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1) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) viajar

2) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) andar

3) (to take part (in a horse-race etc): He's riding in the first race.) correr

4) (to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby): My daughter rides every Saturday morning.) montar

1) (a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.) passeio

2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) volta

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- rider

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[raid] n 1 passeio (a cavalo, ou de bicicleta, etc.). 2 cavalgada. 3 condução, meio de transporte. 4 picada (em bosque). 5 animal que pode ser montado. 6 transporte. 7 viagem. 8 trajeto, percurso, estrada. 9 vulg relação sexual. 10 improvisação (no jazz). • vt (ps rode, pp ridden) 1 montar a cavalo. 2 viajar por qualquer meio de transporte. 3 percorrer, andar por. 4 flutuar, vagar. the boat rode at the waves / o barco boiou sobre as ondas. 5 Naut estar ancorado. 6 estar sobreposto. 7 fig oprimir, tiranizar, dominar. 8 ser conduzido, ser levado. I rode my child on my back / levei meu filho às costas. 9 Amer irritar, perturbar, incomodar. 10 depender de. 11 estar apostado. 12 vulg ter relações sexuais com. a one-way ride 1 assassinato. 2 morte (viagem para o cemitério). a ride on horseback um passeio a cavalo. the ground rides well o terreno é adequado para exercícios de montaria. the sun was riding high o sol estava alto. to give him a ride dar-lhe uma carona. to let ride deixar correr (sem interferência). to ride at anchor estar ancorado. to ride away partir, ir-se. to ride by passar (a cavalo ou em veículo). to ride down a) atropelar. b) alcançar, superar, vencer. c) perseguir e alcançar (a cavalo). d) esfalfar (montaria). to ride for a fall desafiar o perigo. to ride hard galopar. to ride in the narrow-bone coach, to ride the shank’s mare coll andar a pé. to ride on a bicycle andar de bicicleta. to ride on a train viajar de trem. to ride out a) passear a cavalo. b) Naut sobreviver a uma tempestade. c) superar com êxito, sobreviver a. to ride over percorrer, passar sobre. to ride past passar adiante (a cavalo, de bicicleta, etc.). to ride the high horse dar-se ares de. to ride through atravessar. to ride to death esfalfar a montaria. to ride to hounds seguir a cavalo os cães de caça. to ride up subir. to ride well montar bem, ser bom cavaleiro. to take someone for a ride a) enganar, ludibriar. b) Amer levar a vítima num carro para assassiná-la.

1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) cabo

2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) varal

3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) eixo

4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) poço

5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) raio

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[ʃa:ft, ʃæft] n 1 cabo, haste. 2 flecha, seta, lança, dardo. 3 raio, feixe de luz. 4 lança, varal (de carro puxado a cavalo). 5 coluna, fuste de coluna. 6 mastro (de bandeira). 7 Mech eixo, fuso, árvore. 8 cabo (de martelo, etc.). 9 haste, caule, tronco. 10 poço, escavação vertical, entrada de mina, chaminé. 11 cabo de pena. 12 cuba de alto-forno. • vt sl tratar de maneira desonesta. elevator shaft Brit/ lift shaft Amer poço do elevador.

1) (to make long cuts in (cloth etc): He slashed his victim's face with a razor.) golpear

2) ((with at) to strike out violently at (something): He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick.) golpear

3) (to reduce greatly: A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!') reduzir

1) (a long cut or slit.) golpe

2) (a sweeping blow.) golpe

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[slæʃ] n 1 golpe cortante. 2 corte, talho, ferida. 3 roça, picada, clareira. 4 Amer monte de ciscos ou galhos quebrados. 5 Amer brejo, pântano. • vt+vi 1 lascar, talhar, cortar. 2 golpear, açoitar. 3 talhar, abrir corte ou talho. 4 criticar severamente. 5 recortar, reduzir. to go for a slash sl ir ao banheiro para mijar, urinar (usado para homem).

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[slæʃ] n Comp barra diagonal.

1) (any of the hard, bone-like objects that grow in the mouth and are used for biting and chewing: He has had a tooth out at the dentist's.) dente

2) (something that looks or acts like a tooth: the teeth of a comb/saw.) dente

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- teethe

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[tu:θ] n (pl teeth) 1 dente. he clenched his teeth / ele cerrou os dentes. he cut his first tooth / nasceu-lhe o primeiro dente. 2 saliência em forma de dente. 3 Mech dente de engrenagem ou de serra. • vt 1 colocar dentes, pôr dentes em. 2 dentear, endentar. 3 engrenar, entrosar. armed to the teeth armado até os dentes. long in the teeth. maduro, velho. to one’s teeth em franca oposição a, na cara de. through clenched teeth relutantemente, obstinadamente. tooth and nail trabalhar com todo esforço. to take the teeth out of tirar os dentes de, tornar alguém inofensivo. to work to have a sweet tooth adorar doces.

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) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) desistir

2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) desistir

3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) desistir

4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) devotar

5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) desistir de

1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) puxar

2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) arrastar

3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) arrastar

4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) dragar

5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) arrastar-se

1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) entrave

2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) tragada

3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) chateação

4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) roupa de travesti

1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) desistir, largar

2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) renunciar a

3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) entregar-se

4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) dedicar

5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) considerar

1) (a set of rungs or steps between two long supports, for climbing up or down: She was standing on a ladder painting the ceiling; the ladder of success.) escada

2) ((American run) a long, narrow flaw caused by the breaking of a stitch in a stocking or other knitted fabric.) desfiadura

1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vida

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vida

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vida

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vida

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vida

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vida

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) vida

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) prisão perpétua

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- lifeless

1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) velho

2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) de idade

3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) velho

4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) velho

5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) antigo

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- old age

1) (to come or bring together again: The general tried to rally his troops after the defeat; The troops rallied round the general.) reagrupar(-se)

2) (to come or bring together for a joint action or effort: The supporters rallied to save the club from collapse; The politician asked his supporters to rally to the cause.) juntar(-se)

3) (to (cause to) recover health or strength: She rallied from her illness.) restabelecer-se

1) (a usually large gathering of people for some purpose: a Scouts' rally.) assembléia

2) (a meeting (usually of cars or motorcycles) for a competition, race etc.) rali

3) (an improvement in health after an illness.) restabelecimento

4) ((in tennis etc) a (usually long) series of shots before the point is won or lost.) rally

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- rally round

1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) cabo

2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) varal

3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) eixo de transmissão

4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) poço

5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) raio de luz

1) (to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc: We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme.) ficar

2) (to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition): The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are - don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to stay.) ficar

- stay behind

1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) andar pesadamente

2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) vaguear

1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) vagabundo

2) (a long walk.) caminhada

3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) tropel

4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) cargueiro sem linha regular

5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.)

1) (a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food: a frying-pan; a saucepan.) tacho

2) ((American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven: a cake pan.)

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- pancake

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[pæn] n Myth Pã: deus dos pastores.

1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) idade

2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) idade

3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) idade

4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) séculos

- aged

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[eidʒ] n 1 idade. he is her age / ele tem a idade dela. what age do you give him? / qual é a idade que você lhe dá? he does not look his age / ele parece mais moço do que é. 2 período de vida alcançado. 3 velhice, idade avançada. 4 duração provável da vida, probabilidade de vida. 5 Psych desenvolvimento intelectual (em comparação com a norma). 6 século, período histórico, era, época. 7 geração. 8 ages, an age coll período extenso. I have been waiting ages / esperei uma eternidade. • vt+vi 1 envelhecer, ficar velho. 2 sazonar, amadurecer. age-bracket faixa etária. age of manhood idade viril. age of minority menoridade. at a great age numa idade avançada. at an early age bem cedo na vida. be your age não seja infantil. down the ages através dos séculos. he is under age ele é menor. in old age na idade madura. in our age em nossa época. in tender age na infância. of age maioridade. the Middle Ages a Idade Média. to a great age até à extrema velhice. to be over age ter passado o limite de idade. to come of age atingir a maioridade.

1) ((often alleyway) a narrow street in a city etc (usually not wide enough for vehicles).) viela

2) (a long narrow area used for the games of bowling or skittles: a bowling alley.) pista

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['æli] n 1 Amer aléia, ruela, viela, beco. 2 passagem entre árvores e arbustos num jardim, alameda. 3 cancha ou campo para jogo de bola. blind alley beco sem saída. that’s not my alley! isto não me toca!

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['æli] n bolinha de gude.

1) (going on for ever or for a very long time: endless arguments.) sem fim

2) (continuous, because of having the two ends joined: an endless chain.) sem fim

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['endlis] adj 1 infinito, infindável, incessante, eterno. 2 contínuo, interminável, perpétuo.

- excepted

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[iks'ept] vt+vi excetuar, omitir, isentar, eximir, excluir. the present company excepted / excetuam-se os presentes. • prep exceto, fora, salvo, menos, com exclusão de, à exceção de. all except you / todos, com exceção de você. • conj a menos que, senão, a não ser que. except he is willing / a não ser que ele esteja disposto. except for your help / se não fosse o seu auxílio.