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  • 1 to have a narrow escape

    to have a narrow escape
    escapar por pouco.

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  • 2 narrow

    ['nærəu] 1. adjective
    1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) estreito
    2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) (por um) triz
    3) ((of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough.) limitado
    2. verb
    (to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) estreitar-se
    - narrows
    - narrow-minded
    * * *
    nar.row
    [n'ærou] n 1 (geralmente no pl) estreito. 2 desfiladeiro, garganta. • vt+vi 1 estreitar. 2 apertar. 3 limitar, restringir. 4 diminuir, reduzir. • adj 1 estreito. 2 apertado. 3 limitado, restrito, exíguo. he kept her on the straight and narrow / ele a mantinha na linha (dentro das regras). 4 mesquinho, egoístico. 5 cuidadoso, minucioso. 6 insuficiente. 7 tenso. to have a narrow escape escapar por pouco. to narrow down to reduzir-se a, restringir-se.

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  • 3 escape

    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) escapar
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) escapar a
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) escapar
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) escapar
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) fuga
    - escapist
    * * *
    es.cape
    [isk'eip] n 1 fuga, evasão. 2 libertação, salvação, salvamento. I had a narrow escape from being run over / por um triz eu teria sido atropelado. fire escape / saída de emergência. 3 Psych fuga dos fatos da realidade. 4 escape, escapamento, saída (água, gás). • vt+vi 1 escapar, evadir(-se), fugir. nothing escapes him / nada lhe escapa. his purpose escapes me / não compreendo a sua intenção. his name escapes me / não me recordo do seu nome. 2 livrar(-se), libertar(-se), desvencilhar-se. 3 salvar-se, safar-se, sobreviver. the sailor escaped the wreck / o marujo salvou-se do naufrágio. 4 ficar de fora.

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