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1) (the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning: Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.) fumaça

2) (an act of smoking (a cigarette etc): I came outside for a smoke.) fumada

1) (to give off smoke.) fumegar

2) (to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc): I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.) fumar

3) (to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.) defumar

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- smoked

- curtain call

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[k'ə:tən] n 1 cortina, cortinado. 2 abrigo, resguardo, defesa, proteção. 3 pano de boca de teatro. the curtain comes down (drops, falls) / o pano cai. the curtain rises / o pano, a cortina se levanta. 4 muro que liga dois baluartes. 5 Archit seção de muro entre dois pavilhões, torres, etc. 6 Theat o descer do pano no final de cenas, atos, etc. 7 Theat situação final de cena, ato ou peça. 8 sl morte. 9 sl desastre, calamidade. • vt 1 colocar cortina, fechar ou decorar com cortina. 2 cobrir, esconder, encobrir. a clever curtain um efeito final muito imponente. behind the curtain atrás dos bastidores. fireproof curtain Theat cortina de ferro. he took his last curtain Theat ele apareceu pela última vez em cena. the curtain is drawn a cortina é cerrada, descerrada. to draw the curtain over a thing passar a esponja sobre alguma coisa, olvidá-la. to lift the curtain levantar o véu. under the curtain of night sob o véu da noite.

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[h'aidrənt] n hidrante.

1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) mancha

2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) pinta

3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) borbulha

4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) no local

5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) um pouco

1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) avistar

2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) reconhecer

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- spotless

1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.) iluminar

2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.) chamar a atenção para

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- in a spot

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[spɔt] n 1 marca, mancha, borrão. 2 fig mácula. 3 pinta, espinha. 4 lugar, ponto, local. that is the sore/ tender spot / este é o ponto sensível. 5 coll pouquinho, pequena quantidade, pingo, gole, trago. 6 posição, cargo. 7 sl anúncio avulso, comercial curto (rádio ou televisão). 8 sl clube noturno, restaurante. • vt+vi 1 marcar, manchar, sujar, borrar. 2 ficar manchado, ter manchas ou marcas. 3 colocar em certo lugar ou ponto, espalhar em vários lugares. 4 coll localizar, descobrir, reconhecer. 5 macular, manchar, desonrar. 6 coll descobrir, perceber. 7 chuviscar, cair chuva leve ou irregular. 8 dar vantagem, dar de lambujem. • adj 1 pronto, instantâneo, imediato. 2 Com à vista. 3 transmitido, irradiado (estação de rádio). • adv Brit coll bem, exatamente. a spot of whisky um golinho de uísque. in a spot sl em dificuldade, em maus lençóis. it’s spotting with rain está chuviscando. on the spot a) naquele mesmo lugar, no lugar certo. b) imediatamente. he married her (up) on the spot / ele casou-se com ela imediatamente.c) Amer sl em dificuldade, em apuros. soft spot lugar de trabalho fácil. that hits the spot! isto sim! (que é gostoso). that puts me in a bad spot Amer coll isto me deixa em maus lençóis. to change one’s spots mudar a qualidade ou o modo de vida. to hit the high spots tratar dos pontos principais. to knock spots off Brit coll derrotar facilmente, ser muito melhor do que. to spot out tirar as manchas, limpar.

to cast in one’s lot with

participar da mesma sorte com. to cast lots, to draw lots tirar a sorte. to cast off 1 deixar cair, perder. 2 expulsar, rejeitar.

1) (to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper: They wrote their names on a sheet of paper; The child has learned to read and write; Please write in ink.) escrever

2) (to compose the text of (a book, poem etc): She wrote a book on prehistoric monsters.) escrever

3) (to compose a letter (and send it): He has written a letter to me about this matter; I'll write you a long letter about my holiday; I wrote to you last week.) escrever

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- writer

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[rait] vt+vi (ps wrote, pp written) 1 escrever (about, on sobre; for para): a) redigir. b) compor, ser escritor. c) dirigir (carta). she writes plain / ela escreve claramente. I shall write for the book / escreverei pedindo o livro. she writes in pencil / ela escreve a lápis. they write to ask if... / eles escrevem perguntando se... she wrote a letter to him, she wrote him a letter / ela lhe escreveu uma carta. 2 inscrever. 3 gravar. 4 datilografar. 5 ditar. 6 ortografar. 7 preencher (cheque). 8 mostrar claramente. 9 dizer, comunicar, relatar, descrever ou narrar por escrito. 10 subscrever-se. I write myself N. N. / eu me subscrevo (o meu nome se escreve) fulano de tal. he has written himself out ele esgotou(-se) (seus recursos intelectuais) escrevendo. he writes a good hand ele tem boa letra. he writes shorthand ele sabe taquigrafia. he wrote word ele mandou notícias. nothing to write home about nada de especial. surprise was written large on her face seu rosto refletiu claramente grande surpresa. they wrote him down as lazy ele foi tido como preguiçoso, ele foi considerado preguiçoso. to be written out ser excluído de uma novela (personagem). to have something written all over your face mostrar claramente o que você pensa e sente. to write against something declarar-se por escrito contrário a alguma coisa. to write away escrever (a uma firma) solicitando um produto ou uma informação. to write back responder por escrito. to write down a) anotar, fazer apontamento de. b) relatar. c) descrever, qualificar maldosamente, depreciar (por escrito). it is written down a failure / é tido (ou qualificado) como fracasso. d) Com baixar de valor. to write down in full escrever por extenso. to write for a newspaper escrever para um jornal. to write in a) intercalar, inserir (palavra, texto). b) lançar, registrar, anotar. c) enviar uma carta fazendo um pedido ou dando uma opinião. d) Amer votar escrevendo o nome do candidato que não consta da cédula de votação. to write into acrescentar. to write it out over again copiar novamente na íntegra. to write off a) escrever depressa, com facilidade. b) creditar em conta-corrente. c) sl dar por perdido. d) cancelar (dívida, compromisso). e) escrever solicitando um produto ou pedindo informação sobre ele. f) dispensar, descartar, rejeitar. to write out a) escrever por extenso. b) passar a limpo, copiar. to write the book sl ser autoridade no assunto, ser especialista. to write up a) expor, descrever minuciosamente. b) completar. c) realçar, destacar. d) lancar, pôr em dia. to write up an actor elogiar um ator em jornal. we write him up nós o destacamos elogiosamente, nós o exaltamos. we write to/ at his dictation escrevemos o que ele nos dita. written all over escrito em todo lugar.

1) (a small circle eg of gold or silver, sometimes having a jewel set in it, worn on the finger: a wedding ring; She wears a diamond ring.) anel

2) (a circle of metal, wood etc for any of various purposes: a scarf-ring; a key-ring; The trap-door had a ring attached for lifting it.) argola

3) (anything which is like a circle in shape: The children formed a ring round their teacher; The hot teapot left a ring on the polished table.) círculo

4) (an enclosed space for boxing matches, circus performances etc: the circus-ring; The crowd cheered as the boxer entered the ring.) ringue, picadeiro

5) (a small group of people formed for business or criminal purposes: a drugs ring.) quadrilha

1) (to form a ring round.) circundar

2) (to put, draw etc a ring round (something): He has ringed all your errors.) circular

3) (to put a ring on the leg of (a bird) as a means of identifying it.) pôr anel

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- ring binder

1) (to (cause to) sound: The doorbell rang; He rang the doorbell; The telephone rang.) tocar

2) ((often with up) to telephone (someone): I'll ring you (up) tonight.) telefonar para

3) ((often with for) to ring a bell (eg in a hotel) to tell someone to come, to bring something etc: She rang for the maid.) tocar

4) ((of certain objects) to make a high sound like a bell: The glass rang as she hit it with a metal spoon.) tilintar

5) (to be filled with sound: The hall rang with the sound of laughter.) ressoar

6) ((often with out) to make a loud, clear sound: His voice rang through the house; A shot rang out.) soar

1) (the act or sound of ringing: the ring of a telephone.) toque

2) (a telephone call: I'll give you a ring.) telefonema

3) (a suggestion, impression or feeling: His story has a ring of truth about it.) toque

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- ring a bell

1) (government: under foreign rule.) governo

2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) regulamento

3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) regra

4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) regra

5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) régua

1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) governar

2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) decretar

3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) traçar à régua

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- ruled

- as a rule