throwing the

throwing the javelin

arremesso de dardo.

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[dʒ'ævəlin] n dardo de arremesso, lança, azagaia, venábulo, zaguncho. throwing the javelin arremesso de dardo.

1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) armar

2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) atirar

3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) (fazer) cair de cabeça

4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) balouçar

5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) entoar

1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) campo

2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tom

3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) intensidade

4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) ponto

5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) lançamento

6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) balouço

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- - pitched

- pitch-black

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[pitʃ] n 1 piche, breu. 2 resina de pinheiro. • vt pichar.

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[pitʃ] n 1 arremesso, lance, lançamento. 2 Naut, Aeron arfagem. 3 lote de mercadorias expostas à venda. 4 banca de mascate. 5 pico, cume. 6 acme, clímax, culminância. 7 grau, degrau, nível. 8 declividade, inclinação. 9 campo de críquete. 10 Aeron inclinação longitudinal. 11 passo de engrenagem. 12 Naut passo de hélice. 13 diapasão, agudeza de som. 14 rede de espera. 15 Mus altura do som. 16 propaganda, discurso de vendas. • vt+vi 1 montar, armar, erigir. 2 assentar, acampar. 3 fincar, cravar (postes ou estacas). 4 arremessar, lançar, atirar. 5 Sport lançar a bola ao batedor (beisebol). 6 pavimentar com cascalho. 7 expor à venda. 8 sl contar, relatar. 9 plantar. 10 decair, declivar. 11 colocar em nível determinado. 12 Naut arfar, jogar. 13 entoar, afinar instrumentos ou voz. 14 empilhar (feno). at the highest pitch fig no auge, na altura. at the pitch of his voice no tom mais alto de sua voz. circular pitch Tech passo circunferencial. high pitched emotions emoções exaltadas. high pitched roof telhado muito íngreme. to pitch and pay pagar à vista. to pitch at anchor Naut arfar sobre as amarras. to pitch a yarn contar uma história. to pitch in a) começar a trabalhar intensamente. b) comer vorazmente. c) ajudar com, cooperar. to pitch into a) atacar, assaltar. b) repreender energicamente. to pitch on (ou upon) decidir-se por, escolher. to play at pitch and toss jogar cara ou coroa. to the highest pitch extremamente.

1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) armar

2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) atirar

3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) cair de cabeça

4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) arfar

5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) entoar

1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) campo

2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) entoação, diapasão

3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) grau de intensidade

4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) ponto

5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) arremesso

6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) arfagem

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- - pitched

- pitch-black

1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) servir

2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) servir

3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) servir

4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) servir

5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) cumprir

6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servir

- server

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[sə:v] n Sport saque no jogo de tênis, serviço. • vt 1 servir, trabalhar para. 2 trabalhar como criado, trabalhar. 3 servir à mesa. 4 fazer serviço militar, servir o exército. 5 suprir, fornecer. a summons was served upon him / ele foi citado perante o juiz. 6 ajudar, secundar. I’ll be glad to serve you / terei prazer em servi-lo. 7 ser útil, ser apropriado, servir de. this serves no purpose / isto não serve para nada. 8 cumprir, preencher. 9 satisfazer, ser suficiente. 10 tratar. 11 passar, gastar. 12 entregar, enviar, presentear. 13 dar o lance inicial, Tennis dar o saque, servir. 14 manejar. 15 Naut enrolar, reforçar, proteger (cabo ou corda fina). 16 cobrir, copular. that serves him right bem-feito para ele. to serve a sentence cumprir uma pena. he serves his sentence / ele cumpre sua pena. to serve out dividir, distribuir, pagar na mesma moeda. to serve the ball Tennis dar o saque. to serve up servir à mesa. to serve with trabalhar com.

1) (to send through the air with force; to hurl or fling: He threw the ball to her / threw her the ball.) atirar

2) ((of a horse) to make its rider fall off: My horse threw me.) atirar ao chão

3) (to puzzle or confuse: He was completely thrown by her question.) confundir

4) ((in wrestling, judo etc) to wrestle (one's opponent) to the ground.) derrubar

- throw away

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[θrou] n 1 lance, arremesso. 2 distância à qual um objeto é atirado. 3 faixa de luz. 4 Mech curso. 5 Mech comprimento do braço. 6 Geol deslocamento. • vt+vi (ps threw, pp thrown) 1 atirar, arremessar, lançar, jogar. he threw stones at me / ele atirou pedras em mim. he threw this remark in my face / ele me jogou esta observação na cara. he was thrown into prison / ele foi preso. 2 derrubar, jogar ao chão, prostrar. 3 pôr, mandar, construir rapidamente. 4 virar, dirigir, mover (rapidamente). 5 virar, acionar (chave ou alavanca). 6 despejar (líquido), descarregar. 7 dar cria. 8 torcer, fiar (seda). 9 moldar, tornear no torno de oleiro. 10 Amer perder propositadamente um jogo esportivo, deixar o adversário ganhar por dinheiro. an opportunity thrown away uma oportunidade não aproveitada. he hastily threw it into English ele traduziu-o rapidamente para o inglês. she threw her friend overboard fig ela abandonou seu amigo. to be thrown into rapture ficar entusiasmado. to be thrown upon oneself depender de si mesmo. to throw about Naut mudar de curso repentinamente. to throw a party Amer dar uma festa. to throw away a) jogar fora. b) desperdiçar. to throw back a) repelir, recusar. b) forçar alguém a depender de alguma coisa. he was thrown back upon his own ability / ele dependeu de sua própria habilidade. to throw down derrubar, tombar, jogar ao chão, demolir. to throw in a) intercalar, lançar para dentro, juntar, adicionar. b) incluir como bônus ou bonificação. to throw in one’s hand desistir de um trabalho. to throw off a) lançar fora, livrar-se, desfazer-se de. I could not throw off my cold / não consegui me livrar do meu resfriado. b) despir-se. c) Typogr tirar prova. d) desconcertar, embaraçar. to throw on vestir(-se) rapidamente. he threw on the coat / ele vestiu rapidamente a capa. to throw oneself into dedicar-se, empenhar-se de corpo e alma. I threw my soul into this idea / dediquei-me completamente a esta idéia. to throw oneself on/ upon atacar, assaltar. to throw open abrir (porta), inaugurar. to throw out a) expulsar, mandar embora, demitir. b) enviar (tropas), colocar (guardas). to throw over a) abandonar, descartar. we threw the plan over / abandonamos o plano. b) encobrir. we shall throw a veil over that / encobriremos isto. to throw remarks at someone lançar observações contra alguém. to throw together encontrar-se por acaso. to throw up a) jogar para cima, elevar, erigir, levantar. he threw up his hands / ele levantou as mãos. b) coll vomitar. to throw up the game renunciar ao jogo. to throw up the sponge Amer desistir da corrida.

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• adj fiado, torcido (seda).

1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) servir a

2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) servir

3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) servir

4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) servir, prestar serviço

5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) cumprir

6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servir

- server

1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) martelo

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) martelo

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) martelo

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) martelar

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) meter à força

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- give someone a hammering

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[h'æmə] n martelo ou qualquer coisa de forma ou função idêntica. • vt+vi 1 martelar, malhar, bater, forjar. 2 elaborar com muito esforço. 3 forçar. hammer and sickle foice e martelo: emblema comunista. hammer and tongs com muito vigor e ruído. to be hammered estar declarado falido. to come under the hammer ser vendido em leilão. to hammer something trabalhar demorada e forçadamente em alguma coisa. to live hammer and tongs Amer viver como gato e cachorro. to throw the hammer Sport arremessar o martelo.

1) (to send through the air with force; to hurl or fling: He threw the ball to her / threw her the ball.) jogar, lançar

2) ((of a horse) to make its rider fall off: My horse threw me.) derrubar

3) (to puzzle or confuse: He was completely thrown by her question.) derrubar

4) ((in wrestling, judo etc) to wrestle (one's opponent) to the ground.) derrubar

- throw away

1) (an effect like that made by little sparks: There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.) brilho

2) (liveliness or brightness: She has lots of sparkle.) encanto

1) (to glitter, as if throwing off tiny sparks: The snow sparkled in the sunlight.) brilhar

2) (to be lively or witty: She really sparkled at that party.) brilhar

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- sparkling

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[sp'a:kəl] n 1 chispa ou faísca pequena. 2 cintilação, lampejo, clarão. 3 brilho, vivacidade. • vt+vi 1 chispar, faiscar. 2 lampejar, cintilar, reluzir. 3 brilhar, ser vivo. 4 efervescer, borbulhar. 5 fazer espumar ou efervescer.

1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) martelo

2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) martelo

3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) martelo

1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) martelar

2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) martelar

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- give someone a hammering

1) (an effect like that made by little sparks: There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.) cintilação

2) (liveliness or brightness: She has lots of sparkle.) brilho

1) (to glitter, as if throwing off tiny sparks: The snow sparkled in the sunlight.) cintilar

2) (to be lively or witty: She really sparkled at that party.) brilhar

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- sparkling

- juggler

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[dʒ'∧gəl] n 1 malabarismo, prestidigitação, truque, artifício. 2 logro, decepção, fraude, impostura. • vt+vi 1 fazer jogos de mão, prestidigitações. 2 iludir, lograr, burlar. 3 criar ilusões. to juggle with fazer arranjo, distribuir, jogar.

- juggler

1) (a pointed arrow-like weapon for throwing or shooting: a poisoned dart.) dardo

2) (a sudden and quick movement.) corrida

- darts

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[da:t] n 1 dardo, flecha, seta, azagaia, chuço. 2 pulo ou movimento súbito e brusco. 3 arremesso, lanço. 4 ferrão dos insetos. 5 picada. 6 Sewing pence ou costura para fazer assentar melhor uma roupa. • vt+vi 1 arremessar, dardejar, lançar com ímpeto. 2 correr ou mover-se rápida e bruscamente. 3 voar como a seta.

1) (a pointed arrow-like weapon for throwing or shooting: a poisoned dart.) dardo

2) (a sudden and quick movement.) arremetida

- darts