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1 to gather oneself together
to gather oneself togetherjuntar todas as forças. you must gather yourself together/você precisa animar-se, você deve se concentrar. -
2 gather
['ɡæðə] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) come together in one place: A crowd of people gathered near the accident.) reunir-se2) (to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc): I gather you are leaving tomorrow.) presumir3) (to collect or get: He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information.) apanhar4) (to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together: She gathered the skirt at the waist.) preguear2. noun(a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc.) prega- gather round
- gather together* * *gath.er[g'æðə] n dobra, prega, franzido, costurado em tecido. • vt+vi 1 juntar(-se), reunir(-se), agrupar-se, congregar-se. 2 coletar, acumular, colecionar. 3 colher, catar, apanhar. the crops were gathered in / a colheita foi armazenada. 4 obter, ganhar, adquirir (aos poucos). I gathered information / colhi informações. 5 juntar forças, concentrar-se para um esforço. he gathered strength / ele juntou forças, concentrou-se para um esforço. 6 concluir, inferir, deduzir. I gathered from it that... / deduzi disto que... 7 franzir, enrugar, preguear (tecido). 8 madurecer, formar cabeça e pus (abscesso). I must gather up my thoughts tenho de organizar meus pensamentos. the idea gathered way a idéia pegou, foi aceita. the ship gathered way o navio ganhou velocidade. to be gathered to one’s fathers morrer. to gather breath tomar o fôlego, recobrar o fôlego. to gather ground ganhar terreno. to gather oneself together juntar todas as forças. you must gather yourself together / você precisa animar-se, você deve se concentrar. to gather to a head amadurecer, desenvolver. the abscess gathered to a head / o abscesso supurou. -
3 collect
[kə'lekt] 1. verb1) (to bring or come together; to gather: People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.) reunir2) (to call for and take away: She collects the children from school each day.) buscar•- collection
- collective 2. noun(a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them.) cooperativa- collector* * *col.lect[k'ɔlekt] n coleta: oração que na missa precede a Epístola. the collect for Easter Sunday / a coleta para domingo de Páscoa. • vt+vi [kəl'ekt] 1 colecionar, juntar, coletar, coligir. the postman collects the letters / o carteiro faz a coleta das cartas. 2 reunir(-se). 3 cobrar, receber contas. 4 recobrar, recuperar(-se), restabelecer(-se). 5 arrecadar, recolher, angariar. 6 buscar. 7 inferir, deduzir, concluir. • adj [kal'ekt] pagável pelo recebedor. • adv a cobrar, a pagar. a collect call uma ligação (telefônica) a cobrar. to collect oneself recompor-se, controlar-se.
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