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throw into relief

  • 1 to place /throw into relief

    to place /throw into relief
    realçar.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > to place /throw into relief

  • 2 relief

    [rə'li:f]
    1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) alívio
    2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) socorro
    3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) substituto
    4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) libertação
    5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relevo
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    - relieved
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    re.lief1
    [ril'i:f] n 1 alívio. 2 assistência, socorro, ajuda. 3 remédio. 4 revezamento ou substituição de pessoal ou tropas. 5 indulto. 6 Mil pl reforços. 7 libertação (após um cerco). 8 Euphem satisfação sexual. indoor relief serviço de assistência social interno. light/ comic relief Theat, Lit, Cin mudança divertida e agradável (durante um drama). much to one’s relief para satisfação de alguém. on relief recebendo assistência social.
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    re.lief2
    [ril'i:f] n 1 relevo, saliência. 2 realce, contraste, distinção. 3 Archit saliência. 4 Geol elevação de terreno, parte montanhosa. in relief em relevo. to place / throw into relief realçar. to stand in bold relief destacar-se, sobressair.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > relief

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