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  • 1 stretch

    [stre ] 1. verb
    1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) esticar(-se)
    2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) estender-se
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) espreguiçadela
    2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) extensão
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    - stretchy
    - at a stretch
    - be at full stretch
    - stretch one's legs
    - stretch out
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    [stretʃ] n 1 estiramento, esticamento, ato de esticar, estado de esticado. 2 extensão, distância, trecho, superfície. 3 período de tempo. 4 sl tempo. 5 tensão, esforço. 6 espreguiçamento. 7 pequena caminhada para esticar as pernas. 8 alcance máximo, amplitude. 9 interpretação forçada. 10 elasticidade. • vt 1 esticar, estender, estirar. 2 estender-se, cobrir grande distância, encher o espaço, espalhar-se. 3 esticar o corpo ou os membros, espreguiçar-se. 4 estender (a mão). 5 encompridar, alongar, alargar. 6 esforçar-se. 7 exagerar, torcer (a verdade) deturpar. 8 derrubar, atirar ao chão. 9 enforcar. at a stretch, upon a stretch de uma vez, a fio. at full stretch a toda, com todo o esforço. stretch ( of law) transgressão (da lei). to be stretched to the limit estar no limite dos seus recursos (financeiros, diplomáticos, etc). to stretch a point fazer uma exceção em um regulamento. to stretch forth, forward estender, avançar. to stretch money to keep within the budget fazer o dinheiro dar para não ultrapassar o orçamento. to stretch one’s legs esticar as pernas, dar umas voltas (depois de estar sentado por longas horas). to stretch out espalhar, estender, estender-se, esticar-se, alargar-se. to stretch something to the limit ir/levar algo até o limite.

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  • 2 to stretch something to the limit

    to stretch something to the limit
    ir/levar algo até o limite.

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  • 3 be at full stretch

    (to be using all one's powers, energy etc to the limit in doing something.) dar o seu máximo

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  • 4 be at full stretch

    (to be using all one's powers, energy etc to the limit in doing something.) dar o seu máximo

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  • 5 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    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
    2. noun
    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
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    [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.

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  • 6 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    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 o braço
    4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contatar
    5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) estender(-se)
    2. noun
    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.) trecho de rio/canal

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  • 7 cover

    1. verb
    1) (to put or spread something on, over or in front of: They covered (up) the body with a sheet; My shoes are covered in paint.) cobrir
    2) (to be enough to pay for: Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?) chegar para
    3) (to travel: We covered forty miles in one day.) percorrer
    4) (to stretch over a length of time etc: His diary covered three years.) abranger
    5) (to protect: Are we covered by your car insurance?) proteger
    6) (to report on: I'm covering the race for the local newspaper.) fazer a cobertura
    7) (to point a gun at: I had him covered.) ter na mira
    2. noun
    1) (something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc: a table-cover; a bed-cover; They replaced the cover on the manhole.) cobertura
    2) (something that gives protection or shelter: The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire; insurance cover.) cobertura
    3) (something that hides: He escaped under cover of darkness.) abrigo
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    - covering
    - cover-girl
    - cover story
    - cover-up
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    cov.er
    [k'∧və] n 1 coberta, cobertura. 2 tampa. 3 cobertor. 4 invólucro, envoltório, embrulho. 5 envelope, sobrecarta. 6 proteção, abrigo, amparo. 7 capa de livro. 8 talher completo. 9 véu, disfarce. 10 pretexto. 11 Com cobertura, segurança. • vt+vi 1 cobrir, tampar. 2 cobrir a superfície de. 3 envolver, revestir. 4 esconder, ocultar. 5 abrigar, proteger, resguardar. 6 vencer espaço, percorrer, viajar. 7 incluir, compreender, abranger. the book covers the whole ground / o livro abrange toda a matéria. 8 bastar. 9 compensar, contrabalançar. 10 ter dentro do alcance (de arma de fogo). 11 pôr o chapéu. 12 trabalhar como repórter ou fotógrafo. 13 depositar, casar dinheiro em aposta. 14 Amer comprar ações ou títulos para fornecimento futuro como garantia contra desvalorizações. 15 chocar. 16 cobrir (animais), padrear. from cover to cover do começo ao fim. in paper covers brochado. to break cover levantar a caça. to cover in cobrir (uma casa). to cover over subscrever em excesso (empréstimo). to cover up encobrir, ocultar. to cover with leather revestir com couro. to take cover Mil procurar abrigo. two covers were laid puseram dois talheres. under cover a) embrulhado. b) apenso, anexo (a uma carta). c) em segredo, escondido. under cover of a) sob o endereço de. b) sob a cobertura de. under cover of darkness sob o manto da noite.

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  • 8 cover

    1. verb
    1) (to put or spread something on, over or in front of: They covered (up) the body with a sheet; My shoes are covered in paint.) cobrir
    2) (to be enough to pay for: Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?) cobrir
    3) (to travel: We covered forty miles in one day.) cobrir
    4) (to stretch over a length of time etc: His diary covered three years.) cobrir, abranger
    5) (to protect: Are we covered by your car insurance?) proteger
    6) (to report on: I'm covering the race for the local newspaper.) cobrir
    7) (to point a gun at: I had him covered.) ter na mira, mirar
    2. noun
    1) (something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc: a table-cover; a bed-cover; They replaced the cover on the manhole.) coberta, toalha, tampa
    2) (something that gives protection or shelter: The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire; insurance cover.) cobertura
    3) (something that hides: He escaped under cover of darkness.) cobertura
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    - covering - cover-girl - cover story - cover-up

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  • 9 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) esforçar-se
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) estragar
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) forçar
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) filtrar
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) esforço
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) tensão
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) distensão
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) pressão
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    - strainer
    - strain off     II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) raça
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) traço
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) melodia
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    strain1
    [strein] n 1 força, peso. 2 esforço, solicitação, extenuação. the cord could not stand the strain / a corda não agüentou o esforço. 3 luxação, deslocamento, contorção. I have a strain in my hand / destronquei minha mão. 4 tensão, pressão, compressão. 5 estilo, modo, maneira. 6 procedimento. 7 (também strains) melodia, composição, canção. he was buried to the strains of his favourite song / ele foi sepultado ao som de sua canção favorita. • vt+vi 1 puxar, esticar, forçar. 2 puxar com força, arrancar. 3 esforçar, concentrar-se. 4 cansar, extenuar, prejudicar por esforço excessivo, torcer, luxar, deslocar, contorcer. 5 estar prejudicado por esforço, estar machucado. 6 abusar, exagerar. 7 esforçar-se, exceder-se. 8 constringir, comprimir. 9 espremer, passar por peneira ou espremedor, coar. 10 percolar, passar. 11 apertar, abraçar, estreitar. he strained the child to his heart / ele abraçou a criança. in this strain desta maneira, neste tom. she is a strain on my nerves ela me deixa nervoso. to strain a point abandonar, desistir de um princípio. to strain a relationship comportar-se de uma forma a causar problemas na relação, estragar. to strain at esforçar-se para. to strain something to the limit ir, forçar, até o limite.
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    strain2
    [strein] n 1 raça, cepa, descendência. 2 grupo, família de plantas ou animais que formam uma variedade, linhagem. 3 qualidade ou caráter hereditário. 4 traço, tendência, disposição. there is a strain of madness in her / ela tem um traço de loucura.

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  • 10 crane

    [krein] 1. noun
    (a machine with a long arm and a chain, for raising heavy weights.) guindaste
    2. verb
    (to stretch out (the neck, to see round or over something): He craned his neck in order to see round the corner.) esticar
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    [krein] n 1 guindaste, grua. 2 suporte móvel em lareira para caldeirões ou chaleiras. 3 Ornith grou. 4 Ornith a grande garça-azul. 5 sifão (para esvaziar barris). • vt+vi 1 içar, guindar, levantar com guindaste. 2 estender o pescoço. hoisting crane grua. slewing crane guindaste giratório. travelling crane guindaste móvel.

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  • 11 point

    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) ponta
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) cabo
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) ponto
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) ponto
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) momento
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) ponto
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) ponto
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) ponto
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) ponto
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) sentido
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) traço
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) tomada
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) apontar
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) apontar
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) preencher frinchas
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    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes
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    [pɔint] n 1 ponto: a) sinal, mancha. b) Geom grandeza considerada por abstração, sem dimensão alguma. c) circunstância, detalhe, pormenor. d) Sports tento. e) ponto principal, o essencial. f) duodécima parte da linha (1/72 de polegada). g) local, sítio, posição. h) objetivo, escopo, mira. i) desígnio. j) grau, situação. k) fim, termo. l) instante, momento. m) Gram sinal de pontuação. n) furo feito por agulha. o) assunto, caso, questão. p) unidade de valores ou preços. q) renda feita com agulha. r) Naut cada uma das 32 divisões do compasso. s) Naut intervalo entre dois pontos do compasso. t) pinta (de cartas ou dados). u) ponto decimal. 2 ponta: a) extremidade aguçada, bico. b) extremidade, cabo, promontório. 3 pico, cume. 4 fato ou argumento que impressiona. 5 direção, curso. 6 Typogr corpo. 7 decisão, resolução. 8 agulha de ferrovia. 9 ferramenta ou arma pontiaguda. 10 característica, atributo. 11 auge, apogeu. 12 ato de apontar. 13 punctura, picada. 14 Mil patrulha de ponta. • vt+vi 1 apontar: a) fazer ponta em, aguçar. b) indicar, mostrar. c) dirigir para, assestar. d) mostrar indicando. e) dirigir-se com a ponta para. 2 separar com pontos ou traços. 3 pontuar. 4 aludir, mencionar, sugerir. 5 salientar, evidenciar. 6 conduzir a, tender para. 7 encher com argamassa. at the point of death às portas da morte. at the point of the sword sob coação, impelido pela força. at this point neste momento, a esta altura. beside the point fora do assunto, alheio à questão, irrelevante. boiling point ponto de ebulição. breaking point momento de ruptura. cardinal points pontos cardeais. freezing point ponto de congelamento. from point to point detalhadamente, minuciosamente. he gained his point ele obteve seu desígnio. he wandered from the point ele desviou-se do assunto. in point of a respeito de, com referência a. in point of fact de fato, na realidade. it is a good point in his character é um elemento positivo do seu caráter. I was on the point of doing it estava prestes a fazê-lo. music is her strong (weak) point música é o forte (fraco) dela. not to put too fine a point on it falar claramente. point of contact ponto de contato. point of conscience questão de consciência. point of controversy ponto de divergência. point of departure ponto de partida, especialmente em uma discussão. point of honor ponto de honra, questão de honra. point of inflection ponto de inflexão. point of intersection ponto de intersecção. point of no return ponto sem retorno (viagem, avião). point of order questão de ordem. point of origin local de origem. point of reference ponto de referência. point of sale Com ponto de venda. point of support ponto de apoio. point of view a) ponto de vista. b) opinião. point out apontar, indicar, chamar atenção para. that’s not to the point isto não vem ao caso, não diz respeito à questão. that’s the point eis a questão. the conversation ended in point a conversa tornou-se mais aguçada. the points of a horse as qualidades de um cavalo. the winner on points o vencedor por pontos. they spoke to the point falaram objetivamente. to be on the point of estar prestes a. to get to the point ir ao ponto principal. to give points to dar vantagens a. to keep to the point limitar-se ao assunto. to lose on points (boxe) perder por pontos. to make a point of fazer questão de, considerar. to miss the point não compreender. to point a wall rebocar uma parede. to point out mostrar, apontar para, chamar a atenção para. to point towards a) apontar para. b) estar voltado para. to point up enfatizar. to stick to the point permanecer no assunto, prender-se ao assunto. to stretch (strain) a point conceder um pouco, abrir uma exceção. to the point a) importante, relevante. b) conciso, objetivo. to win on points (boxe) ganhar por pontos. turning point a) momento de decisão. b) ponto crítico. up to a certain point até certo ponto. we made a point of doing it fizemos questão de fazê-lo. when it came to the point quando chegou o momento decisivo.

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  • 12 spring

    [spriŋ] 1. past tense - sprang; verb
    1) (to jump, leap or move swiftly (usually upwards): She sprang into the boat.) saltar
    2) (to arise or result from: His bravery springs from his love of adventure.) resultar
    3) (to (cause a trap to) close violently: The trap must have sprung when the hare stepped in it.) (fazer) saltar
    2. noun
    1) (a coil of wire or other similar device which can be compressed or squeezed down but returns to its original shape when released: a watch-spring; the springs in a chair.) mola
    2) (the season of the year between winter and summer when plants begin to flower or grow leaves: Spring is my favourite season.) primavera
    3) (a leap or sudden movement: The lion made a sudden spring on its prey.) salto
    4) (the ability to stretch and spring back again: There's not a lot of spring in this old trampoline.) elasticidade
    5) (a small stream flowing out from the ground.) nascente
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    - springiness
    - sprung
    - springboard
    - spring cleaning
    - springtime
    - spring up
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    [spriŋ] n 1 pulo, salto, recuo. 2 mola, mola espiral. 3 elasticidade. 4 contragolpe. 5 primavera. 6 fonte, nascente. 7 origem, causa, fonte. 8 período inicial, primavera da vida. 9 Naut racha, rachadura, fenda (do mastro). 10 empenamento, curvatura. • vt+vi (ps sprang, pp sprung) 1 pular, saltar. 2 recuar, retroceder, voltar, ressaltar por força elástica. 3 fazer pular ou saltar, acionar uma mola, armar. 4 levantar-se, emergir, brotar, nascer, crescer, descender. 5 surgir repentinamente, soltar, voar, lascar-se, saltar. 6 produzir, apresentar de repente. 7 rachar, fender. the ship sprang a leak / o navio começou a fazer água. 8 empenar, curvar-se. 9 levantar (caça). 10 fazer saltar, estourar. 11 sl sair ou escapar da cadeia. • adj 1 que tem mola, de mola. 2 suspenso em molas. 3 primaveril. 4 de fonte ou nascente. to spring at pular em cima de, lançar-se sobre. she sprang a surprise on me ela me fez uma surpresa. to spring a mine fazer explodir uma mina. to spring back pular para trás, voltar para trás (por força de mola). to spring forth saltar para fora. to spring forward lançar-se sobre ou para a frente. to spring into existence surgir, formar-se de repente. to spring something on someone revelar algo de surpresa a alguém. to spring to one’s feet levantar-se de um salto. to spring up brotar, surgir, levantar-se de um salto.

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  • 13 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) desperdiçar
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) desperdícios
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) perda
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ermo
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    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away
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    [weist] n 1 desperdício, esbanjamento, dissipação. 2 perda, quebra, derrame. 3 gasto, desgaste. 4 estrago. 5 material inútil ou supérfluo. 6 sobras, resíduos, refugo, borra. 7 lixo. 8 deserto, solidão, ermo. 9 terra inculta. 10 arch ruína, devastação (devido à guerra, ao fogo). 11 estopa. • vt+vi 1 desperdiçar, dissipar, esbanjar. 2 perder, não aproveitar. he is wasted / ele não está sendo aproveitado, está em lugar errado. 3 gastar, consumir, destruir. 4 desgastar. 5 arruinar, estragar. 6 corroer (ondas). 7 assolar, devastar (guerra). 8 enfraquecer, debilitar, definhar, abater, mirrar. • adj 1 sem valor, inútil. 2 inaproveitado, não usado ou em uso, sobrado, supérfluo. 3 não cultivado, agreste, estéril, improdutivo. 4 deserto, ermo, desabitado, desolado, devastado. 5 abandonado. the garden lies waste / o jardim está abandonado. 6 perdido (trabalho de máquinas). 7 monótono, desinteressante. 8 sombrio, melancólico, lúgubre. 9 de refugo, residual, de despejo, excretado. 10 desperdiçado. loss by waste perda por trabalho improdutivo (máquina). to be wasted on someone perder tempo com, ser inútil, não ter efeito. it was wasted on him / foi perder tempo com ele, foi inútil, não fez efeito algum. to go to waste a) ser desperdiçado, desperdiçar. b) não ser aproveitado, aproveitar. to lay waste devastar, assolar. to run to waste a) ser desperdiçado. b) não ser aproveitado, perder. to waste away definhar-se, decair. he is wasting away, has a wasting disease / ele está definhando, sofre de uma doença que o vai consumindo. waste drainage pipe tubo de esgoto. waste not, want not sabendo usar não vai faltar. waste of time perda de tempo.

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  • 14 crane

    [krein] 1. noun
    (a machine with a long arm and a chain, for raising heavy weights.) guindaste
    2. verb
    (to stretch out (the neck, to see round or over something): He craned his neck in order to see round the corner.) espichar

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  • 15 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) esticar, forçar
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) forçar
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) forçar
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) filtrar, coar
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) tensão
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) tensão
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) estiramento, distensão
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) pressão
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    - strainer - strain off II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) raça
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) tendência
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) melodia

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > strain

  • 16 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) desperdiçar
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) refugo, resíduo
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) desperdício
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ermo
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    - wasteful - wastefully - wastefulness - waste paper - wastepaper basket - waste pipe - waste away

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > waste

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