stone-ground

stone ground

[st'oun graund] adj moído na mó de pedra.

1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) buraco

2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) mina

3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).)

- pitfall

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[pit] n Amer caroço. • vt Amer descaroçar.

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[pit] n 1 cova, fossa, buraco. 2 mina, jazida. 3 poço de mina. 4 abismo, voragem. 5 sepultura, túmulo. 6 inferno, profundas. 7 depressão. 8 marca deixada por doença. 9 Theat poço da orquestra. 10 rinha. 11 Agric tulha. 12 Amer departamento da bolsa de mercadorias onde se negocia só com um artigo. 13 o fundo da platéia. 14 cavidade natural do corpo humano. 15 Braz coll "boxes": lugar ao lado da pista de corrida onde os carros são rapidamente consertados ou abastecidos. • vt+vi 1 enterrar em buraco ou cova. 2 entulhar, guardar em tulha. 3 marcar com sinais de doença. 4 fazer brigar (animais). 5 opor. 6 descaroçar. 7 Med ceder à pressão dos dedos. coal pit mina de carvão. pitted with smallpox coberto de bexigas (sinais de doença). the pit of the stomach boca do estômago. the pits Brit lugar muito ruim, as profundas do inferno.

1) (a hunted animal or bird.) caça

2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) caça

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[kw'ɔri] n 1 pedreira. 2 mina a céu aberto. 3 fig mina, fonte de achados. • vt extrair e lavrar pedras naturais.

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[kw'ɔri] n 1 caça. 2 presa. 3 vítima.

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[kw'ɔri] n pequena vidraça romboidal.

1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) cova

2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) poço de mina, mina

3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) box

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1) (a hunted animal or bird.) caça

2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) presa

1) (a kind of hard, usually highly polished stone, cold to the touch: This table is made of marble; ( also adjective) a marble statue.) mármore

2) (a small hard ball of glass used in children's games: The little boy rolled a marble along the ground.) berlinde

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- marbled

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[m'a:bəl] n 1 mármore. 2 escultura em mármore. 3 bolinha de gude. • vt marmorear, dar aspecto de mármore. • adj 1 marmóreo. 2 feito de mármore.

1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) armar

2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) atirar

3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) (fazer) cair de cabeça

4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) balouçar

5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) entoar

1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) campo

2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tom

3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) intensidade

4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) ponto

5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) lançamento

6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) balouço

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- - pitched

- pitch-black

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[pitʃ] n 1 piche, breu. 2 resina de pinheiro. • vt pichar.

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[pitʃ] n 1 arremesso, lance, lançamento. 2 Naut, Aeron arfagem. 3 lote de mercadorias expostas à venda. 4 banca de mascate. 5 pico, cume. 6 acme, clímax, culminância. 7 grau, degrau, nível. 8 declividade, inclinação. 9 campo de críquete. 10 Aeron inclinação longitudinal. 11 passo de engrenagem. 12 Naut passo de hélice. 13 diapasão, agudeza de som. 14 rede de espera. 15 Mus altura do som. 16 propaganda, discurso de vendas. • vt+vi 1 montar, armar, erigir. 2 assentar, acampar. 3 fincar, cravar (postes ou estacas). 4 arremessar, lançar, atirar. 5 Sport lançar a bola ao batedor (beisebol). 6 pavimentar com cascalho. 7 expor à venda. 8 sl contar, relatar. 9 plantar. 10 decair, declivar. 11 colocar em nível determinado. 12 Naut arfar, jogar. 13 entoar, afinar instrumentos ou voz. 14 empilhar (feno). at the highest pitch fig no auge, na altura. at the pitch of his voice no tom mais alto de sua voz. circular pitch Tech passo circunferencial. high pitched emotions emoções exaltadas. high pitched roof telhado muito íngreme. to pitch and pay pagar à vista. to pitch at anchor Naut arfar sobre as amarras. to pitch a yarn contar uma história. to pitch in a) começar a trabalhar intensamente. b) comer vorazmente. c) ajudar com, cooperar. to pitch into a) atacar, assaltar. b) repreender energicamente. to pitch on (ou upon) decidir-se por, escolher. to play at pitch and toss jogar cara ou coroa. to the highest pitch extremamente.

1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) tocar

2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) tocar

3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) tocar

4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) tocar

1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) toque

2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tacto

3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) retoque

4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) talento

5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) fora do campo

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[t∧tʃ] n 1 toque. he gave the finishing touch (es) to it / fig ele deu os últimos retoques. 2 tato. it has a soft touch / é macio ao tato. 3 contato, apalpadela. 4 detalhe, vestígio, traço, feição, caráter. 5 relação, contato. 6 toque, modo de tocar um instrumento. 7 qualidade. 8 prova de qualidade, ensaio. put it to the touch! / ponha-o à prova. 9 pequena quantidade, pingo. 10 acesso, ligeiro ataque. 11 toque de pincel. 12 pancadinha. 13 modo de agir, comportamento. • vt+vi 1 tocar, apalpar, pegar em, pôr em contato, encostar uma coisa na outra. they that touch pitch will be defiled / quem mexe em piche se suja. extremes touch / extremos se tocam. 2 alcançar, esbarrar, atingir, roçar. it touches twenty feet / tem justamente vinte pés de altura. he touched his hat to him / ele cumprimentou-o. that touches the pocket / isto é muito caro. 3 estar em contato, tocar-se, entrar em contato. 4 estar adjacente. 5 bater levemente, tocar (instrumento). 6 Geom tangenciar. 7 ferir, prejudicar. the plants were touched with frost / as plantas sofreram com a geada. 8 afetar, comover, impressionar, irritar. he was touched to the heart, he was touched to the quick / ele ficou profundamente comovido. I was touched with pity / fiquei comovido de dó. 9 colorir, matizar, manchar, marcar. 10 relacionar-se, concernir. 11 referir-se, tratar de. they touched upon the matter / eles tocaram no assunto. 12 usar, tocar (comida bebida), ingerir. 13 alcançar, atingir (em qualidade). 14 parar em, fazer escala, aportar. 15 receber dinheiro, sl emprestar ou pedir dinheiro emprestado. a fine touch fig um bom traço (de caráter). a happy touch fig uma mão feliz. at a touch por simples contato. a touch of blue fig um tom azulado. cold to the touch frio ao tato. he touched off the scene in a few strokes ele desenhou a cena com poucos traços. out of touch with sem contato ou relações com. to get in touch with entrar em contato com. to touch all bases a) fazer tudo sem deixar nada para trás. b) ser muito versátil. to touch at Naut atracar, aportar em. to touch bottom a) fig investigar profundamente. b) chegar ao nível mais baixo. to touch down (futebol americano) colocar a bola no chão atrás do gol. to touch off desencadear. to touch on mencionar, escrever sobre. to touch upon tocar, formar limite com. to touch wood bater na madeira para evitar azar ou mau olhado. with sure touch fig com golpe seguro.

1) (a kind of hard, usually highly polished stone, cold to the touch: This table is made of marble; ( also adjective) a marble statue.) mármore

2) (a small hard ball of glass used in children's games: The little boy rolled a marble along the ground.) bola de gude

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- marbled

1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) armar

2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) atirar

3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) cair de cabeça

4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) arfar

5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) entoar

1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) campo

2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) entoação, diapasão

3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) grau de intensidade

4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) ponto

5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) arremesso

6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) arfagem

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- pitch-black

1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) tocar

2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) tocar

3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) tocar

4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) tocar, pôr a mão em

1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) toque

2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tato

3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) retoque

4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) jeito

5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) fora de campo

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