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21 inherit
[in'herit]1) (to receive (property etc belonging to someone who has died): He inherited the house from his father; She inherited four thousand dollars from her father.) herdar2) (to have (qualities) the same as one's parents etc: She inherits her quick temper from her mother.) herdar•* * *in.her.it[inh'erit] vt+vi 1 herdar, receber por herança. 2 receber por hereditariedade. -
22 legion
['li:‹ən]1) (in ancient Rome, a body of from three to six thousand soldiers.) legião2) (a great many or a very large number.) legião* * *le.gion[l'i:dʒən] n 1 legião. 2 multidão. • adj numeroso, em grande quantidade. -
23 member
['membə]1) (a person who belongs to a group, club, society, trade union etc: The association has three thousand members.) membro2) (short for Member of Parliament. M.P)•* * *mem.ber[m'embə] n 1 membro (do corpo). 2 parte de um todo. 3 membro, sócio, associado. 4 membro de uma equação. -
24 millennium
[mi'leniəm]plural - millennia; noun(a period of a thousand years: Almost two millennia have passed since the birth of Christ.) milénio* * *mil.len.ni.um[mil'eniəm] n milênio. the millennium Theol 1 o milênio do reino de Cristo na Terra. 2 fig período da justiça, paz e felicidade. -
25 pity
['piti] 1. noun1) (a feeling of sorrow for the troubles and sufferings of others: He felt a great pity for her.) dó2) (a cause of sorrow or regret: What a pity (that) she can't come.) pena2. verb(to feel pity for (someone): She pitied him; She is to be pitied.) lamentar- piteous- piteously
- piteousness
- pitiable
- pitiably
- pitiful
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- pitilessness
- pityingly
- have pity on
- take pity on* * *pit.y[p'iti] n piedade, compaixão, pena, dó. • vt compadecer-se de, ter pena de. for pity’s sake! por piedade! it’s a thousand pities é profundamente lamentável. the pity of it is... a única desvantagem é... to feel pity for compadecer-se de, apiedar-se de. to move to pity condoer, suscitar compaixão. what a pity! que pena! -
26 reach
[ri: ] 1. verb1) (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 a2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) alcançar3) (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 mão4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contactar5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) estender-se2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) alcance2) (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.) alcance3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) extensão* * *[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. -
27 refuel
[ri:'fjuəl]past tense, past participle - refuelled; verb(to supply (an aeroplane etc) with more fuel: The plane has to be refuelled every thousand miles; The plane stopped to refuel.) reabastecer(-se)* * *re.fu.el[ri:fj'uəl] vt 1 reabastecer(-se) (de combustível). 2 renovar. -
28 round about
1) (surrounding: She sat with her children round about her.) à volta de2) (near: There are not many houses round about.) por perto3) (approximately: There must have been round about a thousand people there.) cerca de* * *round abouta) em volta de. b) indiretamente. c) aproximadamente. -
29 smuggle
1) (to bring (goods) into, or send them out from, a country illegally, or without paying duty: He was caught smuggling (several thousand cigarettes through the Customs).) fazer contrabando2) (to send or take secretly: I smuggled some food out of the kitchen.) levar às escondidas•- smuggler- smuggling* * *smug.gle[sm'∧gəl] vt+vi 1 contrabandear, fazer contrabando. 2 fazer entrar ou sair às escondidas. to smuggle into introduzir clandestinamente. to smuggle out fazer sair clandestinamente. -
30 spectator
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31 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) qual2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) que3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) que- which is which? - which is which* * *[witʃ] adj, pron 1 qual? quais? quê? which pictures did you like best? / de qual dos quadros você gostou mais? to which of our theaters do you wish to go? / para qual dos nossos teatros você deseja ir? 2 qual, quais, que, o que, qualquer. this red which is the most demanded colour / este vermelho que é a cor mais procurada. the step which you have taken will lead to... / fig o passo que você tomou conduzirá a... all of which todos os quais. do you know which is which? você sabe distinguir as duas coisas? he tried every which way ele tentou por todos os modos. of which do qual, dos quais, de que. which of you? quem (ou qual) de vocês? -
32 clock up
(to reach a total of: I've clocked up eight thousand miles this year in my car.) registar -
33 thousands
plurals; see thousand -
34 thousands of
1) (several thousand: He's got thousands of pounds in the bank.) milhares2) (lots of: I've read thousands of books.) montes de -
35 clock up
(to reach a total of: I've clocked up eight thousand miles this year in my car.) registrar -
36 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) declive2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar, largar5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever, rabiscar•- droplet- droppings - drop-out - drop a brick / drop a clanger - drop back - drop by - drop in - drop off - drop out -
37 inherit
[in'herit]1) (to receive (property etc belonging to someone who has died): He inherited the house from his father; She inherited four thousand dollars from her father.) herdar2) (to have (qualities) the same as one's parents etc: She inherits her quick temper from her mother.) herdar• -
38 legion
['li:‹ən]1) (in ancient Rome, a body of from three to six thousand soldiers.) legião2) (a great many or a very large number.) legião -
39 member
['membə]1) (a person who belongs to a group, club, society, trade union etc: The association has three thousand members.) membro2) (short for Member of Parliament. M.P)• -
40 millennium
[mi'leniəm]plural - millennia; noun(a period of a thousand years: Almost two millennia have passed since the birth of Christ.) milênio
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thousand — UK US /ˈθaʊzənd/ noun [C] (plural thousand, or thousands) ► the number 1,000: »They paid three hundred thousand for the house. »Thirty thousand dollars a year doesn t really go very far in the modern world. »Two thousand workers are being made… … Financial and business terms
Thousand — Thou sand, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS. [thorn][=u]send; akin to OS. th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[=u]sunt, d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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thousand — ► CARDINAL NUMBER 1) (a/one thousand) the number equivalent to the product of a hundred and ten; 1,000. (Roman numeral: m or M.) 2) (thousands) informal an unspecified large number. DERIVATIVES thousandfold adjective & adverb … English terms dictionary
thousand — [thou′zənd] n. [ME thusend < OE, akin to Ger tausend < PGmc * thus hundi, “many hundred” < IE base * tēu , to swell, increase + PGmc * hund , HUNDRED] 1. ten hundred; 1,000; M 2. an indefinite but very large number: a hyperbolic use adj … English World dictionary
thousand — thou|sand [ˈθauzənd] number plural thousand or thousands [: Old English; Origin: thusend] 1.) the number 1000 ▪ a journey of almost a thousand miles two/three/four etc thousand ▪ five thousand dollars ▪ The company employs 30 thousand people … Dictionary of contemporary English
thousand — /thow zeuhnd/, n., pl. thousands, (as after a numeral) thousand, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 times 100. 2. a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M. 3. thousands. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money:… … Universalium
thousand — [[t]θa͟ʊz(ə)nd[/t]] ♦ thousands (The plural form is thousand after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as several or a few .) 1) NUM: usu a/num NUM A thousand or one thousand is the number 1,000. ...five thousand… … English dictionary
thousand */*/ — UK [ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] / US number Get it right: thousand: After a number, or after several or a few, use the singular form thousand: Wrong: There are about fourteen thousands airports all over the world. Right: There are about fourteen thousand… … English dictionary
thousand — /ˈθaʊzənd / (say thowzuhnd) noun (plural thousands, as after a numeral, thousand) 1. a cardinal number, ten times one hundred. 2. a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M. 3. (plural) a great number or amount. –adjective 4. amounting to one… …
