to+say

- nothingness

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[n'∧θiŋ] n 1 nada, coisa nenhuma. 2 bagatela, nonada, ninharia. 3 nulidade, zero. • adv de modo algum, absolutamente. for nothing de graça, em vão. good for nothing imprestável. mere nothings coisas sem importância. next to nothing quase nada. nothing at all de forma alguma. nothing but apenas, só. nothing doing nada feito, não pode ser. nothing else nada mais, apenas isto, só. nothing of the sort nada disso. nothing venture, nothing have quem não arrisca não petisca. that is nothing to me isto não me toca. to come to nothing falhar, resultar em nada. to make nothing of a) não compreender. b) deixar de usar ou fazer. c) tratar com menosprezo.

1) (persons: There were three people in the room.) pessoa

2) (men and women in general: People often say such things.) as pessoas

3) (( noun singular) a nation or race: all the peoples of this world.) povo

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- the people

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[p'i:pəl] n povo: 1 conjunto de habitantes de uma nação. 2 nação, tribo, raça. 3 gente, público. what will people say? / que dirão os outros? 4 multidão. 5 habitantes, cidadãos. 6 gentalha, ralé, plebe. 7 coll família, parentes. • vt 1 povoar, tornar habitado. 2 habitar. country people camponeses, campesinos. many people muita gente. my people minha família, meus parentes. some people alguns. the peoples of Europe os povos ou raças da Europa. we of all people justamente nós.

1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) prometer

2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) prometer

3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) prometer

1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) promessa

2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) promessa

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- promising

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[pr'ɔmis] n promessa: 1 compromisso, prometimento, palavra. she made (ou gave) a solemn promise / ela fez uma solene promessa. 2 coisa prometida. 3 fig esperança. • vt+vi prometer: 1 empenhar a sua palavra, comprometer-se a. 2 assegurar, afiançar. I promise you / eu lhe prometo, eu lhe asseguro. 3 pressagiar, indicar. 4 dar motivo a esperanças. we promised him help / prometemos-lhe ajuda. of great promise muito prometedor. promise of help promessa de auxílio.

- promptly

1) (to persuade to do something: What prompted you to say that?) levar

2) (to remind (especially an actor) of the words that he is to say: Several actors forgot their words and had to be prompted.) lembrar

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- prompter

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[prɔmpt] n 1 Com prazo de pagamento. 2 lembrete. • vt 1 incitar, instigar. 2 induzir, mover, impelir a. 3 lembrar a, fazer recordar. 4 Theat servir de ponto a. 5 sugerir, inspirar, motivar. • adj 1 pronto: a) preparado, alerta. b) imediato, breve. c) pontual. d) ligeiro, rápido, ativo. e) disposto, inclinado. 2 Theat relativo a ponto. • adv pontualmente, em ponto. the meeting will begin at 7 o’clock prompt / a reunião começará às 7 em ponto. prompted by induzido por, movido por.

1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) direito

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) certo

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) certo

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) certo

1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) direito

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) razão

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) direita

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) direita

1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exactamente

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) imediatamente

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) bem

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente

5) (to the right: Turn right.) à direita

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) bem

1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) endireitar

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corrigir

- righteous

- right-winger

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[rait] n 1 direito, o que é justo ou correto. we had a right to do so / tínhamos o direito de assim proceder. 2 justiça, eqüidade. 3 reivindicação, pretensão. 4 privilégio, prerrogativa, regalia. 5 direitos. 6 lado direito ou o que fica no lado direito, mão direita. 7 Sport soco com a direita. 8 direita: o partido conservador. 9 opção (para compra de ações) ou o certificado negociável referente a essa opção. • vt+vi 1 corrigir, pôr em ordem, regularizar, retificar, endireitar. 2 fazer justiça, reabilitar, defender. 3 reassumir ou restaurar posição correta. • adj 1 direito, reto. 2 vertical, a prumo. 3 correto, justo, honesto. 4 bom, próprio, adequado, conveniente, indicado. 5 sadio, são, normal. he is not in his right mind / ele não está com a cabeça no lugar. 6 exato, correto, certo. 7 verdadeiro, genuíno, real, legítimo. 8 à direita, do lado direito. 9 direito. 10 externo, superior (lado de um tecido, etc.). • adv 1 corretamente, justamente, de acordo com os princípios de justiça e moral, verdadeiramente, propriamente. 2 exatamente, corretamente, bem, satisfatoriamente, precisamente. he did quite right to leave / ele fez bem em sair ou partir. 3 muito, bastante, extremamente. 4 para a direita. 5 diretamente, em linha reta, de modo reto. 6 imediatamente, sem demora, logo, neste instante. all right muito bem, está certo, está em ordem. all rights reserved todos os direitos reservados. as of right de direito. as right as perfeitamente bem, em boa saúde, pronto para outra. at the right of the table à direita da mesa. by right of por força de. by rights por direito. he is in the right ele tem razão. human rights direitos humanos. I am not right a) não estou bem, não estou disposto. b) não tenho razão. in one’s own right por si mesmo, por seus próprios méritos. in one’s right mind em sã consciência. it is all right está bem, não importa. it serves you right! bem feito! on the right à direita. right about turn meia-volta (à direita). right ahead! para a frente! para diante! right along sem parar, continuamente. right away imediatamente. right down completamente, perfeitamente, inteiramente. right enough a) satisfatório. b) sem sombra de dúvida. right here aqui mesmo. right in bem para dentro. right now agora mesmo. right off imediatamente. right oh! certo! confere! right there aí, ali ou lá mesmo. right you are perfeitamente. she is on the right side of thirty ela ainda não fez trinta anos, ela ainda não chegou aos trinta. to be right out estar de saída, sair já. the right man in the right place o homem certo no lugar certo. the right way modo, método, caminho certo, a seguir. to put ( to set) to rights pôr em ordem, acertar. to spend money right and left esbanjar dinheiro a torto e a direito. we got it right esclarecemos o caso. you are right você está certo, tem razão.

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[sed] ps, pp of say. • adj dito, mencionado, citado.

1) (not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign: What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.) estranho

2) (unusual, odd or queer: She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.) estranho

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- strangely

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[streindʒ] adj 1 estranho, esquisito, singular, incomum, notável, estranhável. 2 desconhecido, estrangeiro, novo. 3 não-experiente, não-acostumado. he is strange to this work / ele não está familiarizado com este trabalho. 4 deslocado, acanhado, não-familiar. • adv de maneira estranha. strange to say é estranho.

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[wɔt] adj que, qual, quais. what kind of book is it? / que espécie de livro é? what books has he bought? / que livros ele comprou? into what sea does this river fall? / em que mar desemboca este rio? what time is it? / que horas são? he did not know what intentions they had / ele não sabia que intenções tinham eles. what a fool he is! / que tolo ele é! • pron 1 interrogative quê? what do you call it?/ como é que isso se chama? what did he say? / que foi que ele disse? what is he? / qual é a profissão dele? 2 relative o(s) que, a(s) que, aquele(s) que, aquela(s) que, aquilo que. we did what we could / fizemos o que pudemos. think of what you say! / pense no que diz! • adv em que, de que maneira, de que. • conj tanto quanto, que. • interj quê! como! and what not e não sei o que mais. I know what is what! eu sei realmente o que acontece. I tell you what! quer saber duma coisa? or what else ou o que mais. tell him what is what mostre-lhe que apito estão tocando. that’s it is! é assim que é! what about going? que tal, vamos? what a fine place! que lugar bonito! what a pity! que pena! what are you laughing at? de que você está rindo? what cannot be cured must be endured não se pode ajudar a quem não aceita conselho. what for? para quê? what is, is good como está, está bem. what news! que notícias! what next? que mais? mais alguma coisa? what nonsense! que bobagem! que absurdo! what of him? que há com ele? what of that? que faz? que importa? what on earth are you thinking about? que diabo você está pensando? what we said, we meant a idéia foi exatamente aquilo que dissemos. what with pensando bem. what with patience, what with sternness em parte com paciência, em parte com dureza.

1) (to speak without permission in class etc.)

2) (to say something when it is not your place to say it or something you should not have said.)

1) ((often with with) to think or say the same (as): I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.) concordar

2) (to say that one will do or allow something: He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.) concordar

3) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) fazer bem

4) (to be happy and friendly together: John and his wife don't agree.) entender-se bem

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- agreeable

1) (to be brave enough (to do something): I daren't go; I don't dare (to) go; He wouldn't dare do a thing like that; Don't you dare say such a thing again!) ousar

2) (to challenge: I dare you to do it.) desafiar

- daring

- dare-devil

a dare-devil motorcyclist.) temerário

- I dare say

1) (to say or read out (something) for someone else to write down: He always dictates his letters (to his secretary).) ditar

2) (to state officially or with authority: He dictated the terms of our offer.) ditar

3) (to give orders to; to command: I certainly won't be dictated to by you (= I won't do as you say).) mandar

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- dictation

- liar

1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) deitar

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) situar-se

3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) ficar

4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) estar

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- lie back

- nothingness

1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) prometer

2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) prometer

3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) prometer

1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) promessa

2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) promessa

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- promising

- promptly

1) (to persuade to do something: What prompted you to say that?) induzir, mover

2) (to remind (especially an actor) of the words that he is to say: Several actors forgot their words and had to be prompted.) soprar

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- prompter

1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) direito

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) correto

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) certo

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) certo

1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) direito

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) razão

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) direita

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) direita

1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exatamente

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) imediatamente

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) exatamente

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente

5) (to the right: Turn right.) à direita

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) corretamente

1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) endireitar

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corrigir

- righteous

- right-winger

1) (to speak without permission in class etc.)

2) (to say something when it is not your place to say it or something you should not have said.)