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1 to keep someone trotting
to keep someone trottingmanter alguém em movimento ou trabalhando. -
2 trot
[trot] 1. past tense, past participle - trotted; verb((of a horse) to move with fairly fast, bouncy steps, faster than a walk but slower than a canter or gallop: The horse trotted down the road; The child trotted along beside his mother.) trotar2. noun(the pace at which a horse or rider etc moves when trotting: They rode at a trot.) trote- trotter* * *[trɔt] n 1 trote. 2 passo rápido e constante. • vt+vi 1 trotar, andar a trote, fazer trotar. 2 fig correr, andar depressa. at full trot em trote rápido. on the trot all day o dia inteiro em pé, em atividade. the trots coll diarréia. to go for a trot a) dar uma volta, fazer um passeio. b) coll desentorpecer as pernas. to keep someone trotting manter alguém em movimento ou trabalhando. to trot along ir correndo. to trot away/off sair em trote, sair às pressas. to trot someone off his legs dominar alguém, cansar alguém. to trot out coll mostrar, demonstrar, alegar habilmente.
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