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1 to smell of the lamp
to smell of the lampter a aparência de preparativos demorados (um sermão ou discurso). -
2 lamp
[læmp](a (glass-covered) light: an oil-lamp; a table lamp; a street-lamp.) candeeiro- lampshade* * *[læmp] n 1 lâmpada, lanterna, lamparina, candeia, lampião. 2 fig qualquer fonte de luz (também espiritual). • vt sl ver, examinar. arc lamp lâmpada de arco voltaico. electric lamp lâmpada elétrica. incandescent lamp lâmpada incandescente. street lamp lampião de rua, revérbero. to smell of the lamp ter a aparência de preparativos demorados (um sermão ou discurso).
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