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1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) almofada

2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) almofada

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[k'uʃən] n 1 almofada, coxim, travesseiro. 2 tabela, tablilha de bilhar. 3 amortecedor, pára-choque. • vt 1 almofadar. 2 colocar, assentar sobre almofada, escorar com almofada. 3 amortecer, proteger contra choques. pin cushion almofada para alfinetes.

1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) almofada

2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) almofada

- a smack on the cheek

There's a smack of corruption about this affair.) cheiro

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[smæk] n 1 gosto, aroma, sabor, ressaibo. 2 indício, traço, noção, laivos. • vi ter gosto ou sabor. to smack of ter sabor de, fig ter laivos de.

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[smæk] n 1 estalo feito com os lábios. 2 beijoca. 3 pancada, palmada. 4 estalo (como o de chicote). 5 barco de um mastro. • vt+vi 1 fazer estalo com os lábios. 2 beijocar. 3 estalar (chicote). 4 dar palmada. • adv violentamente, diretamente, bem em cheio, bruscamente, francamente, sem rodeios. the ball hit him smack on his head / a bola atingiu-o em cheio na cabeça. to get a smack in the eye sofrer uma desilusão, humilhação.

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[smæk] n sl heroína (droga).

- a smack on the cheek

There's a smack of corruption about this affair.) sabor, toque

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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[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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1) ((a fit of) violent anger: He flew into a rage; He shouted with rage.) fúria

2) (violence; great force: the rage of the sea.) fúria

1) (to act or shout in great anger: He raged at his secretary.) gritar

2) ((of wind, storms etc) to be violent; to blow with great force: The storm raged all night.) soprar

3) ((of battles, arguments etc) to be carried on with great violence: The battle raged for two whole days.) prosseguir com violência

4) ((of diseases etc) to spread quickly and affect many people: Fever was raging through the town.) grassar

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[reidʒ] n 1 raiva, ira, furor, fúria. 2 violência, intensidade extrema. 3 desejo ou entusiasmo violento. 4 êxtase. 5 fig moda, voga, capricho, mania. • vi 1 enfurecer-se, enraivecer-se, encolerizar-se. 2 assolar, devastar. all the rage a moda, o objeto desejado por todos. the rage for money a avidez, volúpia pelo dinheiro. to be in a rage estar furioso.

1) ((a fit of) violent anger: He flew into a rage; He shouted with rage.) fúria

2) (violence; great force: the rage of the sea.) fúria

1) (to act or shout in great anger: He raged at his secretary.) enfurecer(-se)

2) ((of wind, storms etc) to be violent; to blow with great force: The storm raged all night.) ser violento

3) ((of battles, arguments etc) to be carried on with great violence: The battle raged for two whole days.) agir com fúria

4) ((of diseases etc) to spread quickly and affect many people: Fever was raging through the town.) alastrar-se

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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] 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 severe emotional disturbance: The news gave us all a shock.) abalo

2) ((often electric shock) the effect on the body of an electric current: He got a slight shock when he touched the live wire.) choque

3) (a sudden blow coming with great force: the shock of an earthquake.) choque

4) (a medical condition caused by a severe mental or physical shock: He was suffering from shock after the crash.) choque

- shocker

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[ʃɔk] n 1 choque, impacto, encontro, colisão. the walls stood the shock / os muros resistiram ao impacto. 2 distúrbio, abalo. I got the shock of my life / fiquei seriamente chocado. 3 Med choque, colapso. 4 coll paralisia. 5 golpe, desgosto, dissabor. 6 choque elétrico, descarga elétrica. 7 Mil ataque, choque de tropas. • vt 1 chocar-se, colidir, ir de encontro, abalar, bater. 2 surpreender, horrorizar, escandalizar, ofender, melindrar, ferir. he was shocked at or by her behaviour / ele ficou chocado com o comportamento dela. 3 dar choque elétrico.

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[ʃɔk] n meda: pilha de molhos de trigo ou milho no campo, montão de gavelas. • vt+vi juntar em medas, empilhar.

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[ʃɔk] n massa de pêlo ou de cabelo.

1) (a severe emotional disturbance: The news gave us all a shock.) choque

2) ((often electric shock) the effect on the body of an electric current: He got a slight shock when he touched the live wire.) choque

3) (a sudden blow coming with great force: the shock of an earthquake.) abalo

4) (a medical condition caused by a severe mental or physical shock: He was suffering from shock after the crash.) choque

- shocker

1) ((sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined: The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces; This unexpected news had smashed all his hopes; He had an accident and smashed up his car.) esmagar(-se)

2) (to strike with great force; to crash: The car smashed into a lamp-post.) embater

1) ((the sound of) a breakage; a crash: A plate fell to the ground with a smash; There has been a bad car smash.) pancada

2) (a strong blow: He gave his opponent a smash on the jaw.) murro

3) (in tennis etc, a hard downward shot.) pancada

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[smæʃ] n 1 quebra, quebramento, rompimento. 2 estrondo, barulho de quebra. 3 queda, desastre. 4 golpe, soco. 5 Sport cortada (de bola). 6 sucesso (filme, peça de teatro). 7 trombada, batida de carro. • vt+vi 1 quebrar, esmagar, romper, despedaçar (com ruído). 2 destruir, pôr abaixo, esmagar. 3 quebrar, romper-se. 4 atirar-se (contra). 5 esmagar, vencer. 6 Sport cortar (bola). 7 coll dar soco, golpear. I’ll smash your head in! arrebento a sua cara! (ameaça). to smash down derrubar (uma porta). to smash up destruir completamente.

1) ((sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined: The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces; This unexpected news had smashed all his hopes; He had an accident and smashed up his car.) estraçalhar

2) (to strike with great force; to crash: The car smashed into a lamp-post.) esmagar(-se), colidir

1) ((the sound of) a breakage; a crash: A plate fell to the ground with a smash; There has been a bad car smash.) colisão, ruína

2) (a strong blow: He gave his opponent a smash on the jaw.) golpe violento

3) (in tennis etc, a hard downward shot.) cortada

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1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) pesado

2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.)

3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) forte

4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) excessivo

5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) pesado

6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) difícil

7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) pesado

8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) pesado

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[h'evi] n 1 pessoa ou coisa pesada. 2 Cin, Theat vilão, bandido. 3 figurão: pessoa importante. • adj 1 pesado. 2 de grande quantidade, força ou intensidade. 3 forte, violento. 4 carregado ( with com). 5 triste, abatido. 6 opressivo, cansativo. 7 lerdo. 8 intransitável. 9 pastoso, que não cresce (pão). 10 grosso, rústico. 11 inerte, preguiçoso, sonolento. 12 difícil. 13 sério, grave. 14 nubloso, nebuloso. 15 insípido, enfadonho. 16 indigesto. 17 grávida. 18 Typogr negrito.

1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) pesado

2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) pesado

3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) forte, abundante

4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) excessivo

5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) pesado

6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) difícil

7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) pesado

8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) pesado

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