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1 close call/shave
(a narrow (often lucky) escape: That was a close shave - that car nearly ran you over.) à tangente -
2 close call/shave
(a narrow (often lucky) escape: That was a close shave - that car nearly ran you over.) tangente, fina -
3 shave
[ʃeiv] 1. verb1) (to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor: He only shaves once a week.) fazer a barba2) ((sometimes with off) to scrape or cut away (the surface of wood etc): The joiner shaved a thin strip off the edge of the door.) aparar3) (to touch lightly in passing: The car shaved the wall.) raspar2. noun((the result of) an act of shaving.) apara- shaven- shavings* * *[ʃeiv] n 1 ato de fazer a barba. give me a shave please / por favor, me faça a barba. 2 fatia fina, folha. 3 ato de falhar ou escapar por um triz. that was a close shave / esta foi por um triz. • vt+vi (pp shaven). 1 fazer a barba. I got shaved / mandei fazer a barba. I shaved off his beard / cortei-lhe a barba. 2 barbear-se. 3 cortar fatias finas. 4 raspar, passar perto.
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close shave — See: CLOSE CALL … Dictionary of American idioms
close shave — See: CLOSE CALL … Dictionary of American idioms
close shave — AND close call n. a narrow escape. □ Wow, that was a close shave. □ The car passed this close to us a real close call … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
close\ shave — • close call • close shave n. phr. A narrow escape. That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right! When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave … Словарь американских идиом
a close shave — a situation in which you only just avoid something dangerous or unpleasant Phew, that was a close shave! He almost saw me … English dictionary
close call — or[shave] {n. phr.} A narrow escape. * /That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right!/ * /When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
close call — or[shave] {n. phr.} A narrow escape. * /That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right!/ * /When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shave — shave1 S3 [ʃeıv] v ↑razor, ↑shaving cream, ↑towel [: Old English; Origin: scafan] 1.) [I and T] to cut off hair very close to the skin, especially from the face, using a ↑razor ▪ He hadn t shaved for days. ▪ Brian had cu … Dictionary of contemporary English
A Close Shave — Infobox Film name = A Close Shave caption = Wallace and Gromit on their way to wash windows. director = Nick Park producer = Peter Lord David Sproxton | writer = Nick Park Bob Baker starring = Peter Sallis Anne Reid music = Julian Nott… … Wikipedia
close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
close\ call — • close call • close shave n. phr. A narrow escape. That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the right! When Tim fell off his bicycle in front of a bus, it was a very close shave … Словарь американских идиом