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1 small beer
(something unimportant: This is small beer compared with his usual work.) uma insignificância* * *small beerfig ninharia. he chronicles small beer/ele registra coisas sem importância.————————small beer[sm'ɔ:l bi:ə] n 1 cerveja fraca ou ordinária. 2 bagatela, coisa ou pessoa sem importância. -
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3 fuss
1. noun(unnecessary excitement, worry or activity, often about something unimportant: Don't make such a fuss.) espalhafato2. verb(to be too concerned with or pay too much attention to (unimportant) details: She fusses over children.) apoquentar-se- fussy- fussily
- make a fuss of* * *[f∧s] n 1 espalhafato, espovento, rebuliço, barulho, excesso de pormenores, bulha, azáfama, agitação, exageração, lufa-lufa. 2 pessoa exagerada, irrequieta, nervosa, exigente ou meticulosa demais. 3 preocupação exagerada. 4 objeção, protesto. • vt+vi 1 exagerar, espalhafatar, estardalhaçar, excitar-se, inquietar-se, alvoroçar-se, estar irrequieto, agastar-se à toa, ocupar-se com ninharias. 2 exasperar, perturbar, atarantar, aborrecer, amolar, importunar, incomodar. don’t make a fuss não se exalte, não faça tanto estardalhaço. to fuss about ficar muito ansioso, dar importância exagerada. to kick up a fuss criar confusão, protestar com veemência. to make a fuss of tratar com atenção ou demonstrações de afeto exageradas. -
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1. noun(unnecessary excitement, worry or activity, often about something unimportant: Don't make such a fuss.) rebuliço, espalhafato2. verb(to be too concerned with or pay too much attention to (unimportant) details: She fusses over children.) atarantar(-se)- fussy- fussily - make a fuss of -
5 damn
[dæm] 1. verb1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) amaldiçoar2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) condenar2. interjection(expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) raios!3. noun(something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) nadinha- damned- damning* * *[dæm] n 1 maldição, praga. 2 importância insignificante. • adj sl maldito, desgraçado. • vt+vi 1 condenar, censurar, rejeitar, desaprovar. 2 amaldiçoar, blasfemar. 3 condenar às penas eternas, ao inferno. damn him! sl dane-se! o diabo que o carregue! damn it! maldito seja! I don’t give a damn, I don’t care a damn não ligo a mínima. it isn’t worth a damn sl não vale nada. -
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[dæm] 1. verb1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) amaldiçoar, danar2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) condenar2. interjection(expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) droga!3. noun(something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) nada- damned- damning -
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9 not to mention
(used to emphasize something important or to excuse oneself for mentioning something relatively unimportant: He is rich and clever, not to mention handsome.) sem falar em -
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(used to emphasize something important or to excuse oneself for mentioning something relatively unimportant: He is rich and clever, not to mention handsome.) além de, sem falar em -
11 concern
[kən'sə:n] 1. verb1) (to have to do with: This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.) dizer respeito2) ((with for or about) to make (usually oneself) uneasy: Don't concern yourself about her.) preocupar-se3) ((with with or in) to interest (oneself) in: He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details.) preocupar-se2. noun1) (something that concerns or belongs to one: His problems are not my concern.) preocupação2) (anxiety: The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern.) ansiedade3) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) firma•* * *con.cern[kəns'ə:n] n 1 concernência. 2 interesse. I have no concern for such things / não me interesso por estas coisas. 3 (também concerns) assunto importante, negócio. 4 inquietação, preocupação. 5 companhia, empresa comercial, firma. 6 relação, referência. • vt+vi 1 concernir, afetar, dizer respeito a. 2 interessar. 3 afligir, preocupar, inquietar. a big concern uma empresa ou companhia grande. a flourishing concern um negócio próspero. a matter of great concern um assunto de grande importância. a practical concern um interesse imediato. I have no concern with nada tenho a ver com, não é da minha conta. mind your own concerns trate de seus próprios assuntos. that it no concern of yours isto não é da sua conta. to be concerned about a thing ou for a person estar preocupado com uma coisa ou por causa de uma pessoa. to concern about/ over preocupar-se. to concern in/ with ocupar-se, participar. to whom it may concern Jur a quem possa interessar. with deep concern com grande preocupação. -
12 no
[nəu] 1. adjective1) (not any: We have no food; No other person could have done it.) nenhum2) (not allowed: No smoking.) proibido3) (not a: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.) nenhum2. adverb(not (any): He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.) não3. interjection(a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.') não4. noun plural( noes)1) (a refusal: She answered with a definite no.) não2) (a vote against something: The noes have won.) voto contra•- nobody5. noun(a very unimportant person: She's just a nobody.) zé-ninguém- no-one- there's no saying
- knowing* * *no1[nou] n 1 não, negativa. 2 recusa. 3 voto negativo. • pron nenhum, nenhuma. there is no coffee / não há café. • adv 1 não. I can drink no more / não posso beber mais. 2 de modo algum. by no means de forma alguma. no big deal nada importante. no doubt não há dúvida. of no use de nenhuma utilidade. there is no knowing what will happen não se sabe o que vai acontecer.————————no2[nou] n Theat forma clássica do drama japonês. -
13 relatively
['relətivli]adverb (when compared to someone or something else: He seems relatively happy now; This is a fairly unimportant problem, relatively speaking.) relativamente* * *rel.a.tive.ly[r'elətivli] adv relativamente, comparativamente. -
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[kən'sə:n] 1. verb1) (to have to do with: This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.) dizer respeito2) ((with for or about) to make (usually oneself) uneasy: Don't concern yourself about her.) preocupar-se3) ((with with or in) to interest (oneself) in: He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details.) preocupar(-se), interessar(-se)2. noun1) (something that concerns or belongs to one: His problems are not my concern.) responsabilidade2) (anxiety: The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern.) preocupação3) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) firma• -
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[nəu] 1. adjective1) (not any: We have no food; No other person could have done it.) nenhum2) (not allowed: No smoking.) proibido3) (not a: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.) não2. adverb(not (any): He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.) não3. interjection(a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.') não4. noun plural( noes)1) (a refusal: She answered with a definite no.)2) (a vote against something: The noes have won.)•- nobody5. noun(a very unimportant person: She's just a nobody.) ninguém- no-one- there's no saying - knowing -
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['relətivli]adverb (when compared to someone or something else: He seems relatively happy now; This is a fairly unimportant problem, relatively speaking.) relativamente
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