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101 challenge
[' ælin‹] 1. verb1) (to ask (someone) to take part in a contest: He challenged his brother to a round of golf.) desafiar2) (to question (someone's authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).) contestar2. noun1) (an invitation to a contest: He accepted his brother's challenge to a fight.) desafio2) (the act of questioning someone's right, a statement etc.) contestação•- challenging -
102 command
1. verb1) (to order: I command you to leave the room immediately!) ordenar2) (to have authority over: He commanded a regiment of soldiers.) comandar3) (to have by right: He commands great respect.) impor2. noun1) (an order: We obeyed his commands.) ordem2) (control: He was in command of the operation.) comando•- commander - commanding - commandment - commander-in-chief -
103 commission
[kə'miʃən] 1.1) (money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.)2) (an order for a work of art: a commission to paint the president's portrait.)3) (an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc: My son got his commission last year.)4) (an official group appointed to report on a specific matter: a commission of enquiry.)2. verb1) (to give an order (especially for a work of art) to: He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.) encomendar2) (to give a military commission to.) comissionar•- commissioner - in/out of commission -
104 defer
I [di'fə:] past tense, past participle - deferred; verb(to put off to another time: They can defer their departure.) adiarII [di'fə] past tense, past participle - deferred; verb((with to) to act according to the wishes or opinions of another or the orders of authority: I defer to your greater knowledge of the matter.) acatar, deferir- in deference to - deferment - deferral -
105 defy
1) (to dare (someone to act); to challenge: I defy you to try and stop me!) desafiar2) (to resist boldly or openly: Are you defying my authority?) desafiar -
106 dictate
[dik'teit, ]( American[) 'dikteit]1) (to say or read out (something) for someone else to write down: He always dictates his letters (to his secretary).) ditar2) (to state officially or with authority: He dictated the terms of our offer.) ditar3) (to give orders to; to command: I certainly won't be dictated to by you (= I won't do as you say).) mandar•- dictator - dictatorship -
107 dictatorship
1) (the authority of a dictator: His dictatorship is threatened by the terrorists.) ditadura2) (a state ruled by a dictator: That country is a dictatorship now.) ditadura -
108 diocese
(the district over which a bishop has authority.) diocese -
109 directive
[-tiv]noun (a general instruction from a higher authority about what is to be done etc.) diretriz -
110 dogma
['doɡmə](opinions settled or fixed by an authority, eg the Church.) dogma -
111 edict
['i:dikt](an order or command from someone in authority; a decree.) édito -
112 enable
[i'neibl](to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something): The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise.) possibilitar -
113 exert
[iɡ'zə:t]1) (to bring forcefully into use or action: He likes to exert his authority.) exercer2) (to force (oneself) to make an effort: Please exert yourselves.) esforçar-se•- exertion -
114 FBI
( abbreviation) (Federal Bureau of Investigation; the federal police department that has authority to investigate crimes in every state in the USA.) -
115 flout
(to refuse to respect or obey: He flouted the headmaster's authority.) zombar -
116 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) render-se2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) entregar -
117 impose
[im'pouz]1) (to place (a tax, fine, task etc) on someone or something: The government have imposed a new tax on cigarettes.) impor2) (to force (oneself, one's opinions etc) on a person: The headmaster liked to impose his authority on the teachers.) impor3) ((often with on) to ask someone to do something which he should not be asked to do or which he will find difficult to do: I hope I'm not imposing (on you) by asking you to help.) abusar de• -
118 in deference to
(showing respct for: I let him speak first, in deference to his authority.) em deferência a -
119 in the name of
(by the authority of: I arrest you in the name of the Queen.) em nome de -
120 invest
I [in'vest] verb((with in) to put (money) into (a firm or business) usually by buying shares in it, in order to make a profit: He invested (two hundred dollars) in a building firm.) investir- investor II [in'vest] verb(to establish (a person) officially in a position of authority etc: The governor will be invested next week.) investir
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