that's+a+blow!

1) (to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion: The bridge blew up / was blown up.) explodir

2) (to fill with air or a gas: He blew up the balloon.) encher

3) (to lose one's temper: If he says that again I'll blow up.) explodir

1) (to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion: The bridge blew up / was blown up.) explodir

2) (to fill with air or a gas: He blew up the balloon.) encher

3) (to lose one's temper: If he says that again I'll blow up.) explodir

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) atingir

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) dar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) impressionar

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir por

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) achado

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- striker

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[straik] n 1 greve. 2 golpe. 3 ato de derrubar todos os pinos no jogo de boliche, pontos feitos assim. 4 ataque, investida. 5 beliscada (de peixe no anzol). 6 descoberta de petróleo, ouro, etc. 7 sucesso, êxito, achado feliz. 8 Min direção do filão. • vt (ps struck, pp struck, stricken) 1 bater, malhar, golpear. I was struck by his reply / fui tomado de surpresa pela sua resposta. 2 dar, infligir, arremessar, desferir, lançar. 3 estampar, imprimir, cunhar. 4 acender (fósforo), ferir fogo. 5 atingir, colidir, cair (raio), incidir (luz). 6 abalroar, colidir, dar de encontro, chocar-se, encalhar. 7 impressionar. 8 tocar, bater, soar, bater as horas. 9 estarrecer, fulminar, impressionar, assustar. 10 afetar, tocar, afligir, atacar, surpreender. 11 atacar, assaltar. 12 acontecer, ocorrer, suceder. 13 descobrir, encontrar (petróleo, ouro, etc.). 14 surgir, aparecer, vir de repente, encontrar inesperadamente. the thought struck him / ocorreu-lhe a idéia. 15 fazer greve. 16 riscar, apagar, cancelar. 17 tirar, tomar (com um golpe). 18 andar rapidamente. 19 assumir (atitude). he strikes an attitude / ele assume uma pose teatral. 20 enraizar, aprofundar, afundar, criar raízes. 21 determinar, calcular. 22 fazer, decidir, entrar em (acordo), concordar. 23 abaixar, arriar (velas). 24 raspar, alisar, deixar plano, tirar o excesso de uma medida. 25 pegar o anzol, morder a isca, fisgar. 26 desbotar, apagar-se. 27 arriar bandeiras, render-se. 28 tomar (caminho ou direção). 29 chamar a atenção, dar na vista. 30 estender, alisar. 31 enveredar. 32 tirar (linha). 33 rufar (tambores). 34 tocar (uma corda em instrumento musical). 35 levantar (acampamento). 36 cravar, meter, enfiar. 37 avançar, seguir. 38 lançar-se, disparar, avançar com rapidez. strike the iron while it is hot / malhe o ferro enquanto está quente (faça isso agora e não deixe para mais tarde). he’s struck on her ele está louco (apaixonado) por ela. it strikes me as strange that... parece-me esquisito que... strike me dead! Deus me castigue! that struck home! este golpe acertou, fig isto deu resultado. this strikes my fancy isto me agrada. to go on strike entrar em greve. to strike a balance chegar a um acordo, encontrar um ponto de equilíbrio. to strike a bargain fechar um negócio. to strike a blow at dar um soco ou golpe em. to strike a chord parecer familiar, fazer lembrar alguma coisa. to strike a dividend distribuir dividendo. to strike against bater contra, lutar contra, defender-se contra. to strike an average tirar ou calcular a média. to strike at someone bater em alguém, levantar a mão contra alguém. to strike back revidar. to strike blind cegar. to strike camp levantar acampamento. to strike dead matar. to strike down derrubar, derrubar no chão, abater. to strike dumb fazer calar, deixar bobo. to strike hands ( with) chegar a um acordo (com). to strike it rich tirar a sorte grande, enriquecer rapidamente. to strike in interromper. to strike into entrar em. to strike off a) cortar. b) copiar, imprimir. to strike oil ter sucesso, ter êxito. to strike on a) agir sobre, incidir sobre (luz), cair sobre. b) descobrir algo, ter uma idéia. to strike out a) riscar, apagar, cancelar. b) nadar ativamente (em direção a alguma coisa). c) golpear. to strike out on one’s own tomar seu rumo próprio. to strike someone with fear encher alguém de medo. to strike the eye dar na vista, chamar a atenção. to strike through remover, cancelar (algo escrito). to strike up a) Mus começar a tocar. b) iniciar (relacionamento, conversa, etc.). to strike upon incidir sobre, cair sobre, encontrar, bater contra. well stricken in years de idade avançada.

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) bater

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) atacar

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) riscar

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fazer greve

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) encontrar

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) soar, tocar

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) ocorrer

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) cunhar

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) seguir

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) baixar, desmontar

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) greve

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) descoberta, achado

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- striker

1) (any of several kinds of small bird: a blue tit.) chapim

2) ((slang) a woman's breast or nipple.)

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n 1 Ornith chapim (= link=titmouse titmouse.). 2 vulg teta. 3 coll bico do seio. 4 golpe, pancada. 5 cavalinho fatigado e sem valor. tit for tat olho por olho, na mesma moeda. to give tit for tat pagar na mesma moeda, retaliar.

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abbr title (título).

1) ((an) outdoor current of air: The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.) vento

2) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) fôlego

3) (air or gas in the stomach or intestines: His stomach pains were due to wind.) gases

- windy

1) (to wrap round in coils: He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.) enrolar

2) (to make into a ball or coil: to wind wool.) enrolar

3) ((of a road etc) to twist and turn: The road winds up the mountain.) subir

4) (to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc: I forgot to wind my watch.) dar corda

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- winder

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[wind] n 1 vento. 2 brisa, aragem. 3 vento forte, temporal, ventania. 4 gases, flatulência. 5 (caça) faro, cheiro. 6 fôlego. 7 conversa à toa. 8 Mus instrumento de sopro (também winds) ou quem toca instrumento de sopro. • vt 1 expor ao vento e ao ar, arejar. 2 farejar, seguir o cheiro de. 3 exaustar, cansar (cavalo). 4 (deixar) resfolegar, tomar fôlego, descansar (cavalo). you must wind your horse / você precisa deixar o seu cavalo descansar. I was winded with my run / fiquei sem fôlego com a corrida. 5 [waind] (ps, pp wound, winded) soprar, tocar instrumento de sopro. before the wind levado pelo vento. between wind and weather entre a espada e a parede, em alternativa difícil. broken wind respiração dificultosa (de cavalos). contrary wind vento contrário. fair/ good wind vento favorável. gone with the wind levado pelo vento. he got his wind ele tomou fôlego. he got the wind of him ele tirou vantagem dele. he got the wind up Mil ele ficou com medo. he got wind of it fig ele farejou algo, ficou sabendo daquilo. he hit me in the wind ele me alvejou na boca do estômago. he is in good wind ele tem bom fôlego (boa capacidade respiratória). in the wind’s eye, in the teeth of the wind contra o vento. it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good o prazer de um é o desgosto de outro. it is in the wind está em andamento. on the wind a favor do vento, levado pelo vento. the wind is very high está soprando um vento forte. there is something in the wind fig há algo no ar, está se passando ou acontecendo alguma coisa. they know where the wind hits/ blows eles sabem de onde o vento sopra. thrown to the winds espalhado por todos os ventos/lados. to raise the wind arranjar dinheiro, angariar fundos. to sail near/ close to the wind Naut navegar à bolina cerrada. under the wind a sotavento. up him nós lhe fizemos medo. we put the wind there is a great wind up fig sl o ambiente está carregado. we spoke to the wind fig nós falamos ao vento, em vão. wind and waterline Naut linha d’água. wind and weather o tempo, as condições atmosféricas.

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[waind] n 1 torcedura, enroscamento. 2 curvatura, tortuosidade, sinuosidade. 3 giro, volta, curva, rotação. • vt+vi (ps, pp wound) 1 serpear, serpentear. the river wound its way through the valley / o rio serpenteava pelo vale. 2 envolver, enroscar(-se) ( round em volta de). she wound round his heart / ela soube conquistá-lo. she wound her arms round her child / ela envolveu o filho em seus braços. 3 girar, rotar. 4 Naut virar a proa. 5 empenar(-se), dobrar(-se), entortar(-se), torcer(-se), retorcer(-se). 6 enrolar(se). 7 envolver. 8 abraçar. 9 enredar. 10 guindar, içar, levantar. 11 dar corda a. 12 insinuar-se. 13 girar o braço antes de lançar a bola (em beisebol). he wound himselt into her favour ele soube ganhar a sua simpatia. she wound the wool into a ball ela formou um novelo de lã. to wind off a) desenrolar. b) filmar. to wind on enrolar. to wind up a) guindar, içar, elevar. b) rolar, enrolar. c) dar corda a (relógio). d) resumir (discurso). e) encerrar, acertar (contas). f) regularizar, terminar, finalizar, acabar, concluir. they wound up by marrying / eles acabaram se casando. g) resolver, liquidar, fechar (negócio). h) pôr em forma, reanimar (alguém), incitar, estimular, dar energia a. i) estar preso. the ship winds up / Naut o navio vira (preso à âncora).

1) (any of several kinds of small bird: a blue tit.) chapim

2) ((slang) a woman's breast or nipple.)

1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) bater

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) bater

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) atingir

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) alcançar

1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) golpe

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) ponto

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sucesso

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- hit-and-run

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[hit] n 1 golpe, pancada, estocada. 2 sucesso, sorte. 3 ataque, crítica. • vt+vi (ps and pp hit) 1 dar um golpe, dar uma pancada (at em). he hit me a blow / ele me deu uma pancada. 2 acertar, atingir. he was hit by the ball / ele foi atingido pela bola. his hand was hit by the knife / a sua mão foi ferida pela faca. a lucky hit um bom lance, um golpe feliz. he hit the town coll ele chegou à cidade. hit or miss a esmo. to hit against bater contra. to hit it off concordar. to hit it up injetar drogas. to hit off imitar ou descrever perfeitamente. to hit the bottle beber muito, em excesso. to hit the ceilving/ roof ficar com raiva. to hit the hay/ sack ir dormir, ir para a cama. to hit the jackpot acertar na sorte grande. to hit the nail on the head dar na trilha. to hit the road partir, pegar a estrada. to hit upon encontrar, topar com. to make a hit with someone a) ficar popular. b) impressionar alguém. you have hit my taste você acertou meu gosto.

1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) chifre

2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) de chifre

3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) de chifre

4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) chifre

5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) buzina

6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) trompa

7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) trompa

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- horned

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[hɔ:n] n 1 chifre, corno. 2 cornucópia. 3 qualquer coisa em forma de chifre. 4 tentáculo. 5 Mus trompa, corneta. 6 buzina. 7 megafone, porta-voz. • vt+vi 1 cornear, colocar cornos. 2 ferir com os cornos, chifrar. • adj feito de chifre. handle of horn cabo de chifre. horns of a dilemma duas coisas igualmente desagradáveis entre as quais é preciso optar. shoe horn calçadeira. to blow one’s own horn fazer autopromoção. to horn in Amer sl intrometer-se. to take the bull by the horns enfrentar a situação.

- tap-dancing

1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) explorar

2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) pôr escuta em

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[tæp] n 1 pancadinha, batida, golpe leve. 2 pedaço de couro para proteger o salto do sapato. 3 batoque (de pipa). 4 torneira. 5 bebida alcoólica (de certa marca ou qualidade). 6 bar. 7 Electr ponto de tomada ou derivação elétrica. 8 Tech macho de tarraxa. 9 peça metálica adaptada à sola e salto do sapato para sapatear. • vt+vi 1 bater de leve, dar pancadinha. 2 remendar, solar sapatos. 3 sangrar, furar, puncionar para tirar líquido (também Med). 4 desarrolhar, destampar (pipa). 5 tirar líquido (por punção). 6 ligar, penetrar, abrir (uma estrada). they tapped the telephone wire / fizeram ligação clandestina no fio telefônico. 7 Electr derivar. 8 cortar rosca interna. 9 sapatear. he didn’t do a tap of work ele nem mexeu um dedo, não fez nada. he tapped me for sl ele deu-me uma facada, pediu-me dinheiro emprestado. on tap a) do barril. b) fig em estoque. three-way tap torneira tripla. to tap the hand on the table bater com a mão na mesa.

- tap-dancing

1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) explorar

2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) grampear

1) (the bursting of a car tyre: That's the second blowout I've had with this car.) furo

2) ((on eg an oil rig) a violent escape of gas etc.) escape

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[bl'ouaut] n 1 ruptura de pneumático. 2 escape repentino de ar ou vapor. 3 fusão de fusível elétrico. 4 arroubo temperamental. 5 sl banquete, rega-bofe. 6 sl festança. 7 ampliação de fotografia. 8 qualidade de quem se torna famoso repentinamente. 9 língua-de-sogra: brinquedo de assobio usado em festas (principalmente infantis).

1) (to (cause to) blow up with a loud noise: The bomb exploded; The police exploded the bomb where it could cause no damage.) explodir

2) (suddenly to show strong feeling: The teacher exploded with anger; The children exploded into laughter.) rebentar

3) (to prove (a theory etc) wrong.) destruir

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- explosion

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[ikspl'oud] vt+vi 1 explodir, detonar. 2 demolir, destruir. 3 estourar, rebentar, dar vazão (a sentimentos). 4 condenar, reprovar, desacreditar.

1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) amalgamar(-se)

2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fundir-se

- fusion

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[fju:z] n 1 Electr fusível. 2 estopim, rastilho, detonador, mecha, espoleta. to blow a fuse queimar um fusível.

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[fju:z] vt+vi 1 fundir(-se), derreter(-se), liquefazer(-se). 2 unir-se, amalgamar(-se), misturar(-se).

adjective (causing unsteadiness, shock or astonishment: a staggering blow on the side of the head; That piece of news is staggering.) espantoso

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[st'ægəriŋ] adj 1 cambaleante, titubeante, que abala, que derruba (golpe). 2 surpreendente, inacreditável.

1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) golpe

2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) golpe

3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) batida

4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) traço

5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) golpe

6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) braçada

7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) esforço

8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) ataque

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- at a stroke

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[strouk] n 1 golpe, soco, pancada. 2 batida, som de pancada. 3 proeza, façanha, lance, feito. 4 movimento rítmico, braçada. 5 Sports voga (também stroke oar). 6 pulsação, batida do coração. 7 traço de escala, mostrador. 8 traço (de pena, etc.). 9 arrancada. 10 golpe (de sorte, etc.). 11 ataque (de doença), surto, doença. 12 Med apoplexia, derrame cerebral. 13 remada. 14 Mech curso (de êmbolo), percurso. 15 badalada (de sino, relógio, etc.). 16 pincelada. 17 patrão (de barco a remo). • vt+vi 1 ser o patrão de remadores. 2 traçar, fazer um traço. 3 cancelar, riscar. 4 rebater (bola). a stroke of genius um lance de gênio. a stroke of luck um golpe de sorte. at a stroke em um só golpe, de uma só vez. down stroke movimento descendente. on the stroke of one à uma hora em ponto. to put someone off his stroke perturbar ou interromper o trabalho de alguém. up stroke traço ou movimento ascendente.

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[strouk] n afago, carícia, ato de passar a mão para acariciar. • vt acariciar, alisar, afagar.

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[w'ɔləp] n 1 batida forte, pancada. 2 Brit cerveja. • vt 1 bater, surrar, espancar. 2 fazer barulho, ruído. 3 ferver, borbulhar. 4 andar de forma atabalhoada. 5 vencer de forma arrasadora.

1) (to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.) pôr nocaute

2) (to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun knock-out).) derrotar

1) (to (cause to) blow up with a loud noise: The bomb exploded; The police exploded the bomb where it could cause no damage.) explodir

2) (suddenly to show strong feeling: The teacher exploded with anger; The children exploded into laughter.) explodir

3) (to prove (a theory etc) wrong.) demolir

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- explosion

1) (to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.) pôr a nocaute

2) (to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun knock-out).) eliminar