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[pər'aiə] n pária: 1 membro da casta mais baixa dos hindus. 2 fig homem excluído da sociedade.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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- driver

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; ( also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.) vapor

2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; ( also adjective) steam power, steam engines.) vapor

1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.) fumegar

2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.) deslocar-se a vapor

3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.) cozer em vapor

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- steam-

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[sti:m] n 1 vapor. 2 fumaça, névoa. 3 coll força, energia, iniciativa. • vt+vi 1 emitir fumaça ou vapor, evaporar. 2 evaporar-se, levantar vapor, vaporizar. 3 mover-se, andar ou navegar por força de vapor. 4 ferver, cozinhar em vapor. 5 condensar umidade. • adj 1 a vapor. 2 aquecido a vapor, que conduz vapor. at full steam a todo vapor, com toda força. to be steamed up coll a) ficar furioso, perder as estribeiras. b) ficar ansioso, ficar entusiasmado. to get up / pick up steam a) ganhar velocidade (veículo). b) aumentar, crescer em importância. to let off steam soltar fumaça, fig desabafar. to run out of steam perder a força. to steam someone up estimular, entusiasmar alguém. to steam up cobrir-se de vapor. under one’s steam por seu próprio esforço, por sua conta.

1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) lançar

2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) lançar

3) (to throw.) atirar

- launching-pad

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[lɔ:ntʃ] n 1 lançamento. 2 inauguração, estréia. 3 lancha. • vt+vi 1 lançar (navio, foguete, etc.). 2 Com começar (um negócio). 3 arremessar. 4 Com lançar (produto). 5 encaminhar (alguém em um negócio ou profissão). to launch out iniciar.

1) (a type of nail that is driven into something by a firm twisting action: I need four strong screws for fixing the cupboard to the wall.) parafuso

2) (an action of twisting a screw etc: He tightened it by giving it another screw.) apertadela

1) (to fix, or be fixed, with a screw or screws: He screwed the handle to the door; The handle screws on with these screws.) aparafusar

2) (to fix or remove, or be fixed or removed, with a twisting movement: Make sure that the hook is fully screwed in; He screwed off the lid.) (des)aparafusar

3) ((slang, vulgar) to fuck; to have sex (with).)

4) ((slang) to cheat or take advantage of: They screwed you - these are not real diamonds.)

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- screwdriver

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[skru:] n 1 parafuso. 2 fuso. 3 hélice. 4 volta de parafuso, movimento fusiforme. 5 algo semelhante a um parafuso. 6 cavalo cansado. 7 coll guarda de prisão, carcereiro. • vt+vi 1 parafusar, atarraxar. 2 montar ou desmontar por meio de parafusos. 3 torcer, rosquear. 4 fixar com parafuso. 5 forçar, comprimir, esticar por meio de parafusos. 6 apertar, oprimir. 7 deturpar, alterar, falsificar, contorcer. 8 vulg trepar, foder. differential screw rosca diferencial. endless screw rosca sem fim. female screw rosca fêmea. male screw rosca macha. to give the screw a turn exercer pressão. to have a screw loose fig ter um parafuso solto. to put the screw on somebody exercer pressão sobre alguém. to screw down desparafusar. to screw out extorquir, arrancar, fig espremer. we screwed it out of him / sl apertamo-lo até confessar. to screw tight apertar com parafuso. to screw up 1 apertar um parafuso, instigar. 2 confundir, errar, atrapalhar tudo.

1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; ( also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.) vapor

2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; ( also adjective) steam power, steam engines.) vapor

1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.) exalar vapor

2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.) mover-se a vapor

3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.) cozer no vapor

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- steam-

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['autka:st] n 1 proscrito, desterrado. 2 pária, réprobo. • adj 1 exilado, desterrado. 2 rejeitado, banido.

1) (a hoop through which the balls are driven in the game of croquet or at which the ball is bowled in cricket.) whicket

2) (the ground between two sets of these rods: The wicket has dried out well.)

3) (the ending of a batsman's period of batting: They scored fifty runs for (the loss of) one wicket.)

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- wicket-keeper

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[w'ikit] n 1 postigo, portinhola, cancela. 2 janelinha ou abertura. 3 comporta (de represa). 4 borboleta, torniquete. 5 Sports (críquete) meta. 6 Sports (críquete) tempo em que um batedor consegue manter-se no wicket. 7 Sports (críquete) qualquer dos dois jogos de pauzinhos que o oponente procura derrubar.

1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) lançar

2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) lançar

3) (to throw.) lançar

- launching-pad

1) (a hoop through which the balls are driven in the game of croquet or at which the ball is bowled in cricket.)

2) (the ground between two sets of these rods: The wicket has dried out well.)

3) (the ending of a batsman's period of batting: They scored fifty runs for (the loss of) one wicket.)

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- wicket-keeper