar de rir. he can’t help doing it / ele não consegue abster-se disto. 6 servir(-se) (à mesa). help yourself / sirva-se à vontade. by the help of com o auxílio de. more than one can help mais do que é necessário. she cannot help it ela não tem culpa. so help me God! Deus me ajude! there is no help for it não há remédio para isto. to help down a) ajudar a descer. b) fig contribuir para a ruína. to help forward ajudar, favorecer. to help into ajudar a entrar. to help off ajudar a partir, a livrar-se de. to help out a) ajudar a sair. b) sustentar. to help someone to conseguir alguma coisa para alguém.

1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) ajudar

2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) ajudar

3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) aliviar

4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) servir

5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) deixar de, evitar

1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) ajuda

2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) ajuda

3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) empregado, ajudante

4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) remédio

•

- helper

adjective (made in such a way that water cannot pass through.) estanque

* * *

[w'ɔ:tətait] adj 1 à prova d’água, impermeável. 2 fig seguro, de confiança, perfeito. 3 fig claro, explícito.

adjective (made in such a way that water cannot pass through.) estanque

1) (to see or know the meaning of (something): I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.) compreender

2) (to know (eg a person) thoroughly: She understands children/dogs.) compreender

3) (to learn or realize (something), eg from information received: At first I didn't understand how ill she was; I understood that you were planning to leave today.) perceber

•

- understandable

1) (the power of thinking clearly: a man of great understanding.) intelecto

2) (the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings: His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.) compreensão

3) (a (state of) informal agreement: The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.) acordo

•

- make oneself understood

* * *

[∧ndəst'ænd] vt+vi (ps, pp understood) 1 compreender, entender, perceber. he understands boys / ele tem habilidade para lidar com rapazes. I cannot understand him / eu não o posso compreender. we could not make ourselves understood / não conseguimos nos fazer entender. 2 saber. 3 reconhecer. 4 ouvir, tomar conhecimento, ficar inteirado, ser informado. I was given to understand / deram-me a entender. he gave me to understand that he would be here soon / ele me deu a entender que estaria aqui logo. 5 supor, pensar, julgar, inferir, acreditar, crer. I understood him to say... / compreendi que ele disse. I understand that we need help / creio que precisamos de ajuda. 6 subentender, ser subentendido. am I to understand that you wish to go? / você quer dizer que deseja ir embora? an understood thing coisa lógica, natural. as I understand it assim como eu o entendo. that is understood isto é evidente, subentendido, natural. to understand by compreender por. to understand each other ( one another) entender-se. to understand from tomar conhecimento por intermédio de (carta etc.).

————————

• adj 1 compreendido, entendido. 2 de acordo. 3 implícito.

1) (state or circumstances in which a person or thing is: The house is not in good condition; He is in no condition to leave hospital; under ideal conditions; living conditions; variable conditions.)

2) (something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement: It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement.)

1) (to affect or control: behaviour conditioned by circumstances.) condicionar

2) (to put into the required state: The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match.) condicionar

•

- conditional

* * *

[kənd'iʃən] n 1 condição: a) estado, situação. I cannot accept poor living conditions / não posso aceitar condições pobres de moradia. b) posição social. c) circunstância. d) cláusula, estipulação. e) restrição, limitação, requisito. 2 estado de saúde. • vt condicionar: 1 pôr em condição apropriada ou desejada. 2 treinar. 3 impor condições, estipular. 4 restringir, limitar. implied conditions condições implícitas. in a miserable condition em estado lamentável. in (good) condition em (boas) condições. the car is in good condition / o carro está em boas condições. in no condition to do something sem condições para fazer algo (bêbado, doente demais). it is conditioned by depende de. on no condition nunca. on, upon (the) condition that sob ou com a condição de. out of condition a) em mau estado. b) magro, doente (animais). people of every condition pessoas de todas as camadas sociais.

1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) confiar

2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) confiar

3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) esperar

1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) confiança

2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) cuidado

3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) responsabilidade

4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) depósito

5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) consórcio

•

- trustee

* * *

[tr∧st] n 1 confiança, crença, fé, confidência. I put (place, have) great trust in you / confio em você, tenho fé na sua pessoa. there is no trust to be placed in him / não se pode ter confiança nele. 2 pessoa ou coisa em que se confia. 3 esperança. 4 crédito. 5 obrigação, responsabilidade, cargo, dever. 6 guarda, cuidado. 7 Jur fideicomisso, procurador em confiança. 8 monopólio, truste. 9 cartel, sindicato. 10 depósito em custódia, custódia. • vt+vi 1 confiar, ter fé, crer. I do not trust him round the corner / não tenho nenhuma confiança nele. trust him for that! / ironic conte com ele para isso! (e veja onde você vai parar). 2 acreditar em, ter confiança em. 3 depender de, confiar em. 4 confiar a, entregar aos cuidados de, deixar com. you must trust yourself to him / você deve ter confiança nele. he cannot be trusted with so large a sum / não se pode confiar-lhe uma soma tão grande. 5 esperar, acreditar. 6 dar crédito a, fiar, vender a crédito. • adj de confiança, em confiança. breach of trust abuso de confiança. building under governmental trust prédio tombado. in trust em confiança, em custódia. on trust a) em fiança, a crédito. b) em confiança. position of trust cargo de confiança. private trust fundação particular. to hold in trust for guardar para, administrar para. to take on trust aceitar de boa fé. to trust someone with something, to trust something to someone confiar alguma coisa a alguém.

1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) trabalho

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) emprego

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) trabalho

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) obra

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) trabalho

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) emprego

1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) trabalhar

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) ter emprego

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) funcionar

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) dar resultado

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) (deslocar-se, etc.) penosamente

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) tornar(-se)

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) fabricar

•

- - work

1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mecanismo

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) acçOes

•

- work-basket

* * *

[wə:k] n 1 trabalho: a) labor, faina, lida. b) ocupação, emprego. c) profissão, ofício. d) tarefa. e) serviço, mister. f) produto manufaturado. g) obra (também artística, literária, etc.). h) atividade, esforço. i) costura, bordado. 2 estudo, pesquisa, projeto. 3 mecanismo, motor, maquinaria (também works). 4 fábrica, usina, oficina, estabelecimento fabril (também works). 5 Mil fortificações. 6 Eng construção. 7 empreendimento, local de trabalho. 8 energia. heat can be converted into work / o calor pode ser transformado em energia (movimento). • vt+vi 1 trabalhar: a) fazer trabalhar, dar trabalho a. b) labutar, laborar, lidar, operar. c) correr, funcionar, andar (máquina). d) produzir, estar em atividade (fábrica, oficina). e) formar, forjar, talhar, moldar, prensar, preparar, produzir. f) lavrar, cultivar, plantar. g) executar cuidadosamente, tratar, examinar. h) estar empregado, exercer o seu ofício, aplicar sua atividade a. i) esforçar-se, empregar seus esforços. 2 calcular, resolver (problema). 3 elaborar, pôr em prática. 4 manejar, manipular. 5 visitar, percorrer uma zona (como vendedor). 6 influenciar, influir. 7 persuadir, induzir. 8 coll enganar. 9 provocar, causar. 10 trabalhar em máquina, operar máquina. 11 fazer funcionar, pôr em movimento ou correr. 12 dirigir ou conduzir (trem). 13 explorar (mina). 14 tecer, costurar, bordar, fazer trabalho de agulha. 15 dar certo, ter resultado, produzir efeito, ser eficaz. your plan does not work / seu plano não dá resultado. 16 desenvolver-se. 17 mover-se com dificuldade. 18 forçar o seu caminho laboriosamente. I worked myself into the cave / forcei a entrada ou abri o caminho para a caverna. 19 alterar, contorcer o rosto ( with de). 20 estar agitado, estar em agitação. 21 fermentar (líquidos). 22 excitar(-se), alterar(-se). 23 acionar, mover. • adj de ou relativo ao trabalho. anxious work trabalho inquietante, exaltante. at work a) (pessoas) a/de serviço, trabalhando. b) (máquina) em movimento. a work in three volumes uma obra em três volumes (ou tomos). defensive works Mil fortificação. good work! bom trabalho! bom resultado! good works Theol boas ações, obras de caridade. his face worked with pain seu rosto se contorceu de dor. in work a) em serviço. b) em atividade. it had worked much good tem causado muito bem. it is the work of poison é o efeito do veneno. I worked myself into a frenzy fui me exaltando (inutilmente). needle work trabalho de agulha. out of work desempregado. that is all in the day’s work isto não é nada de extraordinário, é muito comum. the screw worked itself loose o parafuso soltou-se. to do someone’s dirty work fazer um serviço/trabalho desagradável por alguém. to make short work of it fazer um trabalho rapidamente, sem muito esforço ou dificuldade. to work against time trabalhar sob controle de tempo. to work at dedicar-se a. to work in a) penetrar no assunto, adquirir prática. b) encaixar, inserir. to work into a) penetrar. the dye worked into the stuff / o corante penetrou no material. b) insinuar. c) transformar em (um produto). to work off a) transformar, mudar (em um produto). b) liquidar. c) livrar-se de. d) dar expansão a seus sentimentos. e) Typogr tirar provas. to work oneself into a) enfronhar-se bem em (um trabalho), adquirir muita prática. b) forçar o caminho através de ou para. to work out a) executar, realizar. b) elaborar, planejar. c) desenvolver. d) resolver (problema). e) fazer exercício, praticar. f) ter efeito, mostrar efeito, surgir, ser resolvido. to work out at somar em, perfazer o total de, custar. to work over a) fazer ou trabalhar em algo por completo. b) examinar em detalhes. to work someone over agredir alguém violentamente. to work through lidar com um problema (especialmente emocional) do seu jeito. to work to a) virar (vento). b) Naut barlaventear. to work up a) elaborar, planejar. b) desenvolver (to, into para). c) redigir. d) estudar e ter a seu cargo um assunto ou tema. e) persuadir. f) incitar, instigar, excitar. g) fazer subir os preços. h) revolver (sentimentos). i) misturar (alimentos). j) subir, ter sucesso na vida. to work up to atingir, alcançar. voluntary work trabalho voluntário. we had worked our sums right nós solucionamos nossos problemas de matemática. we went/ set to work pusemos mãos à obra. you work yourself to death você se mata (trabalhando).

- furthermore

* * *

[f'ə:ðə] vt promover, favorecer, ajudar. • adj 1 mais afastada, mais distante. 2 ulterior, adicional, mais, outro, novo. • adv mais, além, mais longe, mais adiante, mais além, ademais, além disso. I may further mention posso mencionar ainda. I shall inquire further indagarei ainda. till further notice até novas notícias ou ordens. we must further remember that precisamos lembrar-nos ainda que. what further? que mais?

1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) partida

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) piada

1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) brincar

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) brincar

•

- joker

* * *

[dʒouk] n 1 chiste, gracejo, brincadeira, graça, pilhéria, troça. she cannot see a joke, she cannot take a joke / ela não gosta de gracejos, ela não é amiga de brincadeiras. I do not see the joke / não sei qual é a graça. 2 pândega, pagode, ridículo. • vt+vi 1 troçar, chacotear, gracejar, brincar, galhofar, pilheriar. you are joking / você não está falando sério, você está brincando. 2 ridicularizar, zombar. a practical joke peça, travessura, trote (telefone). in joke de brincadeira. it’s no joke é sério. to be/ go beyond a joke perder a graça, ficar preocupante. to tell a joke contar uma anedota.

1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) trabalho

2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) trabalho

3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) trabalho

4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) obra

5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) trabalho

6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) trabalho

1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) trabalhar

2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) trabalhar

3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) funcionar

4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) funcionar, dar certo

5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) avançar com esforço

6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) tornar(-se)

7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) modelar, trabalhar

•

- - work

1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mecanismo

2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) obras, ações

•

- work-basket

1) (finished or complete: That's that job done at last.) terminado

2) ((of food) completely cooked and ready to eat: I don't think the meat is quite done yet.) no ponto

3) (socially accepted: the done thing.) aceite

* * *

[d∧n] vt pp of to do. • adj 1 acabado, completo, feito, executado, concluído. 2 cozido, assado, pronto. 3 enganado, atraiçoado, logrado. 4 sl exausto, extenuado, esgotado, esfalfado. • interj está feito! topo! está feita a aposta, está valendo! as good as done como se estivesse concluído. done for arruinado, liquidado, mortalmente ferido, exausto, esgotado, nas últimas. done in exausto, esfalfado, fatigado. done up coll embrulhado, empacotado. done with acabado, terminado. easier said than done falar é fácil, fazer é que são elas. have done with this! deixe-se disso! it is not to be done não se pode fazer. no sooner said than done dito e feito. that done depois disto. to be done factível, praticável. to get a thing done mandar fazer alguma coisa. to have done with não interessar-se mais em ou por. well done! bravo! bem feito! what’s done cannot be undone o que está feito não tem mais jeito. when all is done no fim, finalmente.

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

- find one's feet

* * *

[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.

1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) interesse

2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) interesse

3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) juro

4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) acções

5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) sociedade

1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) interessar

2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) interessar

•

- interested

* * *

['intrist] n 1 interesse, atração. he showed a great interest for my case / ele demonstrou grande interesse pelo meu caso. the book has lost all interest for me / o livro não me atrai mais. 2 Com ação, parte, porção. 3 coisa que interessa. 4 sociedade. 5 vantagem, benefício (próprio). 6 força (moral), influência, importância. he has no interest in the town / ele não possui influência na cidade. it is only of small interest to know / é de somenos importância saber. 7 Econ juros. he cannot pay the interest on the capital / ele não pode pagar os juros sobre o capital. he lends at interest / ele empresta dinheiro a juros. 8 Com lucro. • vt 1 interessar, atrair, cativar. 2 importar, concernir, atingir, comover. I interest myself in eu me interesso por. in my (your) interest em meu (seu) interesse. in the interest of em benefício de. the landed interest os latifundiários. to be interested in estar interessado em. to have someone’s interests at heart importar-se com alguém, tentar ajudar alguém. to take no interest in não interessar-se por.

- invincibly

* * *

[inv'insəbəl] adj invencível, indômito.

- matchbox

1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.) jogo

2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) combinação

3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) igual

4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) casamento

1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.) combinar com

2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.) confrontar

•

- matched

* * *

[mætʃ] n 1 igual, parelha. 2 companheiro. 3 luta, competição, partida, jogo. 4 casamento. 5 partido. • vt+vi 1 igualar, emparelhar. 2 casar, unir. 3 equiparar. 4 competir, medir forças. we cannot match them / não podemos medir forças com eles. 5 casar-se. 6 igualar-se. 7 combinar. an even match competição equilibrada. football match jogo de futebol. to be a match for estar à altura. he is more than a match for you / ele é superior a você (em qualidade, competência). he is not a match for me / ele não está à minha altura. to match a colour to another combinar uma cor com outra. to match coins tirar a sorte com moeda (cara ou coroa).

————————

[mætʃ] n 1 palito de fósforo. 2 mecha, estopim. to light a match acender um fósforo.

1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) chegar a

2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) alcançar

3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) estender a mão

4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contactar

5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) estender-se

1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) alcance

2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) alcance

3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) extensão

* * *

[ri:tʃ] n 1 distância que se pode alcançar ou atingir, alcance. 2 limite de alcance, extensão, distância. 3 escopo, desígnio. 4 ação de agarrar, apanhar, estender. 5 eixo de ligação. 6 braço (de rio) entre duas voltas. 7 poder, faculdade, capacidade. • vt+vi 1 alcançar, atingir, chegar a. he reached toward the door / moveu-se em direção à porta. I cannot reach the top of the wall / não alcanço a parte superior do muro. radio reaches millions / o rádio alcança milhões. the power of Rome reached to the end of the known world / o poder de Roma atingiu todos os recantos do mundo conhecido. 2 obter, conseguir. 3 estender(-se), estirar, passar, dar. will you reach me that book? / quer passar-me aquele livro? 4 apanhar, agarrar. he reached for his gun / apanhou, agarrou o seu revólver (espingarda). 5 penetrar. 6 tocar, influenciar, impressionar. men are reached by flattery / os homens são sensíveis à lisonja. 7 fazer esforços para. he reached after one of the prizes / ele se esforçou para obter um dos prêmios. 8 tornar-se acessível. as far as the eye can reach tão longe quanto a vista alcança. beyond reach fora de alcance. out of one’s reach fora de alcance. the reach of the mind o alcance, o poder das faculdades mentais. to reach for the rope estender o braço para apanhar a corda. to reach forth /out one’s hand estender a mão. to reach into penetrar. to reach the end of a book chegar ao fim de um livro. to reach the heart tocar no coração. to reach to atingir, perfazer. within the reach of a gunshot à distância de um tiro de espingarda.

1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) testemunha

2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) testemunha

3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) testemunha

1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) presenciar

2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) assinar como testemunha

•

- witness-box / witness-stand

* * *

[w'itnis] n 1 testemunha. to produce a witness / apresentar uma testemunha. 2 testemunho, prova, evidência, indício. • vt 1 testemunhar, presenciar, ver, assistir a. we witnessed to the truth / nós testemunhamos a verdade. 2 dar fé. 3 atestar, testificar. 4 depor (como testemunha), servir de testemunha. we called/ took him to witness / nós o chamamos para depor. eye witness testemunha. in witness hereof/ whereof em fé disto ou de que. in witness of em testemunho de. they bore witness for ( the deed) eles deram testemunho de, testificaram-no, confirmaram-no. to which witness my hand em prova do que firmo (ou assino). witness for the defence testemunha de defesa. witness for the prosecution testemunha de acusação.