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1 to fight a losing battle
to fight a losing battledar murro em ponta de faca.————————to fight a losing battlelutar por algo condenado ao fracasso. -
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['bætl] 1. noun(a fight between opposing armies or individuals: the last battle of the war.) batalha2. verb(to fight.) combater- battleship* * *bat.tle[b'ætəl] n 1 batalha, combate. drawn battle / batalha empatada. field of battle / campo de batalha. they gave battle, joined battle / eles entraram em combate. 2 duelo. 3 fig guerra, luta. 4 conflito, briga, contenda. • vt 1 tomar parte em batalha, combater, batalhar. 2 fig lutar, brigar. they battled the drought foor 3 years / eles lutaram contra a seca por três anos. that’s half the battle isto é meio caminho andado. to battle it (out) lutar por, lutar pela decisão. to fight a losing battle lutar por algo condenado ao fracasso. to give the battle prometer a vitória. to have the battle ganhar a batalha. to offer the battle dar combate. youth is half the battle a juventude é a melhor arma. -
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1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) lutar2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) lutar3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) discutir2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) luta2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) luta3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) combatividade4) (a boxing-match.) luta de boxe•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight* * *[fait] n batalha, peleja, briga, rixa, luta, contenda, disputa, combate, pugilato. she still has a lot of fight in her / ele ainda tem muita vontade de continuar lutando. • vt+vi (ps, pp fought) 1 batalhar, pelejar, guerrear, lutar, combater. she fought back her tears / ela segurou suas lágrimas. 2 brigar, disputar. 3 bater-se por, defender, sustentar, dar combate a. cat fight briga ruidosa, estardalhaço. hand to hand fight luta corporal, peleja. he is fighting fit ele está muito bem fisicamente. it’s worth fighting for vale a pena bater-se por isso. to fight a bottle sl beber em demasia. to fight a duel bater-se em duelo. to fight a losing battle dar murro em ponta de faca. to fight back resistir, responder. to fight down an emotion lutar contra uma emoção (não sentindo, não mostrando ou não sendo impulsionado por ela). to fight fire with fire responder com a mesma moeda. to fight for breath tentar respirar, respirar com dificuldade. to fight for something disputar uma coisa. to fight off repelir, rechaçar (inimigo, etc.). to fight one’s way abrir caminho empregando esforço. to fight out decidir pelas armas, resolver pela luta. to fight show opor resistência, não se dobrar. to fight shy of evitar, esquivar-se a. to have a fight bater-se, brigar. to make a fight for lutar por. to put up a fight lutar valentemente contra alguém mais forte.
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